Icehouse - Great Southern Land

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  • The song "Great Southern Land" from the 1982 album "Primitive Man," performed by Icehouse.
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    "Great Southern Land" by Icehouse tells a story about feeling alone and longing for something in the big land of Australia. It starts with the feeling of being stuck by the ocean, feeling sad and far from home. The song talks about how things aren't always as they seem, making the singer remember things differently. It shows Australia as a place with both beauty and tough times, mentioning its history with native people and settlers. The song also talks about feeling let down and forgotten but still finding strength in the land's old stories. The chorus repeats "Great Southern Land," showing how Australia is special but also full of challenges. Overall, the song captures the feeling of Australia's wild beauty and the struggle to understand its past and present.
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    Icehouse is a band from Australia. They started in Sydney in 1977 with the name Flowers. At first, they played rock music in pubs. Later on, they became famous for their new wave and synth-pop songs. They had songs that became popular and reached the Top 10 charts in Australia, Europe and the U.S. The main person in the band is Iva Davies. He sings, writes songs, produces records, and plays instruments like guitar, bass, keyboards, and even the oboe. The name "Icehouse" was chosen in 1981 and comes from a cold apartment Davies once liven in and a strange building across the street where homeless people lived.
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  • @JJ-vr7ed
    @JJ-vr7ed หลายเดือนก่อน +123

    Who is still listening to this awesome Aussie classic in 2024? I am

    • @sherwinnewbown2043
      @sherwinnewbown2043 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      97’ here. My old man showed me this song and it still rings home

    • @warrenturner1326
      @warrenturner1326 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And me - classic 80s

    • @whiteeaglewarrior
      @whiteeaglewarrior 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Me, its a bobby belter

    • @technical6ify
      @technical6ify 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@sherwinnewbown2043 Same but in the 2010s. Reminds me of home, from anywhere, I feel those hot days being in the middle of nowhere down under & feeling at home inside.

    • @burntstu
      @burntstu 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      yes, never get sick of it

  • @WorldPeace-AdamNeira
    @WorldPeace-AdamNeira ปีที่แล้ว +367

    One of the greatest Australian songs ever made. Haunting, evocative, smooth, mysterious, uplifting and transcendental.

    • @annetterobinson4301
      @annetterobinson4301 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes❤

    • @popindosin228
      @popindosin228 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      After listening to this I found a giant spider in my bed

    • @kathysangel56
      @kathysangel56 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Love this song

    • @hardwarereviews9170
      @hardwarereviews9170 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@annetterobinson4301best description ever

    • @ninatugaga8668
      @ninatugaga8668 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      An underated track!

  • @geoffprince2258
    @geoffprince2258 7 ปีที่แล้ว +796

    I'm from New Zealand but I will never forget my first trip to Australia. I was driving from Sydney to Brisbane and this song came on the radio. It still gives me chills just thinking about that moment in my life. Awesome song.

    • @jphillips3571
      @jphillips3571 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Geoff Prince
      Iva appeared on The Project (news chat show) on 28/11/16. He set out to write a song that conveyed his love of his country after returning home from Europe very homesick, and aimed for the song to endure. He achieved both brilliantly and is still really loved, along with his song

    • @peacelove3932
      @peacelove3932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You are our brother

    • @hail2redskins1
      @hail2redskins1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love it

    • @girlroomglitz
      @girlroomglitz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome!

    • @mrmunyang2476
      @mrmunyang2476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm from OZ.I say CHURR! to that!!

  • @jaydenroberts34
    @jaydenroberts34 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    “Anyone will tell you it’s a prisoners island hidden in the summer for a million years”
    It’s such a great lyric

    • @boobootheballbreaker2092
      @boobootheballbreaker2092 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Colonisers madethe First Nations Peoples their prisoners. White demons

    • @fanatamon
      @fanatamon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Anyone is right.

    • @user-ce1zr1mp6e
      @user-ce1zr1mp6e 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Too right , prison in the true sense for some .

    • @choudharymadineni
      @choudharymadineni 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

  • @kitmark2kit350
    @kitmark2kit350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    A million years ago when I was in the Navy they played this tune over the main broadcast at 0700 when we were coming into Sydney after 6 months away. Gives me chills now.

    • @cappygolucky
      @cappygolucky 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      kitmark2 Kit that would have been epic

    • @sovereignspirit7640
      @sovereignspirit7640 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      kitmark2 Kit I'll bet no-one had a dry eye

    • @tonybee2684
      @tonybee2684 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I bet that made you proud🇦🇺👍🏼

  • @joelworsley3591
    @joelworsley3591 7 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    1980s is definitely the best era for Aussie Music

    • @shannen1499
      @shannen1499 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joel Worsley I was born in 03 but that's Danm right

    • @unfinishedbusiness4964
      @unfinishedbusiness4964 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No the 1990s was whiney, incoherent shit.

