Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works

[spacefreak09]

An updated version of this song by Soho was used in the ending credits of "Scream."

[spiralarray1969]

Neil Peart, the drummer from Rush mentioned Icicle works in an old interview I was reading. He was asked what contemporary (the interview was in the mid-80s) drummers he likes. He mentioned the band Icicle works and the drummer. That's what brought me here to watch this. I do remember this song.

[tallkeithatl]

An absolutely perfect new-wave single, a beautiful song. And kick-ass drumming!

[aquaman45596]

@sgthootnany I heard this on saints row and had to find it

[sgthootnany]

thumb up if saint row the third brought you here!

[shaun60796]

ywg likes

[OperationAnime262]

I wonder if music will improve in time, like have a few decades of cracking music like the 60's 70's and 80's did, in fact if that happened I wouldn't want it to stop!

[squeeblesinchworm]

I heard this is Chile's the other day and used an app to find what song it was:D

[Elconquistador69too]

@squeeblesinchworm ........AWESOME! Please keep exploring RETRO music, '70s, '80s & '90s. : )

[squeeblesinchworm]

@Elconquistador69too I actually love all three decades:D

[Elconquistador69too]

@squeeblesinchworm ......Most EXCELLENT, Rock On!

[darkdudeize]

Thumbs up if Saints Row brought you here

[inspector784]

God I miss the 80's...

[IrishAlways8]

I can't speak...I'm in heaven right now...love this till the end. Brings me back...Awwwww

[mcsharonsharon]

Not sure I can put my finger on exactly why, but as a teen of the era, this is my ultimate 80's song. I suppose obscurity (for NW Canada), lyrics and unforgetable beat did me in :) Bought the album and loved it. Always a thrill to hear the latest bands that are so influenced by these boys (and the era) but so unaware of it. Check out 'Young the Giant' and then tell me I am wrong...

[SeberHusky]

THE MIX 107.7

[powrxplor69]

Man, this song was just amazing...never got around to buying the 12" for some reason..but now I can listen to it on YT! Also love those Bow Wow Wow rip-off drums

[1961woodstock]

god i remember when this came out in the early 80s,,,,,, ahhh what a time for great music

[retro7018]

I recall being into scorps,priest,maiden etc. so shunned this geeky tears for fears "good guy" look, however, still liked the song.Later, after growing up a bit , realized the beauty & energy of this song nor, did I mind the short hair look that now mirrored my own conservative 9 to 5 locks. The song "understanding jane" followed on another LP, I'm guessing as the singer literally grew from J.morrison style locks to being huskier with fuller voice..He has a great tone, excellent vocalist.

[kat13lady]

"Everything is wonderful about the past except how it got us to the present." - Homer Simpson (paraphrased). 80's girl here, love this song.  (And, no apologies, but Ron Regan was better than anything we've had since.)

[vixapphire]

Who produced this single? It's a great piece of work, for sure.

[ferdzrines954]

man...Im having goosebumps all over.

ahhh...the music of our youth.

[houstonveer]

That is a great chorus. The 21st century is a bad dream I keep trying to wake up from.

[ian1coolguy]

I am 14 years old and I would give anything to have lived in the 80's..

[TheRandomizedCow]

@ian1coolguy i feel exactly the same way

[5335kookoo]

@ian1coolguy ....i was one of the lucky ones to grow up in the 80's.........great music...today, I'm not sure what you would call what is on the radio but its not music

[mcsharonsharon]

@5335kookoo I was lucky to come of age in the 80's too. New Order, Icicle Works and The Outfield were HUGE to me, then and now. If you liked any of those, do yourself a favor and check out The Killers, The Strokes, Young the Giant...I could name a dozen others but, I gotta tell you, great bands are around today if you are willing to search. And I don't think they even know that the influence of the greatest 80's bands made them who they are... :)

[DoubleGaming]

such a strong feeling song :D

[jellokidd3]

love this!

[TheBlogmocracy]

had to listen to it 3 times. :)

[JetJagger]

It rocks!

[monkeybacon108]

i heard this on saints row the third!(:

[SilverScreenJean]

Does this song proudly scream the 80's? YES IT DOES! Had the 45 - loved the song!

[kacres1]

Just a great song - the hard pounding rhythm track makes the song - so very cool

[Davechop54]

These guys Rock. What a great, positive feeling I get from this song. Fantastic stuff!

[astpsouth]

Ah yep, 1984 dancing at Malibu nightclub.....

WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE BUT YOUR CHILDREN!

[BluebeardOfTheCastle]

Completely agreeing with Aldernagon3...if you find a Tardis come pick me and mine up...drop me in1979 ;) I don't want to miss reliving a single cord :)

[iceonaboy]

How could one fanny dislike this? How could anyone dislike this?

[iceonaboy]

Seen them at Reading festival in the summer of `87, what a band and a great weekend!

[tleander40]

What a fantastic song!

