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
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
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
- Concept Video - Kate Bush used to love making weird mini-movies for her songs in the 80s. Notable examples include:
- "Experiment IV", a horror movie pastiche in which a bunch of government scientists in a spooky military facility, including Dawn French and a pre-House Hugh Laurie, create an unstoppable sonic weapon. As you expected it might, the weapon, played by Kate Bush in a ghost outfit, rampages around and kills everyone horribly. Hoorah!
- "Cloudbusting" - this one is based on the life of Wilhelm Reich. The reclusive scientist pursued by naughty government types is played by Donald Sutherland, Kate Bush plays his eight-year old son (in a hilariously unconvincing child costume) and the design of the very cool rain machine (Cloudbuster) was inspired by H.R. Giger.
- "Hounds of Love" - a pastiche Hitchcock thriller.
- The Line, The Cross, And The Curve, a 1993 short film based on her album The Red Shoes, starring herself, Miranda Richardson, and Lindsay Kemp.
- "Running Up That Hill": Largely an elaborate dance piece done as a Take That at those critics who slammed the "Wuthering Heights" video.
- "This Woman's Work": A renarration of the Movie "She's Having a Baby"
- "Misty": an animation about a woman who sleeps with a snowman and wakes up to find that he's melted.
Kate Bush has sent out a message of support to an axed contestant on The Voice UK.
Liam Tamne lost out to John Pritchard in the Battle Round on Saturday's (May 25) show, after they sang a version of Phil Collins and Philip Bailey's 'Easy Lover'.
Liam Tamne lost out to John Pritchard in the Battle Round on Saturday's (May 25) show, after they sang a version of Phil Collins and Philip Bailey's 'Easy Lover'.
will.i.am had previously picked Tamne for his team after he sang Kate Bush's song 'This Woman's Work'.
On her website, Bush wrote that she was "sad" about Tamne's exit and wished him luck for the future.
"I was sad to see that Liam didn't get through on The Voice this week. It must be so tough for all the performers who don't stay in the show," she said.
"Liam, you mustn't be disheartened. You really have a special talent and you're a fantastic singer. You've already been heard and appreciated by a huge audience.
"Try not to be too disappointed. Just keep going. I'm sure that your nan would be very proud of you having achieved so much.
"Good luck with all your future projects. Very best wishes, Kate."
Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue were visibly shocked when will.i.am elected to choose Pritchard over Tamne on Saturday's show.
Tom Eames
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s154/the-voice-uk/news/a485290/kate-bush-sends-support-to-axed-the-voice-uk-singer-liam-tamne.html
I still find out that many fans don't know about this video. So I uploaded it myself.
Köln Frechen Benzelrather Eisenbahn KATE BUSH'S FIRST TV (Kite & Wuthering Heights LIVE) Germany February 9th 1978
Try to pronounce the name if you are not German! :)
Sharmilka
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