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Kate Bush — Somewhere in Between
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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: May 02, 2013 - 15:41
 
A somewhat tame Kate...great depth in her voice.

RabbitEars
Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 12:22
 
heaven. i haven't stopped listening to this record since it came out... hard to believe it's already eight years. this, one of my favorite songs on the planet. 
 

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 18:37
 
This is such a strong album from a performer of unquestioned talent and ability. Really love this record, am just now beginning to appreciate  50 words for snow.                 {#Bananapiano}

eroz
(Boston)
Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 10:16
 
I'm so happy to read all of the positive comments. All well deserved.

Thin_Air
Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 10:15
 
Nice.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 16:33
 
 tulfan wrote:
This track is why I purchased this disk...quite an effort...it defintely changes my mindset everytime...
 
Yep. Somewhere between the tick and the tock of the clock there is genius....She found it.

plaice3
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 09:51
 
Always lovely {#Good-vibes}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 09:01
 
 Cynaera wrote:
ROLF HARRIS???  I thought he died years ago. ("Tie me kangaroo down, sport - tie me kangaroo down...")
 
"So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hanging on the shed..." Harris is 82, still mostly insane, and doing quite nicely, thenkew.

R.I.P. Ann.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 08:59
 
Though this is soothing and pleasant, it really feels like the perfect definition of 'Kate Bush Filler'.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 22:32
 
Often, this gem of surreality is JUST WHAT I NEED and it feels so, so very good...somewhere in between Heaven and Ecstasy!

Easyrider
(Portugal)
Posted: May 22, 2012 - 00:25
 
This track puts me on a calming,spiritual plain,sooooo cool!!!

plaice3
Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 06:57
 
 tulfan wrote:
This track is why I purchased this disk...quite an effort...it defintely changes my mindset everytime...
 
Just what I was thinking ...

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 06:53
 
This track is why I purchased this disk...quite an effort...it defintely changes my mindset everytime...

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 06:53
 
Never much of a Kate Bush fan, but since so many people had commented in this thread that this was an exception album for her, got it from Amazon (thru the RP link) and, well, it's the album I play every Saturday morning as I ease into the weekend.

Thanks, guys, for the tip . . .  

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 09:34
 
Really like this. To me, Kate has always been an occasional favorite but this is an exceptionally well-turned piece and her voice has mellowed to advantage.

clwguy
Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 09:32
 
it was just so beautiful... just so beautiful...

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 15:04
 
...no tracks from 50 words for snow uploaded yet?..i'll have to do something about that...

foothillfreak
(Salt Lake City)
Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 08:58
 
There was a really great interview with Kate Bush by Jian Ghomeshi recently on CBC radio. Check it out.

fgirl
Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 08:58
 
Rolf Harris............ my hero......... the man with the extra leg!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 02:36
 
 Cynaera wrote:

ROLF HARRIS???  I thought he died years ago. ("Tie me kangaroo down, sport - tie me kangaroo down...") {#Lol}

He never died. After being attacked by a rabid kookaburra whilst going on middle-aged walkabout in the Oz outback and on the brink of a pointless and bizarre death he was saved by his mystical didgeridoo which transformed him into one of the undead, forever wandering the earth crying plaintively "Can you see what it is yet? Can you see what it is yet?" and wobbling his wobbleboard. That's why he appeared on this album, because as a zombie he's royalty-free.

I never did quite figure why he wanted the kangaroo tied down, sport, though it's a lonely place is the outback...



frank-peter
(Siegen / Germany)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 13:41
 
A lot of charisma! {#Clap}

lathyris
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 13:39
 
This is a Kate Bush song that I actually get. Nice surprise.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 13:38
 
bumped to 10 today... {#Hearteyes}

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 14:18
 
 gshrieves wrote:

The "washing machine" song you refer to is "Mrs Bartolozzi", and IMHO is one of the two best songs on the first disc (the other being "A Coral Room"). I'm not sure why so many people and reviewers focus on the "washing machine" refrain and completely ignore the brilliance of the rest of the lyrics - it's an incredibly moving and powerful song.  
 
Agreed. "Mrs. Bartolozzi" is a perfect celebration of the joys of married life and love. It's so rare to hear a song with that perspective, instead of focusing on the excitement of a new relationship. I think the silliness of the refrain is deliberately meant to sound like a detergent commercial, underscoring the intimacy of the main lyrics.


