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

Yes xp, 49 is a tie, I'm not being eccentric. 46 is a three-way tie, and iirc 39 is a tie too; but I think above that they're all unique.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

It hurt me not to vote for this track. Listening to it now, I should've just figured out a way to do it.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

49. Love And Anger
102 points,  five votes
The Sensual World (1989)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

think i dropped this from my ballot at the last minute :/

― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:24 (8 months ago) Permalink

too low! guessing we'll see very little of The Sensual World or The Red Shoes then, & pretty much all of HOL.

― Euler, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:32 (8 months ago) Permalink

I found a Sky of Honey's tracks even more problematic than the Ninth Wave's, as they are even more of a piece. Wonder if they might not suffer a bit as they end up being randomly chosen as placeholders for the entire album side.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

Re. the albums, I tried really hard to reacquaint myself w the first three records. There may come a time that I love them -- the ballads, the theatricality of it all. But short of a few songs on Never For Ever, even with the re-listening these last few weeks, this isn't that time.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:37 (8 months ago) Permalink

I've never gotten past the video for "Love and Anger," which was my introduction to Kate Bush. On another thread, I wrote this about TSW:

I'm still trying to get a grip on the whole thing, but the record opens very strong. On the whole, it still sounds a bit...overstuffed -- the video for "Love and Anger" indicated as much, featuring very LUSH optics, sparkly confetti and Dave Gilmour, who himself looks overstuffed.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 15:39 (8 months ago) Permalink

Re. the albums, I tried really hard to reacquaint myself w the first three records. There may come a time that I love them -- the ballads, the theatricality of it all. But short of a few songs on Never For Ever, even with the re-listening these last few weeks, this isn't that time.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, August 27, 2012 8:37 AM (1 minute ago)

a selection of tracks from the first four albums = by far my favorite kate bush material

― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 15:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

46. Lake Tahoe
103 points, five votes
50 Words For Snow (2011)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

46. Waking The Witch
103 points, five votes
Hounds of Love (1985)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 16:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

and there's my first to place. i must admit, my primary reason for voting vor this was "wake up man".

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 16:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

these song images are awesome, BTW.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 27 August 2012 16:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

love "waking the witch". witchy part always freaks me out.

― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

Thanks. Some relate to the songs, some don't - I let my mind wander a bit while I'm doing them.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

these song images are awesome, BTW.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

well that was yesterday well spent

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:04 (8 months ago) Permalink

working fine here

― Cong rat ululations (seandalai), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:05 (8 months ago) Permalink

The album covers were fine.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

same

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

working here for me in Chrome

― wise men farting over you (snoball), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:11 (8 months ago) Permalink

yeah they're good here, tho i'll admit to being completely flummoxed by them so far (but that's fine).

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:12 (8 months ago) Permalink

GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:12 (8 months ago) Permalink

46. Misty
103 points, six votes
50 Words For Snow (2011)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

Fantastic effort, Ismael. Really enjoying this.

― Leonard Pine, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:18 (8 months ago) Permalink

for a while this was my favourite from '50 words for snow', it's not quite now but it does encapsulate everything that's good about that album.

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:22 (8 months ago) Permalink

Voted for "Lake Tahoe". Glad to see it here!

― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

I hardly know what to think about 50, I can hardly get a handle on it now. It's like it's drifting away from me, or I'm viewing it through frosted glass. Only Wild Man, Wheeler St and the title track carry any sort of weight for me beyond the odd snippet.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

It'll make sense again in three months.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

you've skilfully missed the best track on it there ik.

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

I voted for Wheeler Street. I don't think I'm giving too much away if I say it was just me.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

45. Oh England My Lionheart
104 points, five votes
Lionheart (1978)
in concert!

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:58 (8 months ago) Permalink

Neither of the above are the 50 Words track I voted for, but I'm glad to see them. Sort of surprised "Witch" is so low, I think of that as a pretty iconic track. (But that could be because I first heard it on a mixtape my college girlfriend made me when we were first going out.)

