Last night I got this four-note piano phrase stuck in my brain, and it was about two hours before I realized it's the main "riff" from Kate Bush's song "Prologue," on the "Sky of Honey" disc from her newest album, "Aerial." My brain (as I'm sure is the case with many of you) is this huge teeming, tangled catalogue of songs, lyrics, riffs, snatches of sound, and it's always playing something. On...
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Last night I got this four-note piano phrase stuck in my brain, and it was about two hours before I realized it's the main "riff" from Kate Bush's song "Prologue," on the "Sky of Honey" disc from her newest album, "Aerial." My brain (as I'm sure is the case with many of you) is this huge teeming, tangled catalogue of songs, lyrics, riffs, snatches of sound, and it's always playing something. On...
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Having seen Terry Gilliam's fantastic *"Brazil":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_%28film%29* yesterday, it really is no wonder.I have such a soft spot for cult sci-fi movies that deal with suppressing governments..Ary Barroso's Aquarela do Brasil is the sonic motif of the film, and we have the pleasure of hearing it in various versions, all lovely, if I may say so.I'm sure I'm preaching to t...
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Not Quite at the NEW WAVE stage - but a favorite of mine... so **DEAL !**I'll get one of her *NEWER WAVIER HITS* in my comments section... just a sec :)
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Happy Birthday Kate Bush! Over the last 2 weeks, we have celebrated the gift that you are by featuring a rare or unreleased video or track each day as we countdown to Katemas.Today's post will feature a series of the official videos for other Kate songs we all know and love.Incredible she did so many before MTV existedThe DreamingLilySat in Your LapThe Big SkyCloudbustingDon't Give Up - with Pe...
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From one of only a couple of 90's TV appearances, Kate doing "Moments of Pleasure" on the piano Some moments that I've had Some moments of pleasure I think about us lying Lying on a beach somewhere I think about us diving Diving off a rock, into another moment The case of George the Wipe Oh God I can't stop laughing This sense of humour of mine It isn't funny at all Oh but we sit up all night...
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MPHO (pronounced Mm-poh) is a British talent like no other. A genre-defying singer, songwriter and producer, she is already a name to drop amongst people in the know and is set to be one of the most exciting names of 2009.MPHO was born in apartheid South Africa and raised in a racially mixed family of musicians and political activists in Brixton. Her life story is as colourful as her music, but...
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..Here's a song that never fails to send shivers up my spine... Kate Bush at her powerful best... (you can never go wrong adding jingle bells to a tune...)
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Being the Ninth Day we focus on the Ninth Wave.On the second side of Hounds of Love, The Ninth Wave, takes its name from a poem by Tennyson.Each of its tracks conveys the story of a woman who is lost at sea and facing the threat of drowning.IMHO, this is one of the greatest concept pieces ever recordedAs there are no official videos for these songs, nor any known live or TV performances, we hav...
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At 19 years of age, Kate Bush performs "The Kick Inside" From the Efteling tv special in 1978. I've pulled down my lace and the chintz. Oh, do you know you have the face of a genius? I'll send your love to Zeus. Oh, by the time you read this, I'll be well in touch. I'm giving it all in a moment or two. I'm giving it all in a moment, for you. I'm giving it all, giving it, giving it. Thi...
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On or around July 30 each year there are a lot of parties around the world, when Love-Hounds celebrate Kate Bush's birthday, also called Katemas.To honor Katemas this year, I am going to post a Kate Bush Video or Song a day til July 30, the official Katemas day! Most of these will be rare, unreleased, alternate takes, etc.Here is "Moving" from the Kate Bush Efteling tv special from The Netherla...
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Kate Bush performing her 1986 single Experiment IV live on Terry Wogan's TV show in the UK. We were working secretly For the military. We only know in theory What we are doing: Music made for pleasure, Music made to thrill. It was music we were making here until They told us All they wanted Was a sound that could kill someone From a distance. So we go ahead, And the meters are over in the red...
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A song Kate wrote for the 1980's film "She's Having a Baby" Kate on TV performing "This Woman's Work"
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Fantastic minimalist performance on live TV of Babooshka - Kate and the Bass
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This newly ripped vid is an amazing quality versionKate performs "Another Day" with Peter Gabriel on the 1979 Christmas special. The song is written by Roy Harper and is featured on his album "Flat Baroque And Berserk".Seeing them together so young send chills down one's back...an absolutely beautiful song.
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