CROWDED HOUSE - NEIL! LIAM! ELROY! CONCERT REVIEW, MAY 10, 2023 MESA, AZ
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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Transcript
Greetings, and welcome to this latest episode of The Women of Rock.
Kimberly:I'm one of your hosts, Kimberly.
Kimberly:Hi, I'm Tammy.
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Kimberly:We have some great reporting coming out of the Crowded House tour.
Kimberly:Our girl Tammy t was right there with it.
Kimberly:Tammy, how was
Tammy:the show?
Tammy:It was awesome.
Tammy:I, you know, it's funny because I didn't even know they were touring.
Tammy:I found out about a week ago, a week before the concert, uh, Through a
Tammy:Facebook ad that came across my feed.
Tammy:So sometimes the Facebook ads are good, um, sometimes, but I saw
Tammy:that it was playing in my area and just totally grabbed a ticket
Tammy:and, um, was so excited to go.
Tammy:So it was, it was an awesome show.
Kimberly:Awesome.
Kimberly:And you know, this is the second on the ground reporting from the, from
Kimberly:the con, the hot concert, uh, tour.
Kimberly:So our first episode was Depeche Mode.
Kimberly:You can go back and check that out.
Kimberly:And we're super excited to hear more about Crowded House.
Kimberly:I know that there's a huge crowded house fan base.
Tammy:I believe their North American tour was scheduled for, I think it was,
Tammy:let's see what we're in the spring.
Tammy:Spring 2023, I think it was for fall 2022.
Tammy:And it got postponed, I believe, due to, the drummer I think
Tammy:needing surgery or something.
Tammy:So anyway, I haven't seen a whole lot of advertising other than the Facebook.
Tammy:The Facebook ad that I got, I hadn't really heard about it, but it is going on
Tammy:through, I think maybe even through June.
Tammy:So if it comes to your area, definitely check it out, but I'll give you more
Tammy:details as we, as we go through the show.
Tammy:Awesome.
Tammy:And
Kimberly:where did you catch
Tammy:the show?
Tammy:I.
Tammy:So it was in Mesa, Arizona, and so it's close to the Phoenix area,
Tammy:and it's at a, it was at a theater called, the Mesa Arts Center.
Tammy:I think it's the, I, I, theater don't know if I'm saying that right.
Tammy:It's the first time I had ever been there.
Tammy:Actually didn't even know it existed.
Tammy:So, uh, they do a lot of, uh, plays and shows and that kind of thing.
Tammy:So, Looking at the venue, I knew it was probably gonna be a small, intimate show.
Tammy:And also, that it was probably gonna be mellow given the, that it's at a
Tammy:theater and just given a crowded house.
Tammy:I kind of figured, you know, this will probably be a mellow show.
Tammy:I don't think anybody's gonna be standing up, uh, rocking out or anything like that.
Tammy:And that's okay.
Tammy:So I, I had myself prepared of, okay, it's gonna be, it's on a Wednesday night.
Tammy:Be a mellow show.
Tammy:I'm gonna buy a ticket, you know, up in the mezzanine level.
Tammy:I figured it's, since it's a small theater, I could probably
Tammy:get a good seat anywhere.
Tammy:So I thought I, and I've said things on the show before about, you know,
Tammy:if I wanna stand up to a song and.
Tammy:Um, people behind me are yelling at me to sit down.
Tammy:I really hate that.
Tammy:So I thought, well, I'm gonna sit on the mezzanine level toward the back.
Tammy:There weren't that many rows in the mezzanine level, so I sat in the back
Tammy:with no one behind me intentionally so I could stand up if I wanted
Tammy:to, and nobody would yell at me.
Tammy:Sit down.
Tammy:So I didn't.
Tammy:Even stand up until the end.
Tammy:but it was, it was great.
Tammy:It was, it was a great, mellow, but very, entertaining and, I
Tammy:wouldn't say it was nostalgic.
Tammy:It was, it was a lot of their new material.
Tammy:So it was just, Just great.
Tammy:Just a great show.
Kimberly:Awesome, And I know for people who are, familiar with Crat House,
Kimberly:they're gonna know their big song.
Kimberly:You know, don't dream it's over.
Kimberly:and I think this tour is called, dreamers Are Waiting.
Kimberly:Is that, is that correct?
Kimberly:Or their album is Dreamers Are Waiting
Tammy:So that's their new album.
Tammy:I.
Tammy:Must have came out in 20 22, 20 21, 20 22.
Tammy:cause I think this is the tail end of their tour.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:If I'm not mistaken.
Tammy:So, um, so Cared, house has been around for a while.
Tammy:They've been on several hiatus and, and were very successful in the
Tammy:late eighties, um, and nineties.
Tammy:So I wasn't sure what to expect.
Tammy:I thought, you know, I'm a huge Neil Finn fan.
