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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 1h

Totally. At the time I wasn’t crazy about it, now I consider it one of her best.

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 2h

This is one of the few I know, Ed. Oddly I kept singing it yesterday…
Good one, this. 👍🏼

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 2h

I knew you’d like this one!

Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 7h

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

4 - Moments of Pleasure

The obvious highlight from The Red Shoes, her break-up album and, in my opinion, her least cohesive work. This is a gorgeously melancholic ballad where Kate sings her heart out.

"Just being alive/It can really hurt"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGG...

Moments Of Pleasure (2011 Remastered Version)

YouTube video by Kate Bush - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

5 - The Man with the Child in His Eyes

Kate’s second single, written when she was 13. A simple but powerful song packing a lot of punch in less than three minutes.
Impressive and strange in a very Kate way.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAj8...

Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 1d

Never knew he did this and I like it more than I thought I would. Very classy, obviously.

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 2d

Directed by Kate!

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, definitely an autumnal album. 🍂

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 2d

❤️🖤

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 2d

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

6 - The Sensual World

In 1989, the Smiths had split up, Björk was still a Sugarcube and Saint Etienne hadn’t formed yet, so Kate had my undivided attention. I played this gem hundreds of times and even considered reading Ulysses (but didn’t)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1DD...

Kate Bush - The Sensual World - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 3d

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

7 - Sat in Your Lap

At the age of 22 our hero decided that writing, singing and playing on her songs wasn’t enough and she decided to produce her records by herself as well.
This incredible fever dream of a song was what we got.

TWENTY-TWO!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4cs...

Kate Bush - Sat in Your Lap - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 3d

a white cat is standing on its hind legs and giving a fist .

ALT: a white cat is standing on its hind legs and giving a fist .

media.tenor.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 3d

Sure! Your top 3 EC songs. I already have Girl (obv) and Magic Piper 😇

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 3d

Flawless.

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 3d

🤩🤩. Good luck explaining “shilly shally” to people on the Continent next summer!

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 3d

I only know two or three of his songs (my fault, not his) but it sounds like a great time. By the time the tour ends I might be the only one not to have seen him play. 😞

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 3d

Oddly, some people don’t, which is bonkers.

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 4d

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

8 - Experiment IV

Bonus song on her singles collection and very much with similar vibes to her recent Hounds of Love juggernaut, it’s another foray into Kate’s fantasy world and another brilliant song.
Really, we’re nothing worthy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTUc...

Kate Bush - Experiment IV - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 4d

Love this, Andy.

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 5d

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

9 - Breathing

First comes a three minute KB song, then a radio interlude about nuclear explosions, and lastly... well, Kate is a screaming foetus in dialogue with a male chorus asking “what are we going to do without...?” Normal fare, then.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzlo...

Kate Bush - Breathing - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 6d

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

10 - Cloudbusting

I still dream of Organon...

(sorry about the early posting, off to bed soon and out all day tomorrow 🥱)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pllR...

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 7d

#ArtistFave15 Kate Bush

11 - The Dreaming

Completely bonkers song: it was many years after it was released that I realised it was in English, this is Kate at her most uncompromising.
The LP is a fan favourite, I admire it but only ever play a couple of its singles.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Wa...

Kate Bush - The Dreaming - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

www.youtube.com

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 8d

Everything that came out 85-86 has a special meaning for me, even though it wasn’t a particularly happy time, but that’s when I really started paying attention to music.

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 8d

Impeccable taste!

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Davide @davidef.bsky.social · 8d

#albumalmanac #weekendsingles

Some maybe lesser known albums/artists I’d recommend to friends:

Protector by Aoife Nessa Frances
Aspirin Sun by Emma Tricca
Sky Girl compiled by Julien Dechery & DJ Sundae
The Age of Immunology by Vanishing Twin

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