Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz (1982) FLAC Remaster HD Video
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" was released in the spring of 1982 on Split Enz's seventh studio album, Time and Tide.
I've always been a huge fan of the Finn Bros.....two amazing bands propelled by their talents; Split Enz and (later) Crowded House....not to mention all the other amazing things they have produced! I listened to mucho Split Enz in college.....some seriously great albums that take me right back!
I always planned a vid for this track, and actually had some work started, but then I came across this wonderful little vid and thought I'd try and spruce up the video for HD and edit it for the longer studio track using the lossless remaster. This video version is IMO just so much better suited for the track (though I don't really remember seeing it back in the day, but clearly remember the more popular version playing on MTV) than the more elaborate production ...which has some cool sequences but almost overpowers the tune....the tone is inconsistent...sequence of dancing on an island (they're supposed to be IN A BOAT....and that 2 minute intro! LOL! Anyway, I was thrilled to find this video but it was low-res and difficult to work so had to really lose definition to lose the nasties for HD....check out the original video as it looks great!
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Watch the original video:
• Split Enz : Six Months...
The song is a reference to the time it took pioneers to sail to Australia and New Zealand (hence the reference to "the tyranny of distance" - a history by Geoffrey Blainey), and a metaphor that refers to lead singer Tim Finn's nervous breakdown.
The song was "discouraged from airplay" in Britain during the Falklands crisis by the BBC for reasons of morale - it was thought that references to leaky boats was not appropriate during the naval action in the war.
FROM WIKI:
"Dirty Creature" was the album's lead single, followed by "Six Months in a Leaky Boat". Both were hits in Australia, reaching #6 and #2, with the album reaching #1. Time and Tide also topped the album charts in New Zealand. The third single issued in New Zealand was "Hello Sandy Allen" (written about the world's tallest woman), while "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" was released in Australia. Its video was shot in a zoo and featured Tim Finn with an afro; the band now considers the shoot embarrassing.
The song "Fire Drill", recorded for Time and Tide, was eventually left off the final release and instead became a b-side. The band opened many live shows with the song in the year of the album's release. A number of copies of Time and Tide in the UK featured a remixed version of the band's earlier release Frenzy.
The album was re-released in 2006 along with all of Split Enz's studio album catalogue. Some albums were rearranged, reordered or adjusted; however Time and Tide was left in the same order as the original with only remastering the tracks.
END WIKI.
[Lyrics]
When I was a young boy, I wanted to sail around the world
That's the life for me, living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier
I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare, 'round the horn if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
Aotearoa, rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl, at the bottom of the world
The tyranny of distance, didn't stop the cavalier
So why should it stop me? I'll conquer and stay free
Ah c'mon all you lads, let's forget and forgive
There's a world to explore, tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat
Ship-wrecked love can be cruel, don't be fooled by her kind
There's a wind in my sails will protect and prevail
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Nothing to it leaky boat
I didn't realise how good this song was' and what a lovely fade out at the end. 😊
This is truly a lost gem of a song
Yes. It was broadcaast on MTV at odd hours here in the U.S. It was never in regular rotation that I remember. I do not recall ever hearing it on the radio here in the south east.
This song is up there with the best. It’s way before my time but it’s one of my most favourite songs of all time.
Great song
No one really likes music anyway that's why no one's heard of the clean it's just something for when you've got nothing better to do no exceptions ❤❤
I spent six months looking for this song❤️❤️
😂😂😂😂😂😂....hope you didn't have to go 'round the horn as well!
@@MetalGuruMessiah 😂🤣😂🤣
This song is an anthem. I return to it again and again. It's as deep as the ocean.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This song is a metaphor for Tim's mental health battles.
The wiggles brought me here
this has been in my head intermittenly for 15 years
One of the finest pop songs ever written. Split Enz is so underrated
Jesus they aren't underrated.
They're only underrated in America... I hate it here.
@@davidpoi3059 Don't blame you...!!!
@@zapkvr lol chill
Underrated, Underrated...blah, blah, blah. That's up there with " I'm only...years old" and imagined dialogue between two subjects in the video.
The way the song ends 🎵 maybe THAT is what makes it so melancholic and precious ...💙
To me, the end of this song is a lament to all the lives lost at sea. R.I.P.
Im still whistling to this song in 2021
A totally lost tune from 1982. This deserved much more airplay thanks it received.
Lost? Christ
@@zapkvr It was suppressed in the UK. The reason? Songs about leaking boats might upset the morale of sailors in the Falklands.
@@80ssynthfan48It was banned because of the Falklands War.
@@stevenpaulgoulding that's what I was saying.
@@80ssynthfan48 Wow! New info for me
Still love this song. Especially after reading many an old sailing novel in the many years since.
It remains absolutely brilliant in 24’ ❣️
wow what a great clean version.
Many thanks!
First time I've ever seen this production. Wow
God help me, I love this song!
Great song but the short prelude song Pioneer that introduced 6 months in a leaky boat was absolute genius. Wish this version had it preceding it.
