Icehouse - Great Southern Land (Live in 2005)

[shiamano]

questo rullante è una merda esce fuori dal pezzo e disturba ma il pezzo rimane strepitoso grandi ice house

[Jackupnow]

ROCK. ON AUSTRALIA  ON 26 JAN

[Jackupnow]

HAVE

[slawas007]

fajowa koncertówa, lubię posłuchać starych 'grzbyli' w takim wydaniu

stary grzbyl slawas

[printerdonls328]

sound techs did great job in this live performance, sounded really good

[byron8181]

@ seraphleo well, yes, agreed....he still looks good and the song is amazing!!!

[knhmgruth]

Australia has to look no further for a new national anthem

[grantmccagg]

Great live version, love the beat. The song Icehouse hit the FM charts in Canada in 1980 or so, and I was 16 and really liked it, but never bought the album. Heard the first side of that album at a friend's house a year or two later and loved every song..went and got the album the next day.Tthen Primitive Man came out...what an album, and what a song.  Their best song ever and best album. I was in college when Primitive Man came out..would listen to this song cranked in the dark over and over

[TheGodParticle]

Soooooooo glad the Mullets gone.

[askinner621]

Iva Davies he is a Bloody legend

[bulbaky]

Icehouse has a lot fans in Ecuador !!!!

Greetings From the middle of the World

[shawnspeed3]

I would have kept the mullet!

[seraphleo]

lol... byron8181, it's called "age". He and I are both past 50, but I wish I looked as good! ;-)

[byron8181]

This isn't lip synched, its live.  But, geez, he doesn't look that good, what's with the nasty blond dye job?? He used to be such a sexy looking guy...:-(

[reubeny1]

its not lip synched. Iva does sing in this video.

[stonethrower88]

this is lip-synched.

[cicobuffy]

Awesome song vibe

[Jocke173]

Nice ;-) Love this song! Great live sound and arrangement... Even if it's sequence supported there ;-)

[InflatableSailsman]

Got this on the original vinyl - great music, great times. Check out the original Flowers album too (before they became Icehouse) - confusingly the album is called Icehouse.

[WistfulnessLonging]

Note: to all your foreigners, that the structure in the background of the concert platform with the flag on it, is the House of Parilament of the Australian Government.

[funjonno71]

if you saw this i wish i was you

[Helfercr]

This makes me wish I was Australian

[SuperPoodle2011]

this should be the australian national anthem proud to be an australian

[ShaBiCaoNiMa]

3:04 = Fail

[iadobeyou]

@ShaBiCaoNiMa Yep, agreed - Mr Gildea took it just that step too far there. Sometimes less is more - an otherwise great performance.

[fishhedz]

still sounds amazing

[Kissology3]

Man I live in Canada and this song was awesome the first time I heard it. It still sounds good 22 years later. ICON music never dies. I wish I could see this guy one day here in Canada.

[TheTateIsSweeT]

australia! the magnet of every dangerous animals and insects.

[KapteinNemo]

The Captain salutes one of the top-top bands of all time...

[wranglerkowboy1]

mad props to you guys, Great improvements to an already masterfull song. Hey, not to many bands can actually sound good live, but you guys pulled that off as well!!! Incredible!!

[kevinthewarlock]

What an AWESOME SONG!!!  I love it!!!

[eddybck7]

it's all Iva in this one,,what a voice,,,drove from Boston to Tampa many years ago when this first came out,,, played around the clock on the whole drive,,,AWESOME TIME,,great memories brought back by these guys,,

[Saiphedias0815]

I fell in love with this song while watching Einstein Junior

[Syncla]

The best versioni´ve ever heard!

This goes deeeeeep.

[tdgrev]

Ivor Davies still has it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Darkover54]

I still love it too ...just brilliant

[sonicjett]

OMG I still L O V E it (and I'm a NZ'er!!)

[mantra3000]

That is some tight performance!

[thefirstchampster]

Such a brilliant performance. Good music will never die.

[firstperson760]

Some dirty $#!&^%$ stole Iva's Mullet !!!

[zapproowsdower]

kinda looks like... Julian Assange... =)

[kix2gum]

i 'm so glad to see this video !!

it so hard to get their CD in Japan.

i always buy CD from OZ or UK.

thank you, to up I.H. live !!

[petars234]

Makes me proud to be Australian.

