Split Enz - I Hope I Never (1980)

[@gimmyed]

A straight-out Masterpiece that deserves millions of views

[@AdamSandaver]

indeed...Top 5 tunes of all time IMO

[@RudiKelle1]

Yes .

[@mauser66]

Tooche

[@Burgieking1]

Oooh...I thought billions

[@johnwerner4925]

I love the layers of this song. The grandiosity with the everyday lamentable lyrics. The piano is like honey driving this with the tasty synth and orchestration building drama. Tim Finn's falsetto just breaks your heart. I love me some Split Enz!

[@VanessaHape]

Always loved this song. The piano is brilliant and Tim's voice is fabulous. A beautiful song.

[@cocosmith150]

A glorious, grandiose, multi-layered genius of a song; tempered by the haunting sweetness of Tim Finn's voice. Split Enz have to be one of the most underrated bands ever, nearly every song they wrote and performed was superb.

[@DeeCeeCT]

Split Enz was always ahead of the curve. Massively under-appreciated in the western world :-(

[@aomu1]

Loved in Canada.

[@leavingitblank9363]

But massively appreciated in the third world???

[@davidbloxham9213]

Agrees

[@irvmeese.1686]

Yes, it's sad to see see great music go unappreciated. Especially with all the shit they call music today !

[@MsWindiwoo]

👏

[@michaelt5017]

This is one of the most underrated songs of all time, it's a true masterpiece. Should have been a number one hit, with it's haunting music and deep, emotional lyrics, delivered perfectly by Tim Finn in his prime!

[@getevilnic]

How did Split Enz manage to create a song so raw and heartfelt, yet so polished? Modern musicians, please take note!

[@rafaelperez9652]

Love this song and the beautiful voice of Tim Finn! Have always been a fan of his and Split Enz ever since I heard this song! Remarkable performance!!

[@zaiten2012]

What an epic song. Much in the vein of Ultravox's Vienna, this should be a lauded masterpiece of New Wave history. This is my first time hearing Split Enz and I just fell in love again. True Colours is starting to sound like a magnus opus to me.

[@destromatic]

+German Salazar It is undoubtedly exactly what you said. Glad you discovered them, they are amazing :-)

[@INXSFan33]

The haunting notes (not so much pizzicato strings) are reminiscent of Vienna. What a wonderful musical reference and connection.

[@charlottepriest2409]

Totally agree and I am an INXS and Ultravox fan too, lol as well as Split Enz, True Colours album was I think their best! Another one to listen to if you are feeling nostalgic is Icehouse ! Back in the 80's I liked some of there stuff but not as much as the other bands, but on a good day Ivor Davies voice sounds bit like David Bowies! (Really)

[@LuciferXFallen290]

Charlotte Priest I got that album 😁

[@MacMan197]

Charlotte Priest

[@marymargarettegrace]

Walked into a record store in San Diego heard this album playing in 1980, and fell in love.

[@seven1053]

Im listening to this song again in 2017 and it still pulls at my heart stings like it did when it was first released in 1980. Timeless.

[@christopherfox7539]

Im gettin old, I remember when this came out and this video. Split Enz were a great 80s band and this is a great song

[@mauser66]

Me too. But at least we were fortunate to be around when great songs such as these came out. The 80s ruled!!!!!!!

[@interplanetkitty]

omg, i never saw the video to this song, but i remember crying when i listened to it...awesome...

[@aprilbeirne9944]

heart ripped out of chest- unrequited love- as a teenager I adored this song- still do actually

[@charlottepriest2409]

Wow same April, I was 17 in 1980, same year as you say heart ripped out of chest ! Still remember like it was yesterday, but I will alwas love this song lke most of 'Split Enz" songs so much emotion , they really were ahead of their time!

[@ozphil]

It really is Tim singing and its Tims voice... I saw him rehersing this the day before it was recorded. G'day Ryan...... good to see your here and commenting. Its a wonder we never bumped into each other it seems....

[@DDslinky]

Who ARE you nzoz? No matter, let's just all breathe a sigh of relief that you exist to help us relive the best years of music in Aus/NZ.

[@LizandChris1]

Sad, beautiful, poignant song. Can feel the heartbreak. Fantastic.❤

[@pauladcock6458]

Indescribably gorgeous cosmic cabaret. A love ballad of the highest order. Deserves to be and will be timeless.

