It's possible that she's *too* avant-garde- much like Bjork and PJ Harvey, who could suffer a similar fate?

Posted by JR on Thursday, 06/13/2013 @ 19:11pm

I hope not, those three deserve in.

Posted by GFW on Friday, 06/14/2013 @ 06:29am

@Mers.... I agree with you up to your nasty homophobic comment. Let's leave hate out of the discussion, shall we???

Posted by chuchu353 on Tuesday, 07/2/2013 @ 08:22am

@Mers.... I agree with you up to your nasty homophobic comment. Let's leave hate out of the discussion, shall we???

Posted by chuchu353 on Tuesday, 07/2/2013 @ 08:22am

Bots are weird nowadays.

Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 07/2/2013 @ 08:24am

For any of you who have not heard her earliest recordings, i would really recommend them. the way she arranged her chords/melodies and brought listeners into her world(s) changed many lives and inspired a way of thinking about music and a passion to create. She mixed "Wacky" but classy chords you would expect in a paul penned beatles song with beautiful and sad/strangely tuned ones you would expect in a nick drake song, and created her own genre by doing so. I personally believe that this genre is the future of music.
"something like a song", "organic acid",(probably the darkest thing she ever wrote), "snow", "Surrender into the roses", and "ferry me over" although heard by few and rejected by her initial record company, these are some of her greatest works and up there with the dreaming. It's an incredible thing to just hear her and her piano right around the time her genius was developing.

Posted by luey poo poo on Saturday, 06/21/2014 @ 02:39am

add "the man with the child in his eyes" to "essential songs" please....

Posted by Abby on Saturday, 09/13/2014 @ 00:55am

Apparently Kate Bush inspired Adele's comeback album, which is set to be the biggest album of 2016, maybe even 2017. So we can go ahead and add the most sucessful musician of the 2010's to the long list of people Kate Bush has inspired.

Posted by kate fan on Wednesday, 12/16/2015 @ 21:20pm

I find it strange that "sat on your lap" is an eccencial song, it had very little impact and other songs on the dreaming album were more influential such as "the dreaming", "get out of my house" "all the love" and "Houdini" , and other songs like "breathing" , "woman's work" "rockets tail" "don't give up" and "wow" are also left out

Posted by Mik on Sunday, 07/3/2016 @ 17:24pm

There is not a female artist (and few males) who touch the brilliance of Kate Bush. I live in Alaska, and when I found out she was performing her Before the Dawn concerts two years ago in London, I made the long trip to London with my brother. It was worth it.

Side Two of Hounds of Love (the side without the "hits") is one on the finest album sides ever done, ranking up there with Abbey Road, side two and Dark Side of the Moon (both sides). The "Before the Dawn" concerts presents all that side in its entirety and gave me greater appreciation of her "Aerial" album as well.

Get with it, Rock Hall!

Posted by JakeW on Friday, 09/30/2016 @ 15:47pm

She has snubbed everyone when it comes to letting the world hear her music live. She has put in the touring and the other parts a musician goes to be noticed for her music. Although I love her music she should never be considered for the hall. Her thinking that she didn't need to do what even the Beatles did to be considered as great musicians. It's to bad she she did this to herself. Never should she be in the R&R HOF or even considered.

Posted by John Olivarez on Friday, 10/13/2017 @ 19:20pm

Wow, of all the lame reasons I've heard to keep an artist out of the Hall, "they didn't tour enough" may possibly the absolutely dumbest. There are people who never got to hear any music live because they lived in the outreaches and farming areas. The records and the radio were the only ways to hear an artist. Waaahh, she didn't tour!! Gimme a flippin' break.

Posted by Philip on Friday, 10/13/2017 @ 23:17pm

Seriously John Olivarez? Her not wanting to tour in no way takes away from the greatness of her work. If anything I probably have more respect for her (if possible) because she focuses on her work and family and not the adoration of millions of fans.

Posted by Todd on Wednesday, 12/13/2017 @ 12:22pm

It was absolute bull shit she didn't get in over the mostly weak inductees in 2018 (outside Nina Simone).