    • @emile235
      @emile235 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Birthday Party!!

    • @boatsnhoes5670
      @boatsnhoes5670 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      don't think you've heard Dead Cat x3 - Grinspoon buddy

    • @michaellithgow9919
      @michaellithgow9919 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Any music really, not just Australian.

  • @ohsorrypluto
    @ohsorrypluto 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1185

    Ask any Australian adult who grew up in the 80s whether this song should be our national anthem and you will hear a resounding YES!!!!!

    • @Linda-jm9xk
      @Linda-jm9xk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I grew up in the 70's back when Icehouse was named 'The Flowers'.... still a resounding YES !!

    • @DoctorPanglossBand
      @DoctorPanglossBand 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I'm not even Australian and I totally agree!

    • @komkwam
      @komkwam 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Even while The Netherlands is not a southern land i would even choose it as the Dutch anthem. lol

    • @jmc1908
      @jmc1908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +komkwam It's a netherland, nevertheless

    • @pilgpilg
      @pilgpilg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yup, absolutely and I am a pommie (though I don't whinge)! Massively underrated band, this song and Man of Colours bring back so many memories from my teenage years.

  • @rae6195
    @rae6195 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    American here, just learned about this song in a very roundabout way, and I'm in love. Australia is criminally underrated for their music. Another legendary Australian group, Rufus Du Sol, inadvertently introduced me to this song by playing a remix of it in a short Instagram clip of a DJ set they played recently

    • @ericlif3
      @ericlif3 ปีที่แล้ว

      cassian remix

    • @TheJat36
      @TheJat36 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      was the roundabout way the movie “young einstein?” this song is in it with all other equally underrated song “at first sight” by the stems

    • @troybailey9524
      @troybailey9524 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Not underrated in Australia mate. I think the issue is Americans don't listen to enough made outside of America.

    • @xII_EU_IIx
      @xII_EU_IIx ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@troybailey9524 very true, I try expanding my music taste outside the US since everything here is so played out

    • @megankeil5228
      @megankeil5228 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You need to get onto more 80’s Aussie music!

  • @funkel1000
    @funkel1000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    emigrated to australia in 2010, in the the taxi from sydney airport to coogee this came on the radio, had tears in my eyes.

    • @andyj639
      @andyj639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sound like perfect timing.

    • @Funkteon
      @Funkteon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It was the universe's way of saying "Welcome Home"

  • @Fabi1701A
    @Fabi1701A 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    So many bands from Australia made it to Europe, I am from France , I loved them all........ midnight oil, crowded house, INXS, THE CHURCH, RICK SPRINGFIELD, MEN AT WORK, AIR SUPPLY, NICK CAVE ETC... THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT RIDE.... MATES !!

    • @1980Campino
      @1980Campino 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Crowded House is from New Zealand

    • @katejones969
      @katejones969 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@1980Campino close enough 😂

    • @goodshipkaraboudjan
      @goodshipkaraboudjan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@1980Campino Split Enz is from NZ but Crowded House was formed in Australia and recorded with an Australian label.

    • @diademkennels8550
      @diademkennels8550 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Little River Band

  • @ishtarbabylon4869
    @ishtarbabylon4869 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I remember listening to this on my way back home from overseas...it came on just as we were approaching sydneys lights and landscape....I had tears in my eyes..so happy to be home

    • @ES-aussie68
      @ES-aussie68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was in London, I remember hearing this and the homesickness would be unbearable.

    • @ndingo
      @ndingo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I know how you feel i was in America on holiday and i had I still call still call Australia home playing though my headphones and I felt homesick and i when i arrived back in Sydney i was happy because im very proud to be an Aussie and call this land my home🇦🇺🇦🇺

  • @drewmo367
    @drewmo367 10 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The opening 15 seconds.....still give me shivers. Epic stuff.

  • @user-nn3by2nb9b
    @user-nn3by2nb9b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I just started listening to these guys again

  • @sonjaschulze8758
    @sonjaschulze8758 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I come from Germany and have never been to Australia. It is my dream land. And I find this song by the band Icehouse fascinating ♥

    • @IDNY1312
      @IDNY1312 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amazingly I'm Australian and my only overseas destination will be Germany. Beautiful country

    • @IDNY1312
      @IDNY1312 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The forests of Germany it's my dreamland

    • @sonjaschulze8758
      @sonjaschulze8758 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IDNY1312 Yes, that's amazing. So every person has their dreams:-)

  • @michaelrice255
    @michaelrice255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    i was born in 1970 and all the 80s music inspired me and changed my life . This song still rocks and always will and from a Californian now living in Costa Rica . My 80s music is my life soundtrack and I will take it to my grave and beyond . What a wonderful song

  • @BanditMage
    @BanditMage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Discovered this song tonight... 21 yrs old, amazing as.

