Thanks. Some relate to the songs, some don't - I let my mind wander a bit while I'm doing them.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
these song images are awesome, BTW.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
well that was yesterday well spent
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
working fine here
― Cong rat ululations (seandalai), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
The album covers were fine.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
same
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
working here for me in Chrome
― wise men farting over you (snoball), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
yeah they're good here, tho i'll admit to being completely flummoxed by them so far (but that's fine).
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!
― half-worm inchworm tapeworm (donna rouge), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5045/0046misty.jpg
46. Misty103 points, six votes50 Words For Snow (2011)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Fantastic effort, Ismael. Really enjoying this.
― Leonard Pine, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
for a while this was my favourite from '50 words for snow', it's not quite now but it does encapsulate everything that's good about that album.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
Voted for "Lake Tahoe". Glad to see it here!
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
I hardly know what to think about 50, I can hardly get a handle on it now. It's like it's drifting away from me, or I'm viewing it through frosted glass. Only Wild Man, Wheeler St and the title track carry any sort of weight for me beyond the odd snippet.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
It'll make sense again in three months.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
you've skilfully missed the best track on it there ik.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for Wheeler Street. I don't think I'm giving too much away if I say it was just me.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9003/0045ohenglandmylionhear.jpg
45. Oh England My Lionheart104 points, five votesLionheart (1978)in concert!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
Neither of the above are the 50 Words track I voted for, but I'm glad to see them. Sort of surprised "Witch" is so low, I think of that as a pretty iconic track. (But that could be because I first heard it on a mixtape my college girlfriend made me when we were first going out.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
i expected witch to finish much higher, too
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
I was amazed Oh England fell so low; it's irresistible. Not that I was one of the five, but why's it so unpopular?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
I had a hard time voting for many pieces of "The Ninth Wave." They work so well together as a whole that saying one part or another was superior ended up meaning I only voted for one.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Gah, I didn't vote. Still, as I said, I would've been pretty much canon, so I'll use these results for some deep-digging hints.
― emil.y, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I could've pushed for votes a bit more, but I felt the way it was working out heads-only was producing quite an interesting list. I hope you find some things to your liking.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
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44. The Fog105 points, six votesThe Sensual World (1989)some ballet footage
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Xpost - Oh England was the last track to drop off my list and if I did a top 20 next week it would probably be top 5. It's beautiful and unique, but the problem is that so is most of Kate Bush's oeuvre. Something has got to give, I am afraid.
― Guilty_Boksen, Monday, 27 August 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
i voted for one representative track from "9th Wave" and "Sky of Honey" cos i cdn't separate them properly, sensibly. for each i chose my (probably) fave bit. simple question of all the other songs i needed to vote for, as is not voting "My Lionheart". there are almost no Kate tracks i dislike, but man 20 votes is not a lot.
― just one little Tayto (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 August 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
there's a real cottage industry in fan-made kate youtube videos, i actually quite like a lot of them. there's an animated one for 'among angels' that's just devastating tbh.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
I hadn't realised 'til just now, they're great. I posted one on the voting thread for Constellation of the Heart, but I thought that was just a one-off.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9135/0043kingofthemountain.jpg
43. King Of The Mountain113 points, five votesAerial (2005)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Huh. Love Aerial, but not a particular fan of KotM. It would be my 8th or 9th favorite track, probably.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
I disliked it at the time as a single but it made my ballot.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
This and Wild Man seemed like disappointing singles at their respective times, but what else could they have issued? It's not like Lake Tahoe or A Coral Room would have been burning up the airwaves.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
I like how it has a bit of the Fairlight feel to it in the intro. And was it Marcello who wrote that great piece about how you've been waiting for Kate to come back for a dozen years and then when she finally does, you get this mysterious intro followed by a totally SKANK reggae guitar? I can't remember.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
What is this Fairlight thing you're all going on about?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah - just sounds like a cheap synth! Production on "Wild Man" is so good. Disarmingly mellow until that bonkers chorus.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 August 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
Very surprised KotM made it! o_O
Loving all your your work IK, and am glad to be a part of the whole thing <3
(I don't think my #01 will place tbh)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 27 August 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, thanks again IK!
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
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42. The Infant Kiss117 points, six votesNever For Ever (1980)a rather splendid short
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
"programming the fairlight" is, for me, shorthand for kate bush doing whatever magical stuff she did all through the 80s. since I have no real idea what it entails.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
Experiement IV, live on Wogan, backing band included TWO FAIRLIGHTS
― wise men farting over you (snoball), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
infant kiss is so crepey
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
one of my favorites
love king of the mountain, too
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
live on Wogan is so Kate
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
but did anyone vote for the french version?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
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41. Somewhere In Between119 points, six votesAerial (2005)youtube
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
Now this ... bliss.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 27 August 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
Kate Bush and the Fairlight
― cwkiii, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
And here is more than you need to know about the history of the Fairlight
― cwkiii, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
Thank you. I'm all out of jpgs, that'll have to be it from me for the evening.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 27 August 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
i won't hear any sensual world slander, idk how anyone can not get immediately enveloped in it, the way its textures sprout up & spread out like a landscape in the fog
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
to use the ready-made image lol
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
I like the love you showed for Aerial, but I don't think I will ever understand the gushing that the Dreaming receives. It's a weird dynamic; most casual fans don't rate it at all, but of the more serious fans that do rate it, the overwhelming majority seem to overrate the ever-loving hell out of it. It's a pretty good album, but considering the next two records she released after it, it's very mediocre in comparison.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, September 10, 2018 11:12 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this, except for Hounds of Love
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
tbh same
― lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
A Sky of Honey is the greatest thing ever― ufo, Monday, September 10, 2018 8:56 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:39 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ufo, Monday, September 10, 2018 8:56 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:39 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― Nourry, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
I think The Sensual World is great but The Dreaming is monumental.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link