Stevie Nicks Loves Kate Bush Ahhhhh!!!

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NPR is currently running the full stream of Kate Bush's "50 Words For Snow."

I warn you, it is a beautiful but very challenging album...seven songs that range up to 13 minutes long and are steeped in space and concept and more than a few influences from Joni Mitchell's later jazz work. The song structures are not even remotely pop.

My favorite so far is "Lake Tahoe" (where a ghost rises from the depths of the lake in order to find a long-lost friend). The one I have the most trouble with is actually the duet with Elton John (where they play star-crossed lovers who've circled one another for centuries). Oh, and the first voice you hear (on "Snowflake") is not Kate, but her 12-year-old son, Bertie.

IMHO, these songs take several listens to reveal themselves, but the best stuff always does.

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/13/142133...words-for-snow