Music – Neil Finn
I went with my kiwi mate and new collaborator Florence Hartigan to hear one of my idols, Neil Finn at Largo last week. He is without a doubt one of the greatest. Always a humbling experience. He writes masterful songs with drop dead melodies. His voice is always spot on. He can play guitar within an inch of his life. He’s my Paul McCartney. If you are not familiar…check out Split Enz, Crowded House, The Finn Brothers and his solo work – Neil Finn.
My older brothers used to listen to Split Enz, so I grew up with that. My girlfriends and I were Crowded House groupies in School. I caught one of Neil’s guitar picks at a Sydney Uni Show. After my pal Allie I kept yelling at him, he finally knelt down and asked us what we wanted to hear….he then obliged and played Sister Madly for us. He singled out my other friend Alison N at The State Theatre….”this is for the girl up the back in the red shirt!”…we still laugh about that.
So yes, as you can see, I have nostalgic attachments, but I can honestly say, now as an adult, a singer/songwriter and a musician, he’s as good as it gets. Thanks Neil for being you. Neil with my friends Wendy & Lisa and also Sebastian on bass If you need more…spend some time on youtube, he’s all over.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Great site, how do I subscribe?
October 10th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
thank you. I’m not sure how to subscribe. I’m very very new at this. I’ll get back to you! thank you!
October 11th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Neil Finn is a flawless, perfect, inspiring, superb musician, singer, and songwriter…unquestionably one of the best. A lifetime ago I turned a friend on to Crowded House and Neil Finn has been one of her favorite artists ever since. She told me that she went to see him perform at The Roxy once and the show was canceled, or they oversold the house, or something along those lines. In any case Neil felt bad about it and as a result came outside with his acoustic guitar and performed for everybody right there on the sidewalk outside the club. How cool is that?
October 11th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
He’s outstanding….and just as there are badly managed venues, there are disrespectful selfish artists as well. He is the epitome of greatness. As for the Roxy, I’ve heard of him doing that for people waiting in line to get in before. He just rocks! I adore him.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Hi Kelli! So I figured it out. There is now a button on the top right that you simply press to subscribe to the feeds from this site. Thanks so much! Take care, Libby x