  • @debramorton5851
    @debramorton5851 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Icehouse - Great Aussie band, still a great song in 2017. So proud of the music in our Great Southern Land.

  • @marcealba1
    @marcealba1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I was having a beer at the pub with a bloke who was saying this should be our national anthem.
    this song captures the spirit of australia
    Man...the Aussies have produced excellent music throughout the 80's.

    • @jimmen9486
      @jimmen9486 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What about the Church do they exist ? Great band!!

    • @chrisstarkey7845
      @chrisstarkey7845 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Church are still around, mate!

  • @teptime
    @teptime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The encircling, otherworldly mood of this song is hypnotic. Great production quality...gives it an adrift, spacy sound comparable to little else.

    • @simonturner7574
      @simonturner7574 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      T Jacobs Nailed it perfectly.

    • @ChineseKiwi
      @ChineseKiwi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep, the production makes this song. It’s the bridge between the synth pop dominated 80s and the rock and roll late 70s.

  • @cackle067
    @cackle067 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This song is Australia
    Gives me chills and so proud to be an Aussie

    • @Paul-rf5ou
      @Paul-rf5ou 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Best country on earth 😎

  • @Sajuukar
    @Sajuukar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    RIP dad.This was your fav song.

    • @hmmachin
      @hmmachin 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      my condolences for your loss of your dad.

    • @hans-georgwach5862
      @hans-georgwach5862 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sehr schöne Gedanken für Deinen Dad!!!

    • @davidbilliet3585
      @davidbilliet3585 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wish you the best of luck

    • @tonywrigley5174
      @tonywrigley5174 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice memory to have......

    • @patshepherd
      @patshepherd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sajuukar amazing memories to have...
      Thats okay, this is a very good song it can remind you of him.

  • @paulsheringham9837
    @paulsheringham9837 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When I go to the Botanic Gardens and sit by wall looking over the Harbour. I think of the lyrics " Sitting on a rainy day down in the harbour, watching as the grey shadows the bay." and I get a sense of a long often sad history of this country stretching way back into time. All the people who have lived and died, and all the people yet to live. And my battles and fears, the troubles of one man seem unimportant.

  • @DarkDreamsAndMoonlitNights
    @DarkDreamsAndMoonlitNights 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Music like this makes me proud to live in this sunburned, vast country.

  • @chrisrunnegar1661
    @chrisrunnegar1661 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This track resonates in my mind & dreams. I am Australian but have not lived there for 18 years. I look forward to coming back to my Great Southern Land. I miss it...

  • @Adambobro
    @Adambobro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    only a few years ago, i watched the film YOUNG EINSTEIN for the first time since i was a kid... This song struck a nerve while watching the film, and catapulted its way into my top 3 favourite songs list... I listen to this song almost weekly... Its audio therapy for me!

  • @markdowse3572
    @markdowse3572 8 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    THE BEST song written about our land. The WORLD learnt about us. Thank you Icehouse.
    But I first knew you as FLOWERS. I remember.

    • @robinmjones6197
      @robinmjones6197 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Mark Dowse ..as a pom on a trip down under, I went to see Flowers way back in 81/82..when I returned to UK, they had changed to Icehouse !

    • @estherhoney985
      @estherhoney985 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Mark Dowse played at narrabeen northern beaches watched them too

    • @ladycplum
      @ladycplum 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Mark Dowse I think Flowers opened for XTC when they toured Australia...

    • @shanebell8831
      @shanebell8831 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Esther Honey nice

    • @LJW55
      @LJW55 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mark Dowse Had to change their name cause of the Scottish band The Flowers at the time. Icehouse much better though!!

  • @natashakodua2759
    @natashakodua2759 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1980s is definitely the best era for Aussie Music
    Discovered this song tonight... 21 yrs old, amazing as.

  • @creammagazineaustralia
    @creammagazineaustralia หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In our top 10 of best Aussie songs ever.

  • @Kimchiboy08
    @Kimchiboy08 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Backpacking through the WA . Love this track man. Just staring out to the Indian Ocean.

  • @hotfood1752
    @hotfood1752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    The Australian doomer brought me here... At least I got 80's music...

  • @jameservin2165
    @jameservin2165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Who is still listing in 2019?

    • @alexxheald4661
      @alexxheald4661 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Ervin my mum is lmfao😂

    • @sydneytravellervlogs4659
      @sydneytravellervlogs4659 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      THIS SONG WILLNEVER DIE!😂 I’m 14 and I love it 😂

    • @mattybwrblombo71
      @mattybwrblombo71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My last day of the yr ritual playing Aussie rock cooking a BBQ with beers. Playlist includes midnight oil, hunters and collectors, goanna to name a few

    • @glennnjodiehammond1264
      @glennnjodiehammond1264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I listened in 2019...and guess what, it's just clicked over to 2020 and Im still listening. Legend of a song.

