Neil Finn's songs have been compared in their universal appeal to Lennon and McCartney's, Elton John's and Brian Wilson's. His deceptively simple, elegant songs are full of warmth and emotion. While always reluctant to talk about what a song means, he has said of songwriting, "The sound of the words is as important as what they're saying. When a song comes, you get given certain lines and you have to go with it. That's how songs are, it's a mysterious thing I can't explain". This collection of his lyrics spans the years ...
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Neil Finn's songs have been compared in their universal appeal to Lennon and McCartney's, Elton John's and Brian Wilson's. His deceptively simple, elegant songs are full of warmth and emotion. While always reluctant to talk about what a song means, he has said of songwriting, "The sound of the words is as important as what they're saying. When a song comes, you get given certain lines and you have to go with it. That's how songs are, it's a mysterious thing I can't explain". This collection of his lyrics spans the years 1978 to 2001. Beginning with Split Enz, Finn went on to international fame as the lead singer of Crowded House. "Love This Life" includes songs from the first Split Enz album, "True Colours", some co-written with his brother Tim, through the "Crowded House" years to his solo works, "Try Whistling This" and "One Nil".
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