Best song on Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love

lol u young

or wait, am I old?

;_;

― 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

I graduated in 91 but was all up in Kate Bush's grill from when Hounds of Love came out in 86.

Hi! Can we talk about how good some of the B-sides are?

Under the Ivy is one of my favorite KT songs.

i've never heard it :/

Here you go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLaUgi1AzC0

Sorry about the shitty video though.

i love "be kind to my mistakes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaB8eUDkiX4

Love them both.

it's a 'the dreaming'-era b-side but i love her version of 'lord of the reedy river'

sorry for all the words T. <3 u now and forever

― 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.

haha! AND I DON'T

will listen to these b-sides as soon as my coworker turns off phil collins radio

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, 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...

oooooooooo i just know that something good is gonna happen

COSMOPOLITAN HASTNFGS

"the South Beach of Central Minnesota"

under the ivy is beautiful

Burning Bridge is another fave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbw3X2LeaIw

this came out 25 years ago, yesterday

http://www.desicomments.com/graphics/belatedbirthday/13.gif

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.

i always forget how great this album is, like i know i like it a lot but i forget how gorgeous it sounds.

http://agrammar.tumblr.com/post/74942897102/hounds-of-love-with-scads-of-gifs-and-scads-of-gushing

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/

Then Play Long reaches out to Hounds of Love: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/kate-bush-hounds-of-love.html

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

better poll would've been what's the second best song lol

I've always preferred 'Cloudbusting' to 'Running Up That Hill', fwiw.

been really enjoying 'The Big Sky' lately. it works really well as a surprise drop in a DJ set

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

Are these the only 12" mixes she put out? Cause they're all damn good.

Cloudbusting (The Organon Mix) 6:33
The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) 7:45
Experiment IV (12" Mix) 6:37

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.

Some of the Red Shoes singles had "12-inch" remixes, I think?

this is one of the finest kate bush remixes/covers i've heard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxEVhyvA0I

(Under the Ice)

The 12" of "Hounds of Love" (the song) is close to being an entirely different song iirc?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R86V64GLq4

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?

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

It'd be neat if she did a tour where the set was just a 70-90 minute version of Running Up That Hill

Has there ever been a thread for extended
Mixes of 80s songs? There’s tons of dope extended mixes online of everything from kim carnes to the cars. Like the extended version of Drive is beautiful

this fuckin album

indeed :)

love this too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxEVhyvA0I

with the under the ice samples

^ I love this track, too. I've seen The Field live a bunch of times and he always plays it; particularly great with a live drummer. There's something super uplifting about dancing to these samples of Kate's voice.

absolutely :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWaj8wU_qRg

https://thequietus.com/articles/26096-kate-bush-under-the-ivy-official-music-video

Pulled this up for a listen today and found that Spotify has a “2018 Remaster” version. Through headphones, the strings are much more distinct and the drums are intense.

how the hell did Big Sky only get two votes here?

we never understood it

Some surprises here, looking back;

And Dream Of Sheep 2
The Big Sky 2
Under Ice 2
Mother Stands For Comfort 0

Not so strange, those are mostly subtle mood pieces on an album with a lot of tracks and several better-known songs. If someone told me their favourite song on the record was "Mother Stands For Comfort", I'd respond, "Oh, you don't like Kate Bush?"