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:00 (8 months ago) Permalink

i expected witch to finish much higher, too

― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:24 (8 months ago) Permalink

I was amazed Oh England fell so low; it's irresistible. Not that I was one of the five, but why's it so unpopular?

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:25 (8 months ago) Permalink

i expected witch to finish much higher, too

I had a hard time voting for many pieces of "The Ninth Wave." They work so well together as a whole that saying one part or another was superior ended up meaning I only voted for one.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:27 (8 months ago) Permalink

Gah, I didn't vote. Still, as I said, I would've been pretty much canon, so I'll use these results for some deep-digging hints.

― emil.y, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:36 (8 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, I could've pushed for votes a bit more, but I felt the way it was working out heads-only was producing quite an interesting list. I hope you find some things to your liking.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

44. The Fog
105 points, six votes
The Sensual World (1989)
some ballet footage

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:50 (8 months ago) Permalink

Xpost - Oh England was the last track to drop off my list and if I did a top 20 next week it would probably be top 5. It's beautiful and unique, but the problem is that so is most of Kate Bush's oeuvre. Something has got to give, I am afraid.

― Guilty_Boksen, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

i voted for one representative track from "9th Wave" and "Sky of Honey" cos i cdn't separate them properly, sensibly. for each i chose my (probably) fave bit. simple question of all the other songs i needed to vote for, as is not voting "My Lionheart". there are almost no Kate tracks i dislike, but man 20 votes is not a lot.

― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

there's a real cottage industry in fan-made kate youtube videos, i actually quite like a lot of them. there's an animated one for 'among angels' that's just devastating tbh.

― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

I hadn't realised 'til just now, they're great. I posted one on the voting thread for Constellation of the Heart, but I thought that was just a one-off.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

43. King Of The Mountain
113 points, five votes
Aerial (2005)
youtube

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:18 (8 months ago) Permalink

Huh. Love Aerial, but not a particular fan of KotM. It would be my 8th or 9th favorite track, probably.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:30 (8 months ago) Permalink

I disliked it at the time as a single but it made my ballot.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

This and Wild Man seemed like disappointing singles at their respective times, but what else could they have issued? It's not like Lake Tahoe or A Coral Room would have been burning up the airwaves.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

I like how it has a bit of the Fairlight feel to it in the intro. And was it Marcello who wrote that great piece about how you've been waiting for Kate to come back for a dozen years and then when she finally does, you get this mysterious intro followed by a totally SKANK reggae guitar? I can't remember.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

What is this Fairlight thing you're all going on about?

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

Yeah - just sounds like a cheap synth! Production on "Wild Man" is so good. Disarmingly mellow until that bonkers chorus.

― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:49 (8 months ago) Permalink

Er...there was some love for In Search of Peter Pan, IK. It was at 12 in my poll:

1 This Woman's Work
2 Night of the Swallow
3 Running Up That Hill
4. Cloudbusting
5 Deeper Understanding
6 Lake Tahoe
7 The Sensual World
8 Under The Ivy
9 Jig of Life
10 Snowflake
11 The Infant Kiss
12 In Search of Peter Pan
13 Moving
14 Symphony in Blue
15 December WIll Be Magic Again
16 Wuthering Heights
17 Experiment IV
18 All We Ever Look For
19 Get Out of My House
20 Nocturn

Albums:

1 Hounds of Love
2 Never For Ever
3 Lionheart

― Guilty_Boksen, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

Stuff that came very close to making my ballot:

The Saxophone Song
In Search of Peter Pan
Delius (Song of Summer)
Egypt
Pull Out The Pin
All The Love
Jig of Life
Experiment IV
Never Be Mine
Lily
A Coral Room
Somewhere In Between
Aerial
Snowflake
Lake Tahoe

