Strait Old Line

"Strait Old Line" is a song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz, released in October 1983 as the lead single from their ninth studio 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".^[1]

The jazz guitar solo halfway in the song is actually the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer preset: GUITAR 1.

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.^[2]

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Transcription

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)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	42
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[4]	15

References

^ Stuart Metchett (November 1983). "Allz Well that Enz Well". Countdown Magazine. Vol. 2, no. 3.
^ "Enzology Part 9 - Conflicting Emotions (1983-1984)". RNZ. 2005-02-26.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 288. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
^ "Split Enz – Strait Old Line". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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Studio albums	Mental Notes Second Thoughts Dizrythmia Frenzy The Beginning of the Enz True Colours Waiata / Corroboree Time and Tide Conflicting Emotions See Ya 'Round
Live albums	The Living Enz Anniversary Extravagenza Live, Alive Oh
Compilations	Beginning of the Enz Enz of an Era History Never Repeats – The Best of Split Enz Oddz and Enz Rear Enz The Best of Split Enz Spellbound Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes
Tribute albums	She Will Have Her Way He Will Have His Way They Will Have Their Way
Singles	"Late Last Night" "My Mistake" "I See Red" "I Got You" "I Hope I Never" "Poor Boy" "One Step Ahead" "History Never Repeats" "I Don't Wanna Dance" "Dirty Creature" "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" "Never Ceases to Amaze Me" "Next Exit" "Strait Old Line" "Message to My Girl" "I Walk Away"
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