I Could Not Agree With You More! The Killers Nailed It With This Cover Of Icehouse's cover if Electric Blue!! Please Record More Cover Songs From Icehouse!! Awesome Job Guys!! Love It!!!
So many incredible covers... Forgotten Years by Midnight Oil Don't Change by INXS Betty Davis Eyes Whole of the Moon Electric Blue Can't Help Falling in Love Romeo & Juliet Girls Wanna Have Fun Don't Dream It's Over You Were Always on My Mind This Charming Man Just to name a few...
@@rw8733 There's nothing greater than an awesome artist showing love and respect for those who influenced them. The humility that is required to re-present your influencers creations with such care is astounding.
I have just figured out why I love this guy so much - I can hear every word he sings. He has clarity. Few singers can do it. Most singers mumble and slur. Not this man. He is at the top.
Interesting cuz to my ears it sounds over enunciated. I like the stylistic way vocalists can sing a line that can sound like more than one phrase. Kinda otherworldly.
You need the vocals to sit in front of the mix, they generally should take centre stage. Particularly if you're adding sfx such as reverb and distortion.
It's not just the voice, he's singing an old rock song and keeping somewhat true to the original. It isn't just that people don't sing clear, but noticed a lot of songs these days have far to much base to them that drown out the vocals. If you listen to 90s-80s and before in Rock, you'll notice the lyrics are very clear... The singers don't need base and other instrumental to drown out either bad or lazy singing, the instrumental compliments the vocals, lol. This guy has a good voice, so was a bit surprised hearing a more modern band do this song some justice, so many remakes of songs these days are just meh....
This guy - Brandon Flowers, Iva Davies who wrote this, Winehouse, Lennox, Fitzgerald, they enunciate vocals clearly. I love slide guitar replacing saxophone here. And Brandon, it's vision OF you.
From one GenX to another, I agree. Brandon Flowers is an older millennial raised with GenX roots. Have you heard their cover of Joy Division’s Shadowplay?
Icehouse was a band that should have been a worldwide huge deal. Iva Davies is an excellent song writer and multi-instrumentalist, I met him a couple of times and such a nice bloke. This is great cover. I'm sure Brandon knows Icehouse were originally called 'Flowers'.
@@MaleOrderBride Australian bands struggle when it comes to international touring. It‘s getting much better, but in the 1980s, overseas touring for a band was very expensive and time consuming.
@@VoidManufacturing No 1 in Australia, but number 7 in the US and number 53 in the UK. That means it 'was as big of a hit as it could have been' in Australia only. Which was my original point. Now hurry up and call me an asshat.
I just died. I adored this song when it came out (and the B side is awesome also). Somebody pick me up the floor and fix my jaw. This is pure gold, the way he enunciates, the way he says "I just freeze!", gives me the chills, I literally just freeze lol, this is so so good. Brandon, dude, a cover album please!
Brandon Flowers reckoned The Vines opened up the industry to a lot of indie bands including The Killers. take his words for what they are but I had no idea they were that influential outside of Aus at the time.
No one ever did a good cover of this song. So, here comes Brandon with his magnificent voice and did it FLAWLESSLY. I'm in love with this cover as much I'm love with the original one.
Brandon has a huge voice which doesn’t always strike you on first listen as his delivery is not over the top but try to sing any of his songs and you quickly realize there’s a certain depth and resonance, like a kind of natural reverb. Brilliant band, brilliant cover of a stone cold classic song!
I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. I was 6 when the original came out and adored it, and still love Icehouse to this day. They are one of the most underrated Australian bands. Your cover is perfect and I hope it will introduce Icehouse to many people who wouldn’t otherwise have found them. Thank you ♥️
I am.a Chilean fan of The killers...and this is a great cover ...Icehouse...one of my favourite bands ...Since I heard Crazy on the radio a sumar day on January 1988...Thanks The Killers for this great song....I love both bands! Greetings from Antofagasta..Chile!
