TagsTagsHere's a great segment of NPR's World Café featuring an interview with Neil Finn of Crowded House about their fine new recording Intriguer, interspersed with three songs from the album played live in the studio: "Saturday Sun," "Either Side Of The World," and "Twice If You're Lucky." Video
The new album by Crowded House is titled Intriguer, and I can't possibly recommend it highly enough. This is songwriting honed to a fine edge, with one of the best bands Neil Finn has ever assembled. Here they are on the Jools Holland show doing "Amsterdam." [Video]
Here's the official video for 'Saturday Sun' from the new album by Crowded House: Intriguer. And what an excellent album it is. It's impossible for Neil Finn to write a bad song. [Video] Here's an Amazon MP3 widget with more samples from Intriguer: [Video] And here's a promotional video for the album, also from ...
Here’s the evocative video for Crowded House’s “Don’t Stop Now,” from the album Time on Earth. iTunes Store, anyone? (Images from this video were used as cover art for the CD.) [Video]
Here’s the video for “Angel’s Heap,” another great song from the album Finn Brothers. [Video]
From one of my desert island records, Finn Brothers, here are Neil and Tim Finn with a great song and a truly weird video, “Only Talking Sense.” [Video]
From the album Woodface, this is a live version of a great song by Crowded House, “Fall At Your Feet.” Performed at the Sydney Opera House in 1996, with a very good audio track. [Video]
A great song and a great video, from the first album: Crowded House. [Video]
Crowded House’s Together Alone is one of the albums I’ll take with me when I’m marooned on a desert island, and this is one of the best songs on it, with a surreal, inventive video. [Video]
A classic song with an interesting video: “Don’t Dream It’s Over” from the eponymous album Crowded House. [Video]
The playlist for tonight: [Audio removed...] 1) Joe Pass, from his masterwork Virtuoso, absolutely shredding the standard tune Have You Met Miss Jones. One of the most amazing solo guitar performances ever recorded. Swing to the nth power. 2) A magnificent, pristine recording of the classic hymn Panis Angelicus, from Beth Nielsen Chapman’s ...
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Tonight we have an odd mix of pop tunes: 1) Crowded House’s debut album contained Don’t Dream It’s Over, with a stately classical-tinged organ solo reminiscent of Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale. An inspirational song. 2) Little Feat’s Willin’. One of the greatest trucker songs ever written. This is the ...
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