KATE BUSH - "CLOUDBUSTING" (reaction)

[@zappafan3473]

Kate is the absolute fucking business. The word genius gets thrown around a lot, but in this case it's an adjective that is totally apt.

[@adam872]

She is indeed awesome in every way

[@quintfl]

She may be just average intelligence in whatever dimension she comes from

[@TheWaynos73]

The Red Shoes is my favourite Bush album. doesn’t get talked about nearly enough.

[@TheWaynos73]

@Nooneinparticular987 Moments of Pleasure definitely!

[@xensonar9652]

It's fair to call her something approaching a genius. How many 13 year olds could write The Man with the Child in His Eyes? She's in her teens and writing music of the kind that established artists are writing in their 2nd album when they've found their voice.

[@hilocus]

She's a storyteller and many of her songs are inspired by a literary narrative. According to Wikipedia, Cloudbusting takes its inspiration from the 1973 Peter Reich memoir A Book of Dreams which Bush read and found deeply moving, the song is about the very close relationship between psychiatrist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and his young son, Peter. It describes the boy's memories of his life with Reich on their family farm, called Orgonon, where the two spent time "cloudbusting", a rain-making process which involved using a machine designed and built by Reich - a machine called a cloudbuster - to point at the sky. The lyrics further describes the elder Reich's abrupt arrest and imprisonment, the pain of loss the young Peter felt, and his helplessness at being unable to protect his father.

[@zimbo65a]

the Austrian Wilhelm Reich migrated to the USA,he died while the McCarthy era in a prison in Pennsylvania,his books were burned.

[@SightAfterDark]

How terrible!

[@jackal59]

Also, Peter Reich is gay, so "the sun's coming out/your son's coming out" has a wonderful double meaning.

[@jking195]

Nice touch in the video how she references it by discovering a copy of the book in her father's jacket pocket

[@timbackster2910]

@@SightAfterDark Kate does another literary ABSOLUTE HIT in "Wuthering Heights" Her first and Biggest hit!!!

[@masterofparsnips5327]

The whole of this album is incredible. The second side of the "Hounds of Love" album is called "The Ninth Wave". Check it out

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

When I first heard this album in 1985 (no kidding), 'Cloudbusting' and 'Running up that Hill' were my instant favourites. The rest of the album took some time to chew, but now it's my favourite Kate Bush album. (Did I mention I'm a fan of hers?)

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

@MäkirannantörmäI'm not sure, but you seem to refer to the Diamond Dogs-album by David Bowie(1974).. not a bad choice in that. Lots of dogs involved on both of the album covers..

[@slowberries]

Big Boi loving Kate bush is the best. This album has a been a big feature in my life. Epic! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYTHeZqnaNR1epo

[@jamesclifford189]

Kate ended her 2014 concerts with this song, it was a great way to end the show; the whole audience and band chanting along in unison. I'll never forget the experience of being in the same space as Kate, seeing her for real with my own eyes. There was an amazing love between Kate and her audience, it was magic💖

[@stewartp115]

I’ll always remember that. It was like a dream. Just wonderful

[@janewright2800]

She's my musical hero!🎶💚

[@lavenderbee3611]

Kate Bush is a genius, a true original and something of a pioneer for women. She was the first woman in the UK to have a self-written #1 song and #1 album. Kate has always stayed true to her vision.

[@SightAfterDark]

Wow, thanks Lavender Bee!

[@verenamenzel8958]

and she invented the wireless headmicrophon.

[@MickLoud999]

@@verenamenzel8958 I read somewhere it was made from an actual wire clothes hanger. She needed it in order to dance freely while performing.

[@mimimusick9734]

Fun fact, Kate Bush pioneered the use of the headset microphone. Her first major concerts used a lot of dance, movement and props so she couldn't hold a standard microphone as she needed her hands free. So she's a bit of a tech wonder as well.

[@johnmcintosh5413]

Just call her what she is Guys she’s a genius and no female artist comes anywhere close to her in the UK and beyond hey just an opinion and everyone likes something different she certainly delivers that 🌍✌🏼

[@FloBran]

In a time when music videos could still tell a story. R.I.P. Donald! 💔

[@kentmains7763]

Kate Bush is the real deal, absolute genius.

