The Women Warriors

[Yasmine]

The early days


Born 30th July, 1958 in Bexleyheath Kent.

Began violin lessons at the age of 9 but interest in the piano soon took over.

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd introduces Kate to EMI who sign her while she is still at school.

Studies mime and dance with Lindsey Kemp amongst others.

Releases first single "Wuthering Heights" in January, 1978 wich becomes a No. 1 hit.

Debut album "The Kick Inside" released in February 1978, is a Top 3 success that goes on to sell over one million copies in the U.K.

The album "Lionheart" is released December 1978.

Makes "live" debut with a 30-date European tour in Spring 1979. Each 2 1/2 hour show, a mixture of music, dance and mime, was a complete sell-out. "Never For Ever", released in September 1980, becomes her first No.1 LP.

"The Dreaming", entirely self-produced, is released September 1982 and becomes her fourth Top 10 album.

"Hounds Of Love", a No.1 album in September 1985, spawns massive hit single in "Running Up That Hill" and "Cloudbusting". The video for "Cloudbusting", wich features Donald Sutherland, remains one of the most memorable pop videos ever.

In 1986 Kate duets with Peter Gabriel on the Top 10 single "Don`t Give Up" and releases her first retrospective "The Whole Story" in November, a No.1 multi-platinum success.

"The Sensual World", featuring guest artists Nigel Kennedy and The Trio Bulgarka, is released October 1989 and becomes her 7th Top 10 album.
Kate makes an appearence as a blood-spattered dride in The Comic Strip TV film Les Dogs (1990).

The career-encompassing boxed set, "This Woman`s Work" is released October 1990.

Kate`s version of Elton John/Bernie Taupin classic "Rocket Man" is released as a single. Taken from "Two Rooms" tribute album it reaches No.12 on the chart in December 1991.

"Rubberband Girl", the first single from the new album "The Red Shoes" is released September 1993.

"The Red Shoes", released 1st November, was written and produced by Kate Bush and features artists such as Lenny Henry, Jeff Beck, Nigel Kennedy and The Trio Bulgarka plus some very special guests. The album title is taken from the innovative 1948 Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger film about a pair of magic dancing shoes.


It would be another 12 years before Bush would resume her recording career. Rumors of a new album began circulating in the late '90s. During this time, Bush became a mother and quietly retreated to her countryside home on Berkshire, Reading, England. In 2005, Bush finally released her follow-up to The Red Shoes, the double-disc set Aerial. ~ Internet sources


Some of Kate's old music, 1978, two of my personal favourites,
from her album 'The Kick Inside',

"Kate Bush has avoided any but the most limited live concert appearances, primarily in support of certain charitable causes. By this time, Bush was established as one of the most challenging and eccentric artists ever to have achieved success in rock music, with a range of sounds and interests that constantly challenged listeners....."



Them heavy people

Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.

They arrived at an inconvenient time.
I was hiding in a room in my mind.
They made me look at myself. I saw it well.
I'd shut the people out of my life.

So now I take the opportunities:
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me.
I must work on my mind. For now I realise:
Everyone of us has a heaven inside.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.

They open doorways that I thought were shut for good.
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu.
They build up my body, break me emotionally.
It's nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling!

I love the whirling of the dervishes.
I love the beauty of rare innocence.
You don't need no crystal ball,
Don't fall for a magic wand.
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball...







Room for the life

Hey there, you lady in tears,
Do you think that they care if they're real, woman?
They just take it as part of the deal.
Lost in your men and the games you play.
Trying to prove that you're better, woman.
But you needn't get heavy with them.
Like it or not, we were built tough,
Because we're woman.

No, we never die for long,
While we've got that little life
To live for, where it's hid inside.
No, we never die for long,
Oh! Woman, two in one,

There's room for a life in your womb, woman,
Inside of you can be two, woman,
There's room for a life in your womb, woman,
Mama woman, aha!

Night after night in the quiet house,
Plaiting her hair by the fire, woman,
With no lover to free her desire,
How long do you think she can stick it out?
How long do you think before she'll go out, woman?
Hey! Get up on your feet and go get it, now.
Like it or not, we keep bouncing back,
Because we're woman.

No, we never die for long,
While we've got that little life
To live for, where it's hid inside.
Oh! Woman, two in one,

There's room for a life in your womb, woman,
Inside of you can be two, woman,
There's room for a life in your womb, woman,
Mama woman, aha!

A-mama-woma-mama-woman-aha!
A-mama-woma-mama-woman-aha!
Oh, mama-woman, two-in-a-one, aha!
Oh, two in one, aha!
Oh, woman! Woman! Woman! Woman!
There's room for a life in your womb!
There's room for a life in your womb!
Two in one, aha!
Two in one! Two in one! Two in one!
Room for a life in your womb.


yasmine
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