Neil Finn's music has soundtracked our lives. But what has soundtracked his?

In the town of Te Awamutu on New Zealand’s North Island, a young Neil Finn had his tiny mind blown while listening to David Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory.”He was doing something completely different from anybody else … it gave me an excuse to be obscure with my lyrics for the rest of my life,” Finn says.”The words that are attached to melodies seem to have always existed and can’t be separated from those melodies. And sometimes they make no sense, and it doesn’t really matter. Lord, that was exciting as a 13-year-old.”As I invite him to Take 5, Finn is sitting opposite me in a room full of instruments and memorabilia. The place, like this memory, is familiar.Watch Take 5 with Zan Rowe on ABC iviewAcross six episodes, icons in music and screen join Double J host Zan Rowe to delve deep into intimate moments in their lives as they share five songs they love.If you were to drive past this pale green glass brick building on an Auckland street corner, you could be forgiven for…