It's a family affair! Neil Finn along with sons Liam and Elroy rock Crowded House's 2023 North American tour.

Check out the Women of Rock's concert review - hosts Kimberly Gunn and Tammy Holzer discuss Tammy's experience attending the Crowded House show.

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Greetings, and welcome to this latest episode of The Women of Rock.

I'm one of your hosts, Kimberly.

Hi, I'm Tammy.

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We have some great reporting coming out of the Crowded House tour.

Our girl Tammy t was right there with it.

Tammy, how was

the show?

It was awesome.

I, you know, it's funny because I didn't even know they were touring.

I found out about a week ago, a week before the concert, uh, Through a

Facebook ad that came across my feed.

So sometimes the Facebook ads are good, um, sometimes, but I saw

that it was playing in my area and just totally grabbed a ticket

and, um, was so excited to go.

So it was, it was an awesome show.

Awesome.

And you know, this is the second on the ground reporting from the, from

the con, the hot concert, uh, tour.

So our first episode was Depeche Mode.

You can go back and check that out.

And we're super excited to hear more about Crowded House.

I know that there's a huge crowded house fan base.

I believe their North American tour was scheduled for, I think it was,

let's see what we're in the spring.

Spring 2023, I think it was for fall 2022.

And it got postponed, I believe, due to, the drummer I think

needing surgery or something.

So anyway, I haven't seen a whole lot of advertising other than the Facebook.

The Facebook ad that I got, I hadn't really heard about it, but it is going on

through, I think maybe even through June.

So if it comes to your area, definitely check it out, but I'll give you more

details as we, as we go through the show.

Awesome.

And

where did you catch

the show?

I.

So it was in Mesa, Arizona, and so it's close to the Phoenix area,

and it's at a, it was at a theater called, the Mesa Arts Center.

I think it's the, I, I, theater don't know if I'm saying that right.

It's the first time I had ever been there.

Actually didn't even know it existed.

So, uh, they do a lot of, uh, plays and shows and that kind of thing.

So, Looking at the venue, I knew it was probably gonna be a small, intimate show.

And also, that it was probably gonna be mellow given the, that it's at a

theater and just given a crowded house.

I kind of figured, you know, this will probably be a mellow show.

I don't think anybody's gonna be standing up, uh, rocking out or anything like that.

And that's okay.

So I, I had myself prepared of, okay, it's gonna be, it's on a Wednesday night.

Be a mellow show.

I'm gonna buy a ticket, you know, up in the mezzanine level.

I figured it's, since it's a small theater, I could probably

get a good seat anywhere.

So I thought I, and I've said things on the show before about, you know,

if I wanna stand up to a song and.

Um, people behind me are yelling at me to sit down.

I really hate that.

So I thought, well, I'm gonna sit on the mezzanine level toward the back.

There weren't that many rows in the mezzanine level, so I sat in the back

with no one behind me intentionally so I could stand up if I wanted

to, and nobody would yell at me.

Sit down.

So I didn't.

Even stand up until the end.

but it was, it was great.

It was, it was a great, mellow, but very, entertaining and, I

wouldn't say it was nostalgic.

It was, it was a lot of their new material.

So it was just, Just great.

Just a great show.

Awesome, And I know for people who are, familiar with Crat House,

they're gonna know their big song.

You know, don't dream it's over.

and I think this tour is called, dreamers Are Waiting.

Is that, is that correct?

Or their album is Dreamers Are Waiting

So that's their new album.

I.

Must have came out in 20 22, 20 21, 20 22.

cause I think this is the tail end of their tour.

Mm-hmm.

If I'm not mistaken.

So, um, so Cared, house has been around for a while.

They've been on several hiatus and, and were very successful in the

late eighties, um, and nineties.

So I wasn't sure what to expect.

I thought, you know, I'm a huge Neil Finn fan.

I'm a huge split ends fan, so I was just ho and I, and I'm a huge credit house fan,

but I haven't really followed their music.

In the last 15 years, I don't know how much they have released.

I'm not even sure that it's been that much.

And I wasn't aware of their new album, but I just thought, I love Neil Finn

and it was a bucket list thing for me to see him and crowded a house.

So I was going, no matter what did I, I don't typically do much

research before I go to a show cuz I just wanna go in kind of blind.

I just wanna experience it.

