Chords for Split Enz Interview - Neil & Tim

[G] Well, it's welcome back to Brisbane to the notorious Finn brothers Tim and Neil.
It's great to have you here again.
Thank you.
It's quite a [D] change to be known as notorious.
I thought we were really [G] nice.
Had a nice image.
That's good.
I think it's good to see you [Bm] getting on so well and _
[G] as I say it's a real [Dm] pleasure to be able to talk to you on this occasion
which is probably the last [Am] time you'll be doing an interview together for a while I [G] guess, isn't it?
At least [E] at this time.
For a while, for sure, yeah.
[Db] I'm sure there'll be [G] joint interviews at some point in the future.
I [Bm] suppose you guys must feel [G] at last that you've sorted things out.
An immense relief.
It's definitely a relief.
Having organised [Dm] it.
It is a relief, yeah.
These things [E] always take a while.
They bubble [D] away for a while and [Em] eat away at you and can actually [G] be quite destructive.
Once you [F] make the decision, [Em] yeah, it's on to new things.
It's quite exciting.
It's scary but it's exciting.
I suppose [A] I cheated a bit by doing a solo record so I've sort [Bb] of had a taste of it but
[Am] _ it [Gbm] doesn't make it feel any less [Em] like a challenge, you know.
It's interesting.
It's great to have a definite [F] direction for [Em] a while.
The last year and a [Gb] half's been a bit [B] vague one way or another.
We've had [Fm] a lot of time [Am] off and a lot of time sitting around wondering what [Em] we're doing.
So [Gm] now since we've [Gbm] made the decision we've been busier than we've been for about [G] five years
which is a good way to be really.
[A] No time to get morbid.
_ [Ab] Well, what would you guys like to say about the breakup of the band?
How would you like to _ [E] express it best?
[Em] Not a lot really because basically it's as simple as that.
We wanted a change.
A musical change, [D] a lifestyle change, [B] everything really.
I think whatever we say people will [D] interpret it how they will but
_ the facts speak for themselves to a large extent.
But the only thing [Gbm] I would [G] like people to keep up most in their minds is that there's
all those albums there and everything [Em] we've really wanted to [Ab] say about our lives
and [A] about what we think [Bm] are in those [A] records.
So [G] I [Bm] think that's what we're most proud of obviously [G] is our music.
_ [A] Well, we're playing a few tracks with this [Bm] interview today so why don't we go back to
_ [Ab] a very different looking [A] split ends from the early [N] years, a track called Bold as Brass.
How far back does that one go? _
1979 or was it?
It was 77, wasn't it?
_ Oh, it was this one.
One [G] of the first clips we ever [C] did.
I still reckon it's hilarious and stands [G] up pretty well.
It was [Ab] pretty wild.
I had my mouth open for the whole clip.
I don't know why.
[C] _ _
[Am] Let's have a look at [E] it now.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [Gm] So you get yourselves looking like that in 84.
It's funny.
[G] It's like [C] looking at somebody else now.
It's quite an objective feeling.
That was a good bold anthem.
It was like an anthem of [D] defiance.
[G] We're going through quite a hard time.
We [Bb] used to always pull those songs out.
[D] _ [G] You can't get rid of us.
You can't keep us down.
[D] And it was true.
You [Gm] couldn't.
It's also good to see that our [D] image isn't embarrassing to watch.
[G] _ Often in bands, when you see them back in the 70s to the way they are now,
there's a vast difference.
It's [Dm] a bit embarrassing.
[G] We were all that short hair back then.
We never wore platforms or [D] lyrics bell bottoms.
You had the shaved [G] sides of the head and everything which came in a bigger weight.
It's still there now. _
[D] I guess in a [Dm] way we were influential visually.
I [Gm] don't know about musically, which I would have been far more impressed by.
[G] Visually, [D] I think we had an impact.
[A] I was wondering, [D] with that great footage and being so visual,
do you guys have anything to say about the possibility of a movie a la Cole Chisell?
_ _ [C] Not a tour movie, no.
We want to do a [E] musical.
We always did.
I'm still trying to write a [C] script at the moment.
_ I guess we'll collaborate on that.
Hey, Brian.
[D] Of course.
There's a part [G] for me.
I've got a [C] good little part for you.
You're a village idiot.
[G] _ I prefer the young stud.
We'll see [Bm] what we can do.
You prefer the young stud.
We won't go [D] into that one.
I never get a chance [C] in real life.
Neil, [E] when you joined [Bb] the band, that coincided with the move towards,
[Ab]
I hate to say it, but the more commercial _ [D] appeal.
Why does [C] everybody hate to say that word?
It's [G] ridiculous.
I can't understand it.
Commercial [Dm] is the most wonderful [Gm] word in the world.
It [Dm] means that you're doing well.
That's fantastic for a band.
