My Video Collection


This catalogue of Kate's TV performances are borrowed from Andrew Marvick's list of unofficial videos(*) in the old non-html'ized version of the Garden archive.
Entries with "-" sign in "Tapes" field are missing in my collection. If anyone can offer them, please contact me!
(*)last updated 12/01/88
Synopsys: sources of tapes
aspel Love-Hounds Aspel tape-tree
brad Personal trade
official Official releases
funhouse Tapes from "Funhouse", a Japanese bootleg shop
lh-a Love-Hounds Collection, tape A
lh-b Love-Hounds Collection, tape B
rare Bootleg "Rare TV LIVE"
rona Personal trade
sp Bootleg "Kate Bush Special" (funhouse)
topia Kate-Topia (LH compilation 1995)
Num Title Description Tapes
1 "Wuthering Heights" (Rockflix version) This is the earliest record of Kate Bush on video. A promotional film made in February 1978 (perhaps even earlier), it features Kate alone on a heath (representing the Yorkshire moors, presumably), lip-synching to the record while dancing and miming. She wears a red dress, and looks extremely young. This clip was the one which most European nations saw as support for the single in 1978, but in England a later version directed by Keith MacMillan (see entry below) was preferred. It is also the Rockflix video which was later parodied by Faith Brown, to Kate's own delight. -
2 Kite sung live with live backing from the KT Bush Band, on the February 9, 1978 edition of Bio's Bahnhof, after its host Dr. Alfred Biolek. To perform this song, and entry number 3 which immediately followed it, Kate tried valiantly to convey the gist of her choreography despite the necessity of holding on to a microphone with one hand throughout. This was a common handicap to Kate's early television performances, and knowing what her preferred style of presentation is, we can now see how restricting the handheld microphone was for her. Kate wore a red dress and very "seventies" high-heeled shoes. The KT Bush Band all wore white. A large in-studio audience is seen in the clip. This is because the programme was taped in a large disused railroad station. -
3 Wuthering Heights sung live on the German TV programme Bio's Bahnhof, February 9, 1978. Kate sang this track live, but to a pre-recorded backing track. At the conclusion of the performance of entry number 2, a large curtain/backdrop was unfurled behind Kate, obscuring the band. The design on the curtain, apparently chosen by the German television production's crew, featured a picture of their notion of a Yorkshire moor setting: an erupting volcano! At the conclusion of this song Kate was greeted onstage by the host, Dr. Alfred Biolek, who presented Kate with flowers, and waxed fulsomely (and in extraordinarily patronizing German mixed with pigeon-English) about her talent and her inability to speak German to the audience. Kate as usual made a far better impression than her condescending host. brad
4 Wuthering Heights the first of two Top of the Pops performances of this song, February 16, 1978. She is dressed in a black top, red slacks and black stiletto heels. I have never seen this clip. topia
5 Moving and Them Heavy People from a February 25, 1978 edition of Saturday Night at the Mill. I have never seen these clips. -  
6 Magpie Kate's appearance on the U.K. TV programme, late February 1978. (I do not know whether this appearance included a musical performance or not, as I have never seen the clip.) -  
7 Wuthering Heights the "moors", or "field" video, directed by Rockflix in February 1978. This was the first video ever made by Kate, as far as is known. It was originally intended for English television broadcast, but was eventually rejected in favor of the in-studio video directed by Keith "Keef" MacMillan. In this version Kate simply lip-synchs the vocal while performing her choreographic routine. She is dressed in a red dress, and the setting is a large open field or meadow. Trees are visible in the distant background. At the conclusion of the video Kate's figure slowly recedes into the background, through a simply time-lapse special-effect. [This should be the same clip as item 1.] brad  
8 Tonight Kate is interviewed on the BBC current affairs programme, March 16, 1978. I have not seen this clip. -  
9 The Late Late Show Kate's appearance on the Irish TV programme, March 25, 1978. (I do not know whether this appearance included a musical performance or not. I have never seen the clip.) -  
10 Die Efteling Tapes Six videos (some refer to seven, but I only know of six), taped in the Efteling Gardens (a gothic theme-park), Amsterdam, April 1978. These performances are all of a piece. They were all videotaped at the amusement part, using some of the spooky props (moving tombstones and the like) to add a touch of humour to the presentations. The final video seems to have been more carefully worked out; at any rate it reflects its song's narrative far more directly than the others. It features Kate as the doomed heroine of The Kick Inside, dressed in black and veiled. She lip-synchs the vocal while lying in a coffin--more properly, a death-barge--and at the end of the song, she sails slowly down a placid river, evoking images of Elaine and The Lady of Shalott, classic poetical figures of Arthurian legend. Kate is memorably made-up in this video: her hair has been painted white (or perhaps platinum-blond). The result is striking. 1. Moving; 2. Wuthering Heights; 3. Them Heavy People; 4. The Man With the Child in His Eyes; 5. Strange Phenomena; 6. The Kick Inside. aspel, lh-b  
11 Wuthering Heights lip-synch, on an April, 1978 edition of German TV programme Top Pop. Note: Ruud says this is a Dutch programme. Peter says it is German. In it, Kate simply lip-synchs the song, adding her dance routine. Throughout most of the performance Kate's face is super-imposed so that it hovers to the left of a shot of her entire figure. She wears another of her print, midi-length dresses and "seventies" high heels, and her make-up is unmistakably "of its time". -  
12 Wuthering Heights Kate sang this live to a backing vocal; on the German TV programme Scene 78. From April 1978. The KT Bush Band does not appear. Kate makes less of an attempt to convey her dance movements in this performance than she does in the Bio's Bahnhof performance. Her vocal delivery is noticeably more assured, also, and a slight reverb effect adds greatly to the success. She is dressed in a black dress, and her make-up is more unassuming than on earlier the earlier German television appearances. brad
13 Voor de Vuist Weg Kate's appearance on the Dutch TV show, April 1978. I do not know what this appearance consists of. Peter mentions it in his chronology, but I have never seen the clip.) -  
