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.

"Strait Old Line"
Single by Split Enz
from the album Conflicting Emotions
B-side"Parasite"
ReleasedOctober 1983
Recorded1983
GenrePop, rock
Length4:03
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Neil Finn
Split Enz singles chronology
"Next Exit"
(1983)
"Strait Old Line"
(1983)
"Message to My Girl"
(1984)

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 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.

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