Posted by David on Sunday, 07/28/2019 @ 10:37am

The fact she isn't in is a disgrace

Posted by Ben on Wednesday, 11/6/2019 @ 11:21am

She deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Fame... yes she does. Such talented and influential artist who is well known all over the globe (well... not in the U.S) and even though her earlier work dates back from the late 70's still feels like a good glass of wine amongst all these disgusting sodas from nowadays... she's the greatest creative female performer that Britain has ever produced and so true to her roots... no wonder why the disposable American music market never awarded her... talent goes beyond awards... and honestly as a huge fan I know that she does not care... her work and her fans are more important than being recognised by any institution.

Posted by sudane dos santos on Friday, 01/3/2020 @ 18:38pm

Read something on the net today about Big Boi from OutKast trying to restrain his enthusiasm about an implied Kate Bush collaboration, which he apparently can't announce definitely yet. He is quoted as saying his favorite artists are 1A Bob Marley 1B Kate Bush 2 NWA.

Artists from all genres know what a genius Kate Bush is.

Rock Hall?

Posted by Eric Tompkins on Thursday, 07/23/2020 @ 12:52pm

Not to mention, Lorde's 2018 album Melodrama was a huge Kate Bush influence.

Posted by Dave Teves on Saturday, 07/25/2020 @ 10:57am

Without a doubt the most deserving female artist who has not yet been inducted. Writes AND produces! A true underground legend in music. I hope beyond hope the NomCom renominates her this year or soon thereafter. Running Up that Hill is legit one of the greatest songs ever, that song (and album) alone should be enough for induction. (Sat in Your Lap and Army Dreamers are her most underrated songs I think, they are also phenomenal)

Posted by Christian on Tuesday, 09/8/2020 @ 22:58pm

When indisputably iconic, culturally powerful artists like this are actually turned down, it makes a permanent joke out of the whole operation. Who the hell needs a "Hall of Fame" to tell us who made great music, you're clearly a middle-managing joke.

Posted by Matto Gravy on Thursday, 02/11/2021 @ 11:34am

1982 - Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden
1985 - Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush

Posted by Roy on Friday, 02/12/2021 @ 14:26pm

I really hope and thinks she deserves to make it in this year of the nominees.

Posted by David on Monday, 02/22/2021 @ 16:35pm

I cannot think of any modern music artist who even approaches her talent. Original, highly creative, genre-defying, yet accessible, Kate Bush has it all: distinctive, multi-octave voice; plays more than one musical instrument; brilliant songwriter who writes and produces all of her own music; directs her (later) videos; a choreographer and dancer of some ability... what have I missed? Besides all this, Kate is a modest woman of integrity who cares deeply for her family and fans; glory does not mean that much to her - her artistry does!

In spite of this, she will probably be snubbed again; if so, this will form its own comment as to the credibility of those with the power to induct others into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame"...

Posted by Phil Foster on Tuesday, 02/23/2021 @ 04:34am

Phil Foster,

Since you feel very strongly about Kate Bush, please write up a statement for the reasons for her induction. Then like Roxy Music, The Zombies, Radiohead, The Moody Blues and Yes before her, I will place it on the major "prog" sites and encourage my fellow prog aficionados to vote for her.

Well, what do you think?

Posted by Enigmaticus on Tuesday, 02/23/2021 @ 09:13am

Enigmaticus,

I'll take up the challenge:

"From the first notes of the first song ("Moving") on her first album ("The Kick Inside"), the teenaged Kate Bush arrived as a fully-formed, entirely original talent. Crawdaddy's review remarked "Bush's talent for soul-baring would be frightening were it not so ingenuous; she writes from a well of fantasy and feeling". Her "Wuthering Heights" was the first UK #1 written and performed by a solo female artist.

Bush's live performances consist of a single short tour (UK/EU only) and a single residency at Hammersmith some thirty-five years later. Still, that tour greatly expanded on the "third-person persona" ethos of Ziggy and Sgt. Pepper with scripted, choreographed and costumed vignettes accompanying each song. She also had her crew design the first-ever handsfree headset microphone.