Tamster
(Thousand Islands Canada)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 19:12
 
have listened to Kate since 76 and I still like her sound, she is unique in a world that all tries to sound / be/ act / need / want... the same ..... so, so , so  not me, hence, I like her. Shadows of me in there.......

berrydoo
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 19:05
 
Every time I hear this song, I think "Wow! What is this? I love it!"  And then I look, and I recognize it as a long time favorite.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 05:00
 
the dreamlike qualities of this song get me everytime...MY GOD I love Kate!!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 24, 2011 - 15:59
 
 fredriley wrote:

That's very well put {#Clap}. I've got this double CD myself and would agree with your sentiments. This song is just a lovely celebration of, well, loveliness, and you can really hear the feeling in her voice. Saying that, there are a couple of clunkers on the album, such as the washing machine song and the execrable number featuring Rolf Harris (yes, really), but skip past them and you've got a quiet, unassuming gem.

 
ROLF HARRIS???  I thought he died years ago. ("Tie me kangaroo down, sport - tie me kangaroo down...") {#Lol}  The more I hear of Kate Bush's music, the more I like it.  She fits perfectly with a sunny day or a cloudburst in my world.{#Sunny}

chiplueck
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 13:27
 
I guess Kate is an acquired taste.   To me, I would be happy listening to her sing the digits of Pi.   Oh wait, she did that, and I DO enjoy it!   

fran_tarkenton
(Kamloops, British Columbia)
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 13:22
 
 sirdroseph wrote:


No, you are spot on.
 
Ditto!  Can't stand it!

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 11:45
 
 kaybee wrote:
Does anyone else ever get the impression that Kate Bush is always high all the time?
 
I'll have what she's having.


midas1
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 04:09
 

Sounds like the opening song of a James Bond movie. 



sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 04:08
 
 Decoy wrote:
another Kate Bush song, another one I don't like...maybe it's me.
 

No, you are spot on.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 04:08
 
{#Shhh}

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 - 06:04
 
another Kate Bush song, another one I don't like...maybe it's me.

deadmessengers
(Atlanta)
Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 13:58
 
There are some people that think that Kate Bush is a good singer.   I am not one of those people.  She sounds like she should be singing on a Bollywood soundtrack.   

gshrieves
(Colorado, USA)
Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 07:12
 
 fredriley wrote:

That's very well put {#Clap}. I've got this double CD myself and would agree with your sentiments. This song is just a lovely celebration of, well, loveliness, and you can really hear the feeling in her voice. Saying that, there are a couple of clunkers on the album, such as the washing machine song and the execrable number featuring Rolf Harris (yes, really), but skip past them and you've got a quiet, unassuming gem.
 
The "washing machine" song you refer to is "Mrs Bartolozzi", and IMHO is one of the two best songs on the first disc (the other being "A Coral Room"). I'm not sure why so many people and reviewers focus on the "washing machine" refrain and completely ignore the brilliance of the rest of the lyrics - it's an incredibly moving and powerful song.  

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 06:38
 
 dmax wrote:
You know, you pretty much wouldn't put on Another Green World in the background, or pick out a single song and suddenly go "wow! what a great album!"

The Aerial album is like that. The whole first disc is unimportant, really, except for folks who wish for singles. She did this on Hounds of Love: single songs, and then the other side of the vinyl was a song suite about drowning. The second CD of Aerial is a single concept, and it's a tough one:

She's content. This is the antithesis of rock n roll, which is about angst and desire and dissatisfaction.

So, it's a song cycle about the day, beginning in the early morn and ending after the sun has set (and the dreamers start their dreaming).

Taken out of the context, it's not as obviously good, but that's where this comes from. It's a subtle, nonconfrontational, meditation on how happy she is.

 
That's very well put {#Clap}. I've got this double CD myself and would agree with your sentiments. This song is just a lovely celebration of, well, loveliness, and you can really hear the feeling in her voice. Saying that, there are a couple of clunkers on the album, such as the washing machine song and the execrable number featuring Rolf Harris (yes, really), but skip past them and you've got a quiet, unassuming gem.


(former member)
Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 09:11
 
You know, you pretty much wouldn't put on Another Green World in the background, or pick out a single song and suddenly go "wow! what a great album!"