[@TheDreamingJune]

This song makes my heart melt every single time. And the video is really touching. Kate Bush is a musical genius (I don't say that lightly) and I highly recommend the album 'Hounds of Love'. You won't regret it.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks June!

[@jenhasken]

That album is GOAT. An absolute masterpiece.

[@DocRock67]

Donald Sutherland once told he originally refused to be part of a music video, he said to his manager to decline. Later that day somebody knocked on the door of his hotel room. Donald opened the door, and there stood this tiny woman in front of him. It was Kate Bush who wanted to convince him to do this. Fortunately she was successful.

[@davetothebeard]

Her voice is so beautiful you’d know it was was her within 5 secs of hearing it. So sweet. Such unpredictable phrasing. There’s a hypnotic feel on many of her songs too. Great submission.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching David!

[@hindlewalker9330]

Every time l listen to her music is like the first time . it's woven into my soul.She is amazing.

[@tlome8033]

Like the suns coming out.

[@marklowe8087]

This song has taken 30 years to unpack, genius.Sutherland had visa problems in Britain so volunteered his time.The best money Donald never earned.He must be proud of this one.

[@BryTee]

R.I.P. Donald Sutherland 1935-2024

[@Incomudro1963]

Fantastic song, and one of the best videos ever made. I get choked up every time I hear this song or watch the video.

[@SightAfterDark]

🤗 🥹 🤗-it’s just that beautiful!

[@sharonsmith2771]

Same!!!

[@jameswarner5809]

This was the encore for Kate's London concerts a few years back. To hear the whole audience sing along with the 'yay-ee-yay-ee-oh's was a deeply moving experience.

[@SightAfterDark]

We bet! Thanks for watching James!

[@paul9010]

Her albums from Never Forever onwards are all essential listening for anyone who appreciates real art and innovation in music, made by an artist who so obviously makes music because they have to. Many imitators followed, but she's still in a class of her own.

[@cuckoofan]

I would say ALL her albums, right from the start ("The Kick Inside" and "Lionheart" included) are essentiel listening. Those 2 albums were written (except 3 songs) from the age of 13 to 18 which makes Kate Bush a remarkable and rare pop artist, and are surely not anecdotal or trivial compared to those that will follow. "The Kick Inside" is one of the most impressive debut albums EVER, don't you think? Personnally, I exclusively listened to this album at the time it was released, and I still see it as incredibly unique. "Lionheart", released the same year, is commonly seen as a pale follow-up, which I much disagree with. There was an obvious evolution, especially for the Lyrics. But I agree with the fact that from "Never for Ever", things became more and more fascinating. "The Dreaming" and "Hounds of Love" are just masterpieces.

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

@@cuckoofan Yes, I have all of her albums, obviously.(and some 2nd tries too and Aerial)... 'Lionheart' wasn't a strong album as a whole, but it contained 'Wow' and 'Searching for Peter Pan' at least. 'Kick inside' was a very strong debut album(as you said and if I say I have the vinyl, you know I'm vEery OLD), and besides the obvious famous tracks I'd like to mention 'Moving' as my favourite track. Kate makes music you remember rather than forget.

[@rk41gator]

Kate is genius!

[@carstens.1844]

Kate Bush is not only a Singer she is a Songwriter, Producer and Musican . Hounds of Love is one of the best Albums. NEXT Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel Don't give up

[@4014Thugsy]

agreed... If I only had one Album I could listen to for the rest of my life it would be Hounds of Love.

[@theboraxbandit9563]

There's something really special about this woman

[@erikmaronde2244]

Yes that is Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland's father playing with Kate. And it's about Wilhelm Reich's son Keith'd memories. The song is pure magic.

[@BryTee]

R.I.P. Donald Sutherland 1935-2024

[@diogenesagogo]

I'm feeling very emotional at the moment & was weeping buckets by the end. She's a genuine artist, brilliant & original.

[@SightAfterDark]

🥺🤗thanks for sharing!