Every band in [Gm] the world wants to be successful.
[Bm] Anyone that says they don't is a liar.
[Am] Most people reject it, though.
It's good to hear you [D] are that honest about it.
It's just stupid not to be, really.
We've always wanted to be successful.
It's not like I sit down and go, _
[Cm] _ I've got to [Ab] write a commercial hit.
I sit down and write a song, and if it's commercial, it's great.
You wrote I Got You, [Bb] and that was the one that catapulted the True Colours album
into a [C] lot of living rooms and cars [Am] around the country.
[Dm] Yeah.
_ [Bb]
It was an [C] exciting time.
It [Fm] was a good time, yeah.
It was a funny song, though,
because I never really [Bb] thought it was that great when I wrote [C] it.
I thought it was all right.
You were embarrassed [Fm] about it, really.
A little bit, yeah.
The chorus.
It's a little [Gm] bit, yeah. _ _
_ _ [C] _ It's great now.
And then the studio [Gm] just all came together and had that sound about it.
It's very enduring, too.
It does sound good.
On stage, we [A] got a bit sick of playing it,
although we still play [D] it.
But [G] on record, I think it sounds good.
If you hear it on the radio now, it still sounds powerful.
Well, let's play it right now on television.
Here's I Got You.
Tim, [C]
I'd just like to talk a little bit [Ab] about your solo career,
because it started off, we spoke to you about 14 months ago
on the release of Escapade, here at Cliffs.
And since then, things went better than you [Gb] expected.
Yes, yeah.
_ [Cm] [Gm] The main thing for me was doing the album,
and I had a lot of fun [Cm] doing it.
So really, anything else was_
Of course I wanted it [Bb] to do well, but I didn't really have any [Cm] concrete ambitions for it,
like chart positions [C] or awards or [Ab] anything like that.
I just hoped that the first single would do well, and [Cm] it did.
But yeah, [Gm] no complaints.
It was good.
[Cm] I can do [Ab] better, though, I think.
And you're working on that now?
Yeah, I'm just writing and deciding who I'm going to do it with.
_ _ What sort of direction do you think you might take?
Would it be as pop-flavoured as the last album?
Well, yeah, there's a side of me that will always write catchy tunes, _
[Gm] _ but I like to [Cm] achieve a certain depth in the lyrics as well within that.
So I'm just trying to write what I feel, and be honest.
Same [G] as ever, really.
There's no big secrets.
It's just let it all [C] pour out, and hopefully [Gm] it'll mean something to people.
Tim, I read [Eb] the recent Penthouse interview _ _
[Ab] that you did,
and I was interested in the line that you were dreaming up ways
to get out of your solo stage performances, like breaking your legs, for example.
Do you think you'll face your [Fm] solo career with a little more confidence after?
[F] _ _ [C] Yes, definitely I've got more [Db] confidence, [G] but I always get [C] panicky when I do [G] new things.
I think everybody does, and that was really a result of the fact that it was so new.
But it [Bb] adds to the performance, I think, if [C] you're that _ [Gm] nervous.
[Fm] Is it worth it to you to go [Gm] through that sort of anguish?
Oh, yeah, of course it is.
I mean, _ [Eb] nothing's worthwhile without a struggle, I think.
The movie you worked on in [G] Sydney [Fm] recently, The Coca-Cola Kid,
you've [Cm] done how many [F] songs from the soundtrack?
[Cm] One or more?
Three songs, yeah.
And there'll be a single [Gm] release next year, I think,
to [Cm] coincide with the [Eb] release of the movie.
[Ab] And do you play a small part in the movie, [C] too?
Very small.
Very, very small.
Is this [Fm] something _ [Cm] that you may [Gm] aspire to in the future?
Not really.
[Cm] I've never really wanted to be an actor.
I just think it's not [Gm] a particular talent that I [G] possess.
I can bluff my [Ab] way through very small cameos here and there.
But I'm more interested in getting the script finished and behind the scenes,
doing the music [Cm] for a film.
Leave that to me, I'll do [Gm] it.
Neil's always had [Cm] the great promises in acting.
[Eb] _ [Fm] Like [Ab] hell.
We'll see you next year.
Tim, this is the one that_
I'm glad you've been able to stand up like me for a long time.
Yeah, that's right.
Doing [Bb] very well today.
Yeah, [Abm] well, it's obviously not [Ab] a time for sadness at all, really,
because it's the beginning.
We all want it a lot.
The best is yet to come.
Well, we'll talk to you each individually, I sure hope, in the not-too-distant future.
Yes, it'll be all over.
Thanks very much, Tim.
I believe that.
Thank you.
See you next year. See you.
Thanks a lot, Neil. Bye.
[E] Let's have a look at I Walk Away.
_ _ [Bb] _ [Em] _ _ _ _