Date:
16

Title:
"Kate Bush"

Network:
[?]

Country:
Netherlands

PDFM:

special from De Efteling theme park
"Moving"
"Wuthering Heights"
"Them Heavy People"
"The Man With The Child In His Eyes"
"Strange Phenomena"
"The Kick Inside"

IED:

Six videos (some refer to seven, but I only know of six), taped in the Efteling Gardens (a gothic theme-park), The Netherlands, April 1978 (Peter mentions that it was aired on May 16). 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.

Date:
20

Title:
"Revolver"

Network:
ATV

Country:
UK

PDFM:

lip-synch. "Them Heavy People"
Peter Cook intro.

IED:

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.