[boganbrawler]

musicians today dont have the same quality crossover between their live shows and recorded songs

[TheYakkyman]

LOL 2:57 young chick with a pink black sabbath shirt!

[Glyde11209]

Davies still has that outstanding voice!

[fagash33]

Please please put on I tunes

[timcro24]

This song absolutely makes my day!  This and Foster's remind me of the 80's and better days of yore. Best of luck to you all, Iva Davies still has a ton of talent!

[mannyR37]

Was this the original lineup from the 80's?

[kasavubu]

Awesome performance from the band. The haunting synth pad sound evocatively captures the feel of the land as it did years ago but with this upated delivery from the musicans the song has a fresh feel and it has been moved forward sonically. A snap shot of what this nation is maybe? Forget the political comments just enjoy the music.

[Delanahw]

@kasavubu Check out the finale of Battle of the Choirs, a wonderful rendition of this song and Iva's voice is so pure and sweet it made my heart ache. : )

[yarxi1]

Icehouse... Awesome band, great sound. When they made their way across the ocean to KROQ in the 80's, I was hooked. It's too bad that it's damn near impossible to find their albums.

[Delanahw]

@yarxi1 Hey check out Amazon you can a good many from the Amazon Icehouse store

[carlosAlberto0310]

How wonderful, sounding as if in a recording studio.

[Delanahw]

Makes me want to pack up move from sunny Florida to Australia, Iva is wonderful, I've been crushing on him from the time I was in my teens and he is still as beautiful and talented as he ever was. He's like all classically beautiful things, he simply gets better with each year that passes. I also admire his love and dedication to his family, God Bless you Iva. XXXOOO

[soneeqboom]

PLS BRING BACK THE MULLET!!!

[christophersfollie]

Iva still looks good.... Great song... Great Southern Land....

[PositiveLastAction]

@christophersfollie yes!!

[sedoble]

I often wonder why Icehouse didn't rule the world........

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

there is something special about being an australian, it is intrinsic in all aussies, our earht, our soil, is part of us, we have never had a civil war, we have a peace that isnt found practically anywhere else in the world. we allow others from all lands and come and participate in our society if they choose to. i am aussie in japan, and every day away from australia, you learn more who you are, and what it means to be aussie.

[PiggsyUK]

@1973mazdarx4coupe

The country has been criticised by the United Nations for direct discrimination against Aboriginal people leading to healthcare that is worse than in some Third World countries.

There is a lot for Australia to be rightly proud of. But it should not be painted as some kind of paradise while Aboriginal human rights are routinely violated.

Good song in any case.

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

@PiggsyUK OK, so, how many more billions frmo tax payers will it cost? as you obviously know. you know so much about australia, where aborignals live in city complexes close to all facilities.

[PiggsyUK]

@1973mazdarx4coupe

Oh I see, it's all about the cost. So you're happy for a section of your population to live in 3rd World conditions as long as your taxes don't go up.

Your touchy response really goes to show how little some Australians know about the position of Aboriginal people.

I repeat, Australia has many good things about it. But it is only a paradise to those who keep themselves ignorant to the economic and social reality of many of their countrymen.

[PiggsyUK]

@1973mazdarx4coupe

Final comment. Did you know that 71% of Aboriginal people die before the age of 65 and that 45% of Aboriginal men die before they are 45. The difference in indigenous/non-indigenous life expectancy is 20 years - far greater than in the US, Canada and New Zealand. My Australian friends regard that as a source of national shame. You, apparently, are one of those who think that as long as the sun is shining and taxes are low it doesn't matter. No matter, good luck to you.

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

@PiggsyUK fuck you communist, you think the state should do everything for you. go fuck off to cnorth korea and enjoy your paradise. the services are there, the choice is for the individual to make, they can improve their lives if they wish. also, my mother has skin cancer, she is half native aussie, she got put on an `next possible time` list, which only is available to aboriginal and torres strait islanders ! isnt that racism? fuck you commie! as i say, go live in north korea!

[PiggsyUK]

@1973mazdarx4coupe

Oh dear. Economics and politics aren't your strongpoint are they dear?  Textbook example of how to make a fool of yourself on the internet. Thank goodness you're not representative of most Australians.

