Catherine "Kate" Bush, CBE (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 35 years.
During the same period as her 1979 Tour of Life, she made numerous television appearances around the world, including Top of the Pops in the United Kingdom, Bios Bahnhof in Germany, and Saturday Night Live in the United States (with Paul Shaffer on piano). On 28 December 1979, BBC TV aired the Kate Bush Christmas Special. It was recorded in October 1979 at the BBC Studios in Birmingham, England; choreography by Anthony Van Laast. As well as playing songs from her first two albums, she played "December Will Be Magic Again", and "Violin" from her forthcoming album, Never for Ever. Peter Gabriel made a guest appearance to play "Here Comes the Flood", and a duet of Roy Harper's "Another Day" with Bush.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush
In 1978 Kate made her debut on Dutch television in a program that has gotten to be known as “De Efteling Special”, which was broadcasted on 11 May 1978 at 19.20 hours on Channel 1 (Ned 1). The amusement park De Efteling served as a backdrop for six songs of The Kick Inside: Moving, Wuthering Heights, Them Heavy People, Strange Phenomena, The Man With The Child In His Eyes and The Kick Inside.
Early 1978 the Haunted Castle is completed and the opening is scheduled on 10 May that year. De Efteling never built such a costly attraction before (it costed 1.6 million Euros at the time) and wanted to promote it as much as possible. The designer appeared in a popular talk show and in April a documentary featuring the Haunted Castle was made by filmmaker Rien van Wijk, who was eager to shoot in the latest attraction before it officially opened. Kate, who just had a big hit in the Netherlands with Wuthering Heights, made her debut on Dutch television in this special. Her popularity was used to draw the attention to the Haunted Castle (and the popularity of De Efteling could draw the attention to Kate).
Birgitte
http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/katebush/EftelingSpecial.html
I found it difficult not to share this freshly uploaded winter treat - the whole of Kate Bush’s Christmas Television Special
from 1979. Filmed in October of that year, the show stars the beautiful
songstress, together with her band and Peter Gabriel. While we have shown one song from this before, we have never managed to find the whole program online until now - and it’s been worth the wait. Enjoy.
Paul Gallagher
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/kate_bush_tv_show_christmas_1979
I was recently asked about this BBC TV special and I thought I'd share my comments here. Kate: Kate Bush Christmas Special
is a stage performance by Kate Bush with her special guest Peter
Gabriel. Though most of the songs are not holiday ones, they come from
Bush’s first three albums (Never for Ever her third album would
be released in 1980 after this 1979 TV special was taped). The
performances include costumes, choreographed dances and a wind machine,
creating an eclectic music TV special to say the least.
This is one of the programs that makes my research quite
difficult--because it calls itself a Christmas Special yet it contains
only one performance of a Christmas song "December Will Be Magic Again"
(a song that wouldn't be released as a single by Bush until the
following year, in 1980). TV programming that calls itself a Christmas
Special and yet contains little to no Christmas entertainment is
actually quite common--especially on the BBC.
Between the end of November and the end of December each year, there is
quite a bit of special programming on television. Remember Elvis' 1968
Comeback Special--it aired in December that year and includes only one
holiday song, a performance of "Blue Christmas." Is it considered a
Christmas special? No, not really. And so, despite its title, the lack
of holiday programming in Kate Bush's 1979 TV special means it
shouldn't be considered a Christmas special either. But the Kate Bush
Christmas Special is certainly worth watching! Check it out:
Joanna
http://www.christmastvhistory.com/2012/04/kate-bush-christmas-special-1979.html
Monday, 3 February 2014
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