In 1979, Gabriel recruited Kate to provide backing vocals for the songs No Self Control and Games Without Frontiers on his third solo album, called Peter Gabriel. (The album bears the same title as its two predecessors due to Gabriel's wish that his albums be regarded as if they were successive issues of a magazine, although this idea was subsequently abandoned. To distinguish it from its predecessors, this album is sometimes called "Melt" or "Melting Face" in reference to the striking cover art.) Kate's exposure to Gabriel's method of composing with a Fairlight CMI and a drum machine profoundly influenced her own approach to songwriting.
At around the same time, Gabriel appeared with Kate and Steve Harley at a memorial concert for Bill Duffield at the Hammersmith Odeon on 12 May 1979. At the end of the year, Gabriel made a guest appearance on the television special Kate, singing his own Here Comes The Flood and joining Kate for a cover version of the Roy Harper song Another Day.
Kate has joined Gabriel onstage at least once since then. The two returned to the studio to record a new version of Another Day and a new song called Ibiza, but neither song has been released. The only other recorded collaboration between the two which has been heard by the public is the song Don't Give Up on Gabriel's album So.
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Gaffa
A kind of sticky tape used by electricians. The word "Gaffa" is a variant of "Gaffer," which is in turn a corruption of "grandfather" and refers to the chief electrician on a film set. Hence, "Gaffer's tape" or "Gaffa tape."
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Gambaccini, Paul
A British-based broadcasting personality, originally from Canada, who first interviewed Kate on BBC Radio One in a two-part feature which aired on 30 - 31 December 1980, during which she played some of her favorite music by other artists. Gambaccini subsequently interviewed her for the television program Pebble Mill At One on 29 October 1982.
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Games Without Frontiers
Kate contributes backing vocals -- the distinctive refrain "Jeux sans frontieres" -- to this song on the album Peter Gabriel. However, contrary to a widespread belief, Kate does not whistle on this track. The whistling was done by the team of producer Steve Lillywhite, engineer Hugh Padgham, and Gabriel himself.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Garfath, Brian
Director of the video for Running Up That Hill.
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Garner, Alan
(b. 1934) A British author and anthologist best known for his books for children, many of which are based in fantasy or mythology. While his books are intended for young readers, they are in no way simplistic or childish; in fact, Garner's writing is more challenging, thoughtful, and psychologically cathartic than much so-called adult literature. In an early issue of the Kate Bush Club Newsletter, Kate recommended Garner's "Stone Quartet" as wonderfully poetic examples of modern children's literature. This was a series of four books: The Stone Book (1976), Tom Fobble's Day (1977), Granny Reardun (1977), and The Aimer Gate (1978), later published together as The Stone Book Quartet (1983). These books are more simply written, and intended for a slightly younger audience than usual. Unlike most of Garner's other works of fiction, the Stone books are not fantasy, but they contain his usual themes and, like the rest of his work, a great deal of semi-autobiographical material.
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Gay Farewell
This is a provisional title given to a demo version of a song which was never released. It is available only on bootleg recordings; see the Phoenix section for more information.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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George the Wipe
"The case of George the Wipe" is mentioned in the song Moments of Pleasure. Only Kate can tell us what it means.
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Georgieva, Eva
A member of The Trio Bulgarka.
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Gershwin, George
(b. Jacob Gershvin, 1898 - 1937) American pianist, conductor, and composer of popular songs, Broadway musicals, film scores, operas and concerts. His first major success was the song Swanee, recorded in 1919 by Al Jolson; among his best-known works are Rhapsody In Blue, An American In Paris, and the opera Porgy And Bess. Much of his work featured lyrics penned by his brother Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin was a performer as well as a composer, and often made appearances as a pianist playing his own compositions. The tribute album The Glory Of Gershwin was recorded as a celebration of his career.
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Get Out Of My House
A song on the album The Dreaming. Depending on which interview you read, this song was inspired either by reading the novel The Shining by Stephen King or by a viewing of the film by that name, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Giblin, John
A one-time member of the groups Cockney Rebel and Metro, Giblin first worked with Kate when both contributed to the song No Self Control on the album Peter Gabriel. He plays bass on the songs Babooshka, Breathing, Love and Anger, Deeper Understanding, Rocket's Tail, Rubberband Girl, Constellation Of The Heart, Top Of The City, And So Is Love, Eat The Music, Lily, and You're The One.
