When I first met my (future) wife, she loved Icehouse. Periodically, I would politely suffer through a listening to the Icehouse and Primitive Man albums. I did actually come to like some of the songs (Hey Little Girl comes to mind). But I was much more a Clash/Vice Squad fan, so she got her turn to politely suffer as well! She never did develop a liking for Vice Squad, which I find hard to understand.
I prefer the earlier Icehouse sound rather than their later stuff. Songs that stand out for me is Great Southern Land, Not My Kind & Can't Help Myself.
I recently picked up the 12 inches vol 1 & 2 by Icehouse. These are 2CD compilations of their 12" mixes from the 80's & 90's. Some of these remixes I have never heard before & are a sheer delight to listen to. A brilliant band that should be bigger & should have more tabs on the net!!!!!
Aren't a lot of the basslines played by keyboards/synth instead of a stringed bass? I haven't been terribly interested in learning Icehouse songs because of this. Am I mistaken?
