I remember in the early 80's while I was a student in Coventry. I was entering a shop (below what was then the Cov. Apollo) which sold badges/patches/posters and other Pop related stuff. As I was being pushed in (Wheelchair) the first thing that struck me was a big poster of Kate Bush dressed in her Babooskka set up. Wow! I nearly fainted !!!
One of the most haunting pieces of music is "Breathing" :
We've lost our chance.
We're the first and the last, ooh,
After the blast.
Chips of Plutonium
Are twinkling in every lung.
I love my
Beloved, ooh,
All and everywhere,
Only the fools blew it.
You and me
Knew life itself is
Breathing,
("Out, in, out, in, out...")
Breathing,
Breathing my mother in,
Breathing my beloved in,
Breathing,
Breathing her nicotine,
Breathing,
Breathing the fall-out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out...
An unborn baby's view of a nuclear explosion/exchange. Profoundly scary and brilliant at the same time. Kate Bush is one of the most underrated song writers/singers in this country.