I just wanna see, um, especially with some of the bands that have been around

a long time, I have no idea what to expect, so I don't wanna, I don't look

at reviews, I don't look at anything.

I just go, so that's, and then when I, after I experience it, then I kind of

start reading reviews and see, and, and checking out their, their newer music.

And so that's what I did this time and I was, well, not pleasantly surprised, but.

Really kind of blown away by Neil Finn's voice is, it sounds

exactly the same as it did.

Wow.

He's 64 and his voice, I mean, my God, and just, His musicianship and

stage presidents and everything.

And very quickly, I, so let me start, start from the beginning.

the opener was Liam Finn and Liam Finn is Neil Finn's son.

And so I, I kind of knew that before, but I said, oh, okay, the opener's

Liam Finn, I bet that is Neil's son again, didn't do a lot of research,

but just sort of assumed and.

Liam Finn is freaking awesome.

Like, okay, so he's 39.

You know, I, I think, oh, look at that kid.

But he is like 39.

he comes out and he's doing a one man show wearing this.

Red looks like a circusy kind of short jacket and red pants.

And he is gotten a setup around him of, microphone, guitar,

drums, and he's just out there.

But he introduces himself over like the microphone, welcome, this

is, uh, and now it's Liam Finn.

And, and it's literally him, saying it and walking out.

Wow.

And I think he only.

Perform maybe 30 minutes, maybe you know, a handful of songs,

but was so freaking entertaining.

I'm like, just animated, and I'm like, man, what I was thinking

was like, man, this kid has balls.

He's 39 years old.

I mean, just.

His, he just was so outgoing and so, entertaining and talking to the audience

and then just randomly just, just playing.

I mean, I think some, a few of the songs were, were his songs.

He's gotten, CDs out in that kind of thing.

But he would just start playing and just go to different

instruments and I'm just like, wow.

And he sounds so much like his dad.

Oh, wow.

Like there's that, there's that tone in his voice.

That I'm like, oh yeah, that's, that's definitely his son.

So it was really, really cool.

The crowd loved him.

I loved him.

You know, we're, oh, and, and by the way, the crowd.

You know, it's an old, it's an older crowd.

I'm old, it was older than me.

And, and that was okay.

So it was mellow, but it was so fun.

It just really casual, mellow crowd.

And I was thinking, Hmm, this is gonna be interesting.

And, so when I sat down, I heard somebody, an older gentleman, again, I'm old,

older than me, not that old, whatever.

Um, and he, and he said, wow, this is really an older crowd.

And the person, oh really?

The person he was with goes, you mean like us?

And I'm like, like, I just started laughing too.

I'm like, yep, that's, that's pretty much it.

Well, when you.

Well, when you do the math, I mean, they were big.

What?

It was the eighties, right?

Eighties.

Early eighties.

Early eighties.

Like 79 I think.

Split in.

Wow.

Or like, I wanna say 79 to early eighties.

Mm-hmm.

So, yeah, long time ago.

Long time ago.

So we're their, we're their fan base.

And, uh, we're getting older, but we're still going out.

Right?

Yeah.

But we're still going out.

So it, it was cool like, It's, it's not a show, it's not a nostalgic show is.

So, when Crowded House came on, um, and again, I didn't do any research, so I

quickly figured out, oh, and they were talking to the audience quite a bit.

Neil Fan was addressing the audience and, you know, chatting in between songs and.

Very personable and, and I, I realized very quickly that his son, Liam, one man

show is the guitarist in the band and.

The harmonies between Neil and his son, like, my God, it, it's just stunning

because their, their tones are so alike, and that was just absolutely mesmerizing.

And then, Uh, I quickly figured out that his other son, Elroy, is the drummer.

And so after the show when I came home and did some research, I'm like, oh, okay, so

this is like a total family affair, right?

And, and what's so cool about it is, as a huge Neil fan, fan myself, to see

how freaking talented his family is.

And I just kept imagining like, God, what was it like growing up in that house?

Right.

You know, I bet there was just music.

I bet they were jamming together, and for all that talent.

And now, now to be able to tour with his sons and them to be so

good and so musical and so talented.

And I think they've got their own individual bands and have released music

on their own and that kind of thing.

But, um, it was just incredible.

So that's for me, what made the show so incredible.

And it was a, they didn't really play the hits, so to speak.

They played a few hits here and there.