I respect the killers but was never big into them but DAMN they aced this cover, did not expect anyone to be as good as icehouse at this song but the killers can sit alongside icehouse on this one. Needs to be released as a single for sure.
Not taking anything away from The Killers, but I thought the same when it came to Weezer covering a-ha's Take On Me. I'd love to see both bands just do an album of nothing but 80s covers and see how they go.
It's 11/10 for me. I commend them for keeping it as it was, not overdoing it and trying to palm it off as their own. The audio techs nailed the mix on it too. Kudos to them I say, for covering an iconic Australian song, and doing it justice while bringing it to a new generation who are, by and large, devoid of actual music talent in this day and age.
I keep listening to this. Brandon's vocals are beyond amazing. I think this is the best cover I've ever heard in my life. A whole album of this should be made, for the good of mankind.
I'd be honored if some fans of acoustic 80s covers would take a listen to my piano & vocal interpretations of EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, IS THIS LOVE by Whitesnake, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince on my YT channel. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
His voice has just gotten better and better. He’s really grown into it. He’s not forcing anything anymore (some of Battle Born’s more “epic” vocalizations come to mind). It’s effortless, silky smooth, and beautiful. It’s hard to imagine this is the same guy who sang Mr. Brightside (not that it was bad, just so vastly different). This is an incredible cover.
As a girl who only listens to 80's music and who loves the original Electric Blue, I think this is great! Plus Brandon's adorable smile at the end is the icing on the cake. 💖
I'd be honored if some fans of acoustic 80s covers would take a listen to my piano & vocal interpretations of EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince on my YT channel. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
@@purrmaid9056 You most definitely aren't! I've known (and loved) the original version for years and years and I think it's super cool that The Killers (and their sound) are so influenced by 80's bands. 🙂
Me too!!! Basically I’m stuck in the 80’s now, but The Killers remains one of my favorite groups I discovered when I was listening to new music. I don’t even like covers as a rule. Icehouse had been in high rotation lately and I fell upon this!!!!!! It...is...amazing!!! Where’s the digital download? Now they should do Crazy next, lol.
I like Icehouse and find this cover bizarre. Not the performance but...why cover Icehouse? Not the most popular band in the world. It seems like a random choice.
About 8-10 yrs ago the killers had no idea how there album should look like. There record company gave them a few samples of other recording artist, icehouse was one.
Most underrated 80's song that just happens to be my favorite of all-time. I remember when Napster came out and this was the first song I downloaded lol. I had no idea The Killers even covered it. Absolutely excellent!!
I wanted to hear this song but didn't want to feel old, and then I found this! Wow I can't stop listening to this! This version is actually better, the lead singers voice is so clear
If a boy had a chance A chance with someone like you Are you gonna break his heart? Let him cry for the moon? Are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes? I just freeze Every time you see through me And it's all over you Electric blue On my knees Help me, baby Tell me, what can I do? Electric blue Oh, I had a dream For a moment I believed it was true Oh, I'd have given anything Just to be there with you Are you hiding Somewhere behind those eyes? I just freeze Every time you see through me And it's all over you Electric blue In too deep Standing here waiting As I'm breaking into Electric blue I can see Can see that it may be just a vision for you Electric blue On my knees Help me, baby Tell me what can I do? Electric blue
I was 12 when this song came out and for some reason, after many, many years, it popped into my head and I wouldn't rest until I heard it. I couldn't remember the name of the band so when I asked Siri to play it she gave me Arcade Fire (like the band, not what I was looking for). My husband searched RUclips and started playing this on full screen. The last time I'd seen a picture The Killers the lead was a baby-faced kid and I was stunned when my husband told me it was them after I said, "I really like his voice." I have since spent far too much time since then searching for The Killers covers and my time lost is your gain. The absolutely can't miss: Got My Mind Set On You, Ultraviolet, Bette Davis Eyes.
