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Kate Bush- The Big Sky
It’s a testament to just how good Kate Bush is that she can make such ridiculous and cheesy music videos and still be taken seriously as an artist. I’ve been listening to a lot of Kate Bush in the last week since I got both The Sensual World and Hounds of Love on vinyl (The new Audio Fidelity marble vinyl remaster is well worth the money, the sound quality is amazing), and The Big Sky has stood out as a song that resonates much more than it used to.
Lyrically, it’s a bit simple, one of the multitude of songs about being a misunderstood dreamer focused on the skies, but its religious allusions and “tell ‘em, sisters” female call to arms add a bit more heft than similar songs might have. The song’s extraordinary quality stems largely from its intense percussion and masterful use of layered vocals to drive the song forward. The vocal layers allow Bush to wander and focus on emotion in her vamping in the last third of the track, and that allows her to fully express the joy inherent in the song, the joy of someone who knows they’re about to take flight.
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