"Hounds Of Love"Kate Bush
The title track from her definitive 1985 album, "Hounds of Love" shows off everything that's great about Kate Bush - big pop hooks, drums that were obviously recorded in the eighties, sensuality, unabashed romanticism, and idiosyncratic vocals. The chugging single-note cello parts give the song the perfect propulsive energy. One of many artists that got a lot more attention in England than in the States, Bush is becoming something of a cult chanteuse as more and more younger people discover her music. This is not her strangest song, or her most comlex, but in my opinion it is easily her most charming. Plus, it spawned an excellent cover by the Futureheads some twenty years later. They give the song a classic punk treatment and inject it with some delightful energy, but they can't touch the magic of the original.
3 comments:
Hey Ryan -
Just wanted to let you know that there's another version of "hounds of love" out there. I actually just found it today at an australian blog
http://www.ezarchive.com/original/gblk/RaRaRiotHoundsOfLove.mp3
It's by Ra Ra Riot, and actually stays quite true to the original - just kicking it up a notch. Enjoy!
well dang. the original is at the blog (about 1/2 way down):
http://getbiglittlekid.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the tip-off, Megan!
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