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Band Name Origins:

The band was called Split Ends until just before their first trip to Australia. They changed the "nds" to "nz" to relect their origins in New Zealand. Submitted by: Brian Kelly
Tim Finn wrote "split ends" down in a book. One day as he and Phil Judd were trying to find a name for the band, Phil flipped through the book and saw "Split Ends" That stuck, and the band also had long hair at that time with Split Ends. It was changed to Split Enz to show their love for their home country of New Zealand, it was also because Tim believes that "the Z sticks in your mind." Submitted by: dizrythmia

Performer Nick Names:

Known informally as: The Enz. Submitted by: dizrythmia

Former Career:

Name	New Career	Comments & Submitter Name
"Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner"	"At one stage they worked in a lolly factory and were always white when they left due to the icing su"	- dizrythmia
"Neil Finn"	"Worked in a record store and a hospital before the phonecall."	- dizrythmia

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"What Happened To You?"	"Six Months In A Leaky Boat," Split Enz	Brian Kelly
"What I Got"	"I Got You," Split Enz	Brian Kelly
"Open Up Your Eyes"	"I See Red," Split Enz	Brian Kelly
"I'm Not In Love"	"My Mistake," Split Enz	Brian Kelly
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Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"I See Ed" originally "I See Red"

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"Six Moths In A Leaky Boat" originally "Six Months In A Leaky Boat"

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Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"I See Fred" originally "I See Red"

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"I Seek Red" originally "I See Red"

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"Lost For Swords" originally "Lost For Words"

Sheila Evans

"Lost For Worlds" originally "Lost For Words"

Sheila Evans

"Lost Four Words" originally "Lost For Words"

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Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"I See Ted" originally "I See Red"

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"Six Mouths In A Leaky Boat" originally "Six Months In A Leaky Boat"

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"I Rot You" originally "I Got You"

"History Never Reheats" originally "History Never Repeats"

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"Massage To My Girl" originally "Message To My Girl"

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Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat"	"Six Months With A Geeky Coat"	Malcolm Higgins
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat"	"Six Weeks With Irani Goats"	Malcolm Higgins
"Six Months In A Leaky Boat"	"Six Months For A Leaked Report??"	Malcolm Higgins
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"	"Six Months in a Cheeky Boat"	Merry & Pippin
"I Got You"	"I Got Flu"	Merry & Pippin
"History Never Repeats"	"KFC Always Repeats"	Merry & Pippin
"I See Red"	"I Wrote Ten"	Album Cornix

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Split Ends	Hairdressers	dizrythmia
Lost For Words	Mutes Association	dizrythmia
Shark Attack	Beach Lifeguards	dizrythmia
Walking Through The Ruins	Building Company	dizrythmia
No Mischief	The Super Nanny	dizrythmia
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Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve	Sweet Dreams Split Enz	Bitter Sweet Dreams Hmm... What of???	i lurve the enz
A Pirate Looks At Forty Jimmy Buffett	Six Months in A Leaky Boat Split Enz	A Pirate Looks At Forty-Six Months In A Leaky Boat .	Stephanie Craddock
I Got You Split Enz	Laid James	I Got You Laid	neptunevsmars

Misheard Lyrics:

"I See Red" Misheard Lyrics: Had my period walkin' down the street I see red, I see red, I see red. Original Lyrics: When my baby's walking down the street I see red, I see red, I see red.	"I Got You" Misheard Lyrics: I've got two. Original Lyrics: I got you.
"I Got You" Misheard Lyrics: I don't know I sometimes I get five cents. Original Lyrics: I don't know Why sometimes I get frightened.	"I See Red" Misheard Lyrics: When my baby's walking down the street Hussy rear, hussy rear, hussy rear! Original Lyrics: When my baby's walking down the street I see red! I see red! I see red!
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Hard Act To Follow"

Misheard Lyrics:

You're a hard a** to f***.

Original Lyrics:

You're a hard act to follow.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Cat

I know it's the title of the song, but it does not sound like 'hard act to follow!' Really, I thought this was a song about gay sex!

There are additional misheard stories available.

Insincere Lyrics:

"Message To My Girl"

The Insincere Lyrics:

I don't wanna say I want you
Even though I want you so much

Why They're Insincere:

Guess what you just said?

Submitted by: Andre Engels

Dirty Lyrics:

"Late In Rome"

The Dirty Lyrics:

With ladies on my arm, nights of passion.

Why They're Dirty:

Well, I don't think anymore can be said.

Submitted by: dizrythmia

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"I Got You"

Opening Lines:

I got you. That's all I want.

Comments:

Submitted by: Brian Kelly

Song Title Space Change:

"I Seer Ed" originally "I See Red"

Kind of hard on Ed!

Submitted by: Cape Canaveral Lavigne

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"Haul Away"

The Lyrics:

I was born in Te Awamutu 25th of June 1952 Ten pounds of boy Haul away, haul away, haul away

Why:

Tim Finn's birth place, Te Awamutu in New Zealand.

Submitted by: dizrythmia

Songs That Are Banned:

"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"

After the song was released, Argentina's government invaded and seized the Falkland Islands from Britain. The BBC banned the song because they felt its message would be contrary to the Royal Navy's mission of steaming to the islands and taking them back. It took the Royal Navy many extra months to reach the islands, because they were secretly replenishing armaments from the US Navy. The British succeeding in retaking the Falklands. When Latin American government leaders found out about the secret aid from the US Reagan government, they were so pissed that they withdrew their overt support for the Reagan government's war against Nicaragua. The US Congress had banned US funding for the war against Nicaragua, so Reagan's government set up an illegal funding source by selling US weapons to the Islamic fundamentalist Iranian government. The slush fund was used to fly weapons to Reagan's insurgents, known as the Contras. Eventually one of the aircraft crashed enroute and the whole sad caper was revealed. Ollie North turned the ensuing hearings in Congress into a militarist circus and leveraged his fame as far as getting a right wing radio show for himself. Ollie North was found guilty as charged, but his conviction was reversed on the kind of evidentially technicalities the right wingers normally howl about. God save the Queen!

Submitted by: Tom