incredible show. her voice is in such fine shape
lol @ all the concern trollers upthread who thought it'd all be too much for her
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
Ha yes
― kick yr eyeballs (wins), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
I feel like week one of a really long engagement is maybe not quite time to judge ykno
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 08:54 (nine years ago) link
You're right, I withdraw my earlier praise & will reserve judgement on the show until all the data is in
― smithery loves cuntery (wins), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 09:44 (nine years ago) link
-_-
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 10:09 (nine years ago) link
That was pretty great overall, but personally I thought the Ninth Wave was a bit too actor-y for me and I didn't enjoy the final song at all - way too umpty-tum for my taste. The main part of the second half was astonishingly good though, and the new part to it just made it even more prog (which is of course no bad thing).
― and she's crying in a stairwell in Devon (aldo), Saturday, 6 September 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
prayers answered and all that:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/11/kate-bush-to-release-dvd-of-london-comeback-shows
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 11 September 2014 08:51 (nine years ago) link
I will confess that the staging of the end of the Ninth Wave did remind me of that bit in Zelda where all the characters come to greet you on the beach and start dancing around.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 September 2014 08:58 (nine years ago) link
Went on Friday. Was in more or less the worst seats in the house* but that was incredible, the second half especially. Emotionally drained after it. A Sky of Honey seemed to end up somewhere much darker than the record.
*back of the circle under some house lights that stayed on. Gave us a good view of anyone slipping off to the loo, arriving late, etc. Special shout out to the couple leaving about a minute before the end of The Ninth Wave, during the Georgian fish-bone-head funeral procession.
― woof, Monday, 22 September 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
Anyone read Graeme Thompson's Kate bio? Saw it used today and thought about picking it up.
― Wimmels, Friday, 3 July 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
/hijack thread revivalApparently there is 2 versions of the Red Shoes album. The good version is one of my favorite albums. Seriously underrated album. I skip to the end of the first track though.
― The Once-ler, Friday, 3 July 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
Not the very end. I still listen to the weird experimental section of rubberband girl.
― The Once-ler, Friday, 3 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
which is the good version? there was a remastered one that came out with director's cut box, which I haven't heard but does it really sound any different beyond some mastering changes?
― akm, Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:14 (eight years ago) link
Just finished the Thompson bio. Liked it very much. Lots of detail re: recording. It's worth picking up for sure.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:46 (eight years ago) link
The 2011 remaster is the one I'm most familiar with. Honestly, I don't know if it's much different than the original - but boy did that original get a lot of hate back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ivkVwIG9Qonly 480p but here you go
― The Once-ler, Saturday, 4 July 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
Maybe I've just always assumed there are 2 versions since I don't really know what the haters are listening to
― The Once-ler, Saturday, 4 July 2015 03:47 (eight years ago) link
Only 480p? But I want to watch that album artwork in 720p!
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 5 July 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
480p is typically 128kbps stereo, albeit comparable to something better because YouTube down samples quite well. With 720p and higher you can usually expect 192kbps or higher stereo AAC quality
― The Once-ler, Sunday, 5 July 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
I got the Rob Jovanovic bio last year in the Google Play store, but it's still there laying dormant. I'm pretty much a non-fan of Jovanovic, unluckily he's the only one writing bios of some of my favorite groups. I've already had to endure his books on Big Star and Pavement.
