Tim Finn
Tim Finn
Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBEis a New Zealand singer and musician. His musical career includes forming 1970s and 1980s New Zealand rock group Split Enz, a number of solo albums, temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn Brothers...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth25 June 1952
song thinking
I think a good song is a good song is a good song.
We didn't need to do it, we wanted to do it. It's not about what will make us money.
eight pay took
It took us, from the formation of the band, eight years to pay our way properly.
song years doe
There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly.
strong people hip-hop
The big change was reggae and hip-hop, which came along after Split Enz had started. When Bob Marley first visited New Zealand, he lit a fuse that is still burning very brightly. The Maori people particularly honor reggae music in a very big way. So there is a strong reggae scene and a strong hip-hop scene, especially among Samoans. There's still plenty of quirky stuff around. No one expects to make much money here, so it definitely does encourage an underground sense.
against ball good moved ourselves preventing stopped team
You can't do that to yourself, especially against a good team like that. We moved the ball downfield, but stopped ourselves. We're preventing ourselves from getting where we want to be.