I thank the lord on my knees every day for having been a teen in the 80s. I got that timing right! Anyone who missed the 80s missed out on LIFE, simple as that!
This song reminds me of drinking wine with my dad on Sunday night and him asking me to play him all his favourite songs on RUclips. Now he’s in a nursing home.. I sit on my own listening to this songs wishing he was with me
Iva Davies one of our best singer songwriters. Unique voice, so stylish and those amazing videos with a plot. He is also a talented actor! Thank you for so many.great songs. You are an inspiration.
Absolute Legend xx ps my Mam and Dad's photo here before they had me lol they are my world my life my heart my breath my everything my me sorry for rant they even have to listen and Iva lol but they even love him my Dad loves Ivas earlier years me lol Everything xx
Icehouse has a variety of great tracks and still has a wide audience, and with a reason. This iconic video was produced by the talented Australian Russell Malchay.
This is to me one of the most underrated songs of the 1980s ! Its general sound and composition incorporates and symbolizes everything that was the 1980s.
I really love Icehouse having grown up in the 80s and 90s in Melbourne, the songs from that era were phenomenal, but also check out the masterpeice that is the music video for this. It's like a mini movie. How the times have changed, and for the worse.
Brilliant. The new wave of 80's music from Australia, NZ the US and the UK was incredible at the time and unfortunately never to be equalled or repeated.
What about Canada, Germany, Iraq, China, Russia, and there creative music I cannot remember the name of the songs Or the band's of heart but yeah they were All very good in their own right as WELL 💯 percent
❤JUST LOVE❤ from an Aussie living for 23 years in Germany (where Icehouse has never been forgotten and is still very much loved) PURE MUSICAL CLASS IVA 🇦🇺💞🇩🇪
@@User-mj9hv To me, Australia had the most amazing talent back then and even earlier with Zoot and Masters Apprentices who I loved even in primary school.
@@karenglenn6707 Even bands like the Go-Betweens and Hoodoo Gurus. Their sound is a fresh today as it over 30 years on. Now it’s all hideous The Voice/Australian Idol/X Factor rubbish. Depressing stuff.
@@Calbear94 I saw AC/DC live a lot in the mid 70’s as a teenager in Melbourne with Bon. Some of the most exciting musical times in my life. Freaking brilliant even then, we were so lucky!! So I have to add them, just for their greatness!
Love this song. This band were so underrated. Rare to find an Icehouse fan in the "real world" but glad to see there's so many other people out there that are fans in the digital world. With the demise of so much due to Covid...looks like the cafes are under threat now...play this song for them and anyone else in catering at the mo.
I'm a Pom and I've been a Icehouse fan since the beginning, I heard them thanks to family that are in Melbourne, they are definitely underrated is a understatement, still like them now . The 80s were the best for music for sure 👌
It wasn't technically a band at this point. Iva played everything on this album himself, including the oboe (classically trained) and LinnDrums. Primitive Man is quite possibly the best album made in the 1980s. My fanaticism for them stretched to the point where l followed them for several dates on the Measure For Measure tour with a friend, which led to Iva graciously providing tickets for us at 3 stops on the Man Of Colours tour. One of the greatest nights of my life was the last show we went to in Richmond, VA. Iva walked onstage and shielded his eyes from the lights until he could spot us, and waved. After the show we met up with him at the bar at the Richmond Omni, and he was so glad to see us...he even said something to the effect of "Now l can relax with a couple of friends, l don't have many over here". We sat and talked for about 3 hours, and when l ran out of cigarettes Iva put his pack of Dunhills on the bar. Incredibly, he was wearing the jacket that he wore on the cover of Sidewalk, and he let me put it on. Just a wonderful, wonderful guy. And l most definitely should mention keyboardist Andy Qunta who is the absolute sweetest man in the world and we are friends to this day! About 35 years now. Andy has just rereleased his solo album Legend ln A Loungeroom in a deluxe edition, and has released two CDs with his 1970s band Factory. All of them are fantastic!! Sorry, when l get going on Icehouse l can't stop. With everything Iva went on to do it is amazing to think l was fortunate to spend an evening at a bar with him.
@Geoffrey Logsdon - thankyou for your beautiful story - one can tell that in the category of "sweetness" and "wonder" you are right up there with them. May you keep listening and loving. It is truly so beautiful to read.
@@52missouri and 1962. How lucky were we. ❤️ Saw these guys live so many times. So good. We had live music 5 nights a week and so many choices. Wish I had a time machine. 😀❤️ Stay safe,
Incredibly creative time in music (1980-1985) where talent just seemed to be in abundance. Here, a gem from Icehouse (amongst the cream of Australian music). Love the whole video and vibe (far off east, mysterious, etc).
