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Kate Bush — How to Be Invisible
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schitfitz
(Heart of the Pines)
Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 07:37
 
Loved it since the first time I heard it in 1978. Took the train down to London to buy it. (Only Virgin Records at Marble Arch had it.) I remember as I picked up Peter Gabriel's firs album while I was there. Solsbury Hill is still one of my favorite songs. I think I may have picked up Tangerine Dream's Sorcerer on that trip as well. I miss the big Virgin Records store.
rdo wrote:
Does anyone else like Wuthering Heights?
(The song, dummy, not the novel)  
 



tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 18:41
 
 sajitjacob wrote:
I dunno.
I think this is a great Kate Bush song, from a terrible album.
I sooo wanted to like it but the more I listened the more annoying it got; I mean pi for chrissake! '3.1415 blaa blaa'. I  think I understand the album; even the washing machine song, I get what she's saying I just don't think it translates to a particularly good album. More disappointing was  '50 words for snow' which turns out to be yet another list to music (surprised?). The only redeeming feature of both these albums was that her voice was just as engaging as ever.
Sigh. 
 
Hello from the northern Pacific.  I bought this when it came out and had a rough slog w/ it.  Some of the tunes were appealing, but much of it left me shrugging the cosmic "meh." Interesting thing is that I'd go back from time to time and slowly found the entire thing growing on me to the point where I really enjoy it.  It truly is a coherent piece and works best for me hearing it that way.  

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 19:36
 
 sajitjacob wrote:
I dunno.
I think this is a great Kate Bush song, from a terrible album.
I sooo wanted to like it but the more I listened the more annoying it got; I mean pi for chrissake! '3.1415 blaa blaa'. I  think I understand the album; even the washing machine song, I get what she's saying I just don't think it translates to a particularly good album. More disappointing was  '50 words for snow' which turns out to be yet another list to music (surprised?). The only redeeming feature of both these albums was that her voice was just as engaging as ever.
Sigh. 
 
I respectfully disagree. Aside from the washing machine song (I mean, come on) and the "laughing with birds" segment, where her laughter sounds embarrassingly forced, I quite like the album (yes, even the Pi song), and "50 Words for Snow", for that matter. Neither is "Hounds of Love", but what is? Cheers.

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 18:56
 
I dunno.
I think this is a great Kate Bush song, from a terrible album.
I sooo wanted to like it but the more I listened the more annoying it got; I mean pi for chrissake! '3.1415 blaa blaa'. I  think I understand the album; even the washing machine song, I get what she's saying I just don't think it translates to a particularly good album. More disappointing was  '50 words for snow' which turns out to be yet another list to music (surprised?). The only redeeming feature of both these albums was that her voice was just as engaging as ever.
Sigh. 

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 18:54
 
 rdo wrote:
Does anyone else like Wuthering Heights?
(The song, dummy, not the novel)  
 
I like both now; however, they were an "acquired taste" for me. Actually, I was exposed to Wuthering Heights in high school, but didn't really get interested until Kate's strange song (really, more her really cool/strange video) piqued my interest. So I re-read the book and—imagine this—got much more from it now than then! (Okay, I know a simple "yes" or "no" would have sufficed. :-)

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 17, 2012 - 19:41
 
Does anyone else like Wuthering Heights?
(The song, dummy, not the novel)  

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 10:14
 
 tonypf wrote:
Bought Aerial when it first came out, listened to it for a while, then put it away.  Over the ensuing years, I have found it emerging as something I really enjoy listening to.  This was nice on a Friday afo in the Pacific.

 
I had it bought for me as a present, being a Kate Bush fan from the 80s. There are some cracking tracks on it, including this one, but also some real turkeys (especially the one with Rolf Harris on). IMO it would have been better released as a single CD with the dross left out. It's still worth having, though.

DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 10:13
 
Kates' waveform album art mystery solved

RabbitEars
Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 11:08
 
 stevendejong wrote:

This is a very funny comment :)
(To the question: Has there been a change to the shape of waveforms?) 
 
Given the album's theme, I'd venture a guess that what that waveform represents is bird song. Or maybe it's Kate laughing, or her son's voice. If you expand the timeline out (horizontally expand the waveform), the graphic will look more like the cover. The pic on the cover looks like a human voice... unless there's silence in a recording, you won't see that much separation between sounds. If you were to look at Bill's voice, it might look like this:



music doesn't have that much lack of sound between sounds, though if you expand the waveform enough you will see more dips. The following is apparently Beethoven's 5th, which does have some separation: 



 

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 11:03
 
 TimeWaster wrote:
Waveforms don't look like that anymore (the one on the album cover).
 
The album cover is actually...erm...artwork....not technology. Look closely and enjoy the show.

stevendejong
Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 01:32
 
 mandolin wrote:
...yes, there has...

 
This is a very funny comment :)
(To the question: Has there been a change to the shape of waveforms?) 

Sturff
(Moscow, Idaho)
Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 21:38
 
Three cheers for Kate!!

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 11:59
 
 Antz_Davis wrote:
One of the best singer songwriters Britain has produced - right from the begining, and Ariel is one her best Albums - right up there with Kick inside - Lionheart
 

You could'nt be more right, mate{#Angel}

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 11:55
 
Gotta get few Bushy bits in ya once in a while (Also yo Mandolin you recorded track 1 with the record level way too high - sort those audacity skills out hey)

Antz_Davis
(Worcestershire UK -)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 09:51
 
One of the best singer songwriters Britain has produced - right from the begining, and Ariel is one her best Albums - right up there with Kick inside - Lionheart



bachbeet
Posted: Aug 07, 2012 - 00:20
 
Good song.  And, yes, she always has looked sexy.

