Kate bush samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Her talent caught the notice of david gilmour of pink floyd who assisted in arranging her contract with emi. The video, shot at the ancient white horse at uffington, is still available on youtube, and features a cloudbusting machine, reichs arrest and kates rather unconvincing. In one version, bush can be seen performing the song in a dark room filled with white mist while wearing a white dress which was the uk release. Hounds of love is the fifth studio album by english singersongwriter and musician kate bush, released by emi records on 16 september 1985.
On 4 march 1978 abbas take a chance on me was knocked off. The song is known for its majestic pounding beat, its beautiful, insistent cello melody and for that standout lyric i just know that something good is going to happen. Kate bush cloudbusting hd lpr remastering the whole story. Even though, as it turns out, that something good never really did happen for the man the song was. Frank has also written a few words to accompany the images. A master of multimedia before the word existed, kate bush never, ever toured.
I interviewed bush inperson and oneonone in december 1985 in a manhattan hotel room. Just us cover of kate bushs cloudbusting whosampled. The video, directed by julian doyle, stars donald sutherland as the inventorfather trying to get his cloudbusting machine to work. One of kate bush s best ever singles, 1985s cloudbusting, culled from the slightly disappointing hounds of love set, was her retelling of peter reichs classic a book of dreams. Kate bush s eighth studio album, aerial, was released on double cd and vinyl in november 2005. Wild man tells the story of sightings of the yeti in the wilds of the himalayas, and of the efforts by the narrator and others. In 1950s oregon, reich and his son peter played by bush are trying to make his rainmaking machine work before the government agents arrive to arrest him. If you missed seeing kate herself, cloudbusting are the next best thing. Cloudbusting was the second single released from kate s no. I still dream of orgonon i wake up crying youre making rain and youre just in reach when you and sleep escape me youre like my yoyo that glowed in the dark what. The music video, directed by julian doyle, was conceived by terry gilliam and kate bush as a short film.
The enduring 40year fascination of this artists work. And it worked, it covered up all the falling apart and actually made it sound very complete in a way. Read on for reasons including why this is better than the live recording of before the dawn im. Her videos are well developed and mesh well with her music, especially cloudbusting, which features a prominent role by donald sutherland. May 10, 2007 watch kate bush cloudbusting aquanote on dailymotion. Cloudbusting are 5 musicians from the uk, who are dedicated to performing the music of the incomparable kate bush. Many havent had the honour to see this sorceress and genius musician perform live, but youll be blown away by our most authentic tribute and homage to her. Cloudbusting burning bridge by kate bush single, art. The album was released on a 4 lp set, a double cd and a digital download.
The whole story update 2015, a complete collection of kates music videos, will be available on download friday nigth. It was released in november 1978, just nine months after bush s successful debut album the kick inside. At one point in the video, the federal agents in black suits pull from a file cabinet a newspaper article about a rainmaker. The album single king of the mountain, had its premiere on bbc radio 2 two months prior. Memories of kate bush at hammersmith odeon 14 may 1979 cloudbusti.
Instead, just us used a soundalike, unnamed songstress. Cloudbusting burning bridge, a single by kate bush. In case you havent been keeping up on facebook, photographer guido harari has been posting weekly video chats with some well known people from the kate bush world, including singer mandy watson from cloudbusting, kate s dancer and choreographer stewart avon arnold, the legend himself, del palmer and guidos fellow photographer, gered mankowitz. The albums lead single, running up that hill a deal with god, became one of bush. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes.
And i think the english wikipedia is right about the meaning of the song. Read all about cloudbusting in the kate bush encyclopedia. Memories of kate bush at hammersmith odeon 14 may 1979 cloudbusting are honoured to have been sent a set of previously unpublished photos by frank scott, exactly fortyone years after they were. Kate bushs cloudbusting from the handmaids tale is. Because of several breaking news stories at the time, i ended up using only a fraction of my somewhat lengthy interview with her for a video piece i wrote for the magazine. In fact, during a drought in 1953, blueberry growers hired dr reich to make it rain in blueberry country along the maine coast. Kate bush cloudbusting official music video youtube. It was a commercial success and marked a return to the public eye for bush after the relatively poor sales of her previous album, 1982s the dreaming. Jun 10, 2016 cloudbusting kate bush hounds of love. Cloudbusting by just us is a cover of kate bush s cloudbusting.
It was the second single released from her number one 1985 album hounds of love. A massive thank you to him and his wife susie for thinking of us. In a 1985 interview, bush explained she came upon reichs book by accident. The video shows the two on the top of a hill trying to make the cloudbuster work. Its like setting a scene that immediately suggests to you that this person is no longer with someone they dearly love, she explained. May 23, 2012 videos play all kate bush hounds of love full album kneelandpray2 kate bush a ninth wave before the dawn music bells by alphan duration. One of kate bushs best ever singles, 1985s cloudbusting, culled from the slightly disappointing hounds of love set, was her retelling of peter reichs classic a book of dreams. It was an extraordinary experience putting the show together.