Saw them do this live last week in Bendigo, Victoria. The video was playing behind them as they did it. Great concert, made me feel 23 again which is when I last saw them live. Love the feeling of music coming up through your feet. Want to see them again!!
@@kathyt6554 Not in the UK. I was gutted they never really toured here. They only had a few hits here sadly. We were unindated with crappy SAW music instead. :(
This song is the opinimity of the 80s Honest, raw, and real.. No other music compares to this gem. If you don't appreciate this...then God help you Aaron
Iva's use of heavy Synthesizer pads always riding in the background gave his music such wonderful warmth. They used two Prophet 5 synthesizers amongst other things
Iva Davies oh La La ! What a song. Also notable mention was the song by Flowers , We can get together ; heard it on the radio last week cranked it up and sang my lungs out.
I remember when I first heard Icehouse and went out and brought whatever of theirs I could find. The records are still in my collection and well worth a play when I have the opportunity. Great music!
1988 Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. July 3rd was always the big fireworks show over the lake. Iva (i know) put on such an incredible show. Dude was playing every instrument he could find laying around. Turned around when the fireworks started and put the concert on hold. I'll never forget that concert. I was just gobsmacked by his talent. Fantastic musician.
So glad I was a teenager back in the 80s, the guitar is sublime in this song. An awsum band and Iva still sounds amazing. I saw them live in NZ, and loved them. Aussie had great bands back then.
As a 15 year old in 1980 The Flowers at Caringbah YMCA was my first gig. Though The Numbers being on the undercard was my first ever band. Still to The Flowers I had my first kiss. To Icehouse I soon after swayed along with my first love in my arms. Till this day as a 58 year old I still wait at the Street Cafe.
Yes he sounds like both of them in different songs. I asked Siri to play Icehouse and honestly got confused as I thought she was playing Bryan Ferry. 😂
Find the Icehouse all-covers release "Heroes" and hear Bowie's Heroes -- not one but two versions -- and Roxy's fabulous "A Really Good Time" from the Siren LP.
If you love Bowie and Roxy music get yourself a copy of this magnificent new wave masterpiece primitive man it's an amazing combo of station to station and low era Bowie with mid 70s era Roxy music this is the best
Reminds me of a few places i used to frequent in Kabul about 15 years ago. full of dodgy chancers on the make, discussing things going on just under the surface.
Was only 6 or 7 when I remembered my mom listening to this. 19 years old now I miss my mom so much 😞
Was lucky enough to see Icehouse play at Therbarton Town hall in Adelaide in the mid 80s.
I thank the lord on my knees every day for having been a teen in the 80s. I got that timing right! Anyone who missed the 80s missed out on LIFE, simple as that!
I got the best of both ,the 70s and 80s.
Ok, Boomer
This song reminds me of drinking wine with my dad on Sunday night and him asking me to play him all his favourite songs on RUclips. Now he’s in a nursing home.. I sit on my own listening to this songs wishing he was with me
...but your wrong. He is there with you.
@@joshalmanza129 thank you so much for your words- I really appreciate it
@@karinahighman5149 No, thank you for being a Great Person. Rock on!
We wish you both well. Live for the music! What's his name?
Remember the good times
Iva Davies one of our best singer songwriters. Unique voice, so stylish and those amazing videos with a plot. He is also a talented actor! Thank you for so many.great songs. You are an inspiration.
yes I agree how old are you don't forget he was there in a time when bad things were happening
the 80's wow how quickly we forget the past but who want's to remember that but don't forget history repeats
Absolute Legend xx ps my Mam and Dad's photo here before they had me lol they are my world my life my heart my breath my everything my me sorry for rant they even have to listen and Iva lol but they even love him my Dad loves Ivas earlier years me lol Everything xx
Icehouse has a variety of great tracks and still has a wide audience, and with a reason. This iconic video was produced by the talented Australian Russell Malchay.
@@nadiaandreeva8512 80s music videos were amazing. Miss the days of watching them on Rage as a kid
This is to me one of the most underrated songs of the 1980s ! Its general sound and composition incorporates and symbolizes everything that was the 1980s.
Thank you! THANK YOU!✊🏿✊🏿
All these years of hearing this song, this is the first time I've seen the video that accompanies it. I am so lost in the 80s musically!