Tammy:I'm a huge split ends fan, so I was just ho and I, and I'm a huge credit house fan,
Tammy:but I haven't really followed their music.
Tammy:In the last 15 years, I don't know how much they have released.
Tammy:I'm not even sure that it's been that much.
Tammy:And I wasn't aware of their new album, but I just thought, I love Neil Finn
Tammy:and it was a bucket list thing for me to see him and crowded a house.
Tammy:So I was going, no matter what did I, I don't typically do much
Tammy:research before I go to a show cuz I just wanna go in kind of blind.
Tammy:I just wanna experience it.
Tammy:I just wanna see, um, especially with some of the bands that have been around
Tammy:a long time, I have no idea what to expect, so I don't wanna, I don't look
Tammy:at reviews, I don't look at anything.
Tammy:I just go, so that's, and then when I, after I experience it, then I kind of
Tammy:start reading reviews and see, and, and checking out their, their newer music.
Tammy:And so that's what I did this time and I was, well, not pleasantly surprised, but.
Tammy:Really kind of blown away by Neil Finn's voice is, it sounds
Tammy:exactly the same as it did.
Tammy:Wow.
Tammy:He's 64 and his voice, I mean, my God, and just, His musicianship and
Tammy:stage presidents and everything.
Tammy:And very quickly, I, so let me start, start from the beginning.
Tammy:the opener was Liam Finn and Liam Finn is Neil Finn's son.
Tammy:And so I, I kind of knew that before, but I said, oh, okay, the opener's
Tammy:Liam Finn, I bet that is Neil's son again, didn't do a lot of research,
Tammy:but just sort of assumed and.
Tammy:Liam Finn is freaking awesome.
Tammy:Like, okay, so he's 39.
Tammy:You know, I, I think, oh, look at that kid.
Tammy:But he is like 39.
Tammy:he comes out and he's doing a one man show wearing this.
Tammy:Red looks like a circusy kind of short jacket and red pants.
Tammy:And he is gotten a setup around him of, microphone, guitar,
Tammy:drums, and he's just out there.
Tammy:But he introduces himself over like the microphone, welcome, this
Tammy:is, uh, and now it's Liam Finn.
Tammy:And, and it's literally him, saying it and walking out.
Tammy:Wow.
Tammy:And I think he only.
Tammy:Perform maybe 30 minutes, maybe you know, a handful of songs,
Tammy:but was so freaking entertaining.
Tammy:I'm like, just animated, and I'm like, man, what I was thinking
Tammy:was like, man, this kid has balls.
Tammy:He's 39 years old.
Tammy:I mean, just.
Tammy:His, he just was so outgoing and so, entertaining and talking to the audience
Tammy:and then just randomly just, just playing.
Tammy:I mean, I think some, a few of the songs were, were his songs.
Tammy:He's gotten, CDs out in that kind of thing.
Tammy:But he would just start playing and just go to different
Tammy:instruments and I'm just like, wow.
Tammy:And he sounds so much like his dad.
Tammy:Oh, wow.
Tammy:Like there's that, there's that tone in his voice.
Tammy:That I'm like, oh yeah, that's, that's definitely his son.
Tammy:So it was really, really cool.
Tammy:The crowd loved him.
Tammy:I loved him.
Tammy:You know, we're, oh, and, and by the way, the crowd.
Tammy:You know, it's an old, it's an older crowd.
Tammy:I'm old, it was older than me.
Tammy:And, and that was okay.
Tammy:So it was mellow, but it was so fun.
Tammy:It just really casual, mellow crowd.
Tammy:And I was thinking, Hmm, this is gonna be interesting.
Tammy:And, so when I sat down, I heard somebody, an older gentleman, again, I'm old,
Tammy:older than me, not that old, whatever.
Tammy:Um, and he, and he said, wow, this is really an older crowd.
Tammy:And the person, oh really?
Tammy:The person he was with goes, you mean like us?
Tammy:And I'm like, like, I just started laughing too.
Tammy:I'm like, yep, that's, that's pretty much it.
Kimberly:Well, when you.
Kimberly:Well, when you do the math, I mean, they were big.
Kimberly:What?
Kimberly:It was the eighties, right?
Kimberly:Eighties.
Tammy:Early eighties.
Tammy:Early eighties.
Tammy:Like 79 I think.
Tammy:Split in.
Tammy:Wow.
Tammy:Or like, I wanna say 79 to early eighties.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:So, yeah, long time ago.
Kimberly:Long time ago.
Kimberly:So we're their, we're their fan base.
Kimberly:And, uh, we're getting older, but we're still going out.
Kimberly:Right?
Kimberly:Yeah.
Tammy:But we're still going out.
Tammy:So it, it was cool like, It's, it's not a show, it's not a nostalgic show is.
