1
00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,320
Speaker 1: Jerzy and Amanda jam Nation.

2
00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,080
Speaker 2: It's no secret that our next guest was a crush

3
00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,799
Speaker 2: of mind well into my twenties and also into my sixties,

4
00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,200
Speaker 2: shall we say. He's a co founder of Split Ends,

5
00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,720
Speaker 2: He's a member of Crowded, a former member of Crowded House,

6
00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,320
Speaker 2: a solo superstar. I'm talking about Tim Finn and he's

7
00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,200
Speaker 2: got a new show. He's going on tour showcasing his

8
00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,840
Speaker 2: most well known work, which is a great excuse to

9
00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:28,680
Speaker 2: chat to him, as we love to anytime. Tim Finn High.

10
00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:29,800
Speaker 1: Hello there, it's nice to be with you, guys.

11
00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,480
Speaker 3: Well, it's been while since we spoke to you. Last time.

12
00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,360
Speaker 3: We were talking to you from lockdown. You're at home,

13
00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,320
Speaker 3: and how's things been going?

14
00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:44,040
Speaker 1: Everything okay, now, everything's fine. We came through unscathed, you know,

15
00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,600
Speaker 1: a couple of cases of COVID went through the ranks,

16
00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,440
Speaker 1: but pretty mild, thank goodness. And it was a great

17
00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,320
Speaker 1: sort of writing period for me. I had a couple

18
00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,680
Speaker 1: of theater projects that I was to manage to get underway,

19
00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:01,880
Speaker 1: and yeah, just lots of songwriting. And here we are today,

20
00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,600
Speaker 1: you know, basically sort of looking back, retrospective sort of tour.

21
00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,840
Speaker 1: But the band are all these young guys who have

22
00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,920
Speaker 1: learned all the parts they play any rain as keyboard

23
00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,360
Speaker 1: parts and spin end songs and Neil's guitar parts, and

24
00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:16,880
Speaker 1: you know it's great. I've got our daughter, Elliott is

25
00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,520
Speaker 1: singing backing vocals with me, and she's got a beautiful voice.

26
00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,200
Speaker 1: We blend really well. It's really going to be a

27
00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:23,880
Speaker 1: lovely show.

28
00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,039
Speaker 2: How is it preparing to be on tour again? Is

29
00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,720
Speaker 2: it different these days? Harder, easier?

30
00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,560
Speaker 1: Well, I mean it's a bit of a wrench, because

31
00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,960
Speaker 1: I mean it's a wrench that I gladly acquiesced to.

32
00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,720
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm sort of in a routine at home.

33
00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,640
Speaker 1: You know, I'd sort of go for my swim every

34
00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,360
Speaker 1: day from some laps, and then you know, rite do

35
00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,399
Speaker 1: some work on new songs that I'm writing, maybe for

36
00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,920
Speaker 1: a theater project or something, and it's just a lovely routine.

37
00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,760
Speaker 1: I've lived with my wife there in Auckland and our daughters,

38
00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,160
Speaker 1: who's coming on tour. She's still with us some of

39
00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,440
Speaker 1: the time. Anyway, she's twenty now, and so it's a

40
00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,480
Speaker 1: you know, you're just think, oh god, you know, I've

41
00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:01,840
Speaker 1: got to break the routine now. But actually then you

42
00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,600
Speaker 1: realize that that's really good for you, because nothing's everything's

43
00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,720
Speaker 1: impermanent anyways, as we know, and you may as well.

44
00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:10,240
Speaker 1: You may as well get used to it.

45
00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,320
Speaker 3: And it's good to get out of Auckland. As beautiful

46
00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,399
Speaker 3: as Auckland is, you know what I was reading about Auckland.

47
00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,320
Speaker 3: Auckland has the most boats per capita in the world

48
00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,880
Speaker 3: as people that own boats. Do you have a boat?

49
00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,359
Speaker 1: I don't have a boat. I've got a boat in

50
00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,000
Speaker 1: my head. I've always used, you know, nautical imagery and

51
00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,840
Speaker 1: my songs. Obviously the most famous one will be six

52
00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,360
Speaker 1: Months in a Leaky Boat. But I never actually learned

53
00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,760
Speaker 1: to sail. I did do some sailing on Sydney Harbor

54
00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,840
Speaker 1: when I lived in Sydney, and I remember I was

55
00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,160
Speaker 1: I was invited out on the Wednesday boat Race and

56
00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,760
Speaker 1: I was given a rope to hold on to and

57
00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,760
Speaker 1: at the very last minute, when the jostling for position,

58
00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,600
Speaker 1: somebody screamed out, you know, pull on or whatever they say,

59
00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,440
Speaker 1: and I let go, and so the rope sort of

60
00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,160
Speaker 1: fell into the water and the sail was flapping sadly there.

61
00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,240
Speaker 1: And we didn't we didn't have a great start. No

62
00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,120
Speaker 1: one spoke to me for the first thirty minutes.

63
00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,000
Speaker 2: They take it very seriously in the Twilight races, don't they.

64
00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,160
Speaker 3: You love boats, but you know the best thing about

65
00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,720
Speaker 3: not having a boat is and with Auckland having so

66
00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,800
Speaker 3: many baits, you just use someone else's bait. You can

67
00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,000
Speaker 3: go out and someone else's bait.

68
00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,720
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, no, absolutely. I've become friends with Sir

69
00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,040
Speaker 1: Peter Blake's daughter, s J Blake, and she and her

70
00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,680
Speaker 1: husband Alistair have been promising to take me out. It

71
00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,079
Speaker 1: hasn't happened yet, but I mean, yeah, it's lovely to

72
00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,520
Speaker 1: be connected to such a strong lineage of sailing.

73
00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,320
Speaker 2: You know, do you think Tim haven't taken you out?

74
00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,400
Speaker 2: Because I heard about that famous road incident?

75
00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:42,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, probably around yeah, No, Peter Blake used to play

76
00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,760
Speaker 1: Apparently he was doing his round the world racing, going

77
00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,200
Speaker 1: through the big Southern Ocean, you know, really big stuff,

78
00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,920
Speaker 1: big waves, and he would play six months in a

79
00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,800
Speaker 1: leaky boat to the crew, you know, as they were

80
00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,080
Speaker 1: out on deck. And so when I heard that, I

81
00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,800
Speaker 1: was blown away at it. That's the perfect use of

82
00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,440
Speaker 1: that song. You know, my life has made really well.

83
00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,560
Speaker 3: You had. You know, there's an old boat made of China.

84
00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,200
Speaker 3: It's going nowhere, so I'm quitting all lyrics.

85
00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,040
Speaker 2: But in case you haven't heard them, Tim command beef.

86
00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,120
Speaker 3: It is well Tim. It's always great to talk to you.

87
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,440
Speaker 3: The Lives and Times of Tim Finn. The tour starts

88
00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,920
Speaker 3: next week. Tickets on sale now from Ticketmaster.

89
00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,680
Speaker 2: Tim Finn, thank you for joining us.

90
00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,000
Speaker 1: Oh, thank you. I had a great chat and yeah,

91
00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,240
Speaker 1: really looking forward to the show and especially I mean

92
00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,440
Speaker 1: here in Sydney in the Opera House. It doesn't get better.

93
00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:32,560
Speaker 2: We're coming along to that. Can't wait to see.

94
00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:33,279
Speaker 3: Him come by boat.

95
00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:39,320
Speaker 1: That's right, do that? Thanks Tim, Okay, thanks guys.

96
00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,000
Speaker 3: See Tim