CROWDED HOUSE - DISTANT SUN

DISTANT SUN

CROWDED HOUSE

SONGWRITER: NEIL FINN

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA & NEW ZELAND

ALBUM: CROWDED HOUSE

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1986

 

       Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn(vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour(bass). Later band members included Neil Finn's brother, Tim Finn, and Americans Mark Hart and Matt Sherrod. The current line-up includes Finn's sons Elroy and Liam and the American keyboard player Mitchell Froom. Neil Finn and Nick Seymour have been the sole constant members of the group since its formation.

        Originally active from 1985 to 1996, Crowded House had consistent commercial and critical success in New Zealand and Australia and international chart success in two phases, beginning with a self-titled debut album that reached number 12 on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits "Don't Dream It's Over" and "Something So Strong". Further international success came in the UK, Europe and South Africa with their third and fourth albums (Woodface and Together Alone) and the compilation album Recurring Dream, which included the hits "Fall at Your Feet", "Weather with You", "Distant Sun", "Locked Out", "Instinct" and "Not the Girl You Think You Are". Neil and Tim Finn were each awarded an OBE in June 1993 for their contributions to the music of New Zealand.

            In June 1996, Crowded House announced that it would disband. The band played several farewell concerts that year, including the "Farewell to the World" concerts in Melbourne and Sydney. On 26 March 2005, Hester died by suicide, aged 46. In 2006, the group re-formed with drummer Matt Sherrod and released two further albums (in 2007 and 2010), each of which reached number one on Australia's album chart. After several years of inactivity, it was announced a revised line-up of Crowded House would tour the UK in 2020. The new line-up features Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, and Finn's sons Liam and Elroy. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band's planned 2020 concerts were postponed.

         As of 2021, Crowded House have sold over 15 million albums worldwide. In November 2016, the band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

    Crowded House is the debut album by Australasian band Crowded House. Produced by Mitchell Froom, it was released in August 1986 and was certified platinum in four countries. The album includes the hit singles "Don't Dream It's Over", "Something So Strong", "Mean to Me", "World Where You Live" and "Now We're Getting Somewhere".

           At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the album won Best Debut Album. In December of 2021, the album was listed at nº 7 in Rolling Stone Australia’s ‘200 Greatest Albums of All Time’ countdown. 

Tell me all the things you would change

I don't pretend to know what you want

When you come around and spin my top

Time and again, time and again

 

No fire where I lit my spark

I am not afraid of the dark

Where your words devour my heart

And put me to shame, put me to shame

 

When your seven worlds collide

Whenever I'm by your side

And dust from a distant sun

Will shower over everyone

 

Still so young to travel so far

Old enough to know who you are

Wise enough to carry the scars

Without any blame, there's no one to blame

 

It's easy to forget what you learned

Waiting for the thrill to return

Feeling your desire burn

And drawn to the flame

 

When your seven worlds collide

Whenever I'm by your side

Dust from a distant sun

Will shower over everyone

Dust from a distant sun

Will shower over everyone

 

And I'm lying on the table

Washed out in a flood

Like a Christian feeling vengeance from above

I don't pretend to know what you want

But I offer love

 

Seven worlds will collide

Whenever I'm by your side

Dust from a distant sun

Will shower over everyone

 

As time slips by

As time slips by.