He was in the Navy and away a lot, so it was always special when he was home to wish me goodnight with his soft, haunted eyes. Steve Hogarth, Marillion: “I’m all about the lyrics, of course, and whenever I hear this song, I think of my dear departed dad tucking me in when I was small. The Man With The Child In His Eyes (The Kick Inside, 1978) “Kate Bush’s career is an example of the record industry getting behind youthful creativity and encouraging a raw emerging talent to produce something truly exceptional.” It’s callow youth mixed with accomplished musicianship, and beautifully captured. The whole album is a girl waking up to womanhood. The song has clearly been written by a young, naïve mind. The uplifting bursts still never cease to remind me of the excitement I felt when I first heard it. The Saxophone Song (The Kick Inside, 1978)ĭamian Wilson: “Her beautiful freedom within melody and the sensuality of her work simply captured me. Running Up That Hill is a beautiful fucking song, too. How can you write a song like that? It’s in, what, 7/4? It’s a sing-along pop song, and you don’t even notice the turn on the drums. She carved out her own niche in the pop scene: Wuthering Heights, what a fucking genius song. She was running her own thing nobody else did it. Mikael Åkerfeld, Opeth: “She’s one of those magical artists – there’s not a lot of them, not of that calibre.
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