In the spirit of musical comradeship through isolation, us fellas in Crowded House have created a live version of Fall At Your Feet, captured here in the making at our respective home set ups. Some of the sentiment in this song struck me as being resonant now in a different way than I first imagined.
We have enjoyed favor and felt welcome in the United States for many years. There is a deep connection to and appreciation of all that America has done for the evolution of popular music, at its best a transformative art form, now perhaps more needed than ever. In particular, we are inspired by the magnificence of black culture. We owe a huge debt to the African American artists whose creative expressions have elevated us with magic, passion and beauty while living with prejudice and injustice that we, as white men, can only imagine and have never had to suffer.
We have more to give and other privileges to repay, but right now in support of this groundswell for justice against a racist system, we will direct all of the income for this song for the next year to causes that assist in keeping the momentum for massive and meaningful change, to address this glaring inequity in our society.
Just a beginning, more to follow… with love and respect,
Crowded House
I can almost hear you thinking ……. L.A / Auckland ……. Last Day Of June 2020.
Images from this day Liam and E.J , music from this day Neil and Mitchell.
Hi everyone,
Most of you will have had some involvement with Fangradio by now, many have tuned in every day it seems. It’s been great to play music everyday and help to span a bit of distance that we are currently experiencing. I have reached into the deep recesses of my brain to recover lost chords and words and nuances in songs that have been hibernating for years, good for my brain, and even the occasional epic failure of recall can be thrilling for the nerve endings.
However, as I have announced on Fangradio this last Monday, I am taking a 2 week break from live sessions to enable some concentrated work on the new Crowded House album.
In the meantime, Jeremy at NeilFinn.com and Breanna, who works close to us, will be keeping the show running every day, back at 3pm PT. They will be compiling selections of highlights with a few small trinkets and treasures added.
Fangradio will also be presenting some guest DJ’s on occasions, kicking off this Thursday afternoon (Friday morning for you antipodeans) with a show from my good friend, the gracious and gifted Johnny Marr. I’m looking forward to that.
Stay tuned good folk
Neil
Hi good people, I hope you have been tuning in to Fangradio when possible. Here are two videos from the past week to show you where we are, what’s happening, how this is working. It’s an unfolding story, an evolution that’s keeping me tuned in and tuned up. Glad to have you with me.
NEIL
Hi there,
I‘ve been a bit quiet lately on account of being buried deep in songs and recording, which I guess you might have guessed, and after all, when the music is playing, that’s how we truly stay in touch. However, I am aware that I start many other endeavours (e.g. my “regular” newsletters, Fangradio) with a great sense of purpose, then fall off the pace, leaving me with a sense of letting people down. I think you are kind hearted and patient, so I won’t remonstrate with myself over this too much, but just giving voice to slight feelings of inadequacy.
I hope everyone is staying healthy, not panicking nor sleepwalking through life. The world is going mad but it always has, we just keep watch over our day, in our own place to make sure we don’t miss the chance to help and make beauty known.
Love from me
Neil ( bluesman ) Finn