14 Them Heavy People from the U.K. rock programme Revolver, May 20, 1978. Kate is dressed in black tie and tails. [Note: Peter FitzGerald-Morris describes Kate's costume as that of a "Savoy waiter".] This is remarkable for the wonderful strength of the KT Bush Band's live accompaniment. Their performance is exceptionally powerful, and comes across well despite the difficult circumstances of the taping. (Naturally, Kate's performance is equally professional.) Following an introduction by Peter Cook, Kate appears on a cramped television stage in front of a small teen-aged audience, who proceed to dance or shuffle about aimlessly while Kate and the band perform the song. The camera operator seems to prefer the distracted and self-absorbed faces of the adolescent spectators to the spectacle of Kate herself. Nevertheless this is a truly exciting clip. rare
15 Moving (excerpts) from U.K. TV coverage of Kate's participation in The Seventh Tokyo Song Festival, June 18, 1978. The full performance also aired on Japanese TV. This UK clip featured shots of Kate with Japanese hosts and fans, posing in front of Japanese monuments and performing part of Moving at the competition. The British narrator describes the event and its result--Kate shared second prize with the American R-'n'-B female trio The Emotions--in straightforward fashion. The Japanese broadcast featured Kate's complete performance of the song. The song was sung live, with a large Japanese orchestral backing. topia  
16 Kate's Japanese TV commercial for Seiko watches, June 1978 I have never seen this clip. topia
17 She's Leaving Home and The Long and Winding Road (abridged versions of the Beatles songs, sung live with both live and pre-recorded backing), taped at Tokyo's TBS G Studio for the television programme Sound in S, June 23, 1978. I have never seen this clip, but from a tape-recording of Kate's performance I assume that this was part of a programme consisting of cover-performances of the Beatles's music. Kate's evidently took at least a few hours to rehearsd with the elaborate orchestral ensemble, because her voice is augmented by pre-recorded overdubs for the second number. The songs are severely abridged versions of the originals, but Kate still manages to give them her distinctive stamp. topia  
18 The Kenny Everett Video Show, July 10, 1978 Kate's three appearances on the U.K. TV programme. In one, Kate is "interviewed" with cue-notes mixed up. In a second appearance Kate mouths the words "Remember me? I used to be Kate Bush!", and later, "He's so sexy!" in synch with a rough, male Cockney voice. And in the third appearance (I do not have this last one) Kate simply sits silent throughout, unable to get a word in edgeways while Everett talks. brad(part)  
19 Wuthering Heights the second lip-synch of this song for the U.K. TV programme Top of the Pops, summer '78. Kate is dressed in a white gown similar to that worn for the "official" video of the song. Some multiple-image video effects are also very similar. An excerpt from this performance was re-broadcast as the introduction for Kate's appearance on the U.K. TV programme Ask Aspel. Her backing was from a large studio ensemble, with whom Kate had had minimal opportunity to rehearse. Nevertheless, the result is very professional, far more assured than her first Top of the Pops performance. -  
20 Kashka from Baghdad live, solo w/piano on the U.K. TV programme Ask Aspel, September 5, 1978. She is also interviewed. This was a chidren's programme, although its host is more polite and asks more intelligent questions than most of Kate's interviewers had done up until that time. Kate is extraordinarily poised in the interview segments, and her solo performance of Kashka, with self-accompaniment on the piano, is completely assured. All in all, a very satisfying early clip. Brad
21 Hammer Horror lip-synch performed for the October 12, 1978 edition of Australian TV programme Countdown. This clip also includes an interview with Kate and Leif Garrett, who discuss with a genial but vapid host their participation in the previous night's King of Pop awards ceremony. -  
22 Hammer Horror performance from New Zealand TV, October 17, 1978. I have not seen this clip, but I have heard that it is much the same as the performance seen in entry number 22. -  
23 Don't Push Your Foot on the Heart Brake lip-synch from the U.K. TV programme The Leo Sayer Show, November 17, 1978. Kate performs an early routine for the song amid a clutter of emergency traffic-barriers. She is dressed in a pale satin pants-suit. lh-a,brad  
24 TisWas Kate is interviewed (fall '78) by the same woman who would host Razzmatazz in No. 50. In the present brief interview Kate, wearing a black leather jacket, and the other woman are kneeling on the floor, close to the camera. Kate seems quite ill at ease. -  
25 The Man With the Child in His Eyes and Them Heavy People sung live on the U.S. TV programme Saturday Night Live, December 9, 1978. This, the only performance Kate has ever given of her music for American television, is still a vivid memory in many U.S. fans' minds. After a very sincere introduction by Eric Idle, Kate appeared in a shimmering gold body-stocking and perfectly crimped and plaited hair, sitting cross-legged atop a grand piano. The accompanist was Paul Shaffer (now a nationally famous musician in his role as leader of a late-night talk-show's rock band), and additional off-screen backing was heard as well. This performance is also the only unexpurgated version on film, so far as I know. Kate's choreography is brilliant throughout, and adds considerable nuance to the lyrics' meaning. Later in the programme she re-appeared to perform Them Heavy People. For this song she was dressed in a heavy trench-coat and wore a large Borsalino hat--much as in the version performed for the Tour of Life, but without her accompanying dancers. The backing sounded live, and included female and male backing vocals. Her performance of both songs was absolutely flawless, and her enigmatic expression at the conclusion of each--like the whole presentation--was quite unprecedented on American television. Finally, Kate appeared on-stage during the end-credits, along with all the other guests and cast-members. sp,lh-b,rare,brad  
26 The San Remo Music Festival Kate appears as guest of honour. Italian TV, January 1979. I have never seen this clip, and I do not know whether Kate performed or not. -  
27 The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Kate is interviewed by Noel Edmunds, on U.K. TV, January 20, 1979. This is an amiable, leisurely interview. Kate also takes questions from phone-in viewers, and handles all of them beautifully. -  
28 Saturday Morning Show Kate is interviewed about Faith Brown's parody of Wuthering Heights, (w/Brown video), early 1979 (?). I have only seen part of this clip. In it Kate chats briefly with a polite male interviewer, then watches as Brown's parody of the Rockflix video (see entry number 2) is shown, and expresses her admiration for Brown afterward. topia  
29 Wow lip-synch, taped February 18, 1979, for one of the two Abba TV specials in which Kate performed. This aired April 21, 1979 as the Abba Easter Special. This is a relatively straightforward stage lip-synch of the song. Kate is dressed in a vintage evening-gown of faded purple velvet and satin. sp  
