Kate Bush voted into RnR Hall of Fame

[Dag_Otto]

I like Kate Bush but understand some of the objections here, but then I remember that she was smart enough to have Prince play guitar on Why Should I Love You? and I forget why we are having this conversation.

[Gyrate]

@Sam_Stone

Look, narwhals get very little representation in rock. I prefer my music to be narwhal inclusive.

In that case: here you go, Sam.

[mcgato]

@Charlie_Tan

Among Americans who cite her as an influence are:
Big Boi, Stevie nicks, Tupac, Suzanne Vega, Solange Knowles, Prince, Fiona Appl.
Here’s a list, that understandably skews Europe/UK, but if you think that influence is an important factor, there are very few, especially women, from that era, that achieved more.

Here is a good video of Big Boi talking about Kate Bush. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWX07G3Q-xs

[Sam_Stone]

@Gyrate

In that case: here you go, Sam .

I bow to our narwhal overlords.

[DaveRaver]

@kenobi_65

She’s actually on two Gabriel songs that got (and still get) a lot of airplay: “Don’t Give Up” and “Games Without Frontiers” – it’s Bush singing the line “Jeux sans frontieres,” which a lot of people mis-hear as “She’s so popular.”

“She is so funky, yeah!”

[MrDibble]

TIL Weebl still exists. A good day.

[Hippy_Hollow]

Seeing this rekindles my faith in the HOF. As was mentioned upthread it’s more encompassing than guitar-based R&R and Kate’s influence, even if folks find her music… esoteric, is profound.

She was discovered by David Gilmour, and is really IMO a multimedia artist (music, dancing, and visual). Seeing the video for “Babooshka” as a prepubescent teen, er, was quite… influential.

So many great songs. Wuthering Heights, The Man With The Child in His Eyes, Cloudbusting, This Woman’s Work…