Conference mr1pst::music

     re -.1
    
     Kates tour (from 1979) was not a disaster in the financial sense.
    Also the shows were lavished with praise by the critics. It's just that
    with 16 (yes)  costume changes in one night she got a little tired .
    You see she also designed the coriography, hand picked ALL of the staff
    , did much of the stage design and financial organization herself. Once
    the tour finished she collapsed from exhaustion and said "Never Again".
      However considering that the new L.P. was due out THIS year and she
    actually SAID  she'd LIKE to tour again, it's quite possible that she
    will.
    
      She releases a new single on Monday . It's a cover version of Elton
    John's  "Rocket Man" backed by "Candle in the Wind" . It's from the
    "Two Rooms " tribute L.P. to Elton . The song sounds a LOT better than
    the original , mainly because of her incredible voice but it's still
    quite weak by her standards . I hope she doesn't try anything like this
    on the next L.P. . I like it , but give me "Experiment 4" any day.
    
              Niall,
    
                   a very devoted fan.
                 

    I hope she will tour. 1992 will be made for me if she and Peter
    Gabriel both tour.
    
    If anyone hears more please let us know.
    
    Jim C.
    

    Anything she does is fine by me.
    
    I only hope that if she tours, she wears some of those wonderful
    skin-tight outfits.....I'll be there....

    I STILL haven't found the Kate Bush videotape I've been searching high
    and low, near and far for.
    
    K.C.

    There are two that I know of ;
    
         One is called The Singles File and includes material up to but not
    including "Hounds of Love"
    
          The other is "The Whole Story" .
    
                                 Niall       

    I believe the one I'm looking for is The Whole Story.
    
    It is the one with the videos "Wuthering Heights", "The Man With The
    Child In His Eyes", "Running Up The Hill", etc.
    
    K.C.

    re: .6
    
    'The Whole Story' video should be pretty easy to find (or even rent).
    
    BTW, it's 'Running Up THAT Hill'.
    
    
    re: .5
    
    Kate has 4 videos out, counting the Hammersmith Odeon concert 
    (from her '79 Tour of Life).

    The latest video out contains the vids from 'The Sensual
    World' ('The Sensual World', 'Love and Anger', 'This Woman's Work',
    and a 4th I can't remember).
    
    
    re: Tour
    
    Kate announced intentions to tour a year ago at KateCon '90 (held in
    London). But she's done this before (talked of touring) and did not.
    
    Ken....

    Re: .7 (should be easy to find)
    
    Tell that to EVERY video/music store I've been to (Coconuts, Rainbow,
    Record Town/TapeWorld, Blockbuster...)
    
    And thanx for the correction.  :^)
    
    K.C.

    
    	Spectrum Video has all the Kate Bush Videos, phone #
    is 215 272-6142 to order. If you would like their catalog
    send me you mailstop & I'll give you mine.
    
    
    Vinny

    
    	Anyone know what song she does on "It's Christmas"?
    
    	I'm not a Christmas song enthusiast but I am curious!
    
    	- Jim

re      <<< Note 75.8 by SELL3::FAHEL "Amalthea Celebras/Silver Unicorn" >>>

I've seen "The Whole Story" for rent at Blockbuster video on Amherst St.,
in the strip mall including Appleby's restaurant, close to MKO.

- Dave

    I was never a real Kate Bush fan until I got a listen to Sensuous World.
    Now I'm working my way backwards in her discography. She creates some
    extrordinary music. I like it a lot...I think I'm in love.

    --Ron

    re: .10
    
    It's probably 'December Will Be Magic Again'.
    
    
    re: .12
    
    Wait 'till you hear 'The Dreaming'.
    
    Ken....
    

>    Wait 'till you hear 'The Dreaming'.

    I think it was after listening to The Dreaming that I decided that it is
    a distinct possibility that this woman is a genuis.

    --Ron

How does "The Dreaming" compare with "Hounds of Love" (my favorite KB album
so far)?

    Re: .15
    
    I'd say "The Dreaming" sounds not too much like *any* of KB's others.
    It's extremely inaccessible for most people...I've been listening to
    tons of weird stuff for years and still haven't really gotten to like it
    that much.  
    
    I'll probably get flamed for that one  8^)
    
    							Brian

Re: general topic

I've never, as far as I know, heard a single note sung by Kate Bush. When looking
for new "aural experiences," though, I like to try artists who seem to inspire
strong reactions in their listeners, and Kate appears to be one such, judging
from notesfile discussions of her work.

