Matinee Idyll - Television Programmes
Neighbours (Aus 1986-????)

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(started as 'One Way Street' in 1985)

Events in Ramsey St in Melbourne.

"I Hope I Never" (Tim Finn) - Split Enz
"Message to My Girl" (Neil Finn) - Split Enz
"My Mistake" (Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner) - Split Enz
"Dots On The Shells" (M. Yunupingu, Neil Finn) - Yothu Yindi
"Run Baby Run" (Caroline Kennedy-McCracken, Barry Palmer) - Deadstar

Music

1991: "I Hope I Never" (Tim Finn) - Split Enz

Played repeatedly between 1993 and 1995: Yothu Yindi "Dots On The Shells" (M. Yunupingu, Neil Finn)

Exact date not clear, probably 1996/7: "Run Baby Run" (Caroline Kennedy-McCracken, Barry Palmer) - Deadstar

3039, 19 Mar 98: "Message to My Girl" (Neil Finn) - Split Enz

No date, episode involving Paul Robinson and Madge: "My Mistake" (Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner) - Split Enz

Tracks from the 1997 Split Enz compilation album Spellbound have been used in some episodes.

Albums

A soundtrack album, Neighbours: The Music was released in Australia in 2003 but none of the songs listed here are on it.

Freedom, Yothu Yindi, Mushroom, 1994
- "Dots On The Shells" - Neil Finn version

The vocal on the version of "Dots On The Shells" on the Yothu Yindi album One Blood is by Jim Kerr of Simple Minds.

Compilation albums

The Other Enz: Split Enz & Beyond, Volume 1, (double CD), Raven Records, 1999.l RVCD-100
- "Dots On The Shells" - Neil Finn version
- Raven Records, PO Box 2027, East Ivanhoe 3079, Victoria, Australia.
- Raven Records (Wikipedia)

Spellbound, Split Enz, Mushroom, 1997

Notes

Mushroom Music used to supply the music for "Neighbours", but I think Sony do now. At one time there were pages listing the songs [dead link] that were used, but these are no longer available.
The Wayback Machine has some Mushroom Music pages archived as 'Neighbours' . Although the heading says most are for Neighbours, from the episode numbers and transmission dates, they are for Home and Away.
- Home and Away
  - Ep: 2823, Aus 3 May 2000: "Last Day Of June" - Neil & Tim Finn
  - 2823, 3 May 00: "Locked Out" - Crowded House
  - 2820, 28 Apr 00: "Funny Way" - Tim Finn
  - 2820, 28 Apr 00: "It's Only Natural" - Crowded House
  - 2797, 3 Apr 00 28: Mar 00 "Locked Out" - Crowded House

Links

Official site
"Neighbours" (1985-????) (Internet Movie Database)
Neighbours (Wikipedia)

Wayback machine, music on Neighbours from fan site no longer online:
- Deadstar
- Split Enz
- Yothu Yindi