Yeah, I had the album long ago and would love to hear Pioneer first. It just dramatically sets up the next song.
It was the perfect prelude into Six... Fantastic!
To me, the end of this song is a lament to all the lives lost at sea. R.I.P.
Think you nailed it!....or at least that was my thought as well probably from the very first time I heard it......another one of those snippets in the classics that you wish would have just gone on a little oonger?
Back when we were young....
Always loved Split Enz and the Hoodoo Gurus
frik this is good.
frik this is good.
Back when we were young....
KIWI
KIWI
When I was a young boy
I wanted to sail around the world
That's the life for me
Living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor
Circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer
Will acknowledge no frontier
I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare
'Round the horn if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
Aotearoa
Rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl
At the bottom of the world
The tyranny of distance
Didn't stop the cavalier
So why should it stop me
I'll conquer and stay free
Ah, c'mon all you lads
Let's forget and forgive
There's a world to explore
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat
Ship-wrecked love can be cruel
Don't be fooled by her kind
There's a wind in my sails
Will protect and prevail
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Nothing to it leaky boat
by all rights, songs like this shouldnt be massive hits. tim outdid himself on this album. my fave album of theirs. neils too. hello sandy allen...just needed this. ta
I thought I had heard it all. Sounds like an indie song from the 2000’s rather than a song from 1982. Sort of Grandaddy meets MGMT
Always loved Split Enz and the Hoodoo Gurus
frik this is good.
80's & 90's Aussie & Kiwi bands via 1 of my brothers that brought albums from East Coast Oz surfing trips back to SE US. Completely took over the music we listened to. Enz, Gurus, Midnight Oil, Stems, INXS( b 4 Kick), Celibate Rifles, Lime Spiders, Radio Birdman, Australian Crawl, Mental As Anything, the list goes on...ruined me for American bands tbh
This is what I call a solid gold corker!
Are there two different videos for the same song?
Fantastic remaster of a great great NZ band and song
beautiful rework of the Paul Hogan show footage. Thank you.
Heard this today while watching an old episode of Home & Away
Video made by GTV9 in Studio 9 for The Paul Hogan Show. Fun fact.. PeterFaiman, the Paul Hogan Show director, operated the animated ship as it navigated the world, because the cameraman couldn’t do it how he wanted it to be done.
damn, what a good song this was
I just played my 45 of this classic, still sounding great !!
Thanks MGM. This song was an obvious hit. Wasn't it held back due to the Falklands Conflict?
In the UK, yes.
One of my all time favorites along with Appetite by Prefab Sprout
Wow! Great find! What a perfect, humorous little gem of a video. Love Split Enz xoxo
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@MetalGuruMessiah Are there two different videos for the same song?
@@gmansi Yes
@@Coowallsky Thanks!
Nice work on the video.
Excellent track from an iconic band.
Saw them play a few times back in the day...one of my bands even supported them in 1979.
Oh FFS you don't know what an icon is. Dope
Wie lange habe ich dieses Lied gesucht! So geniale Musik, herrlich!
way ahead of their time. this sounds like its from the 2010's
That was fun, always liked this song and the change of pace on the longer track.
A little something for a really cool track! Peaceful Sunday to all!
Fun stuff, fun song...makes me wanna dance like nobody's watching.
Good work as usual MGM.
Jon, I love this song so so much .Now I can hear it with great sound and visuals .Thank you.
Essa música é simplesmente maravilhosa!
KIWI
FINNtastic !!!! You Got Me, Almost forgot how much I Love This Song !!!! ThanX !!!!
Always loved Split Enz and the Hoodoo Gurus
frik this is good.
New Zealand's Best Band! amidst stiff competition! sorry Dragon fans!
40yrs old 🥰
Superb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done!
My mom liked this song. She bought the album on cassete just for the song.
The Wiggles did their own cover of Six Months In A Leaky Boat in 2000 with Tim Finn.
that's where I heard it the first time! loved it! had no idea who he even was but have since learned
When I was a young boy, I wanted to sail around the world
That's the life for me, living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier
I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare, 'round the horn if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
Aotearoa, rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl, at the bottom of the world
The tyranny of distance, didn't stop the cavalier
So why should it stop me? I'll conquer and stay free
Ah c'mon all you lads, let's forget and forgive
There's a world to explore, tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat
Ship-wrecked love can be cruel, don't be fooled by her kind
There's a wind in my sails will protect and prevail
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Nothing to it leaky boat
This song inspired me to learn mandolin and guitar.
Then u gonna be dope af pretty soon keep playing the gitfiddle
Two years later...how's it going??
Always loved Split Enz and the Hoodoo Gurus
Back when we were young....
On this date, June 6,1982 "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" cracks the Top 10 in Canada. Fantastic keyboard work by Eddie Rayner. Check out the solo at 1:54. Love it.
i was confused thinking.... mandella effect. nice job
Such a great song. Bubbled Under the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 at No. 104 and Peaked at No. 83 on the UK Singles Chart during the same year. Really good stuff. And that Pirate like music in this tune’s middle part.