[RespectThe80s]

This is a truely great song for any decade. Just heard this on the radio today for the first time in a long time. What a flash back.

[tcaenus007]

love the drum beat for this song

[LostNorthernXD]

saint row the third sent me and they have a message....ITS A FUCKING AWESOME SONG

[1964bricklayer]

saw the boys 3 times live,best birthday present saw them on my 21 birthday @the marquee club in london.was about 2 feet from stage aworsome night everthanks for the music and great memories

[brainslow]

Billy Joe Armstrong 8 years before founding Green day!!!!

[Supersweetguy]

@brainslow Maybe, but this is the original band.

[owteufel]

Absolute class!! Thanks for posting.

[DOBARS]

what's cool about this is the sound and the clothes and hair are not dated like other 80's stuff. it could be released today and look and sound the same. classic.

[Dracopol]

You're not going to BELIEVE this. In the video game Saints Row The Third, the characters twiddle through the radio stations looking for something good, and sing along to it. But they PASS OVER the "Whisper to a Scream" song and go to another station. I guess it's not of their generation! They choose Sublime's "What I Got"!

watch?v=iMqcWmlmXcE

[djdaraghBCN]

@Dracopol Wow, well observed!! I hope Icicle Works got royalties for the few seconds of exposure. Much better than Sublime.

[caerus12]

WE WERE SO LUCKY IN THE EIGHTIES! I went from Punk to New Age to Futurist to New Romantic to Goth al in full visual splendour what a trip. Now all the kids look like they just stepped out of GAP. Yawn. How blessed we were what a growing up :-))

[Dracopol]

@caerus12 Young people today seem musically impoverished. Cutbacks to music programs in school, and rap destroys their sense of notes and melody. I say often I was a teen tired of 1970's longhairs and their guitars, I wanted something DIFFERENT. And then came synths, starving British bands on the Dole [welfare], and inno-freaking-vation!

[pch8r]

@caerus12 todays youth are all good little corporate clones

[SHS854EVER]

my fellow teenagers from our best ERA in Music since we can not build a time machines this is our time Machine youtube in a sense .I would go back to the 80's if could but if i did go back i would not like to have my English teacher that i had in my senior year if Possible lolololoo .To see my dad's reaction in 1985 when i got my first speeding ticket awwwwww the memories .God bless the awsome 80's and this song still kicks ass

[ASADAAAAAAMA]

aldernagon3, SORRY ABOUT THE TIME MACHINE THINGY. IF INTERESTED, I HAVE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY GIGS. OF EIGHTIES MUSIC, AUDIO ONLY. TELL ME HOW AND I WILL. YOUR COMMENT MAKES ME GRATEFUL TO HAVE WITNESS THIS MUSIC AND APPRECIATE THAT OTHERS SEEK THE CREATIVITY OF REAL MUSIC AND EXPRESSION. I AM 47, MALE, AND THE EIGHTIES ARE STILL OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES. FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 1980's. WAS THERE A BETTER BETTER ON THE PLANET THEN,?

[PlanTonto]

It's beyond groovy, baby. It's like totally tubular!!

[murdrrify]

i like the soho cover better, but this is good too

[PlanTonto]

@murdrrify  Like, oh my God, like, who asked you anyways...Im so sure...groody!!

[aldernagon3]

Ok emmett brown

WHERE IS MY TIME MACHINE

I want to get back to the 80s

THE 21ST CENTURY SUCKS

[skuncanxxx]

@aldernagon3 totally agree with you... i had the best time in the 80's... miss it, always will.

[Winky395]

@aldernagon3

I guess its enough that we were there ;)

[schultz970]

@aldernagon3 I'm going w/ you

[Fapswitch]

@aldernagon3: Kirkegaard said: "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." The 80s look nice now but consider: AIDS was a death sentence. No cell phones, weak-ass PCs, no Internet, Ron Reagan as Prez, global nuclear war a real threat, popular culture so controlled by mass media that most couldn't see it, etc. There's a lotta great music out NOW. Unfortunately passion in pop isn't cool now. That's what most people miss when they want 80s music again.

[aldernagon3]

@Fapswitch

yeah you're just dwelling on the negative stuff. There is a lot more negativity now than there was then. Either way I would still rather be there than here.

[JamesKellyBand]

@aldernagon3I I grew up in the late 60's ;70's and find little value in the music these days and also wish I could go back to my time for one of the same reasons, but this song hit home and really brings back some very good memories from the 80's!

Robert Wagner!

[kacres1]

Coolest fuckin song ever!!!

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

One of the best compositions ever created

[Compudoc]

Love this song...

[gaae2000]

he looks like Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears

[xylsvos]

@gaae2000 I once posted the same question, I wonder if they are the same person..I will have to look into that...

[royalnaz1]

definitely sounds like i want candy

[TheEricinSF]

Awesome song, great band...why were they a one-hit wonder?