[@dexstewart2450]

Around the time of the release Bush sent Peter Reich a VHS copy of the music video. Reich was immediately a fan. He later told Dazed magazine "Quite magically, this British musician had tapped precisely into a unique and magical fulfilment of father-son devotion, emotion and understanding. They had captured it all."[

[@SightAfterDark]

Great description! Thanks for the info Dex!

[@darrenocallaghan8932]

She was actually considered a musical genius at a very young age , she did after all write over 200 songs before she was 17 including "The man with the child in his eye's"

[@leoscone4036]

This is a very deep song with a lot of backstory. This song was inspired by Peter Reich's writings about his relationship with his father Wilhelm Reich, whose theories and opinions were suppressed by the FDA back in the 1930's. He was jailed for two years for contempt, literal tons of his publications were ordered burned by the court. He died after about a year incarcerated, of a heart attack. Donald Sutherland is Wilhelm Reich in the video. Kate is Peter. It is a great video. The song of course is phenomenal. "You looked too small in that big black car to be a threat to the men in power." Yet in reality, he did seem a threat to then, they jailed him, and destroyed his work. Very powerful song.

[@ganazby]

Thanks for supplying the song info. I was just about to when I spotted your post.

[@SightAfterDark]

Wow how tragic!

[@drsochs]

Reich fled Nazi Germany where his books were burned, and came to America where the same happened.

[@mosaics2024]

The cloudbusting machine was designed and fabricated by HR Giger and co,, and is very beautiful. The actual cloudbusters were much, much smaller, and had several thin pipes that pointed straight up at the sky. A note on the song: this was a special mix for this short film, while the album mix is shorter. The extended section comes when Peter (Kate) and Reich (Donald Sutherland) are in his study, through to where the men are coming down the steps. If you want to understand Kate, you have to realize she is a storyteller, very filmic, and knows exactly how to make the music and lyrics work to enhance the story.

[@heathermaysloan]

There's also at least one house remix/sampled song using the phrase "ooh, I just know that something good is gonna happen"; wish I remembered who did it so I could find it now. Anyone??? :)

[@mosaics2024]

@@heathermaysloan it is called Cloudbusting: the Orgonon Mix. Originally, there were 12-inch singles of four of the songs on side one of Hounds of Love. On the b side of each 12-in single were shorter extra songs. A long time ago a box set called This Woman's Work was released, and it included two CDs of all the singles through the Sensual World album, as well as all of the albums up to and including that one. Then in 2018, Kate remastered all of the albums and all of the singles and released a box set on her Fish People label. You can actually buy a four CD set of the singles on her website or Amazon. It is called The Other Sides.

[@heathermaysloan]

@@mosaics2024 omg, thank you! I thought the single I was thinking of was not a KB remix but a different artist sampling - in like the the early 90's...but definitely will look up the Orgonon Mix! Peace :)

[@mosaics2024]

@@heathermaysloan You're welcome. I'm an expert on all things Kate, so I can answer most questions!

[@michaeltaylor8835]

H R Giger dedigned the Alien in Alien Movie RIP

[@annother3350]

You're right -- she uses the sounds and voices to create dynamic highs and lows

[@submerged10]

I think this is my favorite Kate video and song. This is my first time I ever saw Donald Sutherland. Hugh Laurie was in her Experiment IV video which is wild.

[@frenchyman19xx]

kate was my first great love in music. I listened to her music for hours and always found new things that fascinated me. she has enchanted me for years and she simply remains my favorite. the way she plays with the notes and dances to them is unique. the somewhat different music made me dream and feel good. thank you kate for the beautiful wonderful moments i had listening to you^^ her magic is still there

[@rickgarms7656]

Absolutely one of the Classic 70-80's rock alt/tunes from a major Chanteuse of that era. Kate Bush is an acquired to taste to some, but loved by many. Her collaboration with Peter Gabriel on "Don't Give Up" is emotionally uplifting and her songs "Deeper Understanding" and "Rocket's Tail" are some of my faves you may want to listen to when you're in a downlow mood. Thanks for the tunes guys....Cheers

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Rick!

[@cuckoofan]

An interesting fact a very few people know it seems: Patti Smiith was also inspired by Peter Reich's "A Book of Dreams" in her song "Birdland" from "Horses", 10 years prior to the release of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting". Both songs are so interesting in their own ways.

