Neil Finn & Friends - 7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James
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Artist: Neil Finn & FriendsEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2002-02-26
Music Label: Nettwerk
Soundtracks:
- Anytime
- Take A Walk
- The Climber
- Loose Tongue
- Down On The Corner
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
- Paper Doll
- Turn And Run
- Angels Heap
- Edible Flowers
- Stuff And Nonsense
- I See Red
- She Will Have Her Way
- Parting Ways
- Weather With You
- Paradise (Wherever You Are)
- Don't Dream It's Over
Free Music Notes for 7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James
Free Music Review: A mixed bag
Hit: 3 Stars
Disclaimer: Neil Finn is a brilliant songwriter.
That having been said, I'm a little ambivalent about this album. There are some good performances of some good songs. There's also an execrable performance of a good song. There are several performances of "songs" that should have been locked in a small tin box and dropped in the middle of the South Pacific. A good number of the tracks are in none of the preceding categories. Here it is in a nutshell:
(1) Tracks that will send shivers down your spine: "Edible Flowers" and the deliciously stripped down rendition of "Don't Dream It's Over".
(2) Other reasons why you should buy this album: "Anytime", "The Climber", "My Loose Tongue", "Turn and Run", "She Will Have Her Way".
(3) What should have been left on the mixing room floor: "Paper Doll" (it sounds like she's singing "Paper Towel". Stick to the violin, Lisa), "Stuff and Nonsense" (a little known Tim Finn number from the late seventies that reminds us that good songwriters usually don't start that way), "There is a light that never goes out" (for the cringeworthy lyrics).
(4) What they stuffed up: "Weather With You" (what's with the idiot tinkling on the piano in the background, anyway? Talk about a surefire way to destroy a great song's ambience.)
7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James Poster
Formerly of Crowded House and Spit Enz, Neil Finn has embarked on a successful solo career, which can be heard and seen on the CD and DVD release of his live album, Seven Worlds Collide, which features such guests as Eddie Vedder, Lisa Germano, and others... In April 2001, Neil banded together with Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder, Radiohead's Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien, Neil's brother Tim, Lisa Germano and Betchadupa (featuring Neil's son, Liam, on vocals) for a 5-night stint at the St. James' Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand. The resulting album and DVD, 7 Worlds Collide, features the best and highly memorable moments from each of the aforementioned artists in what was a week of enchanted evenings. Making a memorable event even more poignant, all artists contributing to the CD and DVD are contributing their royalties to Doctors Without Borders to assist with medical work in Afghanistan.This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
Neil Finn's restless creative spirit didn't lounge during Split Enz's and Crowded House's two decades of achievement. In this live recording (culled from five shows at New Zealand's St. James Theatre in April 2001), Finn not only pauses to take stock in his rich career, he often generously shares the spotlight with an impressive array of guest musicians (brother Tim, guitarist Johnny Marr of the Smiths and Electronic, violinist/vocalist Lisa Germano, Radiohead's Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien, and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder) who've come to back him and express a little fandom of their own. The results are gratifying cross-pollinations: Vedder sharing vocals on Enz's "Stuff and Nonsense," "Take a Walk," and a jagged version of "I See Red"; Finn tipping his hat to Morrissey on the Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" after Marr's jangly "Down on the Corner"; and sharing an always-welcome harmony with Tim Finn on material from their various projects together. If there's a criticism to be made, it's that Finn occasionally shortchanges himself here. --Jerry McCulley
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