Kate Bush

wow I just discovered Christine's blog because of this post. Looking forward to digging into it more, I like all the posts I just read.

Well, good for you Christine. I wish I cared for my superpower of spiking up your traffic as much as you do.

Moving on, I wish I liked Before the Dawn. The arrangements that sound like a 1986-87 Peter Gabriel tour, the boomy bass-heavy mastering she favours these days... I'll continue trying to like it from time to time, but I'm afraid the Kate I love stops at The Red Shoes (very much included!) with just some songs off Aerial, plus the entire 50 Words for Snow.

continuing to enjoy the Bush blog, ballardiangorse

with just some songs off Aerial, plus the entire 50 Words for Snow

this is a backwards opinion

they are both great

i'm not a massive fan of the mix on BTD either but it's not bad

A Sky of Honey is the best thing she's ever done and the extended version on Before the Dawn is pretty great.

apart from "tawny moon" being a bit inessential and the mix being not as great, the extended live versions really add a lot to it, especially "prologue" and "aerial"

New blog post on Bush's second contribution to a Peter Gabriel song: https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2019/11/04/no-self-control/

And incidentally, here's the previous entry: https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2019/10/07/games-without-frontiers/

I'd never heard that demo before and sort of fell down a rabbit hole of "Melt" demos, cool shit

Back in 1997 there were very briefly rumours that Kate had been dating David Byrne, which were soon forgotten. But in the midst of those Byrne’s “Feelings” album was released, and check the back vox on this song. I’ve never seen them discussed anywhere since.

https://youtu.be/9yFYZ4JexsY

am I missing something? are you 1) insinuating those are her (they don't sound like it to me) or 2) that the song itself is somehow referencing their relationship? (I'd never heard that rumor btw but my access to such rumors was fairly limited in 97)

Fans of my Another Day post will love this one. https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2019/11/13/you-the-game-part-ii/

Or maybe you'll like this one on All We Ever Look For. https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/all-we-ever-look-for/

And we're back with Babooshka! https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/babooshka/

I've been hearing this cover of "Running Up That Hill," which ... it's fine, if that's what someone wants to do. But to my ears it's so faithful I think, why bother?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7iVWK2W48o

Thank you, ballardiangorse. Until I read your Another Day post I had always thought she was singing "AYE-YAH Babooshka".

But to my ears it's so faithful I think, why bother?

I too have heard this in the wild several times now. idgi

Chromatics' cover of the same is superior and while faithful gives it enough of the Johnny Jewel treatment to stand on its own.

damn meg myers is getting a legit hit with a kate bush cover? more power to her

that video was really amazing

It's a great video. The cover is good, too, imo! Just very faithful

Here we are! 50 posts in. https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2020/02/19/delius-song-of-summer/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT-vui0MksI

holy moly, had no idea another taping existed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01XxW2MIAg0

Never expected to see KB doing some Pan’s People type choreography on Japanese TV so thanks for that link. I can die happy now.

That's utterly bewildering. "You can't sing your own song, but you can do a complicated dance routine to a Vegas-style re-recording."

she could've been a disco sensation

Whoa...that YouTube user uploaded dozens of obscure Kate Bush clips a few days ago, along with that one posted above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videos

Ah poop, try this link then click "Videos":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCw_obAIySx

Ahhhh...one more time...try this:
https://tinyurl.com/katebushvideos

Yeah that Japanese clip is wild! Apparently on that same show ("Sounds in S"?) they did let Kate sing some Beatles songs and lip-sync/dance to her own "Moving" and "The Man with the Child in His Eyes".

I'd like to imagine that top performance changed some kid's life when it was broadcast. Pure vibes.

Can anyone explain this?

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— ada #ISit (@enayessa) May 29, 2022

She's emulating Ozzy pouring orange juice in The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, released the previous year.

irl lol

The "new fans" are apparently via tv show use:

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things-spotify-1235079096/

I wonder if 'Tarzan Boy' by Baltimora will spike too.

Apparently most people born after 1990 thought the original was by Placebo. I wasn't even aware the Placebo cover was that popular.

I feel like the Placebo version popped up on quite a few TV shows in the last couple decades.

At first I thought you were talking about a Placebo cover of Tarzan Boy.

Took the Coyote edit to make me realize how much I love Nocturne. Great song.

At first I thought you were talking about a Placebo cover of Tarzan Boy.

― peace, man, Wednesday, June 1, 2022 11:17 AM

I DID NOT GOOGLE PLACEBO TARZAN BOY MY COMPUTER HAS A VIRUS

On Monday we bought some cheap inflatable pool and dumped the kids in there and I put on Hounds of Love for whatever reason and immediately my next door neighbors were yelling over the fence "OOH KATE BUSH! Y'ALL BEEN WATCHING THE NEW STRANGERS THINGS SEASON?" and without knowing anything about it, I somehow sensed what was going on with Running Up That Hill. I guess because I wouldn't expect those neighbors to be familiar with that song. I immediately turned it off. Not sure why it bummed me out but it did.

On the other hand, if there was a sudden Tarzan Boy frenzy I would be super happy.

<not kate bush>I wonder if the Philip Glass music is in Stranger Things because it sounds spooky, or if it's because he was big in the 1980s? Or both? Or not? I mean, it's timeless enough that it doesn't belong to a particular era, but at the same time it's not timeless if you lived through the 1980s because he was hip then.</not kate bush>

Hmm why would that bum you out? I know you said "not sure", but now I'm curious... Do you not like your neighbors? Is it bad that general public has discovered the music through a popular show?

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I don't know! It was a gut reaction that confused me. I really like my neighbors! Maybe it's because I don't like Stranger Things? Gonna have to do some soul searching.

idk maybe it's a cynical reaction towards a massively popular 80's throwback show mining things that were actually pure and good

I dont really love the show but I do enjoy it and find their love of 80's ephemera to be pretty genuine, so it don't bother me. but I can see how someone might feel otherwise.

Ah I think it's because I was unwittingly participating in the current Running Up That Hill frenzy and it felt jarring. Like taking a big swig from a glass of orange juice but actually it's grapefruit juice and your brain can't accept it, even though you are normally totally fine with grapefruit juice.