Ticket sales for the 2014 Hammersmith residency "broke the internet": 22 shows sold out in 15 minutes. Only Elvis and the Beatles have had more albums simultaneously placed in the UK Top 40. While US audiences may only know her from the "Hounds Of Love album and the "Running Up That Hill" video, she holds a place in the hearts of UK music aficionados equaled or bettered by only the Beatles, Stones, Floyd, Clapton, Zep, Spice Girls (just checking to see if you're reading this to the end) and a couple of other acts.

While Joni and Carole likely spawned the likes of Sarah McLachlan and Jewel, more "avant garde" female artists like Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, and Bjork seem unimaginable without the foundation laid by Kate Bush."

Posted by musicmax on Friday, 03/5/2021 @ 21:06pm

musicmax,

Although your posting is interesting and informative, it is always better to illustrate what Kate Bush means to you personally, rather than what some critics have said about her. Why do you like Kate Bush, what does she personally mean to you and why do you think that she deserves induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame?


Well, what do you think?

Posted by Enigmaticus on Sunday, 05/2/2021 @ 13:27pm

Her music is appearing in TV shows like handsmaids tale and more and more youth are discovering her. Only a matter of time.

The indie rock scene has carried mainstream rock music the last 20 years and she's a huge influence on that. People like tori Amos, Bjork, beck, pj Harvey, Fiona apple, Regina Spector, Florence and the machine and many others are so important to today's sound and the way modern rock has become more equal with the feminine not just the hyper masculine. They can't start being considered in the future till she's In.



Kate bush and the smiths as well as other pioneer alternative acts too are way too big of A snub as rock continues to evolve in a direction they helped pioneer. The illusion that grunge saved rock from "hair rock" is bullshit. It was kept alive by alternative artists like Kate and the smiths. If the hall is real about keeping the spirit of rock alive it's time to start inducting alternative and progressive acts

Posted by Mikhail on Sunday, 07/11/2021 @ 03:12am

Enigmaticus:

I have only just relocated this site (IT/computers not being my strong point): so... my sincere apologies to you for not replying much earlier.

Thank you for your challenge: like "musicmax" (and thank you, musicmax), I, albeit belatedly, accept it.

I realise it's a bit late this time round for influencing – or, should I say, trying to influence(!) those 'fellow-prog aficionados' to which you refer; but I hope – and believe – Kate Bush will be nominated again: in that event, you may – should you deem my comments to be sufficiently powerful/relevant – refer to anything written by me in support of her induction.

Oh... just before my statement, I wish you to know that I will be bearing in mind your reply to "musicmax": you are looking, I assume, for what Kate Bush and her music means to me personally; you will not be looking for quotes of what the critics have said. I intend to do my very best in accommodating your requirement: my reply will only quote one other person (advancing the argument that her music is "prog"); the rest will very much be focusing on the rubric which you have laid down.

Okay, here goes...

Statement in Support of Kate Bush's Induction into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame":

'Well, it's funny: nobody ever applies the term, "progressive rock" to Kate Bush, but to me it's prog... it's everything I love about the best prog... the experimental, dreamy stuff that... came from different places at once... I sit her stuff next to Genesis: the obvious comparison, because of her story with Peter Gabriel.' (Guy Garvey, "Elbow".)

The above quote is one of many I could advance from respected musicians who love the music of Kate Bush; some, indeed, could come from those who have worked with her – or who aspire to do so; some others might come from those, like Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who have played a direct role in advancing her career; still others – less important, in my view – from music critics...

But that is not the focus of this article.

Instead, I wish to look at what the music of Kate Bush means to me; and this will, inevitably, impact on why I believe she deserves to be inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame"...

The music of Kate Bush takes me to where the music of other musicians seldom can: she is "other-worldly": a talent so rare and precious, it is difficult to pin it down to any specific genre... yet: when you hear Kate Bush, you know it is Kate Bush! She is incredibly original, yes; she is also 'experimental and dreamy'; but I don't want to just sit down with the aim of listening to something original or even surreal; for something can be original and surreal, but not particularly accessible – and I have no interest in listening to music that is just intellectual and clever... but does not "move" me.