    • @LightningJackFlash
      @LightningJackFlash 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I do. In fact I've heard this for the first time in my life today, I heard it on the radio in my car, never heard this ever before in my life, I'm 38. Actually I'm living in the south of my country temporarily, work here, and I'm from the very northern part of the country, so now I'm in the Great Southern Land :P Cheers ;)

  • @nielsb.larsen5987
    @nielsb.larsen5987 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Used to be a 'Foreign Aussie' in my younger years. Went back in '22 being 76 years old. Loved it still. Toured the outback of Qld. and cherished the old memories at the Isa where I used to work. Back in Denmark I'm planning yet another trip Down Under.

    • @goodshipkaraboudjan
      @goodshipkaraboudjan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Never a big fan of Isa but I did a lot of work around Cloncurry, love the endless roads to site and the untouched scenery.

    • @nielsb.larsen5987
      @nielsb.larsen5987 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@goodshipkaraboudjan Precisely what I love about the land.

    • @goodshipkaraboudjan
      @goodshipkaraboudjan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nielsb.larsen5987 Love the "big sky" country feel. Mate check out the cartoon "Mining Boom" it's disturbingly accurate about life in that part of the world. My last trip I flew into Townsville, grabbed the work ute and drove to Torrens Creek to stay the night. The pub was plastered in every currency on the planet and full of people from all over the world. Ended up driving (hungover) to Cloncurry for the job then crashed in the motel next to the bowls club. Full of Yanks filming "Survivor" which was strange but fun. A few days later flew out from Isa thinking I'd never miss the life. I do miss the land and the cool people you meet.

    • @nielsb.larsen5987
      @nielsb.larsen5987 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@goodshipkaraboudjan Yeah. I follow your drift. I also flew in to Townsville, stayed at a friend's place for a week (couple of days at Airlie Beach/the Whitsunday's). Back in T. I hired a campervan and drove to the Isa, stayed a few days reminiscing my years in the mines (I drove the ST-5 on 13 level (one of the front loaders on display at Isa Outback)). Then a dip into NT, back to the Isa and up Normanton way. When I drove that road 50 some years ago it was just a dirt road with one house (a pub) on that 600 km journey. Now there's still only one house, but developed into a restaurant and camping ground. Headed to the Tablelands, had a look around, and went to Cairns for a trip on the railway to Kuranda and a skyrail return ride. Then back to Townsville for a week with visit to Magnetic Island. All in all 6 weeks in the land I really love.

  • @stevenwebb3634
    @stevenwebb3634 9 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    I was having a beer at the pub with a bloke who was saying this should be our national anthem.

    • @melrogers130
      @melrogers130 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Steven Webb

    • @TheFossie12
      @TheFossie12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      +Steven Webb - Sure is some magic that's more than just a great song. Been a muso for 50 yrs and it's one of the special ones gives me gooseys every time. Whover penned it was channelling the spirit of OZ right there.

    • @SamJohn52
      @SamJohn52 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Karen D ........you get goosebumps too!......

    • @spootot
      @spootot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Steven Webb Now that you've said this I can only imagine crowds singing 'Great southern laaaand' in an amazing harmony.

    • @vivianchetty8926
      @vivianchetty8926 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true.

  • @lindsay8756
    @lindsay8756 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Happy Australia day to all of my fellow Aussies 🎉

  • @Olsnedzy
    @Olsnedzy ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Love hearing this song , especially on Australia Day !!
    We might be run by spineless politicians but still the best country to be born into .
    🇦🇺
    Much love to Aussies of all colour , enjoy your country , we’re very blessed to call it home.

    • @ChineseKiwi
      @ChineseKiwi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I hope those who like this have actually read the second verse of this song and what it refers to.
      And know of Icehouse’s historical collaboration with Aboriginal artists and their advocacy.

    • @boobootheballbreaker2092
      @boobootheballbreaker2092 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's against Australia Day you patriotic idiot😂

    • @tommyargenta2121
      @tommyargenta2121 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Algún día iré a visitar tu tierra, saludos...

    • @rtaj247
      @rtaj247 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately one of the replies had to mansplain their interpretation of the song. It can be interpreted in lots of ways…

    • @ScrubTurkeyDreams
      @ScrubTurkeyDreams 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      mainly love to the white Australians for me, but I share the sentiment of your comment overall.

  • @nancyorourke7679
    @nancyorourke7679 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love, Love Icehouse....Their recordings hold up today as though they were recorded yesterday....All of their material is simply amazing.... :) Thank you!!!!

  • @chriscole4092
    @chriscole4092 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Great track. One of my favourites from Icehouse.

