[1]Watch a Towering Orchestral Tribute to Kate Bush: A 40th Anniversary
  Celebration of Her First Single, "Wuthering Heights" by Josh Jones:

    [2]Some Americans like their pop musicians to be more accessible,
    less theatrical, and eccentric-and generally more desperate for the
    approval of their audience. Kate Bush, thankfully, has never seemed
    bothered by this need. She could leave the spotlight when she needed
    to, or leave the music business altogether for a time, and yet
    remain a creative force to be reckoned with for four decades now.
    Her legacy has permeated contemporary music since she appeared in
    1978, then retired from the stage the following year after her first
    tour to focus solely on writing, recording, and making short musical
    films.
    Her debut, [3]The Kick Inside_, proved that an original new
    songwriter worth watching had arrived, and she delivered on the
    promise in ten studio albums and a career she seemed to sum up in
    the title of "[4]This Woman's Work," from 1989's _[5]The Sensual
    World. It is work she has always done in her own delightfully odd,
    passionate, eccentrically British, theatrical, and deftly literary
    way, all qualities that have made her a massive star in the UK and a
    hero to artists like Tori Amos, Annie Lennox, Grimes, Florence and
    the Machine, and too many more to name.
    Bush's unusual traits also make her a perfect artist to pay tribute
    to in an orchestral setting, as Sweden's [6]Gothenburg Symphony has
    done in the [7]2018 concert also titled "This Woman's Work" and
    featuring the very-Bush-worthy vocal talents of guest singers Jennie
    Abrahamson and Malin Dahlstrom. It's "a towering tribute," [8]the
    Symphony writes, "with hit songs and pure poetry in special
    arrangements by Martin Schaub." And it arrived to mark a special
    moment indeed: the 40th anniversary of the release of Bush's
    brilliantly strange debut single "[9]Wuthering Heights." See the
    full performance at the top of the post and excerpted songs
    throughout, including Abrahamson's cover of "This Woman's Work,"
    above.
    Appearing in the ghostly guise and ethereally high-pitched voice of
    Cathy Earnshaw, doomed heroine of Emily Bronte's novel, Bush
    captivated millions in two videos that are now absolute classics.
    She drew on the mime theatrics of her teacher Lindsay Kemp, who
    previously mentored David Bowie, and gave us the indelible image of
    a woman possessed by weird imagination, uncanny musical talent, and
    some frightening dance moves. The images and sounds she created in
    just those 3 and a half minutes are iconic. Or, putting it a little
    differently in a [10]short BBC documentary, John Lydon says, "Kate
    Bush and her grand piano& that's like John Wayne and his saddle& her
    shrieks and warbles are beauty beyond belief."
    If you came to Bush later in her career, say during 1985's huge_
    Hounds of Love_, and somehow missed her unbelievable first fine
    art-rock performances on film, watch both the [11]white and [12]red
    dress versions first, then watch the Gothenburg Symphony's glowing,
    career-spanning tribute to a woman who "laid the groundwork for [a]
    generation of performers," as [13]Marc Hirsh writes at NPR. Even
    though he is an American who does not care for Kate Bush, Hirsh
    can't seem to help enumerating the very reasons she is so special to
    so many, and he features a number of her videos that demonstrate why
    she's an artist her fans love "from the very core of their being."
    [14]Kate Bush's First Ever Television Appearance, Performing "Kite"
    & "Wuthering Heights" on German TV (1978)
    [15]The Largest Ever Tribute to Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights"
    Choreographed by a Flashmob in Berlin
    __________________________________________________________________

  My original entry is here: [16]Watch a Towering Orchestral Tribute to
  Kate Bush: A 40th Anniversary Celebration of Her First Single,
  "Wuthering Heights". It posted Sat, 23 Mar 2019 14:00:35 +0000.
  Filed under: culture,

References

  1. http://www.openculture.com/2019/02/watch-a-towering-orchestral-tribute-to-kate-bush.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OpenCulture+(Open+Culture)
  2. https://www.npr.org/2011/08/16/139579900/another-american-looks-at-why-americans-dont-care-for-kate-bush
  3. https://amzn.to/2Slf9zl
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCQPSrlNbk
  5. https://amzn.to/2D9XiS6
  6. https://www.gso.se/en/
  7. https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/goteborgs-symfoniker
  8. https://www.gso.se/en/programme/concerts/kate-bush-tribute-eng/2018-03-24-19:00/
  9. http://www.openculture.com/2016/07/the-largest-ever-tribute-to-kate-bushs-wuthering-heights-choreographed-by-a-flashmob-in-berlin.html
 10. http://www.openculture.com/2012/08/2009_kate_bush_documentary_dubs_her_queen_of_british_pop.html
 11. https://youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4
 12. https://youtu.be/BW3gKKiTvjs
 13. https://www.npr.org/2011/08/16/139579900/another-american-looks-at-why-americans-dont-care-for-kate-bush
 14. http://www.openculture.com/2016/01/kate-bushs-first-ever-tv-appearance-performing-kite-wuthering-heights-on-german-tv-1978.html
 15. http://www.openculture.com/2016/07/the-largest-ever-tribute-to-kate-bushs-wuthering-heights-choreographed-by-a-flashmob-in-berlin.html
 16. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2642

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