This episode’s a bit schizophrenic! Firstly, we look at Kate Bush, whose first single “Wuthering Heights” was released against the wishes of her record company – too long and too weird, they said. We all know how wrong they were, don’t we?
Our Album You Must Hear Before You Die is "Junkyard" by The Birthday Party, a band who embodied chaotic, confrontational music. This is as far as you can get from Kate Bush! As you can guess, Mick loves them!
Knockin’ on Heaven's Door looks at Mike Vernon, Denis Locorriere (of Dr Hook fame), and members of Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Motorhead.
Enjoy!
References: Kate Bush, Dennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, "Sylvia's Mother", “The Cover of 'Rolling Stone', Ray Sawyer, Shel Silverstein, abortion, Mike Vernon, David Bowie, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (featuring Eric Clapton), Fleetwood Mac, “Albatross”, Bo Diddley, Storyteller. The Complete anthology 1964-1990, Rod Stewart, David Clayton-Thomas, Carl Georg Viktor "Jojje" Wadenius, Phil Campbell, Lemmy, Hawkwind, Robert Dimery, The Birthday Party, Junkyard, Tony Cohen, Nick Launay, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Rat Fink, Nick Cave, Bad Seeds, “The Firstborn is Dead”, “Tupelo”, “From Her to Eternity”, “Mutiny in Heaven”, Caulfield Grammar School, Mick Harvey, Phill Calvert, Rowland S. Howard, "Big-Jesus-Trash-Can", "She's Hit", "6" Gold Blade", Tracy Pew, Midnight Oil, “Half Deaf and Completely Mad”, Tony Cohen, David Gilmour, EMI, Ricky Hopper, "The Kick Inside”, KT Bush Band, Andrew Powell, Emily Brontë, Lindsay Kemp, Lionheart, Stuart Elliott, Cockney Rebel, Fear of Flying, Before the Dawn, “Kite”, “The Man with the Child in his Eyes”, “James and the Cold Gun”, "Wuthering Heights", “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”, Hounds of Love, "Running Up That Hill", "Cloudbusting", Stranger Things, Aerial, "Bertie", 50 Words for Snow, Peter Gabriel, “Games without Frontiers”, “Don’t Give Up”
Playlist - All the music and artists we talked about in this episode
Kate Bush Interview
Kate Bush Intro - 1978
Kate Bush with David Gilmour
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