From my ole pal Craig who sent this in (well posted on Flickenbakk) comes this classic pop
most suitable for a sunny day here in Old Blighty!
Neil Finn at his peak songwriting . . .this is rude who knew ‘knees please, let me . . . . . wot? what CAN he be singing about?
Just like the Crowded House material, this all has excellent sound quality, despite being totally unreleased. And also just like that material, this had fallen into total obscurity. I doubt any of this would survive to be shared on the Internet had it not been for that one fan recording it at the time and passing it on to me. So I wish to thank that person yet again.
Most of the songs here were originally done by Crowded House, which put on a final concert in 1996 (though they reunited years later). But there's a few cover songs rarely done by Finn elsewhere, such as "Southern Man" and "I Can See Clearly Now." Also, four of the songs here were performed by Neil Finn with his brother Tim Finn, another talented singer-songwriter and sometime member of Crowded House. Tim Finn was also the leader of Split Enz, a band in which Neil Finn was a member for most of their successful years. Split Enz had a big hit with the song "I Got You," written by both Finn brothers, and that song was performed here as well.
All the songs are from in-person radio station performances around the world. Only one, "12 Guitars," was done before an audience. A few were from BBC performances, but not enough for me to deem this a BBC album.
This album is 51 minutes long.
01 Better Be Home Soon (Neil Finn)
02 Angels Heap (Finn Brothers [Neil Finn & Tim Finn])
03 Six Months in a Leaky Boat (Finn Brothers [Neil Finn & Tim Finn])
04 Suffer Never (Finn Brothers [Neil Finn & Tim Finn])
05 Weather with You (Finn Brothers [Neil Finn & Tim Finn])
06 I Got You (Neil Finn)
07 Last One Standing (Neil Finn)
08 Southern Man (Neil Finn)
09 Try Whistling This (Neil Finn)
10 Falling Star (Neil Finn)
11 She Will Have Her Way (Neil Finn)
12 What I Get Paid For (Neil Finn)
13 King Tide (Neil Finn)
14 Only Talking Sense (Neil Finn)
15 12 Guitars (Neil Finn)
16 I Can See Clearly Now (Neil Finn)
17 Four Seasons in One Day (Neil Finn)
Crowded House - Tinley Park IL 1991 - So Many Roads
"In July 1991, Crowded House released their 3rd studio album entitled Woodface, The disc became the band;s firts top 10 album in the UK, climbing to #6 on the British charts, but only reached #83 on the Billboard charts in the US. The disc featured the tune Weather With You, which was a big hit throughout the world except in the US, where it failed to chart, The FM Broadcast captures Crowded House on tour in support of Woodface in Tinley Park on September 15, 1991, 32 years ago today." -SPEEDY
World Where You Live | Crowded House
Given the resurgence of interest in Crowded House reforming and Neil Finn engaging his two sons to back him this has to be worth a revisit. I bought pretty much all their stuff when it came out especially the first few albums