30 Thames at Six (also called Thames News) Kate is interviewed on the U.K. TV programme, March 6, 1979. I have never seen this clip. -  
31 Musical Chairs Kate's appearance on the news magazine report about Keith "Keef" MacMillan's work, including the making of the Wow video, BBC 2 TV, March 7, 1978. This brief film focuses equally of MacMillan, Kate's experience during the making of the video, and the topical subject of the rise of a then-new phenomenon: the promotional music-video. Kate predicts a great future for the laser-video-disk, before the home video-cassette market had yet taken off. Her early prediction may well prove ultimately accurate, however. This clip includes footage of MacMillan directing the "flying" special-effect which involved connecting Kate to wires and hoisting her in the air; as well as one or two brief shots of Kate rehearsing the lip-synch. -  
32 Wow lip-synch for Top of the Pops, March 22, 1979. Also shown on the British Rock and Pop Awards in early 1980. Again, this is a straightforward lip-synch with choreography. j Kate is again dressed in a vintage gown. lh-a,brad  
33 Kate Bush On Tour documentary report on the preparations for the Tour of Life, aired on U.K. TV programme Nationwide, April 3, 1979. This film presents a valuable look at Kate's preparations for the Tour of Life concerts. There are brief interview sections featuring Kate, her brothers John Carder Bush and Paddy Bush, and her dance instructor and co-choreographer Anthony Van Laast. At the end of the film Kate is interviewed in a recording studio where she is working on her third album, Never For Ever. funhouse  
34 Live at the Hammersmith Odeon The official, edited videotape of the May 13, 1979 concert from London's Hammersmith Odeon. This videotape is an indispensible record of Kate's Tour of Life shows. It only features twelve of the twenty-three or so songs which were included in the programmes of the original concerts, and much of the ambience of the live performances is lost, partly because of Keef's sometimes intrusive habit of doubling the image at every opportunity, and his reluctance to show a view of the stage as a whole. The effect is to reduce the apparent scale of the concerts, and to give the individual songs an appearance of sameness which they absolutely did not have originally. Nevertheless, this audio-visual record retains the kernel of the live shows, and for that reason it is of tremendous interest and importance. Additional raw footage from this film, never released to the public, was shot during this concert; and some excerpts from that footage was shown to the audience at the official Kate Bush Convention in Romford, England in 1985. No copies of that footage are in circulation among fans, however, so far as I am aware. 1. Moving; 2. Them Heavy People; 3. Violin; 4. Strange Phenomena; 5. Hammer Horror; 6. Don't Push Your Foot on the Heart Brake; 7. Wow; 8. Feel It; 9. Kite; 10. James and the Cold Gun; 11. Oh! England, My Lionheart; 12. Wuthering Heights. official  
35 Kate The "Christmas" TV special, U.K. TV, aired December 28, 1979. This forty-five-minute television programme is the only longform televised performance Kate has given to date. It is by any standard a great success. Not one spoken word is heard--only song and dance. Kate's only guest (aside from the KT Bush Band and her usual dance partners) is Peter Gabriel. 1. Intro music: a simple melodic phrase, without lyrics, sung by Kate while a glittery hand creates the title on the screen. 2. Violin. Pre-LP mix used for lip-synch, without some of the sound effects heard on the final version, other-wise identical. The choreography is essentially the same as that used for the Tour of Life shows. 3. Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1, played by the KT Bush Band as background for the two giant violins (Paddy and his friend Andrew Bryant), who mime an introduction for the next song: 4. Symphony in Blue. Sung live with the KT Bush Band. Kate sings and accompanies herself at the piano. 5. Them Heavy People. Lip-synched to a live recording. 6. A cappella introduction for Peter Gabriel (Peter the Angel Gabriel.) This is sung by Kate, Paddy and one of Kate's female vocal supporters from the Tour of Life, all of whom are dressed as choristers. The brief introduction segues directly into Peter Gabriel's performance of his song Here Comes the Flood, which he sings at an electric piano. 7. Ran Tan Waltz (known at this time as The Ran Tan). Lip-synch to the same mix later released on vinyl. This is, in my opinion, one of Kate's three finest stage performances. An absolutely brilliant piece of modern-dance choreography, packed with subtle narrative details stunningly and beguilingly executed by Kate, Stewart Avon-Arnold and Gary Hurst. 8. December Will Be Magic Again. An early version, sung by Kate at the piano, with Kevin McAlea behind her adding keyboard embellishments on an electric piano. 9. The Wedding List. A video which switches to an in-studio ("live") lip-synch toward the end. The video sections incorporate imagery based on old westerns as well as the Truffaut film The Bride Wore Black. The stage section of the performance is very similar to the live choreography for James and the Cold Gun, in which Kate's character goes on the rampage with a rifle. 10. Another Day. Another video mixed with in-studio stage performance. The music was all pre-recorded, then acted out by Gabriel and Kate, who sit stonily at a tea-table. A second set of pre-filmed images of the characters is seen in a picture-frame behind them. 11. Egypt. A video performance with Kate's flighty, superficial protagonist standing in romantic, exotic clothing in front of a screen on which are projected a series of gritty newsreel shots of the reality of modern-day Egypt. Toward the end two veiled men, referred to by Peter F.-M. as "Phantom Phlingers" (a TisWas surround and threaten Kate's character. 12. The Man With the Child in His Eyes. Again, a combination of "live" performance (Kate singing at the piano) and pre-recorded video (a small inset of Kate cross-legged, performing the choreography for the song, and placed so as to appear like a smaller-than-life figure sitting on top of the piano). At the end the small figure gets up and hurries to another stage where she looks around trepidatiously (watching out for video pixies!) and jumps into a garbage can--which serves as a segue to: 13. Don't Push Your Foot on the Heart Brake. A live stage performance, done to a pre-recorded (?) audio performance of the song; finally fading to end titles, which roll to the accompaniment of the LP version of Wuthering Heights. lh-a,aspel  
36 December Will Be Magic Again video taped for the second of two Abba TV specials (this one called The Winter Snowtime Special) in December 1979. (Sometimes called the "bongos" version.) This is a very simple lip-synch performance of an early mix of the song. Kate, dressed in a red pantssuit, sits in a large wicker chair with red velvet upholstery. Her only other prop is some imitation snow, which she uses to emphasize a few lines from the song. rare,lh-a  