OMG!! I'm an Aussie and this song is still iconic to us. And once again the boys just churn out pure stardust! Just brilliant. I'm sure Iva Davies is so happy with thi!! 🇦🇺❤️
The singer really captured the sentiment (of that yearning we all feel when falling in love and seeing that someone and are breath just stops)in the original recording. I do miss the saxophone solo though. Love the background vocals on this cover too. A lot of people dont know this but on the original John Oates(of course from the legendary Hall & Oates) did the background vocals .
As an Aussie who grew up with and still loves Icehouse and the Flowers before that, well done, The Killers. A truly epic rendition - you killed it (excuse the pun).
Best act to play at the AFL Grand Final. Covered Midnight Oil's 'Forgotten Years" which went down great. Ended with Richmond's fullforward on stage. Love this band
Oil's "Forgotten Years" is a Classic .... Brandon took a few verses to get into the vibe but when he did.... Boy.... did he nail it!!! Total respect to cover an Aussie anthem in front of 100k...
dougbj40 I was a 12 year old English kid in school in Sydney in 1987 and this song takes me right back there . Icehouse where a great band , cracking cover this though .
This cover is great. Everyone is on-point. I absolutely love Ted Sabley playing the sax solo on the slide guitar. And Brandon's voice is wonderful. Thanks for uploading the full performance :)
Recently announced that Ice House & The Killers will be performing at the Adelaide 500 Supercars race this December. It will be interesting if the bands co-join for this song.
Man what a coincidence. I've been listening to the original a lot lately and just stumbled on this outstanding cover. Like everyone else I'm totally on board an 80s cover album by The Killers.
It says a lot about a band who can truly do justice to a great song like Electric Blue. The highlights for me are Brandon's vocals and the slide guitar with little of the energetic drumming at the end. Bravo.
I love Ronnie rocking it at the back. Imagine Brandon became a golfer. The world would have been so much worse off. Like someone said previously he is so handsome you can't look at him straight and sending joy into the world. The Killers makes my soul rejoice
I actually met Brandon during his "Flamingo" tour and can attest that he is hard to look at face to face because of the ridiculous handsomeness. My friends and I joked that you need to talk to him peering through a pinhole in cardboard like you would an eclipse!
Outside of it being an outstanding version, the lighting, subdued background vocals and melancholy feel really captured the mood of much of the world at that time. Fantastic version 💪🔥💪
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I want an entire album of The Killers covering 80s tracks.
Steffen Dass yes, yes, yes
I so agree - this is brilliant!!
Yes, same here. That will be Awesome.
Spotify, do you hear us??
I would absolutely buy.
Oh man! We need a album call Killer Covers... I am sure no one would complain...
I applaud this idea
they did a great version of Bowie's When You Rock n Roll With Me
I Could Not Agree With You More! The Killers Nailed It With This Cover Of Icehouse's cover if Electric Blue!! Please Record More Cover Songs From Icehouse!! Awesome Job Guys!! Love It!!!
This is a great idea!
So many incredible covers...
Forgotten Years by Midnight Oil
Don't Change by INXS
Betty Davis Eyes
Whole of the Moon
Electric Blue
Can't Help Falling in Love
Romeo & Juliet
Girls Wanna Have Fun
Don't Dream It's Over
You Were Always on My Mind
This Charming Man
Just to name a few...
Absolutely insane. My respect for The Killers went up 1000x.
Fantastic, isn't it 😀
@@rw8733 There's nothing greater than an awesome artist showing love and respect for those who influenced them. The humility that is required to re-present your influencers creations with such care is astounding.
Same here
I'm late to this, always loved the Killers.
Brilliant cover, about time someone realised how amazing Icehouse were, but there's no-one quite like Iva Davies
Saw icehouse 2 months ago. They are still great live
Flowers were great too
I have just figured out why I love this guy so much - I can hear every word he sings. He has clarity. Few singers can do it. Most singers mumble and slur. Not this man. He is at the top.