[@SightAfterDark]

Nice!

[@kf9346]

This album, both sides, is a masterpiece. Kate Bush is a musicologist like Brian Eno, David Byrne, Ruyuchi Sakamoto and David Sylvian. Plus, she has something those others don't have and that's the ability to use her own voice as a musical instrument. Decades later this album is still one I have to listen to from start to end without breaks and one I always get new meanings and hear new things each time I listen. She is also one of those artists of artists. She is a dancer, choreographer, writer etc... so her musical compositions feel 'well thought out" like you said.

[@PjRjHj]

Curious to know what you mean "using her own voice as a musical instrument"? David Sylvian has an amazing voice.

[@kf9346]

@@PjRjHj I mean she doesn't just use her voice to sing and transmit words and ideas. She uses it to make sounds and voaclisations like birds and animals. You could remove tracks made by musical instruments and replace them sounds she is able to make with her voice.

[@T23000PLUS]

More Kate, please!

[@kevinlawrence2229]

1:25 -- they relax into realizing what a genius and goddess Kate is!

[@qutoobe]

The first Kate Bush song I ever heard was "Jig of Life" from this very album. Heard it back in my small Midwestern town on a College radio station. From that point on I was hooked.

[@paulpeartsmith]

What a fantastic way to start! My first was "Wuthering Heights" I'm old enough remember it debuting on the radio.

[@alanhaggar8983]

To those new to Kate Bush, check out her 'The Whole Story album in effect her greatest hits, she is awesome

[@fords_nothere_100]

Another stellar curatorial choice. Love it! It may be time for "The Dreaming"?!

[@danakerjbam]

Yesssss. Dreaming is the one even the fans tend to slip by. But it’s the low key masterpiece to Hounds’ flashing billboard of genius.

[@ronpaizley9349]

The Dreaming is amind blower way ahead of its time !!!

[@brumleytwitch6265]

Kate Bush is an artist with a Capital "A"!!!!!

[@SightAfterDark]

For sure

[@billwellington4339]

A musical masterpiece

[@normagrimstad8869]

Most of Kate Bush’s songs have complicated lyrics, with a story. Not at all traditional love songs and such. Not that she doesn’t talk about love. She’s really a poet, singer, dancer, musician and artist all together.

[@pdcrmr]

With Kate, everything, from the music, to the lyrics and the presentation of the music (dance, movement, videos) is intentional

[@zippydoodah1547]

Beautiful from a national treasure, great choice.

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

Sister Kate is just the best.....so UNIQUE !

[@mcolford]

Yeah, side B of this album is a concept about a woman trapped in the water overnight and trying to survive, and it's truly incredible. You should check it out.

[@SightAfterDark]

Woah, cool, thanks!

[@andersgranstrom7128]

Does not get better than this... Thanks guys!

[@SightAfterDark]

You’re welcome Anders!

[@Saundramadden-p6u]

Kate can certainly act and I really remember watching this video in 1985

[@SightAfterDark]

She is amazing!

[@wendellwiggins3776]

KATE THE GREAT hit everyone of us like a beautiful angelic force as if from a dreamworld in 78. she quickly became the best progressive female creative artist for many years afterwards. Her talent only grew and evolved throughout the 80's. The DREAMING is her most progressive and avante-garde. More and more her writing & music were always very unique, transcending & lyrically imaginative along with her incredibly creative video theatrical performances. One of THE BEST

[@NicoruAmarfi]

Cloud busting is one of my favorite Kate Bush songs and Donald Sutherland willingly did that video for her.

[@SebGeddy]

This is not just a song. This a story and a masterpiece that stands the test of time. It takes Kate Bush's unfathomable talent to do this (with a little help from the impeccable one and only Donald Sutherland)

[@SightAfterDark]

We’ll said Sebastien♥️!