It was 20 songs.

It was over two hours.

So, but it was, Just a lot of really good musicianship.

I didn't recognize a lot of the songs, a a few here and there, and I was

wondering, I, I really enjoyed it, but I was watching the crowd and I was thinking,

I wonder if this is the kind of crowd that's gonna be pissed that they're

not playing the hits Play-Doh songs.

Where are you gonna play those songs?

And there was a guy next to me in the mezzanine level, um, on

his Kindle, like, you know, like reading something on his Kindle and

then left about, not even halfway

through, are you reading Warren Peace during this concert?

What are you doing?

Right?

I dunno.

So I'm like, oh, we lost one.

So I, but I didn't see anybody else.

I saw some people leaving toward the end, which is a real shame because at the end,

Is when they played a lot of the hits.

They did this medley, like when they came out for the encore, they did this medley

of, split ends and my favorite songs from Split Ends and, some of their other songs.

And I'm like, and everybody was up and clapping and, singing and

dancing and like, in some ways that was the highlight of the show.

And so if you stuck it out for the two hours, You, you saw all

that you wanted to go, you know, see the hits, um, and you left.

You really missed out.

Mm-hmm.

well, you know, the hats off to them because we talked about this

when we were reviewing the Depeche Mode concert and you know, people wanting

to just hear those songs that they are familiar with and I think, I think that's

a really smart move for these bands.

It's like, show off all your talents.

I didn't know, cause I watched clips of the show.

I didn't know that Nil Finn played a piano and keyboard.

I thought he was mainly a guitar player.

So that was really nice to see.

Yeah.

Yeah, super, super musical family.

Super talented family.

Um, and the thing is, is I thought about this a lot and I thought about this from

our Depeche mode, uh, recap or, or review.

And that's, I guess that's what I was thinking of when I was.

Listening to All these songs that I didn't know but was really enjoying,

I, I was really thinking, is this the kind of crowd that's gonna be into this?

Or is this the kind of crowd?

So, and I, and I was thinking too, like there's some, there's some bands,

you know, like a Def Leopard, even Motley Cru for that matter, that will

tour and they're playing the hits.

Mm-hmm.

They're playing the hits.

They're playing the hits, and it's almost like, A tribute show.

Mm-hmm.

You know, I'm sorry, but they're not really releasing new, new music.

It's, we're gonna go play the hits.

We're gonna have some fun.

People are gonna love it.

And that's that.

And that's okay.

That's a choice.

Mm-hmm.

That's a choice.

Mm-hmm.

These kinds of concerts, like a Depeche Mode or, or Credit house, they are,

I'm not saying that Def Leppard and Marley Crew are not artists, cuz

they are artists, but, there's a level of musicianship with someone,

like a crowded house or even even Depeche mode, and that, they're not

just gonna come out and do the hits.

It's not interesting to them.

Mm-hmm.

They're gonna come out and, and it's so funny because.

There was so much energy when they were performing what they wanted to perform.

Like they were just unstoppable and their, and the kids and the harmonies between

'em, like I I, I was just blown away.

And then they would put a, like a hits song kind of in between some of these long

things like, like a Fall at Your Feet.

I love that song.

But whenever they got to one of those, Past songs, their

energy noticeably dropped.

I was like, this isn't a very good rendition.

Mm-hmm.

I can tell they're not into it.

It's not that they're not good cuz they're killing it.

Mm-hmm.

On these other songs.

It's that they got, it just, it's probably not interesting to them to

play these songs from 25 years ago.

Mm-hmm.

Maybe it's just not, you grow and evolve, you know?

Mm-hmm.

Oh, I just heard this from another band the other day.

Um, I can't even remember who it was.

Oh, Divo.

Mm-hmm.

I've been on a Devo kick.

I freaking love Devo, so whoop it.

Good.

I was on, I've on a, I was on a devo kick, uh, l you know, down,

uh, warm hole the other day and just watching past interviews and,

I still love so much their music.

And I, I was looking up, it was Deebo touring anywhere cause

I, that's on my bucket list.

Debos on my bucket list.

Mm-hmm.

And so I read a, a article from, um, mark.

one of the founding members and or I watched an inter interview and he said,

you know, going, he's like, going on tour is pretty tough now to get everybody to

go out because it's like, we're, they're in their sixties and he is like, it's

like performing songs that you performed.

