~Throw Your Arms Around Me~

pjmike777 · January 2005

i have loved this song for a long long time since i began trading bootleg tapes over the net like ten years ago but u are right the perth version blows all others away i hAVE IT on the DVD of course but cant seem to find an audio version so i can play it in my car can anyone please help it is important i get it because i promised a friend i would get it to play at their wedding

Super Tom · January 2005

pjmike777 wrote:

i have loved this song for a long long time since i began trading bootleg tapes over the net like ten years ago but u are right the perth version blows all others away i hAVE IT on the DVD of course but cant seem to find an audio version so i can play it in my car can anyone please help it is important i get it because i promised a friend i would get it to play at their wedding

I have it !

fakeplastictree · January 2005

One of the BEST EVER.

bigmuzz · April 2005

a lot of people dont realise that it is an australian/new zealand song, written by mark seymour, of 80's pub rock band hunters and collectors. hunters were a fair cool band, they have a lot of great song, but this is by far their best.

mark seymour has a heap of solo stuff out, and i rate it fairly high. his album 'one eyed man' is awesome and has heaps of good tracks on it, and a hidden track at the end of a new version of TYAAM.

but the perth version of eddie and mark together (as heard on the perth cd, and seen on the live at the garden dvd) is totally awesome, and one of, if not the best, version ive heard.

ive never been to a party where there has been a guitar and not played this song. everyone always knows the words, and think you are awesome for playing it, when it is one of the easiest songs to play in the world.

happy memories....great song....

MeddleDeal · April 2005

i have heard both verisons of the song, I even saw the video for it on "The Alternative" on VH1 Classic. Very touching song.:)

btw, a little tid bit, Mark Seymour's brother, was the bassist for Crowded House

They also did a version of this song on "Crowded House/Tim Finn: MTV Unplugged" I started crying when they pulled this song out

i forget · April 2005

I like the version from Mountain View '03, it is fabulous remake.

Betterman308 · April 2005

I was at the Perth concert when Mark/Ed sang it and it was awesome. One of my favourite songs combining with my favourite band was as good as it gets. Mark Seymour's going to be in town playing next week, and I'll be there just to hear the lastest rendition of Throw your arms, cant get sick of it.

inmyowntree · April 2005

this is just simply an amazing song, and i envy anyone who has heard it live as well...ooh i would just die!!!!!!!!!!

DarkStar · April 2005

MeddleDeal wrote:

I love this song, sadly i didn't get to hear it on this tour, but I love this song and heard it on the boots. To those of you who have heard it, you are truly lucky and blessed.

Lately, I had this song on my mind, which is really strange and yet nice. Longing for that someone that you truly care for and just want to reach out and touch them. Even something that is just instance and you know that it is there. I don't know how to explain it. Enjoy!!

~THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND ME~

oh my...GR VFC show...unbelievable experience...six rows back, dead center...i'm not the type to claim things happened that didn't...but i swear ed was singing directly to me...even if he wasn't in his mind, he was in mine...i'll never forget that time...truly beautiful.

ds

Rory1223 · April 2005

my motivation wrote:

I never heard Neil Finn's version of it, can i listen to it somewhere on the sky i scrape or some other place on line?

Neil has been doing it since his Crowded House days. I know they do it on an old MTV Spring Break '87 (yup '87, when MTV still played music). But he did it as recently as the end of March at 3 Royal Albert hall shows with his brother Tim. Nick Seymour ( fellow Crowdie & Mark's brother) was there as well (moral support as Paul Hester, Crowdie drummer, had died that weekend). I know there are some CH boots where they do it and if I recall correctly, a live version may have been a b-side, but I could be wrong :-)

destiny · April 2005

Brings tears to my eyes almost everytime i listen to it...The only version i have heard is in on the Perth bootleg with Mark Seymour, absolutely amazing!!!

citizendick · April 2005

DarkStar wrote:

oh my...GR VFC show...unbelievable experience...six rows back, dead center...i'm not the type to claim things happened that didn't...but i swear ed was singing directly to me...even if he wasn't in his mind, he was in mine...i'll never forget that time...truly beautiful.

ds

Same here.....although I was 7 rows back, so it may have "seemed" he was looking at you, but he was actually looking at me.

When I hear my GR VFC boot, I have to play that song at LEAST 3 times before moving on.....