Tammy:So, when Crowded House came on, um, and again, I didn't do any research, so I
Tammy:quickly figured out, oh, and they were talking to the audience quite a bit.
Tammy:Neil Fan was addressing the audience and, you know, chatting in between songs and.
Tammy:Very personable and, and I, I realized very quickly that his son, Liam, one man
Tammy:show is the guitarist in the band and.
Tammy:The harmonies between Neil and his son, like, my God, it, it's just stunning
Tammy:because their, their tones are so alike, and that was just absolutely mesmerizing.
Tammy:And then, Uh, I quickly figured out that his other son, Elroy, is the drummer.
Tammy:And so after the show when I came home and did some research, I'm like, oh, okay, so
Tammy:this is like a total family affair, right?
Tammy:And, and what's so cool about it is, as a huge Neil fan, fan myself, to see
Tammy:how freaking talented his family is.
Tammy:And I just kept imagining like, God, what was it like growing up in that house?
Tammy:Right.
Tammy:You know, I bet there was just music.
Tammy:I bet they were jamming together, and for all that talent.
Tammy:And now, now to be able to tour with his sons and them to be so
Tammy:good and so musical and so talented.
Tammy:And I think they've got their own individual bands and have released music
Tammy:on their own and that kind of thing.
Tammy:But, um, it was just incredible.
Tammy:So that's for me, what made the show so incredible.
Tammy:And it was a, they didn't really play the hits, so to speak.
Tammy:They played a few hits here and there.
Tammy:It was 20 songs.
Tammy:It was over two hours.
Tammy:So, but it was, Just a lot of really good musicianship.
Tammy:I didn't recognize a lot of the songs, a a few here and there, and I was
Tammy:wondering, I, I really enjoyed it, but I was watching the crowd and I was thinking,
Tammy:I wonder if this is the kind of crowd that's gonna be pissed that they're
Tammy:not playing the hits Play-Doh songs.
Tammy:Where are you gonna play those songs?
Tammy:And there was a guy next to me in the mezzanine level, um, on
Tammy:his Kindle, like, you know, like reading something on his Kindle and
Tammy:then left about, not even halfway
Kimberly:through, are you reading Warren Peace during this concert?
Kimberly:What are you doing?
Kimberly:Right?
Tammy:I dunno.
Tammy:So I'm like, oh, we lost one.
Tammy:So I, but I didn't see anybody else.
Tammy:I saw some people leaving toward the end, which is a real shame because at the end,
Tammy:Is when they played a lot of the hits.
Tammy:They did this medley, like when they came out for the encore, they did this medley
Tammy:of, split ends and my favorite songs from Split Ends and, some of their other songs.
Tammy:And I'm like, and everybody was up and clapping and, singing and
Tammy:dancing and like, in some ways that was the highlight of the show.
Tammy:And so if you stuck it out for the two hours, You, you saw all
Tammy:that you wanted to go, you know, see the hits, um, and you left.
Tammy:You really missed out.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:well, you know, the hats off to them because we talked about this
Kimberly:when we were reviewing the Depeche Mode concert and you know, people wanting
Kimberly:to just hear those songs that they are familiar with and I think, I think that's
Kimberly:a really smart move for these bands.
Kimberly:It's like, show off all your talents.
Kimberly:I didn't know, cause I watched clips of the show.
Kimberly:I didn't know that Nil Finn played a piano and keyboard.
Kimberly:I thought he was mainly a guitar player.
Kimberly:So that was really nice to see.
Kimberly:Yeah.
Tammy:Yeah, super, super musical family.
Tammy:Super talented family.
Tammy:Um, and the thing is, is I thought about this a lot and I thought about this from
Tammy:our Depeche mode, uh, recap or, or review.
Tammy:And that's, I guess that's what I was thinking of when I was.
Tammy:Listening to All these songs that I didn't know but was really enjoying,
Tammy:I, I was really thinking, is this the kind of crowd that's gonna be into this?
Tammy:Or is this the kind of crowd?
Tammy:So, and I, and I was thinking too, like there's some, there's some bands,
Tammy:you know, like a Def Leopard, even Motley Cru for that matter, that will
Tammy:tour and they're playing the hits.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:They're playing the hits.
Tammy:They're playing the hits, and it's almost like, A tribute show.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:You know, I'm sorry, but they're not really releasing new, new music.
Tammy:It's, we're gonna go play the hits.
Tammy:We're gonna have some fun.
Tammy:People are gonna love it.
Tammy:And that's that.
Tammy:And that's okay.
Kimberly:That's a choice.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:That's a choice.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:These kinds of concerts, like a Depeche Mode or, or Credit house, they are,
Tammy:I'm not saying that Def Leppard and Marley Crew are not artists, cuz
Tammy:they are artists, but, there's a level of musicianship with someone,
Tammy:like a crowded house or even even Depeche mode, and that, they're not
Tammy:just gonna come out and do the hits.
