After all, i am a firm believer in the perspective of the non-expert in any given arena (in this case, Mrs McBB, an avid mainstream-ist), and sometimes find such perspectives even more valuable than those entrenched in the field.
This is a very good point. Given how little I've listened to pop over the last 20 years it's useful to hear folks with a different perspective comment on some of the things I listen to - it sometimes makes me reconsider my opinions.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 00:07 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry for all the words T. <3 u now and forever
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i love what happened here
― cutty, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
wow you guys can really be dicks about kate bush
― hot dub grime machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
also if you don't the average person would think kate bush was kinda like tori amos, as opposed to being more like, say, ac/dc or levert or georgia satellites or ma$e or miles davis or mahler or the strokes or boards of canada, well, yr wrong....they are gonna think...woah gothy witchy type chick who can sing crazy
― hot dub grime machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
true, true.
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
nothing wrong with that. i've just never really heard it.
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
kate is 1000000x better obv but that's what i thought when i first heard her cuz i guess tori was just more of a big artist when i was in HS and college and you didn't hear much kate bush in the u.s.
― hot dub grime machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
lol u young
or wait, am I old?
;_;
― he does NOT have the training (HI DERE), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
kate is 1000000x better obv
noooooo not obv
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
YES
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
NO
― he does NOT have the training (HI DERE), Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:42 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
wait? i thought we were around the same age...her first album wiki sez was 92, i graduated in 93
― hot dub grime machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I graduated in 91 but was all up in Kate Bush's grill from when Hounds of Love came out in 86.
― he does NOT have the training (HI DERE), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi! Can we talk about how good some of the B-sides are?
― Would love to hear Bam babble about this (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Under the Ivy is one of my favorite KT songs.
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i've never heard it :/
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLaUgi1AzC0
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry about the shitty video though.
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i love "be kind to my mistakes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaB8eUDkiX4
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Love them both.
― Would love to hear Bam babble about this (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a 'the dreaming'-era b-side but i love her version of 'lord of the reedy river'
― "slapsie" (donna rouge), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:48 (thirteen years ago) link
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 13:23 (3 hours ago) Permalink
My apologies, too. There is certainly no hostility between us. I get a little carried away in responding sometimes.
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
haha! AND I DON'T
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
will listen to these b-sides as soon as my coworker turns off phil collins radio
― he does NOT have the training (HI DERE), Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:27 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
probably just the difference between growing up in way southern minnesota and the relatively "cosmopolitan" hastings...
― hot dub grime machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
oooooooooo i just know that something good is gonna happen
― OK (LOLK), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
COSMOPOLITAN HASTNFGS
― We doin' fly tippin' on ABSO's, fly tippin' somethingsomething ho's (jjjusten), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
"the South Beach of Central Minnesota"
― hot dub grime machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
under the ivy is beautiful
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Burning Bridge is another fave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbw3X2LeaIw
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Thursday, 22 July 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
this came out 25 years ago, yesterday
http://www.desicomments.com/graphics/belatedbirthday/13.gif
― william buttinski's 'the disintegration snoops' (donna rouge), Friday, 17 September 2010 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
never fully appreciated the greatness of those lyrics about burying the YoYo in Cloudbusting until i read about the use of radium (radioactive) glow in the dark paint that used to be put on watch faces and novelty items.
― Kim, Friday, 17 September 2010 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i always forget how great this album is, like i know i like it a lot but i forget how gorgeous it sounds.
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://agrammar.tumblr.com/post/74942897102/hounds-of-love-with-scads-of-gifs-and-scads-of-gushing
― 龜, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
It's a beautiful video. Great piece too.
I saw this just now while looking for director credits: http://www.katebushnews.com/index.php/2011/07/rip-gow-hunter-1960-2011/
― jmm, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
Then Play Long reaches out to Hounds of Love: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/kate-bush-hounds-of-love.html
― agincourtgirl, Friday, 18 July 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
So I listened to this 12" version of "The Big Sky" for the first time in forever, and realized that midway through it has those same voices that show up in "Waking The Witch."
Which also made me think that Side One has always felt like a string of more conventional pop songs, while Side Two is this novella...but if this longer version of "The Big Sky" were on the album, it would make Side One just as much of a story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gemzegd0YZQ
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link
better poll would've been what's the second best song lol
― austinb, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 06:30 (six years ago) link
I've always preferred 'Cloudbusting' to 'Running Up That Hill', fwiw.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 06:37 (six years ago) link
been really enjoying 'The Big Sky' lately. it works really well as a surprise drop in a DJ set
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:14 (six years ago) link
cloudbusting is the best song here. One of the finest uses of a minimal drum beat in a pop song ever and the train SFX ending is perfect
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:27 (six years ago) link
Are these the only 12" mixes she put out? Cause they're all damn good.
Cloudbusting (The Organon Mix) 6:33The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) 7:45Experiment IV (12" Mix) 6:37
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
The 12" Extended Mix of Running Up That Hill is mainly louder drums and some dubby echo effects on the vocals. Probably of some use for 'club play' but loses atmosphere by bringing elements into sharper focus IMO. Actually the Instrumental on the other side works better and does retain some parts of the vocal.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
Some of the Red Shoes singles had "12-inch" remixes, I think?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
this is one of the finest kate bush remixes/covers i've heard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxEVhyvA0I
(Under the Ice)
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
The 12" of "Hounds of Love" (the song) is close to being an entirely different song iirc?
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R86V64GLq4
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
Right, that's from the "Hounds Of Love" 12", I forgot about that one. It's on the "This Woman's Work" bonus discs.
The "Running Up That Hill" 12" has a 5:45 extended version.
"The Big Sky" 7" has a 4:34 "Special Single Mix". Are any of the other 7" versions more than just an edit?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Oh, and it looks like those two I mentioned are on this CD single: https://www.discogs.com/Kate-Bush-The-Red-Shoes/release/1412937
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link