  • @ripsaw2
    @ripsaw2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I didn't even know this was an Australian song, but when I found out everything just clicked. The lyrics started to make so much more sense and I honestly love the fact this is from my country

  • @meredithpope333
    @meredithpope333 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, should be our national anthem 💜

  • @bennykopilevic7510
    @bennykopilevic7510 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    All rise for the Australian national anthem. 🇦🇺🫡

  • @adamlaw8931
    @adamlaw8931 8 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Great music to grow up with. Hang on,I never did grow up!

    • @SamJohn52
      @SamJohn52 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Adam Law ..........a great quality to have......

    • @teresaroberts5907
      @teresaroberts5907 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Adam Law Nothing wrong with that,likewise!

    • @WhatsGoinOnMate
      @WhatsGoinOnMate 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Adam Law Good shit bro :)

    • @aarondcmedia9585
      @aarondcmedia9585 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Adam Law
      You are never too old to have a brilliant childhood.

    • @joegrimes3873
      @joegrimes3873 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Aaron DC mediA You are the Law

  • @zanenmaddydunk2837
    @zanenmaddydunk2837 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Happy Australia day. Thank god I grew up in this era. Great music and a much better world !!

  • @ishtarbabylon4869
    @ishtarbabylon4869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Our great southern land is burning..so eerie listing to this now..God save Australia! 😭

    • @thenewvoice8
      @thenewvoice8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      god? I'd rather we rely on people and not fake bullshit - otherwise it'll just keep burning. (You do appreciate that if you reckon your god is all powerful, then it was also he that started the fire!?!) fucking fool

  • @johnwhitelaw8004
    @johnwhitelaw8004 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hidden in the summer for a million years - when I first heard this I wondered if anyone knew we were here in Australia or if we were hidden in the summer for a million years - I was working in Lorne at the time installing water meters I was an apprentice plumber it was summer I remember everything !! That's why I love music so much it triggers beautiful memories!!!

  • @StevenEveral
    @StevenEveral 8 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    This song makes me want to take the 14 hour flight from the US to visit the Great Southern Land, Australia.

    • @goodshipkaraboudjan
      @goodshipkaraboudjan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +Steven Manning Do it, it's awesome here!

    • @theresearmstrong357
      @theresearmstrong357 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Steven Manning come on down possum.

    • @bollyBob1980
      @bollyBob1980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As fellow respondents have said "Do It" Our Great Southern Land is not without its flaws, People do become naturally disillusioned by politicians like anywhere, but a good 95% of people I have spoken to, perhaps even more have come here and loved every minute. For the record, Australian rock greats like Ivor Davies and Jimmy Barnes are of foreign extraction and decided to stay. Other celebrities who are always overseas, like Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson and Miranda Kerr are still Aussie at heart and love coming back. The song is correct, there is much to love and you will also. Cheers.

    • @ImMick
      @ImMick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      FUCK OFF WERE FULL

    • @dawnparker614
      @dawnparker614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steven Manning you should, it’s amazing

  • @Adambobro
    @Adambobro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I fell in love with this song back in the 80s watching the YOUNG EINSTEIN film. I still love it more than ever today.

    • @Caltops78
      @Caltops78 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adam Bobro hah I was scrolling through the comments to see if anyone would mention Young Einstein. I remember seeing that movie as a kid and loving the song at the end credits

  • @danielroik6065
    @danielroik6065 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The 80's are the Best, nothing come's near the Awesome 80's, if only i could get all the good Rock & Soft Rock song's from the Awesome 80's.

  • @71yid
    @71yid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I discovered this track only recently on Spotify and have since played it numerous times. i remember Icehouse from way back in 1983 when Hey little girl was a success in the U.K. Ive always loved that song and this one instantly appealed to me due to its use of synthesizer throughout, an instrument i absolutely adore listening to!☺

    • @stefanovalenti5569
      @stefanovalenti5569 ปีที่แล้ว

      Icehouse were a great band, try some more of it.

  • @kw9169
    @kw9169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I first heard this on the movie Young Einstein! Love this song!

  • @magicmike6961
    @magicmike6961 8 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    great fucking band and great fucking country .
    And Im a kiwi.

  • @hellovanite
    @hellovanite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My favourite Australian band ever. Im a kiwi a grew up with many great Aussie bands in the 80s but Icehouse are attached to some great memories. You know when you listen to music that takes you back immediately to you youth. For me I get that feeling every time I hear Icehouse

  • @mikevanblommestein5726
    @mikevanblommestein5726 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This should be played every morning by every Aussie station to get Aussie back on track !!

  • @mezmezzy1870
    @mezmezzy1870 8 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Gome now, Hobe is just 998 km away little goala, we'll make there, eventually

    • @ChiefBigHand
      @ChiefBigHand 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Fug :DDD

    • @MsTobuscus
      @MsTobuscus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Chief Big Hand Of The Slapaho benis xddd

    • @sleepyboi5088
      @sleepyboi5088 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Gondolas do not speak Spurdish, you casual.