37 TVT Awards Kate receives an award at this English ceremony. UK TV, 1979. I have never seen this clip. I am not even certain whether it is different from entry number 44. -  
38 Babooshka lip-synch/video, taped March 20, 1980, for the U.K. TV programme The Dr. Hook Special. Also includes interview and No. 39. This video was made shortly before the programme aired. It involved some rather complicated video effects. Kate is featured in a rather bizarre costume: on her the right side she resembles a staid Victorian lady in mourning dress; on the left side a glittering, liberated young woman in a silvery jumpsuit, with bright lightning-streaks painted down her "side" of Kate's face. Her figure is lit so that only the "repressed" side of her costume is visible during the verses of the song, and mainly the "free" side during the choruses. After the performance ends, Kate is seen sitting among the members of the American pop group Dr. Hook, whose ill-spoken members crack childish, bathroom-humor asides about and to Kate. Kate, of course, takes everything with good grace, smiling nervously throughout. Finally, after a stunningly ignorant and illiterate introduction by a member of Dr. Hook, Kate's video (never commercially released) for Delius is shown (see entry number 39). rare,lh-a,brad  
39 Delius video, taped March 20, 1980 for the U.K. TV programme The Dr. Hook Special. (Also shown November 25, 1980 as part of a programme about the composer Frederick Delius from the U.K. TV series The Russell Harty Show, November 25, 1980--see entry number 50.) This video, which was never included among Kate's commercial video packages, was made very quickly but after careful preparation (see Paddy Bush's reminiscences about the shoot in an issue of the Newsletter). The setting is a quiet, lazy English riverbank filled with reeds and grass. By the bank is a wheelchair-ridden old man, his body covered by a throw-rug, his head obscured by a large yellow disk resembling a sun. This figure presents an image of Delius much like the one which was depicted in a BBC television film about Delius's late years which was directed by Ken Russell in the early 1970s and which had greatly impressed Kate as a child. Gliding along on the river is a young swan-girl, represented by Kate in a gossamer white gown with wings. The imagery for this performance might nearly as well have served to illustrate Kate's cover version of Donovan's Lord of the Reedy River, as well, so compatible is the imagery. (No video was ever made for the Donovan song.) Also note the re-use of the sun-mask in a scene from the Breathing video. rare,lh-a,brad  
40 Nationwide Kate is interviewed briefly about Breathing, U.K. TV, April 25, 1980. This is the brief interview during which segments from the Breathing video were aired--segments which Peter FitzGerald-Morris claims had been "banned" by the British music-video programmes. -  
41 Edison Awards Kate receives the Edison award and a gold record for sales of Lionheart in Holland. Early 1980. This clip was never aired, is only about thirty seconds long, and has never been seen by me. One Dutch fan has a copy, but is legally barred from copying it. -  
42 Rockdrotting from England--Live in Sweden a film including Stockholm Concert House live footage, April 24, 1979. Kate is seen performing five songs: Moving, The Saxophone Song, James and the Cold Gun, Feel It, and Kite. Two or three of the official videos are also included. The programme aired on Dutch television, early 1980. -  
43 Kate Bush In Concert German documentary with excerpts from live performances and interview clips (conducted in English). A Dutch version, with German voice-over omitted, also exists. Interview segments were filmed in April 1980. 1. Room For the Life; 2. Kate walking on a city street, childhood photos interposed; 3. Interview (Part I); 4. Strange Phenomena; 5. Interview (Part II); 6. Kate exercising; 7. Interview (Part III); 8. Violin; 9. Interview (Part IV); 10. Kate's family introduced; 11. In the Warm Room; 12. Hammer Horror; 13. Interview (Part V); 14. Kate studying a video; 15. Kate at a party; 16. Interview (Part VI); 17. Kite; 18. Interview with John Carder Bush in a mixing room; 19. Wuthering Heights. funhouse  
44 The British Rock and Pop Awards Kate receives and presents awards. With Leo Sayer and Gary Numan. Early 1980. This clip shows Kate bravely handling the wise-cracking remarks of the show's host. After presenting an award to Gary Numan (who accepts via sattelite feed from the United States), Kate is awarded a second prize herself, and remarks: "I'm just glad I'm not on sattelite, because it looks like it really freaks you out!" After this, an excerpt from the lip-synch performance of Wow from Top of the Pops (see entry number 32) is shown. rare,lh-a  
45 Army Dreamers lip-synch, from the German TV programme RockPop, September 1980. This, the "Mrs. Mopp" version, is unquestionably one of Kate's greatest performances to date. It features the simplest of props: Kate, dressed as an Irish housewife, is seen on the television soundstage sweeping up with a broom. She dances is accompanied by two men in uniform. topia,brad  
46 Babooshka lip-synch from the German TV programme RockPop, September 1980. Kate wears a red pants-suit and uses a double bass as a prop. topia,brad  
47 Babooshka lip-synch from the Dutch TV programme Countdown, October 1980. Same costume and prop as no. 38, but with mist. This performance was preceded by a brief video montage (with Dutch voice-over), compiled by the hosts, tracking Kate's video career through Babooshka. -  
48 Army Dreamers lip-synch from the Dutch TV programme Countdown (or Countdown Totaal), October 1980. Sometimes called the "third cigarette" version, this performance features Kate and her dance-group in full battle-fatigues. The performance is similar to that in entry number 52, although the setting and camera angles are entirely different. -  
49 Babooshka lip-synch from the French TV programme Collaro, October 1980. Called the "Christmas" version. Note: This may actually be Italian in origin. It features Kate in a tight, glittery, bluish-purple slit-dress. She dances a very basic version of the video's choreography, without the bass viol which she had used in other television performances of the song. Behind her a series of enormously enlarged Christmas-card designs are projected. rare,sp  
50 The Russell Harty Show Kate shows her video for Delius; and discusses the music of Frederick Delius with Harty, Eric Fenby and Julian Lloyd Webber. U.K. TV, November 25, 1980. The program begins with Kate meeting Harty on stage, hiding a large hammer behind her back, and slyly promising not to hurt him. Later the Delius video is shown, and afterward Kate joins the group discussion about the British composer. Fenby is pressed for an opinion of Kate's song, and politely suggests that Delius would have applauded Kate for "at least doing her own thing." Harty patronizingly accuses Kate of intellectual pretensions in her choice of subjects for her songs, to which she ably and devastatingly replies that "music is pure emotion." Unfortunately Julian Lloyd Webber does not join in the brief and hurried discussion. rare,lh-a  