― Tim F, Thursday, 30 August 2012 04:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

was not able to submit a ballot because of weird irl issues this past weekend but here was my prelim untangled ballot
The Man with the Child in His Eyes
Wuthering Heights
Babooshka
Delius (Song of Summer)
Blow Away (For Bill)
All We Ever Look For
Egypt
The Wedding List
Violin
Army Dreamers
breathing
Sat in Your Lap
There Goes a Tenner
pull out the pin
Suspended in Gaffa
leave it open
The Dreaming
hounds of love
cloudbusting
the sensual world

― buzza, Thursday, 30 August 2012 05:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

Unranked

― buzza, Thursday, 30 August 2012 05:01 (8 months ago) Permalink

A couple of corrections in the minor slots:

December Will Be Magic Again - four votes and 81 points
In Search Of Peter Pan - two votes and 34 points

Don't keep 'em coming

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 30 August 2012 06:26 (8 months ago) Permalink

1. This Woman's Work
2. Them Heavy People
3. The Man with the Child in His Eyes
4. Deeper Understanding
5. The Sensual World
6. And Dream of Sheep
7. Joanni
8. Suspended in Gaffa
9. Army Dreamers
10. How to Be Invisible
11. Rocket Man
12. Pull Out the Pin
13. In the Warm Room
14. Breathing
15. Mrs Bartolozzi
16. Mother Stands for Comfort
17. There Goes a Tenner
18. Wuthering Heights
19. Somewhere in Between
20. Babooshka

i don't love Hounds of Love as much as a lot of you i guess

― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 August 2012 07:56 (8 months ago) Permalink

I didn't vote (I only knew "Hounds of Love" and a handful of other songs here and there) but had a lot of fun following the results and finally getting around to hearing more of Kate Bush's music. Great poll, thanks Ismael!

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 30 August 2012 08:09 (8 months ago) Permalink

Bold didn't place, including my #1 sadly.

1. Why Should I Love You?
2. Wuthering Heights
3. Running Up That Hill
4. This Woman's Work
5. Cloudbursting
6. Moments of Pleasure
7. Watching You Without Me
8. An Architect's Dream
9. Army Dreamers
10. And Dream of Sheep
11. The Dreaming
12. There Goes a Tenner
13. The Big Sky
14. Hounds of Love
15. Bertie
16. Rocket Man
17. Man With The Child In His Eyes
18. Misty
19. Breathing
20. Them Heavy People

Albums

1, Hounds of Love
2. The Dreaming
3. Aerial

― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:34 (8 months ago) Permalink

i love aerial but i am kinda surprised by just how well it did here, i do wonder how much of that is maybe for a large segment of ilx it was the first kate bush lp they experienced first hand so to speak.

Process of elimination for me. HOL is her only perfect album for me. I even regret sticking TSW on my list.

― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 30 August 2012 10:54 (8 months ago) Permalink

1. Feel It
2. The Man with the Child in His Eyes
3. L'Amour Looks Something like You
4. Cloudbusting
5. Running Up That Hill
6. Snowflake
7. Night Scented Stock
8. A Coral Room
9. Oh to Be in Love
10. Wuthering Heights
11. In the Warm Room
12. Nocturn
13. Army Dreamers
14. Lake Tahoe
15. Night of the Swallow
16. Mother Stands for Comfort
17. The Dreaming
18. The Kick Inside
19. Misty
20. Wow

ALBUMS

1. The Kick Inside
2. Hounds of Love
3. Aerial

― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 30 August 2012 11:51 (8 months ago) Permalink

Hmph. Totally would've preferred Cloudbusting or Hounds as #1. I'm always glad to hear Running, but it's never been one of my Kate faves. Anyway, here's mine. Think everything placed except the two Red Shoes tracks.

Jig of Life
The Dreaming
The Man With the Child in His Eyes
Wuthering Heights ('86 version)
Nocturn
Leave It Open
Cloudbusting
Breathing
Hello Earth
The Sensual World
Hounds of Love
Night of the Swallow
Waking the Witch
Sat in Your Lap
Snowflake
Lily
Get Out of My House
Pull Out the Pin
Top of the City
Experiment IV

ALBUMS
The Dreaming
Hounds of Love
Aerial

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:53 (8 months ago) Permalink

And great poll, IK. Thanks. The pictures were gorgeous.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

this poll has made me realise how much attention i should have paid to All The Love, amazing bit of work.