[@richardhunter7363]

Would love to hear this played at The Royal Albert Hall, London Philharmonic Orchestra, turned up to 11. Epic

[@leroyrs]

Kate Bush is amazing. She's extremely talented and has a great voice. I love her musical arrangements. She was one of a few 80s musicians who used the Fairlight CMI a lot for creating special sounds. "Running up that hill" was the most played Kate Bush song in clubs those days. I love the hunting synth sounds in her songs that fit into 80s music. And last but not least she's a very attractive woman. :)

[@stevedotwood]

Kate's a Great artist (paused watching The Beatles Get Back movie part 3 for this)

[@SightAfterDark]

That means she’s really great!

[@personalcheeses8073]

@@SightAfterDark Really, really great like you wouldn’t believe

[@77NickDale]

this is a very special song. It has an effect on you that you just can't deny. I don't see how anyone couldn't be emotionally affected in some way by this.

[@gheechiedan9299]

I remember when this song came out in America via MTV! I was a project kid in the hood and an MTV JUNKIE! When I heard this and saw the video it was absolutely AWESOME to me. I had never seen or heard anything like it before. Also what I liked about it is the intelligence of the whole concept of the video. Much respect to 1 of my FAVORITES Kate Bush! 😎

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for sharing Gheechie Dan!

[@clivehope8409]

Genius piece of work

[@rolfjamne8922]

Kate Bush is fantastic. She was listening to her older Brothers Prog albums like King Crimson and Pink Floyd and later discovered by David Gilmoure.(Pink Floyd) If you want to listen to an extraordinary voice i can recomend Mari Boine she's a Sami and very spiritual. Check out (Brother Eagle) live in Oslo Nrk(they dont block). This music takes you to places you never have been. You are the best.👌

[@SightAfterDark]

You are too Rolf. Thanks for the history!

[@vidviewer100]

I love the way the video tells a real story and I love Kate

[@raycornford283]

Would love to hear your thoughts on Kate's 'This Woman's Work'. Beautiful and empathetic.

[@kf9346]

I get teary eyed every time I hear that song.

[@jameslynch7826]

A work of art. I remember it from back in the day. Absolutely perfect She is the best Right up there

[@mickyboy7586]

The pure genius that is Kate Bush.

[@DavidKing-ut9wr]

Kate Bush is a genius. End of sentence. She can do no wrong.

[@keithjones6023]

This song is just one of a wonderful collection of songs on Hounds of Love album. It's Kate at her best, great song and a video to match.

[@nigelseaton8367]

If you really want to experience the magic of this song, is to listen to it near or at the beach early in the morning when the waves crash the shore. Her music is nature. Being that listening to her outside really brings a oneness with the all. A brilliant talent. Iam glad I found her music, so long ago.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

This entire album the Hounds Of Love is top notch!

[@marcvanderiet5592]

Re-worked version of the original. A true classic from my youth. Kate Bush has a special place in my musical heart.

[@stevemurrell6167]

This is a beautiful clip and song......absolutely mesmerising. The whole 'Hounds Of Love' album is brilliant.

[@cynthianavarro4316]

This is Kate when her lower voice was gaining strength. She, like Joni Mitchell, started out as a light soprano. This is a chronological list where you can hear her vocal development. Oh yes, the videos show her dancing skills: The Man With the Child in His Eyes, Feel It, Wow (Version 1 video), Hammer Horror (live at Hammersmith-Odeon video), Babooska (video), Army Dreamers (video), Pull Out the Pin, Houdini, Get Out of My House, Running Up That Hill (video), And Dream of Sheep, Jig of Life, This Woman's Work, Moments of Pleasure (video), Lily, and Ne T'un Fe Pas. There is no one like her. She and Joni hold the standard for singer-songwriters, male or female. Both, completely different from each other, are artists of the Highest Order. I hope you can sample some of these, ideally as listed! Happy Listening!

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks so much Cynthia; never thought of sampling, but hey there’s an idea!

[@davehagi9883]

Cynthia, I have a feeling that a sampling with the ear, may be turned into a physical sample, or is that what you really meant, or am I completely off track?

[@cynthianavarro4316]

@@davehagi9883 I should not have used the word sample. I meant listen to the whole song if possible!

[@davehagi9883]

@@cynthianavarro4316 I guessed that.....Peace.

[@greeng313]

Totally agree - only Joni is on a similar level. Both are unique and phenomenal talents!

