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Originally Posted by Wanderer You know what? I NEVER knew who did "Six months in a leaking boat"! Whenever it used to come on radio, I'd sing and dance along to that thing...Like a lunatic! And the only words I used to know was: "I just spent 6 months in leaking boat, six months in a leaking boat"...And the rest I just made up!! 
And I have no idea who the Finn brothers and Dragon are either! |
Ah... The Finn Brothers... A Kiwi institution
Tim Finn formed Split Enz in the Seventies. After Mike Judd left, he brought in his brother Neil Finn.
After Split Enz broke up, Neil Finn formed Crowded House.
For Crowded House's album, Woodface, Tim Finn joined the band for one album.
After Crowded House split up (and between Split Enz and Crowded House) Tim and Neil did solo work and played as a duo.
Tim Finn's biggest hit was probably "A Fraction too Much Friction"
Neil Finn's biggest hit was probably "She Will Have Her Way"
Purchasing the best of Split Enz is a must... non-hit after non-hit; but classics one and all. "I See Red" "History Never Repeats" "I Got You" "Shark Attack" and the seminal "6 Months in a Leaky Boat"
There's enough great music from the Finn brothers to put them alongside Lennon/MacCartney, Jagger/Richards and Difford/Tilbrook.
Tim Finn's just come back with a new solo album and another cracking track, "Never Been Done"
There's actually some other great music from NZ. The Muttonbirds were pretty good too, the Swingers, the Chills... Great songs.