In high school, it's like going back to high school and performing those songs.

He's like, it's just, we're just not there anymore.

You know, we've, we've evolved, passed it.

So I really understand that.

And the, for the fans, it's nostalgic and it's, we wanna

hear that and we love that song.

But for the musicians, They're playing something.

You know, this was my point with Depeche Mode in our review with Depeche Mode,

you're not gonna hear people are people, you're not gonna hear a lot of stuff

because they're not that band anymore.

Mm-hmm.

This isn't a tribute band.

This is a band that is really prolific and still running music and still evolving

as humans and artists and musicians.

They don't wanna perform that stuff.

And I really noticed that with Crowded House.

Mm-hmm.

Like when they performed their hits.

It was like, I didn't even record, I recorded one or two of them that,

that were good, but the, their newer music, they were on fire.

Awesome.

It was really interesting.

Awesome.

And then, but then again, and, you know, they, they ended their, it

was, uh, 20 songs, like I said.

And they ended with, uh, something so strong, which I loved.

You know, that song that was great.

Everyone was like singing along, that was, um, mething.

So, and that was cool.

And they were too, and it was good, you know.

Um, but so then they went out and they came back for the, and I

was thinking to myself like, oh, they should have put something so

strong, like higher up in the set.

Like they should have had more, like, this was such a sing songy good song.

You know, I wonder.

And then they came out with the encore and this whole medley, and then everything

just exploded, including the band.

Mm-hmm.

Like it energized them to, and not that they weren't energized, it was

just they weren't energized when they were playing really old songs.

Mm-hmm.

So, not that it was bad and most people probably wouldn't notice.

But I notice cuz I noticed these things.

But so you know, for their encore they played, weather With You.

I love that song.

Crowned House Chocolate Cake.

I forgot about that song.

And then they played, I Got You in One Step Ahead from Split Ends, which I

went insane cuz those were my big songs.

And then, um, and they ended with a Better Be Home soon.

And, and it was just fantastic.

oh, and I forgot.

So one of the highlights.

couple of the highlights actually during the show, they did play, heroes

by David Bowie, and that was awesome.

I actually, we have a clip of that, so, you know, I, we posted that

on our channel and also, um, they were performing Sister Madly, but

they infused it with Heter Skelter.

So all of a sudden they're singing along and all of a sudden I'm like, Hold on.

I hear the Beatles.

Hold on.

Like, that's halter skel, you know, so they did some really interesting things

and I looked at some of their other show.

Like they, they had a show in LA I think the a night or two before the

show that I went to, and they had different songs that they covered.

So I think they're mixing it up mm-hmm.

As they go along.

Um, what songs that they're throwing in and covering.

So definitely worth checking out.

Like I would go see them again in a heartbeat, like if you like.

Good musicianship.

If you like harmony, if you like, you know, and you like Crowded

House and Neil Finn freaking go.

Mm-hmm.

Like, it's amazing.

Mm-hmm.

Just don't expect, again, this isn't, this is my, um, damn two

oh warning or 2 cents or whatever.

Don't, it's not a tribute.

This isn't gonna be a tribute concert.

Go, don't go expecting.

a cover band, you know?

Mm-hmm.

These are musicians and this is a musician

show, so.

Mm-hmm.

Well, you know, it's interesting because I think that, I was doing a little

bit of research in, into the band in general, and I think that they broke

up or they decided to stop touring years ago, right after the death of

their drummer, I think, or something.

Like the original lineup, had to change up.

I, yeah.

I don't know.

Mm-hmm.

In all Hmm.

Honesty, I dunno why they, why they stopped.

I do know that they did have a, a death in the band.

Mm-hmm.

I don't know if that's when they stopped, but, and the original line

too was Neil and his brother Tim Finn.

Mm-hmm.

So Tim Finn is also super musician and toured with Crowded

House and, and are awesome.

So, he's not performing with a band, but I couldn't help but think, that

musical connection that Neil and Tim have and now he, Neil has two boys.

And they have that connection and then the hearing, the three of them sing,

you know, sing and harmonize together.

Like you just can't.

Okay.

So Rick bto, Rick Bto has a show as a YouTube show.

Uh, and he.

Reviews Mu, he's a genius and he reviews music.

And I think he's a past producer, current producer.

and he said something in a past episode about Wolfgang Van Halen.