[@irvmeese.1686]

My favorite Split Enz song ! Always brings back great memories .

[@Mirrorgirl492]

One of the truly great tortured love songs, heartbreakingly haunting. Brilliant song, brilliant orchestrasation and a vocal to die for. Thanks for posting.

[@the19thcentury81]

The artistic dynamic Crombie gave for these videos is absolutely amazing. The music punctuates so well with the ballroom dancers and Malcolm Green's slow walk across the dance floor with the drum kit between 3:01 to 3:36. Rayner's piano playing is like listening to Mozart :)

[@visualicandy]

A band that has the greatest love song and break up songs ever. Thank you for such brilliant songs

[@crazyhorse2995]

Damn. Gets me every time. Tim and the piano. Delicious. Deep. My favourite enz song. NZ music at its finest.

[@cyndywaskelisthecrowscall]

Can't begin to tell you how many times I listened to this song back then.

[@agramsci]

No song, no poem, no painting, no creative expression in the history of mankind has ever so perfectly captured what it feels like to be a 14 year old boy in love like this song. How brilliant is this? It can't be measured. "I fall apart when you're around. When you're here, I'm nowhere." My god.

[@allyouneedislove]

Tims voice is sublime on this track.

[@water713]

Many Australian and New Zealand acts do not get the credit they deserve

[@archangel1202]

I remember turning on the TV to watch "Countdown" on channel 7 and video taping all these videos of Split Enz....It feels so good to be able to hear the songs and watch the videos again after so many years.

[@carolynhenwood6645]

The most beautiful song ever and sung by a brilliant singer. Number one and top of my Desert Island Discs!

[@elmoomle4565]

LOVE this beautiful song...and every song on the album is fantastic!! I still have the original LP ...

[@francinewilson3798]

I hope I never get tired of Split enz!!

[@mickplant5186]

francine wilson its impossible

[@TheStuport]

+francine wilson ...In the Enz The World will Splitz in half before I ever let go of loving this band!

[@jeffcarroll6553]

I saw what you did there

[@jimmcgarry2880]

francine wilson You won't. Their music is timeless. And w the Finn bros it continues.

[@pixl8me]

as if, 🙋‍♀️😍

[@RaiderLeo1]

Woke this morning with this song in my head... listening now on here... wow! sounds better than ever... play it again

[@Aslyanne]

Whoa Never knew there was a video. After 37 years I find out.

[@mombassaman]

Dedicated to my first wife. I never bothered to see the psyco after we split. Such bliss now that I'm free of that.

[@frankodorico1482]

so true buddy take care

[@janpage817]

mombassaman Oh that’s cold. Funny as hell 😁

[@voetbalboyben]

Finally I have been searching for this song for years but could never find it. What a great song and great feeling to find it.

[@KayleeAngelRose]

So happy my mum made me listen to her music as a kid

[@merrinbuchan2488]

Vocals, arrangement superb. Second to none. Bravo band from Aotearoa

[@j9phoenix773]

I adored Split Enz - beautiful musicians, beautiful lyrics - the glorious Tim Finn's vocals. I like to move from this song to Ghost Girl.

[@LTp465g]

So hauntingly beautiful... truly one of my favs

[@lefkytheshin]

Goddammit. That was fantastic.

[@mshanahanz]

Wonderful song. Hear that aching chord on "happiness is back in style" and later on "I'm an optimistic man".

[@suecamacho5028]

luv it ,the words,the piano

[@johnk6982]

Great group! Love quality musicians! The Split Enz are so good and way ahead of their time. I wish groups today could play as well as these guys did back then...

[@worthyisthelamb7]

Always gives me goosebumps..so beautiful.

[@tootster1]

Great song, used for an Australian movie classic Puberty Blues 1981. Any-one who has seen this, will know. And No-Body Takes Me Seriously another Split Enz song!! Well done.

[@brennan60100]

My favourite Split Enz song out of so many good ones. Just love Tim's voice and the piano arrangement.

[@darrenbesse9825]

A very raw and authentic song. Great lyrics and mood

[@Wathen66]

This is such a lovely song, and watching these old Split Enz videos is great. Thanks for posting it up there.

