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The funniest live moment I've heard was when Paul stuffs up Sister Madly
The dialogue goes as such
Nick:That was really bad
Neil:I'm sorry Paul... that was really uncharecteristic
Paul:Fair enough, 10 years of being really good than one mistake.
No no don't clap. Fair enough. It's tough up here. You've got to take the good with the bad.
Neil:Rough with the smooth.
Paul:Anyway...
Neil:The clean with the dirty
Paul:But... anyway... in about five minutes time, I won't even remember this. I don't even remember what we were doing before this. It all sound's good up the back there. What are we doing now?
Neil:Nick...

Neil than forms a whole verse around this incident!

The crowd chats are always very funny, like the Audience Trivia Time after the best version of 'When You Come'you'll ever hear.

Bono

PS Forgot to mention... these tracks appear on the Recurring Dream Limited Edition Live Album, of which is a great album and if you don't have it, I recommend you try and get your hands on one. It's well worth it.
The Fleadh 94 was funny when Neil was talking about his mother weeping about him playing an Irish festival, also about Bob Dylan. This guy shouted out "GET ON WITH IT". Neil just said "an absurdingly W*****R out in the audience with a sausage stuffed in his gob!" Classic moment.
Also at the Melbourne gi Exit Stage Left, Neil and Paul were on about this Teddy- "Maybe it has Hash stuffed up it's A*** Neil!?!"
One I think we also all know of was the Italy incident, where Neil was talking to the audience and Paul tuning his snare. In the end Neil got so irritated that he smashed his guitar onto the snare and roared
"How does that sound Paul?!" This started a dressing room brawl where Paul pushed Neil out the door to the feet of a few fans waiting for autographs. The funny thing was when he pushed Neil out the door Paul shouted "Come here!"
Truly hilarious moments:

Winterthur 1991 - the stage is right next to the bar, therefore the guys help themselves to some drinks. Nick compares the name of brewery Grolsch with the sound you make when you drink the beer. He goes on about his camping trips with Neil which leaves them yodeling "The Happy Wanderer".

I only heard about this: after being tempted by Neil all evening, Paul actually doing the full monty during the encores somewhere in the US, giving Peter Green in the audience and all at management the willies (is there a pun around here? A real stinker)

Melbourne 1996: Paul forgetting his lines in "Italian Plastic" and all that follows (see the club CD) including the new version of the song.
Neil: "And uh, whad'ya think of Nick's hat there?"
Nick: "It's a genuine Pablo Picasso hat and you'll never guess how much I got it for."
Audience member: "Five bucks!"
Neil: "Five bucks, yeah, that's what I thought."
Nick: "Fifty bucks!"
Neil: "Would you pay fifty bucks for a hat like that?"
Nick: "Fifty bucks! What a bargain!"

Uhhh... this is all from memory. but it IS funny.

And there's no way to describe it, of course, let's just say that Liam decided to turn into a true 16-year-old, began singing Four Seasons in falsetto, and did a half-strip tease that ended only after he tried to get his dad to join in.

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Jeremy, the club CD that has Paul forgetting his lyrics to Italian Plastic, and the band making them up for a laugh, is the Exit Stage Left in Melbourne 96'
It is a funny moment- "I bring you plates from Rome, you say they look Satanistic. You say you are on a trip, you better believe it baby." That was Nick singing that part, Neil behaves himself and sings the next verse. Mark changes verse 3 and says "I went to Melbourne, Paul, Nick and Neil were there too. They said they loved Jesus Christ and I said Thats Cool.
I think thats what Mark said anyway, it's coming from memory as I cannot be bothered to play the tape and fast forward, it is a Sunday and I am chilling out.
On the Live at the Ritz concert there was Paul telling...

Paul:I was in a Shop today Neil..somewhere near Brodway...in one of them..places shops..

Neil:yeah you where at the shop..yeah.

Paul:and then I crossed the road and my girlfriend maddie stayed in the shop..

Neil:yeah on brodway

Paul:and shes looking for somethig shes trying something on

Paul: and heard those two girls, in the shop who worked there and they sayed "did you see that guy befor that guy from Crowded House"? and the other girl goes ."Oh no where is he"? and the other girl sayed :"Oh it doesen`t matter he`s gay anyway"!

