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."
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
Into the top ten.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
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10. Hello Earth439 points, sixteen votes, four no.1sHounds of Love (1985)from Miami Vice
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
just look at it gooooooooooooooooo
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
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..."
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
director's cut is mostly abominable though
i listened to it last night and it was fun!
think of it as a live album
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't vote in this, but Hello Earth would have been my #1.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
I started my ballot with this in the #1 spot.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
mmmm yes
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
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9. Breathing479 points, twenty-two votesNever For Ever (1980)video
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
This song has never really done anything for me as of yet.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
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
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
There's plenty of Kate songs to get 'in the mood' but 'Breathing' isn't one of them.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
there's always "Jig of Life."
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
"wake up love"
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
OK I know for sure 5 of the next 8, but curious about the other 3.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
(and rooting for anything-but-R.U.T.H. as #1.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
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8. Nocturn503 points, twenty votes, three no.1sAerial (2005)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
my no 1!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
jeez, i like arial, but nowhere near as much as you all
TOO LOW
― diamonddave85, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Thought Nocturn might be higher. Think i had it about third. Amazing piece of music.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
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)
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
speaking of roy harper!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKAOu37oMkM
― TOP FEMALE LAWYER & CARTOONIST FOR 2011: (donna rouge), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ this and xpost
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
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7. Suspended In Gaffa563 points, twenty-three votes, one no.1The Dreaming (1982)more goodies from German telly
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
ha! had no idea my love for this song was shared by so many
― chicago rap twitter luminary (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
My #2! Possibly should have been my #1.
― direct references of (seandalai), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
kate is astonishingly sexy in the live performance of this wearing the black dress. if i could have married one woman...
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
this was my only pick from 'the dreaming' i think.
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6. Get Out Of My House570 points, twenty-four votes, one no.1The Dreaming (1982)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
yeeeeeeeeeeeees
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
I TURN INTO THE MUUUUUULE
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
that's the whole of the dreaming now, right? lol @ this batshit thing being voted the best
and "all the love"/"there goes a tenner" the worst :/
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Is this the first poll when an entire (non hits) album has appeared in full?
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
and that was the moment my slim hopes of 'blow away (for bill)' making it flickered and died :(
― second only to popcorn (or something), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
yep, that's all of the dreaming.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
woah Sat In Your Lap only at 13?! also; had no idea Aerial was THIS well regarded.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't been on all the polls, but it's the first time I can recall a whole album placing. The Joshua Tree nearly did on my other one, but iirc it fell one short.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha, thanks mothers of the disappeared!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
It's pretty sweet watching a deep cut take off as the ballots roll in - this placed on a straight run of ten consecutive ballots in the middle.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 August 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link