She wrote it when she was thirteen?!
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
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19. The Big Sky269 points, thirteen votes (one vote for the Meteorological Mix)Hounds of Love (1985)videometeorological mix
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link
"the big sky" is about the only kate song i'll hate on. it's always, always felt pointless coming after "running up that hill" and "hounds of love" to me.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
i like it well enough but it does feel a bit fluffy and inconsequential, surprised at its placing this high, it's definitely no "Mother Stands for Comfort" if we must place every HoL track
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
I basically agree with that. 'Sustained euphoria' is not something I can really get with in pop, with the possible exception of rave.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
nb "fluffy and inconsequential" aren't really critiques but maybe this wd work better as an endless looping dance track than a fully formed Kate song
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
don't think i know the "Meteorological Mix" so maybe that fixes it
it's definitely no "mother stands for comfort"
my issue was that it always seemed to do what the two tracks before it did but...a million times less effectively
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:45 (eleven years ago) link
like for once kate's "ee-yeah ee-yoohhh" vocalisations seem a bit forced
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:46 (eleven years ago) link
"Pause for the Jet".
Love this, for me one of the highlights on HOL, love it's cluttered feel. One of the only times when she got the extended 12" mix right.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
at this point i mourn the fact that nobody has made a fully KB sampled proper dance album ever
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
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18. Experiment IV272 points, thirteen votes, one no.1The Whole Story (1986)video
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yes! i was a bit worried this had missed out.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
I was surprised to spot Hugh Laurie in the video, then I realised it also had Dawn French in a wig. Then I started looking for other celebrity comedians - pretty sure the guy in the straitjacket is Rory McGrath.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
19. The Big Sky269 points, thirteen votes (one vote for the Meteorological Mix)
hello!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
the only downer about 'experiment VI' is that i only just discovered it and it was through the video so now i'm always going to associate it with dawn french in a wig.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
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She was well in with the Comic Strip crowd, hence her supplying 'Ken' on the 'Comic Strip Presents...GLC'.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
A close friends considers "Experiment IV" the best song she's ever created. I voted for it, and it's on my short list for best new songs on a comp.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
Did The Whole Story invent that? To my mind it only became standard in the late 90s, before that Greatest Hits were greatest hits only.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
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17. Night Of The Swallow286 points, eleven votesThe Dreaming (1982)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
i've resisted posting this for too long now, but the Man With The Child In His Eyes makes me have to i'm afraid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJbjAwvRWLs
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
Sly Stone's greatest boasted a couple new ones in 1969 or 1970.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
Here's a spinoff treat: Mná na hÉireann, an Irish song Kate did with Donal Lunny, who played on Night Of The Swallow
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
Dylan did that too on Greatest Hits vol 2 in 71, xp
― Euler, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
ADORE "Night of the Swallow".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
SPOILER: Mná na hÉireann didn't make the top sixteen
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
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16. And Dream Of Sheep294 points, twelve votesHounds of Love (1985)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
ok that was my "9th Wave" representative. it's lovely is my only justification tbh
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
Sometimes that's all you need.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
when Bush sings "LITTLE LIGHT....shiniiiingg..." it's goose pimple time.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
;_; my number 5.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
One of my favourite moments in recorded music:
"oh-oh I'll wake up!... to any sound... of engines..."
The tremulousness of that line gets me every time.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
heh, night of the swallow was my #2... thought it would place a bit higher, to be honest.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
was feeling a bit, er, sensitive the other night and i couldn't even think of 'and dream of sheep' without filling up.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
whole track is so delicate and resigned and faintly indignant
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
it sits in my head waiting for those moments too
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
I had Night of the Swallow at no.3. The celtic influence on it sounds Scottish to me, where Jig of Life sounds Irish. No idea why - maybe if we have a musicologist here, he can tell me why I'm talking nonsense.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
She was well in with the Comic Strip crowd
and Stephen Fry guesting on the last one of course
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
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15. Army Dreamers342 points, sixteen votesNever For Ever (1980)she reminds me of Bowie here
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
making the corny uncorny once again, such a great arrangement and vocal for such a simple idea, like musically the flip of Scott Walker's "Hero of the War" except nothing but compassion instead of Walker's acid snark
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
Actually now you mention it, does any photo place do Panoramic pics nowadays?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
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14. The Dreaming346 points, fourteen votesThe Dreaming (1982)going for it on German tellyRaiUno makes the uncorny corny
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Fiorentina 1 Udinese 0 btw
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
I make our new work studies in my department watch the video for the Dreaming to determine if they are going to be a good fit for our office.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Dre-ee-ee-ee-ee-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-tt-tt-tt-tt-tt-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-muh-muh-muh-muh-muh
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
PULL OF THE BUSH!
― TOP FEMALE LAWYER & CARTOONIST FOR 2011: (donna rouge), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
I can see how you'd say that when comparing it to Hounds of Love, but Running Up That Hill? Really? The two songs are trying to do completely different things (gravitas vs exuberance maybe).
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
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13. Sat In Your Lap362 points, fourteen votes, one no.1The Dreaming (1982)videodemo
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Everything about "Sat in Your Lap" is amazing to me -- the rhythm, the concept, the philosophizing, the jokes, and especially the towering bridge. "I MUST ADMIT..."
I had it #14, should've been top 10.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
weird. as we near the top 10, i'm placing fewer of my votes. "the big sky" is the only one so far today.
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link