But Kate Bush's music does move me: deeply! It is hugely enjoyable; full of great melodies and lyrics.

And yet... she is also intellectual – so deep and challenging.

What an incredible combination!

To those who have influence over who is inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," I say this: how many other musicians, already inducted, have such rare abilities? No doubt there are talented people listed there, but there is talent... and sheer, poetic genius!

That is what Kate Bush is; that is what she means to me and so many others: a poetic genius of popular music! I can listen to her work many times and still continue to find something new in it; I can listen to it for the first time – as I so vividly recall doing – to the album, "Aerial" in 2005 – and trying to take in its sheer brilliance!

So, there you have it: I feel so inadequate at trying to sum-up Kate Bush, the musician – but, in my own pitiful way, I have tried to do so. Please take the time to give her music a listen... another listen, perhaps; a real and deep listen...

And prepare to be enraptured!

Posted by Phil Foster on Sunday, 08/22/2021 @ 04:35am

Aerial should be in the Essential Albums list. That record is truly a cinematic experience. I close my eyes and I can see the sounds in my head. An excellent album from start to finish.

Posted by Dave Teves on Tuesday, 01/25/2022 @ 06:29am

Absolute crime that this woman wasn't inducted a decade plus ago. She is/was a true musical genius -- inventive, fearless, and incredibly talented. Without people like her who have pushed musical boundaries, music would be so much unending sameness.

Posted by Jeff Weber on Sunday, 02/6/2022 @ 11:59am

She is the most influential female artist, yet because she is not a household name (in the US only) she gets overlooked. Running up that Hill a song she wrote was covered by Meg Meyers and was number 1 on the Billboard rock songs, as well as number 1 on the Billboard alternative songs chart. As other people have mentioned her songs are used regularly in television and movies. She has influenced everyone from BigBoi of Outkast to Lorde, to Pat Benatar to Stevie Nicks, to the Cure to Florence Welch, to Bjork to Sarah MacLachlan, the names are literally too numerous to list.
Currently she is sitting at 10th place out of 17, if she finishes at 10th in a Poll in the United States that ranking speaks for it self.

Posted by Joe on Friday, 02/18/2022 @ 19:21pm

Kate Bush has kept my sanity through the pandemic. She has shattered the glass ceiling by being the first woman to reach number one in the U.K. with a self written song. After watching countless interviews and seeing her handle some patronizing male interviewers with class was amazing. She is influenced not only by literature but film and nature. She has the ability to paint a picture with her lyrics and soundscapes. If she needed a B side for a single from one of her albums she'd write and record one( that wasn't on the album). I don't know of any other musician who can do this. She has led the way for other women and men in music, most notably, Pat Benatar who covered Kate's song Wuthering Heights on one of her albums. She also was the first recording artist to have a hands free mic used in her Tour of Life concerts. This was way before Madonna. Yes there should be more women in the Hall of Fame Kate Bush should be inducted not because she's female but because of her innovation,genius and influence on others in the industry.

Posted by Maureen Schwindt on Sunday, 03/6/2022 @ 21:19pm

https://vote.rockhall.com/en/ you can vote for her here she is being added to the rock and roll hall of fame hopefully

Posted by LEN on Tuesday, 04/19/2022 @ 18:06pm

After being bypassed again for induction this year, I thought it might be at least two years before Kate was nominated again.

But, next weeks' Billboard charts are probably going to have something I never thought possible, a Kate Bush song from 37 years ago in the US Top 20, if not the Top Ten, due to "Running Up That Hill"'s use in "Stranger Things". This will follow the song's re-entry into the UK's Top Ten on the chart's released yesterday.

Then, probably this year as well, we'll see the Big Boi project with the Kate Bush collaboration we've been hearing about for some time released, possibly sooner than expected due to Big Boi's label wanting to strike while the iron's hot.

I was fairly certain next year the Rock Hall was going to coalesce around Cyndi Lauper as the next female inductee, but it is very likely next year we'll see both Kate and Cyndi.

