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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 08:09 PM
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"If I only could...be running up that hill...with no problems"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsXVf6INc

Ah...Kate.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 08:14 PM
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1. The Chromatics covered that song rather nicely.
Of course, it'll never be Kate, but still, it's rather nicely done. Have you heard it?
http://www.myspace.com/chromaticsmusics
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 08:19 PM
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2. I'm listening now. Interesting. where are they from?
I've not heard of them before.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 06:34 AM
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15. Portland, Oregon
Their music is great. I'm loving it. I've been listening to them for a little while now. Just discovered them on myspace.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 10:19 PM
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4. So did Placebo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHXVXG2kXBo
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 09:59 PM
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3. Good singer...terrible dancer.
Oof...
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 10:36 PM
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5. Love Kate
Love her.

:hi:
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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 10:38 PM
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6. I'd make a deal with God and get him to swap our places
:thumbsup:
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 10:51 PM
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7. Kate's a great songwriter - but Placebo made that song theirs
That's no small feat, there. It's like Johnny Cash covering Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor's also good at what he does, but for Cash to take such a powerful song and turn it into his own epitaph is beyond genius.

Fortunately for Kate, so many of her songs are so attuned to her own personality and quirks that it seems pointless to try to outdo her. Never heard Pat Benatar's version of Wuthering Heights, but I've heard people diss it left and right.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:23 PM
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8. According to one Pittsburgh station
They routinely get calls asking who that old guy is whose song Trent covered.

Now that's making a song your own!

Sorry about your dog and all that, Trent, but Johnny knew "hurt" like you just plain don't!
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:32 PM
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10. "Old guy?" Damn...
That's seriously messed up. How can any American not even be somewhat familiar with the man?
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:37 PM
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11. I can go one worse, if you've the stomach for it
Following Cash's death, I happened to mention to several coworkers a quote in which Bono declared that Cash had had the all-around most masculine voice in music (and I take "voice" to mean both the sound of his voice and the manner of his narrative).

Anyway, one coworker responded (and, sadly, I kid you not) "What about Toby Keith? He's pretty masuline."


Yes, she's a Republican.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:45 PM
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12. Ironically, Toby Keith identifies himself as a conservative Democrat
But yeah, Toby Keith has nothing on Johnny Cash.

Getting back to the OP, it's like saying that Britney Spears could sing Kate Bush under the table. Not gonna happen. Kate's a product of the same British progressive rock manifestation that gave us Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, and even King Crimson. She plays piano and synth. Wrote just about every song she's ever played. That little ex-Mouseketeer doesn't stand a chance.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:52 PM
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13. Oh, yeah--sorry to deflect the thread
I hadn't heard Running up that Hill in several years and had sort of almost forgotten about it. Then I heard it one evening on my commute home and almost drove off the road.

Damn, what a song.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:59 PM
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14. The title track to THE SENSUAL WORLD made me develop a crush on her, dammit
The rest of the album was okay - but that one song just floored me.

My favorite overall album from Kate, however, would have to be The Dreaming.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 01:24 PM
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17. Oh-I love that one too. She looks so gorgeous in the video
but her dancing in the middle is a bit odd, but overall I love this one.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AJc64xncBt4
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 09:49 PM
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23. Oh, Lordy...
You just had to link to the video, didn't you? Now I'm all :loveya: over Kate again.

But you know what's weird about that song? For all the talk about Kate's vocal range, her vocals in The Sensual World demonstrate the least amount of range, but still evoke an emotional response. Of course, a little cooing and seductive whispering always helps - I can't complain. She simply knows how to sink the hook with her performance, and that makes all the difference. Compare Madonna's performance in Die Another Day, which has about the same amount of range but comes across as flat and uninteresting while Kate's performance in The Sensual World is anything but.
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nadine_mn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:24 PM
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9. awesome....there is a song she sings w/ Peter Gabriel that makes me cry
Edited on Thu Dec-27-07 11:30 PM by nadine_mn
Don't Give up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-p2sbt_C4w
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 06:37 AM
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16. Fuck she's gorgeous all 'round
voice, looks, everything
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 01:25 PM
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18. thank you for that, my dear
happy new year!
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 01:28 PM
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19. Happy New Year to you!!!
Did you all have a fun christmas? Hope so. :hug:
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 01:31 PM
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20. I am very fortunate to have such a great family
sMarge is the tip of the iceberg.

I ruined the roast and they still love me.


It was a lovely day.

You? And EG?
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 01:53 PM
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21. EG had to work that day - but I'm lucky to have good friends around here
I wasn't alone and had a really nice day. He has to work New Years Eve too, till 10 PM. I don't mind having a quiet one though.

Give Smarge a big hug from me, and of course one for you! :hug:
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-28-07 01:55 PM
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22. I do love me some Kate
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 09:50 AM
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24. thanks for this thread
there could never be too much Kate Bush.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-29-07 11:21 AM
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25. As opposed to the Bush we've been saddled with...
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