    • @Harkeilla
      @Harkeilla 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol Firsts it was the N. Koreans, and now it's the Cinese... I'm starting to come to understand why you dislike them so, sir.

    • @thelmagalvin190
      @thelmagalvin190 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      southern is great dood

  • @charlieleonardo
    @charlieleonardo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    this song captures the spirit of australia

    • @fransmars1645
      @fransmars1645 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      This song captures the 80's from the antipodes.

    • @liamsolinas5451
      @liamsolinas5451 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      leonardoboy2 yeah black against the ground

  • @DannyHiob-ye8qd
    @DannyHiob-ye8qd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Absolut.tolle.band.richtig.geile.musik.icehouse.rules.

  • @travistheman607
    @travistheman607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The last time that I played this song on the LP was 1982 then I met a French Canada woman, moved to Quebec, the Ontario worked as an engineer, consultant, moved back to the west coast with my fiancée from Newfoundland, married, divorced living with my lovely Benjie-like dog, came across this song tonight had forgotten it from 82 to 2020 and WOW!!!! Time flies but listening to this song almost 60 yes old what a trip back to 82 when I was 22 gotta love life and all of its meandering crossroads and life experiences! Salut to all, be happy and thankful for life, good health and warm life memories as you travel through it.

  • @tempokairos7638
    @tempokairos7638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Esta música marcou um momento da minha adolescência.

  • @dancingoptimusprime2285
    @dancingoptimusprime2285 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I’m so proud that I am an Australian it is literally the best country ever and music is the best as well🇦🇺❤

    • @justinbencosme5893
      @justinbencosme5893 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As your retarded American cousin I disagree.

    • @kathysangel56
      @kathysangel56 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Vote no to save it from the UN

    • @dancingoptimusprime2285
      @dancingoptimusprime2285 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kathysangel56 the UN is not going to take us

    • @boobootheballbreaker2092
      @boobootheballbreaker2092 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahaha if you knew what the fucking lyrics were you wouldn't like it, keep waving your little Made In China coloniser flag, you fool😂😂😂

    • @ralfkoch3662
      @ralfkoch3662 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i am proud also as an german people, traveling australia mont

  • @SharonMilligan-ex9nq
    @SharonMilligan-ex9nq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    80s I was just a wee lass and playing this again ❤

  • @alessandrafiorucci147
    @alessandrafiorucci147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This marvellous song made me fall in love of Yahoo Serious and Australia in 1990 and i love him and that land since that moment...

  • @criticalbill2090
    @criticalbill2090 8 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    I remember hearing this when I watched Young Einstein for the first time. This song makes an already great movie all the more worth watching

    • @doesitmatter4182
      @doesitmatter4182 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Young Einstein is where I first heard this song too. Didn't think much of the movie, but loved the song right away.

    • @menonpd
      @menonpd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes I loved this song right away when I heard it. Soundtrack on Young Einstein

    • @Patrick2480
      @Patrick2480 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When the movie came out here in the states in 89, i saw a different music video with movie clips in it.

    • @Patrick2480
      @Patrick2480 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was Young Einstein

    • @csgrambauer5852
      @csgrambauer5852 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Same here. Love the Young Einstein movie, especially for the soundtrack (which I had as a kid on cassette).

  • @jqydenm
    @jqydenm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I’m glad my dad brought me up around this music 🇦🇺🇦🇺
    Proud to be Aussie 🇦🇺🇦🇺

  • @joeboyd8702
    @joeboyd8702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I heard this tune for this time as an eleven year old in 1991 watching Young Einstein at home in Scotland. Great tune.

  • @fionakenndal3975
    @fionakenndal3975 7 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    This song is one of the best all time Aussie songs

    • @welshlad6427
      @welshlad6427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only beaten by Jason Donovan’s Too Many Broken Hearts.

    • @1980Campino
      @1980Campino 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mudnight Oil "Beds are burning", Men at work" Down Under", INXS "Mystify me"

  • @johncasper8031
    @johncasper8031 8 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    In 1988 the Southern Stand of the Melbourne Cricket Ground had to be replaced because of "concrete cancer." During construction, as a joke, the new stand was called the "Great Southern Stand." On completion the MCG committee could not think of a better name so that is its name. "Icehouse" had no objections, a kind of immortality.

    • @sewscrapmuse
      @sewscrapmuse 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      brilliant if true

    • @leifbraidwood1426
      @leifbraidwood1426 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Halvdan Knutsson thats cause yoir not aussie

    • @Beachinus
      @Beachinus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Leif is right! 'cos you're not an Aussie Doh! Great Southern Land and Great Southern Stand

    • @monicagreen5633
      @monicagreen5633 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's becomes a musical Pun... probably no Australian can say "Great Southern Stand" without saying it in tune with the lyric "Great Southern Land".