[1973mazdarx4coupe]

@PiggsyUK i guess if i expected everything for free from the government i would have your opinion too. go visit them, go see how everything ends up destroyed they get for free. recently the government gave them all free computers, already 60% are broken ! 10% are locked up at school at the end of the week ! i guess you would say `well 30% are fine, so, more free stuff to them!`. fuck you, i pray for the devil to take particular interest in your eternal torture..

[Slipstream0001]

Awesome... but that big 80's snare drum is missing.

[kasavubu]

@Slipstream0001

Thank God for that! Great for the 3 year period in the early 80's that that gated snare drenched in verb ruled the commerical waves but nice to see a crisp snappy snare within a modern sounding mix. That gated stuff went out with the mullet :)

[getachefupya]

Iva Davies for PM. Champion.

[TheStargazer777]

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY! 

[75londonraider]

Loved hearing this as the players came out during the Ashes, will always remind me of a great trip down under, especially the line about the harbour.

[MultiFirefighter16]

This is the best song for ever

[justinasb]

I'm Lithuanian and I adore Icehouse... You can see how far they gone.... :)

[450hp202turbo]

i know its 6 years old but dam they are so tight still after all these years . great clip and sound . 10/10 thumbs up

[mollysangelique]

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[mollysangelique]

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[mollysangelique]

wat,myn,favouriten,waren,nieuw­s,horrorclip,kan,je,die,verwyd­eren,peet,

[doctorwholittle]

The man STILL kicks arse!!

Thanks for putting this up!

[h4122]

was that scrag face killeen at the start? 

[mondobongo9]

Happy New Year  to you , aussies !

[RICKYYYYYYYYYYY1]

great band..... TRIBUTE BOWIE....

[CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

And so it should. When are Icehouse going to come back to the UK and tour?

They need to reclaim the land. All the UK vmusic press, which are, by the way, a bunch of wankers, dismissed Icehouse as bowie rip off rubbish. Yeah. Right, Iva Davis is one of the greatest songwriters of our time.

[starcontrol2]

awesome!!!!

[lovo356]

are they relatives to the guys from midnight juggernauts?

[obiwankenobi28]

That was plain brilliant!

[MidgeU]

einfach nur geil dieses life event...kein gekrächze wie so manch andere...einfach top nach sooo langer zeit!!

icehouse waren meine "begleiter" in meiner "sturm- und rangzeit"...

long life australia!!!!!

[cantwellp1]

Great band, I roadied for them in the 80's in Europe, although the line-up has drastically changed since then.

[fluffydolly]

icehouse forever....great aussie rock!!!!

[kabsther]

Iva Davies is like the good wine... the older he gets the betters he tastes....

[bugbytes33]

This sounds KICK ASS AWESOME!!!! REAL MUSIC!

[rosebelforth71]

ever sound as good as ever, i love this classic, thanks for posting,

[sOnarPL]

old good track from Young Einstein the movie...

[meuela]

would love to see them reform again for a tour, remember seeing them as : Flowers @ the bondi lifesavers before cold chisel, both great aussie bands from the era

[fabricamouramir]

Super groupe australien, ayant connu un certain succès durant les 80's, surtout dans les pays anglo-saxons. La France est passée complètement à côté d'un groupe talentueux, une fois de plus.

De grands moments sur les différents version de ce tube !!

Cette version live reste somptueuse. Qlq'un sait-il si elle se trouve sur support cd live ou autre ? A part ici bien entendu !!

[derleemah]

They sound just as good as they did back in the 80s.

[mattsrage76]

@derleemah i 100% agree with you!! 

[EnviXR8]

@ Hubbard1963 sounds like you've been eating sour grapes. Do we get too much fine weather and sunshine for you! Why tell us to grow up because we are proud of our country, and where we come from? How bout you just piss off and whinge at some other country who gives a shit what you poms have to say. Twat!

[zumerian]

rock concert in front of the house of Parliament. !!!

[Wiennaable]

thanks....

[AdventureLife75]

Awesome. It's always a pleasure to hear an excellent live version of a classic! 

[sun4ever777]

Bloody awesome

[Grumpy7783]

If i had another choice of country to have been born in and live it would definetely be the great land of Australia.

[Hubbard1963]

Get over being so far away....all culture beig somewhere....even the bongs....!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grow up Australia

[wildhoppycat55]

@Hubbard1963 do u even understand WHAT this song is about?

it's a GREAT Oz classic song talking bout the history of Oz like the whit ppl coming here

[areasmith]

Thank you for posting this - love the 80's music and really love it when these bands still play today! Awesome video!