[@danni7895]

Whenever I hear this song it reminds me of a brilliant 1981 Aussie movie called 'Puberty Blues'.

[@davidbloxham9213]

Kiwi music at its best the Finn brothers have done New Zealand proud

[@MrTitanoia]

Back in the days when music was a food for soul unlike now when it is poison

[@juliapigworthy]

Not poison, just mostly junk.

[@miraclemiler71]

"Life, it's no fun when you're hunted by the things you feel". For mine, this is one of the most profound lines ever written in a song. As a long time sufferer of depression, and at the age Paul Hester was when he took his own life, this line cuts very close to home for me. Sally, you will never know the pain you caused me. I loved you more than you could ever know and always will, but I hope I never see you again. The pain is just too much.

[@TheFykle]

wow, they are my sentiments exactly ...so glad its not just me

[@anridapu]

Mr Moo It’s not just you, my friend. You’re not alone. 👌

[@transit2008]

This should have been a big hit in the UK!.

[@paullewis9490]

Arguably one of the finest song ever written. I await for some 20-something to discover this and do it on one of the modern song shows like American Idol or the like. No other song that I know of says "go f__k yourself" as adroitly and with such passion as this one does. "I hope I never have to see you again." Thanks for posting it.

[@jacobbender3573]

I'm 22. Just discovered the Split Enz on my alternative rock radio station listening to 'Dirty Creature'. I looked up their other stuff and needless to say I'm hooked. These guys are so fresh, and the songwriting production is immaculate.

[@paullewis9490]

@@jacobbender3573 Welcome to the club. "The best music is in the corners."~ Theosebes Goodfellow kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppzTYmRphbR_ors kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmW7dHmErrWJncU kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXS6h6h5eLyksLM kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWKVlYicq7Wgis0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4XGgYimraefmcU kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6TZqaZ6r5uSpZI Keep digging. You've just begun.

[@michelvanwijk1970]

Life - it's no fun when your hunted by the things that you feel. Great paraphrase!

[@boomshanka1973]

As sad and emotional as this song is, it's unbelievably uplifting! Awesome...

[@martinleonkaye7867]

Love it. The world is complete with this brilliance. Thank you Split Enz I’m Staring at the embers.

[@valintinethompson4421]

this song brings back a lot of memories from when i was very young

[@TheAxelay]

Omg, this video is creative majestic genius!! To think that back in 1980 I was only 4 yrs old when I heard this alot on the local radio station...I never understood it obviously but this track resonated with me though and to think after some 31 years (now 41) I finally get to see the songs video clip?! Truly an epic masterpiece, so many early 80's I remember as a kid that I now fully enjoy as an adult....Never get music like this again.

[@brack1936]

This is absolutely amazing. I haven't played it for a long time but tonight I'm doing it. Perhaps the idea is silly seeing I haven't played it for at least 12 months but I'm doing a Split Enz set tonight. This song MUST be in it! No one can do Tim Finn justice. This song is quite literally a musical masterpiece.

[@madswansfan1]

this is such a beautiful song. have always loved it

[@davidmarks509]

great song lovely piano

[@beatmeater1969]

I remember having this vinyl, with its multi-coloured shapes on the record. Many great memories relating to this album. Definitely a classic 80's record.

[@somaticatic]

First concert I ever went to! My favorite song of theirs.

[@bw888]

Split Enz. What an underrated band. Try their "What more can a poor Boy do' for something just as good....

[@SamP-kz4wc]

B W Exactly!!! Think Poor Boy is their best, or at least the one that grabs my body/soul the most

[@frablucka4447]

@@SamP-kz4wc I know the greys love it! Rumor has it...if you sing that song...they leave you exactly in the same time line they abducted you.

[@juliapigworthy]

Just discovered Split Enz on KZbin while doing some random 80's music trawling and heard this epic song for the first time! Mind.. blown! It also sounds slightly Lennon-esque to me. I'm replaying it immediately right now, and can't wait to share it with my 80's-loving brother who, like me; is always on the lookout for newly discovered 80's gems found on KZbin.

[@pauladcock6458]

Well, this is 2 years after the fact... but I'm glad you were finally lucky enough to have discovered this gem of a track. Some songs are almost capable of producing religious experiences. I know a few. And this is one of them.

