The Split Enz / Phil Judd Youtube thread

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Some Split Enz clips from when Phil Judd was in the band -- a time when they were really something unique and special:

"Maybe"/"So Long for Now" -- "On the Beach" clips, 1975

"Maybe"/"No Bother to Me" live on Australian TV, 1975

"Spellbound" on Australian TV, 1975

"Sweet Dreams" clip, 1976
[great song...great clip...and check out Manzanera's cool Enoish production on this one]

"Lovey Dovey" clip, 1976

"Late Last Night" clip, 1976

And now here's the really exciting part -- Phil Judd's brand new video!

Phil Judd's "No-One's Best Man" clip, 2006

And while you're here, check out his website and his new album -- Novelty Act.

http://www.philjudd.com/

Novelty Act rivals his work with the Split Enz as his best writing ever and it's certainly his greatest personal statement in music to date.

― Marcus Barr (Marcus Barr), Friday, 26 May 2006 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

post more, post more

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Friday, 26 May 2006 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

I wish there were more to post, but that's all I could find of the Judd-era Enz.

Apparently, a couple of the links aren't working. Here are the links for the "No-One's Best Man" and "On the Beach" clips again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dth6PcABhhE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg2XH5-9zBo

― Marcus Barr (Marcus Barr), Friday, 26 May 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

That Spellbound video is actually from New Zealand television, not Australian. Pity it's not included in full on the Split Enz DVD.

I've got some properly synch'ed up sections of the New Faces 1973 performances on video, ie more than what's on the DVD doco and at the proper speed. Wish I could post them here, but the copyright holders know where I live...

― Jeremy Ansell (Jeremy Ansell), Sunday, 28 May 2006 07:03 (nineteen years ago)

'i see red' clip

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Sunday, 28 May 2006 07:44 (nineteen years ago)

"That Spellbound video is actually from New Zealand television, not Australian. Pity it's not included in full on the Split Enz DVD."
-- Jeremy Ansell (jaffailXo...), May 28th, 2006.

Oh, even better that it was an NZ broadcast. Yeah, I really enjoy the DVD, especially the early band history parts, but it does seem to be lacking a bit in the Judd department overall. I think I know the "New Faces" clip you mean. Is it the one that shows them playing "Matinee Idyll"? If so, I'm dying to see the rest of that.

The Split Enz had some true magic happening in their music in the early days, and those early clips prove that even beyond all the great music, the image of Judd with his long hair and wild mandolin strumming is really one of most inspiring symbols in the history of popular music.

― Marcus Barr (Marcus Barr), Sunday, 28 May 2006 09:30 (nineteen years ago)

i love these guys and have mostly only seens stills from this era, so this is awesome, but man, they were even more ridiculous than i thought!

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 28 May 2006 11:20 (nineteen years ago)

maybe it's because it's still so early on sunday morning, but this shot in particular, where they tentatively mince across the screen, is striking me as the funniest thing in the world right now.

http://www.imag.us/x/grimstitch/enz.jpg

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 28 May 2006 11:41 (nineteen years ago)

I'm glad you're enjoying the clips. Yeah, they could be really silly in a charming way. With their jerky, robotic movements and sight gags in "Lovey Dovey," they're almost like an Antipodean Devo, but I like them much better than Devo.

Yeah, that's a funny part in "Sweet Dreams" and nice segue into the musical freakout that follows. Their clips really seem like forerunners of music videos to come. I'm not sure who else was doing anything quite like what they were doing around '75/'76.

― Marcus Barr (Marcus Barr), Sunday, 28 May 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

How is the DVD by the way? What's on it? I keep watching for it on eBay but no luck.

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Sunday, 28 May 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

P.S. In the unlikely event that you're reading this thread and don't know it, poster Jeremy above produced an excellent 10-hour documentary on the band for Radio New Zealand, which I believe is being rebroadcast again, starting next week, I think. Google "enzology" for the link.

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Sunday, 28 May 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

The DVD is great. I recommend purchasing it from this link, which also lists what's on it:

http://www.newzealandcds.com/products.asp?product_id=132

I'm aware of the Enzology documentary, but haven't heard it yet. I'll watch out for the rebroadcast schedule. Thanks!

If you go to Phil Judd's website, you can stream or download a very recent interview Jeremy did with Judd on NZ National Radio. It's very entertaining and insightful and provides an excellent preview of Judd's new album.

http://www.philjudd.com/

― Marcus Barr (Marcus Barr), Monday, 29 May 2006 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

I have officially gone fanatic over Split Enz during this past month. Can somebody *please* tell me where an American might be able to hear the Enzology radio program described upthread? Mr. Ansell? Please, I'm begging here!

― J, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:35 (eighteen years ago)

I'm still begging here!

― J, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 10:41 (eighteen years ago)

"I have officially gone fanatic over Split Enz during this past month."
Me too, I love these early videos, not just the ones recorded with Phil Judd - "Bold as Brass" is perfect for example.

― zeus, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 11:45 (eighteen years ago)

"Charlie" kills me. I love Phil Judd, but ironically my favorite Split Enz song is the one that was most directly inspired by the incident that caused him to leave the band! There was a great live version on YouTube, but it seems to have disappeared. :(

― J, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

Eew....

http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/02/phil-judd/

Phil Judd, a founding member of Split Enz and the Swingers has admitted to being sentenced for stalking children. The 56-year-old, who lives in the Melbourne, Australia suburb of Eltham, reportedly pretended to be a 17-year old boy on Facebook and introduced himself to three young school girls.

Yesterday, Judd admitted to stalking the children -- who are siblings -- since 2004 when the oldest was 12 years old and the youngest was eight. According to statements made by the girls and their mother to police, the former rocker would spy on them as they traveled to and from school.

Judd, who also supposedly photographed the sisters at their pony club, confessed to the Herald Sun yesterday that he was in fact sentenced at the Heidelberg Magistrates' Court in March of this year, avoiding a prison term by receiving a suspended sentence and paying a $2500 fine.

"I only had a crush on one of them -- I'm just a silly old man," he told the paper. "This has been blown way out of proportion. The only mistake I made was getting on to Facebook one night after a few too many drinks."

In that disturbing Facebook exchange provided to police, Judd wrote, "I find all u ... girls beautiful and very special. I am not a pervert ... I am an aesthete ... I was a popstar once."

Well, that last part is kind of true. Judd formed Split Enz with Tim Finn in 1972 and although he left the band in 1977, he went on to front a short-lived but successful trio known as the Swingers. With that group, Judd released the 1981 New Wave hit 'Counting the Beat.'

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

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