DarkStar · April 2005

citizendick wrote:

Same here.....although I was 7 rows back, so it may have "seemed" he was looking at you, but he was actually looking at me.
When I hear my GR VFC boot, I have to play that song at LEAST 3 times before moving on.....

ha! the seventh row didn't have seats in the center...only rows 1 through 6 did...:p...Ed was looking right in front of him...which was center stage...so he was singing to ME, not you.

. it sure felt like he was singing to me anyway.

.

does your boot have clapping/talking at the beginning of the song so you can't quite hear the first few notes?

ds

citizendick · April 2005

DarkStar wrote:

ha! the seventh row didn't have seats in the center...only rows 1 through 6 did...:p...Ed was looking right in front of him...which was center stage...so he was singing to ME, not you. . it sure felt like he was singing to me anyway. .

does your boot have clapping/talking at the beginning of the song so you can't quite hear the first few notes?

ds

LIES!! ALL LIES!!

Yes, it does. It also has someone going "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
REALLY LOUD in the very beginning of the song. I wince/laugh everytime I hear that.

Anon · April 2005

I have been meaning to post this in this thread for a long time - finally have found the time.

On January 29th there was a benefit held in Sydney for the tsunami victims. The bands that played included Midnight Oil, Powderfinger, Silverchair, John Butler Trio, Nick Cave, Missy Higgins and the fabulous FINN BROTHERS. (plus more).

It was a great day - everyone performed so well - a great atmosphere and i think the bands picked up on it - some commented on the 'giving vibe'.

But there is no doubting the highlight of the day was Neil and Tim Finn walking out on stage with only their guitars and a kick drum, sitting down and playing a mind blowing acoustic set of Crowded House and Split Enz faves!

Their final song was introduced as "a song written by an aussie that we wish we'd written ourselves. Sing along with us and maybe they'll here us up there" (refering to the tsunami victims i presume). They they played the most beautiful version of Throw Your Arms Around Me that i have ever heard. The 60,000 strong crowd sung their hearts out and i was up the front with friends crying like a baby! i'll never forget it.

The organisers of Wave Aid are releasing a DVD of the day on 16th of May. they havent confirmed the setlist as yet, but i pray this version of TYAAM is on it! Check it out if you can - you wont regret it!

MeddleDeal · September 2005

BUMP for this TONIGHT!!:)

Roll Model · September 2005

OMG!!!
*sigh*
*hugs*
*tears*
*puke*
Great song
I also was at the GR VFC show with my guyfriend. Well we were very close just-friends until the week before the show. but I couldn't hold back my insatible lust for him, and we confessed our true feelings for one another. So on the way to the show we talked about our relationship growing and both parties happiness.
I had not heard this song before and ed played it after Deadman, acoustic in the opening set before Deathcab for Cutie. Like i said i had never heard it before and during it my heart was racing and i kept looking at my guyfriend out of the corner of my eye. I could feel his desire to wrap his arms around me but he gets nervous easily, after a few more beers we were arm in arm for the rest of the show and after more and more beers i was sucking his dick in the parking lot after the show.
awesome night, just wish i could remember it more clearly
"ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha "-me

imspinnin · December 2005

I have to bump this thread for the song which I love..plus the last post is hilarious...you go girl!!! LOL

UpHereInMyTree500 · December 2005

Roll Model wrote:

OMG!!!
*sigh*
*hugs*
*tears*
*puke*
Great song
I also was at the GR VFC show with my guyfriend. Well we were very close just-friends until the week before the show. but I couldn't hold back my insatible lust for him, and we confessed our true feelings for one another. So on the way to the show we talked about our relationship growing and both parties happiness.
I had not heard this song before and ed played it after Deadman, acoustic in the opening set before Deathcab for Cutie. Like i said i had never heard it before and during it my heart was racing and i kept looking at my guyfriend out of the corner of my eye. I could feel his desire to wrap his arms around me but he gets nervous easily, after a few more beers we were arm in arm for the rest of the show and after more and more beers i was sucking his dick in the parking lot after the show.
awesome night, just wish i could remember it more clearly
"ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha "-me

lol...did u take him back to your trailer park off of 8 Mile??

UpHereInMyTree500 · December 2005

@##!!

~Throw Your Arms Around Me~

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