Interesting cuz to my ears it sounds over enunciated. I like the stylistic way vocalists can sing a line that can sound like more than one phrase. Kinda otherworldly.
You need the vocals to sit in front of the mix, they generally should take centre stage. Particularly if you're adding sfx such as reverb and distortion.
He has remarkable clarity ( and I get the jibe also integrity ). So I agree 🙂
It's not just the voice, he's singing an old rock song and keeping somewhat true to the original. It isn't just that people don't sing clear, but noticed a lot of songs these days have far to much base to them that drown out the vocals. If you listen to 90s-80s and before in Rock, you'll notice the lyrics are very clear... The singers don't need base and other instrumental to drown out either bad or lazy singing, the instrumental compliments the vocals, lol. This guy has a good voice, so was a bit surprised hearing a more modern band do this song some justice, so many remakes of songs these days are just meh....
This guy - Brandon Flowers, Iva Davies who wrote this, Winehouse, Lennox, Fitzgerald, they enunciate vocals clearly.
I love slide guitar replacing saxophone here. And Brandon, it's vision OF you.
My respect for The Killers just skyrocketed. You get my GenX vote of approval.
From one GenX to another, I agree. Brandon Flowers is an older millennial raised with GenX roots. Have you heard their cover of Joy Division’s Shadowplay?
@@MomtoZnEGenX here. Absolutely amazing!
Gen X best generation xo
Brandon Flowers could sing shampoo ingredients and it would still sound amazing!
The Icehouse guy could combine those ingredients into shampoo and use them and it would be amazing.
Exactly! This man is pure gold, omg
I love it!!!! 😊
I agree but i hope thats not a sledge against Icehouse's lyrics 😁
Just a fantastic voice.
Icehouse was a band that should have been a worldwide huge deal. Iva Davies is an excellent song writer and multi-instrumentalist, I met him a couple of times and such a nice bloke. This is great cover. I'm sure Brandon knows Icehouse were originally called 'Flowers'.
Of course! Icehouse we’re originally called Flowers! I have their first album called “Icehouse” - so appropriate that Brandon is singing this! 🌸
Why didn't Icehouse achieve international success??
@@MaleOrderBride Australian bands struggle when it comes to international touring. It‘s getting much better, but in the 1980s, overseas touring for a band was very expensive and time consuming.
John Oates wrote this song alongside Iva Davies. It was as big of a hit as it could have been.
@@VoidManufacturing No 1 in Australia, but number 7 in the US and number 53 in the UK. That means it 'was as big of a hit as it could have been' in Australia only. Which was my original point.
Now hurry up and call me an asshat.
Glad they've actually heard of Icehouse , even better they didn't mess with this Aussie classic , vocals were bang on , top job boys .
Maybe because Icehouse were originally called Flowers
@@kayelle8005 what has that got to do with anything as they were not Flowers when this song was released
@@mjr320 just a play on the Killers’ lead singer’s name
@@kayelle8005 looks like i need to expand my music knowledge thanks for the heads up
Alex Frankl couldn’t have said it better myself.
As a killers, icehouse and John Oates fan, I feel hugely satisfied hearing this.
I just died. I adored this song when it came out (and the B side is awesome also). Somebody pick me up the floor and fix my jaw. This is pure gold, the way he enunciates, the way he says "I just freeze!", gives me the chills, I literally just freeze lol, this is so so good. Brandon, dude, a cover album please!
Kids scratching their heads wondering what B side is 😂
You made me look up the B-side. I hadn't heard it before now, and really like it! Thanks 😊
The Killers should do an entire album of covers, and call it Killer Covers
This!
The respect they have for Australian music is really apparent. They do a great job with this!
💯it’s unreal
I was just thinking it's a very respectful cover. They did it justice. 💛
I can’t wait for them to cover Savage Garden!
@@chrisseager1820 omg that would be amazing!