[Kinkizzy09]

First time I heard this was watching Young Einstein...cool movie...great song!

[gratzner]

@Kinkizzy09 Ye me too! :)

[SPENCERTTF]

SO GOOD

[sebbbo77]

Poor Kevin Rudd.

This song "rings true" for him.

.... Australia despite his efforts

to change it, is still a "prisoner island" full of

hungry thieves. Just look at his own demise.

Julia "Gill-Lard" STABBED HIM IN THE BACK !!

Now he walks alone ..... like a "primitive man".

At the next election - are YOU gonna let her

BETRAY Australia that way ?? :P

[amelhuish]

Amazing. Go iva. Come back to NZ any time !

[korily1]

Love Icehouse. Still soud as good as it did 20yrs ago.

[simbaridge]

@korily1 You know what everybody?....................­.Icehouse and Iva have never had a bad song EVER!

[Aleckael]

20 years later and Iva still sounds legit!

[TheClam71]

love this group so much, and this song makes me wish I lived ther!!!

[phxsuns65]

Great assuie group

[brij2far25346]

Im a yank....you aussies jam like no others..truth!

[GhostInTheMachine197]

this song should be Australia's National Anthem...

[MARINNOMARTINS]

i love AUSSIE MUSIK..

[J4K000B]

love this song.. greetings from Germany

[MRMILO57]

This is timeless track, love it.

No matter what people say, Australia is not part of Asia.

We are an island continant, simple!

[OldRottenDingo]

Iva is wonderful, no doubt.

[manjaundmajo]

fantastische livemucke. eine der besten bands

[rainerscheuch]

One of the best bands ever, music with soul - thx Iva

[bebop58]

God remember Iva trialing this song live in the early days of Flowers . Still gorgeous>>

[askinner621]

I'm Aussie through and through makes me proud thanks mate

[OldRottenDingo]

Super song, Iva ist the greatest modern singer, I love this song very much

[yalejomo]

Great song, great band, great performance, especially after all these years. Brings back fond memories of juvenile times... thanks for uploading!

[edblzds]

Iva and Ice House are great!!

[26cab40]

I was a massive fan of UK electronic music, Visage, Cabaret Voltaire, Human League, OMD, the list goes on and on.

I only ever thought Oz and Kiwi music was a sort of watered down US rock, but when I first heard Icehouse, Split Enz and Severed Heads, it was totally turned on its head.

There's a musical movement here as important as German Music was in the 70's (don't say Krautrock, that sucks).

As the "New Romantic" thing happened here, the Sorthern Oceans had their own renaissance.

Amazing.

[hallerstroem]

REALLY good live version!! Wow, that voice.. :)

[mgumto]

This song kicks ass. Don't care how old it is. Not to mention they sound incredible live...

[suffering1231]

jesus! Iva (look) i remember is look on the album (man of colours 1987) .. what a transformation!! : o  .. but nice voice! .. i think he live now in amsterdam? ... my favorite aussie(icehouse) band in the 80 ... very good music!

[ruantengyi]

Wow, makes wanna cry cause I am proud to be an Aussie while listening to that song. It must be Icehouse's best signature song!

[Colinl3052]

It would be a fantastic version if Iva sang it properly at the start and also knew when the guitar solo was coming! :o))

[ALESSA73]

Buuuuuaaa...He was soo cute !!!

snifff, and Iva don´t play anymore with Icehouse players from the 80´s :(

so, it´s Iva , not icehouse really

Anyway...he still have a good voice.

[huesero51]

Great version. I heard this song when i was a teenager. I didn't know they were australians. Maybe this could be their "national anthem" ( kidding)

[RobyWAn32]

this version is better than the orginal

[wildmandazza]

Makes me so proud to be Australian....thanks icehouse! This is our culture!

[ruantengyi]

Me too.

God bless Australia!

[ruantengyi]

@wildmandazza Yes, me too! We need more songs about our country

[mypetification]

@wildmandazza she's ours mate!! For ever.......

[goonies3000]

@wildmandazza amen even if I am From the USA still amen wished I was there.

[rainerscheuch]

Tja, wenn wir alle noch mitt 55 so fit, wie Iva sind und noch so gut aussehen, aber so ist das mit den Musikern, die lieben und leben ihren Traum..sollten wir alle machen und uns endlich aus der industriellen Knechtschaft befreien...

