 Hounds of Love (1985) [ larger cover art ] |
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| (former member) | Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 17:45 Algee wrote: I can't get a handle on Kate Bush. Maybe that's why I like her so much. I bet she's extremely weird in real life. As much as I love her later records, especially disc two of Aerial, it might be because I attribute so much to her that might not be there... I saw clips of her live show, and they were sophomoric and embarrassing. Much like Prince, I think "stick to the music and leave the multimedia alone. And don't talk, either, while you're at it." |
| Magikal1act (San Francisco Bay Area) | Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 17:31 dogpound wrote: I got this album for my 14th birthday. I turned 40 yesterday and it is still one of my faves. YES! And Happy Birthday... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 17:31 We be dancing the jig... love it... |
| Huey (Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 05:44 Bits and pieces...like some of it, some, not so... Still it made me stop what I was doing and listen up. 7. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 21:07 Now wait a minute .. that male singer sounds like the guy who sing with "The Lonely Island" group ... nes' c'pas? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY |
| dogpound (the island on which I belong) | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 14:46 I got this album for my 14th birthday. I turned 40 yesterday and it is still one of my faves. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 14:46  |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 14:45 please don't arrange to have her sent to no asylum |
| unclelonghair | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 14:44 Dude this is like Kate Bush on acid. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 14, 2010 - 04:06 Kate Bush and diddly-eye-dum music. Hmm. I'm not sure if it works or not, but as a fan of herself I'll give it a few more listens. Her voice is especially low and strong in this number compared to much of her earlier stuff. For some reason, this song makes me think of the cult film The Wicker Man. |
| Algee | Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 09:36 I can't get a handle on Kate Bush. Maybe that's why I like her so much. I bet she's extremely weird in real life. |
| old_shep | Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 09:35 Bye. |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 09:33 I like the parts where she doesnt sing! |
| RabbitEars | Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 09:33 yippee! so cool to hear an odd track like this on the radio. brilliant |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 17:16 I just love Kate Bush's music. I've never heard a bad song from her. Some of them are difficult (as is, I need to listen to them a few times in order to absorb everything) but to my ears, never bad.  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 17:14 soooo cool... love it... |
| justsomeone (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 22:55 I love Kate Bush, but this is a mediocre song by her standards, from an otherwise great album. A solid 7, though. |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 12:25 Kate Bush at her worst is much better than many at their best. This is not her best, but a solid 8 nevertheless. |
| mamerjamer | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 12:04 Sorry, I just find this redundant and irritating. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 12:01 GONG GONG GONG |
| j2e1n9 (23221) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 12:01 Bad |
| maryte (Blinding You With Library Science!) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 12:00 I put this moment here. I put this moment here. I put this moment... over here! |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 11:59 Nat wrote: Easily my favourite album from 1985...perhaps even the whole of the eighties. I put this moment......here ...i put this moment over here. |
| plaice3 | Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 19:42 Me, too.  Love Kate! Play Big Sky at my funeral. Jig of Life will do in the meantime!! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 19:40 We just turned the volume wayyyy up... love it... |
| Dillinquent (Hertford, UK) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 05:04 Excelsior wrote: I feel sorry for those who feel the need to defend this crap just to "fit in" and show how "open minded" they are. Excelsior, do you talk as much bollocks as you write? You really should refrain from posting here, you only show yourself up. |
| Dillinquent (Hertford, UK) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 04:53 peter_james_bond wrote: I hear you, it is a sin that she didn't put out more albums, but she gave up the music scene to spend more time with her family and I can forgive her for that.  Whilst this an excellent track you really do have to listen to it in the context of 'The Ninth Wave' (originally side two of the vinyl) to fully appreciate it. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 17:26 This song is soooo gooood for the ears... |
| More_Cowbell (Northern IL) | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 06:45 She always sounds like she is singing into a coffee can |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 12:18 Brilliant! |
| Bridieboo (Halifax, NS) | Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 12:17 My god, I hated this song when first I heard it. Now I've listened to it again I really it. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 10:32 crockydile wrote: God, forgive her.  I hear you, it is a sin that she didn't put out more albums, but she gave up the music scene to spend more time with her family and I can forgive her for that. |
| crockydile (I miss Excelsior!) | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 10:28 God, forgive her. |
| Bridieboo (Halifax, NS) | Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 20:46 katherinenz wrote: I really liked the instrumental interlude, but dear god those vocals were really unnecessary  I have to agree. I love Kate Bush, but some of the vocals on this are painful. Great music, though. Wish I had stuck with those Irish dancing lessons...I like the ending too, but those lyrics at the beginning -  |
| Jamunca (Asheville, NC) | Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 20:45 More like jig of mute. |
| Nat (Toronto, Canada) | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 16:16 Easily my favourite album from 1985...perhaps even the whole of the eighties. I put this moment......here |
| Pieter (Sydney Australia) | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 16:15 Maybe you had to have been there. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 16:15 whtahtefcuk wrote: BARF!!! Good for you! It's best not to tax those brain cells by writing intelligent critiques. Since you sent this same message twice I would hazard a guess that your short term memory is already in bad shape. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 16:13 BARF!!! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 16:13 BARF!!! |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 15:44 Thank you Bill! At last a song other than Running Up That Hill from this wonderful album. The whole of side 2, from whence this song comes, is tremendous. As someone else mentioned, it is part of a song cycle so hearing it out of that context, it may not hold up as well - although I think it does. My favorite cut from the album is the song that follows this, "Hello Earth". When it starts we hear part of the NASA communication during a space shuttle launch (or descent) - 'Columbia now 9 times the speed of sound' - It sends a chill up my spine every time. The song itself is beautiful, ....oh now I have to pull out the cd and play it. |
| katherinenz (The (other) far south...) | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 14:48 I really liked the instrumental interlude, but dear god those vocals were really unnecessary |
| QueenLucia (On the edge and ready to jump) | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 14:46 Magnificent! I lost my copy of this album quite a few years ago. I'd forgotten all the gems on it that you don't hear so often. Guess I'm going to have to re-stock. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 14:46 ...from all the negative comments, i'll have to posit that this loses a lot of depth absent the song cycle to give it context... |
| wrangler (cliffside park, nj) | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 07:32 my ears are bleeding. |
| dogpound (the island on which I belong) | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 07:27 jehahn wrote: Dear god it's like someone decided what tori amos needed was bagpipes and a scratchier voice. It's awful... check your time table, this predates Tori. By a lot. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 07:27 hippiechick wrote: In this song, I can definitely hear the comparison to Tori Amos, but I still like Tori so much better. This is exactly my nightmare... Tori Amos, Kate Bush and an Irish jig... EEEEE |
| jehahn | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 07:26 Dear god it's like someone decided what tori amos needed was bagpipes and a scratchier voice. It's awful... |
| Pyro | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 07:26 instead of wanting to mute, I want to dance a jig love the instrumental interlude love Kate wish her new stuff was as good |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 07:25 Jig this.. MUTE |