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020			_a9781761068089 (paperback)
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100			_aApter, Jeff, _eauthor. _953511
245	1	0	_aDon't dream it's over : _bthe remarkable life of Neil Finn / _cJeff Apter.
246	3		_aDo not dream it is over
246	3	0	_aRemarkable life of Neil Finn
260			_aCrows Nest, NSW : _bAllen & Unwin, _c2023.
300			_a293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and discography.
520			_aThis is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits of Split Enz and Crowded House. In early 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song and biggest hit for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-founded by Neil's big brother Tim several years earlier. Over the next four decades, Neil not only nurtured one of the finest heads of hair in music, but crafted hit after hit-'Don't Dream It's Over', 'Better Be Home Soon', 'One Step Ahead', 'Into Temptation' and more-for Split Enz, for his own chart-topping band Crowded House, and as a solo act. In 2018, he joined international superstars Fleetwood Mac, who added 'Don't Dream It's Over' to their sets. Neil is the most successful singer-songwriter of his generation from this end of the planet-and probably the most respected. Neil has endured his share of challenges. There was massive conflict with his older brother, especially when Tim was briefly invited to join Crowded House in 1990; the tragic death of close friend and Crowded House bandmate Paul Hester; and his difficult early days in England with Split Enz, surviving, but only just, on the dole. Stir in his devout Catholic upbringing, a marriage to Sharon that has somehow lasted more than 40 years-a miracle in the world of pop music-and the efforts of his sons, Liam and Elroy, to also pursue a career in music, and the result is one of the most inspiring musical sagas of recent times.
600		0	_aFinn, Neil, _d1958- _953512
610		0	_aSplit Enz (Musical group) _953513
610		0	_aCrowded House (Musical group) _953514
650		0	_aRock musicians _zNew Zealand _vBiography. _953515
650		0	_aRock groups _zNew Zealand. _953516
655		0	_aBiographies. _945863
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