I managed a record store when this album came out. If I wanted a sale, all I had to do was play this album on the store stereo and nine tines out of ten, someone would ask who this was and then buy the album or cassette.
Always Loved Icehouse and Iva Davies... what a delightful surprise to hear the intro of this song being used in the recent cinema movie "The Stranger" ...
I'm 48, and Icehouse was already my favorite when I was 17, and I love the music of Icehouse today :-) My daughter is 16, she does not know Icehouse unfortunately :-/
this song will never age... i can hear it in so many current synth-pop imitators, wishing to reproduce the feel of those perfect 80s classics.. but you cannot reproduce this -this is pure perfection
My first ever concert in 88. My gift from my best friend before my wedding. Had the most awesome time. Brings back many wonderful memories of the 80s with my friends and boyfriend now husband. Icehouse songs always give me goosebumps.
Iva Davies is one of Australia’s I.T. music programming geniuses. Such a dedicated & talented artist. First live gig I ever saw him do was at Cloudland, Brisbane back in the 70s when they were called Flowers. They were the support act for The Angels & what a show. Both bands were brilliant👍🏼😎👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
My favourite Flowers / Icehouse song of them all, I'll never forget the day I first discovered this on the album. Iva Davies is seriously underrated as a songwriter of masterpieces.
Great lyrics, great vocals, Iva Davies thanks for making real music, We will never get sick of your music.....This track takes me back to my youth.....
peneatrating and beautiful music and lyrics. I wonder if the simple Idea of it's begining could match the grandeur of it's result. It is fuel for the mind to to fly , for imagination and fantasy to collide! Thank you poster , a lost jewel , that hides in vynil in my loft .
One of my absolute favourite songs by Iva Davies and Icehouse. It came out when I was 10, and I didn't hear it until about 5 years later but it's a wonderful song about Helen of Troy from the perspective of all those who saw the needless deaths in the Trojan war.
This is a classic track from "Icehouse". Very underrated Aussie band and they sang about really diverse subjects, this one about the Trojan war was priceless. Always like the old Greek Myths and the classics and it was even better that someone set this to music. Love the visuals that go with this.
@TheDeepBlueWater me too...so emotionally charged. it was the soundtrack for every little move this girl Bethany made. this was the song that played everywhere around me and inside me as i worshipped her.
I was such a queen head.. never listened to anything else. i Missed flowers/icehouse hunters and collectors i did see jimmy and the boys chisel and moil but regret never seeing icehouse
"The soldiers standing on the shore Shake up their golden shields You watch them from your room High on the city walls In the distance on the shifting sea A thousand colored sails Is this the moment you made? Is this the way that you planned? You know it won't be long now The finest treasures of kings All of those precious things They never tempted you So as you stood in the ruins How could you dare to look on? As they burned for you The broken pieces of clay And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue You remember how it used to be When you were just a girl Nothing really mattered then You can remember so well How you used to hold your head so high Those days will never return The finest treasures of kings All of those precious things They never tempted you So as you stood in the ruins How could you dare to look on? As they burned for you The broken pieces of clay And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue Dust is drifting in the evening air Across the field below The silver mirror, you hold Will never tell You turn your face away The finest treasures of kings All of those precious things They never tempted you So as you stood in the ruins How could you dare to look on? As they burned for you The broken pieces of clay And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue The broken pieces of clay And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue." - Iva Davies, Icehouse, 1982.
"Trojan Blue" The soldiers standing on the shore, shake up their golden shields You watch them from your room, high on the city walls In the distance on the shifting sea, a thousand coloured sails Is this the moment you made? Is this the way that you planned? You know it won't be long now The finest treasures of kings, all of those precious things They never tempted you So as you stood in the ruins, how could you dare to look on As they burned for you...? The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue You remember how it used to be when you were just a girl Nothing really mattered then, you can remember so well How you used to hold your head so high, those days will never return The finest treasures of kings, all of those precious things They never tempted you So as you stood in the ruins, how could you dare to look on As they burned for you...? Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue Dust is drifting in the evening air, across the field below The silver mirror, you hold will never tell...You turn your face away The finest treasures of kings, all of those precious things They never tempted you So as you stood in the ruins, how could you dare to look on As they burned for you...? Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
awesome! such a great song!!! :) :) one of my fave Icehouse ones!! I really love Icehouse!! have for all my life! over 30 years now. they are amazing :) I would so love to be able to see them perform Live!! :) thanks for this video!! and the beautiful Awesome pics with it! :) peace and cheers to you. have peace and lots of it. happiness!