So when he, when we saw Wolfgang Van Halen perform Van Halen songs at

the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts, there was something about what, you

know, he, to Rick's point, there's something about the genetics.

That you just can't, duplicate, I guess.

Mm-hmm.

There's something, and he, he talked about Wolfgang Van Halen being able to play

these songs and it's sounding exactly like Eddie Van, like his dad, Eddie Van Halen.

And it's not that Wolfgang hasn't worked his butt off.

It's not that he hasn't been a musician for years and years and years.

It's not that he hasn't played with his dad for years and years

and years before his passing.

Um, it's not discounting any of that because you can't just, you know, it's

not just gonna fall out of the sky and happen, but there is something about

that genetics, and I thought about that when I was seeing this show,

because no one can harmonize like that.

No.

Like if you look at the Bee Gees, you know?

Mm-hmm.

There's just some, there's something genetic going on there in their,

in their similar tones in the way they're able to work together.

And that is exactly what it is like with Neil and his sons, and it's incredible.

Mm-hmm.

It's incredible.

Or even just to hear Liam sing on his own a little bit, you know, he's got his

own voice, but then he hits a certain note and he hits a certain tone and it's

like, oh God, he sounds like his dad.

Mm-hmm.

It's so cool.

It's so cool.

Well,

and it's interesting because, when I reflect back on, listening to

them when they were really popular in the eighties, it wasn't the harmony

that really stuck out with those songs, which is so interesting.

Right.

That's exactly it.

Mm-hmm.

And, and I guess that was, that's my summary of, of my experience at the show.

What was so cool is seeing him do this with his sons and,

and how talented they are.

And, and, and again, I keep saying it over and over, but

just their harmonies together.

It was just stunning, you know?

And on top of, I got to, I got to see one of my favorite musicians

of all time and got to hear.

Never in a million years when I was in, you know, middle school and high school.

Fan girling over the split ins.

Did I ever think, you know, in a small town like wow, fast forward,

many, many years later and, three years and yeah, just a few years.

And to get to, to get to see one of my idols, perform live.

There's just such a cool feeling too going to shows.

The thing I love about being at shows, and I've always thought this is, there's

a moment where I look at the stage.

And I look at the artist and I'm like, I'm in the same room as Neil Finn.

You know, like I, wow.

I'm in the same room, or same area, same state.

Same city as Dave Grohl, or you know, like just seeing them in person.

I mean, these guys are from New Zealand, right?

So just to have that gift of seeing them perform, It's never lost on me, ever.

It never will be.

Mm-hmm.

I just love it.

Mm-hmm.

That, that's so awesome to hear.

And I think, as you're talking and I'm, I'm thinking about it, it's

like, what a, what a great way to keep the legacy of the band going now

that the suns are playing, you know?

They're

gonna infuse the energy into it, right?

Because they're so energetic and excited and, and then it, it, it

infuses energy into, you know, Neil.

And again, he doesn't need any energy.

Like, he's freaking amazing.

Let's not forget he was touring with Fleetwood Mac a few years ago.

That's right.

When Lindsay Buckingham, was ousted from the band.

Neil fan toured with him.

Mm-hmm.

And, and, uh, played the mandolin and, and sang and everything else.

I forgot about that too.

Totally forgot about it.

but he's incredible.

He's still incredible.

You can tell he's the kind of musician that still writes, still

plays, still creates to this day and still sounds just amazing.

I just, I love to see just true artists.

Like

that.

Mm-hmm.

It's amazing.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

And thank you for bringing that up about Fleetwood Matt.

Cause I knew that he had gone out with another band and I couldn't remember.

I was like, with Simple Minds or somebody, you know?

Wow.

I know.

Awesome.

Awesome.

Because really when you think about it, Neilen and uh, Lindsay

Buckingham, they have such different sounds and qualities too.

I know

when they picked Neil fan, I thought that was a

really interesting choice.

Not because he's not talented or anything else, but they do.

They're so different.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, but it seemed to really work.

I'll have to go, go look at some of those old shows.

I'd love to, love to hear how he sounded there.

Wow.

Cool.

So a, a great night.

It was what the set was 2020 songs.

20 songs plus the Encore 26.

So it was almost a two and a half hour concert.

Two hours and 15 minutes, just crowded house.