― cpl593H, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 12:41 (eight years ago) link
did we never talk about the fact that those live shows contained a very long interlude about sausages
― oh, amazonaws (wins), Saturday, 25 June 2016 13:54 (seven years ago) link
the film of this is never coming out, is it
― akm, Saturday, 25 June 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
Kate Bush live album from 2014 shows to be released
Tracklist:
01. ‘Lily’02. ‘Hounds Of Love’03. ‘Joanni’04. ‘Top Of The City’05. ‘Never Be Mine’06. ‘Running Up That Hill’07. ‘King Of The Mountain’08. ‘The Astronomer’s Call’09. ‘And Dream Of Sheep’10. ‘Under Ice’11. ‘Waking The Witch’12. ‘Watching Them Without Her’13. ‘Watching You Without Me’14. ‘Little Light’15. ‘Jig Of Life’16. ‘Hello Earth’17. ‘This Morning Fog’18. ‘Prelude’19. ‘Prologue’20. ‘An Architect’s Dream’21. ‘The Painter’s Link’22. ‘Sunset’23. ‘Aerial Tal’24. ‘Somewhere In Between’25. ‘Tawny Moon’26. ‘Nocturn’27. ‘Aerial’28. ‘Among Angels’29. ‘Cloudbusting’
― the tightening is plateauing (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 29 September 2016 11:40 (seven years ago) link
― Mädchester Amick (wins), Thursday, 29 September 2016 12:24 (seven years ago) link
nice, but I thought they filmed it and were gonna release a video?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 September 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
Been listening to two boots from the first couple of nights for a while now. I skip the silly "comedic" interludes w/ her kid but the rest is so great. Looking forward to this release.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 30 September 2016 02:20 (seven years ago) link
there is video on youtube, which I haven't watched yet, of entire shows
― akm, Friday, 30 September 2016 02:40 (seven years ago) link
But I imagine that is not an official recording?
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 30 September 2016 05:42 (seven years ago) link
Prologue from this is really fantastic, extended to twice the length of the studio version with a completely new section. it's a real shame they're not releasing the video though.
― ufo, Friday, 30 September 2016 06:23 (seven years ago) link
it's that kind of primeval thing where you're trying to think, 'Can I get to that tree before the tiger gets me?'
― Jeff W, Thursday, 10 November 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
live album is quite a nice piece. really wish i'd been there.
― akm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
Suspended in gaffa is one of the best songs I've ever heard
― Treeship, Friday, 4 August 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
best artist ever, no one will ever come close
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 13 November 2017 01:54 (six years ago) link
did it really turn out she was a tory/brexiter? that would bum me out so much
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 November 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
she came out as a supporter of Theresa May/Tory, yeah.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 13 November 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
Wasn't her Thatcher and May support limited to her appreciation of there being women in politics? And confessing she didn't really follow politics?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 13 November 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
Yes.
She also sang "Ken" about Ken Livingstone, a bunch of years ago.
― Mark G, Monday, 13 November 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
dang...well..she seems pretty uppercrust i guess :/
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 November 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
Person from Bexleyheath in Tory support shocker.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Monday, 13 November 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
Kate Bush - KenUnited States Of America - Love Song For The Dead ChéMorrissey - Last Of The Famous International Playboys
New thread - people who don't deserve good tribute songs.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 13 November 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
The love of Richard Nixon..
― Mark G, Monday, 13 November 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
If anyone's interested, I write a blog on Kate's music song-by-song: https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/the-man-with-the-child-in-his-eyes/
― ballardiangorse, Saturday, 1 September 2018 21:58 (five years ago) link
awesome thanks!
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 1 September 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
Nice!
― yes, said (Ross), Sunday, 2 September 2018 05:19 (five years ago) link
Caught up with, and RSSed for future posts -- thanks! :-D
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 3 September 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link
Oh, I don't believe I linked this, but here's my most recent blog post. My "Violin" essay should be up next week. https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/pick-the-rare-flower-on-fire-inside-a-snowball-so-soft-neverthless-youll-do-stranded-at-the-moonbase/
― ballardiangorse, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
Wow good work
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
Kate Bush photo book is very very expensive. Cant do it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 22 September 2018 10:02 (five years ago) link
Guess I'll keep sharing these until someone tells me not to (and even then...). Here's the story of Kate Bush inventing folk punk: https://katebushsongs.wordpress.com/2018/09/26/violin/
― ballardiangorse, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
keep sharing these, thanks!
― milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
A total vanity project, this book, as was the Scott Walker one. I won’t be getting it, and it won’t be getting this fan, for sure.
― Max Florian, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link