I dunno I always wanna know where Icehouse is heard ;-) Long Beach CA but fan via Waco TX 1986 of Icehouse !!! I played this and much other Icehouse on Baylor's radio station KWBU which was, awesomely, jazz classical Christian rock old country/folk and so many other genres plus pop alternative which is where Icehouse fell. What a band!......
Hi charleen Seen icehouse recently Thinking they wouldn't be as good now as before But was blown away by them Was the best concert l have seen in years
I have this on vinyl too. Will have to check Amazon on the off chance I can dowload some of Icehouse's older stuff onto my MP3. Then I can die happy.(lol) Honestly, this would have been an excellent song to set to scenes from Gladiator, especially some of the more tender scenes between Lucilla and Maximus. Considering he's a fellow Ozzie and musician, I'll bet Russell Crowe would approve.
The stranger brought me here.
Am from India..After watching The Stranger movie,came here
Was 14 when discovered Icehouse in 87. Now am 46.
Who is here from The Netflix film The Stranger? I forgot just how good Icehouse are! I have a few of their LPs! Fantastic!!
I managed a record store when this album came out. If I wanted a sale, all I had to do was play this album on the store stereo and nine tines out of ten, someone would ask who this was and then buy the album or cassette.
This made my day.
Gold. Love that 😎🌅🍀
My favourite Icehouse Song ... stunning ...
He's still handsome ! And still talented . What an artist .😍
Revolutionary scene in The Stranger
he's really only now being recognised by the masses for his genius - we all knew it the moment the song 'icehouse' was released by the flowers though,
i used to have to listen to it on my dads stereo with headphones on while my folks watched t.v. the music got inside me and it was haunting
best 80s song by a very very long way. Only Del Amitri really comes close.
Always Loved Icehouse and Iva Davies... what a delightful surprise to hear the intro of this song being used in the recent cinema movie "The Stranger" ...
Since near 30 years one of my fav. tracks ever...
hands down - greatest song of the entire 80s
A very poetic song about Homer's The Iliad...a love affair that launched a thousand ships and the Trojan War. Awesome song!
I'm 17 and Icehouse is my favorite band ever.
Good taste, mate !!! ;-)
awesome... glad to see someone so young has good taste.
I'm 48, and Icehouse was already my favorite when I was 17, and I love the music of Icehouse today :-) My daughter is 16, she does not know Icehouse unfortunately :-/
haube04 up to you to show her mate, and keep her away from the likes of Lady Gaga and Madonna. you'll be doing her soul a favour.
At the moment I'm trying to inspire her for the music of Marillion, a hard one :D
Such an incredible beautifull, melancholic song. Their very best song, in my opinion.
What other similar tracks are there? Doesn’t necessarily have to be icehouse
He's always singing with so much passion! Stunning!!!
Great tune Thanks Mark
Such a creepy scene from the stranger
One of the best groups from the 70`s to now.
This song is timeless and before its time. Beautiful
Badass song.....Icehouse, damn right!
Thanks to The Stranger with Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris for introducing me to this song and band.
this album was the sound of my teens, still sends a shiver down my spine when i hear the opening bars
this song will never age... i can hear it in so many current synth-pop imitators, wishing to reproduce the feel of those perfect 80s classics.. but you cannot reproduce this -this is pure perfection
I heard this song playing In the movie "The Stanger" 2023. It's definitely a hit
Whoever put this together is is a good master of the first order. ...
My first ever concert in 88. My gift from my best friend before my wedding. Had the most awesome time. Brings back many wonderful memories of the 80s with my friends and boyfriend now husband. Icehouse songs always give me goosebumps.
Julie Turner you are lucky! 😍
You still married?