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

That's my new Kate Bush favorite. She's collaborated with Peter Gabriel on several occasions. In addition to their duets: "Don't Give Up" and "Another Day," she also adds vocals on Peter's "Games Without Frontiers" (she's singing "Jeux sans frontières") and "No Self Control."

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info Edward!

[@garryashton7093]

Know one compares to her she in a universe of her own love her

[@garyneilson3075]

Always, so wonderful!

[@matthewweber3904]

Every time I listen to this song I start tearing up about 4 bars in.

[@SightAfterDark]

🥺we get it

[@sharonsmith2771]

Same

[@dirkdiggler9174]

I can only think of two female artists that I would use the words Genius . KATE BUSH AND MADONNA !!

[@anialiki]

the greatest female artist of all time , she changed my life

[@stagrov8086]

A rain maker...yeah, thats what England needs to most ;-)

[@SightAfterDark]

😆

[@adrianadrian255]

She produces her own records too. She knows exactly how something should sound. This song was used very successfully in a long sequence in a Handmaids Tale - the video is on you tube, type Handmaids tale Kate Bush. They’ve used at least two of her songs.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for the info Adrian!

[@ganazby]

Supercharged artistic talent. ‘The Hounds of Love’ leaves me speechless (hence the brevity of this comment).

[@thomasvieth6063]

She is also supported by David Gilmour, Peter Gabriel and the German jazz bass player Eberhard Weber, among others. Gilmour appears to have "discovered" her. Gabriel sang with her and Weber played bass in in some songs. Her lyrics are good literature, too.

[@SightAfterDark]

Great info Thomas, thanks!

[@hdebard]

she is a great story teller and she is a perfectionist

[@garyneilson3075]

And that unique Celtic feel, WOW!

[@godisgreatalways7418]

Love Kate Bush!!

[@dexstewart2450]

Blew all of us away when it came out.

[@leec6707]

Filmed in beautiful Oxfordshire (my county!) and where Kate lives now apparently.

[@An_Cat_Dubh]

Just one of the great tracks from one of the quintessential Art Rock albums: "Hounds of Love". This sounds like one of the many remixes of Cloudbusting though I'm not sure which one. Yes, it's Donald Sutherland. ;)

[@SightAfterDark]

Interesting. Thanks An Cat!

[@SightAfterDark]

Interesting. Thanks An Cat!

[@tonysansom]

I think it's the 12" version.

[@Picnicl]

I like how. it ends with a steam train whistle. A steam train, of course, does create a 'cloud' of steam. Steam trains also have a nostalgic or romantic image and this ties with the regular, relentless, 'driving' beat of some other songs on the Hounds of Love album, particularly the song Hounds of Love itself, Running up that Hill, and Under Ice.

[@numerikproductions]

It is Donald!! Yay for you! Canadian with housing close to where I come from. LOVE KATE!!

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching Josaphah!

[@damonhines8187]

Hmmm. Where to begin? And here's the rub: where to end? This might not go so well. I read the excerpt of Peter (played by Kate here)Reich's book in Rolling Stone, several years before this, may have read the book itself shortly thereafter, chronicling his childhood and the efforts of his dad, Wilhelm (Donald)Reich to make it rain for stricken communities, some of which professed faith in and gratitude for Reich's methods and efforts and seeming results. Peter eventually succumbed to mental health issues, apparently as a result of drug use. Reich Sr. was persecuted...I don't think there's any other more appropriate term for it, by the government. Much as Nicola Tesla was tailed, his every discarded jotting on a restaurant napkin dutifully collected and archived, so too were Reich's writings scooped up and filed away. His, though, have been widely discredited by the scientific establishment later, whereas Tesla is prototypically synonymous with mad visionary/genius. I also had a copy of Wilhelm's 'The Mass Psychology of Fascism' in my collection for years and really came to regret finally having passed it on...oh, about two US elections ago. William ('Naked Lunch', Steely Dan)Burroughs was said to have an orgone box, a bed, a writing desk and chair and little else in his longtime room at the "Y" in New York, I think. My sister-in-law, something of a counter-culture celebrity at one time, shepherded Burroughs around Vancouver for a day prior to an appearance at the "avant-garde" gallery she worked with, and took him to the zoo. She also asked in her inimitable rasp if he really hated women. Just because of having shot his wife accidentally in a narcotic fog? I don't know, it's been years since I last tried to read him. I love Kate's Dickensian urchin look in this video, that ginger thatch. 😁 This is the album following 'The Dreaming', which was the first, iirc, recorded at Peter Gabriel's studio and largely utilizing the Fairlight (q.v., heeheehee). I have always found it a more daunting listen and simultaneously more "mature", serious and pointed, though at what, I couldn't pin down. Why would you?

