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Subject: Split Enz Poll
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 07/04/06 at 4:33 am
I know they did reasonably ok outside Australia and New Zealand. Which one is your favourite?
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: 80sTrivMeister on 07/04/06 at 5:44 am
I voted for "I Got You"... great song! :)
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Davester on 07/04/06 at 6:18 am
Brenda, the beach, the hotel room, laughing at Bugs Bunny cartoons, breakfast at the cafe, candlelit dinner, picnic on the side of the road where the car broke down...
"Message to My Girl" :)
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Jessica on 07/04/06 at 8:31 am
"Message to My Girl"
I have my reasons.
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: whistledog on 07/04/06 at 8:51 am
One Step Ahead isn't in the poll :\'(
I went for "Six Months in A Leaky Boat". Back in the day, it was massive here in Canada and has always been my favourite from them :)
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: KKay on 07/04/06 at 9:23 am
from your list l love "nobody takes me seriously"...but my favorite is really "Shark Attack"..oh and "I Hope I Never"
good poll!
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: DJ Midas on 07/05/06 at 8:56 pm
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat"
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: BrianMannixGirl on 07/07/06 at 11:05 am
Impossible to choose ! In the end I chose My Mistake because it was my introduction to the band - I still remember them being on Countdown in the mid 70s - bright outfits, funky hair, strange makeup - singing it. I wanted to be them.
Saw them in concert last month - 22 years after I first saw them in concert and they were still awesome.
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: ktelqueen on 07/07/06 at 11:12 am
Six Months In A Leaky Boat followed by I Got You
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: mandamoo on 07/08/06 at 7:57 am
My Mistake
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 07/08/06 at 8:35 am
All of them !
"Message To My Girl" was my choice from those on offer, but I will listen again and again to anything but Straight Ol' Line :-\\
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/06 at 8:37 am
I only really know I Got You
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 07/08/06 at 9:00 am
I only really know I Got You
Philip !
Go find some other stuff, they were fantastic :) You wouldn't be disappointed :)
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/06 at 10:15 am
Philip !
Go find some other stuff, they were fantastic :) You wouldn't be disappointed :)
I see what I can do.
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: whistledog on 07/08/06 at 1:29 pm
I only really know I Got You
I believe that was their lone hit in the UK, which is the same deal they got in the USA :\'(
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/08/06 at 1:37 pm
I believe that was their lone hit in the UK, which is the same deal they got in the USA :\'(
The Split Enz UK hit Singles were:
1980 12 I Got You
1981 63 History Never Repeats
1983 83 Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: BrianMannixGirl on 07/09/06 at 4:22 am
Philip !
Go find some other stuff, they were fantastic :) You wouldn't be disappointed :)
I will second that - try this cd Philip - its the double cd of greatest hits released for their recent reunion tour. Its got all the best on there.
http://chaos.com/product/spellbound_very_best_of_split_enz_685351_5107.html
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/06 at 4:23 am
I will second that - try this cd Philip - its the double cd of greatest hits released for their recent reunion tour. Its got all the best on there.
http://chaos.com/product/spellbound_very_best_of_split_enz_685351_5107.html
I see what I can do.
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: whistledog on 07/09/06 at 5:13 pm
The Split Enz UK hit Singles were:
1980 12 I Got You
1981 63 History Never Repeats
1983 83 Six Months In A Leaky Boat
It's good to see "Six Months in A Leaky Boat" atleast in the charts. That song should have been a hit everywhere
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 07/10/06 at 4:07 am
All of the listed were great, but my favorite was left out!
Hard Act To Follow
And indeed, they are!
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Southern Image on 07/10/06 at 9:57 am
I Hope I Never
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Suicidal Blonde on 09/12/06 at 3:24 pm
Dirty Creature
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: gmann on 09/12/06 at 11:14 pm
It's good to see "Six Months in A Leaky Boat" atleast in the charts. That song should have been a hit everywhere
It probably would have been a hit had it not come out during the Falkland Islands war. The UK peeps got all uptight, thinking it was a criticism of their military. It was actually about the colonials in New Zealand. I believe the song was banned, but I could be wrong. Elvis Costello's "Pill and Soap", which actually *was* a commentary on the British political situation of the time, met with similar criticism but was a hit anyway.
I dig "History Never Repeats". That song has *hooks*!! :)
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Barefoot_Blues on 09/13/06 at 9:19 am
I Hope I Never
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: KKay on 09/13/06 at 9:42 am
I Hope I Never
^you betcha!
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: conker on 09/14/06 at 11:56 am
I Got You is one of my favs from True Colours. I have the vinyl Laser Etched LP, quite impressive even today.
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: gmann on 09/14/06 at 11:54 pm
I Got You is one of my favs from True Colours. I have the vinyl Laser Etched LP, quite impressive even today.
Hey, pardner. There's only room for *one* Elvis around here. ;D
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: Sister Morphine on 09/15/06 at 12:09 am
I don't think I've heard of them.
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: whistledog on 03/22/07 at 4:54 pm
The Split Enz UK hit Singles were:
1980 12 I Got You
1981 63 History Never Repeats
1983 83 Six Months In A Leaky Boat
Here's additional hits for US and Canada:
1980 - I Got You
1981 - One Step Ahead
1982 - Six Months in A Leaky Boat
* These Canadian Chart positions courtesy of the CBC Charts, a combination of sales and airplay, which was one of many chart systems used to measure hit singles in Canada. The one I normally use is RPM, but One Step Ahead doesn't appear in it, and I knew it was a hit, becuase I remember it :)
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: whistledog on 03/22/07 at 6:45 pm
And just for the heck of it, here's the hits that Tim Finn had in Canada (he had no hits as a solo artist in America) ...
1983 - Through the Years
1989 - How'm I Gonna Sleep
1990 - Not Even Close
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/23/07 at 9:06 pm
There are so many great ones to choose from...
I'm going with
Albert of India
The Finn brothers are terrific, but let's not forget instrumentals were a strong suit with the Enz, and somebody around here ought to give a nod to Eddie Rayner!
The "Waiata" (aka "Corroboree")/"Corroboree" (aka "Waiata") album is my favorite. It didn't quite the esteem and accolades of other albums, such as "Mental Notes" and "True Colors," but it's the first Split Enz I had and the most special to me! It was marketed as "Waiata" here in the States.
The production on "Conflicting Emotions" is peerless!
Subject: Re: Split Enz Poll
Written By: nally on 03/24/07 at 1:17 am
Since the only song of theirs I know is "I Got You", I might as well vote for that one.