# AMA about Kate Bush **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 7, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841 "2022-06-07T22:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/21 "2022-06-08T02:12:19Z")
An interesting thing I looked up is that Kate Bush actually was one of the nominees for “Best Female Music Video” at the 1987 MTV music video awards for “The Big Sky,” along with Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Cyndi Lauper. (Madonna won for “Papa Don’t Preach.”) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/22 "2022-06-08T03:02:02Z")
They never played her back in the day. And XRT long ago departed from DJ programming. It’s done by a computer algorithm. Sometimes the DJ gets to pick between two alternatives, but they’re not allowed to just play what they want. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/23 "2022-06-08T03:02:53Z")
Yes The Big Sky was a very audience friendly video and got some rotation on MTV ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/24 "2022-06-08T03:03:22Z")
They never played Kate Bush in the 80s and 90s? That’s certainly not what I remember. Are you certain? I mean, they played anything and everything back then, until they got sold. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/25 "2022-06-08T03:05:03Z")
She has produced and recorded her own stuff in her home studio since The Dreaming. Unless that’s changed recently: I’ll check. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/26 "2022-06-08T03:06:34Z")
Absolutely positive. If they ever did it was in the middle of the night. I generally had XRT on dawn till dusk back then, and I would’ve shit my pants if I ever heard her on there. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/27 "2022-06-08T03:09:09Z")
I found a quote from Lin Brehmer in a 1986 Billboard Magazine in a column called “Out of the Box: Programmers reveal why they have jumped on certain new releases” where he talks about Kate Bush’s “Experiment Four” (Given the column, I presume this means they played it.) I mean, I believe you listened to XRT at all hours of the day, but I also believe I’ve heard her played back then, not just in the past twenty years. It wouldn’t make any sort of sense for a station like XRT not to play her, and clearly she had her fans there, like Lin, who was the music director at the time. Anyway, I’m derailing this. Back to the AMA. So what are your top 5 Kate Bush songs (I know it’s hard to rank these things)? What song best serves as an introduction for people who are unfamiliar with her work? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/28 "2022-06-08T06:38:45Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > In addition to “Games Without Frontiers,” she sang a duet with Gabriel on his song “Don’t Give Up.” Also, this cover (original by [Roy Harper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3SiFY3W1Hw)), from a TV special: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bvt5YnocRp8/hqdefault.jpg "Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel - Another Day") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvt5YnocRp8) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/29 "2022-06-08T07:00:57Z")
Can you link to the quote? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/30 "2022-06-08T07:55:45Z")
I would’ve thought Wuthering Heights was Kate Bush’s best known song, but apparently not. WH, Wow, and Babooshka are the ones I’ve heard on the radio, WH more than any other. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/31 "2022-06-08T08:53:51Z")
I’m surprised no one mentioned _Wow_ until Richard Pearse. That’s the first song I think of when I think of Kate Bush. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0ar7vovnH5I/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGOBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgXChMMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDlZL2ArC-F1P51qJEeKRkrebYSYA "Kate Bush - Wow - Official Music Video - Version 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ar7vovnH5I) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/32 "2022-06-08T09:14:48Z")
If asked, I would have said her most well-known would have been either: _Running Up That Hill_ - because it seems to be the one that gets covered most, including by some moderately well-known acts like Myers and First Aid Kit and Placebo; or _Wuthering Heights_ - because it’s her most successful single and for many still the most _KT_ song. with an outside chance of _Cloudbusting_ and _Big Sky_ from MTV play. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/33 "2022-06-08T11:23:58Z")
I had never heard of Kate Bush until 2014. In 2014 I read about a book with 1001 albums to listen to before you die. I checked out those I didn’t know. That’s where I discovered Kate Bush. She’s now one of my favorites. One of my favorite songs that hasn’t been mentioned yet is Rubberband Girl. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/85wZw1O83aE/hqdefault.jpg "Kate Bush - Rubberband Girl - Official Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85wZw1O83aE) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/34 "2022-06-08T11:35:03Z")
Bottom right here, if this works: > **[Billboard](https://books.google.com/books?id=ICUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22kate%2Bbush%22%2Bwxrt&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR7MzJ8Jz4AhVFA50JHaqjD0IQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=%22kate%20bush%22%20wxrt&f=false)** > > In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest... ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/35 "2022-06-08T11:53:21Z")
At any rate, it’s possible I’m conflating XRT with Q101 as to where I heard Kate Bush on the radio often enough in the Chicago market. Q101 did play “Rubberband Girl” a good bit back then. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/36 "2022-06-08T12:31:01Z")
Love Kate Bush, have done since Wuthering Heights, No idea what “AMA” means though ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/37 "2022-06-08T12:32:28Z")
“Ask me anything” ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/38 "2022-06-08T13:06:25Z")
Ah! never heard that before. (well, of course I’ve heard someone say “ask me anything” just never seen it abbreviated like that) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/39 "2022-06-08T15:46:44Z")
In the context of this thread I had decided it meant “Am Mad About”. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841/40 "2022-06-08T16:02:18Z")
Am Mad About about Kate Bush is redundant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-about-kate-bush/965841.md?page=3)