Tammy:It's not interesting to them.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:They're gonna come out and, and it's so funny because.
Tammy:There was so much energy when they were performing what they wanted to perform.
Tammy:Like they were just unstoppable and their, and the kids and the harmonies between
Tammy:'em, like I I, I was just blown away.
Tammy:And then they would put a, like a hits song kind of in between some of these long
Tammy:things like, like a Fall at Your Feet.
Tammy:I love that song.
Tammy:But whenever they got to one of those, Past songs, their
Tammy:energy noticeably dropped.
Tammy:I was like, this isn't a very good rendition.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:I can tell they're not into it.
Tammy:It's not that they're not good cuz they're killing it.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:On these other songs.
Tammy:It's that they got, it just, it's probably not interesting to them to
Tammy:play these songs from 25 years ago.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Maybe it's just not, you grow and evolve, you know?
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Oh, I just heard this from another band the other day.
Tammy:Um, I can't even remember who it was.
Tammy:Oh, Divo.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:I've been on a Devo kick.
Tammy:I freaking love Devo, so whoop it.
Tammy:Good.
Tammy:I was on, I've on a, I was on a devo kick, uh, l you know, down,
Tammy:uh, warm hole the other day and just watching past interviews and,
Tammy:I still love so much their music.
Tammy:And I, I was looking up, it was Deebo touring anywhere cause
Tammy:I, that's on my bucket list.
Tammy:Debos on my bucket list.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:And so I read a, a article from, um, mark.
Tammy:one of the founding members and or I watched an inter interview and he said,
Tammy:you know, going, he's like, going on tour is pretty tough now to get everybody to
Tammy:go out because it's like, we're, they're in their sixties and he is like, it's
Tammy:like performing songs that you performed.
Tammy:In high school, it's like going back to high school and performing those songs.
Tammy:He's like, it's just, we're just not there anymore.
Tammy:You know, we've, we've evolved, passed it.
Tammy:So I really understand that.
Tammy:And the, for the fans, it's nostalgic and it's, we wanna
Tammy:hear that and we love that song.
Tammy:But for the musicians, They're playing something.
Tammy:You know, this was my point with Depeche Mode in our review with Depeche Mode,
Tammy:you're not gonna hear people are people, you're not gonna hear a lot of stuff
Tammy:because they're not that band anymore.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:This isn't a tribute band.
Tammy:This is a band that is really prolific and still running music and still evolving
Tammy:as humans and artists and musicians.
Tammy:They don't wanna perform that stuff.
Tammy:And I really noticed that with Crowded House.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Like when they performed their hits.
Tammy:It was like, I didn't even record, I recorded one or two of them that,
Tammy:that were good, but the, their newer music, they were on fire.
Tammy:Awesome.
Tammy:It was really interesting.
Tammy:Awesome.
Tammy:And then, but then again, and, you know, they, they ended their, it
Tammy:was, uh, 20 songs, like I said.
Tammy:And they ended with, uh, something so strong, which I loved.
Tammy:You know, that song that was great.
Tammy:Everyone was like singing along, that was, um, mething.
Tammy:So, and that was cool.
Tammy:And they were too, and it was good, you know.
Tammy:Um, but so then they went out and they came back for the, and I
Tammy:was thinking to myself like, oh, they should have put something so
Tammy:strong, like higher up in the set.
Tammy:Like they should have had more, like, this was such a sing songy good song.
Tammy:You know, I wonder.
Tammy:And then they came out with the encore and this whole medley, and then everything
Tammy:just exploded, including the band.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Like it energized them to, and not that they weren't energized, it was
Tammy:just they weren't energized when they were playing really old songs.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:So, not that it was bad and most people probably wouldn't notice.
Tammy:But I notice cuz I noticed these things.
Tammy:But so you know, for their encore they played, weather With You.
Tammy:I love that song.
Tammy:Crowned House Chocolate Cake.
Tammy:I forgot about that song.
Tammy:And then they played, I Got You in One Step Ahead from Split Ends, which I
Tammy:went insane cuz those were my big songs.
Tammy:And then, um, and they ended with a Better Be Home soon.
Tammy:And, and it was just fantastic.
Tammy:oh, and I forgot.
Tammy:So one of the highlights.
Tammy:couple of the highlights actually during the show, they did play, heroes
Tammy:by David Bowie, and that was awesome.
Tammy:I actually, we have a clip of that, so, you know, I, we posted that
Tammy:on our channel and also, um, they were performing Sister Madly, but
Tammy:they infused it with Heter Skelter.
Tammy:So all of a sudden they're singing along and all of a sudden I'm like, Hold on.
Tammy:I hear the Beatles.
Tammy:Hold on.