What all would you seasoned fans of Kate's suggest as a good selection for me to
hear some "quintessential Kate?"

Thanks for suggestions-

	Bob

    If you want to start out easy (like I did), I would go for the
    "greatest hits" album, "The Whole Story".
    
    If you really want to start out with MEAT...then I'm not the person to
    answer.  All I have are "The Whole Story" and "Lionheart".
    
    K.C.

    "Hounds of Love" and "Sensual World" to start.
    
    -Jesse

re: .15

> How does "The Dreaming" compare with "Hounds of Love" (my favorite KB album
> so far)?

Well, "Hounds of Love" is really two albums. There's the first five songs 
(Running Up That Hill, Hounds of Love, The Big Sky, Mother Stands for Comfort,
and Cloudbusting) which make up the "Hounds of Love" side, then there's the
rest (Dream of Sheep, Under Ice, Waking the Witch, etc) which make up "The 
Ninth Wave" side.

"Hounds of Love" is more commercially oriented than 'The Dreaming', while
"The Ninth Wave" is more of the same stuff as 'The Dreaming' only all the
songs together make up a story.


re: .17

> What all would you seasoned fans of Kate's suggest as a good selection 
> for me to > hear some "quintessential Kate?"

In the opinion of most Lovehounds (the worldwide group of Bush fans (in which
I count myself)), the "quintessential Kate" is 'The Dreaming' and 'The 
Ninth Wave' side of 'Hounds of Love'. With the exception of 'Lionheart', no
two Kate Bush albums are alike, so depending on what you like it's hard to
suggest a starting point. 'The Whole Story' provides a good cross-section of 
songs from the albums 'The Kick Inside' up to and including 'Hounds of Love' 
and also the single 'Experiment IV'. 

Ken....

	Ken et al,

	Maybe you can answer a question someone from Galway asked me quiet
	a while back concerning "My Lagen Love".  Does it only exist as a B 
	side to "Cloudbusting" or it available elsewhere?

	Thanks,
	- Jim

    Concerning where to start:
    
    I happen to like Kate in diminishing order of chronology. In other
    words, I feel that her first two albums, "The Kick Inside" and "Never
    Forever" are perhaps her best (all arguable, of course). Lionheart was,
    in my opinion, an attempt to define her Aglican roots and may be
    difficult to understand from any other perspective. In "the Dreaming",
    Kate gropes for the metaphysical. Again, depending on your particular
    vantage point, this album is either brilliant or too experimental. The
    plus side of the Dreaming, from my perspective, is it's role as one
    of two quintiscential "Fairlight" albums (Peter Gabriel's "Security"
    being the other). If you have interest in the technical aspects of
    music this album can be quite a gem.
    
    "Hounds of Love" and "Sensual World" are both excellent albums, but the
    tradeoff for accessability is a more careful and subdued Kate. In the
    first two albums, it seems that Kate was willing to discard any notion
    of the conventional and pursue any whim (in fact, it is the whimsical
    quality of the first albums that I like). A plus side of the later
    works is that Kate, and live-in Del Palmer, have created some very
    interesting percussion motifs that maintain a dark/brooding style with
    percolating tribal rhythms.
    
    I guess this all means that no Kate is definitive as "best". Kate is
    very eclectic and can mold herself to shape any musical taste (except
    for co-mod db's :-) ). Dave, are you listening? :-)
    
    Brian

	I forget where this was once discussed or who was asking or...

	Kate sings back up on Roy Harper's "The Unknown Soldier" which
	I have never heard so...

	- Jim

    Heard a tune on the radio yesterday. Sounded new. Sounded like Kate
    Bush. Stopped into Strawberries and they hadn't received anything yet.
    They suggested that maybe I had heard Torie somethingorother. They
    played some of her tracks. Wasn't the person I heard, I don't think.

    Does she have anything new out? 

    She did "Rocket Man" for the Two Rooms album. I heard that she also
    recorded "Candle In The Wind". True? Was it released as the B-side to
    the "Rocket Man" single?

    thanksomuch

    --ron

    Yep it was the B-side
    
    Mark

What about a new album? Anyone heard of one?

    I just saw a Kate Bush collection at Rockit Records in Nashua, NH.
    
    Don't know if this includes any new material or not - I'm not really
    a fan.

    re: .28
    
    You probably saw her boxed set 'This Woman's Work'.
    
    It does not contain anything newer than 'The Sensual World'.
    
    Ken....
    

