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Recently on both the Crowded House and Police lists, there was talk of Sting's connections with Neil and Tim Finn of Crowded House/Split Enz.
Another way that the two are connected is by way of producer. Hugh Padgham not only produced many of Sting and the Police's records, but also the Enz's Conflicting Emotions and Time and Tide. (In fact, when I interviewed Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner for a 25 Years of Split Enz story, both stated that Pagham was their favourite Enz producer. Also interesting is the fact that Padgham produced McCartney's Press To Play, on which Eddie played keyboards, but that's another story isn't it?...) Another link between Sting and Neil is refererred to in one of Sting's tour programmes from 1996. Sting was asked whether his song All Four Seasons had anything to do with the Crowded House song, Four Seasons in One Day. Of course, it was just a co-incidence and Sting then proceeded to joke that Neil was re-writing Every Breath you Take! Also, in the Nothing like the Sun tour programme from 1987, Sting was asked for his "Current Listening" selections, to which he replied "Crowded House, Yo-Yo-Ma." So Sting is a fan of Crowded House, as well as a friend, (the "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" incident notwithstanding!). For further information on Neil and Sting, check out: Crowded Sting, which includes a picture of Sting with Crowded House FLIP-The Finn Lyrics Interpretation Page
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