Brandon Flowers reckoned The Vines opened up the industry to a lot of indie bands including The Killers. take his words for what they are but I had no idea they were that influential outside of Aus at the time.
No one ever did a good cover of this song.
So, here comes Brandon with his magnificent voice and did it FLAWLESSLY.
I'm in love with this cover as much I'm love with the original one.
Yeah this is amazing. It really locks this song down.
To be fair The Sundance Kids killed this cover too.
@@chipchippahson sorry that sundance kids cover is really pisspoor compare to this magnificent cover.. im sure everyone will agree with me.
@@audreykarnova7285 absolutely I agree. This is flawless perfection.
Sounds terrible lol
Brandon has a huge voice which doesn’t always strike you on first listen as his delivery is not over the top but try to sing any of his songs and you quickly realize there’s a certain depth and resonance, like a kind of natural reverb. Brilliant band, brilliant cover of a stone cold classic song!
It’s been said that when covering a song, selection is key.. I’m not sure anyone could’ve nailed this tune better. This guys voice is on the money
He makes it look so effortless. His voice seems perfect for this song.
He’s special. That’s for sure.
That was my first thought...just so easy.
As someone who grew up in 80’s, I approve.
I just discovered this exists and I can't believe how amazing it is. I'm a huge Icehouse fan from way back. I mean this gives me chills!
I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. I was 6 when the original came out and adored it, and still love Icehouse to this day. They are one of the most underrated Australian bands. Your cover is perfect and I hope it will introduce Icehouse to many people who wouldn’t otherwise have found them. Thank you ♥️
Loved the original. Icehouse are a great band. This is a worthy cover. Well done guys.
Made me cry honestly. Love this song and love how The Killers covered it so well.
I am.a Chilean fan of The killers...and this is a great cover ...Icehouse...one of my favourite bands ...Since I heard Crazy on the radio a sumar day on January 1988...Thanks The Killers for this great song....I love both bands!
Greetings from Antofagasta..Chile!
Me too. I think I was 11 when it came out. Love them too!
Harmony de Gauthiér dads still got the first album flowers icehouse a true classic first album
I respect the killers but was never big into them but DAMN they aced this cover, did not expect anyone to be as good as icehouse at this song but the killers can sit alongside icehouse on this one. Needs to be released as a single for sure.
Not taking anything away from The Killers, but I thought the same when it came to Weezer covering a-ha's Take On Me. I'd love to see both bands just do an album of nothing but 80s covers and see how they go.
I totally agree.
Wow one of my favs song of the80's Killers u aced this song
@@athlonen It was better than I expected.
It's 11/10 for me. I commend them for keeping it as it was, not overdoing it and trying to palm it off as their own. The audio techs nailed the mix on it too. Kudos to them I say, for covering an iconic Australian song, and doing it justice while bringing it to a new generation who are, by and large, devoid of actual music talent in this day and age.
Loved the original, I was in high school when it came out. This is a spot on cover. Great job!!
Flowers has one the best pure vocals in music today.Definitely should get more recognition as one of the best musical voices out today
100%
When your favourite band covers one of your all time favourite 80s bops... 🤯👏👏👏
Fuck'n Awsome!!!
I keep listening to this. Brandon's vocals are beyond amazing. I think this is the best cover I've ever heard in my life. A whole album of this should be made, for the good of mankind.
Note for note on those vocals. God I used to love that song.
There’s a certain poetry in that Ice House used to be called Flowers 😀
Icehouse/Flowers are an amazzing band
Haha, truth.
When????!
@@jamesschumann3681 when they first started out
@@jeanbrook7229 no, I meant when did I ask for your opinion?
Damn Damn Damn - I'm a child of the 80s - How good is this?!!!!!!!
