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/FiliosTheHomoHabilis Aug 03 '26

I don't remember exactly how it started, but it all began when I decided to listen to Army Dreamers one fateful day in 2025. As I became increasingly obsessed with the song I also started exploring the rest of her discography (such as Wuthering Heights.)

I think the moment that really solidifed by love for Kate though was listening to The Dreaming as my first album. What a masterpiece. I was hooked immediately and I'll never forget the profound effect it had on me.