[@vickijo2343]

How can anyone not like this? Don't know good music when you hear it...

[@aaronimpactnz]

This song is haunting and beautiful. You have to be in the right state of mind to listen to it.

[@petercurtis1699]

I have rediscovered this amazing act. Sommany hits, such voices and style. Having tried their career through radio of 23 years in 21 weekend as highs and lows. The hard time inm1980 that threatened end. They were rescued and the rest was history.

[@TheMurri1]

I say one of the best enz albums could not get anything better and still listening.

[@SuperEdge67]

What a musician Eddie Rayner is........I love Split Enz keyboard parts.

[@Bambi_Harris_Author]

i never tire of this song

[@seibrav]

The music compostition and lyrics are flawless. Thanks nzoz1980.

[@DanteDDL67]

Such a lovely song by one of the most under rated and talented bands ever..Thanks for posting

[@rexw3314]

have new appreciation of this video . solid gold with dionne warwick use to play it often , i think its about original band mate and tims best friend who left split enz , rejoined then abandoned them on u.s tour . great video

[@dameinbell3097]

perfect dramatic self indulgent swirling sooking song .. Split Enz 4ever !!

[@prog1962]

Everything the Finn brothers did was making incredible beautiful funny joyful music

[@Harvey3rdman]

Probably one of the best ever break up/heartbreak songs. Ever. Period the end.

[@PuckRocker43]

Wonderful song, Tim Finn's haunting, tortured vocal, Eddie Rayner's brilliance. Awesome

[@fitfinlay999]

Just discovered it , magnificent.

[@bozrasitompul1]

its so nice to hear your voice love split enz since was 20 or 30 years ago ... i had have colection those your album

[@carmway]

Truly an epic song! I can listen to this song over and over and never get bored of it. Along with I Got You and other songs on True Colours, it is truly an masterpiece of New Wave history.

[@cantforgetyou]

Totally forgotten this song. It's a very good song. Nice 'sad' melody.

[@-Mimi-1]

What a lovely voice Tim has...beautiful & easy on my ears

[@ViscountSinistere]

So utterly beautiful ,had this album on tape and it ended useless as i played it so much on my Sony Cassete player ,just got stuck and ripped ,I adored this group ,totally different from everything else !

[@JacquiCrawford]

hahaha....I have moved to a new town where the people I 've met so far, seem very nice.....another great song by this fantastic band.....

[@normandavenport7136]

EverSay never?

[@JacquiCrawford]

Norman davenport They say you shouldn't and perhaps they're right...

[@softwater88]

nzoz1980 . . . Thanks for posting, I remember this video from a cable syndicated TV program called: Video Music Hall. It played music videos, almost a pre-cursor to MTV. I was very young, and had a paper-route. Thought I would stay young forever. Can't believe 1980 was 30 years ago! ! Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna pop a coupla Valiums and do a coupla shots of Tequila. Ha-ha ! ! LOL! ! The lead has good hair by the way. "Bouncin & behavin!" By Pert shampoo was launched in 1980 ! !

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Achingly sad and haunting. Moving, lonely, the sort of song that paints pictures in your mind with the music as much as the lyrics. A masterpiece, one of the top five songs ever recorded by a New Zealand group.

[@kndvolk]

OMG, first listen...this is spell-binding...thank you TIM!

[@hubertvale5132]

Beautiful ballad, brilliant video! One of my favorites from this album.

[@pandaeyes42]

Recently saw the "They Will Have Their Way" tribute concert to the Finn Brothers. Sally Seltmen did a truly incredible version of this. Such a great song-I appreciate it so muct more now that I'm older.

[@elenaloverso2295]

A timeless classic 😍

[@danapidd6013]

One of my all time favourites. 😁

[@dolorado007]

My favourite song. The most amazing thing about the words in this beautiful song were able to be sent as a message to a man I never want to see again.

[@kevintrotter5094]

Freaking beautiful. What a voice!

[@geofreyr]

Great voice and beatuful piano playing!

[@rcaddict72]

i remember seeing these guys on countdown when i was a kid...

[@foxx2990]

Absolute 24K gold. What geniuses these men were.

[@EternalHennessy]

Beautiful. The way to do this sort of thing.

[@radgirl12]

This is by far my favorite Split Enz song. Thank you nzoz1980 for this awesome video