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May 5, 2011 - 12:20 AM
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Octoberman
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I read about this just the other week. Thank you, Marlene, for threading it here.
I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks that "The Sensual World" has dodgy sound quality. Hissy and compressed (I think "The Red Shoes" was actually quite an improvement). I hope Bush fixes this in her remixing process, but I have my doubts because it was under her auspices that it sounded that way in the first place. (And, God, I'm so sick of the Fairlight, too. LOL)
I wish there was some concrete news from either her or EMI about expanded remasters of the first 3 albums. All the info I come across seems to end up as just a lot of vapor, even when it seemed to be authoritative. It's discouraging, because those first 3 are the ones I really love the most.
Kate Bush. Come for the quirky, stay for the genius.
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She gave an interview last night on radio four's Front Row, you can still hear in on the BBC listen again.
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May 5, 2011 - 4:54 AM
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Bluebell
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I´m really excited about this! i listened to the interview last night and loved to hear her beautiful speaking voice. For me Kate has four masterpieces: Never For Ever (Best cover EVER!!!), The Dreaming, Hounds of Love and Aerial! I love the others too (except half of The Red Shoes), but these are just incredible.
Her reworking the songs for The Sensual World and The Red Shoes was something i was not expecting because she is known for not looking back at all, but what i heard so far is very interesting and i can't wait to have Director's Cut in my hands.
The Sensual World was the first album, in my opinion, to have weak, more conventional songs (Reaching Out, Heads We're Dancing) which is very rare with Kate, but still a beautiful album.
The Red Shoes admitelly is an album that grows on you with each listen, but nothing can save Constellation of the Heart, Why Should I Love You, Top Of the City and You're The One from just being weak and produced with dated sounds even for the early 90s. She was in deep turmoil at the time so she wasn't as present as she had been with her other albums. Still conventional Kate is much better than most conventional crap out there!
I strongly recomend Under The Ivy: The Life And Music Of Kate Bush, it's fascinating, respectful and delicious reading. Has all the great stories of how her albums were recorded, it's quite a thrill!
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May 5, 2011 - 8:12 AM
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Marlene
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I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks that "The Sensual World" has dodgy sound quality. Hissy and compressed (I think "The Red Shoes" was actually quite an improvement). I hope Bush fixes this in her remixing process, but I have my doubts because it was under her auspices that it sounded that way in the first place. (And, God, I'm so sick of the Fairlight, too. LOL)
I wish there was some concrete news from either her or EMI about expanded remasters of the first 3 albums. All the info I come across seems to end up as just a lot of vapor, even when it seemed to be authoritative. It's discouraging, because those first 3 are the ones I really love the most.
Kate Bush. Come for the quirky, stay for the genius.
Yes, "The Sensual World" suffers from a lot of analogue overdubbing. But "The Red Shoes" was produced digitally as she said on the radio interview and she said it was her intention to bring analogue warmth back to it. Cannot wait.
As it appears, the first three releases are not remastered even though they probably would profit a lot from remastering. Still, we have "The Dreaming", one of my alltime favourites.
Your last sentence really expresses how I discovered her. I borrowed the vinyl album of "Never Forever" fromo a family friend to infuriate my mom because she always disliked Kate because of her early squeaky albums  I was a teenager and I guess this was one of those sparkling moments when I was rebellious 
But I stayed after I realized that it was indeed quirky but brilliant nonetheless.
Aerial marked a huge return to my favourite kind of KB music. It reminded me a little of Hounds and also, oddly, some of the demos she recorded as a child.
One of my favourites too. I especially like the fact that the album sounds so relaxed and calm while being tight and suspenseful underneath. Oh, this lovely woman...
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May 5, 2011 - 1:42 PM
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Octoberman
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However, I've long since wanted to check her stuff out in adult age, especially knowing that Dave Gilmour was the one who discovered here, and as a Pink Floyd superfan, who am I to judge his taste in music? 
Too right! If Gilmour wasn't a god already, we still owe him forever for getting her professional demos made and taking her down to EMI.
I wish they would do more stuff together. His voice has mellowed with age like a fine cognac and ever since she discovered her lower register her voice sounds SO delicate and fragile... some vocal duetting with the both of them would be just amazing.
So many folks were turned off by the Minnie Mouse voice she had on her first few albums. I wasn't, I was thoroughly charmed by it. To me it was the voice of a girl on the cusp of womanhood writing about things from her own point of view, with a wonderful mixture of innocence and experience. For my money, "The Kick Inside" is still one of the best debut pop albums of all time. (And as if Andrew Powell and his APP buddies weren't cool enough, as well...)
But I digress...
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I have loved Kate ever since I was a little girl so this is awesome news, thank you
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May 5, 2011 - 10:28 PM
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Marlene
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Funny enough, I had never heard of a "Kate Bush" until I joined the FSM Board?
I'm not kidding. But then again, if I'm in the car, I listen to our local College station that supports Jazz and Blues music. So maybe it is just due to my listening venues?
EDIT: Joshua said the same too -- I just asked him. I.e. he'd never heard of Kate Bush until he joined the board. Pretty wyld...
Yeah, she´s not so big in the states. She was in the charts but she never was a success. She was - and is - however successfull in her home country England and in other parts of Europe. I believe that she also enjoys popularity in Japan but I don´t know. One thing is for certain: she has devoted long term fans
Her work is quite influential to other artists like Tori Amos, Björk, Paula Cole, Muse. Some artists like Placebo or Pat Benatar covered her songs.
And she sang for movies: you can hear her in 'Brazil', 'She´s having a Baby' and 'The Golden Compass'. Oh, and she made a rather famous collaboration with Peter Gabriel: 'Don´t give up' which ended in the end credits of 'The Bone Collector' because the director loved it so much.
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