Kate Bush: Goddess Of Music

[hunck]

Remind me not to google image search Hounds of Love.

Eh?..I just tried it - nothing too terrible.

 

[Comfortably Numb]

I wondered how much early material, maybe unreleased and demos, might now be on YouTube and came across this.

It's too hauntingly beautiful for words, especially the first track...

 

[Yithian]

And as an aside for Kate Bush Fans, check out her collaborations with Roy Harper, some of them are very good.

But yes, Kate Bush is unique and brilliant. Like Roy Harper really.

Now available in much better quality:

 

[Mooka]

I can’t believe there’s a Kate thread here! I am a big fan, my album pick out of her catalogue is The Dreaming, closely followed by The Kick Inside. I just adore her early work.

 

[Mooka]

Just in case you’ve missed this gem, which was originally released as the b-side to Running Up That Hill… Under The Ivy. I’m no doubt in the minority, but I much prefer this to Running Up That Hill… ok I’ll get mi coat…

 

[Comfortably Numb]

Just in case you’ve missed this gem, which was originally released as the b-side to Running Up That Hill… Under The Ivy. I’m no doubt in the minority...

I have never heard this before.

It is so beautiful.

Thank you.

I shall be sharing far and wide.

 

[Mooka]

I have never heard this before.

It is so beautiful.

Thank you.

I shall be sharing far and wide.

It is isn’t it. I’ve shared it with quite a few people too who hadn’t heard it. It’s a travesty a song so beautiful isn't better known.

 

[maximus otter]

I can’t believe there’s a Kate thread here! I am a big fan...

maximus "The Ninth Wave" otter

 

[Mooka]

Excellent! Those tickets went like hot cakes didn’t they, well only to be expected really!

 

[cycleboy2]

Test shot for the cover of The Hounds of Love.View attachment 23786

As George Takei might say: 'Oh my!'

 

[Floyd]

As George Takei might say: 'Oh my!'

Please remove to the 'Star Trek' thread. @hunck will not be happy that you have put that here.

 

[CharmerKamelion]

Just in case you’ve missed this gem, which was originally released as the b-side to Running Up That Hill… Under The Ivy. I’m no doubt in the minority, but I much prefer this to Running Up That Hill… ok I’ll get mi coat…

You have excellent taste, Mooka. I have always loved "Under the Ivy". One of the best things Kate has ever done. Gentle, haunting, deliciously brittle, but achingly brief, it feels "waffeur thin" but dense with understated emotion and atmosphere..... I could go on. I am amazed it is not more well-known. I went to see "Before the Dawn" with 3 other Kate fans and when we were chatting, we got around to naming our favourite tracks and when I nominated "UTI" (not a great acronym!) as probably my Number One, I got 3 blank looks. One guy said he had never heard of it. Trying to pick one favourite from Kate's body of work is pretty much impossible. I could nominate a dozen tracks without blinking an eye. But if pushed to just name one, I would go for "UTI". It's just beautiful.

.....aaaaaand breathe.

 

[MrRING]

Under the Ivy is great, and a must listen, a touching moment of quiet yet forceful personality. This is one that was new to me until the excellent boxed set, yet it's a common listen now:

Also germane to this discussion, Kate had an extra cool gothic horror music video for Wuthering Heights that I only recently tripped over:

 

[cycleboy2]

Never seen that version of Wuthering Heights, which is from a Dutch TV show from 1978 - with that video shot in a theme park. The rest also looks like it's worth watching: