Icehouse

I'm Darren Ludlow, lined up, a former neighbor.

Initially called Flowers, in 1981, the band had to rebrand as Icehouse, which was the title of the first Flowers LP, and that followed a dispute with a British band called The Flowers.

Icehouse is a much cooler name, pun completely intended.

Now, as Icehouse, their first LP was called Primitive Man.

It came out in 1982, and here is the lead single from it, Great Southern Land.

[singing]

Well, you've gotta be crazy, baby, to want a guy like me.

Yeah, you've gotta be crazy, baby

Working Class Man by Jimmy Barnes is number three.

Great Southern Land by Icehouse is number four, and It's a Long Way to the Top if you Wanna Rock and Roll is AC... by AC/DC was number five.

No notes.

Yep.

So good, so good.

Last time I went to a Wallabies game at Eden Park, I remember, uh, when they started playing Icehouse and Great Southern Land on the tannoy system around the whole ground, and the whole thing's throbbing away to this gr- this song.

The ...

Honestly, the hairs went up on the back of my neck, you know?

They just won't be extracting any money from my pocket.

When Bernard goes out and tours as Bernard Fanning and he's on, say, one of the big music festivals that we have in Australia, like Red Hot Summer, he's playing at three o'clock in the afternoon and earning probably one third the amount of money that he's on the same bill as Ivor Davies of Icehouse and watching what Ivor is getting under the name Icehouse.

So just the brand name of Powderfinger alone would triple or quadruple his earnings immediately.

Well, that's between him and his accountant, of course, and the Australian tax office.

The church, so we'll start right here.

Icehouse for the latest band to perform and it is an absolute pleasure to welcome Jamie Gaye to Triple M's Homeground.

How are you, man?

Oh, thanks, mate.

What a wonderful intro.

You're more than welcome.

Now, you've just got back from a trip with Icehouse Performing.

I always wondered, like, is there a lot of time to rest or is it you're straight on to the next project?

...

Icehouse.

Awesome.

Thank you so much.

I mean, I just can't wait.

I absolutely can't wait, you know? And, uh, you know, between you guys and me, you know, I wouldn't mind, uh, if we played the song Electric Blue by Icehouse and, and if I got to sing it.

That'd be kinda fun.

Uh, and that would be the event for it, too, at the Electric Holler, I suppose.