― piscesx, Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

LET'S EXCHANGE THE EXPERIENCE

Nocturn
Running Up That Hill
Cloudbusting
Hounds of Love
Suspended in Gaffa
The Morning Fog
One Last Look Around The House Before We Go
Love and Anger
Rubberband Girl
Big Sky
This Woman's Work
Breathing
Experiment IV
A Coral Room
Jig of Life
The Fog
Heads We're Dancing
The Man with the Child in his Eyes
Symphony in Blue
Big Stripey Lie

albums
Hounds of Love
Aerial
The Dreaming

― Euler, Thursday, 30 August 2012 16:49 (8 months ago) Permalink

if this poll happened a week ago i would've been mondo annoyed at running's placement. it always left me cold. but i happened to hear it on the radio while driving last night and i was like 'damn this owns doesnt it' so i guess it finally clicked. still think wuthering not being #1 is mild challops (i might've voted for gaffa tho)

― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 31 August 2012 14:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

Very belated thanks to IK for running this and for the beautiful rollout.

My ballot:
Tracks
01 The Sensual World
02 The Dreaming
03 Rocket's Tail
04 The Man with the Child in His Eyes
05 Sat in Your Lap
06 King of the Mountain
07 Army Dreamers
08 Leave It Open
09 The Infant Kiss
10 The Red Shoes
11 Get Out of My House
12 All the Love
13 Moments of Pleasure
14 Delius (Song of Summer)
15 Suspended in Gaffa
16 Nocturn
17 Deeper Understanding
18 Houdini
19 Them Heavy People (On Stage EP version)
20 Ken

Albums
01 The Dreaming
02 Aerial
03 The Sensual World

― Jeff W, Monday, 3 September 2012 12:50 (8 months ago) Permalink

Many thanks to Ismael forSam great poll. A bit late to followup, but...

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*5. Wuthering Heights
617 points, twenty-two votes, three no.1s
The Kick Inside (1978) (two votes for The Whole Story (1986))
debut performance*

On the original, the way she phrases "It's me/Cathy, I've come home" leaves her running out of breath by the time she reaches "I'm" (it's already an odd phrasing, putting the "I'm" in the line with "home" instead of "So cold" but the clipped way she sings it makes it even odder). But on the remake, her superior breath control allows her to extend the "ee's" of "me" and "Cathy" so that she can go straight into a hugely powerful "Co-o-o-ollld." That in turn allows her to use the line "Let me in-a-your window" as the climax of the chorus instead of the kind of tag it serves as in the original.

Not altogether unlike Sinatra ca. the Capitol recordings, the skill of her singing by this time was at its absolute peak. And on this, it allows her to fundamentally transform not just the feel of one of her best-known songs into something even more powerful and natural -- but the melody itself. It's amazing.

― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 3 September 2012 13:06 (8 months ago) Permalink

Yeah, but a) the original sounds like a crazy person singing alien music whereas in '86 it just sounds like Kate Bush, b) there's a MIDIVerb or something on the '86 version that makes it sound as if she's singing in a bathroom instead of on a wild and windy moor, c) one needs to hear how untamed her voice was on those early singles to really appreciate the subsequent "soft focus" approach to her singing on "Lionheart" moving into the high drama of "Never For Ever".

― nedless summer (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:14 (8 months ago) Permalink

I'm 100% in favour of remixing and revising and think more people should do it. Even when it creates crap, which it does, like 90% of the time, having a polished-up crap version only sharpens the ingenuity of the original

― nedless summer (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

(Not calling '86 "Kick Inside" vocal takes crap, mind)

― nedless summer (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 September 2012 15:16 (8 months ago) Permalink