Yes, I always listen to the studio versions first. It's true, the videos can be distracting and I prefer to let my mind wander freely through Kate's soundscapes. This album scared me at first, but then made me a life-long fan. It's now my favorite and I never tire of it. In fact, the more hear it, the better it becomes even 40 years later.
This video was done by a few black American reactors and only one made anything of a possible KKK reference. He took some persuading to accept that the KKK had no standing in the UK, that Europe had its own cultural links to those kind of costumes going back centuries that had nothing to do with the KKK, and that one of those dancers was very clearly black.
Love this video a it’s so creative and full of esoteric imagery and fun. It’s magical. I get there is a lot to take in with the song but is far from a typical 80’s video.
Apparently it was inspired by a Stevie Wonder-concert and the single was released a long time before the album. The B-side is a beautiful cover of the Donovan song "Lord of the Reedy River". More reactions to The Dreaming-songs, please!
This is the opening track to what Kate called her 'she's gone mad' album, 'The Dreaming' - Bjork would later list that album among her all time favourites. John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) would also later speak about his undying love for this album. For me the audio version is the best way to listen to this song, rather than the video (I remember when the video came out and thought 'what the actual...' It deals with things like the desire for wisdom etc but wanting it now without putting in the effort. She sings: I want to be a lawyer I want to be a scholar But I really can't be bothered Ooh, just gimme it quick, gimme it, gimme gimme gimme gimme! This album needs to be listened to VERY VERY LOUD. While it is not my favourite Kate Bush album, I think it might, just might, be her most important album; and it contains at least 5 or 6 songs on it that are absolutely essential listening in order to get a proper picture of her music. At the time it was mauled by the critics. But in the intervening years it has come to be very highly regarded and is now considered to be of enormous importance. It has often been cited by female recording artists as something that they drew inspiration from: - a woman writing, producing and taking complete ownership of her music and showing to the world that the rules of music etc are only conventions and ought to be held in healthy disregard; a woman with a beautiful singing voice who was willing to make it sound ugly for the sake of a song; a woman who cared more about making the music she wanted to make than she did about the charts etc.
Kate's record company didn't like "The Dreaming" (to say the least), there was a distinct risk that they would reject it. However, they realised that Kate would never agree to produce a more commercial album. The production of the album had taken two years and involved four different studios, including Abbey Road, where the music video was filmed. So it had cost EMI quite a bit of money. This was the 1st album where Kate was the sole producer, she had co-produced the previous "Never For Ever". This album made even more use of the Fairlight CMI, which at this point Kate had fully mastered. NOTE: The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight. This track was released by EMI over a year before the album was released. Personally it's my favourite Kate Bush album, without it we would never had got the iconic "Hounds Of Love".
The Dreaming was costly for EMI? maybe they shouldn't have compromised on publicity and promotion and instead of hiring Hugh Padgeham as producer ( thats probably where most of the money went) they should have got behind Kate right away on this one. Instead, they doubted her, tried to talk her out of producing it, and upon its completion they refused to release it, and then only begrudgingly...they wanted that cute little girl who sang pop ballads, but instead they got....a witchy, mad, banshee stirring up a cauldron of dreams and nightmares.... awww poor EMI Boo hoo hoo..😩🥱
Yes, I always listen to the studio versions first. It's true, the videos can be distracting and I prefer to let my mind wander freely through Kate's soundscapes. This album scared me at first, but then made me a life-long fan. It's now my favorite and I never tire of it. In fact, the more hear it, the better it becomes even 40 years later.
This video was done by a few black American reactors and only one made anything of a possible KKK reference. He took some persuading to accept that the KKK had no standing in the UK, that Europe had its own cultural links to those kind of costumes going back centuries that had nothing to do with the KKK, and that one of those dancers was very clearly black.
Love this video a it’s so creative and full of esoteric imagery and fun. It’s magical. I get there is a lot to take in with the song but is far from a typical 80’s video.
I'm still hoping for (one day - perhaps never) a remastered Blu-ray of all her videos.
Apparently it was inspired by a Stevie Wonder-concert and the single was released a long time before the album. The B-side is a beautiful cover of the Donovan song "Lord of the Reedy River". More reactions to The Dreaming-songs, please!
This is the opening track to what Kate called her 'she's gone mad' album, 'The Dreaming' - Bjork would later list that album among her all time favourites. John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) would also later speak about his undying love for this album.
For me the audio version is the best way to listen to this song, rather than the video (I remember when the video came out and thought 'what the actual...' It deals with things like the desire for wisdom etc but wanting it now without putting in the effort. She sings:
I want to be a lawyer
I want to be a scholar
But I really can't be bothered
Ooh, just gimme it quick, gimme it, gimme gimme gimme gimme!
This album needs to be listened to VERY VERY LOUD. While it is not my favourite Kate Bush album, I think it might, just might, be her most important album; and it contains at least 5 or 6 songs on it that are absolutely essential listening in order to get a proper picture of her music.
At the time it was mauled by the critics. But in the intervening years it has come to be very highly regarded and is now considered to be of enormous importance. It has often been cited by female recording artists as something that they drew inspiration from: - a woman writing, producing and taking complete ownership of her music and showing to the world that the rules of music etc are only conventions and ought to be held in healthy disregard; a woman with a beautiful singing voice who was willing to make it sound ugly for the sake of a song; a woman who cared more about making the music she wanted to make than she did about the charts etc.
Nobody can bray a donkey bray like Kate (and her brother, Paddy😢)...and do it to a song about "The Shining"...our Kate loves her books.
Kate's record company didn't like "The Dreaming" (to say the least), there was a distinct risk that they would reject it. However, they realised that Kate would never agree to produce a more commercial album. The production of the album had taken two years and involved four different studios, including Abbey Road, where the music video was filmed. So it had cost EMI quite a bit of money.
This was the 1st album where Kate was the sole producer, she had co-produced the previous "Never For Ever".
This album made even more use of the Fairlight CMI, which at this point Kate had fully mastered.
NOTE: The Fairlight CMI (short for Computer Musical Instrument) is a digital synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation introduced in 1979 by Fairlight.
This track was released by EMI over a year before the album was released.
Personally it's my favourite Kate Bush album, without it we would never had got the iconic "Hounds Of Love".
The Dreaming was costly for EMI? maybe they shouldn't have compromised on publicity and promotion and instead of hiring Hugh Padgeham as producer ( thats probably where most of the money went) they should have got behind Kate right away on this one. Instead, they doubted her, tried to talk her out of producing it, and upon its completion
they refused to release it, and then only begrudgingly...they wanted that cute little girl who sang pop ballads, but instead they got....a witchy, mad, banshee stirring up a cauldron of dreams and nightmares....
awww poor EMI
Boo hoo hoo..😩🥱
Best played very loud while driving.
My favorite Kate album, she really stretches her creative legs on it.