[Hugo6515]

Im Jahre 1982 erschien dieser Song und wird mich ewig an meine Jugend erinnern. Die erste große Liebe, das kribbeln im Bauch, kann und will man einfach nicht vergessen.

THANKS ICEHOUSE

[TheEvoNut]

Nearly 30 years since I first heard this song and it still gets to me.

Great song, great album, great era in Aussie rock.

[OldRottenDingo]

Must hear this song every day, its really top for me.

[fioflury]

one of my favorite version. thank you Iva..:-)

[gypsyinlondon]

I have tried to buy this song by ice house ,but napster or I-tunes do not sell this song by ice-house.

How Do I get it , as the other versions are not as good as Ice house

[TheCultlover]

gypsy in london,if you havent got it yet i'll send you the mp3 of it if you want.just get in touch

[airsidetv]

This song transports you to that prisoner island hidden in the summer for a million years, burning you black against the ground over 40000 years, telling you the story of a journey that ended long ago, a great southern land... great job Iva, always loved your work!

[Elmo1869]

One more time, The Kids of today just don't understand what ART truely was. I suppose a lot of our parents said the same thing though hope you guys are doin OK............................­....

[Kedgereeclub]

Yes, it does sound like my Mum when she said about Led Zeppelin, "I don´t understand why he´s screaming all the time" in 1972

[autopilotflight]

truly an excellent song and top rate performance live!

[cspace1234nz]

Some of these great artists shouldn't be allowed to age.

We should be able to have some supernatural voting system whereby we can vote for certain artists and they remain immortal.

Still the songs live on don't they ?

Just a pity we can't but Icehouse songs on itunes. What's with that ?

[lavakava]

why is everybody worried about aging? its a fact of life. just be happy that you lived that long. many ppl die young.

your body dies but your soul doesn't ... its called the collective conscience - the akashic records.

[cspace1234nz]

It's one thing to know that, another thing to truly believe it.

Perhaps you might feel differently in another 20 or 30 years.

[Lanterna2008]

A rarity to hear a voice live like this and it sounds just like the studio. Great singer.

[OldRottenDingo]

Iva is a top singer, a real super artist. My respect.

[curetril]

Wow, pretty impressive live performance so many years later.

[chwscot]

Giants of music

[dermut71]

this bloke is just bloody great - Iva, get off your arse and tour!

[Quokka57]

I'll second that...

[angurisloud]

Australian Anthem... a great song that captures the sprit of the people and the place.... the northern half of this plant need to continue to hear from the GREAT bands from down south! It's been far too long since we've had our world changed by yet another great aussie band... MORE~!

[Boredin81]

P.S. He / they look great after 25 years !!! must be that awesome prisoner island weather

[Boredin81]

Holy Shit !! Where's the '85 mullet I've been making fun of on YT?! This is a very serious moment for me, I just realized that it's been 25 yrs since this song came out and obviously the band and the hairstyle has moved on but somehow I have not - ? maybe I will now. I guess it takes "that" moment. I am now going to my closet to clean out the rest of my 80's clothes. thank you for allowing me to vent, and I love Icehouse ! still, holy crap !

[OldRottenDingo]

Love it too. Very great song, wakes up a lot of feelings. Comes very close to my mind.

[vracan]

Love it!!!!

[kbayo23]

i have no words

no tengo palabras

incredible product from australia

increible banda de australia

there are so many bands from that country really good

hay muchas bandas de ese pais realmente muy buena

i miss 80´s !!!!

extraño los 80 s

[erinpielamb1]

Have to agree that sounds fantastic.Love that song and love that performance.

[JulietsMan]

this has got to be the most GORGEOUS keyboard line in any rock song every written. its just so smooth and the perfect note choice, perfect lines, perfect colours. why doesnt anyone follow the example set by icehouse and really do quality music with heawrt and passion.

[TweetyWhite]

Believe it or not, I was there! GO THE AUSSIES!

[mrroby123]

really nice sound for live, its mixed and composed better here than the original song

[Cheeweedoo]

@mrroby123

I agree, it does surprisingly sound better than the original. I particularly like the guitar solos, which is not included in the original.

[dolbyslogic]

@mrroby123

I love Icehouse, and think Iva is a genius, but even he can't sing backing vocals at the same time as lead, which may offer a hint as to why it all sounds so clear, crisp and tight, and why not.