{"id":132614,"date":"2024-07-09T16:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/song-exploder-neil-finn-of-crowded-house-tells-the-story-behind-the-song-dont-dream-its-over\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:45:39","slug":"song-exploder-neil-finn-of-crowded-house-tells-the-story-behind-the-tune-dont-dream-its-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/song-exploder-neil-finn-of-crowded-house-tells-the-story-behind-the-tune-dont-dream-its-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; Neil Finn of Crowded House tells the story behind the tune &#8220;Don&#8217;t Dream It&#8217;s Over.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-4910\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8H2hyZviOf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:720px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_5727dfe4-7c07-4f40-876d-a3599be66ac9&amp;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdedhouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crowded House <\/a> shaped in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. They\u2019ve launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdedhouse.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eight albums,<\/a> together with their most up-to-date one, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdedhouse.com\/music\/gravity-stairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Gravity Stairs,<\/em><\/a> which got here out final month. But on their <a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/crowded-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">very first album,<\/a> that they had an enormous hit with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don%27t_Dream_It%27s_Over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Crowded House made \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/mitchell-froom\/2839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Grammy-nominated producer<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mitchell_Froom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Froom,<\/a> who they went on to work with a number of occasions. For this episode, I talked to frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neilfinn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neil Finn<\/a>  about how the tune was first written, and the way it developed together with his bandmates and collaborators within the studio. And we talked in regards to the profound connection folks have had with the tune through the years.<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase or stream \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440823110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"J9gKyRmic20\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crowded House - Don&#039;t Dream It&#039;s Over (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J9gKyRmic20?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Song-Exploder-Crowded-House-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Hester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Hester<\/a> \u2013 drums<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nick_Seymour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Seymour<\/a> \u2013 bass<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timpierce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Tim Pierce<\/a> \u2013 guitar<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Finn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Tim Finn <\/a> invited Neil to hitch <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Split_Enz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Split Enz<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phil_Judd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Phil Judd <\/a> left the band<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roland_Space_Echo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Roland Space Echo <\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hammond_organ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Hammond organ<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitolstudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capitol Studios<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Keltner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Keltner<\/a>and  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Scheff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerry Scheff<\/a> performed on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/s6Vl_OFScbc?si=rjAlMVctFgqzbeiK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cNow We\u2019re Getting Somewhere\u201d<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bH3fBrWmEqU?si=SkjtUA2F_aCO2cFN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crowded House, Sydney Opera House, 1996<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9LiI6poe3QE?si=fp2ACXJZU69KK_K4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariana Grande, Manchester, 2017 <\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UGy8kII1HFY&amp;ab_channel=AntonioTheGrace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U2, Las Vegas, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.2.1) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n\t\t\t\t fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over\u201d Crowded House shaped in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. They\u2019ve launched eight albums, together with their most up-to-date one, Gravity Stairs, which got here out final month. But on their very first album, that they had an enormous hit with \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over.\u201d Crowded House made \u201cDon\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5622,224,5623,1304,2374,1262,2356,1303,465,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-132614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"tag-crowded","9":"tag-dont","10":"tag-dream","11":"tag-exploder","12":"tag-finn","13":"tag-house","14":"tag-neil","15":"tag-song","16":"tag-story","17":"tag-tells"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}