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Tim Finn — Shiver
Album: Say It Is So
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Released: 2000
Length: 4:09
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Well she flipped out
From the ocean
And she landed on my path
I didn't know her kind
But she's exactly where it's at

A dark creature
With a fire
She's burning down my past
And I've been hopeless
But she's not into hearing that

Ah, she was a shiver looking for a spine
For a spine to run up
She was a shiver looking for a spine
I came along and she blew my mind
A shiver looking for a spine

When the silence comes around
And I'm looking in her eyes
I've never been this way
But right now I'm hanging for her time

Ah, she was a shiver looking for a spine
For a spine to run up
She was a shiver looking for a spine
I came along and she blew my mind
A shiver looking for a spine
Shiver looking for a
Shiver looking for a spine

Nobody knows me better
Nobody knows me better than you
Nobody knows me better
Better than you

Now she's on heavy rotation
She's always on my mind
I marvel at her works
When you rise and when you shine

She was a shiver looking for a spine
For a spine to run up
She was a shiver looking for a spine
I came along and she blew my mind
The shiver looking for a
The shiver looking for a spine

The spine was mine
I wanna swing like my father swung
When he won my mother's heart
Out on the swing like my father's one
When he won my mother's heart
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More Tim Finn!!! Thank you William and Co
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Barred Owl. Cool.
Posted 1 year ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
Love Crowded House, but boy is this not up to Finn’s high standards. And the noise behind it reminds me of Banzai Predicament.
Posted 2 years ago by HearsayDave    [ Reply ]
Great  intro!   Underwater Mountain has an even better intro!
Posted 2 years ago by Rashley    [ Reply ]
What a weird, wild set of rhythms rippling through this song! Reminds me of an older Beth Orton song, and that's a very good thing...
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Good tune!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
The opening cymbals got me thinking we were going to hear Riders On The Storm.
Posted 3 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 scarletdancer wrote:


Agreed.  That awful noise in the background takes the song from probably pretty decent to "Oh my god please make it stop!"  
 
 

Posted 3 years ago by Tigrshrk    [ Reply ]
 zair99 wrote:
 
 
Incessant background noise is right...I am afraid to hear this whole song because i don't want to catch an ear worm with that sound that will haunt me for days on end.
Posted 4 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
Jeff Tweedy sounding vocals 
Posted 4 years ago by ray_killeen    [ Reply ]
 rentonc9049 wrote:
Hi Bill, I just heard you say that Tim is currently touring with Fleetwood Mac. It is actually his brother Neil Finn touring with them.

Cheers, Renton.
 
I just heard that as well and was baiscally writing the same comment when I saw yours.

Posted 4 years ago by middle-aged-hipster    [ Reply ]
Hi Bill, I just heard you say that Tim is currently touring with Fleetwood Mac. It is actually his brother Neil Finn touring with them.

Cheers, Renton.
Posted 4 years ago by rentonc9049    [ Reply ]
 drizzy77 wrote:
Tim sings a bit flat. That's what makes him lovable. I think that's a Kiwi Bird in the background.
 
Not a kiwi. Kiwi's go "kiwi" . 
Could be a Morepork. Moreporks go "more pork"

 actually the morepork's proper name is ruru.. does that fit?
Posted 5 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
 lordcruloze wrote:
Something almost David Bowie about this... :)
 
There are lots of sounds mixed in there , even Nirvana and ?..
Posted 5 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
Wow , whale and Nirvana visiting a folk fest
Posted 5 years ago by Pilsenaaa    [ Reply ]
Tim sings a bit flat. That's what makes him lovable. I think that's a Kiwi Bird in the background.
Posted 6 years ago by drizzy77    [ Reply ]
 zair99 wrote:
This would be just fine without that incessant hooting, but as it is it makes me want to throw my speakers out the window!
 

Agreed.  That awful noise in the background takes the song from probably pretty decent to "Oh my god please make it stop!"  
 
Posted 6 years ago by scarletdancer    [ Reply ]
This would be just fine without that incessant hooting, but as it is it makes me want to throw my speakers out the window!
Posted 6 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
Guitar for Dummies - Lesson #1: Tuning your instrument
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
WTF! These guys are brrilliant, together and not. INSTANT hook omg and now we're to the bridge/chorus. Staggering sudden sodden and now it's going back, continuing. So much HEART. And mind and all the good stuff. Thanks RP.
Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
Sounds like a barred owl.
 
Yes, it does - more than a whale; it sounds like a shortened sample of one's call. I hear that hooting pretty often; several of them hang out around in the trees in my neighborhood.  Cool tune too.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 mrselfdestruct wrote:
Somebody help that poor whale!

 
I was going to say, "Stop hurting that whale!" but you beat me to it.
Posted 7 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
Somebody help that poor whale!
Posted 7 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
Nice - never heard this before.  Great track, and yes like someone said - it is reminiscent of Pinback for sure.
Posted 7 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Uncomfortable.  That weird hooting reminds me of the noises I heard in my head as a kid when I had a massive high temperature during a bout of the measles.
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a barred owl.
Posted 7 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
I like this! I notice that some of Pinback's catchier songs have this type of cross-chorded, slightly bent, wonderfully trippy texture, too!
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Antigone wrote:
Once again I wonder what the other songs on this cd sound like ... anyone?
If you're still around - three more coming. :)
Posted 16 years ago by SoundChaser    [ Reply ]
love it! no airplay in 5 years is too long.
Posted 16 years ago by lettucelove    [ Reply ]
Cory wrote:
Its not Neil but no one is.....Roger
Posted 19 years ago by rdubost    [ Reply ]
Oh, man! You but this right behind Into Temptation! This is a great set. This cd is fantastic -- so is the FInn Brothers.
Posted 21 years ago by 242glt    [ Reply ]
Once again I wonder what the other songs on this cd sound like ... anyone?
Posted 21 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Something almost David Bowie about this... :)
Posted 21 years ago by lordcruloze    [ Reply ]
hey....this is good
Posted 22 years ago by mlsully7    [ Reply ]
Its not Neil but no one is.....
Posted 22 years ago by Cory    [ Reply ]
:) Are those doves Erik or just a sample from a Roland?
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]