Strange Phenomena: The Music of Kate Bush

Get your telescopes ready! We're coming at you with a full report of the ninth track from Kate Bush's seventh album The Red Shoes. For this week's episode, we have Diego Ortega on the show to discuss Constellation of the Heart, his favorite Kate Bush song. This week we talk about the Prince influence in this song, what the lyrics mean, and also, speaking of lyrics, our favorite lyrics from this song! We also talk about Kate trying something new stylistically and what we think the song is about! It's gonna be wonderful it's gonna be beautiful! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With no words and no song, you can dance a dream with your body on as you listen to this episode about the title track to Kate Bush's seventh album The Red Shoes! For this episode, we get to talk with a long-time Kate Bush fan, David Manuel, who cites this song as one of his favorites (and spoiler alert: this is a top ten favorite song for our host as well!). We get to talk about the 1940s movie The Red Shoes, a movie that was most likely the inspiration for this song, as well as the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name, and how those influences wove their way into this song. So let's move like the diva do! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the newest episode, the episode for everyone who wants to listen to another discussion of a Kate Bush song! But of course you want to listen! We're talking this week about The Song of Solomon, the fifth track from Kate Bush's album The Red Shoes. We're in album track territory for this one and we have a long-time Kate fan to talk about this song with us this week: Diego Ortega! In this episode, we talk about our history with the song, the several references made in the song (the Rose of Sharon, Isolde, etc) as well as explaining just what is The Song of Solomon! We've written this just for you! Video mentioned in the episode: The Song of Solomon performed by Malin Dahlström and the Gothenburg Symphony Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's summer and time to party it up with Eat the Music! So grab a banana, a sultana, and hey, would you like guava while we're at it? And while you're munching on a fruity snack or two, take a listen to our latest episode of the show! Cecilee sits down with long-time Canadian Kate fan Rick Campbell to talk about this song and its history, the lyrics, the iconic music video as shown in The Line, The Cross, and the Curve and what the song means to us! What are we singing? A song of seeds, the food of love! So come on and eat the music with us! Yum! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to bounce back to life like a rubberband? We hope so! Because ready or not, here's the newest episode of Strange Phenomena! This week, we're starting the new season with the first song from The Red Shoes album, the bouncy (appropriately so!) Rubberband Girl! Released as a single in September 1993, Rubberband Girl was the first of five singles from The Red Shoes. It was a top 20 hit in the UK and was even released as a single in the United States! Cecilee is joined by fellow Kate fan James diBenedetto, who has been a Kate fan since the 90s and counts this song as one of his favorite Kate songs! We'll talk about the history of this song, from its release as a single, to the Directors' Cut version, to what Kate herself as said about this song! Don't forget to follow the show on all the socials: Twitter Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See those trees bend in the wind..... It's another episode of Strange Phenomena coming right to you! A podcast bouncing back to life! This week we're starting a NEW SEASON of the show. We've made it through six albums so far, and now here's album #7: The Red Shoes! Listen as Zoey and Cecilee kick off the season by talking about the basics of the album, the story behind it, our favorite songs, and also about The Line, The Cross and the Curve, the Kate Bush-directed film released after The Red Shoes. So come put on your red shoes and dance along to our commentary! You won't want to miss this! Here's where you can follow the show and even contribute to future episodes! Facebook Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now we come to the final collaboration and the final episode for the Sensual World season. Roy Harper is a critically acclaimed English singer/songwriter who has been around since the 60s and whose music has been a bit part of Kate's life. We've talked about him before on the podcast when Kate covered his song Another Day in the Lionheart season, and when Kate sang on Roy's original song You (The Game Part II) in the Never For Ever season. Now we get to talk about a third time when his name comes up in her musical history! The song Once is the title track for Roy's 1990 album and it's a song that our lovely Kate sang harmonies and background vocals on. Listen as we talk about this slow grower of a song and also about Kate Bush championing lesser-known artists! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! Also come join other Kate fans on the Kate Bush subreddit and Discord server! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now we're on to the last three episodes of the Sensual World season, and we're starting this part with three collaborations that our lovely Kate took part in! The first is a song she recorded in the background for the pop group Go West. Stylistically very different from the upbeat pop that the group was known for, The King is Dead benefits from a jazzy style and of course, our lovely Kate in the background! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! Also come join other Kate fans on the Kate Bush subreddit and Discord server! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you think you'll have a minute for a beautiful Kate Bush instrumental? We hope so! This week's episode is about a short instrumental called One Last Look Around the House Before We Go, a b-side from the single Love and Anger and also a track used in the TV movie GLC: The Carnage Continues. Listen as we talk about Kate Bush's instrumental skills, the way she can evoke emotion with simplicity, and our own personal thoughts on the song! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who's the funky sex machine? Who's the man we all need? KEN!!!!! This week, we're talking about a b-side from Kate Bush's Sensual World era, a song used in a TV movie called GLC: The Carnage Continues, and a song that our host didn't quite like the first time she heard it, but which she now appreciates, especially after talking with our transatlantic guest! Alex Dale is on the show to talk about this song and explain the British references and just what that TV movie really is about. We also talk about how this song shows off Kate's seldom-seen silly side and her send-up of loud theme songs for 80s action movies. Music from our host! When Cecilee isn't talking about Kate Bush, she plays piano and sings her own songs, like our Kate. And she has collected eleven originals and released them on a new album! Never Enough Flowers is available on Spotify, iTunes and wherever you get your music! To listen, click here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now it's time for the b-sides, collaborations, and other era songs for The Sensual World era of Kate's music. This week, we're talking about a song that's both a b-side AND an album track. Or at least, a bonus track, if you bought the cassette or the CD. And that is a song that Kate recorded in about 24 hours (!!) and was the last song recorded for the album: Walk Straight Down The Middle. We have a frequent guest for this show, young Kate fan Diego Ortega, to talk about this song, which he cites as one of his favorites! We talk about what this song means to us. What does the title mean? And how about that rather skeletal and spooky production? Is this Kate's take on synth pop? And how about those BRAAAAAHHHH sounds at the end? It's all here in this week's episode! If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! You can also follow on Twitter and Facebook! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready to shoot off into the sky on a chilly November night, with track number 9 from The Sensual World, Rocket's Tail! And to join us on the show is friend of (and also outside of!) the show, Zoey, who cites this song as one of her underrated favorites from Kate's catalog! In this episode, we talk about the dialogue (yes, this is a dialogue song!) between the characters in the song, we speculate about WHO exactly is shooting off into the night, and we talk about, of course, the lovely Trio Bulgarka's contributions to the song and how there is NOTHING else like this in Kate's endless array of songs. A song that begins a cappella, then explodes into an 80s rock song? Not something you'll find everyday! Only with the lovely Kate Bush! Interview Clip Played In This Episode: Kate Bush and the Trio Bulgarka: Rhythms of the World, 11 March 1989 If you love the show, come support us on Patreon! This show is a proud member of the Pantheon Podcast Network, the podcast network for music lovers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices