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1988s biggesthit Electric Blue by Icehouse I had for reedited the Dubacapella last version enjoying with the Extended 12 Remix version in my own video remix tribute Hope youll like this weird mix
Review Icehouse is an Australian band originally billed as Flowers best known in Australia in the late 1970s Sydney pub scene and later in the early to mid 80s for more mainstream success and radio airplay
They were formed in 1977 as Flowers by Iva Davies born Ivor Arthur Davies on 22 May 1955 in Wauchope New South Wales Australia who was the main creative force and a classically trained musician and bass player Keith Welsh for a number of years they also obtained the services of Bob Kretschmer until he was replaced by young guitarist Paul Gildea
Since 1980 Icehouse has released seven albums several compilations and music from collaborations with other artists including dance companies The 1987 album Man of Colours was released at the apex of their fame and international success
Sensing the possibility of international success the band decided to change their name in early 1981 to avoid confusion with Scottish group The Flowers As Icehouse they spent most of 1981 touring the UK Canada and US where We Can Get Together hit 62 A single release Love In Motion recorded by Davies alone but the first to be credited to the bands new name duly hit the Australian Top 10 in November 1981
In January 1982 the bands original line up split resulting in Davies recording Icehouses muchanticipated second album Primitive Man on his own with assistance from Keith Forsey who later worked with Simple Minds Released in August 1982 Primitive Man was another huge Australian hit and became Icehouses international breakthrough The hit single Hey Little Girl reached the UK Top 20 and has remained their most regularly played song Another strong track from this album was Great Southern Land which made the Australian Top 5 and was later featured in the late 1980s film Young Einstein
In 1985 Davies musical standing was further enhanced when he was commissioned to compose and record the score for the acclaimed Sydney Dance Company production of Graeme Murphys dance work Boxes
Icehouses third album Sidewalk was far more sombre and reflective featuring the tracks I Dont Believe Anymore and Someone Like You After this album the band made further inroads into the US market with their 1986 release Measure for Measure which featured none other than Brian Eno as a listed band member
The next album Man of Colours was their bestselling album It contained the hit singles Crazy and Electric Blue a song cowritten by John Oates from the band Hall and Oates Both singles reached the US Top 20 with Electric Blue hitting 7 With this album the band reached an international zenith never surpassing this level of popularity and exposure again
They were early pioneers in the use of synthesizers and the Fairlight CMI in popular music
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John Paul Young born June 21 1950 in Glasgow Scotland is an Australian singer best known for his 1978 worldwide hit single Love is in the Air
Early Career
Young and his family emigrated to Australia in his youth and by the early 1970s he had become the lead singer with Sydney rock band Elm Tree In early 1972 he was selected for the role of Ananias in the original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar and he remained with the production until it closed in 1974
Visiting producermanager Simon NapierBell heard him singing with his group in a pub in Newcastle and persuaded him to sign as a solo artist to Albert Productions the company that had produced Australias top Sixties group The Easybeats NapierBell then produced Youngs first hit single Pasadena at Armstrong Studios in Melbourne The song was cowritten by George Young and Harry Vanda of the Easybeats together with British actor David Hemmings who was a partner in NapierBells label SNB Records Vanda Young also produced ACDC
Love is in the Air is a 1977 disco song sung by John Paul Young It became his only worldwide hit during 1978 peaking at 2 on the Australian charts and 5 in the UK singles chart In the United States the song peaked at 7 on the pop chart and spent two weeks at 1 on the adult contemporary chart
In 1997 the song was covered by Krush featuring Simon Green
Cher also made a cover of the song and it was originally planned for her album Believe It was however removed for the final version
The song has been adopted by supporters of Dundee United and can usually be heard being sung at most of their matches
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DD Smash was Dave Dobbyns band after Th Dudes
In mid1981 Dobbyn forged his coup de grace Dave Dobbyns Divers Thankfully a name change eventuated to DD Smash A guitardriven four piece the band settled straight into live work Auckland venues were at their height and work was plentiful The fan base fattened by the week
By late 81 DD Smash signed a recording deal and immediately set about recording their debut album with Ian Morris in the producers chair
DD Smash released their debut album in 1982 Titled Cool Bananas it debuted in the national chart at 1 an historic first It remained in the chart for 24 weeks and became triple gold The albums biggest hit was the fantastic Devil You Know In 82 the Top Male Vocalist award was won by Dobbyn Top Group went to DD Smash Cool Bananas won Album of the Year Ian Morris got Producer of the Year for it and the album even won Engineer of the Year and Best Sleeve Design
The band toured relentlessly to a strong response and in mid82 journeyed to Australia for an investigative trip They worked regularly and Dobbyn continued to write They returned to NZ in October and Dobbyn quickly recruited a brass section A new sound fell into place
A new single was recorded in Auckland in 1983 and released shortly after Outlook for Thursday crashed into the national chart and peaked at 3 spending 23 weeks in the chart The nation was enthralled with the new brassy DD Smash and the quirky video which played week after week on Ready To Roll The single achieved gold status
Radio with Pictures devoted a live TV special to DD Smash which was subsequently released as the album Live Deep in the Heart of Taxes The band monopolised the annual record awards for the second year in a row The Top Male Vocalist award was again won by Dobbyn Top Group went to DD Smash for the second year running Outlook for Thursday was Single of the Year and Live Deep in the Heart of Taxes was voted Album of the Year DD Smash was Most Popular Band and Video of the Year went to Outlook for Thursday
Dobbyn and his band moved to Sydney to record their second studio album and world domination seemed imminent He finished 1983 by getting married
This time the producer was Charles Fisher Released in 1984 The Optimist was an unqualified success spawning two hit singles Whaling and Magic What She Do It eventually outsold its predecessor The albums sophisticated production and eclectic repertoire were a marked contrast to the twinguitar elementary tenor of Cool Bananas Touring continued with Dobbyns bynow lineup of principally Australian musicians
The quirky infectious pop songs seemed to come naturally Outlook for Thursday Magic What She Do But the purity of a classic songwriter was always there On stage with DD Smash he would take time out for Guilty his torch song debut Whaling is a timeless seashanty written on a beer mat one lonely night and now an unofficial national anthem
A celebration of the beginning of the 1984 summer turned into mayhem thanks to the combination of the crowd drinking all afternoon in the hot sun and overenthusiastic riot police Dobbyn tried to calm things down from the stage but the words he used were badly chosen Dobbyn subsequently found himself charged with inciting the riot
There was no point touring to support an album called The Optimist Dobbyn laughs now but then after two years as the most popular musician in the country there was a sense of betrayal
Band Members
Peter Rooda Warren drums vocals percussion
Rob Revox Guy guitar
Lisle Kinney bass
Dave Dobbyn guitar vocals keyboards
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