Fang radio thurs / fri

@Guy. posted:

Judging from the change in sound of Neil’s voice I actually think the musical performances were not live-to-air, but pre-recorded. Neil’s comments in between were live. 

Edit: Neil confirmed this during the show.

And not wanting to be nitpicking but the tribute in the aftershow was for Tony Allen, who played with Fela Kuti. Tony Allen also played drums on “Dream Date” from Try Whistling This.

... thanks Guy. and sinner 62

12th May 2020 (edited)
Neil SOLO - piano only,  songs pre-recorded and comments very (A)LIVE

Dive Bomber - Instrumental 21st June
Harry's Theme (Fangradio Theme)
People Are like Suns
More Than One Of You
Pour Le Monde
Gentle Hum
Faster Than Light

.. aftershow was a tribute to Little Richard, Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider-Eslebenn and Tony Allen.

MegaJoyFullBuzzzz in the FANGhive tonight !

... hummm hummm ... early night  

Many thanks for making Fangradio available as a podcast! It makes the already luxurious of a Finn fan even better.

Enjoying yesterday's ep. Brilliant stuff.

I've been waiting 16 years for a "Crowded House" podcast!   What a basketful of wonder.

The once running "Chocolate Cake" podcast was pretty good, too.

16th May 2020
Neil, Sharon, Liam, Elroy, Buddy ... full FINN in ISO2

Pony Ride
Impressions
Better To Be [Liam Finn]
Better Than TV
Miracle Glance  [Liam Finn] - Buddy on trumpet
Moonage Daydream [David Bowie] ... BOWIE was right there !

in the aftershow ... Animal Vs Human - demo which ended up on some editions of Dizzy Heights.

I've been trying to find the session when Neil asked us fans if we had any questions and answered ones such as: "Why is it called FangRadio?" I can't remember the date nor any session around that time. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

https://www.neilfinn.com/fangradio

search for "question"

Thursday 23 April perhaps?

I also think you might be looking for April 23. The one that also included the question about Mark and Matt. 

19th May 2020
Neil SOLO "snippets galore"
A session of short items from Neil’s audio archive,
with live performances and a Q&A with listeners.

Intro music included Ascending Drum
Harry's Theme (Fangradio Theme)
TNT for 2 [Pajama Club] - demo
God Only Knows [The Beach Boys] - a capella in the tunnel recording segued into in the studio recording
Danger - demo
Beauty Unknown - demo written for a film, "probably rejected " Neil added
Walking On The Spot - solo on piano
in background: Marius 4 & 3 - used on nilfun.net in 2000
Spanish jam outro - demo  
Blue Hotel - demo, end only, Neil on drums
Houseguest - demo
Try Whistling This - solo on piano
untitled (demo)
Wallace Chapman interviewing Helen Clarke on Kiwi FM
untitled guitar piece
Pyjama Jams - demo
uke groove tailout [Neil & Tim Finn] - demo
Better Times [Janis Ian and Neil Finn] - demo
Party Sound - Day 8 [Crowded House] - demo
Mateo teo - Day 8 [Crowded House] - demo
Mental Notes [Split Enz] - studio recording
Good Buzz
Gentle Hum  - demo, Neil solo on pump organ  ... BRILLIANT !
Interlude Ruff
Roundhead theme (used on bFM) - Sharon on harmonica
in background: Slidey Guitar loop - demo
Back To Life - Greek section session bouzouki recording
in background: Jazzdoom - Day 8 [Crowded House]
in background: First Light
in background: Marius 2 - Neil home demo

... so, "on the 8th Day" Crowded House created 

@In2FINN2 posted:

16th May 2020
Neil, Sharon, Liam, Elroy, Buddy ... full FINN in ISO2

Pony Ride
Impressions
Better To Be [Liam Finn]
Better Than TV
Miracle Glance  [Liam Finn] - Buddy on trumpet
Moonage Daydream [David Bowie] ... BOWIE was right there !

in the aftershow ... Animal Vs Human - demo which ended up on some editions of Dizzy Heights.

Better Than TV was edited out of the archive. Any idea why?

Neil apologised after better than tv for getting a part wrong. I didn’t notice it but he must have decided the error was a problem.

@In2FINN2 posted:

19th May 2020
Neil SOLO "snippets galore"
A session of short items from Neil’s audio archive,
with live performances and a Q&A with listeners.

Intro music included Ascending Drum
Harry's Theme (Fangradio Theme)
TNT for 2 [Pajama Club] - demo
God Only Knows [The Beach Boys] - a capella in the tunnel recording segued into in the studio recording
Danger - demo
Beauty Unknown - demo written for a film, "probably rejected " Neil added
Walking On The Spot - solo on piano
in background: Marius 4 & 3 - used on nilfun.net in 2000
Spanish jam outro - demo  
Blue Hotel - demo, end only, Neil on drums
Houseguest - demo
Try Whistling This - solo on piano
untitled (demo)
Wallace Chapman interviewing Helen Clarke on Kiwi FM
untitled guitar piece
Pyjama Jams - demo
uke groove tailout [Neil & Tim Finn] - demo
Better Times [Janis Ian and Neil Finn] - demo
Party Sound - Day 8 [Crowded House] - demo
Mateo teo - Day 8 [Crowded House] - demo
Mental Notes [Split Enz] - studio recording
Good Buzz
Gentle Hum  - demo, Neil solo on pump organ  ... BRILLIANT !
Interlude Ruff
Roundhead theme (used on bFM) - Sharon on harmonica
in background: Slidey Guitar loop - demo
Back To Life - Greek section session bouzouki recording
in background: Jazzdoom - Day 8 [Crowded House]
in background: First Light
in background: Marius 2 - Neil home demo

... so, "on the 8th Day" Crowded House created 

My Word, I haven't had a chance to listen to this, but it looks like a treasure trove of rarities! How exciting! (but what is bFM? in regards to Roundhead theme?)