Tammy:Like, that's halter skel, you know, so they did some really interesting things
Tammy:and I looked at some of their other show.
Tammy:Like they, they had a show in LA I think the a night or two before the
Tammy:show that I went to, and they had different songs that they covered.
Tammy:So I think they're mixing it up mm-hmm.
Tammy:As they go along.
Tammy:Um, what songs that they're throwing in and covering.
Tammy:So definitely worth checking out.
Tammy:Like I would go see them again in a heartbeat, like if you like.
Tammy:Good musicianship.
Tammy:If you like harmony, if you like, you know, and you like Crowded
Tammy:House and Neil Finn freaking go.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Like, it's amazing.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Just don't expect, again, this isn't, this is my, um, damn two
Tammy:oh warning or 2 cents or whatever.
Tammy:Don't, it's not a tribute.
Tammy:This isn't gonna be a tribute concert.
Tammy:Go, don't go expecting.
Tammy:a cover band, you know?
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:These are musicians and this is a musician
Kimberly:show, so.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:Well, you know, it's interesting because I think that, I was doing a little
Kimberly:bit of research in, into the band in general, and I think that they broke
Kimberly:up or they decided to stop touring years ago, right after the death of
Kimberly:their drummer, I think, or something.
Kimberly:Like the original lineup, had to change up.
Kimberly:I, yeah.
Tammy:I don't know.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:In all Hmm.
Tammy:Honesty, I dunno why they, why they stopped.
Tammy:I do know that they did have a, a death in the band.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:I don't know if that's when they stopped, but, and the original line
Tammy:too was Neil and his brother Tim Finn.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:So Tim Finn is also super musician and toured with Crowded
Tammy:House and, and are awesome.
Tammy:So, he's not performing with a band, but I couldn't help but think, that
Tammy:musical connection that Neil and Tim have and now he, Neil has two boys.
Tammy:And they have that connection and then the hearing, the three of them sing,
Tammy:you know, sing and harmonize together.
Tammy:Like you just can't.
Tammy:Okay.
Tammy:So Rick bto, Rick Bto has a show as a YouTube show.
Tammy:Uh, and he.
Tammy:Reviews Mu, he's a genius and he reviews music.
Tammy:And I think he's a past producer, current producer.
Tammy:and he said something in a past episode about Wolfgang Van Halen.
Tammy:So when he, when we saw Wolfgang Van Halen perform Van Halen songs at
Tammy:the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts, there was something about what, you
Tammy:know, he, to Rick's point, there's something about the genetics.
Tammy:That you just can't, duplicate, I guess.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:There's something, and he, he talked about Wolfgang Van Halen being able to play
Tammy:these songs and it's sounding exactly like Eddie Van, like his dad, Eddie Van Halen.
Tammy:And it's not that Wolfgang hasn't worked his butt off.
Tammy:It's not that he hasn't been a musician for years and years and years.
Tammy:It's not that he hasn't played with his dad for years and years
Tammy:and years before his passing.
Tammy:Um, it's not discounting any of that because you can't just, you know, it's
Tammy:not just gonna fall out of the sky and happen, but there is something about
Tammy:that genetics, and I thought about that when I was seeing this show,
Tammy:because no one can harmonize like that.
Tammy:No.
Tammy:Like if you look at the Bee Gees, you know?
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:There's just some, there's something genetic going on there in their,
Tammy:in their similar tones in the way they're able to work together.
Tammy:And that is exactly what it is like with Neil and his sons, and it's incredible.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:It's incredible.
Tammy:Or even just to hear Liam sing on his own a little bit, you know, he's got his
Tammy:own voice, but then he hits a certain note and he hits a certain tone and it's
Tammy:like, oh God, he sounds like his dad.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:It's so cool.
Tammy:It's so cool.
Tammy:Well,
Kimberly:and it's interesting because, when I reflect back on, listening to
Kimberly:them when they were really popular in the eighties, it wasn't the harmony
Kimberly:that really stuck out with those songs, which is so interesting.
Kimberly:Right.
Tammy:That's exactly it.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:And, and I guess that was, that's my summary of, of my experience at the show.
Tammy:What was so cool is seeing him do this with his sons and,
Tammy:and how talented they are.
Tammy:And, and, and again, I keep saying it over and over, but
Tammy:just their harmonies together.
Tammy:It was just stunning, you know?
Tammy:And on top of, I got to, I got to see one of my favorite musicians
Tammy:of all time and got to hear.
Tammy:Never in a million years when I was in, you know, middle school and high school.
Tammy:Fan girling over the split ins.
Tammy:Did I ever think, you know, in a small town like wow, fast forward,
Tammy:many, many years later and, three years and yeah, just a few years.
Tammy:And to get to, to get to see one of my idols, perform live.
Tammy:There's just such a cool feeling too going to shows.
