A "goose moon" or "goose month" is a Native American term for the month (late March to late April) when the Canada goose returns from the south; alternately, the term refers to the full moon which appears during that period.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Late Show
A program on the London commercial station Capitol Radio presented by disc jockey Tony Myatt, which played the song Wuthering Heights two months before release of the single. Kate did her first live radio interview on this program on 20 January 1978, upon offical release of the single. When Wuthering Heights went gold, Kate presented the gold disc to Tony Myatt.
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Launay, Nick
The engineer at Townhouse Studios on sessions for the album The Dreaming.
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Laurie, Hugh
A British comedian, best known for his partnership with Stephen Fry and his roles in the television series Blackadder alongside Rowan Atkinson. Laurie portrays the ill-fated technician working with Dr. Jerry Coe in the video for the song Experiment IV.
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Lawson, Dave
Lawson plays the Synclavier on the songs There Goes A Tenner and Suspended In Gaffa, co-wrote and co-arranged strings (with Andrew Powell) on the song Houdini, and arranged strings on the song Cloudbusting.
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Leave It Open
A song on the album The Dreaming.
The apparently "backwards" lyrics at the end of the song are "We let the weirdness in." Kate listened a recording of the phrase played backwards and tried to sing what she heard, the result being played backwards to restore the original phrase, albeit distorted. Kate later employed this technique in the song Experiment IV; however, in that instance the twice-reversed syllables were further scrambled in the finished song, making the hidden message totally incomprehensible.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Leaving My Tracks
The title of a planned autobiography which was eventually abandoned by Kate.
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Lennon, John
(b. John Winston Lennon, 1940 - 1980) At a London auction of the late Beatle's effects at Sotheby's on 22 December 1981, Kate purchased a perspex statue of John Lennon and Yoko Ono based on the cover of their album Two Virgins, along with a copy of the shooting script for Magical Mystery Tour -- perhaps thinking of her own future cinematic endeavors?
During her appearance as a guest DJ on Paul Gambaccini's BBC Radio One program in December 1980, Kate expressed her devastation at news of Lennon's murder, and played his song Number 9 Dream during the show, citing it as a formative influence on her own music and describing it as her all-time favorite single.
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Lenya, Lotte
(b. Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, 1898 - 1981) Austrian born American singer and actress. Although she is most famous for her role as the villainous Rosa Klebb in the James Bond film From Russia With Love, Lenya is better remembered as the foremost performer of work by her husband, the composer Kurt Weill, including the musicals The Threepenny Opera and Mahagonny. Lenya has one of the most distinctive singing voices ever recorded. It has been reported that as a young girl, Kate Bush was given a Lotte Lenya record as a present which had a tremendous impact on her; certainly, the song Coffee Homeground is an unmistakeable tribute to her style.
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Les Dogs
A 1990 television film written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, directed by Peter Richardson, and presented by the Comic Strip group. A man relives his ten-year affair with a young bride -- or is the whole story merely a hallucination in his last moments after a fatal car crash? By far the most disturbing and enigmatic of the Comic Strip films. Kate made her acting debut in the role of bride Angela Watkins in this film; Miranda Richardson and Alexei Sayle portrayed Angela's parents, Tim McInnerny and Julie T. Wallace played her in-laws, and Danny Peacock earned the envy of millions in the role of her newlywed husband while Peter Richardson earned the further envy of millions as her lover. Kate explains her participation:
"Peter Richardson worked on the video [for The Sensual World] and it was a lot of fun, and we stayed in touch as friends. When he was working on The Comic Strip series, I got a script and he asked me if I'd play a part. I felt very honoured to be asked."
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Let It Be
Kate has performed this Paul McCartney tune on at least three different occasions: first with Steve Harley and Peter Gabriel at the Bill Duffield memorial concert at the Hammersmith Odeon on 12 May 1979; then with Dave Gilmour at the Secret Policeman's Third Ball on 28 March 1987; and finally with McCartney himself and a cast of thousands on the Ferry Aid benefit single.
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Lily
Described as a healer whom Kate has consulted at various times, Lily performs the ritual chant invocation in the song Lily, and appears as herself in the film The Line The Cross And The Curve.
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Lily (song)
A song on the album The Red Shoes, inspired by a woman named Lily (who contributes to the track).
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Line The Cross And The Curve, The
A 1993 film (or long-form video, depending on who you ask) written and directed by Kate Bush, starring Kate, Miranda Richardson, Lindsay Kemp, Lily, Stewart Arnold, and Peter Richardson. The film is based on songs from the album The Red Shoes, and also inspired by Michael Powell's film of the same name. Kate's film also contains many allusions to the classic horror film Night Of The Demon, as well as a witty passing nod to the 1925 Charlie Chaplin film The Gold Rush.
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Lionheart
The second album by Kate Bush.
This album is also listed in the Discography section.
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Lironi
A Rennaissance-era string instrument from Italy with nine to fourteen stopped strings and two drone strings. It is also called Lira da gamba, or leg lira, because of its position on the floor, resting against the player's leg. The lironi is played by Jo Sceaping on the song The Infant Kiss.
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Live At Five
Kate appeared on this local New York City television news program on 17 November 1985, literally minutes after leaving a heavily attended promotional appearance at the New York branch of Tower Records in Greenwich Village. The number of American fans who now claim to have been at this signing is astronomical. Kate's appearance at the television studio was somewhat less successful by comparison, as local television personality Sue Simmons gave every impression of being thoroughly bored as she conducted the cursory interview segment.
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Lloyd-Tucker, Colin
Backing vocals on the songs The Red Shoes and Constellation Of The Heart. Lloyd-Tucker is also one-half of the group Bushtucker.
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London Laserium
Site of the launch party for the album Hounds Of Love on 9 September 1985.
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Long And Winding Road, The
Kate performed an abridged version of this Beatles song on the Japanese television show Sound In S on 23 June 1978.
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Looking Good, Feeling Fit
Kate appeared on this BBC television fitness program on 6 August 1981, talking about dance training during the rehearsals for the video of Sat In Your Lap.
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Lord Of The Reedy River
The b-side of the single Sat In Your Lap, a cover version of a song originally written by Donovan. The song was performed by Donovan in the 1968 film If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, and subsequently released on his album H.M.S. Donovan. Donovan himself is rumored to have contributed backing vocals to Kate's version of the song, but this has never been confirmed in any way.
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Love And Anger
A song on the album The Sensual World. According to Kate, this was not an easy composition:
"The song started with a piano, and Del put a straight rhythm down. Then we got the drummer, and it stayed like that for at least a year and a half. Then I thought maybe it could be okay, so we got Dave Gilmour in. Everyone I asked to try and play something on this track had problems. It was one of those awful tracks where either everything would sound ordinary, really MOR, or people just couldn't come to terms with it. John Giblin putting the bass on was very important. He was one of the few people brave enough to say that he actually liked the song."On the "children's chorus" sound: "Ah well, Paddy wore some very tight trousers and I stood in a bucket!"
This song is also listed in the Discography section.
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Lunny, Donal
Co-founder of the Irish musical groups Planxty and Moving Hearts, with Christy Moore and Davy Spillane. Lunny plays bouzouki on the songs Night Of The Swallow, And Dream Of Sheep, Jig Of Life, Hello Earth, and The Sensual World, and bodhran on Jig Of Life.
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Lynch, Bruce
A musician who has recorded with Cat Stevens, Richard and Linda Thompson, and Rick Wakeman among others, Lynch played bass on the song Saxophone Song, recorded as a demo by Dave Gilmour in 1975.