Auckland (maybe now New Zealand nationwide?) student radio station. https://95bfm.com/

@Plug posted:

Better Than TV was edited out of the archive. Any idea why?

Neil mixed up the lyrics of 1st and 2nd verse of Better than TV ... "sorry about that Sharon ... I went early to another section"  being a little distracted as Buddy popped into the room ... and you may notice the entire exit music section was also edited out of the archived version so hence doesn't include the Animal Vs Human - demo which ended up on some editions of Dizzy Heights  ... that edited version was broadcast on Fangradio Sunday May 17th 2020 catching chatting Fangers by surprise during Kat's Split Enz Mental notes listening party which was rescheduled to Monday May 18th 2020 ... double Bliss

it's aaaalll goooooed on Fang !!!!  

23rd May 2020
Neil and Elroy on acoustic guitars

Harry's Theme (Fangradio Theme)
What's The Matter With You ? [Split Enz]
Sexy Sadie [The Beatles]
Private Universe
Message To My Girl
Improv
Adagio In A Minor [Pablo Vasquez] - snippet only after which Elroy exits
Nails In My Feet - extended version segued into ...
Fire and Rain [James Taylor]

note: Neil pointed out future broadcasts might not necessarily happen on Tuesday / Saturday .. best keep our eyes on the clock over on neilfinn.com/fangradio 

@In2FINN2 posted:

19th May 2020
Neil SOLO "snippets galore"
A session of short items from Neil’s audio archive,
with live performances and a Q&A with listeners.

Intro music included Ascending Drum
Harry's Theme (Fangradio Theme)
TNT for 2 [Pajama Club] - demo
God Only Knows [The Beach Boys] - a capella in the tunnel recording segued into in the studio recording
Danger - demo
Beauty Unknown - demo written for a film, "probably rejected " Neil added
Walking On The Spot - solo on piano
in background: Marius 4 & 3 - used on nilfun.net in 2000
Spanish jam outro - demo  
Blue Hotel - demo, end only, Neil on drums
Houseguest - demo
Try Whistling This - solo on piano
untitled (demo)
Wallace Chapman interviewing Helen Clarke on Kiwi FM
untitled guitar piece
Pyjama Jams - demo
uke groove tailout [Neil & Tim Finn] - demo
Better Times [Janis Ian and Neil Finn] - demo
Party Sound - Day 8 [Crowded House] - demo
Mateo teo - Day 8 [Crowded House] - demo
Mental Notes [Split Enz] - studio recording
Good Buzz
Gentle Hum  - demo, Neil solo on pump organ  ... BRILLIANT !
Interlude Ruff
Roundhead theme (used on bFM) - Sharon on harmonica
in background: Slidey Guitar loop - demo
Back To Life - Greek section session bouzouki recording
in background: Jazzdoom - Day 8 [Crowded House]
in background: First Light
in background: Marius 2 - Neil home demo

... so, "on the 8th Day" Crowded House created 

Love the last line .... 👌 I am guilty of revisiting this thrice times 😉

@Annie99999 posted:

Love the last line .... 👌 I am guilty of revisiting this thrice times 😉

Glad you enjoy that thought   ... and thanks for all your appreciation @Annie99999

The Saturday show still isn't up. What's happening there Jaffaman? They used to be archived very soon after playback for the UK to listen to in the AM. I assume this is complicated by the new podcast distribution needing to cut out all the non-Finn audio?

I don’t know why Neil hasn’t uploaded it to the Mixlr Showreel yet. Maybe he wanted to edit it first, as there were a number of errors in the performances. He has a busy week, so I guess it’s been given low priority. We should have an explanation by this time tomorrow. 

I can’t add to neilfinn.com and then trim it for the podcast versions until he makes it available to me.

Neil's got an album in the making, a Family to be around, a Birthday to celebrate .... and patience is a virtue

I hope he's enjoying his time in the states. With all of us on our best behavior.

May 26th (27th) 2020
Neil's Birthday Party

"sounds from the Ocean" in 360 degrees stereo
Harry's Theme (Fangradio Theme)
Pye Floater
Carolina In My Mind [James Taylor] - Neil Finn & the McHardy brothers at Sacred Heart College, late 1971 .. FIRST EVER recording of Neil singing !
Our Prayer [The Beach Boys] *
Sad Shanty - demo  
Diamond Day [Vashti Bunyan] *     
Trouble With Kay [Sneaky Feelings] *
What's Going On [Fetus Productions] *
Sentimental Fool [Jesse Sheehan] *
Cool Cool Water [The Beach Boys] *
Into The Sunset
Eyes Grow Heavy - instrumental version 23-06_01   
I Will Explode [Liam Finn] *
The Cobbler [Elroy Finn & 7 Worlds Collide] *   

* original recording was played

sorry to be this late .. there was quite a Fang crowd at the beachside and we all kinda sunk into Birthday party Bliss ... ...

30th May 2020
Neil SOLO
   
Harry's Theme (Fangradio Theme)
Untitled - demo
Flying Horse - demo
Neil answering questions while playing tracks in the background: Berimbau [Astrud Gilberto], Me & Baby Brother [War], Funky Stuff [Kool & The Gang], Indians [Parades]
Find Your Way Back Home - SOLO acoustic version of single to benefit the Auckland City Mission (2020)
All Shall Be Well [Neil Finn & the Australian Chamber Orchestra] - live in Sydney, 2001: Parables, Lullabies and Secrets  
Private Universe - performed by PS 22 choir in the US