Kate Bush appreciation thread
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Topic: Kate Bush appreciation thread
Posted By: Kingsnake
Subject: Kate Bush appreciation thread
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 02:21
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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)
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Posted By: noni
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:05
I really love her music!..
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:16
Then you should also really like: |
noni wrote:Posted By: noni
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:39
This does sound really good!
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:42
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 06:52
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. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 07:00
I hear Kate Bush influences in Veda Hille's music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LKidGekqC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BghzgEcHcF8
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 07:10
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?
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 07:11
Thanks, I will try it out.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 08:30
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. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 10:54
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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… < |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 01:54
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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. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 02:18
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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: |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 02:38
Joanna Newsom, of course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_47_CHdzHI |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 03:00
| Great stuff indeed. Wonderful artist. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date 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.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAunSuinVc |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 06:00
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.
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 06:05
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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. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 06:06
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 07:52
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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. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 07:59
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We can always post Kate Bush tracks aswell as artists inspired by La Bush... I understand the thread title is a bit misleading now. PS Right now I'm listening to Agnel Obel. Not much Bush, but I have a feeling her new album will be more uptempo and eclectic.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 08:38
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A friend of ours gave us a copy of Agnes Obel's Aventine, which is an excellent album. Anyway, as we are talking of artists inspired by the one and only Kate Bush (whose fan I have been since the beginning of her career), I'd like to mention Bent Knee and their lead singer/keyboardist Courtney Swain. I have seen them live twice, and both times I heard echoes of Kate and Tori Amos, though mixed with lots of other influences. If you are not familiar with them, here's the link to their YouTube channel: http://https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRd-aSYP_8IROepkG2xhrDg" rel="nofollow - http://https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRd-aSYP_8IROepkG2xhrDg |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 08:43
| Thanks for the tip. I will look for it on Spotify. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 08:49
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Michelle Young is another PA artist sometimes compared to Kate. Although as is most often the case, such comparisons are mostly general....there is only one Kate we'd all agree. Fiona Apple is not very Kate like but she is very talented. Her most recent album "The Idler Wheel" is just stunning to me. Stark, intimate, almost desperate, but so beautiful. Her best work in my view, followed closely by her debut "Tidal". Her middle two albums are decent too but not in quite the same league. |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 09:08
On a more adventurous side we have the one and only Annette Peacock Check this one out  (collaborated as composer and singer with Bill Bruford, a long long time ago) |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 16:16
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I like her on Bruford. Didn't know she had a solo album. I will check it out for sure. |
Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 16:35
^ Forgot to mention, she's already (recent addition) here in our PA  http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9748" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=9748 |
Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: September 10 2016 at 20:32
Kate BushIt took me many years but I finally "came around" to liking her. I first learned of her from seeing her 1979 appearance on Saturday Night Live. Overall, I liked what I heard but it took time to really understand her music. Most likely it was because her style was just so different from what I was used to at the time. It took a long time for me to "get" her style but I eventually did and I've been a fan ever since.------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 03:50
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She is very mysterious and so are her lyrics. It's not everyone's cup-of-tea-pop music. Even the simpler songs have layers and layers of deeper meanings to it. She's so far ahead of almost anyone. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 03:59
Fiona Apple is like a jazz pop version of Layne Staley with dollops of humour to make the anger palatable (it is there, nevertheless). Her music has increasingly moved in the direction of getting starker and more stripped (almost down to she and her piano). She isn't just good, she is amazing. But not really influenced by Kate Bush at all. I would actually recommend When The Pawn...as the best starting point. Idler Wheel may just be too stark for someone not initiated into Apple's work.
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 04:22
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Fiona Apple gets my support, for sure - and has anybody mentioned Rickie Lee Jones already ? |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 04:57
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I'm very into Agnes Obel, Susanne Sundfør and My Brightest Diamond these days. I will really try all the tips: Right now I collected these recommendations: - Anette Peacock - Knee Bent - Fiona Apple - Rickie Lee Jones - Joanne Newsom - Joni Mitchell Anyone mentioned Lisa DalBello yet? She has some straightforward pop-stuff but also very experimental and progressive songs (even Heart and Queensrÿche covered songs from her).
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 06:02
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OK, for Rickie I suggest : "Pop Pop" , it's an album of covers, you'll love the way she recreates them, I hope "Pirates" her classic from '81, five stars on my book |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 06:18
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Then I would like to recommend WhoManFourSays of Dalbello. It would blow your mind (it's a collaboration with Mick Ronson of Bowie). It's a progressive masterpiece.
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Posted By: Quinino
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 07:01
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^ Thanks, mate, will take a bite right away and come back to you soon |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:03
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I'm now playing Rickie Lee Jones (starting with the debut) and I realise I already knew Chuck E's in Love. The music is kinda soul/r&b, and I like it. Not similar to la Bush, but maybe later albums are. |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:05
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Some awesome ladies Silje Leirvik (Lainey) Schooltree Susanna Wallumrød
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Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:21
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Lucy Ward Kristeen Young Noa |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:32
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Sara Craig Paula Cole Sarah McLachlan |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:34
| I honestly know none of these artists. Thanks for recommendations. |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:44
You are welcome, I'm a fan of this "Genre". Eivør Pálsdóttir Mary Fahl (be sure to hear some October Project too (her former band) Cassell Webb
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Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:55
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Jann Arden School of Seven Bells All about Eve |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:57
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Schooltree are excellent! I saw them two years ago at the NJ Proghouse, where they attracted a lot of attention. Then I added them to the database. It seems that their second album, Heterotopia (a "rock opera", accompanied by a book,) is almost done, and should be out shortly. Here's the link to their debut on Bandcamp: http://https://schooltree.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://https://schooltree.bandcamp.com/ Listening to My Brightest Diamond's Bring Me The Workhorse now - I can definitely see her added to the database as well. |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 09:05
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Imogen Heap Vanessa Carlton (not all she's done is easy Pop) Elsiane |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 09:07
Yes they are, Lainey often sounds like an early Kate. And they are more proggy too.
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Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 09:18
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Michelle Young Ataraxia iamthemorning |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 09:41
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Feist Lamb Jane Siberry |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 09:49
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The last ones (i could go on if requested, I don't want to flood this thread (which I already did :-)) Zola Jesus Virjinia Glück (she's really inspired by Kate :-)) Julia Holter |
Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 10:15
Thanx for introducing me to My Brightest Diamond, they somehow escaped me. What I heard so far sounds awesome!
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 10:33
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My Brightest Diamond / Sarah Nova should me on this site. She is fascinating and remarkable ❤ |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 01:21
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As with Kate Bush, Agnes Obel is pianist. Very different approach and musical direction. Obel is influenced by Satie, Debussy and Ravel <3 |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 22 2016 at 08:02
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Very spectactular, and deserves to be on Progarchives aswell: |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 23 2016 at 10:00
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It's not clear how genuine/official/legal this is but it could be good news... http://www.musictap.net/2016/09/22/before-the-dawn-with-kate-bush-to-get-digital-audio-release-in-december/" rel="nofollow - http://www.musictap.net/2016/09/22/before-the-dawn-with-kate-bush-to-get-digital-audio-release-in-december/ |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 24 2016 at 02:48
| Looks legit, and good news. I'd love to buy that. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 13 2016 at 08:28
Can anyone confirm how you pronounce Susanne Sundfor's surname. People keep asking me who I'm listening to and I'm not sure! |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 02:30
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Mentioned earlier, Sarah Machlachjan definitely filled in the voide when Kake took the big break. Not mentioned though I may have missed it. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 03:24
Sundfør is with an ø, not an o. The first part of her name is like the english word 'sew' then 'nd' then the english word 'fur'. So I guess Sundfør is pronounced Sewndfur (fonetic).
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 06:19
Many thanks (sorry I can't easily type the correct "o" character on this PC).
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Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 07:50
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^ Almost no one can. I use [ CTRL ] + [ ALT ] + [ L ]. Try it out. Maybe it works.
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 18 2016 at 08:28
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There is? ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 02:20
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Listening to Before The Dawn now. Ironically I was called out for work before the dawn this morning, so downloaded the autorip from Amazon. Great sound quality, currently listening to "Top of the City" which is brilliant. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 05:37
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I looked it up, via google. The 3cd is on Amazon, so I guess it could be submitted to the website? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 05:41
Yep, it's officially released today in the UK. I've added it. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 06:45
Awesome, let the listening and reviewing start.
I wonder if it's on spotify, because I only stream music. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 06:58
Not yet. All her other albums are so I assume it will be at some point. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 25 2016 at 10:46
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Order placed! Ooooh yes! ------------- |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 30 2016 at 06:03
The live album sounds brilliant and will hopefully be number one in the album chart on Friday, sadly it's all being overshadowed by a minor comment she made in an interview with a minor Canadian magazine in which she stated she's a bit of a fan of our female Prime Minister. A lot of hysterical over-reaction has ensued, including some idiots throwing away their KB record collection.  |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 01 2016 at 01:53
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Complètement ridicule. ------------- |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: December 01 2016 at 02:08
| Carrément débile, oui. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: December 01 2016 at 02:38
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I don't even know what is so bad about Theresa May. She is a conservative? So suddenly that's all that matters. You're either liberal/socialist or conservative? I'd like to be neutral and just listen to great music. Mostly musicians are leftwing and care about humanrights, animalrights and environment, as fas as I know. I think a lot of people are disappointed that La Bush is nog a lefty. Although you can be leftist and still have an admiration for a rightwing politician. Maybe because Theresa is a woman? There are not many women in power, these days, especially with the Trump-thing going on.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 06:21
Yep, that's about it. I think you're right, Kate's comment was more that she was glad to see a woman in a position of power, I don't think she has any great political leanings. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 23 2016 at 10:19
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Before The Dawn I know its been said plenty of times already but really should have been released with a DVD. Sorry Kate but this is just bad form even if you are generally amazing.
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Posted By: Tel
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 01:52
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40 years since Wuthering Heights made number 1 in the UK and in 2014 she had 8 albums in the UK top 40. Kate Bush is pretty much in a category in her own. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 03:01
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Kate Bush is amazing, really have loved her "Before the Dawn". I think Janis Ian and Laura Nyro haven´t been mentioned here, I believe Kate lovers will love them too! Here´s one Laura piece that is really Kate sounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1XDVHbibDI
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 04:28
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So what's everyone's opinion of The Red Shoes (album)? I used to belong to a Kate Bush FB group (before it became too weird) and it used to get a lot of stick. Is it really her worst album? I don't think so personally.
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Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 04:47
| Well, I think Red Shoes is the weakest Bush-album, but that doesn´t mean it´s bad album. There are some really great songs like Moments Of Pleasure, the Song Of Solomon, tittle song and Top Of the city, but some of albums songs are the most mediocre in Bush albums. The Sensual World is also been a little weak album to me, but I think it´s better entity than Red Shoes. These are only Bush vinyls I don´t have, but I have Director´s Cut which I think is kind of best of these albums. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 04:58
That seems to be a common opinion but I think that "honour" belongs to Lionheart, a typical rushed second album. I rarely play that album, only a couple of decent tracks on it.
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 05:37
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I listened to "Wuthering Heights" yesterday, a few times, and woke up at 5 with the chorus in my head -- and I had a feeling that'd happen. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 07:16
I think it was in her website and she says that a DVD is not one of her priorities. I think that she is way too self conscious of how things look on a stage and she wants a kind of visual-ness, that a DVD would show is not as strong as the show itself was on a CD. I can not say that she is right, or wrong. It is her music and she has the right to do with it as she pleases, but I have a feeling that there were so many good things for a DVD, that her having to sit and break things apart to place them on a DVD, would be impossible ... 10 minutes fro each show for 20 days ... so to speak ... and there you have it ... and it would sound choppy and not clean. It's, probably for my tastes, one of the bad things about this digital age ... it makes us so aware of everything about the show ... and it ends up intimidating you from showing it to anybody. I'm guessing she has 20 of these in the can, but deciding which show and material to show? Probably a nightmare! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 07:26
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 08:08
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I'm not a big fan of The Red Shoes but once I met a lady who said that in her opionion The Red Shoes is Kate's strongest work, the lyrics in particular mean a lot to her, and this made me put some effort into appreciating it. And I kind of do. This is Kate Bush in a state in her life to which I may have a hard time to relate, or a hard time to her artistic expression of it, but surely it is a very emotional and original album. Surely what's wrong with it is not that it's just a boring weak or derivative album, what's "wrong" with it is that I find it hard to relate to the aesthetic of it. But I think I will get back to the album regularly to see whether it grows on me (or rather whether I'll grow into it), because obviously and clearly even to those who don't like it, there is as much to discover on it as on any other of Kate's albums, and whether we can relate to it is up to us ultimately. (I should probably have given it another listen directly before writing this so I could say something more in detail but I just came across this discussion and wrote what I think quickly without extra research.) |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 08:19
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^ i'm not a fan of The Red Shoes either but i love almost everything else :) To each their own -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 11:05
| It was some years I read Bush book, so if I remember right, both lionheart & red shoes are albums she wasn´t very satisfied (not also totally satisfied the Kick Inside & Never For Ever, I believe she liked the most the Dreaming, that is one of my big faves too & the Hounds of Love). The reason she made Director´s cut is just dissatisfaction to Sensuel World and Red Shoes or at least some parts of them. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 11:24
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I like The Sensual World a lot, especially for "Rocket's Tail" (packs a punch, and Dave Gilmour's guitar is wonderful on it) and "the Fog". Red Shoes didn't make much of an impression on me. Hounds of Love (especially for the Ninth Wave) and The Dreaming are my favourites of hers these days. At one time I enjoyed The Kick Inside the most. Lionheart is a bit spotty, but has some of my favourites on it. I like all of her albums but Red Shoes has been my least favourite album of hers. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: For Nobody's Bush
Date Posted: March 30 2018 at 18:24
| Kate Bush is the pinnacle to me. I love Annette Peacock, Joni Mitchell, Sandy Denny also. |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: March 30 2018 at 20:12
Love her music and like to marry her, though slightly plump now !! 
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: March 30 2018 at 23:12
Who wouldn't want to??  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 03:44
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There was a Kate Bush feature "Running Up That Hill" on show on BBC 4 yesterday. It's still here, although probably not available outside the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dzswb Much of it is other people talking about what her music means to them; I didn't find new information in it I cared much for. I have seen better programmes of this kind, but it's about Kate, so still a good way to spend my time. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 04:04
I'm sure she won't hold a little plumpness against you. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 10:49
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The first time I heard "Wuthering Heights" I had a feeling the song would get stuck in my head, and since that time, there have been a handful of nights I couldn't go back to sleep hearing the chorus non-stop! "Babooshka" is a good one. |