It's "rubberband hold me trousers up", isn't it?
My main memory of that record is of it being premiered on Radio 1 and Simon Mayo saying something like "She's a bit mad, isn't she?" and then - HO HO - she walks into the studio.
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― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe it is, though I'd be hoping to hear some strong cockney if it was.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
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36. There Goes A Tenner128 points, seven votesThe Dreaming (1982)the marvellous video
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Love the orchestral fretless interlude in this. As Savetherobot used to impress upon me when we were kids, Eberhard Weber is the secret weapon on The Dreaming and super important to the sound of this record.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link
Talking of accents!
"When we used to vote for him". One of my faves.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
Xpost This album is what got me into Weber and ECM. So I'll always be grateful for that.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
i love "there goes a tenner" though i'm not sure it quite made my ballot
a while back i realised that nicki minaj's english accent is performed in pretty much the same way as kate bush's cockney accent - like on surface it's a terrible terrible approximation of an "authentic" accent but these women know wtf they're doing and they are fucking with us because they can and it's fun, basically
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
(all of minaj's accents and bush's accents tbh)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
I'm still on zero votes placing but it's a great list nonetheless!
― Cong rat ululations (seandalai), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
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36. All The Love128 points, seven votesThe Dreaming (1982)pretty lady, moody film
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
i thought "all the love" was the worst track on the dreaming for about seven years after i first heard the album (maybe because it's the most straightforward moment?) but when it clicked it really clicked, and it was on my ballot
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
So far a bunch of mine have made it in which gives me hope!
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Two of the four Dreaming cuts that didn't make my ballot, but happy to see them because I love the whole record. "All the Love" is a great song about friendship -- not just what it means, but how to do it.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
(I love the line about how her friends think she's up to "something weird".)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
and up rears the head of fear in me
such a memorable line
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
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35. Snowflake129 points, six votes50 Words For Snow (2011)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
and there's the best track off '50 words...'. i imagine that means nothing else from that album is making it now?
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
agree, i voted for it
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
i was spellbound by "snowflake" a lot when the album came out but i could not listen to it much less vote for it in august
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
This next is kind of the end of the introduction, in that it's the last song that's within a ballot of not placing. The gaps now mostly get bigger as we go up. Anyway...
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
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34. Hammer Horror131 points, seven votesLionheart (1978)live version
great pic.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
didn't know that abt Eberhard Weber!
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
and there's the best track off '50 words...'.
Yup. My only vote from the album (even though I like much of it).
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
I still don't own Lionheart...
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
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33. The Wedding List145 points, seven votesNever For Ever (1980)live!
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
There Goes a Tenner was my #21, sigh. It's got so much going on in it.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Amazing - that live vid. Mick Karn, Townshend, Phil Collins and KB stunningly beautiful.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
That *is* Collins?! I was just chuckling at how unglamorous the band looked.
Kate's top falls off at 3:30 btw, but she carries on like a trooper.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
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32. Wow162 points, nine votesLionheart (1978)at San Remo
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Loving this poll very much.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
One more then I'm going to break for an hour or so to get something to eat and retrieve a couple of photos.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
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31. How To Be Invisible163 points, eight votesAerial (2005)women looking nice
I'm queueing these up on Spotify as they appear and thinking "yeah I could have voted for that".
― direct references of (seandalai), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
STAND IN FRONT OF A MILLION DOORSEACH ONE HOLDS A MILLION MORE~~~~~~
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
A spotify playlist's a thought, I should probably get to work on that.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
No non-album tracks yet, I see... I can only really imagine one placing at this point.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
spotify playlist
An Endless Sky Of Honey appears to only be available in one piece, hence its appearing first for Aerial. If Kate's new to you, please do not be put off by the 42-minute opening track.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
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30. Deeper Understanding172 points, eight votesThe Sensual World (1989)video
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
A couple of personal photos now. This is the inside of my first computer, who moved on recently: we really did have a deep understanding.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
"The Wedding List" was a song I hadn't heard before this -- it ended up on my ballot.
Love the Director's Cut version of "Deeper Understanding" -- for the life of me, I can't figure out why everyone was so up in arms about the new version. I thought her kid singing through the Auto-Tune was powerful and the Gadd drums were great (as they have been on her last two recordings).
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
Damn - i totally blanked on this one. Would've been on my ballot.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
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29. Under The Ivy175 points, eight votes, one no.1b-side to Running Up That Hill (1985)on the tube
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
this is such a good time of year to be doing this - it felt very autumnal when i woke up this morning and i definitely associate Kate's music with the feeling of a british autumn... the weather turning colder, days getting shorter and in the past going back to school etc.
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
wasn't that the first track she recorded in her new home studio?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
One of mine. What a beautiful track.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
ok - I'll stop with the annoying play by play. Back to work.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
I have never heard that. It's really nice.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
oh man!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
I had no idea this would chart so high – one of my top fifteen.