Tammy:The thing I love about being at shows, and I've always thought this is, there's
Tammy:a moment where I look at the stage.
Tammy:And I look at the artist and I'm like, I'm in the same room as Neil Finn.
Tammy:You know, like I, wow.
Tammy:I'm in the same room, or same area, same state.
Tammy:Same city as Dave Grohl, or you know, like just seeing them in person.
Tammy:I mean, these guys are from New Zealand, right?
Tammy:So just to have that gift of seeing them perform, It's never lost on me, ever.
Tammy:It never will be.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:I just love it.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:That, that's so awesome to hear.
Kimberly:And I think, as you're talking and I'm, I'm thinking about it, it's
Kimberly:like, what a, what a great way to keep the legacy of the band going now
Kimberly:that the suns are playing, you know?
Kimberly:They're
Tammy:gonna infuse the energy into it, right?
Tammy:Because they're so energetic and excited and, and then it, it, it
Tammy:infuses energy into, you know, Neil.
Tammy:And again, he doesn't need any energy.
Tammy:Like, he's freaking amazing.
Tammy:Let's not forget he was touring with Fleetwood Mac a few years ago.
Tammy:That's right.
Tammy:When Lindsay Buckingham, was ousted from the band.
Tammy:Neil fan toured with him.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:And, and, uh, played the mandolin and, and sang and everything else.
Tammy:I forgot about that too.
Tammy:Totally forgot about it.
Tammy:but he's incredible.
Tammy:He's still incredible.
Tammy:You can tell he's the kind of musician that still writes, still
Tammy:plays, still creates to this day and still sounds just amazing.
Tammy:I just, I love to see just true artists.
Tammy:Like
Kimberly:that.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:It's amazing.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:Yeah.
Kimberly:And thank you for bringing that up about Fleetwood Matt.
Kimberly:Cause I knew that he had gone out with another band and I couldn't remember.
Kimberly:I was like, with Simple Minds or somebody, you know?
Kimberly:Wow.
Kimberly:I know.
Kimberly:Awesome.
Kimberly:Awesome.
Kimberly:Because really when you think about it, Neilen and uh, Lindsay
Kimberly:Buckingham, they have such different sounds and qualities too.
Kimberly:I know
Tammy:when they picked Neil fan, I thought that was a
Tammy:really interesting choice.
Tammy:Not because he's not talented or anything else, but they do.
Tammy:They're so different.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Uh, but it seemed to really work.
Kimberly:I'll have to go, go look at some of those old shows.
Kimberly:I'd love to, love to hear how he sounded there.
Kimberly:Wow.
Kimberly:Cool.
Kimberly:So a, a great night.
Kimberly:It was what the set was 2020 songs.
Tammy:20 songs plus the Encore 26.
Tammy:So it was almost a two and a half hour concert.
Tammy:Two hours and 15 minutes, just crowded house.
Tammy:And then, uh, Liam, you know, at the beginning.
Tammy:So, um, it was a pretty long show.
Tammy:It was good.
Kimberly:Yeah, and I had read in some of the reviews about the sing alongs.
Kimberly:And is that, was that just impromptu or was he encouraging
Kimberly:people to do that, or the band encouraging the audience to do that?
Tammy:I think a little of both.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Little of both.
Tammy:I can't really remember.
Tammy:I was so, I was just, I was just in it singing.
Tammy:You were singing?
Tammy:I don't even remember.
Tammy:Yeah.
Tammy:Spontaneously.
Tammy:I, yeah, I think it was a mutual, I mean, he was very chatty with the
Tammy:audience and, you know, and so it wasn't like, you know, some, some bands get up
Tammy:and play and hey, you know, goodnight Arizona and that's it, you know?
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:They were very chatty and very personable and, and, That's what made it great too.
Tammy:So, uh, it, it might have been a sort of a, a call of a, you know, they sing
Tammy:one thing and then they, you know.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:So it might have been some of that toward the end.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:Curious, what were they, um, what were they chatting about?
Kimberly:Just curiously?
Tammy:I don't even remember.
Tammy:I think it was, um, they were, uh, just saying it was Mesa, Arizona,
Tammy:so the first thing they were saying, they're like, Is it Mesa, like in
Tammy:their accents, you know, is it Mesa?
Tammy:How do we pronounce this place?
Tammy:It's, just stuff like that.
Tammy:and I think they talked about, Neil said something about that, you know, it's a,
Tammy:it's a theater and so there was a, a Dr.
Tammy:Seuss.
Tammy:Thing out in the lobby.
Tammy:I think there's a Dr.
Tammy:Seuss play or something he mentioned that is Dr.
Tammy:Seuss playing just, just chit chatty, just right.
Tammy:just audience chit chatty.
Tammy:Um, I think he, and, and the auditorium was really small
Tammy:and the stage was really close.
Tammy:Up to the front row.
