Icehouse - Man of Colours
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Artist: IcehouseEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-10-21
Music Label: Wea Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Crazy
- Electric Blue
- Nothing Too Serious
- Man of Colours
- Heartbreak Kid
- The Kingdom
- My Obsession
- Girl in the Moon
- Anybody's War
- Sunrise
- Crazy [12" Version]
- Crazy [Midnight Mix]
- Shakin' the Cage [*]
- Over My Head [*]
- Touch the Fire [*]
- Jimmy Dean [*]
- Electric Blue [Extended Mix][*]
Free Music Notes for Man of Colours
Free Music Review: Introspection is NOT a dead artform
Hit: 5 Stars
Icehouse has always been difficult band to pigeon hole. That can be a good thing for artists, who prefer to move from style to style, genre to genre, if their writing talents are so disposed. Most songwriters will find a niche, one that's safe, self-expressive (and profitable). From its very beginnings, Icehouse moved through a variety of styles and personnel changes, culminating in the seminal "Man of Colours", a near tribute to the song-writing prowess of the band's longtime frontman, Iva Davies, the seemingly only, constant member of the band.Davies is a consummate songwriter. He has the ability to shove his heart into your face, and still reveal only what he wants to let you see. He has made his dark, quirky mind and heartfelt emotion truly available to us in this work, a collection of pop savvy melodies and haunting, atmospheric songs.
An undercurrent of insecurity seems to be pervasive in many of the tracks, such as the opener, "Crazy", a wonderful pop, yet powerful song with one heck of a hook, a solid rhythm complement and great guitar sound, reminiscent of "the Fixx" or early James Honeyman-Scott of the "Pretenders". The insecurity is found in the lyrics, not the masterful execution by the musicians, with lines such as the chorus: "Yeah, you gotta be crazy, baby/ To want a guy like me/ Yeah, you gotta be out of your mind/ Crazy..."
Tracks like "Electric Blue" continue Mr. Davies' feeling of anxiety with exposing his feelings, or would writing about those anxieties actually be his way of dealing with them(?): "I just freeze/ Everytime you see through me/ And it's all over you? Electric Blue..."
"Man of Colours", the title track, is a smorgasbord of well documented emotion, and "Heartbreak Kid" is eerie, haunting, and beautiful in its execution. This cd is a must for any Iva Davies fan, Icehouse fan, or any fan of well written pop music.
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