Fingers of Love

Venerable pop institution Crowded House possess this singularly unusual penchant of evoking simultaneous sentiments of bliss and melancholy, oftentimes within the same song, concurrently celebrating the prosaic joys of everyday life and classic existentialist angst. This dichotomous juxtaposition has been brilliantly manifested not just in certified standards like 'Don't Dream it's Over', 'Four Seasons in One Day' and 'Distant Sun', but also in the myriad of fan-favourite album tracks that make up the backbone of the Crowded House discography. One of the more popular album tracks is the haunting 'Fingers of Love', off 1993's adventurous 'Together Alone', an atmospheric slice of exultant melancholia, with a strong whiff of patented psychedelia. Check out a spirited performance of this underrated masterpiece at the band's historic 'Farewell to the World' show at the Sydney Opera House in 1996, featuring a scintillating guitar solo from multi-instrumentalist member Mark Hart.