Me too. It is great to see this. 👏
I'd be honored if some fans of acoustic 80s covers would take a listen to my piano & vocal interpretations of EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, IS THIS LOVE by Whitesnake, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince on my YT channel. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
I saw Icehouse in the 80’s. This version is so perfect. Brings me back to the show. Awesome
This is soooooo good!
Hey Brandon that's your passport to be an Aussie now, lol great cover.
Just wow!! Fave Aussie band. Love this tune.. never thought The Killers would cover this classic! Love it!!
From an Australian who is a huge fan of Icehouse I am very happy The Killers did this cover as I am a fan of theirs 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
The perfect cover of a perfect song from a perfect band.
His voice has just gotten better and better. He’s really grown into it. He’s not forcing anything anymore (some of Battle Born’s more “epic” vocalizations come to mind). It’s effortless, silky smooth, and beautiful. It’s hard to imagine this is the same guy who sang Mr. Brightside (not that it was bad, just so vastly different). This is an incredible cover.
My frustration is that I can't hear this cover anywhere but youtube. It's just excellent!
This is my favorite thing in the entire world right now.
Couldn't agree more 😌
It's magical.
Ok, not just me, I've heard it about 20 times already.
Man does this song suit 'The Killers' sound. Great Job.
Yes
I love Icehouse and the Killers too. This cover is so good it's ridiculous!!. Well done to the Killers!! 🇦🇺🇺🇸
I was 16 when this song came out and this just transported me back. Fantastic cover!
As a girl who only listens to 80's music and who loves the original Electric Blue, I think this is great! Plus Brandon's adorable smile at the end is the icing on the cake. 💖
I'd be honored if some fans of acoustic 80s covers would take a listen to my piano & vocal interpretations of EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor, AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins, and PURPLE RAIN by Prince on my YT channel. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
Saaaaaame! I thought I was the only one who knew the original song existed!
@@purrmaid9056 You most definitely aren't! I've known (and loved) the original version for years and years and I think it's super cool that The Killers (and their sound) are so influenced by 80's bands. 🙂
Me too!!! Basically I’m stuck in the 80’s now, but The Killers remains one of my favorite groups I discovered when I was listening to new music. I don’t even like covers as a rule. Icehouse had been in high rotation lately and I fell upon this!!!!!! It...is...amazing!!! Where’s the digital download?
Now they should do Crazy next, lol.
As a 1980s teenager, it's a joy to hear this great version. 😀
As a long time Icehouse fan, I was prepared to hate this cover version. Instead, I find it's pretty darn good.
I like Icehouse and find this cover bizarre.
Not the performance but...why cover Icehouse?
Not the most popular band in the world. It seems like a random choice.
It’s stuck pretty close to
The original which I think is great. Some covers go way off
track that it almost sounds comps different
@@EkkaZASMR
Agreed. Not much worse than a pretentious cover.
Not a bad cover. I still like the original better though.
About 8-10 yrs ago the killers had no idea how there album should look like. There record company gave them a few samples of other recording artist, icehouse was one.
I’m Aussie and these guys are brilliant. Bring it on
Most underrated 80's song that just happens to be my favorite of all-time. I remember when Napster came out and this was the first song I downloaded lol. I had no idea The Killers even covered it. Absolutely excellent!!
He nails the high notes so easily. Damn genius! Lovely cover!
His voice is so perfect on this! ❤️
No flipping way!! My favorite 80’s song being performed by my favorite 2000’s band. Awesome!
Same
Wow that was unbelievable. If not the best, one of the best bands of this generation.
Everyone needs to go and discover or rediscover the great Icehouse.
Man that dude has a great voice. Great performance
His voice on this song is so replayable
He has such a beautiful and distinctive voice.
I first misread "replaceable" and was so ready to fight you haha :D
Right?! His voice here is so powerful and clear. Chills!
Written by John Oates of Hall and Oates...great cover!
I wanted to hear this song but didn't want to feel old, and then I found this! Wow I can't stop listening to this! This version is actually better, the lead singers voice is so clear
I’ve always been a huge Icehouse fan, and this is a really terrific cover, very faithful to the original Aussie classic.