51 Profiles in Rock interview by Doug Pringle, CITY-TV, Toronto (Canada), December 1980. This programme features a rather substantial videotaped interview with Kate, apparently shot at her family's home. It is split up into small segments, punctuated by several of Kate's official videos. lh-a  
52 Army Dreamers lip-synch shown on the Australian TV programme Rock Around the World, late 1980. (Called the 'beret' version.) Kate and her dance-partners perform the "battle-fatigues" choreography for the song in what appears to be a completely incongruous setting: the brightly chandelier-lit hallway of a posh mansion. brad  
53 Delia Smith's Cookery Kate is interviewed about vegetarianism, and shows examples of her favourite salads. U.K. TV, 1980 (?). This clip was apparently taped in the garden of the family home. Kate talks with great enthusiasm about the healthful dishes which she and her sister-in-law have prepared for the programme; and Kate makes a touching case for vegetarianism, concluding: "I hope people will think about it, because there really is a lot in vegetables!" rare,lh-a  
54 Razzmatazz Kate discusses with the host and a group of children the making of the video Sat In Your Lap. Aired on U.K. TV, July 14, 1981. This clip shows Kate sitting among a group of about fifteen children. She is wearing a skirt over a leotard. She discusses the making of her videos and her way of devising ideas for the visual presentation of her songs; and she shares some of the costume-props which were made and used for the Sat In Your Lap video. Also, two of her official videos are shown. rare,lh-a  
55 Looking Good, Feeling Fit Kate is interviewed during rehearsals for the Sat In Your Lap choreography, U.K. TV, August 6, 1981. This clip features an apallingly silly interviewer, but is nevertheless extremely interesting for its shots of Kate in rehearsal for an early version of the choreography for Sat In Your Lap. About thirty seconds of the rhythm and background tracks (without lead vocals or instrumentation) from the song can be heard; and Kate's execution of the dance moves is very impressive. brad,lh-a
56 Friday Night and Saturday Morning Kate is interviewed by zoologist Desmond Morris about her vocal style. Aired on U.K. TV, November 21, 1981. rare,lh-a
57 The Wedding List sung live during the The Prince's Trust Gala, staged July 21, 1982; from the home video. This is an interesting performance, in that Kate is backed by an all-star band: Phil Collins on drums, Gary Brooker on keyboards, Midge Ure and Peter Townsend on guitars and backing vocals, and Mick Karn on fretless bass. Kate's movements are severely limited by the necessity of holding the microphone in one hand; and during her performance the strap of her top breaks--a minor emergency which she covers with admirable professionalism, never missing a beat. rare,sp  
58 The Old Grey Whistle Test Kate is interviewed by Mark Ellin and David Hepworth about The Dreaming single; with the premiere of the video. Aired on U.K. TV, August 17, 1982. Despite the condescending and vapid attitude of these interviewers, Kate manages to say a few very interesting things about the video and its connection with Australia. rare,lh-a  
59 There Goes a Tenner lip-synch from the U.K. TV programme Razzmatazz, September 21, 1982. (Note: This was Kate's only promotional performance of the song.) This performance features a marvellously detailed and energetic dance routine. Kate and her dance-team perform on a cramped, wildly lit television stage, surrounded by teenagers. The video technicians for the show nearly overpower Kate's performance with special effects, but their application does make some sense in connection with the verses; and at the end some virtuosic pre-recorded effects with floating Tenners, Fivers and Ten-Shilling notes are super-imposed over the live routine with remarkable success. Obviously much care and effort went into this presentation. rare, brad  
60 The Dreaming lip-synch--the "giant iguana" or "lizard king" version-- from the German TV programme Na Sowas, late September 1982. This performance is a straightforward routine of the well-known choreography for The Dreaming. The only anomaly is the super-imposed image of a live chameleon, or iguana, behind the figures of Kate and her dance-partners. At the conclusion of the performance the host of the programme shows the small light-box containing the tiny lizard used for the special effect. Then he congratulates Kate in German and English for the sucdess of the new album, the title of which (Dreamin' [sic]) he says he likes especially. brad  
61 The Dreaming lip-synch (called the "stage" version) from the Italian TV programme Riva del Garda, late September 1982. Entries numbers 61-64 all date from about the same time in 1982 when Kate visited Italy to promote The Dreaming single. Her performance (with her dance partners) is basically the same in all four appearances, although there are a few interesting little differences in the dance routines. The sets are all rather garishly lit and glittering television studio environments, and Kate is forced to stand around, expressionless and apparently even a bit annoyed at the delay and lack of drama, while the Italian hosts of the programmes flippantly rave about Kate's career and new album. -  
62 The Dreaming lip-synch (called the "green set" version) from the Italian TV programme Zim Zum Zam, late September 1982. -
63 The Dreaming lip-synch (called the "psychedelic" version) from the Italian TV programme A Happy Magic, late September 1982. This version is distinctive for the distracting and almost constant use of psychedelic solarization effects applied to the simple camera-shots of Kate and her troupe by the overly enthusiastic Italian video crew. -  
64 The Dreaming lip-synch (called the "light show" version) from the Italian TV programme Disco-Ring, September 1982. -
65 Saturday Superstore Kate is interviewed by Mike Read on the U.K. TV programme, October 1982. This rather lengthy guest appearance by Kate on a silly British chat-show in 1982 is remarkable for the blithe ignorance of its host. Kate handles all the nonsense with perfect poise. -  
66 Pebble Mill at One Kate is interviewed by Paul Gambaccini, with the only U.K. screening of the There Goes a Tenner video, on October 8, 1982. A very simple and interesting television interview conducted by the intelligent and low-key expatriate American. -  
67 Kate is interviewed at some length by the French television station France Inter (Note: I am not certain whether this was a television or radio interview, nor do I know the date. It is possible that it is the same as number 79.) -  
68 Suspended in Gaffa lip-synch from the French TV programme, Formule Un Yannick Noah(The Garden archive tells the program name as "Houba Houba"), October 1982. This appearance is remarkable in that Kate is welcomed and introduced by none other than the French tennis star Yannick Noah! He gets Kate to say the title of the song in French (Suspendu au Gaffa), which she does with perfect elocution. The performance follows. Kate has no props, and simply executes a version of the choreography used in the video. She is dressed in a dark body-stocking with a red sash, and is surrounded by a small, teen-aged audience. -  
69 Suspended in Gaffa lip-synch from the French TV programme, Champs-Elysees, October 1982. The choreography is the same as in entries numbers 68 and 70. Kate performs on a typically unmysterious and gaudily lit stage-set, dressed in an odd costume featuring "plus-fours" of some kind. At the end of the performance a quaintly uniformed man with a monocle--perhaps Del Palmer?--rushes onstage, literally sweeps Kate off her feet, and carries her off. sp,rare  
70 Suspended in Gaffa lip-synch--the "puppets" lip-synch--from the German TV programme, Bananas, November 1982. Kate simply performs her routine for the song amid a huge collection of giant marionettes. The broadcast ends before Kate's performance can conclude; but Kate's moves are very confident and eloquent--more powerfully performed than in the official video. -  
71 Sky Channel Launch Kate helps launch the debut of the UK sattelite TV station: four news reports, January 16, 1984. These are of interest only for their brief shots of Kate cutting a ribbon at the new cable-TV station's studios. -  
72 The New Music (Much Music) interview conducted by Daniel Richler for Canadian TV in Kate's dance studio on March 15, 1985. One of the best of all Kate Bush videotaped interviews, though it is rather brief. Richler, like most of the Canadian interviewers, has done considerable homework and shows evident respect for his subject. Kate responds enthusiastically and informatively. This clip shows a view of Kate's own dance-practice studio, and a shot of a painting which Kate keeps on her wall, which she identifies as The Hogsmill Ophelia. -  
73 Running Up That Hill lip-synch from the German TV programme Show Vor Acht (The Before Eight O'Clock Show) August 30, 1985. One of six European/English lip-synch performances of this song, none of which is particularly remarkable. Kate's conception for the onstage version of this song was apparently that it should be performed as simply as possible, and with a minimum of choreographed movement. Most of these video-clips begin with a shot of the drumskin, and the drummer tapping out the familiar march-tattoo of the song. There are no props used for these performances, although Kate's movements occasionally recall the "oratorical" stance which she used in the Wogan Show lip-synch, in which she actually stood behind a podium, a la Killing Joke's Eighties video, which Kate might have been deliberately quoting (she has twice mentioned that song as among her favourites of recent years). brad  
74 Running Up That Hill and The Big Sky lip-synch performances from the German TV programme Peters Pop Show, November 1985. (Also shown on French television.) These two songs are lip-synched as a group in an almost routine manner, without a change in costume or set. The video technician simply applies an odd swirling design over the image during the latter song, which Kate performs using a few of the "boogie" moves that appear in the official video. -  
75 Running Up That Hill lip-synch (shortened version) from the German TV programme Extratour, November 1985. A quite ordinary lip-synch performance, abbreviated by the programme's director. -  
76 Running Up That Hill lip-synch from the U.K. TV programme The Wogan Show, August 1985. Presumably the first of Kate's lip-synched performances of this song, and probably the most interesting, it features the same minimal choreography, but Kate and the band are dressed in curious ankle-length coats, and antique military march-drums are used (as props). Also, Kate herself stands behind a speaker's podium, and delivers the lines of the song as though giving an impassioned political speech. sp,lh-b,brad  
77 Running Up That Hill lip-synch from the U.K. TV programme Top of the Pops, August 22, 1985. A stylish and confident performance, but essentially the same as the various European versions. The choreography is the same as in entry number 76, for example, but there is no podium and Kate is simply dressed in an ordinary (though elegant) pants suit. sp,brad  
78 Rockline Kate is interviewed and video clips are shown on the French TV programme, September 1985. A typically constrained interview for this period, with more or less stock questions and replies. This interview was conducted in English, but was broadcast with the questions dubbed in afterward in French and Kate's replies left intact but given French subtitles. -  
79 Profile 6 Kate is interviewed at some length on the French TV-6 programme (by an English interviewer with French subtitles). Much the same kind of routine interview as in entry number 78, but longer and with the English questions subtitled rather than dubbed into French. -  
80 Running Up That Hill lip-synch (called the "Paddy" version) from the French TV programme Demain c'est Dimanche; September 1985. One of several more or less identical and rather uninspired lip-synch performances of this song which Kate made on UK and European television in the fall of 1985. -  
81 Running Up That Hill lip-synch from the French TV programme Le Jeu de la verite, September 1985. Note: I have heard of lip-synchs of this song on two other French programmes, Champs-Elysees and Houba Houba, but I believe entries numbers 80 and 81 of this catalogue are the only French performances of the song. Again, an unremarkable lip-synch performance of the song. -  
82 Countdown a brief interview on the Dutch (N.B.: not the Australian show of the same name) TV programme, fall 1985. Kate is on her guard, vague in her answers and even a little prickly. She does mention that she would enjoy working with Bryan Ferry, but otherwise pretty much keeps her own counsel. rare  
83 The Old Grey Whistle Test Kate is interviewed about Cloudbusting, and the video is shown, on U.K. TV, November (?) 1985. As in most of her televised interviews from 1985 and later, Kate is here very much more on guard against patronizing or silly questions from her interviewers, and sticks to a set of carefully phrased and relatively formal replies. She projects a far more mature and reserved persona than in earlier years, contrasting sharply with the foolishness of her hosts. sp,lh-b  
84 Live at Five Kate is interviewed by Sue Simmons. New York TV (WNBC), November 1985. This intervew, conducted in the studios of WNBC in midtown Manhattan literally only minutes after Kate had left a wildly over-attended personal appearance at the Greenwich Village Tower Records store, was conducted by one of the two most poorly prepared interviewers in Kate's video career. Ms. Simmons makes several gross factual blunders and manages to seem patronizing to boot. None of which phases Kate in the least, of course. -  