[@theboraxbandit9563]

It's a shame that so many geniuses of their time are both discredited by the Scientific establishment and also ruined by the combined efforts of the government and corporate/banking interests.

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

You should review her album 50 Words for Snow, it's her last album to date apart from that live one she put out, IMHO it's her best work thus far. Nice one Jeff !

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

@Baby Hunn That just made my day !

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

@Baby Hunn she is the best Baby ! Thanks for the link.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks John!

[@earthboundmother205]

They have a whole chem trail in 1986 with a cloud machine to cover it. Kate Bush, man

[@davidsweeney4021]

This is my daughter's and my song.

[@SightAfterDark]

How sweet! Thanks for watching David!

[@jeffaube]

Thanks so much for your reactions; it was fun watching you check this out. KB has a pretty deep and diverse catalog and, judging from the responses from everybody () I’m sure folks would be interested to see what you think of her other music. [BTW, this was the first time I saw the video. Besides the shock of seeing Kate in Mom Jeans 😉, it was not-surprisingly interesting.]

[@SightAfterDark]

☺️ thanks for watching Jeff!

[@stevesmith1456]

Kate has spoken about she knew of the cloudbusting machine which Wilhelm Reich (1895-1957) said he had invented and which he said could make it rain.

[@charlesberton2581]

My favorite female artist. Thanks, cats.

[@SightAfterDark]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulpeartsmith]

You have to listen to the Dreaming. Kate's masterpiece.

[@arianmohlmann7548]

Yes it's him.

[@brucecoleman4228]

Thoughtful. You nailed it.

[@teresacaetano5536]

Woooow ! Lindo🌟

[@SightAfterDark]

Si!

[@davidn5269]

She’s such a polymath that I feel her work as a trailblazing producer has been overlooked. It’s pretty amazing that a successful female pop artist in the early 80’s was producing her own albums. This album and “The Dreaming” have some pretty distinct choices (the latter rubbing a lot of people the wrong way for its abrasive and experimental approach). And yeah, “meticulous” is right. She was in a long-term relationship with a veteran session bass player that she would have record for her albums and supposedly she would frequently go back and re-do his parts herself because everything had to be just so. How she had time to direct music videos and do choreography and play half of the instruments and produce the albums herself in addition to writing and performing these massive conceptually complicated works is anybody’s guess. It’s no wonder she became reclusive and started putting out an album a decade after age 30; she had already done enough for three careers by then. A fun fact I learned about her: she was the first performing artist to wear a headset microphone on stage, which was necessitated by her elaborate stage show which she of course choreographed herself at the age of 18. At her insistence her crew helped her put together a headset out of a wire coat hanger so she could have her hands free for interpretative dance, which she of course had studied with some master. Being on the wrong side of thirty myself it’s almost depressing how accomplished and competent she was at such a young age.

[@SightAfterDark]

Great info! Thanks so much David!

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

Have you guys watched THE BEATLES - Get Back, I watched parts 1 and 2 yesterday I'll watch part 3 today, it's amazing you really should watch it.

[@stevedotwood]

Best fly on the wall movie ever.

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

@@stevedotwood I just watched the third part, it was amazing.

[@stevedotwood]

@@JohnEdwardBerry It was. Those fucking cops. Local businesses were complaining, but that bamd must have been the greatest business at that time.

[@JohnEdwardBerry]

@@stevedotwood it was the ending Paul was looking for.

[@SightAfterDark]

Not yet!

[@kengregory6026]

The great Donald Sutherland (Keifer's dad) as Kate's father......Kate definitely cut her own channel through her career...unique talent

[@SightAfterDark]

Definitely!