Me to
Ein Song aus meiner Kindheit,mir blutet das Herz. Das war noch Musik
Soundtrack meines Lebens. Wenn ich mal abdanke, dürfen sie genau diesen Song in der Trauerhalle abspielen. ;-)
Da stimme ich dir zu
I agree wholeheartedly! Ich stimme voll und ganz zu!
Ja!
Bin inzwischen 57 Jahre jung. Und wie cool ist diese Musik. Ich tanze und fühle! ❤
Someone really needs to make music like this again! Rock is so hard to find in mainstream music these days!
Kudos@The kantaral . Time to revisit or reminisce good or great classic alternative, free-form rock again.
I have time machine who is coming whith me
❤❤❤❤
❤❤❤❤❤
Icehouse… so many iconic songs
I had a great time in Germany-Bavaria in the Eighties (born 1968). 😀Limahl, Nena, Yazoo, OMD, Billy Idol, David Bowie and so on....
I really love Icehouse having grown up in the 80s and 90s in Melbourne, the songs from that era were phenomenal, but also check out the masterpeice that is the music video for this. It's like a mini movie. How the times have changed, and for the worse.
Brilliant. The new wave of 80's music from Australia, NZ the US and the UK was incredible at the time and unfortunately never to be equalled or repeated.
I agree 100%!
What about Canada, Germany, Iraq, China, Russia, and there creative music I cannot remember the name of the songs Or the band's of heart but yeah they were All very good in their own right as WELL 💯 percent
❤JUST LOVE❤ from an Aussie living for 23 years in Germany (where Icehouse has never been forgotten and is still very much loved) PURE MUSICAL CLASS IVA 🇦🇺💞🇩🇪
Yes! I am german and listen to that band very often!!! ❤
1973
Man when that guitar crashes as the door bursts open the first time... transcendental.
So thankful I grew up in Australia when I did. The music was incredible. So many memories listening to Icehouse.
We were spoilt, weren’t we? We just assumed that the quality music would just keep coming.
@@User-mj9hv To me, Australia had the most amazing talent back then and even earlier with Zoot and Masters Apprentices who I loved even in primary school.
@@karenglenn6707 Even bands like the Go-Betweens and Hoodoo Gurus. Their sound is a fresh today as it over 30 years on. Now it’s all hideous The Voice/Australian Idol/X Factor rubbish. Depressing stuff.
Icehouse, Men at Work, Midnight Oil, Hunters & Collectors, and INXS are all among my favorite bands.
@@Calbear94 I saw AC/DC live a lot in the mid 70’s as a teenager in Melbourne with Bon. Some of the most exciting musical times in my life. Freaking brilliant even then, we were so lucky!! So I have to add them, just for their greatness!
Love this song. This band were so underrated. Rare to find an Icehouse fan in the "real world" but glad to see there's so many other people out there that are fans in the digital world. With the demise of so much due to Covid...looks like the cafes are under threat now...play this song for them and anyone else in catering at the mo.
What a nice sound and this lovely singer..
f#ck covid .
My favorite Icehouse song.
Outstanding track, the combination of sophisticated keyboards and raw guitar is brilliant
And Iva playing his oboe !
Bro, that triple kick gets you though.
The melodic vocal style of Davies is magical on this particular song ..yeah the heartbeat is in waves when and every time I hear this brilliant song
I played this over and over again in high school.
I can never get sick of this song ever
I just love that guitar wall of sound. It sounds like a powerful jet taking off. Pure guitar power...
Can't beat the old Marshall Amplifiers with valves.
I'm a Pom and I've been a Icehouse fan since the beginning, I heard them thanks to family that are in Melbourne, they are definitely underrated is a understatement, still like them now . The 80s were the best for music for sure 👌
Nach 40 Jahren immer noch ein HAMMER HIT♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Ja, großes Kino.
Das waren die80-ziger, geile Zeit 👍👍
i totally agree with the comment ; If you wernt around in the 80,'s you were robbed . . .SO TRUE! Love this band . . : ))
Sydney
The 1980's
INXS
Icehouse
Jimmy Barnes
Noiseworks
Diesel
The list goes on!
Incredible music!
@@davidmeakin2610 yeah fantastic!! also 1927!! all those & Fleetwood mac!
How’s Alivia’lee
Timeless!... Aussie has put out some good music!.. thanks mate from across the ditch 👍🎵🇳🇿
Man. Brilliant Brilliant song. Love ICEHOUSE. Fantastic Australian band.
It wasn't technically a band at this point. Iva played everything on this album himself, including the oboe (classically trained) and LinnDrums.
Primitive Man is quite possibly the best album made in the 1980s.