Posted by Eric Tompkins on Saturday, 06/4/2022 @ 15:06pm

Kate Bush not inducted is literally a joke at this point. After 37 years she hit the American charts at number 8, as Eric was mentioning.
I am confident that next year she will not be admitted either.
Her body of work has influenced so many people, and yet these idiots in the HOF are jokes.
Go to H E L L this entire HOF is not respected, Kate Bush is bigger than these bunch of fools.

Posted by Joe on Tuesday, 06/7/2022 @ 15:14pm

Solid lock for 2023. 2022 was the biggest year for the resurgence of an artists music from nearly 40
Years ago in a long time. She's got a whole new generation of listeners, This is her year and next year she will be inducted no question about it. She's up there with Bowie and Peter Gabriel.

Posted by Mikhail on Wednesday, 06/8/2022 @ 16:01pm

Biggest female snub in the entire hall.

She Entered the U.S. billboard top 10 at #4 from an entire new generation, and topped the UK chart for 3 weeks. Longest time span between a number one and she holds the record for both the youngest and oldest woman to top the chart with a self written song (or a song in general) in the UK. There is not a single artist from Anywhere who has ever accomplished such a feat. That is legendary. As far as the charts go, running up that hill is the most ahead of its time song ever written, and 37 years later it's all over the radio. Could this be the start of a trend of legendary artists getting the attention they deserve well after their releases? Time will tell. I'm not discounting the role of stranger things in this. She should be the most discussed artist right now, she's certainly the most relevant of any snub.

As a young musician myself, 26, the age she was when she wrote this song, this is the most inspirational thing that has ever happened in modern music. It makes me want to keep going and keep recording my music even if it's not noticed now. Induct this goddess please

Posted by Alice on Sunday, 06/26/2022 @ 14:13pm

Kate's work has meant so much to me over the last 35 years - it's not surprising that the Rolling Stone./ RR HoF crowd snubs her - they were the cool kids smoking in the back of the bus when they were in high school - Kate Bush and Rush are for those who never fit in - just pure reflective and inspiring music and substance - not surprised at all by this - true genius is often misunderstood

Posted by Tim on Thursday, 06/30/2022 @ 20:02pm

musicmax suggested above what Kate Bush means to me personally. Kate has made listening to today's music on the radio nearly unbearable. After obtaining nine of her albums I can find no equal on the airwaves. There are little to no stories being told. There are no lyrics with depth that make me want to continue listening. And, my God, the repetition of present-day lyrics is just mind-numbing.

Kate's duet with Elton John, "Snowed in at Wheeler Street", is a sublime revelation of pain and longing. Her son, Albert, sang lead on "Snowflake". It is her most ethereal in my opinion. The track "Violin" has Kate actually being the violin - an instrument that is capable of conveying happiness, despair, power and glee. No one can do what Kate can do. I have to hear her voice at least once a day because she gives me peace. She makes the day go by a little smoother.

As an American I feel quite negative about the Hall of Fame for not including her sooner. I also fault radio stations and their managers from way back in the 80's for not revealing her Genius to us Americans sooner. Now, I may only be able to use my stereo as amplifier-only. Radio just isn't the same anymore.

Posted by Garth Price on Wednesday, 10/19/2022 @ 03:12am

Please vote for Kate Bush.
Hope to see my friend Sadie Sink at the induction ceremony

Posted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday, 02/1/2023 @ 18:20pm

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take---Wayne Gretzky
---Michael Scott

Posted by Ilhan Omar on Wednesday, 02/1/2023 @ 18:30pm

Fan voting got started a few days ago at vote dot rockhall dot com
You can cast your votes once each day until April 28 2023.
Maybe if we get the word out more people will vote for Kate.
Today she sits at the tenth slot where the top five are submitted from the fans.

Uncertain what affect this will have on the actual induction vote.
Just want to see Kate's name at the top.

Posted by Garth Price on Monday, 02/6/2023 @ 23:37pm

1982 - Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden
1985 - Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 02/8/2023 @ 09:22am

KB should have her own museum.