Kate bush managed to persuade the actor donald sutherland to appear in the video for cloudbusting. Vinyl 12 kate bush cloudbusting 1985, black labels, vinyl discogs. Maxi 45 tours printed in capital letters on front sleeve, upper right corner. Bush sought his sons blessing to release cloudbusting. It looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Kate bush cloudbusting encore at hammersmith apollo 10 september 2014 duration. Kate bush cloudbusting extended ultratraxx 12 version. Vinyl 7 kate bush cloudbusting 1985, vinyl discogs. Cloudbusting the music of kate bush updated their cover photo. The video features canadian actor donald sutherland playing the role of wilhelm reich, and bush in the role of his young son, peter. At the time, i was a staff writerreporter for the new york bureau of cash box magazine. The album peaked at number two on the uk albums chart and has been certified platinum by the british phonographic industry, denoting shipments in excess of 300,000 copies.
We all know that there is only one kate and noone does it quite like her, so cloudbusting does not try to impersonate kate, nor do we try to copy dance moves and costumes from 1970s and 80s. I thought it was like a peptalk about good things being just around the corner. David mitchell on being a lifelong fan of the pop poet music books as a book of the singersongwriters lyrics is released, the cloud atlas author reflects on the songs that. In fact, cloudbusting is about a reallife fatherson duo in the 1950s who believed they. Cloudbusting the musical poem from kate bush susanne. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the akas submission guide. Jun 23, 2018 i am a huge kate bush fan, but cloudbusting has to be my favourite song. Discover all kate bush s music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. A beautiful night of heady heights as we celebrate 40 years of kate bush. Official music video for the single breathing by kate bush, the first cut from her 1980 album never for ever, with backing vocals by roy harper. In cloudbusting, the idea was of starting this song with a person waking up from this dream, i wake up crying. Very simply, it is the tale of a scientist fathers relationship with his son, imaged through the experience of cloud seeding as seen through the boys.
Released on 1 november 1993, it was accompanied by bush s short film, the line, the cross and the curve, and was her last album before a 12year hiatus. Lionheart is the second studio album by the english singersongwriter kate bush. Youre making rain, and youre just in reach, when you a. Cloudbusting five musicians dedicated to performing the music of kate bush. Official online home of kate bush and her label fish people.
Kate bush cloudbusting 1985, black labels, vinyl discogs. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Watch kate bush cloudbusting aquanote on dailymotion. Related a glimpse into kate bush s hidden world enter, cloudbusting the official single from just us, sans bush s original vocals. In case you havent been keeping up on facebook, photographer guido harari has been posting weekly video chats with some well known people from the kate bush world, including singer mandy watson from cloudbusting, kates dancer and choreographer stewart avon arnold, the legend himself, del palmer and guidos fellow photographer, gered mankowitz. Official music video for the single cloudbusting written, produced and performed by the british singer kate bush. Categories music tags, 80s cloudbusting kate bush production progress songs tributes. Kate bush s cloudbusting was the second single from her 1985 smashhit fifth studio album hounds of love. Music video for kate bushs song cloudbusting about wilhelm reich. Bush s retreat from the spotlight between 1993 and 2005 was the subject of documentary film, come back kate, which follows diehard. Music video for kate bush s song cloudbusting about wilhelm reich. Cloudbusting the music of kate bush january 26, 2017 mandy watson and the band pay homage to one of the most beautiful songs from the ninth wave at the 30th anniversary of the hounds of love album. It was released as a digital download single in the united kingdom on 11 october 2011, and peaked at number 73 on the uk singles chart. I still dream of orgonon i wake up crying youre making rain and youre just in reach when you and sleep escape me youre like my yoyo.
Running up that hill, wow, this womans work, wuthering heights, the man with the child in his eyes, babooshka, hounds. Dec 17, 2010 official music video for the single cloudbusting written, produced and performed by the british singer kate bush. The story behind kate bushs cloudbusting video dazed. Related a glimpse into kate bushs hidden world enter, cloudbusting the official single from just us, sans bushs original vocals. Vinyl 12 kate bush cloudbusting 1985, vinyl discogs. Wild man is a song by kate bush released as the lead single from her tenth studio album 50 words for snow. I just pulled it off the shelf, it looked interesting, and it was an incredible story.
Cloudbusting is much more than a song, its a story, a dream, a poem and a film. Cloudbusting is a song written, produced and performed by british singer kate bush. Kate bush songwriter, producer, ian cooper cutting engineer. It was a huge amount of work, a lot of fun and an enormous privilege to work with such an incredibly talented team. Feb 05, 2018 kate bush best songs in no particular order. Fabrication et distribution exclusive pathe marconi s. Cloudbusting the music of kate bush hello earth facebook.
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