BEST VIDEO AFTER PARTY NIGHT FOR RELAX AND JOINT BURN ONE
frik this is good.
OOOH nice sound on this...I can turn it up to 11
:P
The video this is borrowed from was made for the Paul Hogan show June 8, 1982.
Thought they were I🇳🇿 🇦🇺 Ozzie's,New Zealand, Anyway great song, great band🏴 🇬🇧
WAY ahead of their time (The 80s).
I've been in bands MY ENTIRE LIFE since the age of 12...I'd murder a basket full of puppies with a hammer to have been in this band.
Hahaha, man I know EXACTLY how you feel. How fucken good were these clowns? 🤣 only other band I'd chuck pups in a blender to be in would be The Blockheads 🤘
Cool appropriate comment
This isn't on Spotify anymore :(
Dirty Creatcher is anothe fav of mine
Thought they were I🇳🇿 🇦🇺 Ozzie's,New Zealand, Anyway great song, great band🏴 🇬🇧
Back when we were young....
Without Pioneer the intro keyboard song the song loses a little bit of it's magic
For sure. Pioneer is magnificent.
Eddie Rayner's keyboard work shines even if Pioneer was omitted.
It's a song about bravery and patience .
This song is a metaphor for Tim's mental health battles.
The video may be lighthearted, but the wording definitely isnt. Even today, the tyrrany of distance isn't fully conquerable. But at least it's not six months (or even six weeks) still.
In other words, it's a very special song...especially for those of us with loved ones half a world away, separated by time & tide.
The video this is borrowed from was made for the Paul Hogan show June 8, 1982.
glad as a kiwi to be the 1000th like👍
You miss the piano oppening! its a sin!
My co-workers and I working thru Covid!
I'm getting sea sick
Never seen this version.
It was not a popular song in Britain during the Falklands war
cool! peace2u! eric
Banned in UK radio at the time. Falklands war. ☮️❤️⚓⚓⚓
The five minute forty eight second version of this song that was in heavy rotation on MTV back in '82 is so superior to this vid.
''Pioneer '' is left off it .
i only wish pioneer went for 5 minutes , it was a great instrumental that simply never went long enough.
47 down votes?
Back to sleep, drongos
All those down votes in the span of a couple hours one day....from 1 hater using software. Thanks for checking it!
I am always struck by the sad coda. What is that about, anyone?
This song is a metaphor for Tim's mental health battles.
@@Coowallsky That explains a lot. Thank you.
The wiggles brought me here 😂
Thought they were I🇳🇿 🇦🇺 Ozzie's,New Zealand, Anyway great song, great band🏴 🇬🇧
Big Country were half English.
They had a couple of Aussies at various points and a British bass player, Nigel Griggs.
KIWI
frik this is good.
the belgrano ??
Not funny
KIWI
The only thing that brought me here was The Wiggles.
frik this is good.
the belgrano ??
KIWI
Reince Priebus.
Without Pioneer the intro keyboard song the song loses a little bit of it's magic
Thought they were I🇳🇿 🇦🇺 Ozzie's,New Zealand, Anyway great song, great band🏴 🇬🇧
Always loved Split Enz and the Hoodoo Gurus
Memories mum pass me the toilet paper
Without Pioneer the intro keyboard song the song loses a little bit of it's magic
frik this is good.
GRETA THUNBERG------praise you
She's a malleable tool.
The Ministry...Banned the song while the fleet were sailing South.Prime minister Tony Blair....would have given Our Lands to Argemtina....and wanted to surrender Gibralter.....What a happy and gloururious day...Always Loyal.
Reince Priebus.
Without Pioneer the intro keyboard song the song loses a little bit of it's magic
Sincere thanks for checking out the video Greg Gorup, and for taking the time to comment!
You do amazing work with all these uploads man, thanks once again. As a Enz fan since childhood, I have to agree that this SO misses that breathtaking instrumental prelude, Pioneer. Should you choose to revise this in the future, you're in for a real treat! Here's another one of my favourite of their instrumental gems
ruclips.net/video/nsGblAyjmZM/видео.html
@@MetalGuruMessiah
0:01 Captain Feathersword: Ahoy There Me Hearties,
Come For A Trip With Me,
Captain Feathersword,
On My Friendly Pirate Ship,
Whoah Ho Ho,
But Look Out - It’s Leaking!
KIWI
Reince Priebus.
Wiggles do a good cover of this
Rothschild's leaky boat
This is a joke compared to the other videos of this song. My humble opinion only.
crap
FINNtastic !!!! You Got Me, Almost forgot how much I Love This Song !!!! ThanX !!!!
What a shame they made it seem so morose, otherwise the great tune may have had some connection with reality. Unveiled fear of an art more beautiful than theirs.
This song is a metaphor for Tim's mental health battles.