Suq Madiq yeah no one tops Iva Davis mullet, it had a personality all of its own
I was six when the original came out and I've always loved it. This is a kick ass cover. Love the Killers.
I was 20 years old when this song came out. Thanks for covering it
I must be dreaming 😃😃😃😃❤️❤️❤️❤️absolutely beautiful
Holy shit, I regret I can only upvote this one time...
I love the original so much. I'm thrilled that others love this song as much as I do.
If a boy had a chance
A chance with someone like you
Are you gonna break his heart?
Let him cry for the moon?
Are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes?
I just freeze
Every time you see through me
And it's all over you
Electric blue
On my knees
Help me, baby
Tell me, what can I do?
Electric blue
Oh, I had a dream
For a moment I believed it was true
Oh, I'd have given anything
Just to be there with you
Are you hiding
Somewhere behind those eyes?
I just freeze
Every time you see through me
And it's all over you
Electric blue
In too deep
Standing here waiting
As I'm breaking into
Electric blue
I can see
Can see that it may be just a vision for you
Electric blue
On my knees
Help me, baby
Tell me what can I do?
Electric blue
Are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes?
One of my Top 5 bands covering one of my Top 5 80s tracks.
If there was a Killers "80s cover" album it'd be a goldmine.
It’s not easy covering Iva Davies vocals. Nicely done!👍🇺🇸
I really hope Iva watches this.
@@lenwennerberg1631 Apparently it's his favourite Icehouse cover :O
My goodness, I have this on repeat!
Just realised what a great voice he has. Love this. Great Australian music. Thanks. 👏
They played this at Hope Estate on Saturday - EPIC!
They nailed this one. Absolute perfection that matches the original. These guys rock!
Great Job Killers, Australian 80's classic that you guys have done proud. 'Icehouse' covered by 'The Killers' who would have thought it!
Brandon's voice is amazing
I was 12 when this song came out and for some reason, after many, many years, it popped into my head and I wouldn't rest until I heard it. I couldn't remember the name of the band so when I asked Siri to play it she gave me Arcade Fire (like the band, not what I was looking for). My husband searched RUclips and started playing this on full screen. The last time I'd seen a picture The Killers the lead was a baby-faced kid and I was stunned when my husband told me it was them after I said, "I really like his voice." I have since spent far too much time since then searching for The Killers covers and my time lost is your gain. The absolutely can't miss: Got My Mind Set On You, Ultraviolet, Bette Davis Eyes.
OMG!! I'm an Aussie and this song is still iconic to us. And once again the boys just churn out pure stardust! Just brilliant. I'm sure Iva Davies is so happy with thi!! 🇦🇺❤️
I can SO hear The Killer's doing Icehouse's other American hit, 'Crazy'!
Or other songs called Crazy. Let Loose, Seal, Aerosmith, etc
First thing I thought of. Crazy is a superb track, and they would have nailed it like this one
Icehouse had many hits in Australia it could be any of their songs
Ikr please and thank you.
They should do great southern land
This is completely fantastic. I want a whole album of this. Might i suggest covering When In Rome’s “The Promise” next???
Good luck with that. 😊
Ooooooh, _YES PLEASE!!!!!!!_ That would be a total eargasm, just as this is, and so many other songs The Killers do- originals and covers both.
Just heard the original on the radio, and this Killers version is just as awesome!!
I thought it far exceeded it. The Killers is like the real man's version.
The singer really captured the sentiment (of that yearning we all feel when falling in love and seeing that someone and are breath just stops)in the original recording. I do miss the saxophone solo though. Love the background vocals on this cover too. A lot of people dont know this but on the original John Oates(of course from the legendary Hall & Oates) did the background vocals .
John wrote the song.
Add the sax back in and it'd be perfect - can't be that 80s awesomeness.
