We Become Panoramic - THE KATE BUSH RESULTS THREAD (ilm artist poll #24)

"a coral room" was my higher-ranking 'aerial' vote, so gorgeous

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11. The Sensual World
(one vote for Flower Of The Mountain)
414 points, sixteen votes, two no.1s
The Sensual World (1989) / Director’s Cut (2011)
video

i was pretty disappointed with the 'flower of the mountain' version that got rid of the ooooooo yesss parts, which imo was what made that song

'Sat In Your Lap' was my no 1...a bit random really but my god what a way to start an album...gets me every time...

i do not approve of this image selection

wow. i like the track but placing this high is just crazy. also the Director's Cut version is maybe my least favourite Kate track aside from King Of The Mountain :-(

director's cut is mostly abominable though

Heh sorry xp. I originally intended a bodies-only version but it turned out a bit ... meatlike. Back to wholesomeness shortly.

Christgau re "The Sensual World": it could "give Henry James a boner."

I always loved that.

A Coral Room was my #2 -- I contemplated it for #1, but couldn't quite pull the trigger. Courtesy of Kate:

"The song is really about the passing of time... I like the idea of coming from this big expansive, outside world of sea and cities into, again, this very small space where, er, it's talking about a memory of my mother and this little brown jug. I always remember hearing years ago this thing about a sort of Zen approach to life, where, you would hold something in your hand, knowing that, at some point, it would break, it would no longer be there."

Into the top ten.

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10. Hello Earth
439 points, sixteen votes, four no.1s
Hounds of Love (1985)
from Miami Vice

just look at it gooooooooooooooooo

I used to think "Hello Earth" was little more than a coda to "And Dream of Sheep" but these past few weeks I've come to love it. The Florian Fricke stuff is awesome -- and part of me wonders if that's Peter Gabriel is sampled in there somewhere as well.

Only demerit: I always think of that one line that goes "I get out of my car/And step into the night" as: "I get out of my dreams/And into my car..."

The first two ballots in had Hello Earth at no.1 (including my own) and I thought: ohhhhh... It got drawn back in soon enough, but that was quite the start.

director's cut is mostly abominable though

i listened to it last night and it was fun!

think of it as a live album

I didn't vote in this, but Hello Earth would have been my #1.

lol @ naive teen idol and also damn u! my number 3, i always think of it as 'the ninth wave' sibling to 'cloudbusting'. the chords sound similar but i'm not very good on formal/technical stuff so may be way off.

Listened to 'Hello Earth' earlier and instantly realised I made a mistake leaving it off my ballot. I would say that more than any other part of 'The Ninth Wave', I can't seperate it from 'The Morning Fog' which follows it.

I couldn't say what moves me most about it: the spectral vocals (both sections), the shifts in perspective from delicate to epic, the touch of the divine... It's an incredible thing.

Kate the astronaut, viewing earth from the moon, blocking it out with her hand. If there was ever an instance where the awe in the music perfectly matches those in the lyrics.

I started my ballot with this in the #1 spot.

mmmm yes

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9. Breathing
479 points, twenty-two votes
Never For Ever (1980)
video

This song has never really done anything for me as of yet.

Don't know how to put the video in links, so sorry for bombing the thread but this is a cringeworthy gem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNMw5Te8iCE&hd=1

In high school a friend of mine asked me for a tape with Breathing on it because he thought it sounded sexy and wanted to use it to get his girlfriend "in the mood." I refused and tore a strip off him verbally. Don't regret it.

There's plenty of Kate songs to get 'in the mood' but 'Breathing' isn't one of them.

there's always "Jig of Life."

"wake up love"

OK I know for sure 5 of the next 8, but curious about the other 3.

(and rooting for anything-but-R.U.T.H. as #1.)

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8. Nocturn
503 points, twenty votes, three no.1s
Aerial (2005)
youtube

Listened to 'Hello Earth' earlier and instantly realised I made a mistake leaving it off my ballot.

― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:43 AM (39 minutes ago)

yeah, it's the only thing i really regret leaving off my ballot. cut it cuz hounds of love was already overrepresented.

my no 1!

jeez, i like arial, but nowhere near as much as you all

TOO LOW

Thought Nocturn might be higher. Think i had it about third. Amazing piece of music.

I'd always have said Nocturn was my favourite from Aerial, but when it came down to it Sunset and A Coral Room beat it easily (lol it was still my no.8)

my number 2 and yeah, too low. listened to it in the small hours when i was suffering insomnia a few years ago and it was like a warm blanket.

the fact that there is a Kate Bush song as good as Breathing that also features Roy Harper is possibly proof of God's existence.

speaking of roy harper!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKAOu37oMkM

^^^ this and xpost

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7. Suspended In Gaffa
563 points, twenty-three votes, one no.1
The Dreaming (1982)
more goodies from German telly

ha! had no idea my love for this song was shared by so many

My #2! Possibly should have been my #1.

kate is astonishingly sexy in the live performance of this wearing the black dress. if i could have married one woman...

this was my only pick from 'the dreaming' i think.

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6. Get Out Of My House
570 points, twenty-four votes, one no.1
The Dreaming (1982)
youtube

yeeeeeeeeeeeees