Iva Davies is one of Australia’s I.T. music programming geniuses. Such a dedicated & talented artist. First live gig I ever saw him do was at Cloudland, Brisbane back in the 70s when they were called Flowers. They were the support act for The Angels & what a show. Both bands were brilliant👍🏼😎👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
heard this when I was 12- was my fave icehouse song of the lot and still is now.
My favourite Flowers / Icehouse song of them all, I'll never forget the day I first discovered this on the album. Iva Davies is seriously underrated as a songwriter of masterpieces.
Awesome.............haunting as it always was when it first came out............
The Trojan War ended 3,196 years ago. Time lends a patina of romance to all things.
Great lyrics, great vocals, Iva Davies thanks for making real music, We will never get sick of your music.....This track takes me back to my youth.....
Just pure class and timeless
peneatrating and beautiful music and lyrics. I wonder if the simple Idea of it's begining could match the grandeur of it's result. It is fuel for the mind to to fly , for imagination and fantasy to collide! Thank you poster , a lost jewel , that hides in vynil in my loft .
👌 Tiimeless Masterpiece 👌
it's funny how a song from back when, can still trigger memories thought lost.
Never tire of Icehouse, the catalogue gets greater by the day. Eire abu 🇮🇪
Fantastic song.
One of my absolute favourite songs by Iva Davies and Icehouse. It came out when I was 10, and I didn't hear it until about 5 years later but it's a wonderful song about Helen of Troy from the perspective of all those who saw the needless deaths in the Trojan war.
The swells and pads, just a true blue 80s gem…
pure class
This is a classic track from "Icehouse". Very underrated Aussie band and they sang about really diverse subjects, this one about the Trojan war was priceless. Always like the old Greek Myths and the classics and it was even better that someone set this to music. Love the visuals that go with this.
This and Great Southern Land will forever be imprinted in my brain... I heard them in the 80's in Ferntree Gully Victoria.. awesome band..
What other similar tracks are there? Doesn’t necessarily have to be icehouse
@@chronicillz1879it's 80's post-punk / new romantic. Lots of similar out there of which this remains an excellent example
I would say 'haunting' is the perfect word to describe it (and all of Icehouse's songs). :-)
Seriously!!.
Ever see his voice on No Promises, when he sings that song you can see his talent come through.
Very cool and cannot be repeated again. Once in a lifetime.....
@TheDeepBlueWater me too...so emotionally charged. it was the soundtrack for every little move this girl Bethany made. this was the song that played everywhere around me and inside me as i worshipped her.
One of my absolute favourite Icehouse songs, hauntingly beautiful
That BEAUTIFUL VOICE goes right through your very soul!
Absolutely!
Beautiful song! Sounds like it could have also been a title track to a James Bond movie. Thanks for posting.
WWOOOWWW one of an timeless Song,and phantastic Pictures
I love this song icehouse is a great band
Epic, that's the only word for this song! Never fails to give me goosebumps.
It was such a significant song for me at the time.
real great song that's why i'm a fan of icehouse too....
The Best.........
I have been looking for this and thanks for all them 80s memories - brill one I played to death on vinyl!
fell in love with this the 1st time I ever heard.Want it played at my funeral
oh no, not for You now, but it is very "spacy"
I’m here from the Stranger cause radio DJs don’t play music like they should.
Seriously Thanks mate. Brilliant song that's been hard to find. Standout of "Primitive Man" for mine
I was such a queen head.. never listened to anything else. i Missed flowers/icehouse hunters and collectors i did see jimmy and the boys chisel and moil but regret never seeing icehouse
Great Job and nice Vid......Davies' songs are fantastic
From Argentina... I fun of Icehouse!!!
Don't make me cry!! I know exactly what you mean. Those days will always be in our hearts. :-)
Beautiful song
Love this song & your pictures are beautiful! Listen to it on a beach! Life is Good! Keep Kool/Stay Frosty & Live Inside The Icehouse My Friends! : )
I cannot believe I have never heard of this group before! They are bloody awesome!
Barbara Lee Never heard of them ????..... You live under a rock ??
Masterpiece.........
"The soldiers standing on the shore
Shake up their golden shields
You watch them from your room
High on the city walls
In the distance on the shifting sea
A thousand colored sails
Is this the moment you made?
Is this the way that you planned?
