What legendary figure flew too close to the sun?
Too Close to Heaven conscience (and his accountants)". The song has become a favourite at Waterboys concerts. All songs written by Mike Scott, except as noted. Too Close to Heaven Too Close to Heaven is a collection of outtakes, alternative versions, and unreleased tracks from The Waterboys' "Fisherman's Blues" period, released September 2001. The album was released as Fisherman's Blues, Part 2 in the United States with five additional tracks in July of that year. The title track of the album refers to the myth of Icarus. Dave Simpson writes in "The Guardian", "Quite how Too Close to Heaven – a song that is
Too Close to the Sun on 'formulas which have proved capable of attracting a steady flow of ... customers.' There seems little danger of anyone taking "Too Close to the Sun" for one of these." Ben Dowell of "thelondonpaper" commented, "Even literary giant Ernest Hemingway would be hard pressed to summon words damning enough to capture quite how appalling, risible and offensively drab John Robinson's musical – yes musical ... is." Dowell gave it a no-star rating. Too Close to the Sun Too Close to the Sun is a musical with a book by Roberto Trippini and music and lyrics by Trippini and John Robinson,