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Watch "Crowded House Intriguer Insider" on YouTube

"He’s a character that Michael Leunig & I invented & enjoyed from being in a hotel lobby in Sydney & observing some intriguing behaviour behind a curtain on the 7th floor. The Intriguer is the designer of unexpected events. You never really see him close up, you just see a shadowy figure in the background" 

Neil Finn

Nick Seymour talks about the art of the Intriguer album 🎶🎶🎶

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The Intriguer song & competition featured on 30 May including the winner's version . Here are 2 more entries from YT.

Intriguer contest

Intriguer - chance to fly

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Lovely solo piano version of Elephants 🎶🎶🎶

Watch "NEIL FINN @ Bush Hall - Elephants 03/02/2010" on YouTube

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Not a true medley? This is a good studio demo song with a hidden track that might surprise. Production by Nick Launay this is from the failed post Intriguer sessions.

Nonsense Of Course (Medley)

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The Intriguer song was 1st called 789, This very early live version includes some great banter at the beginning: 

Crowded House - 789

The Intriguer - early live version WIP

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Watch "Saturday Sun (Alternative Version)" on YouTube

& Original clip with its inverted comparison 🎶🎶🎶

Crowded House -  Saturday Sun - Inverted vs Original

Also  an acoustic of Saturday Sun

I got given a microKORG synthesizer/vocoder by Jon Brion while we were recording in LA with Jim Scott. He came out & did a couple of overdubs & he gave it to me & I put it to work straight away on that song. It helped us to see it into a different sonic landscape - Neil Finn

A lot of Frenz have criticized Neil's use of the vocoder on this song - some people went so far as to say they hated the instrument. This got me wondering if they hated all other pop artist's use of the instrument? It has a long history in pop music.