"the South Beach of Central Minnesota"
― hot dub grime machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
under the ivy is beautiful
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Burning Bridge is another fave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbw3X2LeaIw
― abstract sand patterns, representing water (corey), Thursday, 22 July 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
this came out 25 years ago, yesterday
http://www.desicomments.com/graphics/belatedbirthday/13.gif
― william buttinski's 'the disintegration snoops' (donna rouge), Friday, 17 September 2010 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
never fully appreciated the greatness of those lyrics about burying the YoYo in Cloudbusting until i read about the use of radium (radioactive) glow in the dark paint that used to be put on watch faces and novelty items.
― Kim, Friday, 17 September 2010 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i always forget how great this album is, like i know i like it a lot but i forget how gorgeous it sounds.
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://agrammar.tumblr.com/post/74942897102/hounds-of-love-with-scads-of-gifs-and-scads-of-gushing
― 龜, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
It's a beautiful video. Great piece too.
I saw this just now while looking for director credits: http://www.katebushnews.com/index.php/2011/07/rip-gow-hunter-1960-2011/
― jmm, Wednesday, 29 January 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
Then Play Long reaches out to Hounds of Love: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/kate-bush-hounds-of-love.html
― agincourtgirl, Friday, 18 July 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
So I listened to this 12" version of "The Big Sky" for the first time in forever, and realized that midway through it has those same voices that show up in "Waking The Witch."
Which also made me think that Side One has always felt like a string of more conventional pop songs, while Side Two is this novella...but if this longer version of "The Big Sky" were on the album, it would make Side One just as much of a story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gemzegd0YZQ
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 06:19 (six years ago) link
better poll would've been what's the second best song lol
― austinb, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 06:30 (six years ago) link
I've always preferred 'Cloudbusting' to 'Running Up That Hill', fwiw.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 06:37 (six years ago) link
been really enjoying 'The Big Sky' lately. it works really well as a surprise drop in a DJ set
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:14 (six years ago) link
cloudbusting is the best song here. One of the finest uses of a minimal drum beat in a pop song ever and the train SFX ending is perfect
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:27 (six years ago) link
Are these the only 12" mixes she put out? Cause they're all damn good.
Cloudbusting (The Organon Mix) 6:33The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) 7:45Experiment IV (12" Mix) 6:37
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
The 12" Extended Mix of Running Up That Hill is mainly louder drums and some dubby echo effects on the vocals. Probably of some use for 'club play' but loses atmosphere by bringing elements into sharper focus IMO. Actually the Instrumental on the other side works better and does retain some parts of the vocal.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
Some of the Red Shoes singles had "12-inch" remixes, I think?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
this is one of the finest kate bush remixes/covers i've heard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxEVhyvA0I
(Under the Ice)
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
The 12" of "Hounds of Love" (the song) is close to being an entirely different song iirc?
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R86V64GLq4
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
Right, that's from the "Hounds Of Love" 12", I forgot about that one. It's on the "This Woman's Work" bonus discs.
The "Running Up That Hill" 12" has a 5:45 extended version.
"The Big Sky" 7" has a 4:34 "Special Single Mix". Are any of the other 7" versions more than just an edit?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Oh, and it looks like those two I mentioned are on this CD single: https://www.discogs.com/Kate-Bush-The-Red-Shoes/release/1412937
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
It'd be neat if she did a tour where the set was just a 70-90 minute version of Running Up That Hill
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
Has there ever been a thread for extendedMixes of 80s songs? There’s tons of dope extended mixes online of everything from kim carnes to the cars. Like the extended version of Drive is beautiful
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
this fuckin album
― Οὖτις, Monday, 24 September 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
indeed :)
love this too
with the under the ice samples
― sweetheart of the Neo Geo (Ross), Monday, 24 September 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
^ I love this track, too. I've seen The Field live a bunch of times and he always plays it; particularly great with a live drummer. There's something super uplifting about dancing to these samples of Kate's voice.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 09:41 (five years ago) link
absolutely :)
― sweetheart of the Neo Geo (Ross), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWaj8wU_qRg
https://thequietus.com/articles/26096-kate-bush-under-the-ivy-official-music-video
― willem, Monday, 25 February 2019 14:50 (five years ago) link
Pulled this up for a listen today and found that Spotify has a “2018 Remaster” version. Through headphones, the strings are much more distinct and the drums are intense.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 5 September 2019 22:29 (four years ago) link
how the hell did Big Sky only get two votes here?