Posted by Rob on Friday, 03/17/2023 @ 16:31pm

Lately, I've been watching several videos on YouTube of YouTubers analyzing the 2023 rock hall inductees. By the time they get to Kate Bush, some would quickly write her off as a 'one hit wonder' just because Running Up That Hill is her only major hit in America. I find it such a loaded description of who she is and how her art stood the test of time. Not to mention it's hypocritical for them to say that because Kate is not the only nominee of the 2023 class that has only one major hit song in America. Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London was his only hit song. I thought White Stripes have other hits besides Seven Nation Army, but I was surprised to learn that the song was barely a hit (reached #76 on the billboard hot 100) and Icky Thump was their only major hit song to hit the top 40 at #26.

Also, there are a lot of rock hall inductees that are technically one hit wonders, but I don't see them as one hit wonders because of how legendary they are. Janis Joplin's Me and Bobby McGee was her only hit song. Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower was Jimi's only hit, Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side was his only hit song, Randy Newman's Short People is his only hit song, and one of my music heroes Patti Smith has only one big hit song and that's Because the Night.

My thing is: if you're going to downgrade Kate Bush's accomplishments as an influential figure in the art pop genre as a 'one hit wonder', then you need to look at other nominees and inductees that have one big hit and managed to be very influential with their impressive body of work.

Posted by Elle Dee on Saturday, 03/18/2023 @ 20:13pm

Interesting bit of temporary trivia about Kate Bush breaking three Guinness World records - one of which is Oldest Female Artist to reach Number One. These records can be broken.

Just found a record of Kate's today that can't be broken:
"First artist to write every song on a million-selling album (female)"
Operative words are 'First' and 'every'.
This is "The Kick Inside" by Kate in the year 1978.
The sales figures were for the UK alone. Meaning the count was even greater when including any other
countries (e.g. Sweden, Ireland, Australia).

Maybe she may never make it into the R'n'R HoF. But, no one will take this record from her.

Posted by Garth Price on Monday, 03/20/2023 @ 17:37pm

And she's finally in! Congratulations Kate, discovering Hounds of Love and the rest of your catalogue was a wonder.

Posted by Gustavo on Wednesday, 05/3/2023 @ 08:12am

Some arrogant experts, voters, "insiders" says Kate Bush is unknown in America, they can not name even one song by her, it is too far and impossible for Bush inducted as performer. However, Bush is still inducted and it is like a slap in face on those people.

Posted by power on Tuesday, 05/9/2023 @ 15:56pm

Someone says in 2023 nominees pages that Celion Dion should get nomination instead of Kate Bush as she has more commercial success. It is very laughable.

Kate Bush is 100 times worthy than Celion Dion.

What does he feel now? Kate Bush is in now and his beloved Celion Dion is not likely to be inducted in the next 5-10 years.

Posted by fake on Tuesday, 05/9/2023 @ 19:36pm

Not a rock n roll artist. Not a well-known artist. Not a commercially impressive artist. Not a virtuoso musician. Why is she in HOF?

Posted by Bill on Monday, 05/29/2023 @ 15:00pm

Bill,

she makes great contribution to art pop music scene, the people who are influenced by her or have stated admiration for Bush's work include not not limit to Cher, Bjork, Big Boi (Outkast), 2pac, Tori Amos, St Vinvent, Suede, Coldplay, Adele, Julia Holter, Joanna Newsom, Elton John, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Macs, Eurythimics, k.d. lang, Sparks, Alanis Morissette, John Lydon (Sex Pistols), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Fiona Apple

Her influence to modern music is undeniable, saying she is not hall of fame worthy is laughable.

Posted by power on Monday, 05/29/2023 @ 16:39pm

Bill

Your statement is so laughable and embarrassing it's not worth me responding to.

Posted by Elle Dee on Monday, 05/29/2023 @ 18:08pm

Kate made history again! She becomes the first female artist to have a song from the 80s (Running Up That Hill) to reach a billion streams on Spotify.