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Gilliam, Terry
(b. Terry Vance Gilliam, 22 November 1940) A member of the Monty Python troupe who has gone on to become a successful and innovative film director. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gilliam quickly relocated first to Los Angeles and then New York, where he went to work for cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman, one of the creators of Mad magazine, on his new publication Help! Working as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist, Gilliam moved to London, where he sold two comedy skits to a fledgling BBC children's program called Do Not Adjust Your Set, and later became resident animator on the program, a position which directly led to his involvement with Monty Python as both an animator and a performer. When the group wished to take more control of their own work in films, Gilliam and fellow Python Terry Jones were tapped to co-direct the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail. Gilliam's subsequent credits include the films Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, and Twelve Monkeys; each of them are challenging and thoroughly entertaining, if sometimes bleak, films.
For the soundtrack album of the film Brazil, Kate Bush recorded a version of the classic standard Brazil, but her version of the song was not used in the film itself. Gilliam provided assistance with the video for the song Cloudbusting, and put Kate in touch with his film editor Julian Doyle, who directed the video. Gilliam has since offered support and technical assistance on Kate's own directorial efforts, including The Line The Cross And The Curve.
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Gilmour, Dave
Guitarist, currently leader of Pink Floyd. Introduced to Kate's early home demos by his Cambridge friend Ricky Hopper, Gilmour recorded demos with Kate at his own home studio in 1973: songs recorded at this time include Passing Through Air and Maybe. In 1975, Gilmour produced further demo recordings at AIR Studios in London, at his own expense. These songs were another version of Maybe, plus Saxophone Song and The Man With The Child In His Eyes, which were included on the album The Kick Inside. While recording the album Wish You Were Here with Pink Floyd, Gilmour played this tape for Bob Mercer of EMI, and was instrumental in securing Kate's recording contract with the label.
In later years his public association with Kate was less frequent. Gilmour contributed backing vocals to the song Pull Out The Pin, and appeared live with Kate at The Secret Policeman's Third Ball concert in 1987, performing the song Running Up That Hill. For the album The Sensual World, Gilmour played guitar on the songs Love And Anger and Rocket's Tail.
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GLC
One of the best of the series of Comic Strip television films produced for Britain's Channel Four, this 1989 production recasts the British Government's decision to shut down the Greater London Council as a Hollywood action film with Brigitte Neilsen as Margaret Thatcher and Charles Bronson as GLC Leader "Red" Ken Livingstone! In fact, Jennifer Saunders plays Neilsen playing Thatcher, and Robbie Coltrane plays Bronson in the role of Livingstone. Dawn French rounds out the cast playing Cher in the role of nuclear disarmament advocate Joan Ruddock, who here provides a love interest for Red Ken.
Kate's compositions for the soundtrack complete the illusion by parodying a Hollywood style film score, including the over-the-top theme song Ken, the climactic battle of The Confrontation, and the closing One Last Look Around The House Before We Go. The extended 12-inch single version of Running Up That Hill is also heard in the film, as incidental music in a disco club.
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Glory of Gershwin, The
A 1995 tribute album to composer George Gershwin, recorded on the occasion of Larry Adler's 80th birthday, produced by George Martin. Kate and Larry Adler perform a version of Gershwin's The Man I Love.
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Go Now While You Can
This is a provisional title given to a demo version of a song which was never released. It is available only on bootleg recordings; see the Phoenix section for more information.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Go West
A rock group which included guitarist Alan Murphy. On their album Dancing On The Couch, Kate provides backing vocals for the song The King Is Dead.
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Goodnight Baby
This is a provisional title given to a demo version of a song which was never released. It is available only on bootleg recordings; see the Phoenix section for more information.
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Gosfield Goers
A recording from the Gosfield football stadium provides the crowd noise in the song The Dreaming.
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Griff, Zaine
Once groomed as the next David Bowie, this singer studied with dance and movement teacher Lindsay Kemp. On his album Figures, fellow student Kate Bush provides backing vocals for the song Flowers, a tribute to Kemp.
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Guthrie, James
An engineer who worked on the album Hounds Of Love.