Anyone seen the latest video by the Utah somethingorothers (that's
how memorible they were; I forgot the name already).  Anyways, the
song, "Something Good," heavily samples Kate's "Cloudbusting," and
the video itself contains clips from Kate's video of "Cloudbusting."

OK, I'll search for a life now.  ;^)

- Dave

Speaking of videos, I saw one in Strawberries containing "The Sensual
World," "This Woman's Work," and one other song ... I think the video
itself was called "The Sensual World."  Has anyone seen this video, and
is it worth purchasing, or would I be able to tape these off of the TV
if I was able to watch MTV for an extended period of time without blowing
my lunch?

- thanks
  Dave

    re: .31
    
    It's not new. It came out about a year after the album of the same
    name. I doubt you'd see these on MTV. Heck, they rarely played "Love
    and Anger" (the other video) when it was a single on the charts.
    
    Ken....
    

>Note 75.30 by VMPIRE::CLARK
>Anyone seen the latest video by the Utah somethingorothers (that's
>how memorible they were; I forgot the name already).  Anyways, the
>song, "Something Good," heavily samples Kate's "Cloudbusting," and
>the video itself contains clips from Kate's video of "Cloudbusting."

    Tha's the Utah Saints, and on the sleeve they mention sampling the Kate
    Bush song, and her record company. I guess this means at least they have
    no problem with it....

    Ah, well... most people buying the song will probly react with: "Kate WHO?
    Nevva heard o' DAT gal..."

    Andy ;^)

	A friend of mine heard on the radio (don't remember which station) 
that Kate will have a new album in the spring and plans a TOUR for next
summer.  Not having toured in 10+ years, this should create some interest. 
Anyone have any more information?

/ml

>	A friend of mine heard on the radio (don't remember which station) 
>that Kate will have a new album in the spring and plans a TOUR for next
>summer.  Not having toured in 10+ years, this should create some interest. 
>Anyone have any more information?

    Anyone heard anything on this yet?

    Somewhere, a guy name Doug Alan has had his foremost wish in life come
    true.
    
    ;-)

    Having got three messages already (within like 45 minutes of posting
    it) I guess I had better explain.
    
    Many years ago, there was a guy on net.music named Doug Alan who took
    "fandom" all the way to "fanaticism".  The object of his affection was
    Kate Bush and Doug was prone to making incredible statements about her.
    
    For example, he likened her contribution to music as being easily as
    significant as Bach or Beethoven's - claimed that she was "the first
    artist to use the studio as an instrument" (describing what that meant
    in terms that clearly applied to albums recorded well before Kate Bush's
    first album - the Beatle's "Sgt Pepper" album for example).
    
    At one point, Doug's life became complete when he was granted an
    interview.  He posted the interview and it was the funniest thing I had
    read.   He kept asking her questions that implied a particular meaning
    to her lyrics and her answers were rather consistently to the extent
    that he was way off.
    
    Anyway, several MUSIC noters participated in net.music and we would
    chronicle "Alan's folly" in here.
    
    	db

Is his interview on-line anywhere?  I'd love to read it.

- Dave

    The latest official word on Kate's new album is a mid-September
    release. The name of it is "The Red Shoes" and the first single is
    "Eat The Music".
    
    Ken....
    
    

    It's out, err, in? Strawberries has it anyway. Haven't heard any of it
    yet but I'm quite sure that I will very soon.

	I just bought the Red Shoes last night (It was released Tuesday).  I've
only listened to it once, but already I say this is a great album.  Compared to 
"The Sensual World" this is a stripped down album in that there isn't nearly so
much layering of instrumentation.  The arrangements are pretty simple and there 
aren't lots of parts being played.  And Kate sings wonderfully and is right out 
front in the mix.  The material is more rock/pop oriented than anything she's 
done recently, though I still wouldn't call this rock or pop in the traditional 
sense.

	BTW, there is cameo support by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Prince.

	Mark

    re: Note 75.41 by SMURF::LONGO
    
    I find her voice on 'The Red Shoes' to be very restricted in range and
    too far down in the mix (similiar to on 'The Sensual World').
    
    Being a long-time Kate Bush fan, 'The Red Shoes' only confirms my worst
    fears. She's lost it. While TRS maybe better than 'The Sensual World'
    (only time will tell), it's not up to her past masterpieces 'The
    Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love'. Of course, it's still better than most
    of what's out there.
    
    Ken....

    My wife bought it Tuesday. I've given it a quick listen and heard some
    very impressive stuff. I'll need to give it a few more listenings when I
    can pay better attention to it but I suspect it exceeds my expectations.
    I love the way her voice is recorded. Nice cover too.