And then, uh, Liam, you know, at the beginning.

So, um, it was a pretty long show.

It was good.

Yeah, and I had read in some of the reviews about the sing alongs.

And is that, was that just impromptu or was he encouraging

people to do that, or the band encouraging the audience to do that?

I think a little of both.

Mm-hmm.

Little of both.

I can't really remember.

I was so, I was just, I was just in it singing.

You were singing?

I don't even remember.

Yeah.

Spontaneously.

I, yeah, I think it was a mutual, I mean, he was very chatty with the

audience and, you know, and so it wasn't like, you know, some, some bands get up

and play and hey, you know, goodnight Arizona and that's it, you know?

Mm-hmm.

They were very chatty and very personable and, and, That's what made it great too.

So, uh, it, it might have been a sort of a, a call of a, you know, they sing

one thing and then they, you know.

Mm-hmm.

So it might have been some of that toward the end.

Mm-hmm.

Curious, what were they, um, what were they chatting about?

Just curiously?

I don't even remember.

I think it was, um, they were, uh, just saying it was Mesa, Arizona,

so the first thing they were saying, they're like, Is it Mesa, like in

their accents, you know, is it Mesa?

How do we pronounce this place?

It's, just stuff like that.

and I think they talked about, Neil said something about that, you know, it's a,

it's a theater and so there was a, a Dr.

Seuss.

Thing out in the lobby.

I think there's a Dr.

Seuss play or something he mentioned that is Dr.

Seuss playing just, just chit chatty, just right.

just audience chit chatty.

Um, I think he, and, and the auditorium was really small

and the stage was really close.

Up to the front row.

And that's one thing he said in the very beginning too.

He was like, whoa, this is, I am.

He's like, we're gonna get to know this front row really well.

He's like, there's like no barrier.

He's like, you must all be really trusting cuz there's like no barrier here.

Front row's right there.

So, It was

kind of funny, the definition of an intimate show, right?

It

was and that's, that's the thing is, you know, when

I saw they were performing at a theater, I thought, oh cool.

This is gonna be, it'll be mellow, but it's gonna be intimate show.

Mm-hmm.

I can sit anywhere and have a great seat.

Mm-hmm.

Then, you know, I was going to sit up close.

There wasn't many seats left the whole.

Lower thing was booked except for just a few seats in the

back, and I thought, no, I'm not.

I'm not doing the standing up.

I'm not, I'm not gonna have, this is gonna be an older crowd.

Someone's gonna yell at me if I wanna stand up, so

I'm gonna sit back.

Someone's gonna throw a rotten tomato at you.

Conscious choice.

We can't have that.

It's funny.

Learn, learn.

I'm not doing that again.

When Tammy got there, she's like, Hey, took a picture.

She's like, here I am in the very pack.

I'll be able to get this without being uh, hit with food or something.

Exactly.

Boo.

Boo it out.

Awesome.

I am so glad that you made it because I know how much you love the band.

I know how much you love going to concerts, and I think it's just super

exciting to hear them, carrying on.

With, uh, new members of the band, and I know it's, it, they have the original bass

player, I think he's also with the band.

They do, yes.

Yes.

It was great, uh, seeing him and, yeah, I mean the, the clips that we

have, uh, have up on the channel, they sound amaz, they sound and look great.

I love the set.

Yeah, it's really interesting looking the, you know, the set

that they had for the show.

Yeah.

And, um, Awesome.

So it's, yeah, go check 'em out.

Go check 'em out, check them out, check them out.

The dreamers are waiting and uh, CRAT house is waiting for you to get there

and get, get to wherever they're gonna, I'm not sure where they're gonna be next.

Um, I don't know if they're going to Australia or if they started in Australia.

No, this is just North America, so.

Got it.

This leg is just North America.

I think they already toured before, so I think this was the last leg

that was rescheduled from last fall.

So I think this might be it for a while.

So definitely go check

it out.

Cool.

Now, before we head out, cause we do have, I do have to ask you

about one of our favorite songs.

Don't Dream It's Over.

How was that?

That, you know, I can't even remember them.

Um, performing that like, I think it must have been toward the end because that was,

that's one of my favorite songs too, and.

I, I think I'm, I'm a little sad to say it might have been one of those

songs that they weren't as jazzed about performing like it was, oh.

You know, like it was good, right?

