#neil finn

[whiteladyofithilien]

No credits songs hit as hard as the Hobbit trilogy credits' songs

[lisahafey]

There is freedom within, there is freedom without

Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup

There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost

But you'll never see the end of the road

While you're traveling with me

[Chorus]

Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over

Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in

They come, they come to build a wall between us

We know they won't win

[Verse 2]

Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof

My possessions are causing me suspicion, but there's no proof

In the paper today, tales of war and of waste

But you turn right over to the TV page

[Chorus]

Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over

Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in

They come, they come to build a wall between us

We know they won't win

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum

And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart

Only shadows ahead, barely clearing the roof

Get to know the feeling of liberation and release

[Chorus]

Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over

Hey now, hey now, when the world comes in

They come, they come to build a wall between us

You know they won't win

[Outro]

Don't let them win

Hey now, hey now

Hey now, hey now

Hey now, hey now

Don't let them win

They come, they come

Don't let them win

Hey now, hey now (Yeah)

Hey now, hey now

[krispyweiss]

Christine McVie Dead at 79

- “She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life,” Fleetwood Mac says

Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie has died “following a short illness,” her family said in a statement.

McVie died Nov. 30 in a hospital with her family nearby. She was 79.

“We would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally,” McVie’s family said.

“Gutted to learn about the passing of Christine McVie,” Garbage said in a statement. “Just gutted. Songbird forever.”

“This is so unbelievably sad,” Foghat wrote on Facebook. “RIP, Christine McVie. Such a beautiful soul.”

Born Christine Perfect, the singer/songwriter/keyboardist played first with Chicken Shack. She joined Fleetwood Mac after contributing to 1970’s Kiln House and was the band’s third-longest-serving member after Mick Fleetwood and her ex-husband John McVie.

“We cherished Christine deeply, the band said in a statement.

“She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure,” Fleetwood Mac said. “She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life.”

McVie played alongside every member of Fleetwood Mac save for Peter Green and appeared on all but four of the band’s 18 studio albums.

Living Colour’s Vernon Reid eulogized McVie as his second-favorite Mac member after Green and quoted her lyrics to “You Make Loving Fun” as some of her best.

“No other voice … captured that feeling of the narcotic stage of love better than Christine McVie,” Reid said.

“What a tremendous loss to the music community,” Bret Michaels said on Twitter. “My deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Christine McVie.”

She recorded three solo albums between 1970 and 2004 and released a 2017 duo album with Lindsey Buckingham that was followed by a tour.

Her death is “terribly heartbreaking” and an “enormous loss,” Ron Sexsmith wrote on Twitter.

“She wrote my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs and I also loved her solo work,” he said.

11/30/22

[bbbrianjones]

neil and tim finn of split enz, 1980

[goldduststevie]

Fleetwood Mac in 2018, photo by Randee St. Nicholas.

[neilfinnaesthetics]

*doesn’t post nil in a while* *posts this*

[thats-h0w-th3-light-g3ts-in]

Oh, I just thought y‘all needed a good cry. No? Sorry, my bad!

Couple of fellow rock stars I found out had postet tributes to Chris on IG after her death in 2022.

(Other than the OG members of FMac obvsly)

Did you come across any other? Lemme know!

[all-rock-and-roll-is-homosexual]

Creem Magazine April 1981/ Split Enz' Ab-original artifacts

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if you like my scans and want to repost them off of tumblr or crop/otherwise make edits to any of the photos contained within this article please credit my blog and the original photographer (where applicable), and if you're feeling extra generous and want to help me out you can donate via my ko-fi donating will allow me to obtain more magazines to scan and upgrade my equipment

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Split Enz for a magazine spread in aussie teen mag DOLLY, 1979/1980.

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round one

Crowded House

Formed in: 1985

Genres: Pop rock, alt rock

Lineup: Neil Finn – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, guitars

Nick Seymour – bass

Paul Hester – drums, backing vocals

Albums from the 80s:

Crowded House [1986]

Temple of Low Men [1988]

Propaganda: 

Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Formed in: 1984

Genres: Soft rock

Lineup: Bruce Hornsby – vocals, grand piano, synthesizer, hammered dulcimer, accordion

David Mansfield – guitar, mandolin, violin

George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals

Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals

John Molo – drums, percussion

Albums from the 80s:

The Way it Is [1986]

The Way it Is Tour 1986-87 [1987]

Scenes from the Southside [1988]

Propaganda:

[agroovykindalovee]

— Neil Finn behind the scenes of Weather With You music video

[newgolddream]

My 10 favorite albums of 1980

David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Visage - Visage

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta

The Clash - London Calling

The Pretenders - Pretenders

Devo - Freedom Of Choice

Split Enz - True Colours

Ultravox - Vienna

Roxy Music - Flesh & Blood

Dire Straits - Making Movies

[krispyweiss]

Neil Finn on Fleetwood Mac: “It Doesn’t Currently Exist”

Fleetwood Mac “doesn’t currently exist.”

So says Neil Finn, the Crowded House frontman who was “gobsmacked” when Mick Fleetwood asked him to join a retooled version of the Mac for its 2018-’19 tour, which also featured former Heartbreaker Mike Campbell but no Lindsey Buckingham.

“The naysayers said, ‘No Lindsey Buckingham, no Fleetwood Mac,’ but I brought personality and the ability to sing with Stevie (Nicks) and Christine (McVie),” Finn told MOJO magazine.

“I could never be capable of sounding like Lindsey, but I put a similar intensity into his songs.”

Though the group “doesn’t currently exist,” Finn said when it did, it was led by Fleetwood, who “carried the flag,” and Nicks, who “wants it the way Stevie wants it and that’s the way it’ll be.

“She couldn’t bear to be in a band with Lindsey any more, but she still wanted to do it exactly the way he would have,” Finn said.

“It was more difficult for Mike Campbell: she … put a lot of pressure on Mike to be more like Lindsey. Sometimes Mike’s solos would go on and Stevie would get exhausted playing tambourine. She’d be, ‘Fucking hell, Lindsey only did 12 bars.’”

Christine McVie died in 2022.

4/20/24

[bbbrianjones]

NEIL FINN, 1984

[thefinn-ternet]

Day: Sept 26th

#Finn365 

#NeilFinn

#TimFinn

#SplitEnz

Split Enz inducted into the  Aria's Hall Of Fame play "Poor Boy" & "History" 2005

[neilfinnaesthetics]

Screaming because I finally found this photo again!!