    • @sewscrapmuse
      @sewscrapmuse 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not many Kiwi's can either :)

  • @QueenElizabethThe1st
    @QueenElizabethThe1st 10 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    this should really be our national anthem

    • @mikk4309
      @mikk4309 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuck yeah!

    • @lindakaren1750
      @lindakaren1750 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree, always have.

    • @stupendous1068
      @stupendous1068 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This and/or "I Still Call Australia Home". You can't go wrong with that one either.

  • @blurman101
    @blurman101 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 80's, The Aussie Music, mate................. I tell ya, so glad I grew up with this. Nothing better.. PROUD

  • @stevegibbons7452
    @stevegibbons7452 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Absolutely, I loved this when I first heard it all those years ago. It’s still as good now 👍

  • @amandamckeever2275
    @amandamckeever2275 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Came across this great band through seeing Young Einstein back in the 80's. Love this song. ❤🎶

  • @valdezkareem6980
    @valdezkareem6980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Our great southern land is burning..so eerie listing to this now..God save Australia! 😭
    I'm thinking of all those who have lost their homes in the bush fires.
    this song captures the spirit of australia

  • @kimharris2599
    @kimharris2599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When ever you connect country to people the connection is always made.
    This song provides that heart beat and spirit.
    And encapsulates it all.

  • @allensebastian1918
    @allensebastian1918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I grew up in FJ with "young talent time" etc, and "The Flying Doctors" and music from INXS, Icehouse, Midnight Oil and others, and later - when I came of age - got to see Mad Max and fell/still in love with the land of OZ!. I'm a few of the lucky ones to have studied and worked in Oz in their impressionable years - never forgotten!

  • @Thyalwaysseek
    @Thyalwaysseek 10 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    "..so you look into the land and it will tell you a story
    story 'bout a journey ended long ago
    if you listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains
    maybe you can hear them talking like I do"

  • @bossco09
    @bossco09 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Icehouse one of the great aussie bands of the 80's,they had many good songs back then and still enjoyed by many to this day..........

  • @mertkaracayil
    @mertkaracayil 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    will never get old. listened to this while driving on the great ocean road,.

  • @user-bs7zz1bt5f
    @user-bs7zz1bt5f 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Happy NAIDOC Week ❤❤❤ peace ✌️💯 love, people & OUR Land 🌍🤞☯️ Queen 👑

  • @SteamKing2160
    @SteamKing2160 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I fucking love Australia...

  • @Polpiv4tifish
    @Polpiv4tifish 7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    1980s; what a time for Australian music. Today we have Iggy Azalea as our most well known export. How did we go this far backwards?

    • @opethdude5672
      @opethdude5672 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Polpiv4tifish who !

    • @tonyhaynes9080
      @tonyhaynes9080 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And Rolf Harris. But you deported him to us rather than the other way round.

    • @jonathantan2469
      @jonathantan2469 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meanwhile, many good bands like The Jezabels & Lowtide have issues making it big outside...

    • @bernard637
      @bernard637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah but that ass though 👀

    • @Sahar_layali
      @Sahar_layali 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bernard637 it's fake though.

  • @jakesmith5485
    @jakesmith5485 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My dad used to live next to the base player when he was young, since he was young, he used to jam a lot with him. Epic band

  • @aficionato
    @aficionato หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Aussie Drives brought me here. What a song!

  • @macblack5393
    @macblack5393 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    Anyone here in 2024?

    • @tracymurray7314
      @tracymurray7314 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh yes and return to this song frequently

    • @fanatamon
      @fanatamon หลายเดือนก่อน

      no i'm back in the early 80s.

    • @tendraftsdeep
      @tendraftsdeep หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Happy Birthday Iva, 69 in 2024

    • @Willows4040
      @Willows4040 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'll give you a hundred dollars if you can find a comment section on any song that doesn't say anyone here in 2024

    • @BMPK
      @BMPK 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Willows4040 cough it up buddy 👌 just came from Eskimo Joe - From the Sea

  • @nicholasmorales3721
    @nicholasmorales3721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In my youth as a Marine I spent some liberty in Townsville and Brisbane. I love Australia.

  • @sureshthapa2372
    @sureshthapa2372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i was driving with my sister and brother in law and a niece from Sydney to Nelson Bay.and this song played automatically on my spotify...Just got me straight away..i wondered how vast and stretched ,and beautiful australia is....

  • @nickgraham2506
    @nickgraham2506 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It sounds corny I know, but whenever I travel to the outback there are a number of songs that simply must get played. This is number one on that playlist. It just hits differently out there.

