This is a tough one for me. I'd give "Babooshka" an edge on melody but I think "Escape" tells a better story. Counterpoint: the video for the former does feature She-Ra doing a sword dance.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 October 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
This being ILM Babooshka will own this
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 6 October 2019 03:25 (four years ago) link
escape poll
― buzza, Sunday, 6 October 2019 04:21 (four years ago) link
i just watched the episode of GBBO where the bakers had to make a cake based on their favorite drink, and half of them chose the pina colada. good flavors for a cake, but do people still drink these? seems very 80s to me.
the mst3k sketch where joel defends the song as a product of cultural trends is one of my favorite on that show.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBeKaR-IOrA
anyway, i vote babooshka. certainly not the best of kate bush, but i still like it.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 6 October 2019 05:27 (four years ago) link
Ha. Well, I don't think "Escape" is necessarily as unambiguously rosy as they're suggesting. Even Holmes thought the couple would have some chagrin as they tried to rekindle their relationship:
When asked what happens to the couple, Rupert told us, "I like to think that they looked at each other with chagrin and realized that before either one of them runs off to find some fantasy that probably doesn't exist in reality, they might reinvestigate their own relationship because there's a lot there they haven't yet explored. I think it's a happy ending with a footnote. They both are a little shocked, but neither can point the finger too hard at the other because they both were willing to try a new relationship and happily, their possible indiscretion led them to each other again."
(from Songfacts)
And they didn't know these things about each other because they are fantasies; they're not making love in the dunes of the cape every weekend or even drinking piña coladas in front of the TV after work. (The implication of the piña colada is that they're fantasizing about a tropical vacation, something the couple probably hasn't done in decades.)
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 October 2019 10:49 (four years ago) link
If anything, I find "Babooshka" harder to understand. Why did the guy think he was receiving scented letters from some exotic woman with a grandmother's name? The wife was somehow able to disguise herself so well (as a sexy younger woman, no less) that her husband didn't recognize her? That said, the surrealism of the narrative is part of what I like about it.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 October 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
the fuck is this
― treeship., Sunday, 6 October 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
sorry sund4r, you know i like and respect you. didn't realize this was your poll at first.
but come on, kate bush is kate bush.
― treeship., Sunday, 6 October 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Used to think “Escape” was crepey, but than I decided he was taking a sophisticated look at this sort of thing. Just listened to “Babooshka.” Will ponder a while.
― Three Borads and the HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 October 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
ok, babooshka just came on at my coffee shop
― treeship., Sunday, 6 October 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
And Rupert Holmes is Rupert Holmes.
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Sunday, 6 October 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
and I am Spartacus
― Goose Witherspeen (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 6 October 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
If you know Spanish there’s a 70’s song called “Ramito de Violetas” which has been covered in different genres (personal favorite being the electrocumbia version from the 90’s by “ Mi Banda el Mexicano, since its a fun staple to play in parties) and could easily fit with these two songs theme wise.
Songs is about a failing marriage where the wife begins to receive love letters from a stranger who turns out to be his husband. He never says anything because it makes her happy to have a secret admirer.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 6 October 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
― Three Borads and the HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 October 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
"Escape" is a better lyric, maybe even a good lyric? I like that the characters in it have weirdly awful nouveau riche tastes
― i could chug a keg of you (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 6 October 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
Right, the lyric is gently mocking the characters’s romantic pretensions, or so it would seem.
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 6 October 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
I sang Escape at my 30th wedding anniversary party so I've got to vote for it. I have to say though the more I listened to it, the more it's plodding beat irritated me. Still better than Babooshka though.
― Ned Trifle X, Sunday, 6 October 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Went with "Escape" in the end.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
any chance I get to vote against Kate Bush, I will take
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:01 (four years ago) link
that's more offensive than anything i remember gabbneb posting
― treeship., Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
― Beware of Mr. Blecch, er...what? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 17 October 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
your hate makes Kate Bush stronger
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 17 October 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
How does she stack up next to Paul Simon?
these two, alongside Bjork, make up the Troika of the Unduly Burdensome
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 17 October 2019 11:18 (four years ago) link
God being 1000% rong is a helluva drug
― Xia Nu del Vague (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 October 2019 11:27 (four years ago) link
skimread this thread and my god the challops
― nashwan, Thursday, 17 October 2019 11:30 (four years ago) link
...
There Goes a Tenner is an amazing song
agreed
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 17 October 2019 11:34 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 18 October 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Fair enough
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 18 October 2019 01:02 (four years ago) link