Neil Finn & Friends - 7 Worlds Collide - Live At The St. James
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Free Music Review: South Pacific Paradise
Hit: 5 Stars
This record is just fantastic. Neil Finn is most likely the best songwriter around. Neil Finn and Paul McCartney, that's pretty much it as `Worlds best songwriters' goes, in my opinion. To hear him play with friends and professionals, even family, like he does on this album is a privilege.
Essentially Neil planned to get together with some musicians he admires (Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder, Lisa Germano a.o.), rehearse in comfortable surroundings in New Zealand, play a few gigs as a band and disband. In addition he brought his brother Tim Finn and his son Liam with his band Betchadupa along for the gig, and that's pretty much it.
What came out of this is just so good, I almost feel like crying, I'm so upset I couldn't be there to witness it. But the good news is of course this CD and the wonderful concert DVD released at the same time.
There are a couple of mild duds (Johnny Marr on his own is a rather pedestrian affair), but all over this is just a sensory festival. Highpoint of the affair, Eddie Vedder and Tim Finn rocking out alongside the kids in Betchadupa to Uncle Tim's 'I See Red', with a proud Neil watching from the side.
An early version of Edible Flowers (later released on Everyone is here) sends shivers down my spine, showing that the Finn Brothers grasp on a great tune and superior lyrics are as strong as ever.
Buy it, now!
Free Music Review: Out of This World
Hit: 5 Stars
Only one person in the world could sing a "Smiths" number better than Morrisey and that person , Neil Finn , has decided to include an example , "There's A Light" on this . Along with a list of guests (friends and peers) Finn goes thru some of his back catalogue and songs off his new one "One Nil" to create a live album with a difference - everyone gets a turn at being the frontman - brother Tim , Johnny Marr , Ed Vedder , son Liam , even Lisa Germano who basically sleeps with her mouth open on the album's low point "Paper Doll" . But despite the oft shifting of singers , the album still carries the Finn sound throughout - a nod to the Beatles and for that matter anyone carrying the can for Brit rock , embellished by a naivity and beauty that one can only create having been brought thru the "pub rock" nursery of the southern hemisphere . This man is not scared to lay his mind on the table for all to dissect and that bravery is blatently apparent on "Anytime" as well as the singer's signature "Don't Dream It's Over". Also son Liam's band Betchadupa with Ed Vedder out front blow the album apart with a scorching version of "I See Red" that truly accentuates the vastness of the songs included hear - the introspection of "The Climber" to the powder keg of the old Split Enz chestnut "I See Red".Free Music Review: 7 Worlds, 5 Stars.
Hit: 5 Stars
His solo career has confirmed my suspicion that Neil Finn was, in fact, Crowded House. Experiencing his recent, sold-out performance at the Gothic Theater in Denver inspired me to buy this CD along with the companion DVD. This live CD was drawn from five shows at The St. James in Aukland, New Zealand in April, 2001. With Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Lisa Germano, Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), and Ed O'Brien and Phil Selway (Radiohead) backing him, Neil's performance here not only includes Split Enz and Crowded House material, but songs from his more recent, solo career as well. While Neil shines brightly with his Morrissey-like vocal cover of The Smith's classic, "There is a Light that Never Goes Out," it is ultimately The Smiths' guitarist, Johnny Marr, who steals the show from everyone with his song, "Down on the Corner." (Neil covered both songs sans Johnny Marr during his Denver show.) Worth noting, the companion DVD contains more songs than the CD, including an amazing version of Tim Finn and Neil Finn singing the Crowded House tune, "Four Seasons in One Day."G. Merritt
Free Music Review: THE BEST NEIL FINN PRODUCTION YET !
Hit: 5 Stars
SIMPLY BRILLIANT, IS ALL I COULD SAY !!I HAVE FOLLOWED, LISTENED AND APPRECIATED THE MUSIC THAT NEIL HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE THE EARLY DAY'S WITH ENZ TO HIS MORE RECENT SOLO COLLABARATIONS AND HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO AN ARTIST WHO JUST MATURES WITH EVERY NEW OFFERING, I HAVE NOT ALWAY'S LIKED EVERYTHING HE HAS RECORDED, BUT COULD ALWAY'S APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO EXPERIMENT WITH VARIATIONS OF HIS CRAFT.
THIS COLLECTION IS THE CROWNING GLORY, HE HAS NOT BEEN MOTIVATED BY THE IMPULSES THAT OTHER ARTIST'S FALL VICTIM TO (ANOTHER BEST OF LIVE SET), HE QUITE SIMPLY SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH ARTIST'S HE WISHES TO PERFORM WITH AND GO'S ABOUT SELECTING SONG'S, OLD, NEW AND SOME REFRESHINGLY OBSCURE, TO SURPRISE THE LISTENER WITH SOME EXCEPTIONAL ARRANGEMENT'S. HE AMAZINGLY HIT'S THE MARK ON ALL BUT A COUPLE BUT BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THEY ALL BUT GO UNNOTICED.
THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGHLIGHT'S INCLUDE TAKE A WALK, LOOSE TONGUE AND DOWN ON THE CORNER.
A MUST BUY !!!...ENJOY, I DID !
Free Music Review: Nostalgic and bittersweet
Hit: 5 Stars
I listened to this cd first at a listening booth in a record store here, and ended up crying buckets - this album tastes so much of New Zealand - it's hard for an expat like myself not to feel that this album is bittersweet. Weather With You and Don't Dream It's Over are two quintessential NZ, as are our wonder son's Tim and Neil. (I even had the pleasure of serving Tim when I worked at a bookstore in New Zealand - I don't think he knew how much I idolised him!) Just listen to how the audience sings a long to these two songs, and tell me you can't feel the love!
Eddie Vedder also does justice to "I See Red", perhaps the first song I ever heard from Split Enz.. of course I saw it on "What Now", back in the days when Simon and Cath hosted it...
This is an excellent album, that despite the nostalgia for me - is still worth listening to. Just promise me you'll pay a bit more attention to all the heart behind it, rather than just the musicianship.