Tammy:And that's one thing he said in the very beginning too.
Tammy:He was like, whoa, this is, I am.
Tammy:He's like, we're gonna get to know this front row really well.
Tammy:He's like, there's like no barrier.
Tammy:He's like, you must all be really trusting cuz there's like no barrier here.
Tammy:Front row's right there.
Tammy:So, It was
Kimberly:kind of funny, the definition of an intimate show, right?
Kimberly:It
Tammy:was and that's, that's the thing is, you know, when
Tammy:I saw they were performing at a theater, I thought, oh cool.
Tammy:This is gonna be, it'll be mellow, but it's gonna be intimate show.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:I can sit anywhere and have a great seat.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Then, you know, I was going to sit up close.
Tammy:There wasn't many seats left the whole.
Tammy:Lower thing was booked except for just a few seats in the
Tammy:back, and I thought, no, I'm not.
Tammy:I'm not doing the standing up.
Tammy:I'm not, I'm not gonna have, this is gonna be an older crowd.
Tammy:Someone's gonna yell at me if I wanna stand up, so
Kimberly:I'm gonna sit back.
Kimberly:Someone's gonna throw a rotten tomato at you.
Kimberly:Conscious choice.
Kimberly:We can't have that.
Kimberly:It's funny.
Tammy:Learn, learn.
Kimberly:I'm not doing that again.
Kimberly:When Tammy got there, she's like, Hey, took a picture.
Kimberly:She's like, here I am in the very pack.
Kimberly:I'll be able to get this without being uh, hit with food or something.
Kimberly:Exactly.
Kimberly:Boo.
Kimberly:Boo it out.
Kimberly:Awesome.
Kimberly:I am so glad that you made it because I know how much you love the band.
Kimberly:I know how much you love going to concerts, and I think it's just super
Kimberly:exciting to hear them, carrying on.
Kimberly:With, uh, new members of the band, and I know it's, it, they have the original bass
Kimberly:player, I think he's also with the band.
Kimberly:They do, yes.
Kimberly:Yes.
Kimberly:It was great, uh, seeing him and, yeah, I mean the, the clips that we
Kimberly:have, uh, have up on the channel, they sound amaz, they sound and look great.
Kimberly:I love the set.
Kimberly:Yeah, it's really interesting looking the, you know, the set
Kimberly:that they had for the show.
Kimberly:Yeah.
Kimberly:And, um, Awesome.
Kimberly:So it's, yeah, go check 'em out.
Kimberly:Go check 'em out, check them out, check them out.
Kimberly:The dreamers are waiting and uh, CRAT house is waiting for you to get there
Kimberly:and get, get to wherever they're gonna, I'm not sure where they're gonna be next.
Kimberly:Um, I don't know if they're going to Australia or if they started in Australia.
Tammy:No, this is just North America, so.
Tammy:Got it.
Tammy:This leg is just North America.
Tammy:I think they already toured before, so I think this was the last leg
Tammy:that was rescheduled from last fall.
Tammy:So I think this might be it for a while.
Tammy:So definitely go check
Kimberly:it out.
Kimberly:Cool.
Kimberly:Now, before we head out, cause we do have, I do have to ask you
Kimberly:about one of our favorite songs.
Kimberly:Don't Dream It's Over.
Kimberly:How was that?
Tammy:That, you know, I can't even remember them.
Tammy:Um, performing that like, I think it must have been toward the end because that was,
Tammy:that's one of my favorite songs too, and.
Tammy:I, I think I'm, I'm a little sad to say it might have been one of those
Tammy:songs that they weren't as jazzed about performing like it was, oh.
Tammy:You know, like it was good, right?
Tammy:People loved it, but I didn't make a note of, oh my God, that was a great
Tammy:rendition, or, you know, whatever.
Tammy:So I believe they played it, I just don't even remember it.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Which is, which.
Tammy:Not that it was bad.
Tammy:It's not, it wasn't bad.
Tammy:It, I was just more blown away by their newer stuff, let's put it that way.
Tammy:And, and the, and the medley at the end.
Tammy:I don't know that they, I think they're changing up the set list every night
Tammy:because I looked at the set list for the few nights before and they
Tammy:didn't have that medley at the end.
Tammy:They just played a few songs at the end.
Tammy:So, uh, they must be mixing it up.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Which is great.
Tammy:Excellent.
Tammy:Which is great.
Tammy:Keeps, keeps them interesting, you know, um, with them, uh, in touring
Tammy:and keeps the audience guessing, so.
Tammy:Absolutely.
Kimberly:And I think it's, you know, as we've talked about before, it's like
Kimberly:it's a way forward for these bands.
Kimberly:It's like, why continue to keep sing songs that I.
Kimberly:That I, that I heard in high school, you know?
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:Especially if you don't have the original lineup there.
