Among another varied clutch of celebrants, including the lovely Frances de la Tour, Paul Anka, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hilary Swank, Peter Bogdanovich, Rat Scabies, Daley Thompson, Henry Ford, Terry O'Neill, Buddy Guy, Henry Moore, Christopher Nolan, Lisa Kudrow and Emily Brontë [how appropriate] - it's our Patron Saint of Weird Gyrations Kate Bush's birthday!
All hail.
By way of a celebration, here's one of her beloved, eternally mysterious classic numbers - from way back in 1978 (gulp):
("He's here! He's here!
He's here! He's here!")
I hear him, before I go to sleep
And focus on the day that's been.
I realise he's there,
When I turn the light off and turn over.
Nobody knows about my man.
They think he's lost on some horizon.
And suddenly I find myself
Listening to a man I've never known before,
Telling me about the sea,
All his love, 'til eternity.
Ooh, he's here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.
Ooh, he's here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.
He's very understanding,
And he's so aware of all my situations.
And when I stay up late,
He's always waiting, but I feel him hesitate.
Oh, I'm so worried about my love.
They say, "No, no, it won't last forever."
And here I am again, my girl,
Wondering what on Earth I'm doing here.
Maybe he doesn't love me.
I just took a trip on my love for him.
Ooh, he's here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.
Ooh, he's here again,
The man with the child in his eyes.
Many happy returns, Catherine "Kate" Bush CBE (born 30 July 1958)
Oh, many happy (and mysterious and a bit bonkers) returns indeed!
ReplyDeleteWe do love our English eccentrics! Jx
DeleteI forgave her for Aerial, but went right off her when she made The Director's Cut album, did you hear what she did to This Woman's Work? Unforgivable. 50 Words For Shite was the final nail in the coffin and this is coming from someone who wanted to be Kate Bush when she was younger.
ReplyDeleteShe never recaptured "the old mystique" after that twelve-year gap between The Red Shoes and Aerial, did she? I did rather like the re-worked Deeper Understanding from Director's Cut, however. Jx
DeleteOh this is my favourite from Kate, I will listen when I've finished listening to the Jonathan Creek one.
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I never knew Jonathan Creek had a musical episode. I can't imagine Alan Davies singing The Man With The Child In His Eyes! Jx
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