Fun Music Information -> Split Enz
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Band Name Origins:
- The band was called Split Ends until just before their first trip to Australia. They changed the "nds" to "nz" to relect their origins in New Zealand. Submitted by: Brian Kelly
- Tim Finn wrote "split ends" down in a book. One day as he and Phil Judd were trying to find a name for the band, Phil flipped through the book and saw "Split Ends" That stuck, and the band also had long hair at that time with Split Ends. It was changed to Split Enz to show their love for their home country of New Zealand, it was also because Tim believes that "the Z sticks in your mind." Submitted by: dizrythmia
Performer Nick Names:
Known informally as: The Enz. Submitted by: dizrythmia
Former Career:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner" | "At one stage they worked in a lolly factory and were always white when they left due to the icing su" | - dizrythmia |
| "Neil Finn" | "Worked in a record store and a hospital before the phonecall." | - dizrythmia |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Living In The 70s" | "History Never Repeats," Split Enz | Well it`s true! - i lurve the enz |
| "Rose Coloured Glasses" | "I See Red," Split Enz | FussBudget |
| "Down By The Lazy River" | "Shark Attack," Split Enz | FussBudget |
| "Let's Dance" | "I Don't Wanna Dance," Split Enz | FussBudget |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Six Moths In A Leaky Boat" originally "Six Months In A Leaky Boat"
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Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Lost For Swords" originally "Lost For Words"
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"Lost For Worlds" originally "Lost For Words"
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"Lost Four Words" originally "Lost For Words"
Sheila Evans
"It Got You" originally "I Got You"
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"Hard Fact To Follow" originally "Hard Act To Follow"
One of George W. Bush's problems.
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Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Six Mouths In A Leaky Boat" originally "Six Months In A Leaky Boat"
Regina Haniger
"I Rot You" originally "I Got You"
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"History Never Reheats" originally "History Never Repeats"
Carmen Mistletoe
"Massage To My Girl" originally "Message To My Girl"
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" | "Six Months With A Geeky Coat" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" | "Six Weeks With Irani Goats" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" | "Six Months For A Leaked Report??" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" | "Six Months in a Cheeky Boat" | Merry & Pippin |
| "I Got You" | "I Got Flu" | Merry & Pippin |
| "History Never Repeats" | "KFC Always Repeats" | Merry & Pippin |
| "I See Red" | "I Wrote Ten" | Album Cornix |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Split Ends | Hairdressers | dizrythmia |
| Lost For Words | Mutes Association | dizrythmia |
| Shark Attack | Beach Lifeguards | dizrythmia |
| Walking Through The Ruins | Building Company | dizrythmia |
| No Mischief | The Super Nanny | dizrythmia |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve | Sweet Dreams Split Enz | Bitter Sweet Dreams Hmm... What of??? | i lurve the enz |
| A Pirate Looks At Forty Jimmy Buffett | Six Months in A Leaky Boat Split Enz | A Pirate Looks At Forty-Six Months In A Leaky Boat . | Stephanie Craddock |
| I Got You Split Enz | Laid James | I Got You Laid | neptunevsmars |
Misheard Lyrics:
"I See Red"
Misheard Lyrics: Had my period walkin' down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red. Original Lyrics: When my baby's walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red. | "I Got You"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got two.
Original Lyrics: I got you.
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"I Got You"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know
I sometimes I get five cents. Original Lyrics: I don't know
Why sometimes I get frightened. | "I See Red"
Misheard Lyrics: When my baby's walking down the street
Hussy rear, hussy rear, hussy rear! Original Lyrics: When my baby's walking down the street
I see red! I see red! I see red! |
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Hard Act To Follow"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a hard a** to f***.
Original Lyrics: You're a hard act to follow.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Cat I know it's the title of the song, but it does not sound like 'hard act to follow!' Really, I thought this was a song about gay sex! |
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Insincere Lyrics:
"Message To My Girl"
The Insincere Lyrics: I don't wanna say I want you
Even though I want you so much Why They're Insincere: Guess what you just said?
Submitted by: Andre Engels
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Dirty Lyrics:
"Late In Rome"
The Dirty Lyrics: With ladies on my arm, nights of passion.
Why They're Dirty: Well, I don't think anymore can be said.
Submitted by: dizrythmia
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Haul Away"
The Lyrics: I was born in Te Awamutu 25th of June 1952 Ten pounds of boy Haul away, haul away, haul away
Why: Tim Finn's birth place, Te Awamutu in New Zealand.
Submitted by: dizrythmia
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"
After the song was released, Argentina's government invaded and seized the Falkland Islands from Britain. The BBC banned the song because they felt its message would be contrary to the Royal Navy's mission of steaming to the islands and taking them back. It took the Royal Navy many extra months to reach the islands, because they were secretly replenishing armaments from the US Navy. The British succeeding in retaking the Falklands. When Latin American government leaders found out about the secret aid from the US Reagan government, they were so pissed that they withdrew their overt support for the Reagan government's war against Nicaragua. The US Congress had banned US funding for the war against Nicaragua, so Reagan's government set up an illegal funding source by selling US weapons to the Islamic fundamentalist Iranian government. The slush fund was used to fly weapons to Reagan's insurgents, known as the Contras. Eventually one of the aircraft crashed enroute and the whole sad caper was revealed. Ollie North turned the ensuing hearings in Congress into a militarist circus and leveraged his fame as far as getting a right wing radio show for himself. Ollie North was found guilty as charged, but his conviction was reversed on the kind of evidentially technicalities the right wingers normally howl about. God save the Queen!
Submitted by: Tom
Super Long Pop Songs:
"The Woman Who Loves You" Length: 6:49
Also known as the spoon solo song.
Submitted by: dizrythmia
"Under the Wheel" Length: 7:48
Great song, and really long, like most on Mental Notes many time changes
Submitted by: dizrythmia
"The Instrumental" Length: About 14 minutes
It was one of the earlier pieces, never released.
Submitted by: dizrythmia
"Stranger Than Fiction" Length: 6.57 (on the Mental Notes album)
Submitted by: dizrythmia
Super Short Pop Songs:
"Mental Notes" Length: 0.33
Fantastic song which has very few unrepeated parts, one of the earlier Split Enz songs... From the album Mental Notes.
Submitted by: i lurve the enz
"I Don't Wanna Dance"
The Lyrics: I don't wanna dance no more, not since you walked out the door.
Why: Imagine you are standing in a dancing school then all of a sudden... I don't wanna dance no more...
Submitted by: i lurve the enz
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