Posted by Elle Dee on Friday, 06/23/2023 @ 01:22am

Elle Dee,

Yes I saw that. How exciting for Kate Bush! I bet she never imagined her song 'Running Up That Hill' would explode on the charts and streaming because of a TV show. I'm not really a fan but I'm happy for her. That's huge! And to be the first female artist from the 80s is really incredible. Congrats to her! Also it's gonna be so cool to see The Rock Hall add this to her package when she's inducted at the ceremony. Hopefully she will attend.

Another female artist who's about to have a second song reach a billion streams is..... drum roll ... Whitney Houston with over 970 million streams for 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'. Her first song to hit a billion is the one we all know. 'I WALY'. Hot on Whitney's heels is.... Cyndi Lauper with 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' with over 870 million streams. Amazing!

Posted by Aria Diamond on Friday, 06/23/2023 @ 09:03am

Oh ..and I meant to say Kate is the first female artist to have a song from the 80s reach over 1 billion streams. Not she's the the first female artist from the 80s ... But of course you can't edit the comments so...

Posted by Aria Diamond on Friday, 06/23/2023 @ 09:31am

I really hope her induction will open doors for more deserving female art pop acts like Bjork, Tori Amos and Fiona Apple.

Posted by power on Friday, 06/23/2023 @ 09:35am

Aria Diamond

Just goes to show how powerful and timeless music can be. Kate's music meant so much to me when I first heard her back in 2004 when I was 13 years old. Her voice, her songwriting, her eccentric personality in her music made me a fan for life.

Power

Me too! I really hope they get inducted soon along with Sinead O'Connor, PJ Harvey, and Sarah McLachlan.

Posted by Elle Dee on Friday, 06/23/2023 @ 11:23am

Congrats to Kate and her fans. But seriously she has NO BUSINESS WHAT SO EVER of being inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her credentials don't even come close to merit induction. She had ZERO mainstream success in the US until Stranger Things used "Running Up That Hill" in their show. Kate Bush failed to generate a single certification in the US, not a ONE gold single or album, NOTHING. Her song "Don't Give Up" failed with Peter Gabriel at the PEAK of his solo career. Her US impact is vastly overrated, she is more of a cult figure, a very solid UK artist that never broke in the US. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not in London, it's in Cleveland but Cliff Richard and his 69 UK Top-Ten hits says hello and adds "if Kate can do it there is hope for all of us".

Posted by Pete on Monday, 07/31/2023 @ 19:14pm

Pete,

Kate Bush is one of rare persons whose influence are increasing as time goes on. Most of the acts at her age are decreasing in influence like U2, Def Leppard... You will hear her influence on modern popular music. Many American modern acts like Lorde, Lana Del Ray, Charlie XCX, the Weeknd, just to name a few, are all influenced by Kate Bush. I believe there will be more American acts influenced by Kate B in the next 10 years. I bet ten years from now, her historical status will be higher than it is now. So her induction is inevitable. Although she did not enjoy much commercial success in US, she also deserves to be inducted as true innovator of rock and roll history. The Velvet Underground also did not have much sales but they are more deserving than most of the previous inductees.

Posted by power on Monday, 07/31/2023 @ 20:32pm

peter

I'm so sick and tired of people downplaying Kate's high significance in music. There are a plethora of musicians who are very fond of Kate Bush and are influenced by her. Also the critics too. Her albums always shows up on the greatest albums of all time lists. You're saying that she has no business being inducted because she's a cult figure and doesn't have mainstream success in America. Well, you can say the same thing about Tom Waits and Laura Nyro. Both of them are cult figures and barely mainstream, yet just like Kate Bush they're highly influential and rightfully inducted in the rock hall. Just because you don't hear Kate on top 40 radio, doesn't mean her music is not important. It's not Kate's fault that you're too stuck on top 40 radio and not venture outside of it. She has always been very omnipresent in alternative music since the 80s. She influenced a whole host of alternative/indie bands and singers in the 90s and beyond.

Posted by Elle Dee on Monday, 07/31/2023 @ 20:59pm

mat r

With the inductees that are SAG members, I think what they're going to do is have a waiver where they can still be a part of it as long as it doesn't go against the strike.