[kitkatpattywhack]

this was the version that SHOULD have been in Scream

[mikecreed22]

I read his biography :) and he's a scouser and i;m close enough to one :) Go Ian McNabb fucking love the drumming in this tune.

[kudosloves80s]

Favorite!



[MrZOMBIEKID]

still my fav 80's song.

[MrZOMBIEKID]

one of my favs

[jillmurtagh]

much better than SoHo's version but thats still good too

[eyestillbelieve]

I love this - still sounds GREAT today!

[chalklava]

That drumming sounds very Bow Wow Wow-esque to me....but yeah, this is an AMAZING song!!!

[bdub24j]

@chalklava I was just thinking the same thing. "I Want Candy" in particular.

[czarman01]

This always takes me back to being a teenager in the 80s. What a great song. Damn I miss hanging with my buds cruising all over Southern California. LA was definitely the place to be.

[webguy21]

@czarman01 driving around Long Beach listening to KROQ-106.7  ROCK of the '80's

[linusvanpelter]

@webguy21 Southern California radio was so good in the 80s.

[monimania]

@linusvanpelter they played this in NY also!

[djedthebruce]

This song always reminds me that you are only young once. I miss the 80's.

[eightwasntenuff]

@djedthebruce You're as young as you want to be. You can live life today or think about yesterday and be in the same shitty mood tomorrow when you watch this video again and again and again.......and again

[MrDickylee]

great music!

[amapolaTexas]

This is THE type of Brit sound I truly love.

[willard39]

these guys, Modern English, Heaven 17, Ultravox, Echo and the Bunnymen...takes me back



[wildenfree1]

@willard39 I like your taste in music, same as mine...it was a golden period.

Please to say that Ultravox have just toured, Echo are always touring and I am

seeing Heaven 17 do their second album in October, so that's good ;-)

[Uptownkatnip]

I was a DJ in college at a small alternative station - when U2 and REM were oh so cutting edge! I played a live version of the Beatles 'Twist and Shout' to open my first set. This was the next song I played ~ the juxtiposition of the old ushering the new.

[kfag101]

love this song!

[TimU2Cool]

best song ever written

[TimU2Cool]

my avorite song ever

[sushivendor]

another great song from the greatest era of music the 80's!

[bigdsears]

I guess they're right, young people, though faggy and vampire-ish, can still serve a purpose, like buying Justin B and Lady Ga Ga records. I miss the 80's !

[onthemoveagain]

This is Rock/Pop Composer Robert Nix- a fine song with that classic '80's vocal sound to it and a killer hook.

[Joshimitsubishi]

I remember staying up into the wee hours of the morning hoping TBS would play this video on "Night Trax" (we didn't have MTV yet in 1983). This is pretty much THE perfect pop song. I bought the 45 and wore it out...

[JigglesTheRainbow]

I can't get enough of this song :)

[megoman69]

one of the best songs of the 80's. liked it then,and still do!

[djscotty1111]

Still a favourite after all these years !

[zauriel1]

pure and simple---80's new wave! good, pure and simple

[willythehero]

1:43-2:08 I really crank up my stereo because of the drums! What a well written, produced, and performed song! PLUS the leaves being blown all around them in a low lighted room...nice effect! I never heard anything else from them.

[Gothiczartan]

the singer reminds me of billy joe of greenday.

[technocrash09]

@Gothiczartan He is Ian McNabb. many people sad he was a controlling prick and the main reason the band split. i don't know about any of that. What I DO know is this song rocks (especially Chris Sharrock on drums) and has always been one of my favorites...........(and I am a child of the 60s generation!)

peace

[AJAXKID123]

How can a song be so dang perfect?

[bigdsears]

This song is flippin sweet

[perpetual61]

I remember hearing this on the radio and thinking it was Tears for Fears until they said it was Icicle Works. Great Job Fellas you deserve the credit for this wonderful song.

[shinyapples]

@perpetual61

one of the guys looks like one of the guys from Tears too!

[cbfeeling]

Adam Sandler on bass! Great video and song.

[theJINX1337]

I LOVE the drum beat in this song :D

[JaxRwld]

Good Quality post. Nice!

[juiceball22]

a friend of mine said the singer looks like the kid from malcolm in the middle...(frankie muniz)...i tend to agree

[06ruiz]

How about the guy from Tears for Fears (Kurt Smith) looks like him too...

[AJAXKID123]

@juiceball22 Too funny. That's a true statement.

[elnato87]

que buena rolaa ... desde tegus honduras .super rola!!

[iliveinthepast]

Great bass line & rythm!

[wildenfree]

Such an underated band, fantastic song writer too

[alphakid42]

@wildenfree Business people that created MTV took over the music industry. They knew nothing about music and this very talented group was not given the promotion they deserve. A real shame. Now we have very few stars of such talent.

[wildenfree1]

@alphakid42 This is true, though business people moved in decades before that when they realise their was a mint to be made from the Beatles, that's when the rot began.