Sexy, quirky, strange yet amusing, Kate Bush definitely caught my attention with her vocals which sound like no other. Her voice is high, very high, an octave higher than the radio is, yet it’s an angelic trait that’s sweet and soothing. Kate Bush was born in 1958, yet her tunes are still attractive to me 50 + years later. This English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer had many UK top singles, but curiously only ever had one concert tour. She's inspired artists like Lady Gaga and Bjork.
Her songs are sometimes about taboo subjects, like incestuous pregnancy in “The kick inside”, homesexuals and she was inspired by comedy, although her songs were often gothic.
Her song “Babooshka” has her dressed in black like a vampire with gestures of a monster like Lady Gaga but her vocals have a touch of rock, yet still sticking to folk-pop melodies, bright, happy and chirpy. It's got her playing two roles, of a woman trying to fool her husband and find out if he is cheating on her!
In some ways, she is eclectic. Her unique voice is coaxing, tempting, and mesmerizing, and her songs have themes that were provocative, current in her time, and daring.
Another song I like is Cloudbusting, about make clouds turn into rain with a machine, and Kate Bush captures the feelings of a boy seeing his father taken away by the government because of his invention, and the hope that the invention would work, alongside the helplessness he felt.
They've got a fairytale kinda vibe, yet strangely haunting. like a slow lullaby that leaves you will chills. really beautiful music =) old school, where it all began.
yay!
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