  • @Sanmiguelarcangel2024-u9b
    @Sanmiguelarcangel2024-u9b 8 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
    stranded like a runaway, lost at sea
    city on a rainy day down in the harbour
    watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay
    looking everywhere 'cause I had to find you
    this is not the way that i remember it here
    anyone will tell you its a prisoner island
    hidden in the summer for a million years
    Great Southern Land, burned you black
    so you look into the land and it will tell you a story
    story 'bout a journey ended long ago
    listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains
    maybe you can hear them talking like I do
    ". . they're gonna betray, they're gonna forget you
    are you gonna let them take you over this way . ."
    Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
    you walk alone like a primitive man
    and they make it work with sticks and bones
    see their hungry eyes, its a hungry home
    I hear the sound of the stranger's voices
    I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes
    Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
    they burned you black, black against the ground
    Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
    stranded like a runaway, lost at sea
    city on a rainy day down in the harbour
    watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay
    looking everywhere I had to find you
    this is not the way that i remember it here
    anyone will tell you its a prisoner island
    hidden in the summer for a million years
    Great Southern Land, in the sleeping sun
    you walk alone with the ghost of time
    they burned you black, black against the ground
    and they make it work with rocks and sand
    I hear the sound of the stanger's voices
    I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes
    Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
    you walk alone, like a primitive man
    you walk alone with the ghost of time
    and they burned you black
    yeah, they burned you black
    Great Southern Land

    • @valiumflowers72
      @valiumflowers72 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you Sunny Tiger :) peace be with you friend.

    • @mangawarra
      @mangawarra 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Sunny Tiger (Tigress) Thanks! Love it. So the Great Southern Land talks to us in these lines: I hear the sound of the stranger's voices
      I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes

    • @alfredagain
      @alfredagain 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Sunny Tiger (Tigress) I think you're right. I always thought it was SYDNEY on a rainy day down in the harbour.

    • @robalston590
      @robalston590 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +alfredagain but I think he's talking about Sydney..clouds shadow the bay..

    • @iluvmx1977
      @iluvmx1977 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      alfredagain I thought it was SITTING on a rainy day down at the harbour 😂

  • @reneorozco5963
    @reneorozco5963 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Sufri como 15 años para saber el nombre de esta cancion, la escuche por vez primera en 1989 en 98,5 fm y fue hasta 2003 que en best fm de monterrey la logre grabar con todo y los comentarios del locutor. Ya conocia a Ice house pero great souther land es la mejor de esta banda

    • @elmerofairo
      @elmerofairo ปีที่แล้ว

      gracias compa, respeto de australia

    • @sindromerott4098
      @sindromerott4098 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best Fm no debió desaparecer

  • @Nickelini
    @Nickelini 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ah, still love this song -- this Canadian was living in Australia when this came out. Never tired of hearing this

  • @tbrooks3761
    @tbrooks3761 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just heard for the first time. What a great song.

  • @charlestruscottwatters7398
    @charlestruscottwatters7398 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is one of the greatest songs ever written in Aussie history

  • @MeAgain998
    @MeAgain998 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    They play this at the start of every session of the Boxing Day Test.

    • @raadyusuf6763
      @raadyusuf6763 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They played it at the first ever test match in Canberra (Australia vs Sri Lanka)

    • @saberracer026
      @saberracer026 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the run on song for the Mens team at all home test matches

  • @sapphirescashloans3570
    @sapphirescashloans3570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We listen to this song at school because we are learning the world!

  • @cindygadea838
    @cindygadea838 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of the greatest Aussie songs ❤

  • @lauraschen2624
    @lauraschen2624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of my favourite songs ❤

  • @bougeac
    @bougeac 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just discovered this song, amazing! Iva Davies and icehouse are SUCH an underrated band

  • @tracymurray7314
    @tracymurray7314 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know this about Australia but i spent half my life in South Africa and it also makes me nostalgic for there too.

  • @rickhunter5477
    @rickhunter5477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm not australian but this song is a Master piece !!!!

  • @merkinidgit
    @merkinidgit 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Big welcome to the state of Idaho, Aussie and Kiwi firefighters! We need you here and in Washington and Oregon. I hope this video from my distant recesses doesn't document Southern Hemisphere fire management practices (walking casually amidst the flames and singing), otherwise what a wasted trip! Thanks for your help 🌏🌎

  • @jaredohlstein7355
    @jaredohlstein7355 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    These guys and Midnight Oil are the bands that make me proud to be Australian

  • @maximilianoborges5920
    @maximilianoborges5920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this song. All my life i was looking for it. Finally i found it. After all these years. I love you Australia!!!!!

  • @JUTIAPAGUATE1357
    @JUTIAPAGUATE1357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    100 % australian, 100 % quality, 80s forever, classic, the best.....................