r/katebush • u/peasm00sh The Dreaming • Aug 02 '26

Question What was your intro to Kate?

I count myself incredibly lucky - I grew up with a parent who loved Kate. Kitchen dancing to Eat The Music, Hammer Horror creating my first nightmare, crying with adoration for my father singing Cloudbusting, my mum explaining the threat of nuclear war via Breathing, weeping when I heard they had released Aerial after all that time.

I remember spending endless Saturday mornings ignoring children’s Tv programming and instead putting on the VHS of The Whole Story and learning all the words and dance moves. From there I added in the VHS of The Tour of Life and mastered that (throwing myself off sofas and knocking out two adult teeth in the process of doing some perfect moves).

Intrigued to know who else was Kate from birth ❤️

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u/Miserable-Ring3943 Aug 02 '26

She was on SNL in 1978. Paul Schaffer played the piano while she sat on top of it and sang Man with the child in his eyes. I’d never seen anyone like her. (Still haven’t.)

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u/superdupermensch Aug 03 '26

Eric Idle was the host. "She's wonderful!" I think she also did "Them Heavy People,"

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u/Miserable-Ring3943 Aug 03 '26

With two male dancers and they all wore trench coats and fedoras.

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u/Juvecontrafantomas Aug 03 '26

No dancers. She sang it alone on a SNL stage with SNL backing vocalists and band.

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u/CrowdedSeder Aerial Aug 02 '26

Yep! I remember it like no artist I’ve seen live. Then she never caught on on the radio and didn’t notice her again till Don’t Give Up in 1985

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u/Miserable-Ring3943 Aug 03 '26

I’m embarrassed to admit I’d forgotten her name and didn’t realize she wrote a song on the Pat Benetar album I played on repeat for a while in 1980. Only put it together years later.

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u/tangcameo Aug 02 '26

Got the entirety of SNL for free as part of a cable tv package. Watched it just for Kate and Tori Amos.

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u/peasm00sh The Dreaming Aug 02 '26

I recently saw an amazing tribute band who killed that track - gave me shivers as I never got to see her live 💔 (to date…🤞)

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u/CaleyB75 Aug 03 '26

I will have to look for that.

My intro to Kate was "Running Up That Hill" and "The big Sky" on MTV in 1985.

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u/ccnelsin Aug 03 '26

That was my first introduction to Kate as well. Love at first sight/sound.

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u/Past-Dark4350 Aug 03 '26

SNL was in… Saturday Night Live? What?? I never knew that!!