Neil:really?

Nick:about you?

Paul:she sayied "always that gay in the videos"!

Paul:No I wanna ask the good people of new york that Paul Hester akt gays in Crowded House Videos!.....

(me:hhhaaarr , haaarrr)

later... Nick: you know the girl wasn`t saying anything about your girl friend?

Paul: No Maddie just hit her and walked out...

I think this was a coooool funy moment Smiler
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dorthonion:
[QB]Truly hilarious moments:

"I only heard about this: after being tempted by Neil all evening, Paul actually doing the full monty during the encores somewhere in the US, giving Peter Green in the audience and all at management the willies (is there a pun around here? A real stinker)"

I was there that night and yes, it was the funniest thing I've ever seen them do. Sheer bedalm!
hey...

just correcting bono... from his post on the 13th October 2000...

quote:
Nick:That was really bad
Neil:I'm sorry Paul... that was really uncharecteristic
Paul:Fair enough, 10 years of being really good than one mistake.
No no don't clap. Fair enough. It's tough up here. You've got to take the good with the bad.
Neil:Rough with the smooth.
Paul:Anyway...
Neil:The clean with the dirty
Paul:But... anyway... in about five minutes time, I won't even remember this. I don't even remember what we were doing before this. It all sound's good up the back there. What are we doing now?
Neil:Nick...
it's actually Paul who says "that was really bad"
and it's 7 years or being really bad not 10.

then paul goes I won't even remember that

just thought I'd clear that up... Big Grin

If anyone wants to hear this... It's on reccurring dream bonus live disc...
I think one of the funniest live moments crowded house had was on the Farewell to thw world video when they were doing Sister Madly and Neil mucked up on the verse and Paul laughed...I thought that was good.

Another funny live moment was from the 'Back On The Bus' fanclub CD...

Neil: Have you got any business over my side of stage Nick or did you come to just wish your support?

Nick: Actually I was wishing you a very merry christmas Neil...

Neil: Piss Off

Nick: N, no Merry Christmas mate

Neil: It's not even Christmas yet...

Nick: Well, the festive season willbe upon us very soon...

Neil: You've never ever given me a Christmas Present in your life

Nick: Yes I did..I gave you a pair of nose hair clippers a few years ago if you remember...

Neil: No, no, that wasn't for christmas that was my birthday

Nick: oh, well I'm just reminding you that it is my birthday next week Neil, thank you...

Neil: So you want a pair of nose hair clippers?

Neil: I think we need something to cut the hairs on your back, Nick...

Paul: No, no way...

Nick: (laughs) A Victor mower would suit those I think...

Paul: Yeah, clip those shoulders back Nick...

or something to that extent...

was funny when I first heard it though....

another one of my favourites is on the foreplay CD...when Paulo tells every one his 'Travel tip'

but I think that might be a bit much to put up on the forum...those with this CD...you know what I mean... Wink
I seem to have this one on cd, I dunno where it's from but It's Paul trying to kill time while Neils guitar was being tuned,
it's not as funny typed but you can imaging it with Pauls trademarked funniness.....

Neil: 'C'mon Paul, keep going for just 30 seconds or so, your doing well, and my guitar is hopelessly out of tune...'

Paul: 'So there I was, stuck in a lift. Theres me and there's Bowie and Sting at some hotel, you know, and I'm a pretty shy sort of a bloke, and they're picking my brains, about how did we write that song, how did we get that sound, and could David, possibly talk to Nick about design....

and Sting wanted to know about Neils hair transplant thing!!
and all these things came out from us guys in the lift as they do between guys who have been around the bizz....

And the fist thing Sting said to me, was he asked if I had a lighter, which I took to mean he wanted to break the ice....hes a pretty nervous sort of a guy, and I said,
Gordon, Gordon.....sit down Gordy babes, your stuck in a lift with old hessy, and youve brought your mate, lil' Davey Bowie, and your both trying to impress me with your stories about your little hit songs that were years and years ago
and anyway I invited them up to my room, and we did as men do, we wrestled!'

- Sort of bizarre but it just sums up what theyre like on stage. Damn I wish theyd never broken up!

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