Dad-Pop? : Where do you stand on Crowded House?

"Don't Dream It's Over" is ageless. I still can't believe a song this taut and wise peaked at #2 in America during the Bon Jovi era.

Mournful organ lines too.

True, it’s the “Whiter Shade of Pale” of its time.

Chamberlin! And in the case of "Dream," a nod to Bach's "Air on a G String," by way of Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale."

lol

R.I.P. Gary Brooker

"Pour le Monde", from the late-era album Time On Earth, might be their best Beatles pastiche:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M96Afkkgas4

Heard an interview with Steve Earle decades ago at this point, and he cited Neil Finn as a writer who sounds like the Beatles without sounding *like* the Beatles. Related, there was some dude on Twitter some time ago that was extolling the songwriting prowess of "Neal Finn," and Jason Isbell chimed in with just "First of all, i ..."

And just because:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sije12JaKdA

These guys were, predictably, great last night. What a salve. It's got to be both a blessing and a curse that Neil Finn writes so many great songs. They played a couple of brand new ones, too, one that he joked he wrote the day before, practiced on the bus, and perfected by the time they hit the stage, then muttered "if only it were that fucking easy ..." Yeah, no shit, your fault for making it look easy! Got a couple of deep cuts, got the two best known Split Enz songs, got some quality goofing around, even got a bit of Patrick Hernandez’ 1978 disco track “Born to Be Alive""

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFSWh2jzKeQ

have we solved the controversy over the bridge in "Weather With You"

what's the controversy?