You know it won't be long now
The finest treasures of kings
All of those precious things
They never tempted you
So as you stood in the ruins
How could you dare to look on?
As they burned for you
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
You remember how it used to be
When you were just a girl
Nothing really mattered then
You can remember so well
How you used to hold your head so high
Those days will never return
The finest treasures of kings
All of those precious things
They never tempted you
So as you stood in the ruins
How could you dare to look on?
As they burned for you
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
Dust is drifting in the evening air
Across the field below
The silver mirror, you hold
Will never tell
You turn your face away
The finest treasures of kings
All of those precious things
They never tempted you
So as you stood in the ruins
How could you dare to look on?
As they burned for you
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
The broken pieces of clay
And the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue." - Iva Davies, Icehouse, 1982.
👌
"Trojan Blue"
The soldiers standing on the shore, shake up their golden shields
You watch them from your room, high on the city walls
In the distance on the shifting sea, a thousand coloured sails
Is this the moment you made? Is this the way that you planned?
You know it won't be long now
The finest treasures of kings, all of those precious things
They never tempted you
So as you stood in the ruins, how could you dare to look on
As they burned for you...?
The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
You remember how it used to be when you were just a girl
Nothing really mattered then, you can remember so well
How you used to hold your head so high, those days will never return
The finest treasures of kings, all of those precious things
They never tempted you
So as you stood in the ruins, how could you dare to look on
As they burned for you...? Mmm-hmm, mmm-hmm
The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
Dust is drifting in the evening air, across the field below
The silver mirror, you hold will never tell...You turn your face away
The finest treasures of kings, all of those precious things
They never tempted you
So as you stood in the ruins, how could you dare to look on
As they burned for you...? Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
The broken pieces of clay and the palest eyes, painted in Trojan blue
the movie „the stranger“ brought me here, great song!
The Stranger brought me here. Fantastic record.
Me too
What a beautiful song 🎵🎶🥁🎸🎹💖
awesome! such a great song!!! :) :) one of my fave Icehouse ones!! I really love Icehouse!! have for all my life! over 30 years now. they are amazing :) I would so love to be able to see them perform Live!! :) thanks for this video!! and the beautiful Awesome pics with it! :) peace and cheers to you. have peace and lots of it. happiness!
not saying thanks
I'm not telling a stranger where I'm from
I dunno I always wanna know where Icehouse is heard ;-)
Long Beach CA but fan via Waco TX 1986 of Icehouse !!! I played this and much other Icehouse on Baylor's radio station KWBU which was, awesomely, jazz classical Christian rock old country/folk and so many other genres plus pop alternative which is where Icehouse fell. What a band!......
Hi charleen
Seen icehouse recently
Thinking they wouldn't be as good now as before
But was blown away by them
Was the best concert l have seen in years
Fantastic! Other Wordly, another time!
This says it all to me.
j'aime et que de souvenirs d'amour, Merci
The movie "The Stranger" brought me here..
The Stranger on Netflix brought me here.
Me too.
So beautiful
Sweet as, thanks for shareing
Thank you! The fellow above was telling me Russell Crowe is a Kiwi. I always wondered what Iva's b-day was. I appreciate you looking it up for me.
May 26 - Gemini
love this with a passion,always have
Exquisite. Conjures a nobler, lost age.
Icehouse actually grows on you.
The Stranger 2022 👌👍🎵
I have this on vinyl too. Will have to check Amazon on the off chance I can dowload some of Icehouse's older stuff onto my MP3. Then I can die happy.(lol)
Honestly, this would have been an excellent song to set to scenes from Gladiator, especially some of the more tender scenes between Lucilla and Maximus. Considering he's a fellow Ozzie and musician, I'll bet Russell Crowe would approve.
Certainly worthy song to put story/pix together - loved it when first released and haven't heard it for ages. Thank you!
Just: Thank You!
I want the eighties back! Great performance - unfortunately the video stops from time to time.
Came from -the stranger -2022
I’m here because of “the stranger” on Netflix
Memories of long ago.
Great song.
Seen iva davis at countdown
COOL SONG
Absolutely amazing song, i Think youve done a great job with the visuals they are aimilar things to what i imagined.
That intro...
What. A. Song.
😎❤