Kimberly:Right.
Kimberly:Because it was the sound of that original lineup of that song.
Kimberly:Right.
Kimberly:And so keep moving forward.
Kimberly:It's risky.
Tammy:It's risky.
Tammy:It's risky.
Tammy:With the audience, it's, it's if you've got a built-in audience that's been
Tammy:with you for a long time, which I guess they do, they probably do, then.
Tammy:Th then it's less risk.
Tammy:Uh, you know, and again, like at the Depeche Mode concert, m most people
Tammy:are hardcore Depeche Mode fans.
Tammy:And the few that I saw around me that were waiting for, you know, a song
Tammy:from 1982 and finally heard it at the end and finally stood up and were
Tammy:into the concert, that's, that's fine.
Tammy:But, uh, this is.
Tammy:Yeah.
Tammy:It's, it's a, it's a risky, it's a risky move, and that just shows
Tammy:you where their priorities are.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Their priorities are, of course, they wanna tour, and of course
Tammy:they wanna entertain, but at the end of the day, they're musicians
Tammy:and they wanna grow and evolve.
Tammy:That's what it says to me
Kimberly:anyway.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:I agree.
Kimberly:And I think it, it's a, you know, like you say, it's risky, but at the same
Kimberly:time, The reward is they have, you know, sons in the band that can now continue
Kimberly:to play for the next couple of decades.
Kimberly:Right.
Kimberly:And keep the, yeah, keep the band going and build
Tammy:new fans.
Tammy:Most, like, most of the audience, I would say were, were with them.
Tammy:You know, I watched all I wa I was in the mezzanine overlooking everybody, and,
Tammy:and I saw everybody in the front row.
Tammy:I saw everybody.
Tammy:Down.
Tammy:Everybody was into it until the end, so I didn't see a mass.
Tammy:Anybody that I saw leaving was in front of me, like on the sides of the mezzanine.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:That, you know, kind of left right at, at the before the encore or.
Tammy:Or whatever, but everybody down below, they were, they were, I
Tammy:was, I was pleasantly surprised that they were, they stuck it out.
Tammy:And then they really enjoyed the medley at the end and, and
Tammy:loved them and everything else.
Tammy:So, uh,
Kimberly:well, they, they lost the, the reader of Warren Peace and Oh well, they
Kimberly:survived and, uh, yeah, yeah, like really you're reading in the concert, it didn't
Tammy:look like your normal concert.
Tammy:Fan, you know, like I was the only one dressed at all black.
Tammy:Like, you know what my concert wear on, I was literally the only one dressed.
Tammy:Wow.
Tammy:Just in my all black, little, you know, whatever.
Tammy:And most people were in shorts, jeans and short.
Tammy:It was, it just was a very, old, yeah, older crowd.
Tammy:But I, I would say, Maybe a Jimmy Buffet looking crowd.
Tammy:Hmm.
Tammy:Interesting.
Tammy:I, you know, maybe, uh, occasionally go to a concert, uh, a show, but I
Tammy:didn't see many that I would say, oh yeah, these are, these are concert.
Tammy:I could be wrong.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:But, Yeah, they enjoy the show and I'm glad, I'm glad I was, I was worried.
Tammy:Right.
Tammy:When I did hear lot, I thought, oh, is the crowd gonna turn?
Tammy:You know, are they, are they gonna not turn, but are they gonna leave?
Tammy:Are they gonna get bored?
Tammy:Because they played for a long time.
Tammy:So Mo, so most people were in it.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Tammy:Which is great.
Tammy:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:And, and
Tammy:like I said, that's their fan base.
Tammy:You know, there were true fans there.
Tammy:That's what I love about
Kimberly:it.
Kimberly:Totally.
Kimberly:And they're, and they're gonna make new fans because it's, let's face it,
Kimberly:it's like if you can't, replicate the songs, from 30 years ago, like, time
Kimberly:to mix it up and how, you know, boring for, for musicians who don't wanna
Kimberly:necessarily keep playing the same songs.
Kimberly:Right.
Kimberly:Exactly.
Kimberly:Mm-hmm.
Kimberly:Exactly.
Kimberly:Exactly.
Kimberly:Awesome.
Kimberly:Awesome.
Kimberly:So that's that Crowded house Dreamers of waiting tour.
Kimberly:Yeah, don't keep waiting to go out there out.
Kimberly:Go see that show.
Kimberly:okay, great.
Kimberly:So thank you so much for that wonderful review of that Crowded House show.
Kimberly:And we stay tuned and find out more about what's going on, coming up
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Kimberly:And what's our final phrase, Tammy?
Kimberly:Be kind, rock on and, and be good people.
Tammy:I think that sounds good.
Kimberly:Perfect.
Kimberly:And we'll see you next
Kimberly:time.
Tammy:All right.
Tammy:See you next time.