Kate Bush

jadis · 01-18-2022, 01:33 AM

One of the best songs ever written, a famous video starring Donald Sutherland as Wilhelm Reich. Wonder if I'm the only one who feels that the 7-minute single version is artificially stretched and the section around 3 min where she just intones "it's me and you daddy" kinda hampers the song's dramatic buildup? It's obvious why she had to stretch it to accommodate the video/short film but in purely musical terms it's a less than ideal compromise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllRW9wETzw

Paul Smeenus · 01-18-2022, 02:15 PM

I love that song

Trollheart · 01-18-2022, 02:26 PM

I would venture to suggest that more of Kate Bush can never be considered a bad thing...

jadis · 01-19-2022, 03:42 AM

Anyway this is the guy who Sutherland plays in the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-CFLl9RL5A

jadis · 01-26-2022, 01:50 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7spG...el=imaginary92

Guybrush · 06-18-2022, 02:24 PM

A song I adore, but which is seldom mentioned (underrated?), is Deeper Understanding from The Sensual World.

The song takes the perspective of someone who retreats socially/isolates to instead spend time with their computer and a program that they can talk to. The album is from 1989, so it seems weirdly prescient of her. She somehow tapped into this human condition from really early on and before there really were many real world examples of this.

The song features the bulgarka trio of bulgarian singers in a way that is just tremendous imo.

Guybrush · 06-18-2022, 02:30 PM

While I'm posting, I might as well mention that my favourite song of hers the last many years has been Hello Earth from Hounds of Love. One of the reasons was me and my wife (being HUGE fans) went to see her string of concerts at the apollo in London in 2014.

The concert was, for me, the experience of a lifetime and Hello Earth was just.. incredible. I was crying my eyes out at the end of it and never had a concert experience or even musical experience like that before or since.

So since then, this song holds a special place in my heart

Oriphiel · 06-18-2022, 03:21 PM

My memory of Hello Earth is when I was stuck doing construction/demolition with my dad and trying to fight through the worst bout of depression I've ever had, and I would come home and collapse in bed and shut my eyes and listen to the whole Ninth Wave suite and I'd cry and it'd make everything a little better.

Raime · 06-18-2022, 05:38 PM

Really love Kate Bush's cover of that Viper track.

music_collector · 06-20-2022, 05:50 PM

Before this whole Stranger Things thing (I don't know the show), I heard a cover of Cloudbusting. That was my introduction to her. Great voice.

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	A song I adore, but which is seldom mentioned (underrated?), is Deeper Understanding from The Sensual World. The song takes the perspective of someone who retreats socially/isolates to instead spend time with their computer and a program that they can talk to. The album is from 1989, so it seems weirdly prescient of her. She somehow tapped into this human condition from really early on and before there really were many real world examples of this. The song features the bulgarka trio of bulgarian singers in a way that is just tremendous imo. __________________ Something Completely Different

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	While I'm posting, I might as well mention that my favourite song of hers the last many years has been Hello Earth from Hounds of Love. One of the reasons was me and my wife (being HUGE fans) went to see her string of concerts at the apollo in London in 2014. The concert was, for me, the experience of a lifetime and Hello Earth was just.. incredible. I was crying my eyes out at the end of it and never had a concert experience or even musical experience like that before or since. So since then, this song holds a special place in my heart __________________ Something Completely Different

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Oriphiel Ask me how! Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The States Posts: 5,355	My memory of Hello Earth is when I was stuck doing construction/demolition with my dad and trying to fight through the worst bout of depression I've ever had, and I would come home and collapse in bed and shut my eyes and listen to the whole Ninth Wave suite and I'd cry and it'd make everything a little better. __________________ ---------------------- \|---Mic's Albums---\| ---------------------- ----------------------------- \|---Deafbox Industries---\| -----------------------------

01-18-2022, 01:33 AM	#41 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,231	One of the best songs ever written, a famous video starring Donald Sutherland as Wilhelm Reich. Wonder if I'm the only one who feels that the 7-minute single version is artificially stretched and the section around 3 min where she just intones "it's me and you daddy" kinda hampers the song's dramatic buildup? It's obvious why she had to stretch it to accommodate the video/short film but in purely musical terms it's a less than ideal compromise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllRW9wETzw

01-19-2022, 03:42 AM	#44 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,231	Anyway this is the guy who Sutherland plays in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-CFLl9RL5A

01-26-2022, 01:50 PM	#45 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,231	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7spG...el=imaginary92

06-20-2022, 05:50 PM	#50 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 757	Before this whole Stranger Things thing (I don't know the show), I heard a cover of Cloudbusting. That was my introduction to her. Great voice.