Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Bands, Artists and Genres Appreciation
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Kate Bush appreciation thread
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedKate Bush appreciation thread
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 5>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: Kate Bush appreciation thread
    Posted: September 08 2016 at 02:21

I searched and searched and can't find a Kate Bush-thread anywhere.

I really like her take on pop/prog. She can be very accessible and experimental.
Also she inspired dozens and dozens of artists.

I would like to take the opportunity to tip some Bush-influenced artist, and maybe someone can do the same:
 
- Susanne Sundfør (also on Progarchives, excellent prog)
- Bat for Lashes
- Ane Brun
- Florence and the Machine
- Niki and the Dove
- Kate Boy (more synthpop, but great vocals)
- My Brightest Diamond (almost prog)
- Iamiwhoami (great Bush-like progressive synthpop)
Back to Top
noni View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 03 2008
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:05
I really love her music!..Smile
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:16
Originally posted by noni noni wrote:

I really love her music!..Smile
 
Then you should also really like:
 
Back to Top
noni View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: October 03 2008
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:39
Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Originally posted by noni noni wrote:

I really love her music!..Smile
 
Then you should also really like:
 

This does sound really good!  SmileThumbs Up
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:42
Back to Top
chopper View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 06:52
Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:


I would like to take the opportunity to tip some Bush-influenced artist, and maybe someone can do the same:
 
- Bat for Lashes
- Florence and the Machine

You can probably tell from my avatar that I'm a bit of a Kate fan.

Bat For Lashes is a good call - her latest album is brilliant if you haven't heard.

I've always thought that the first FATM album was about the closest to Kate of all the various female singers who get labelled as "the new Kate Bush" in terms of her lyrical ideas and use of percussion, but she's moved away from that with the last 2 albums.
Back to Top
hellogoodbye View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP member

Joined: August 29 2011
Location: Troy
Status: Offline
Points: 7251 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 07:00
I hear Kate Bush influences in Veda Hille's music.

Afficher limage dorigine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LKidGekqC8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BghzgEcHcF8
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 07:10
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:


I would like to take the opportunity to tip some Bush-influenced artist, and maybe someone can do the same:
 
- Bat for Lashes
- Florence and the Machine

You can probably tell from my avatar that I'm a bit of a Kate fan.

Bat For Lashes is a good call - her latest album is brilliant if you haven't heard.

I've always thought that the first FATM album was about the closest to Kate of all the various female singers who get labelled as "the new Kate Bush" in terms of her lyrical ideas and use of percussion, but she's moved away from that with the last 2 albums.
 
The latest album of Bat for Lashes is more quiet than the previous ones. More serene but powerful nonetheless (should be on progarchives).

I will listen to the first Florence and the Machine-album.
 
Have you heard Susanne Sundfør? And My Brightest Diamond?
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 07:11
Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

I hear Kate Bush influences in Veda Hille's music.
 
 
Thanks, I will try it out.
Back to Top
chopper View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 08:30
Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Have you heard Susanne Sundfør? And My Brightest Diamond?

I hadn't heard of either, just listening to Susanne now, sounds interesting thanks.

UPDATE - 'kin 'ell, just wow this is brilliant. Why haven't I heard her before?
Many thanks for the recommendation.


Edited by chopper - September 08 2016 at 09:19
Back to Top
geekfreak View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: June 21 2013
Location: Musical Garden
Status: Offline
Points: 9872 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2016 at 10:54
interesting recommendations Kingsnake, Kate Bush is a musician whom I like very much. like chopper why haven't her of these musicians before...
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."



Music Is Live

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.



Keep Calm And Listen To The Music…
<
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 01:54
Let's keep this thread alive and post Bush-like progressive female artists.
Let's not post gothic metal etc. ;)

Thanks Geekfreak and chopper. I would love to hear your recommendations.
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 02:18
Niki & The Dove
 
Quite influenced by Kate Bush, but also influenced by Randy Crawford, Blondie, Cindy Lauper and Laura Branigan. Here and there more pop/disco than prog, but still very solid and good.
Wonder if you like it:
Back to Top
hellogoodbye View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP member

Joined: August 29 2011
Location: Troy
Status: Offline
Points: 7251 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 02:38
Joanna Newsom, of course.
Afficher limage dorigine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_47_CHdzHI
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 03:00
Great stuff indeed. Wonderful artist.
Back to Top
hellogoodbye View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP member

Joined: August 29 2011
Location: Troy
Status: Offline
Points: 7251 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 03:21
I saw her a few years ago in Paris for the promotion of that triple album, the closer to Kate. But my favorite remains YS, with the incredible arrangements of Van Dyke Parks. 

Afficher limage dorigine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAunSuinVc
Back to Top
chopper View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 06:00
Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Let's keep this thread alive and post Bush-like progressive female artists.
Let's not post gothic metal etc. ;)

Thanks Geekfreak and chopper. I would love to hear your recommendations.
Well I listen to a lot of female solo artists but none of them have Kate's breadth of imagination.
Tori Amos is one who is often referred to as similar but I've never got round to listening to her much.
Joni Mitchell is perhaps the one female who has come closest imo. Others I listen to include Laura Marling, KT Tunstall and Kate Rusby, although I wouldn't class them as progressive. I can't think of another female who could have come up with The Ninth Wave, Bat For Lashes is perhaps the one who could at the moment.
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 06:05
Well. We have Susanne Sundfør and Shara Nova (used to be Sarah Worden) and her My Brightest Diamond-project.
 
Isn't Fiona Apple alos very good? Never got the chance to pick it up.
I will try the artists you mentioned.
Back to Top
Kingsnake View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: November 03 2006
Location: Rockpommelland
Status: Offline
Points: 1578 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 06:06
Back to Top
Lewian View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: August 09 2015
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 14733 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2016 at 07:52
Very good thread this, although up to now it's rather an "Artists who sound like Kate Appreciation Thread". I know and like Bat for Lashes, My Brightest Diamind, Florence and the Machine (not on the prog side of things if you ask me) and of course Tori Amos but have to check out the others mentioned. Kate Bush-similarity seems to be a pretty safe bet when recommending me things.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  123 5>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.180 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.