The Kate Bush Singles Rate: The Top 20 Countdown (Tonight at 20:45 GMT)

[Soldi]

Babooshka is a SOLDI FAMILY FAVOURITE!

 

[GNL]

Wow being higher than Babooshka really is a surprise!

You might say it's...

...

Wait for it...

...

Unbelievable

 

[COB]

Love this more than the Kylie version

 

[Tisch]

COME THROUGH WINDMILL ARMS

 

[ButterTart]

Fucking monsters not putting this in the top 5.

 

[RJN]

As someone said in the Youtube comments on Wow:

"Kate Bush is: a better songwriter than you; a better musician; dancer: lyricist; sexier; I give up."

 

[Soldi]

He’s too busy hitting the Vaseline

 

[Iguana]

He's too busy hitting the Vaseline

 

[Tisch]

Love this more than the Kylie version

Okay I was about to ask OMG KYLIE COVERED THIS

Then I realised... But can you IMAGINE?

 

[Soldi]

As someone said in the Youtube comments on Wow:

"Kate Bush is: a better songwriter than you; a better musician; dancer: lyricist; sexier; I give up."

Don’t Give Up! - said Peter Gabriel

 

[Tisch]

"Kate Bush is: a better songwriter than you; a better musician; dancer: lyricist; sexier; I give up."

Rude. They clearly haven't seen the Moopy karaoke videos.

 

[ButterTart]

I really wish songs and videos like this still happened.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Better than the Kylie song. Not that it's a high bar, though

I wonder if Kylie ever experimented with a Screech edit of Your Disco Needs You?

7/10

 

[Soldi]

8. And So Is Love (1994) from The Red Shoes

Average score: 8.875
Highest score: 11 (Raining On Me, wurst)
Lowest score: 7 (lolly, Soldi)

 

[Iguana]

Omg I'm VERY surprised the lovely And So Is Love is so high

 

[RJN]

Rude. They clearly haven't seen the Moopy karaoke videos.

Right! I'm planning on recreating the Babooshka video in its entirety to prove them wrong

 

[Tisch]

And So is Love is SUBLIME. Thrilled that it's this high.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I'm so into this already

 

[Iguana]

More of Dave Guilmour on guitars here

 

[RJN]

And So Is Love would be my 11 (of the 6 songs I know). Stunning

 

[Soldi]

Right! I'm planning on recreating the Babooshka video in its entirety to prove them wrong

Gonna keep reminding you of this until you do!

 

[Iguana]

Btw this video was the inspiration for my last karaoke video!

 

[COB]

And.... SO IS LOOOOOVE!!!

*tiny bird dies*

 

[GNL]

Right! I'm planning on recreating the Babooshka video in its entirety to prove them wrong

There's a distressing lack of Kate Bush karaoke backing trax out there

 

[Tisch]

Right! I'm planning on recreating the Babooshka video in its entirety to prove them wrong

@COB 'memba I told you :emoji_arrow_up: (or rather @RJN did)

 

[Iguana]

I'm so into this already

 

[COB]

Btw this video was the inspiration for my last karaoke video!

Backstage secrets of the stars

 

[ButterTart]

She really did reach PEAK FIT in her 30s.

 

[RJN]

@COB 'memba I told you :emoji_arrow_up: (or rather @RJN did)

What did you tell him?

 

[GNL]

This is GORGE in a very sad way.

 

[Soldi]

7. The Sensual World (1989) from The Sensual World

Average score: 9.25
Highest score: 10 (VoR, Tisch, Iguana, lolly, Soldi, Raining On Me, straightorbroken, COB, wurst, jyxz)
Lowest score: 5 (funky)

 

[Iguana]

She really did reach PEAK FIT in her 30s.

There are three videos still to come where I think she looks her very best

 

[ZenGiraffe]

The verses are EVERYTHING. Touch more from the choruses and this would be perfect.

Why have I set a precedent to mention screeching in every review? She doesn't do it quite as much as you think.

9/10

 

[Iguana]

And THIS is one of them!

 

[Iguana]

THE SENSUAL WORLD IS MY FAVOURITE KATE VIDEO

 

[Tisch]

Unfortunately I do associate And So Is Love with her last public performance before Aerial which was miming this very lacklustrely on TOTP when it reached the dizzying heights of #26. She seemed very over being a popstar at that point, then retreated back to her castle for 12 years.

It really is a sublime song, so best to forget that.

 

[Soldi]

THE SENSUAL WORLD IS MY FAVOURITE KATE VIDEO

NANCY WHY HAVE YOU HACKED INTO IGGY’S ACCOUNT

 

[GNL]

Eugh I need to install ad blocker. Kate keeps getting disrupted by a JIMMY SAVILLE documentary.

 

[Tisch]

What did you tell him?

That you've solidified your place in the next karaoke competition! And backing out is not allowed x

 

[GNL]

The medieval look is a SERVE.