Cool like Icehouse

When I listen to ICEHOUSE, like I am doing this morning, I recall a time when Linn drum machines and Fairlight CMI synthesizers were novel and hip.
Icehouse leader IVA DAVIES spent his late teenage years in SYDNEY, playing the oboe with the ABC National Training Orchestra.
The musical training shows in songs such as "Hey Little Girl," "Great Southern Land," "Crazy" and "Electric Blue."
I always looked forward to hearing Icehouse songs on THE QUAKE or its successor alternative radio station in the Bay Area, LIVE 105.
When I heard the start of an Icehouse song, I knew I'd hear a tune as cool as the band's name implies.