Strange Phenomena: The Music of Kate Bush

Coming up behind hind hind is a new episode of Strange Phenomena! In this episode, we're digging into the third to last track on The Red Shoes: Big Stripey Lie. A song that almost didn't make the final track listing for the album, Big Stripey Lie sits toward the end of the album and is probably the most cryptic song on the album. In this episode, Cecilee and her guest Matthew Song, a long-time Kate fan, dig into this song. They speculate on what a big stripey lie actually is, where it sits on the album, and also about their love for this song! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your telescopes ready! We're coming at you with a full report of the ninth track from Kate Bush's seventh album The Red Shoes. For this week's episode, we have Diego Ortega on the show to discuss Constellation of the Heart, his favorite Kate Bush song. This week we talk about the Prince influence in this song, what the lyrics mean, and also, speaking of lyrics, our favorite lyrics from this song! We also talk about Kate trying something new stylistically and what we think the song is about! It's gonna be wonderful it's gonna be beautiful! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One more step to the top of the city, where another episode of Strange Phenomena is waiting for you (as well as a couple of pigeons). This week we're talking about the amazing album track Top of the City, the eighth song on Kate Bush's seventh album The Red Shoes. Eric Orange, a long-time Kate fan, is our guest this week as we talk about why we love this song so much, as well as what we think the song is about! You'll be on the angel's shoulders after hearing our discussion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With no words and no song, you can dance a dream with your body on as you listen to this episode about the title track to Kate Bush's seventh album The Red Shoes! For this episode, we get to talk with a long-time Kate Bush fan, David Manuel, who cites this song as one of his favorites (and spoiler alert: this is a top ten favorite song for our host as well!). We get to talk about the 1940s movie The Red Shoes, a movie that was most likely the inspiration for this song, as well as the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name, and how those influences wove their way into this song. So let's move like the diva do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you have Gabriel before you, Raphael behind you, Michael to your right and Uriel on your left side? If you do, time to put on the sixth track on Kate Bush's seventh album The Red Shoes: the undeniable Lily! As you'll hear in this episode, this song has quite a bit of history AND even had a live version too, recorded during Kate Bush's 2014 London residency show Before the Dawn! For this episode, we have a new fan of the show, Daniel, who has joined us to talk about this rocking song! So come join us and let's rock out a bit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the newest episode, the episode for everyone who wants to listen to another discussion of a Kate Bush song! But of course you want to listen! We're talking this week about The Song of Solomon, the fifth track from Kate Bush's album The Red Shoes. We're in album track territory for this one and we have a long-time Kate fan to talk about this song with us this week: Diego Ortega! In this episode, we talk about our history with the song, the several references made in the song (the Rose of Sharon, Isolde, etc) as well as explaining just what is The Song of Solomon! We've written this just for you! Video mentioned in the episode: The Song of Solomon performed by Malin Dahlström and the Gothenburg Symphony Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that we've danced a bit, it's time to get a little emotional with the single Moments of Pleasure. Released as a single in late 1993, Moments of Pleasure is a beloved song by many a Kate fan and it's not hard to see why. Emotional lyrics? Check. Sweeping string arrangement? Check. Amazing vocal performance? Oh yeah! Big check right there! In this episode, Cecilee talks with Rick Campbell again about this song's history, what it means to us, and how the song has grown with us as we've gotten older. So time to get a little reflective and hey, while you're at it, can you turn the lights up? Videos mentioned in this episode: Moments of Pleasure Official Video Moments of Pleasure live on Aspel & Co, June 1993 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's summer and time to party it up with Eat the Music! So grab a banana, a sultana, and hey, would you like guava while we're at it? And while you're munching on a fruity snack or two, take a listen to our latest episode of the show! Cecilee sits down with long-time Canadian Kate fan Rick Campbell to talk about this song and its history, the lyrics, the iconic music video as shown in The Line, The Cross, and the Curve and what the song means to us! What are we singing? A song of seeds, the food of love! So come on and eat the music with us! Yum! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now it's time to slow it down a little for all you lovers out there. We have another beautiful Kate Bush song discussion coming right to your ears, and this time, we're talking about track #2 from The Red Shoes: And So Is Love. Listen as Cecilee chats with long-time Kate fan Emery Bonannella, who cites this song as one of her favorite Kate Bush songs. We talk about the history of the song, our own history with it and discovering Kate at a young age, and so much more! This was recorded in June 2022, so there's also talk about our excitement at new Kate Bush fans finding her music through Stranger Things! Videos mentioned: Kate Bush on Top of the Pops, performing And So Is Love, 1994 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to bounce back to life like a rubberband? We hope so! Because ready or not, here's the newest episode of Strange Phenomena! This week, we're starting the new season with the first song from The Red Shoes album, the bouncy (appropriately so!) Rubberband Girl! Released as a single in September 1993, Rubberband Girl was the first of five singles from The Red Shoes. It was a top 20 hit in the UK and was even released as a single in the United States! Cecilee is joined by fellow Kate fan James diBenedetto, who has been a Kate fan since the 90s and counts this song as one of his favorite Kate songs! We'll talk about the history of this song, from its release as a single, to the Directors' Cut version, to what Kate herself as said about this song! Don't forget to follow the show on all the socials: Twitter Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a very special episode of the show this week! Get ready to pop some popcorn and plug in your VCRs, because this week, we're watching the 1993 musical short film, The Line, The Cross, and the Curve, directed by Kate Bush herself! Cecilee is joined by friend of the show Zoey to watch this movie and give commentary and history on this film. Kate Bush may not think this movie is great, but we enjoy it, and we think you will too! This episode is meant to be a commentary track! So fire up whichever medium you have this film on (whether it's your own VHS copy or DailyMotion or YouTube), wait for our cue, then press play on the