The New Old Kate Bush: The Kick Upside (the Head)
The emotional rollercoaster of upcoming Kate Bush albums has been really hard on me! First it was like, oh holy cats, after six years, there's a new surprise Kate Bush album! And then it was revealed that first, there was a reissue album, with no "new" material on it, just recastings of older material, and there's vague talk of an album of new material, with no release date. But then that "covers" album started to sound very cool! (Plus she got permission from the James Joyce estate for the original lyrics to "The Sensual World"?!) And but then the tracklisting came out and then… there were only going to be songs from "The Sensual World" and "The Red Shoes," which, hmm, eh. But that's good that nothing ever be changed about "The Dreaming," right? And then, then the first track was released (technically on sale tomorrow), a new version of "Deeper Understanding," which, oooh, fascinating! (Stick around for at least a minute, and yes, that's a no-video YouTube hack release, hence the weird embed below.) Anyway I'm already exhausted over all this.
she pressed execute.
…but she had to phone it in first.
Is it true that the song titled "Get Out Of My House" was inspired by The Shining? And, if so, shouldn't the song have been titled something more forceful?
Fucking love it!
Now I feel like a fool for thinking "hmm/why?" about this "Director's Cut" thing.
Am I the only one always thinks "Mmmmm… breasts" when I listen to "The Sensual World"?
You know how some people simply can't listen to Ultravox or the Rezillos because an ex was really into them? You know? Well, it's the same way with me an Kate Bush, if Kate Bush were John Foxx or Alan Forbes. You know.
Every morning when I get dressed I consider going with the pointed hat and black and silver suit but it's always like, ehhh not today.
She has us running up that hill.
I guess we know who to make a deal with.
Is that Autotune I hear? Only batty old Kate could make that sound good.
Agreed, but autotuning Kate Bush is like putting cheap mudflaps on a Bentley. Or A1 on a really good filet.
Fun fact: Kate Bush was basically "discovered" in the mid-1970s by Pink Floyd guitarist Roger Gilmour. Apparently, when Bush was a teenager, her family sent out a bunch demo tapes of her songs, which were ignored by all the record companies that received them. But Gilmour got his hands on one of the tapes, liked what he heard, and the rest was history.
I mean DAVID Gilmour.
You can listen to those demos here along with other rarities (like Kate singing 'Sexual Healing'!)
I was surprised by this too.. but I heard that the record company was going to create a new Hits package, a la "The Whole Story," and instead of doing that she felt that it would have been more of an effort to revisit and re-structure some of them. And the tracks picked were the best from both records… but the biggest surprise for me was that she re-corded This Woman's Work.. which is near perfect. Don't what she'll do with that one.