85 MTV Kate is interviewed by J. J. Jackson for the U.S. cable rock-video channel. An additional generic interview, nearly one hour long, is shot, and very brief excerpts are aired on MTV. November 1985. Mr. Jackson's questions are necessarily superficial but are very deftly posed, and Kate seems a bit more at ease and more forthcoming than in the other U.S. interviews. The questioner for the longer, largely unaired interview draws remarkably interesting answers. rona  
86 Night Flight a programme consisting of interview clips and official videos. Clips from this interview also appeared on the programmes Heartlight City and Radio 1990. Date of interview: November 1985. This programme, rather nicely edited from a selection of Kate's official videos and an in-studio interview (see entry number 87), served as an introduction of Kate's work to many new American fans, although it was only aired on cable television stations. -  
87 Night Flight the unedited interview: a dub (of very poor picture quality) of the original unedited working-master from the studio taping of Kate's interview for Night Flight. (Thirty-eight minutes long.) November 1985. So far as I am aware this is the only unedited (not-for-broadcast) video-taped interview in circulation. It is also the most excruciating of all Kate Bush video-clips. For more than half an hour Kate sits absolutely still before an unblinking stationary camera, answering with remarkable patience and professionalism an interminable series of asinine and shockingly ill-informed questions from an unseen American bimbo. Several times Kate is asked to repeat long answers she has just given, simply because the sound technicians had mis-adjusted the microphones. Finally, after the hopelessly inept interviewer finally subsides, Kate is further exploited by the boorish American studio crew, who pressure her into delivering a series of advertising "spots" for a number of television programmes. As usual, Kate suffers through all of these indignities with perfect grace. lh-b  
88 Good Rockin' Tonight, Much Music, The New Music, Toronto Evening News, etc. excerpts from interviews (all dating from the same day, in the same Toronto studios) conducted by Christopher Ward, Nan Devitt and Daniel Richler in late November, 1985. These interviews have a strikingly better atmosphere than their U.S. counterparts, which had been conducted only a day or two before. Much of the credit for this must go to the excellent interviewing techniques of the Canadian hosts, particularly Mr. Ward and Mr. Richler. Both men had prepared well for their interviews and both show evident respect for their guest on camera. Kate responds, consequently, with greater frankness and fluidity than she had in any other interviews of the 1985 promotional campaign. -  
89 CNN a 20-second news clip on U.S. cable TV news station, November 1985. -  
90 CNN (Japanese transmission) Kate is interviewed (4 minutes). November 1985. Another very brief and routine interview, conducted in English and later given Japanese subtitles. -  
91 Hounds of Love lip-synch from the British Phonographic Industry Awards, January 10, 1986. This is a very interesting lip-=synch performance. Kate added a powerfully re-mixed rhythmic introduction to the (otherwise standard mix of) Hounds of Love. She appeared on stage in a black World War II-era suit with a beautiful blouse of white lace. She used a microphone as a prop, although the song was lip-synched. Her band consisted of two drummers with full kits, flanking a third, standing, drummer; Del Palmer at a small synthesizer; and flanking Kate herself, Paddy and Jonathan Williams playing celli (Paddy's efforts obviously faked, Williams's obviously not). In the final moments of the performance Kate's companion from the video, an actor chosen by Kate for his strikingly "period" facial type, appears by her side, dressed in a forties-era suit and slouch hat, and he and Kate perform a few quick but dramatic dance steps, while Kate continues to lip-synch. Kate's make-up is also striking and "cinematic": a very pale, nearly white foundation, with emphatic purple eye-shadow. lh-b  
92 Hounds of Love lip-synch from the U.K. TV programme Top of the Pops, March 6, 1986. This performance, again, lip-synched, unfortunately features none of the special visual touches of entry number 92. It is an efficient but relatively unremarkable performance. lh-a  
93 Under the Ivy a live solo performance from Abbey Road Studios for the 100th broadcast of the British programme The Tube; March 1986. Kate performs the song alone at a grand piano in a studio at Abbey Road (the distinctive parquet floor is visible in the background). The performance is not the same as on the official recording--there are no background vocals, for example. During the video-taped performance solarized cloud imagery appears, leading to slow-motion clips from some of Kate's official videos (while the song continues uninterrupted). lh-a  
94 Do Bears...? a live duet with Rowan Atkinson of a comical song for the Comic Relief benefit shows, April 1986; from the home video. This performance, and entry number 95, are not from the same evening as the performances on the official soundtrack album, though they are very similar. Kate sits beside Atkinson on the stage, dressed in a pants suit, and sings a comical duet (not written by Kate) without cracking a smile--which must have been a challenge in itself during those shows. lh-b,brad
95 Breathing a live solo performance of the song for the Comic Relief benefit shows, April 1986; from the home video. An economical and very powerful live performance of the song, which Kate sings alone on stage, accompanying herself on electric piano. The song is much briefer in this live performance, with the long instrumental interlude from the studio version eliminated. brad  
96 Don't Give Up the first of two videos (duet with Peter Gabriel), November 1986. An extremely simple visual setting for the song by Gabriel, directed by Godley & Creme. Kate and Gabriel stand against a large blue-screen, on a nominal set of rocks and weeds, in a long and more or less static embrace throughout the entire video. Behind them on the screen a huge image of a solar eclipse slowly moves by. This video, by Gabriel's own admission, upset his wife despite his warnings to her prior to the taping; although there is nothing particularly romantic about the embrace. brad  
97 Don't Give Up the second of two videos (duet with Peter Gabriel), 1986 (?). This alternate video for the song features some faded color slow-motion images of drab Americana, with small inset-shots of Kate and Gabriel singing in the corners of the screen. brad  
98 The College Music Awards a brief acceptance speech filmed at Kate's home is aired on U.S. cable TV for a rock music awards show, 1986. This thirty-second-long clip is very amusing. It features an appearance from two of Kate's animal friends from the video for The Big Sky. -  
