Kate Bush, "The Red Shoes" C/D?

I can't wait! I adore this record.

What's this?

http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/

i've said this elsewhere but "top of the city" is probably my favorite kate bush song

and this record >>>>>> the sensual world

^^^ my boo

It's as uneven but the ease with which I can jump around and find something for any mood ("Big Stripey Lie" for an old-school Bush fix, "Top of the City" for Side B-HOL intensnity, "Rubberband Girl" for heavenly pop hit) give TRS the nod imo.

don't want your bullshit
just want your sexuality

"and this record >>>>>> the sensual world"

no way. but I do like this album more these days than I did when it came out (or any time since).

omigod
it's a jungle out there

this sense of humor of mine
it isn't funny at all

"uneven" i suppose but i think i love every song on this record at this point

LIKE A POMEGRANATE
INSIDES OUT

currently assembling a queer identity theory of "eat the music"

"constellation of the heart" is i guess poppy and funky but then she has a weird conversation with the choir

the Prince collab is one of the duds.

nah

What one's the Prince collaboration? <3 Constellation so much.

"Why Should I Love You"

i like how ecstatic "why should i love you" is. fun to kinda flail around to

it doesn't live up to the idea of prince/kate but if you ignore that

the Prince song "My Computer" (dedicated to Kate Bush) is sweeter

i was reminded of "my computer" very recently by an incoherent piece about prince and computers in the awl. made the day great

why should I love you might have been better with Prince bothering to do the actual vocals instead of Lenny Henry pretending to be Prince. Maybe not.

promised I wouldn't do this but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbP-dapt09Q

In Possessed Alex Hahn recounts Prince's conscientious, patient slaughter of Bush's demo.

katherine is killing it: http://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/tagged/kate_bush/chrono

katherine this is really amazing, holy crap

why should i love you is definitely the takeaway here

this is finished -- and thanks!

having never known about an alternate version until now, that demo is ten times better than what prince did. not sure why she even wanted prince to do anything to that song anyway.

She didn't really want him to do much: http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/how-prince-met-kate-bush-and-made-why-should-i-love-you.

Bush asked Prince to contribute a few background vocals to a song called “Why Should I Love You”, which she had just recorded in full at Abbey Road Studios. But when Prince received the track, he ignored the intructions and dismantled the entire thing like a crazed mechanic taking apart old cars on his backyard. He wanted to inject himself into the very heart of it, weaving his sound amongst her sound, giving it a new soul entirely. As Koppelman explains, “We essentially created a new song on a new piece of tape and then flew all of Kate's tracks back on top of it… Prince stacked a bunch of keys, guitars, bass, etc, on it, and then went to sing background vocals.”

Maybe she was just too polite to turn it down? (I actually like both versions, even though the Prince one is a little bonkers.)

the timeline of this doesn't really match up, but I wonder whether it was prince or kate who was responsible for the album version not being about sex with jesus

she's no good for you baby
she's no good for you now

my favorite kate bush song

i've said this elsewhere but "top of the city" is probably my favorite kate bush song

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, August 12, 2013 12:53 PM (four years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh look

where just a couple of pigeons are livin'

I really enjoyed that katherine thanks for writing it

absolutely love moments of pleasure

I’ve often thought of doing a poll: This Woman’s Work vs Moments of Pleasure. I would be upset if Moments lost... so no go.

belated, thanks!

my favorite track from this at the moment's probably lily, which says a lot about 2017

album has aged better than I expected; I loved it when it came out then went through a long period of thinking it was really duff. but really the only duff track on this is Constellation of the Heart I think, now.