RIP 2018
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@jegga Crowded House hated Something so Strong and barely played it. IMHO these so called hated songs made these guys millions of dollars from fans who love them and they should just suck it up and play the farking songs
Yep , there’ll come a time when no one gives a fuck about them and they’ll be happy to have an audience . They won’t be so picky then I bet.
I noticed Crowded House were perfectly happy to play it during the reunion concert at the Sydney Opera house last year. Sanctimony left when the money and fame dried up perhaps
Did the money really dry up for Finn? I assume he's doing alright.
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@jegga Crowded House hated Something so Strong and barely played it. IMHO these so called hated songs made these guys millions of dollars from fans who love them and they should just suck it up and play the farking songs
Yep , there’ll come a time when no one gives a fuck about them and they’ll be happy to have an audience . They won’t be so picky then I bet.
I noticed Crowded House were perfectly happy to play it during the reunion concert at the Sydney Opera house last year. Sanctimony left when the money and fame dried up perhaps
Did the money really dry up for Finn? I assume he's doing alright.
I'm sure he's doing fine from the royalties alone. He's probably just mellowed over time coz he even seemed to vaguely enjoy it
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@jegga Crowded House hated Something so Strong and barely played it. IMHO these so called hated songs made these guys millions of dollars from fans who love them and they should just suck it up and play the farking songs
Yep , there’ll come a time when no one gives a fuck about them and they’ll be happy to have an audience . They won’t be so picky then I bet.
I noticed Crowded House were perfectly happy to play it during the reunion concert at the Sydney Opera house last year. Sanctimony left when the money and fame dried up perhaps
Did the money really dry up for Finn? I assume he's doing alright.
He probably is with the royalties off two bands and recording studio.
His brother was in a band with the singer from the Hothouse Flowers .years ago I was listening to him in a radio interview telling this bizarre story about how the hothouse flowers singer got dumped by O’Riordan and he didn’t take it very well and got up on stage drunk singing and wearing a dress she’d left at his house. There was s disparity in size between the two of them and it was not something anyone wanted to see. These days footage of it would be viral in about 30 minutes.
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A lot of bands refuse to play popular songs from their catalogue for a variety of reasons. Depending on the band I often prefer them to play more deep cuts than just a greatest hits gig.
Anyway, RIP Dolores.
I went to U2 360 a few years back. They played a decent amount of fringe stuff, like Miss Sarajevo, and were quite light on the radio hits. I enjoyed it but my mate was most unhappy about the lack of hits. I'm sure he was representative of a large proportion of the audience who paid a lot of money and wanted to hear the well known stuff
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I went to the same concert, and that was my one and only U2 concert. I would have liked to hear some of my favourites (e.g., The Unforgettable Fire) but most of the hits were played including “One Tree Hill”.
The worst part of that concert was having Jay-Z as the opener. Talk about a mismatch.
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I went to the same concert, and that was my one and only U2 concert. I would have liked to hear some of my favourites (e.g., The Unforgettable Fire) but most of the hits were played including “One Tree Hill”.
The worst part of that concert was having Jay-Z as the opener. Talk about a mismatch.
I remember hearing he was opening for them , thought it was weird. Two very different types of music.
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I went to the same concert, and that was my one and only U2 concert. I would have liked to hear some of my favourites (e.g., The Unforgettable Fire) but most of the hits were played including “One Tree Hill”.
The worst part of that concert was having Jay-Z as the opener. Talk about a mismatch.
I remember hearing he was opening for them , thought it was weird. Two very different types of music.
Didn't Kanye West open for them on a previous tour? Weird
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@canefan I have been a fan of Neil Finn since day one and him hating Something So Strong is a new one on me. I have lost count of the number of his concerts that I have been to and more often than not that song was played. The band hated the video though, they thought it looked more like a tooth paste ad.
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I went to the same concert, and that was my one and only U2 concert. I would have liked to hear some of my favourites (e.g., The Unforgettable Fire) but most of the hits were played including “One Tree Hill”.
The worst part of that concert was having Jay-Z as the opener. Talk about a mismatch.
I remember hearing he was opening for them , thought it was weird. Two very different types of music.
Didn't Kanye West open for them on a previous tour? Weird
I think in many places Kanye West opening for them is fine - in Auckland not so much. I went to one of the concerts at Mt Smart and thought Kanye was great (not knowing much of his music going in) but most of the crowd around me were going obnoxiously out of their way to show how much they didn't like him (and I bet most of them, like me hadn't really heard much of their stuff).