― sleeve, Thursday, 5 September 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
we never understood it
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 6 September 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Some surprises here, looking back;
And Dream Of Sheep 2The Big Sky 2Under Ice 2Mother Stands For Comfort 0
― piscesx, Saturday, 5 November 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
Not so strange, those are mostly subtle mood pieces on an album with a lot of tracks and several better-known songs. If someone told me their favourite song on the record was "Mother Stands For Comfort", I'd respond, "Oh, you don't like Kate Bush?"
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 5 November 2022 17:21 (one year ago) link
sad no love for waking the witch that's when shit really gets going
― Left, Saturday, 5 November 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
So i guess i don't like Kate Bush :( Xpost
― nostormo, Saturday, 5 November 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
maybe I love Kate Bush AND Eberhard Weber
― fetter, Saturday, 5 November 2022 22:35 (one year ago) link
If someone told me their favourite song on the record was "Mother Stands For Comfort", I'd respond, "Oh, you don't like Kate Bush?"
i know, ILM is a safe space, it welcomes people saying daft shit in an authoritative register
but ffs
― wearing wraparounds (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 November 2022 22:38 (one year ago) link
Love the radio-type sounds on that song.
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Saturday, 5 November 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link
the fairlight? yeah particularly the very final flourish that ends the song (and cuts out rather than fades)
― akm, Saturday, 5 November 2022 23:07 (one year ago) link
Where, I ask, were all these supporters of "Mother Stands For Comfort" in 2007, when your vote counted?
I just think of it as the epitome of a breather/change-of-pace track. Also, for Bush/Weber fans, "Houdini" is a way more impressive song.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 5 November 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
"Mother" is maybe my third-favourite song on the album, but that won't earn it any credit if that's true for everyone. Mods, please implement first-past-the-post voting
― Vinnie, Sunday, 6 November 2022 04:35 (one year ago) link
there aren't any bad songs on that album, but Mother is definitely one of the more subtle ones... what chance does it have stuck between the Big Sky and Cloudbusting?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Sunday, 6 November 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
it's a better song than the Morning Fog.
― akm, Sunday, 6 November 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
love "waking the witch" and "watching you without me"
― dyl, Sunday, 6 November 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
A more controversial opinion is that this is the weakest of her first five records (though the best tracks on this are better than those on Lionheart.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 7 November 2022 05:04 (one year ago) link
this new reissue is ugly and preposterous, what on earth. I guess the prices are really for the artwork, but the artwork is...not good?
https://music.katebush.com/buy/hounds-of-love-lost-at-sea/
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 2 November 2023 03:56 (six months ago) link
Re the conversation about "Mother Stands For Comfort" above, it would only be like top 6 for me, but I used to include it on a lot of mixtapes paired with The Blue Nile's "Automobile Noise" as a kind of mini-suite of found-sound synth balladry.
― Tim F, Thursday, 2 November 2023 04:00 (six months ago) link
$300 for a vinyl reissue with no new songs or anything, that is pretty obnoxious... is it for charity or something?
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 November 2023 05:30 (six months ago) link
it's not clear at all. apparently she had a limited artwork like this as part of a War Child charity, and this is another go at that, but I don't think these go to War Child. Plus...it's not the full album! Most of these configurations are for like...1/2 the album
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 2 November 2023 13:23 (six months ago) link