People loved it, but I didn't make a note of, oh my God, that was a great

rendition, or, you know, whatever.

So I believe they played it, I just don't even remember it.

Mm-hmm.

Which is, which.

Not that it was bad.

It's not, it wasn't bad.

It, I was just more blown away by their newer stuff, let's put it that way.

And, and the, and the medley at the end.

I don't know that they, I think they're changing up the set list every night

because I looked at the set list for the few nights before and they

didn't have that medley at the end.

They just played a few songs at the end.

So, uh, they must be mixing it up.

Mm-hmm.

Which is great.

Excellent.

Which is great.

Keeps, keeps them interesting, you know, um, with them, uh, in touring

and keeps the audience guessing, so.

Absolutely.

And I think it's, you know, as we've talked about before, it's like

it's a way forward for these bands.

It's like, why continue to keep sing songs that I.

That I, that I heard in high school, you know?

Mm-hmm.

Especially if you don't have the original lineup there.

Right.

Because it was the sound of that original lineup of that song.

Right.

And so keep moving forward.

It's risky.

It's risky.

It's risky.

With the audience, it's, it's if you've got a built-in audience that's been

with you for a long time, which I guess they do, they probably do, then.

Th then it's less risk.

Uh, you know, and again, like at the Depeche Mode concert, m most people

are hardcore Depeche Mode fans.

And the few that I saw around me that were waiting for, you know, a song

from 1982 and finally heard it at the end and finally stood up and were

into the concert, that's, that's fine.

But, uh, this is.

Yeah.

It's, it's a, it's a risky, it's a risky move, and that just shows

you where their priorities are.

Mm-hmm.

Their priorities are, of course, they wanna tour, and of course

they wanna entertain, but at the end of the day, they're musicians

and they wanna grow and evolve.

That's what it says to me

anyway.

Mm-hmm.

I agree.

And I think it, it's a, you know, like you say, it's risky, but at the same

time, The reward is they have, you know, sons in the band that can now continue

to play for the next couple of decades.

Right.

And keep the, yeah, keep the band going and build

new fans.

Most, like, most of the audience, I would say were, were with them.

You know, I watched all I wa I was in the mezzanine overlooking everybody, and,

and I saw everybody in the front row.

I saw everybody.

Down.

Everybody was into it until the end, so I didn't see a mass.

Anybody that I saw leaving was in front of me, like on the sides of the mezzanine.

Mm-hmm.

That, you know, kind of left right at, at the before the encore or.

Or whatever, but everybody down below, they were, they were, I

was, I was pleasantly surprised that they were, they stuck it out.

And then they really enjoyed the medley at the end and, and

loved them and everything else.

So, uh,

well, they, they lost the, the reader of Warren Peace and Oh well, they

survived and, uh, yeah, yeah, like really you're reading in the concert, it didn't

look like your normal concert.

Fan, you know, like I was the only one dressed at all black.

Like, you know what my concert wear on, I was literally the only one dressed.

Wow.

Just in my all black, little, you know, whatever.

And most people were in shorts, jeans and short.

It was, it just was a very, old, yeah, older crowd.

But I, I would say, Maybe a Jimmy Buffet looking crowd.

Hmm.

Interesting.

I, you know, maybe, uh, occasionally go to a concert, uh, a show, but I

didn't see many that I would say, oh yeah, these are, these are concert.

I could be wrong.

Mm-hmm.

But, Yeah, they enjoy the show and I'm glad, I'm glad I was, I was worried.

Right.

When I did hear lot, I thought, oh, is the crowd gonna turn?

You know, are they, are they gonna not turn, but are they gonna leave?

Are they gonna get bored?

Because they played for a long time.

So Mo, so most people were in it.

Mm-hmm.

Which is great.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

And, and

like I said, that's their fan base.

You know, there were true fans there.

That's what I love about

it.

Totally.

And they're, and they're gonna make new fans because it's, let's face it,

it's like if you can't, replicate the songs, from 30 years ago, like, time

to mix it up and how, you know, boring for, for musicians who don't wanna

necessarily keep playing the same songs.

Right.

Exactly.

Mm-hmm.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Awesome.

Awesome.

So that's that Crowded house Dreamers of waiting tour.

Yeah, don't keep waiting to go out there out.

Go see that show.

okay, great.

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I think that sounds good.

Perfect.

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All right.

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