My fanaticism for them stretched to the point where l followed them for several dates on the Measure For Measure tour with a friend, which led to Iva graciously providing tickets for us at 3 stops on the Man Of Colours tour. One of the greatest nights of my life was the last show we went to in Richmond, VA. Iva walked onstage and shielded his eyes from the lights until he could spot us, and waved. After the show we met up with him at the bar at the Richmond Omni, and he was so glad to see us...he even said something to the effect of "Now l can relax with a couple of friends, l don't have many over here". We sat and talked for about 3 hours, and when l ran out of cigarettes Iva put his pack of Dunhills on the bar.
Incredibly, he was wearing the jacket that he wore on the cover of Sidewalk, and he let me put it on.
Just a wonderful, wonderful guy. And l most definitely should mention keyboardist Andy Qunta who is the absolute sweetest man in the world and we are friends to this day! About 35 years now. Andy has just rereleased his solo album Legend ln A Loungeroom in a deluxe edition, and has released two CDs with his 1970s band Factory. All of them are fantastic!!
Sorry, when l get going on Icehouse l can't stop. With everything Iva went on to do it is amazing to think l was fortunate to spend an evening at a bar with him.
@Geoffrey Logsdon - thankyou for your beautiful story - one can tell that in the category of "sweetness" and "wonder" you are right up there with them.
May you keep listening and loving. It is truly so beautiful to read.
If you weren't around in the 80's you were robbed.
If you were born in 1952 you saw them all.
@@52missouri and 1962. How lucky were we. ❤️ Saw these guys live so many times. So good. We had live music 5 nights a week and so many choices. Wish I had a time machine. 😀❤️ Stay safe,
Hell Yeah!! Totally Agree! Robbed So Much!! Best Decade for SO MUCH Cool music & Bands!!✌️✌️
Not even kidding, I feel like I have been robbed.
Luckily now we can all go back in time with RUclips and listen to all the classic 70s 80s hits,which I love
Fantastic song, love the guitar work through the chorus
Incredibly creative time in music (1980-1985) where talent just seemed to be in abundance. Here, a gem from Icehouse (amongst the cream of Australian music). Love the whole video and vibe (far off east, mysterious, etc).
Saw them do this live last week in Bendigo, Victoria. The video was playing behind them as they did it. Great concert, made me feel 23 again which is when I last saw them live. Love the feeling of music coming up through your feet. Want to see them again!!
Awesome 😊
Wow. These guys made some terrific music.
I'm so happy I got to live this music.
What a wonderful time, all of us knew it, nice to say it wasn't missed on us....
Heard this classic first year on my own as a soldier Fall 1982. Always chased away homesickness.
2020, nearly the end of isolation,still listing to ice house😎, who's with me..😎
I with you!, 💕💕💕
Congrats but we were listening before...
I’m back onboard.
I am with you Isabella contact me please
Im with you😁
Australia's most under rated band and by far the best live band I've ever seen...
You obviously didnt grow up in the 90s they were flogged everywhere mainly iva davis
@@kathyt6554 Not in the UK. I was gutted they never really toured here. They only had a few hits here sadly. We were unindated with crappy SAW music instead. :(
i was very much around in the 80,s and 90,s and god knows how i missed these boys, awesome musician's and songwriter's
Not underrated at all...
This song is the opinimity of the 80s
Honest, raw, and real..
No other music compares to this gem.
If you don't appreciate this...then God help you
Aaron
I bought this on vinyl in the 80’s. My first Icehouse music. Love this song.
Iva's use of heavy Synthesizer pads always riding in the background gave his music such wonderful warmth. They used two Prophet 5 synthesizers amongst other things
Iva Davies oh La La ! What a song. Also notable mention was the song by Flowers , We can get together ; heard it on the radio last week cranked it up and sang my lungs out.
I remember when I first heard Icehouse and went out and brought whatever of theirs I could find. The records are still in my collection and well worth a play when I have the opportunity. Great music!
This video has "Hungry Like the Wolf" vibes, but the quality is so much better--real music.
Super Song aus meiner besten Zeit. Da kommen Erinnerungen wieder.......
An absolute smash ♥
Been stuck in my head for days. One of the best songs ever made
The 80s ❤❤❤best time in my life....i miss the good tears.
Awesome song!!!! I love so much this band! From Brazil!!!
I aways come back to listen to this song once and again. It never gets old.
1988 Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. July 3rd was always the big fireworks show over the lake. Iva (i know) put on such an incredible show. Dude was playing every instrument he could find laying around. Turned around when the fireworks started and put the concert on hold. I'll never forget that concert. I was just gobsmacked by his talent. Fantastic musician.
