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Strait Old Line
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Wikipedia article
"'Strait Old Line'" is a song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz, released in October 1983 as the lead single from their eighth studio album 'Conflicting Emotions'.
Neil Finn described the song as, "about ambition, temptation, being distracted, following your nose and not letting anything get in your way".
The jazz guitar solo halfway in the song is actually the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer preset: GUITAR 1.
In order to achieve the slow motion effect in the music video, the band members mimed with their instruments while the song was played back at double speed.[http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/enzology/enzology_part_09]
Track listing
#"Strait Old Line" - 4:03
#"Parasite" - 3:37
Personnel
* Neil Finn - vocals, guitar, piano
* Tim Finn - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
* Noel Crombie - vocals, percussion, drums
* Nigel Griggs - vocals, bass
* Eddie Rayner - keyboards and machines
Charts
References
Category:Split Enz songs
Category:1983 songs
Category:Songs written by Neil Finn
Category:Mushroom Records singles
Category:1983 singles
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