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 12:26
 
 mandolin wrote:


...yes, there has...

 
Hmm.  I figured they still used ones like this (sort of the way the album cover looks):
waveform

Oh well, I guess it doesn't really affect me much.  Good tune, anyhow.




ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 12:14
 
I kinda like the prodding along...but it kinda dulls me out too. I'm a big K.B. fan, but this is kind of rambling.

jen3005545
(Fort Worth, TX)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 12:12
 

Ha!  I was just commenting about Kate Bush.  Beautiful!



mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 08:51
 
 Proclivities wrote:
Has there been an official change in the way sonic waveforms now look?  That's odd.
 

...yes, there has...



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 08:55
 
 TimeWaster wrote:
Waveforms don't look like that anymore (the one on the album cover).
 
Has there been an official change in the way sonic waveforms now look?  That's odd.

Suzl
(Boston)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 12:50
 
I love this sassy song and its beat......{#Bounce}

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 12:47
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:
I wish she would just vanish
 
It's called "MUTE" dumbass


TimeWaster
Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 11:45
 
Waveforms don't look like that anymore (the one on the album cover).

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 11:41
 
{#Hearteyes}

tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 18:22
 
Bought Aerial when it first came out, listened to it for a while, then put it away.  Over the ensuing years, I have found it emerging as something I really enjoy listening to.  This was nice on a Friday afo in the Pacific.


Limpopoking
(The Parish of St. Alfonzo)
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 06:23
 
 whtahtefcuk wrote:
Kate Bush SUCKS...
 

Do you speak from experience?... lucky bastard!!!!!!!

gjones
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 06:19
 
I like that spooky guitar work

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 16:29
 
 eroz wrote:

Great news! I hear Kate has a new album due out November 18th. All new material. I don't believe it's been officially confirmed by Kate's camp...yet.

 
Good news indeed!

fran_tarkenton
(Kamloops, British Columbia)
Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 16:28
 
MUTE!

eroz
(Boston)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 06:38
 

Great news! I hear Kate has a new album due out November 18th. All new material. I don't believe it's been officially confirmed by Kate's camp...yet.



piñata
(ibagué)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 06:52
 
i hate k.b. his voice is so annoying but my boyfriend love her so i have to listen her when he is... wacala!

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 19:54
 
she's just the essence of unchained enchanted magical music

okelle
(Eastern Mass)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 12:55
 
Kate Bush is the shiznit.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jul 01, 2011 - 11:45
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:
 Cynaera wrote:
...When I grow up, I wanna be Kate Bush. Um, and I wanna look like her, too...
Amplification is available, but of course we love you as originally crafted.


 
 {#Hug}



MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jul 01, 2011 - 11:33
 
sorry for the inarticulate outburst - I FRICKEN LOVE THIS SONG!!!  {#Bananasplit}

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 22:37
 
Cover art always reminds me of:
<Cover Art #2>
(Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, for those of you not from earth.)


kcar
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 20:19
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

She hasn't released an album in 6 years...for all practical purposes she has disappeared.
 
It might seem like that...I'm not sure where you live, but Kate wouldn't tour in the US when she was starting out. I think that limited the breadth and duration of her visibility. Glad she's still around, though. 

Shaker
(Canada)
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 20:12
 
{#Cowboy} justin4kick wrote:
Never leave home without a First Aid Kate.
 



TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 20:11
 
Still my favourite Munchkin.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: May 28, 2011 - 08:52
 
 Cynaera wrote:
...When I grow up, I wanna be Kate Bush. Um, and I wanna look like her, too...
Amplification is available, but of course we love you as originally crafted.



eroz
(Boston)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 09:27
 
 linden wrote:

That's nothing. She went 12 years between "The Red Shoes" and the double album this song is from, "Aerial."

Genius does not become irrelevant with the passage of time.

 

Her "new" album "Directors Cut" is due out May 16th, 2011. Rumored is also an upcoming album of new material.

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 07:23
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

She hasn't released an album in 6 years...for all practical purposes she has disappeared.

 
That's nothing. She went 12 years between "The Red Shoes" and the double album this song is from, "Aerial."

Genius does not become irrelevant with the passage of time.


axe_victim
(London, Ontario Canada)
Posted: Apr 29, 2011 - 07:11
 
 drews wrote:
Kate is the master of being invisible for long tracts of her highly successful, though intermittent career, so knows what she's singing about
 
Maybe she likes to wait until she has enough good material, instead of 2 good tunes and crappy filler.

She's an amazing artist.


dpamcmanus
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 19:22
 
When this one comes on, it always sounds to me like a Richard Thompson riff ...

elderg
(in an alternate tuning)
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 15:48
 
 quesarah wrote:

What can I say?   It works!!

 



quesarah
(Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 15:44
 
 elderg wrote:

 
What can I say?   It works!!


Tamster
(Thousand Islands Canada)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 16:31
 
Kate is one of the most artistic and talented people on this planet !

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 16:30
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:
I wish she would just vanish
 
She hasn't released an album in 6 years...for all practical purposes she has disappeared.


drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 16:27
 
Kate is the master of being invisible for long tracts of her highly successful, though intermittent career, so knows what she's singing about