Kate Bush night- BBC4 - from 2100 - 22/08/14

alcockell · 22/08/14 - 20:58

Hi folks,

Noone set up the thread yet?

OK- here we go..

2100 - 2210 - Kate Bush story
2210 - 2310 - Kate Bush at the BBC

then OGWT stuff...

repeated from 0040

alcockell · 22/08/14 - 21:14

On now folks

alcockell · 22/08/14 - 21:17

Anyone?

Centaurion · 22/08/14 - 21:43

Sound of a bandwagon being jumped on methinks.
BBC4 knows the over 50s pop loving demographic is easily pleased.

cantos · 22/08/14 - 21:43

Watching it now.

I was lucky enough to see her in concert in 1979

Westy2 · 22/08/14 - 22:18

This was the perfect opportunity to dig out 'Wuthering Heights' from the Yew Treed DLT TOTP, but no we get the 'debut performance' yet again!

Supratad · 22/08/14 - 22:29

She's sooooo lovely.
I can't wait till September.

I've just finished a very good biog on her, so none of the talking heads stuff was new but it was just nice to see so much footage of her again.

alcockell · 22/08/14 - 22:41

*reaches for air fretless bass*

Torch81 · 22/08/14 - 22:53

This 'at the BBC' thing is so far full of utterly compelling and brilliant performances, very little of any which I've any recollection of having seen before.

I never really 'got' Kate Bush at the time, she just seemed odd and weird and I think it just all went over my head. Nowadays though and watching this I see a totally extraordinary and unique talent. She's blooming amazing.

Torch81 · 22/08/14 - 22:57

Supratad wrote: »

She's sooooo lovely.
I can't wait till September.

I've just finished a very good biog on her, so none of the talking heads stuff was new but it was just nice to see so much footage of her again.

What was that if you don't mind me asking? I read a lot of music biography's and think reading one on her might be interesting.

0...0 · 22/08/14 - 23:20

That was utterly brilliant! Thank you BBC!

widger · 22/08/14 - 23:21

Loved the Kate Bush documentary and some of the performances were wonderful especially Man with the Child in his Eyes and Babooshka.
She reminds me of David Bowie, very theatrical performances and a very, very talented songwriter.

China Girl · 22/08/14 - 23:28

The most amazing female performer there has ever been.

maycontainnuts · 23/08/14 - 00:02

love BBC4

Jon Ross · 23/08/14 - 01:03

widger wrote: »

She reminds me of David Bowie, very theatrical performances and a very, very talented songwriter.

Nowhere near Bowie in terms of worldwide sales though. I'd say Peter Gabriel is a better comparison if you'd be comparing her to a male artist, but the whole point about Kate Bush is that she did what she did as a woman and that was the most innovative thing at the time.

Jon Ross · 23/08/14 - 01:06

Centaurion wrote: »

Sound of a bandwagon being jumped on methinks.
BBC4 knows the over 50s pop loving demographic is easily pleased.

Perhaps bandwagoneering regarding the current Bushmania, but the BBC has said they are going to be doing a lot more music documentaries. One is coming up about Genesis on BBC2 and that could hardly be called a bandwagon.

Macca · 23/08/14 - 02:11

Just watching Kate at the BBC, utterly brilliant. The man with the child in his eyes is a mesmerising song

JamieHT · 23/08/14 - 02:33

I love her music but I was watching with someone who doesn't. They readily admit how unique she is though.

JT2060 · 23/08/14 - 03:25

widger wrote: »

She reminds me of David Bowie, very theatrical performances and a very, very talented songwriter.

Bowie was taught by and toured with the mime artist Lindsey Kemp. He taught Bush too.

Misty08 · 23/08/14 - 07:54

Centaurion wrote: »

Sound of a bandwagon being jumped on methinks.
BBC4 knows the over 50s pop loving demographic is easily pleased.

Which bandwagon? Clearly it was to tie in with her live shows, if you can call that a bandwagon. Well, I loved it.. Do you say "methinks" in real life?

shanders · 23/08/14 - 09:53

I could've done without Steve Coogan and the section on bad impressions/Comic Relief malarkey and Tricky as a talking head but otherwise a pretty decent documentary.

Jenny_Sawyer · 23/08/14 - 10:13

I absolutely love Wuthering Heights.

Jon Ross · 23/08/14 - 12:38

Misty08 wrote: »

Which bandwagon? Clearly it was to tie in with her live shows, if you can call that a bandwagon. Well, I loved it.. Do you say "methinks" in real life?

I think he was just being smart. People like the old music because it tends to be a lot better - and he's wrong to suggest you have to be over 50 to think that. I'm nowhere near 50 and I think the music of the past was a lot better.

I wouldn't call myself a Kate Bush fan because there's too much of her stuff I don't like - but when she was good she was VERY good.

fizzycat · 23/08/14 - 12:43

Centaurion wrote: »

BBC4 knows the over 50s pop loving demographic is easily pleased.

If we were easily pleased, we'd be happy to listen to the garbage churned out today and there'd be no need for retrospective pop programmes

KennyT · 23/08/14 - 13:22

Jenny_Sawyer wrote: »

I absolutely love Wuthering Heights.

When I heard The Man with the Child in his Eyes, I went out and spent my hard earned money on The Kick Inside and thought it was rubbish, with WH and TMWTCIHE the only listenable tracks. But having spent the money, I persevered, with the aforementioned tracks as the "rocks" that I clung to in what I still thought was a stormy sea of unlistenable wailing. Slowly, though, after about the 10th listen, I came to appreciate all of it and it became one of my favourite albums.

I thoroughly enjoyed this doc, and the Kate@BBC that followed it.

K

Tellystar · 23/08/14 - 13:31

Will this be repeated

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