Yes indeed Anne. Icarus is a lovely song. I'm a long time friend of Derek Brimstone who recorded it for the Cheapo Album. The live section of which I recorded. Icarus was in the studio part as I remember.

I once talked for a while to Brimmo, about his choice of songs. i was looking through his oeuvre and remarked how few really comic songs there were.

He said, Indeed that's my secret - I sing very serious songs, but I present them in a light hearted way.

I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts were about the song. Icarus has been such a powerful motif in works of art - for example Auden's Musee de beau Arts Poem. And of course Icarus was the son of Daedalus, thus Stepehen Dedalus in Joycs's Portrait of the Artist and Ulyssess.

Put the words on this thread and tell us about your song - which I am sure has many admirers besides myself and DB.

all the best

Big Al Whittle