"Strait Old Line" is a song by New Zealand group Split Enz, released in October 1983 as the lead single from their album Conflicting Emotions.
Neil Finn described the song as, "about ambition, temptation, being distracted, following your nose and not letting anything get in your way". The jazz guitar solo halfway through the song is actually Eddie Rayner playing a guitar preset on a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer.
In order to achieve the slow motion effect in the music video, the band members mimed with their instruments while the song was played back at double speed.
Track listing "Strait Old Line" - 4:03 "Parasite" - 3:37
Personnel Neil Finn - vocals, guitar, piano Tim Finn - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards Noel Crombie - vocals, percussion, drums Nigel Griggs - vocals, bass Eddie Rayner - keyboards and machines
Charts Chart (1983/84) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report) NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. 42scope="row"
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