@@mocarob I believe JO co-wrote the song, with Iva Davies (sorry, pedant's corner)
@@mikeydread62 Correct. They wrote it together. JO said afterwards that if Iva wasn't going to release it as a single Hall and Oates would have.
Love this song so much and The Killers do it justice. Wish they would release it!
As an Aussie who grew up with and still loves Icehouse and the Flowers before that, well done, The Killers. A truly epic rendition - you killed it (excuse the pun).
This song saved my brother joeys life
Wow, didn't realize someone other than me still liked this song.
Best act to play at the AFL Grand Final. Covered Midnight Oil's 'Forgotten Years" which went down great. Ended with Richmond's fullforward on stage. Love this band
Oil's "Forgotten Years" is a Classic .... Brandon took a few verses to get into the vibe but when he did.... Boy.... did he nail it!!! Total respect to cover an Aussie anthem in front of 100k...
I love this track and the album. Take me back to when I was 17❤
10 seconds in. I’m in love. Awesome is an understatement.
Ahhhh .... as an Aussie, this brings back great memories of the 80’s. Fantastic cover version. I second the motion for a Killers Cover Album.
dougbj40 I was a 12 year old English kid in school in Sydney in 1987 and this song takes me right back there . Icehouse where a great band , cracking cover this though .
Yeah brings it all back so many great memories ...
One of my fav 80s songs! Great cover Killers!
It blows me away that such a big band knows and Appreciates Australian music
So impressed by this. I’ve been randomly rewatching this video for a month
This cover is great. Everyone is on-point. I absolutely love Ted Sabley playing the sax solo on the slide guitar. And Brandon's voice is wonderful. Thanks for uploading the full performance :)
yep 1988. icehouse had USA hits with crazy, #14. and then electric blue. #7. they were big back at that time.. halcyon days!
Damn, that sounded clean.
Everything this band touches hits my soul. Never stop playing!
I always liked this song...Now even more with the beautiful interpretation of Brandon. :D
Thanks!
:)
My late mother's favourite song.
They are amazing.
Got me addicted to this cover and Brandon's vocals
Recently announced that Ice House & The Killers will be performing at the Adelaide 500 Supercars race this December. It will be interesting if the bands co-join for this song.
oath they will, what a song
Man what a coincidence. I've been listening to the original a lot lately and just stumbled on this outstanding cover. Like everyone else I'm totally on board an 80s cover album by The Killers.
No-one will ever beat the original, but this is pretty awesome.
Wendy Secombe IMO it’s on a par if not better!
I agree.
@@rowds57 That's because you're nuts.
True but this is so close it's ridiculous. The Killers are amazing!
@@rowds57 As stoked as I was to see The Killers cover this, you gotta be crazy to think this version comes anywhere near the original.
It says a lot about a band who can truly do justice to a great song like Electric Blue. The highlights for me are Brandon's vocals and the slide guitar with little of the energetic drumming at the end. Bravo.
The talent never ends so happy to hear the new music that came out and looking forward to hear more
And that’s how you cover a song👌👌👌
I love Ronnie rocking it at the back. Imagine Brandon became a golfer. The world would have been so much worse off. Like someone said previously he is so handsome you can't look at him straight and sending joy into the world. The Killers makes my soul rejoice
I actually met Brandon during his "Flamingo" tour and can attest that he is hard to look at face to face because of the ridiculous handsomeness. My friends and I joked that you need to talk to him peering through a pinhole in cardboard like you would an eclipse!
@@scorpiogirl114 LOL. Lucky you.
@@scorpiogirl114 LOL. Lucky you. I think the thing about Brandon is he has a beautiful soul too and that shines through
One of the best underrated 80s bands. Icehouse/Flowers are awesome. God bless Iva Davies and his hair.
Outside of it being an outstanding version, the lighting, subdued background vocals and melancholy feel really captured the mood of much of the world at that time. Fantastic version 💪🔥💪