Posted by Elle Dee on Monday, 07/31/2023 @ 21:05pm

mat r

With the presenters and some of the inductees that are SAG members, I think what they're going to do is have a waiver where they can still be a part of the ceremony as long as it doesn't go against the strike.

Posted by Elle Dee on Monday, 07/31/2023 @ 21:06pm

Elle Dee

Yep the Hall would need a waiver from SAG and probably WGA. If it's anywhere but like IFC or Sean Comb's Revolt I'd assume they'd face serious difficulties. Pretty much every channel or streaming platform that might show the ceremony AMPTP which the org SAG and the WGA are beefing with.

Posted by Mat R on Monday, 07/31/2023 @ 22:03pm

I think (and am even sure that) at least Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Sting, the Cure, Radiohead, Pat B, Stevie Nicks, Led Zeppelin (mainly Jimmy Page and Robert Plant), Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Judas Priest, Metallica, Def Leppard, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Paul Mccartney, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Chrissie Hynde, Geddy Lee all voted for Kate Bush in 2023 without doubt.

Posted by power on Saturday, 10/21/2023 @ 22:32pm

Add Donovan

Posted by power on Saturday, 10/21/2023 @ 22:44pm

Bernie Taupin on Kate Bush

"I'm thrilled that Kate Bush got in. I was a little afraid that she wouldn't make the cut, simply because I don't think people are aware of her groundbreaking credibility in the way that they do in Europe. And I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the whole resurgence of "Running Up That Hill" and Stranger Things, which I've never seen in my life. But you can't escape that kind of media frenzy. I'm happy that everybody's in, but there's a special place in my heart for the fact that Kate Bush has got in."

Posted by Karter Lawson on Saturday, 10/28/2023 @ 17:21pm

Kate Bush Shares Statement In Lieu Of Attending Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction
https://www.stereogum.com/2241509/kate-bush-shares-statement-in-lieu-of-attending-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-induction/news/

I am completely blown away by this huge honour — an award that sits in the big beating heart of the American music industry.

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me. I never imagined I would be given this wonderful accolade.

Last year was such a surprisingly successful time for my track Running Up That Hill and I'm sure that a lot of you who've voted me in to the RRHOF also drove that track up the charts. Thank you!

I'm afraid I won't be able to attend the ceremony tonight, but for me the real honour is knowing that you felt I deserved it.

The RRHOF has welcomed me into the most extraordinary rostrum of overwhelming talent.

When I was growing up my hero was Elton John. I poured over his music, longed to be able to play piano like him and longed to write songs that could move people in the way his work moved me.

That little girl in South East London could never have dreamed she'd be sharing the event tonight with Bernie Taupin, Elton's writing partner, an incredible lyricist who inspired me to keep writing songs – to keep trying. Congratulations Bernie! Congratulations to everyone who is being inducted tonight!

Music is at the core of who I am and, like all musicians, being on the journey of trying to create something musically interesting is rife with feelings of doubt and insecurity.

I'm only five foot three, but today I feel a little taller.

Kate

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 11/4/2023 @ 08:36am

Sad News - Kate's frequent collaborator and former boyfriend Del Palmer has died. It's sad that Kate is now witnessing close collaborators passing away within a short time. First, it was Ian Bairnson. Next, it was John Giblin. Now, Del Palmer. I think Del's death is going to hit Kate the hardest because of their professional and personal history together.

R.I.P. Del

https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/del-palmer-kate-bushs-longtime-bass-player-and-engineer-has-died/

Posted by Elle Dee on Sunday, 01/7/2024 @ 00:28am

Highly overrated. Had a few good songs but for the most part coasted on her model-esque good looks and "arty" weirdness.

Posted by Jimbou on Tuesday, 02/6/2024 @ 00:33am

She is the most deserving of all female artists. No one can compare to her talent. She sings, writes, produces, plays instruments, arranges, and on and on.
So ahead of her time.

Posted by Joe on Wednesday, 04/24/2024 @ 22:34pm