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| This New Zealand, Australian, US band can out of the remnants of
the 70's Australian band Split Enz. Neil Finn, Paul Hester and Nick
Seymour went on to the be one of the greatest bands to come out of Australia,
although the competition is kind of lacking. Although they never had huge
chart success they were a fantastic live band, or so I've heard since I did n't
really notice them until around the time they were breaking-up. With
haunting harmonies and a style that's not quite pop and not quite rock but maybe
a bit folky they built up a collection of memorable tracks. I suggest
'Recurring Dream' their greatest hits album to introduce yourself to the
music. You'll probably know more of their songs than you thought. |
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| The song writing talent behind Crowded House went out on his own
and has produced two solo albums that are good but their missing
something. I would say it is the harmonies that possessed all of the
Crowded House songs. Although 'Try Whistling This' is a good listen I
think Neil's second release 'One Nil' was far superior. 'Anytime' is a definitely
my favorite. |
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| These Scottish quartet seem to be doing well for themselves
don't you think? Three albums down and still here. The 'Invisible
Man' did sound a bit like 'The man who' but I'm not complaining, in fact I think
I'll put that on next. |
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Ah yes "Weird Al", what can you say about Al? A genius
of great proportions?, able to turn any song into a comic masterpiece? or
just a guy who likes to rip-off other peoples hard work? Yes I'd
agree...Genius. Who else could turn Don McLeans 'American Pie' into the
plot summery for Star Wars The Phantom menace, and Coolio's 'Gansta's Paradise'
into a ditty about the Amish way of life. But I would not play the Kids
his Christmas song The night that Santa went crazy'.
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