movie, sit back and enjoy the show! To watch online: DailyMotion YouTube Don't forget to follow the show on all the socials: Twitter Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See those trees bend in the wind..... It's another episode of Strange Phenomena coming right to you! A podcast bouncing back to life! This week we're starting a NEW SEASON of the show. We've made it through six albums so far, and now here's album #7: The Red Shoes! Listen as Zoey and Cecilee kick off the season by talking about the basics of the album, the story behind it, our favorite songs, and also about The Line, The Cross and the Curve, the Kate Bush-directed film released after The Red Shoes. So come put on your red shoes and dance along to our commentary! You won't want to miss this! Here's where you can follow the show and even contribute to future episodes! Facebook Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well what a week it has been! Our lovely Kate is now sitting at #1 on Spotify, she has scored her first top 10 hit in the US, she's reentered the UK charts..... And it's all because of a Netflix show! This week, we're adding on to the story of Running Up That Hill, which you may remember I recorded back in 2019 here! Well, now there's more to the story! The show Stranger Things used Running Up That Hill in the current season as a favorite song for one of the main characters, Max. In the fourth episode, the song is further used as a device to save Max's life. Because of this emotional scene, Running Up That Hill has been introduced to millions of new fans, especially younger fans. We're going to talk about how this song came to be used in Stranger Things, what Kate thinks of the show (she's a fan!), and our own thoughts on the exploding popularity of this song. You can find that pivotal scene here on YouTube. If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! Also come join other Kate fans on the Kate Bush subreddit and Discord server! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now we come to the final collaboration and the final episode for the Sensual World season. Roy Harper is a critically acclaimed English singer/songwriter who has been around since the 60s and whose music has been a bit part of Kate's life. We've talked about him before on the podcast when Kate covered his song Another Day in the Lionheart season, and when Kate sang on Roy's original song You (The Game Part II) in the Never For Ever season. Now we get to talk about a third time when his name comes up in her musical history! The song Once is the title track for Roy's 1990 album and it's a song that our lovely Kate sang harmonies and background vocals on. Listen as we talk about this slow grower of a song and also about Kate Bush championing lesser-known artists! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! Also come join other Kate fans on the Kate Bush subreddit and Discord server! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now on to collaboration #2 for the Sensual World era! What does the frontman for an 80s synth rock band and Kate Bush have in common? Why, this song! Midge Ure is best known as the frontman for the band Ultravox, who were known for huge 80s hits like Vienna (voted in the UK the best #2 hit of all time and for good reason!), Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, and Reap the Wild Wind (their only US chart entry). In 1985, he went solo with an album called The Gift. His follow-up album, Answers to Nothing, was released in 1987 and features our lovely Kate on his song Sister and Brother. So listen as we explore this album track and the story of how Midge Ure and Kate Bush got involved for this song! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! Also come join other Kate fans on the Kate Bush subreddit and Discord server! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now we're on to the last three episodes of the Sensual World season, and we're starting this part with three collaborations that our lovely Kate took part in! The first is a song she recorded in the background for the pop group Go West. Stylistically very different from the upbeat pop that the group was known for, The King is Dead benefits from a jazzy style and of course, our lovely Kate in the background! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! Also come join other Kate fans on the Kate Bush subreddit and Discord server! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It won't be such a long long time before the next episode of Strange Phenomena: it's here now! This week, we're talking about a cover song (yes! a cover song) by our lovely Kate, of one of her musical heroes: Elton John. Recorded for a compilation album in 1991, Rocket Man was also a charting UK and European hit. And for our discussion of the song this week, we have frequent guest Diego Ortega, to talk about our thoughts on Kate's cover version and also what the song is about underneath that cheery arrangement! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! Also come join other Kate fans on the Kate Bush subreddit and Discord server! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you think you'll have a minute for a beautiful Kate Bush instrumental? We hope so! This week's episode is about a short instrumental called One Last Look Around the House Before We Go, a b-side from the single Love and Anger and also a track used in the TV movie GLC: The Carnage Continues. Listen as we talk about Kate Bush's instrumental skills, the way she can evoke emotion with simplicity, and our own personal thoughts on the song! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a way to start off the new year 2022: with a new episode of Strange Phenomena! We're back from our holiday break to finish out the Sensual World era of Kate's music. This week, it's just Cecilee as she talks about the instrumental track The Confrontation, a b-side from the Love and Anger single and a song written specifically for a movie. In this case, like with Ken, written for the Comic Strip movie GLC: The Carnage Continues. So join us as we talk about this instrumental, one of the few that Kate Bush has ever released, and its context in the Comic Strip movie! You can watch the entire episode of GLC: The Carnage Continues here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxVBL8cgKIw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who's the funky sex machine? Who's the man we all need? KEN!!!!! This week, we're talking about a b-side from Kate Bush's Sensual World era, a song used in a TV movie called GLC: The Carnage Continues, and a song that our host didn't quite like the first time she heard it, but which she now appreciates, especially after talking with our transatlantic guest! Alex Dale is on the show to talk about this song and explain the British references and just what that TV movie really is about. We also talk about how this song shows off Kate's seldom-seen silly side and her send-up of loud theme songs for 80s action movies. Music from our host! When Cecilee isn't talking about Kate Bush, she plays piano and sings her own songs, like our Kate. And she has collected eleven originals and released them on a new album! Never Enough Flowers is available on Spotify, iTunes and wherever you get your music! To listen, click here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices