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Kate Bush
Born 1958-07-30 · Bexleyheath, Kent, UK
Kate Bush is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and producer who has captivated audiences with her unique and enchanting musical style. Born on July 30, 1958, in Bexleyheath, England, Bush rose to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s, becoming one of the most influential and innovative artists of her generation. Known for her ethereal voice, poetic lyrics, and eclectic musical arrangements, Kate Bush has created a diverse body of work that defies categorization. Her music incorporates elements of art rock, progressive rock, pop, folk, and even classical influences, resulting in a distinct and mesmerizing sound that is entirely her own. Bush's career took off with the release of her debut album, "The Kick Inside," in 1978, which featured the chart-topping hit "Wuthering Heights." She continued to push boundaries and experiment with her subsequent albums, such as "Hounds of Love," "The Dreaming," and "Aerial," showcasing her mastery of storytelling and musical innovation. Her enduring legacy as a visionary artist continues to inspire and resonate with fans and musicians alike, solidifying her status as an iconic figure in the world of music.
Acting credits
6.5The untold story of the Abbey Road studio, all-star interviews and intimate access to the premises.
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
A short film from Kate Bush
Experiment IV
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10.0Original Hits & Video Clips
Greatest Hits Of The 70's
2001
NRA documentary from about Kate Bush's live tour in 1979. Two versions of the documentary were produced: one with a German voice-over during the interviews with Kate Bush, broadcast on 17 May 1980 by German broadcaster SWF3. A version with Dutch subtitles was shown on Dutch television on 8 March 1981 by Dutch broadcaster VARA. The live performances in this film were shot in Hamburg (Germany) on 28 April 1979, and Mannheim (Germany) on 8 May 1979. The following songs are shown in this documentary: Room For The Life, Strange Phenomena, Violin, In The Warm Room (in part), Hammer Horror (in part), Kite, and Wuthering Heights. Kate is also interviewed in between the songs, as well as a rare television appearance of both her parents.
Kate Bush In Concert
1980
NRIn 2020 the BRIT Awards celebrated a massive 40th ever show. In this documentary Jack Whitehall delves into the archives to narrate an entertaining look back at over four decades of highlights from Britain’s biggest music show.
The BRITs at 40
2020
8.0In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty's first four Secret Policeman's Ball shows, the UK's alternative comedy scene (and a few of the old guard) put on a fund-raising comedy revue at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London. The show's took place on 4-6 April, a recording was broadcast by the BBC on 25 April.
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
8.0The Wuthering Heights singer gives a rare interview in 1989, in which she talks about her album The Sensual World and the influence of Alfred Hitchcock on her music videos.
Kate Bush: The Sensual World - The Video
1990
7.0In 1978, a young unknown singer with a flute-like voice captivated the world with Wuthering Heights, a song inspired by Emily Brontë's novel of the same name. Discovered by David Gilmour, guitarist with Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, aged 19, succeeded in imposing her choices on her record company: for the first time, a song composed by a woman reached the top of the UK charts.
L’odyssée musicale de Kate Bush
2022
NRLes Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and bride exchange insults and a gun battle ensues in which many guests - and Les Dogs - are casualties though the happy couple escape. Victor, who has wandered in on the scene, is asked to take wedding photographs and has a series of dreamlike fantasies all based around his infatuation with Angela.
Les Dogs
1990
NRDocumentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and Brooklyn Vegan named “the most consistently weird and awesome thing on cable television in the ’80s.” This ‘Best Of’ episode features some of the most memorable moments of Night Flight's near-decade long run including restored interviews and segments from Kate Bush, New Wave Theatre, David Lynch, Prince, Wendy O Williams, Divine, Billy Idol, Johnny Rotten, and much more Night Flight treasures from the archive.
Night Flight: Born Again
2016
NRGroundbreaking and visionary, this is archival documentation of Kate Bush’s one and only tour. Originally known as the “Kate Bush Tour” as well as the “Lionheart Tour”, it later became known under the moniker “The Tour of Life”. The only official video release from the '79 tour was an abridged 12-song set titled “Live at Hammersmith Odeon” in 1981. In 1994, "Live at Hammersmith Odeon" was released as a VHS box set that contained a CD of the performance. This footage presents the tour performance from beginning to end and consists of all three acts as well as encores and backstage warm-ups. The audio is from the soundboard recording of the concert.
Kate Bush: Live at Manchester Apollo
1979
6.0This film reviews the music and career of one of the worlds most influential performers, singers and songwriters; arguably the most unique female artist ever. It includes rare musical performances never available before on DVD.
Kate Bush: Under Review
2006
7.5She became famous at a very young age and gradually slipped away, cultivating her legend and her mystery. Kate Bush, pioneering artist, is at the heart of a captivating documentary broadcast on Arte.
Kate Bush: The Sound Witch
2019
7.8ABBA star in their first European TV special, recorded on location in the Swiss Alps. Also featuring special guests Kate Bush and Roxy Music.
ABBA in Switzerland
1979
9.0A little shrew searches for Hope as she makes her way across a bombed-out city.
Little Shrew (Snowflake)
2025
5.7Between 1978 and 1994, Kate Bush appeared on a variety of BBC programmes, including Saturday Night at the Mill, Ask Aspel, the Leo Sayer Show, Wogan and Top of the Pops. This compilation showcases her performances of hit songs such as Wuthering Heights, Babooshka, Running up That Hill and Hounds of Love, alongside other intriguing and lesser-known material in the BBC studios.
Kate Bush at the BBC
2014
NRA documentary that collects for the first time and in an almost anthological way the historical repertoire of the Lindsay Kemp Company's shows, from the end of the 70s to the 90s. With footage from the Rai Teche and private archives, and an intimate and touching unpublished interview conducted by the director in her home in Livorno. The documentary is unique in its kind because it collects for the first time in an almost anthological way the repertoire of the shows of the glorious Lindsay Kemp Company from Salome to Flowers, from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Duende and Onnagata, up to the last show Kemp Dances. Lindsay Dances celebrates one of the most original, creative, and innovative artists in contemporary dance theatre. The documentary was nominated by Rai for the 72nd edition of the Prix Italia 2020.
Lindsay Dances - Theatre and life according to Lindsay Kemp
2020
9.0On 12 May 1978, Kate made her debut on Dutch television in a program that has gotten to be known as “De Efteling Special”. The amusement park De Efteling served as a backdrop for six songs of The Kick Inside: Moving, Wuthering Heights, Them Heavy People, Strange Phenomena, The Man With The Child In His Eyes, and The Kick Inside. On 10 May 1978, the Efteling was ready to open the Haunted Castle, the most expensive attraction it had ever constructed (designed by Ton van der Ven), and they wanted to promote it. In April a documentary featuring the Haunted Castle was made by filmmaker Rien van Wijk, who was eager to shoot in the latest attraction before it officially opened. Kate, who just had a big hit with Wuthering Heights, was approached for a television special that would promote both Efteling and her songs. This is the original broadcast of May 12, 1978. The original 16m film is lost; this is a copy of the uMatic version that is the only version left.
Kate Bush: Efteling Special
1978
NRThis is one of the 14 of a 14 DVD/CD box. All the Top 80'S hit songs video clips. Tracklist 1 – Earth And Fire Weekend 2 – Diana Ross My Old Piano 3 – Freddie Aguilar Anak 4 – Goombay Dance Band Sun Of Jamaica 5 – Lipps, Inc. Funky Town 6 – Doris D And The Pins Shine Up 7 – Kate Bush Babooshka 8 – Johnny Logan What's Another Year 9 – Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight 10 – Kool & The Gang Celebration 11 – The Nolans I'm In The Mood For Dancing 12 – Gibson Brothers Que Sera Mi Vida 13 – Godley & Creme An Englishman In New York 14 – Sniff 'n' the Tears Driver's Seat 15 – Kelly Marie Feels Like I'm In Love 16 – Janis Ian Fly Too High 17 – Spargo You And Me 18 – Herman Brood & His Wild Romance Hot Shot 19 – Robert Palmer Johnny And Mary 20 – Barbara Dickson January, February
Back to the 80's 1980
2004
7.2A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
6.9This documentary explores Kate Bush's career and music, from January 1978's Wuthering Heights to her 2011 album 50 Words for Snow, through the testimony of some of her key collaborators and those she has inspired.
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
2014
8.0Featuring astute track-by-track analysis, this in-depth retrospective revisits British pop-rocker Kate Bush's epic 1985 release "The Hounds of Love," with noted journalists, musicologists and a host of insiders weighing in on the austere masterpiece. Rounding out the 90-minute video are live and studio performances of each song on the album, archival interviews with Bush and contributor biographies.
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love: A Classic Album Under Review
2009
NRAn avant-garde artist, the star with theatrical performances, inspired choreography, and a sublime soprano voice is often cited as a major influence by a new generation of artists. How has she, known as the "sorceress of sound," managed to transcend eras and trends, remaining as modern and fascinating as ever?
Kate Bush: The Timeless Genius
2025
10.0A feat that fully matches its title, an alphabetical trawl through both the history of British music and Russell's own likes and dislikes, the latter summed up by a scene in which he takes a phone call and listens for a bit before concluding that 'it's either an obscene call or the beginning of Michael Tippett's Fourth Symphony.' Gleefully exploiting an already contrived format, Russell uses alphabetical coincidence as an excuse to throw wildly disparate material together: Elgar is fused with Elton John, Holst with Heavy Metal and Punk with Purcell.
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988
Behind the camera
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Babooshka
2024
9.0A little shrew searches for Hope as she makes her way across a bombed-out city.
Little Shrew (Snowflake)
2025
9.0A little shrew searches for Hope as she makes her way across a bombed-out city.
Little Shrew (Snowflake)
2025
7.2A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
7.2A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
7.2A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
7.8A live performance from Kate Bush's critically and commercially successful The Tour of Life, recorded on May 13th, 1979.
Kate Bush: Live at Hammersmith Odeon
1981