99 Experiment IV lip-synch from the U.K. TV programme, The Wogan Show, October 31, 1986. One of the most important of all of Kate's television performances. Kate and the band are all dressed in white labcoats, and the instruments include at least two Fairlight CMIs. Kate herself sits behind an elegant desk with a computer and two Egyptian Sphinx-design paperweight/bookends. She is studying several files in manila folders, much as the "General" is doing in the official video. Clearly a great deal of preparation and care went into the preparation of this set and the performance. Midway through the song the violinist Nigel Kennedy appears in military uniform and plays to Kate, sitting on the edge of her desk. During the mysterious "secret-message" section of the song a new camera-angle showing the screen of the monitor on Kate's desk is seen, and on this screen, super-imposed over a jumble of data, what looks like Paddy's head appears, mouthing some indecipherable (?) words in synch with the spoken "messages" heard in the record (between the lines "It could sing you to sleep" and "But that dream is your enemy", and again directly after the latter line). Altogether a fascinating and intriguing performance, and far more challenging than other artists' television lip-synchs. lh-b  
100 Music Box Kate is interviewed at some length, at the London Palladium. Shown on U.K. (Sky) TV, ca. 1985-86. I have never seen this interview. topia  
101 Be Kind to My Mistakes a promo-clip, shown on Italian television. Note: I do not know whether Kate appears in the clip. On the slight chance that she does, I have included it here. -  
102 British Phonographic Industry Awards Kate accepts and presents awards. Shown on U.S. TV, Spring 1987. She is dressed in an elegant form-fitting black suit, with hair swept up and one gold earring. After winning and accepting her award for Best Female Artist, she is more or less dragooned into announcing the winner of the Best Male Artist award--a chore which clearly becomes easier to bear when she reads off Peter Gabriel's name for the award. -  
103 The Making of Ferry Aid Kate appears briefly in excerpts from a film about the Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster Let It Be single, an all-star cover version of the Beatles song. Summer 1987. lh-b  
104 The Story So Far a forty-five-minute documentary on Kate's career to date, compiling videos as well as excerpts from earlier interviews with Kate by Daniel Richler (see number 28) and Christopher Ward (see number 35); and adding a follow-up interview with Kate conducted in 1987 by Laurie Brown at Kate's home in England. Aired on Canadian TV, summer 1987. (The Laurie Brown interview was also broadcast by itself as a half-hour programme on Canadian TV.) This interview is one of the best of all video-taped interviews to date. All of Laurie Brown's questions are carefully researched, considered and worded, and Kate's answers, consequently, are frank and very enlightening. The interview was conducted at Kate's own home in England, and there are one or two shots of the back garden and the interior of one room. Kate is clearly in the midst of recording: although the lighting is not flattering, she does appear heavier than she had during the 1985 promotional tour--no doubt a quite temporary condition brought about by the long and sedentary work-schedule. By the time of this writing Kate is probably as lean and fit as ever--in preparation for the Tour of Life II (!). funhouse  
105 Running Up That Hill and Let It Be (live) Kate performs live at the London Amnesty International Benefit, called The Secret Policeman's Third Ball. Europe/UK Superstation, autumn 1987. I have not seen this clip, but I understand that Kate is dressed in a kind of horse-riding suit, with high boots. She is accompanied by an all-star band, including David Gilmour on guitar and backing vocals. lh-b,brad
106 Kate Bush Special--Video-Music a programme aired on the Italian Music Channel, 1987. I have not seen this clip. It probably does not contain any new or exclusive footage of Kate, but on the slight chance that it does, I have included it here. topia(?)  
107 Off the Wall Kate appears on the U.K. television programme, 1987. I have not seen this clip. -  
108 Summer Sunday Kate appears briefly in a report on the Shop Assistance charity event, U.K. TVAM, July 31, 1988. I have not seen this clip. Kate participated in the event on what happened to be her birthday (7/30), by working for a day as a shop assistant at Blazer's boutique. While there she was presented with a birthday cake. -  
109 Rough Guide to Europe Kate comments on London, U.K. BBC2, August 22, 1988. I have not seen this clip. -  
110 Rhythms of the World Kate appears on a segment from the episode devoted to the music of Bulgaria. Taped November/December 1988, aired March 1989. I have not seen this clip. In it Kate is seen singing very briefly with the Trio Bulgarka, and working on a track from her forthcoming sixth studio album with the Bulgarian singing group. rona
111 Spirit of the Forest Kate appears for all of fifteen seconds, singing alone in a London studio her vocal contribution to a song by the group known as Gentlemen Without Weapons. The song and video are made in support of a fund to preserve and increase awareness of the Brazilian rain-forests. In format this video is extremely similar to the Ferry Aid single's video, as is Kate's part in it. -  
112 The Sensual World Official video, co-directed by Peter Richardson (of Comic Strip fame) and Kate. official  
113 Love and Anger Official video, directed by Kate on short notice, initially for the U.S. market. official  
114 This Woman's Work Official video, directed by Kate in support of the second UK single. It features Tim McInnerny, best known for his work as a comic actor on The Comic Strip and the Blackadder series. official  
115 This Woman's Work Lip-synch performance on The Wogan Show, January 1990. lh-b  
116 The Comic Strip--"Les Dogs" Kate plays the role of The Bride in a film made for the ongoing British comedy series. This is her first-ever acting role, outside of her work in videos and on stage. rona  
117 Rapido Kate appears (briefly) three times in all, in excerpts from a single interview conducted at her home studio (behind the mixing desks, with Del) for this UK series. rona,lh-b  
118 ABC World New Tonight Kate appears very briefly on the U.S. national news programme, talking about the influence of the Trio Bulgarka in a piece about the growing world-music phenomenon in pop. -  
119 MTV Kate appears in a total of five or six ten-second interview sound-bites, discussing her career and the new album. The interview dates from her January 1990 trip to New York City. -  
120 Eight o'clock news, La Cinq Kate appears on the French television station in an interview given in Paris on or around April 10, 1990. -  
           
  Rocket Man Rocket Man Lip Sync with band, in Wogan Dec 1991. -