The Aerial album is like that. The whole first disc is unimportant, really, except for folks who wish for singles. She did this on Hounds of Love: single songs, and then the other side of the vinyl was a song suite about drowning. The second CD of Aerial is a single concept, and it's a tough one:

She's content. This is the antithesis of rock n roll, which is about angst and desire and dissatisfaction.

So, it's a song cycle about the day, beginning in the early morn and ending after the sun has set (and the dreamers start their dreaming).

Taken out of the context, it's not as obviously good, but that's where this comes from. It's a subtle, nonconfrontational, meditation on how happy she is.


allisonscola
(wishing I was behind my piano)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 12:25
 
Thanks for posting these lyrics. I've loved this song, and to read them is a joy. She's a master.


 coy wrote:
We went up to the top of the highest hill
And stopped
Still It was just so beautiful
It was just so beautiful
It was just so beautiful This is where the shadows come to play
'Twixt the day
And night
Dancing and skipping
Along a chink of light Somewhere in between
The waxing and the waning wave
Somewhere in between
What the song and silence say
Somewhere in between
The ticking and the tocking clock
Somewhere in a dream between
Sleep and waking up
Somewhere in between
Breathing out and breathing in
Like twilight is neither night nor morning Not one of us would dare to break
The silence
Oh how we have longed
For something that would
Make us feel so… Somewhere in between
The waxing and the waning wave
Somewhere in between
The night and the daylight
Somewhere in between
The ticking and the tocking clock
Somewhere in between
What the song and silence say Somewhere in between
Breathing out and breathing in The Chorus :
Goodnight sun
Goodnight sun The sun :
Goodnight mum
 



Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 12:25
 
I like Kate Bush but I have to say....well, from across the room I really thought it was Yoko for a minute!  Sorry KB fans....I just don't get the high marks for this particular song

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 12:23
 
 kaybee wrote:
Does anyone else ever get the impression that Kate Bush is always high all the time?
 
Not that there's anything wrong with that . . . 

But, hey, no fair - a Kate Bush song I actually like. I'm off to d/l it and add it to my chill collection. 

isayhoomhom
(Bethel, CT)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 12:21
 
 kaybee wrote:
Does anyone else ever get the impression that Kate Bush is always high all the time?
 
As well she should be...

Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida USA)
Posted: May 09, 2010 - 18:37
 
Most, most excellent...

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 17:16
 
Does anyone else ever get the impression that Kate Bush is always high all the time?

gshrieves
(Colorado, USA)
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 - 12:25
 
Beautiful, lovely song. I love Kate Bush and everything she has done. I have a personalized signed copy of Aerial, and it's the first thing I'm grabbing in case of fire. Well, other than my wife and child, I guess. {#Tongue-out} If I could rate this as "Godlike" yet again, I would. 

Dillinquent
(Hertford, UK)
Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 07:39
 
 Excelsior wrote:
So, wait - people actually LIKE Kate Bush?  And they're willing to ADMIT that fact on a public forum???  Wow. 
 Why shouldn't we admit it? I find it harder to believe that people DON'T like Kate. 
Wow - now there's an idea!



gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 07:31
 
It's the only K B album I've got, it gets played regularly, whenever I need to think about family, love and beauty etc, stick the 'phones on and chill and all is well again. Luvvly.9

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Jan 03, 2010 - 11:48
 
We went up to the top of the highest hill
And stopped
Still It was just so beautiful
It was just so beautiful
It was just so beautiful This is where the shadows come to play
'Twixt the day
And night
Dancing and skipping
Along a chink of light Somewhere in between
The waxing and the waning wave
Somewhere in between
What the song and silence say
Somewhere in between
The ticking and the tocking clock
Somewhere in a dream between
Sleep and waking up
Somewhere in between
Breathing out and breathing in
Like twilight is neither night nor morning Not one of us would dare to break
The silence
Oh how we have longed
For something that would
Make us feel so… Somewhere in between
The waxing and the waning wave
Somewhere in between
The night and the daylight
Somewhere in between
The ticking and the tocking clock
Somewhere in between
What the song and silence say Somewhere in between
Breathing out and breathing in The Chorus :
Goodnight sun
Goodnight sun The sun :
Goodnight mum

jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 18, 2009 - 11:57
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

I have the opposite reaction, I stop what I'm doing to listen to her. I don't love everything she's done but I do like many of her recordings. To each his own.