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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
(Not calling '86 "Kick Inside" vocal takes crap, mind)
I love her. My revised list of her best.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 March 2017 01:57 (seven years ago) link
Great list, A+
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Thursday, 23 March 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
Yep, excellent list, Alfred.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 25 March 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
alfred you don't own the Kick Inside or Lionheart???
― akm, Sunday, 26 March 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link
I own TKI but not Lionheart, don't relish playing the former except as exceptional demos
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 26 March 2017 01:42 (seven years ago) link
Lionheart is worth picking up for a few choice songs (Kashka, coffee homeground, the title track).
― akm, Sunday, 26 March 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
The Kick Inside is awesome.
Her catalog is awesome.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
I like the love you showed for Aerial, but I don't think I will ever understand the gushing that the Dreaming receives. It's a weird dynamic; most casual fans don't rate it at all, but of the more serious fans that do rate it, the overwhelming majority seem to overrate the ever-loving hell out of it. It's a pretty good album, but considering the next two records she released after it, it's very mediocre in comparison.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
A Sky of Honey is the greatest thing ever
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
Trying to imagine a world in which The Dreaming sounds mediocre compared to The Sensual World.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 04:43 (five years ago) link
It's not a terribly sensual one, to be honest.
Given how much of a favourite it is of Kate's, having been picked for the live shows, it's surprising how badly Lily did.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 08:12 (five years ago) link
didn't rank '50 Words for Snow'?
― Nourry, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 09:31 (five years ago) link
― Tim F, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:43 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm with you. Or any record of hers after HoL for that matter.
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 12:38 (five years ago) link
― ufo, Monday, September 10, 2018 8:56 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 12:39 (five years ago) link
i won't hear any sensual world slander, idk how anyone can not get immediately enveloped in it, the way its textures sprout up & spread out like a landscape in the fog
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
to use the ready-made image lol
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, September 10, 2018 11:12 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this, except for Hounds of Love
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
tbh same
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
A Sky of Honey is the greatest thing ever― ufo, Monday, September 10, 2018 8:56 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:39 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:39 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― Nourry, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
I think The Sensual World is great but The Dreaming is monumental.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link