I can't actually remember what U2 was like but then I wasn't a huge fan, just went along as everyone else was going.
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@crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:
@canefan I have been a fan of Neil Finn since day one and him hating Something So Strong is a new one on me. I have lost count of the number of his concerts that I have been to and more often than not that song was played. The band hated the video though, they thought it looked more like a tooth paste ad.
I expect I won't hear it on Saturday when he plays with Liam in Oxford, but that's OK.
The cultural cringe is strong on the Fern. Is there any Kiwi musician that the majority don't hate?
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@crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:
@canefan I have been a fan of Neil Finn since day one and him hating Something So Strong is a new one on me. I have lost count of the number of his concerts that I have been to and more often than not that song was played. The band hated the video though, they thought it looked more like a tooth paste ad.
I expect I won't hear it on Saturday when he plays with Liam in Oxford, but that's OK.
The cultural cringe is strong on the Fern. Is there any Kiwi musician that the majority don't hate?
That sounds pretty cool , post a review.
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@crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:
@canefan I have been a fan of Neil Finn since day one and him hating Something So Strong is a new one on me. I have lost count of the number of his concerts that I have been to and more often than not that song was played. The band hated the video though, they thought it looked more like a tooth paste ad.
I can't provide evidence but seem to remember reading it. I was in the front row at the Dunedin town hall and when we asked them to play it Neil looked like we'd kicked his cat. They are still my favourite my kiwi band by far, they opened for REM at Western Springs in the early 90s and stole the show. If they play a tour in NZ again I'll be there
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@crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:
@canefan I have been a fan of Neil Finn since day one and him hating Something So Strong is a new one on me. I have lost count of the number of his concerts that I have been to and more often than not that song was played. The band hated the video though, they thought it looked more like a tooth paste ad.
I expect I won't hear it on Saturday when he plays with Liam in Oxford, but that's OK.
The cultural cringe is strong on the Fern. Is there any Kiwi musician that the majority don't hate?
That sounds pretty cool , post a review.
I'm flying down from Wellington for it, so my bias as a massive Neil Finn fan and Liam Finn fan is now laid bare for all to see.
I was weighing up the Paekakariki show on Wednesday but it sold out very quickly - this show had too, but my friend already had sorted tickets so that worked out nicely.
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@crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:
@canefan I have been a fan of Neil Finn since day one and him hating Something So Strong is a new one on me. I have lost count of the number of his concerts that I have been to and more often than not that song was played. The band hated the video though, they thought it looked more like a tooth paste ad.
I expect I won't hear it on Saturday when he plays with Liam in Oxford, but that's OK.
The cultural cringe is strong on the Fern. Is there any Kiwi musician that the majority don't hate?
Lorde
TikiTane
ExponentsI'll happily bottle any fluffybunny that doesn't love the Dudes, Dragon and Shihad though....
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@crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:
@canefan I have been a fan of Neil Finn since day one and him hating Something So Strong is a new one on me. I have lost count of the number of his concerts that I have been to and more often than not that song was played. The band hated the video though, they thought it looked more like a tooth paste ad.
I expect I won't hear it on Saturday when he plays with Liam in Oxford, but that's OK.
The cultural cringe is strong on the Fern. Is there any Kiwi musician that the majority don't hate?
What makes you think we hate them?
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I went to the same concert, and that was my one and only U2 concert. I would have liked to hear some of my favourites (e.g., The Unforgettable Fire) but most of the hits were played including “One Tree Hill”.
The worst part of that concert was having Jay-Z as the opener. Talk about a mismatch.
I remember hearing he was opening for them , thought it was weird. Two very different types of music.
Didn't Kanye West open for them on a previous tour? Weird
I think in many places Kanye West opening for them is fine - in Auckland not so much. I went to one of the concerts at Mt Smart and thought Kanye was great (not knowing much of his music going in) but most of the crowd around me were going obnoxiously out of their way to show how much they didn't like him (and I bet most of them, like me hadn't really heard much of their stuff).
I can't actually remember what U2 was like but then I wasn't a huge fan, just went along as everyone else was going.
I went to mountain rock mostly to see Dragon live because I thought it might be the last time they played together with both brothers. Got stuck next to some fuckwit who was giving them the bird with both hands while chanting “ Aussie piston wristed gibbons” , Ffs .
They were great once I moved away from him though .
