Kate Bush - Lily preview aka she's gone bats*** crazy again yay!!!!

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"Night of the Swallow" was my first Kate Bush song and a very special one for me.

I didn't know who Kate Bush was, but I did know she'd written that "Pat Benatar song 'Wuthering Heights'," which I'd loved, so I went out to find an album by her. Being in the US, however, I could only find "The Dreaming" (her previous two albums were not released here until later).

I got home and put the needle in the groove (kids, go ask your parents what that means). First the crackle and pop and then...WTF! I was promptly freaked out and scandalized. I was 14. It was $8. I thought it was crap and just unlistenable and I was out $8! Only "Night of the Swallow" seeped in...

...at first.

And then they all came pouring in. They were madness on vinyl. They were weird, but amazing. My brain began to sizzle. I did not sideline my Pat Benatar or Stevie Nicks records by any means, but, well, they did have to move over. Especially when I found out how to import everything else Kate Bush had ever done. If it hadn't been for NOTS (which doesn't stand for "night of a thousand Stevies" in my book), I never would have investigated further.

Thanks, NotS!