Wow loving this song for over 30 years… never thought there was a film clip…. It’s a movie on its own .. cool
Icehouse have a haunting sound.
takes you right back to some good memories
Ich liebe dieses Lied..seit Jahren, es baut mich auf .
Love this group! One of my all time favorites 🙂
So glad I was a teenager back in the 80s, the guitar is sublime in this song. An awsum band and Iva still sounds amazing. I saw them live in NZ, and loved them. Aussie had great bands back then.
Iva Davies was the soundtrack of my life in my early teens in NZ
10m later, I'm still loving it.
I'll do this forever
Most underrated song
Play it loud❤
I certainly am!
What a fantastic song and one of the greatest bands
Icehouse 🍻🍻🍻 phenomenal
An AMAZING song by Icehouse! 😃🤪
SUPERB ! 🎶✨
Simply magnificent. 🦘🏏😎
What great band awesome music and lyrics I already have all their songs in my cell
This song popped into my head without having heard it for years and has been stuck in there for a couple of weeks now, so had to come watch it. ❤
As a 15 year old in 1980 The Flowers at Caringbah YMCA was my first gig. Though The Numbers being on the undercard was my first ever band.
Still to The Flowers I had my first kiss. To Icehouse I soon after swayed along with my first love in my arms. Till this day as a 58 year old I still wait at the Street Cafe.
Just Bliss..Flowers n Icehouse were sooo underated
great love song and best Video above the first two versions i've seen so far.
I love that metronomic, grinding rhythm guitar. It really drives the song.
Iva Davies; Australia's answer to David Bowie and Roxy Music.
So true. I heard this for the first time today (!) and couldn't decide whether it was Icehouse or Ferry/Roxy Music.
Yes he sounds like both of them in different songs. I asked Siri to play Icehouse and honestly got confused as I thought she was playing Bryan Ferry. 😂
Find the Icehouse all-covers release "Heroes" and hear Bowie's Heroes -- not one but two versions -- and Roxy's fabulous "A Really Good Time" from the Siren LP.
Australias Bryan Ferry.
Better than Brian and David.
My favourite icehouse song of all time
LOVE LOVE LOVE ICEHOUSE AND HAVE SINCE THE 80'S!!! Listening in 2020 and forever. GREAT BAND!💖
my god pinball,fish and chips , fights,frendships how good was that and it used to end at the local cafe
+Craig Downie Just as long as you remembered to raid your money box for 20 cent coins to play the games!
Brilliant My favourite ICEHOUSE song What a band people!
Loved them from Hey Little Girl....saw them live supporting Bowie in 82...Great live and so seriously underated
such a great aussie band.......great voice and sound.......takes me back to my childhood.......electric blue days............iva your a legend....
Very 80's sound!! Love it!!🥰
Love it very eerie and haunting
Yes yes
Fashions come and go, style remains which is why this song is and always will be a pleasure.
One of the best songs ever!!!
Love it so much. Especially the chorus kicking in each time.
ice house absolutely awesome band. grew up with them they so talented.
My favourite icehouse video
If you love Bowie and Roxy music get yourself a copy of this magnificent new wave masterpiece primitive man it's an amazing combo of station to station and low era Bowie with mid 70s era Roxy music this is the best
Always thought Street Cafe had some nice Roxy feels about it, not least of which the oboe solo!
Iva Davis was great ,shame the world didn't get to hear these songs
Schöne Musik aus den 80er Jahren auch die anderen Stücke wie Hey a littel Girl!!!
It reminds of days gone bye it fills like yesterday it like blink of an eye where has 40years gone
My Fave Icehouse song.
IVA is a giant artist....
One of my most favorite Icehouse songs, among several others. Primitive Man was one of their better albums, IMO.
One of my favourite Icehouse tracks
Another favourite!
The 80s were great for me got into these guys about 87
What great aussie rock those were the days magnificent
Aufregend schön.
Such a great song
Love this film clip
Absolut geile Musik, meine 80'er, ich liebe Icehouse
Bumping this because if you remember then you'll know
Such a great memory of my young years and how wonderful the world was at that time
Ahhhhhh now that's a tune from a place
i love listen 2 this song over and over again
When I listen to this song it reminds me of my trips to the Middle East. And there is still more to discover❤️
Reminds me of a few places i used to frequent in Kabul about 15 years ago. full of dodgy chancers on the make, discussing things going on just under the surface.
Proud Aussie, proud of our music