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Kate Bush — The Big Sky
Album: Hounds Of Love
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Released: 1985
Length: 4:36
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They look down
At the ground,
Missing.
But I never go in now.

I'm looking at the Big Sky.
I'm looking at the Big Sky now.
I'm looking at the Big Sky.
You never really understood me.
You never really tried.

That cloud, that cloud--
Looks like Ireland.
C'mon and blow it a kiss now,
But quick,

'Cause it's changing in the Big Sky,
It's changing in the Big Sky now.
We're looking at the Big Sky.
You never understood me.
You never really tried.

This cloud, this cloud--
Says "Noah,
C'mon and build me an Ark."
And if you're coming, jump,
'Cause

We're leaving with the Big Sky.
We're leaving with the Big Sky.
And we pause for the jets--
hup! hup!--in the Big Sky!

You want my reply?
What was the question?
I was looking at the Big Sky.

Tell 'em, sisters!

"Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky!
Rolling over like a great big cloud,
Walking out in the Big Sky!"
Comments (268)add comment
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Shut the fuck up.


The only logical reply in this case.
Posted 10 months ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
ahhhhhhh... love Kate.
Posted 1 year ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
 stevesaw wrote:


Nah, we all have our likes and dislikes and many times it has nothing to do with the talent of the performer. For some reason I don't like Paul Simon, but I respect his talent and hard work. Kate Bush is certainly in the realm of the very talented. Try Hounds of Love straight through, it is a very fine album. She has odd stuff in there, but, for me, it's amazing to see how she crafts her music.


and she has some talented musicians with her!
Posted 2 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
This should be Montana's Official State Song
Posted 2 years ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]
 pollyh wrote:
is there something amiss with me? i just don't get the Kate Bush thing. {#No}


Nah, we all have our likes and dislikes and many times it has nothing to do with the talent of the performer. For some reason I don't like Paul Simon, but I respect his talent and hard work. Kate Bush is certainly in the realm of the very talented. Try Hounds of Love straight through, it is a very fine album. She has odd stuff in there, but, for me, it's amazing to see how she crafts her music.
Posted 2 years ago by stevesaw    [ Reply ]
 prodigy999 wrote:

what are they singing in the background?



mostly just made up sounds, Kate's way of scatting if you will. 
Posted 2 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
is there something amiss with me? i just don't get the Kate Bush thing. {#No}
Posted 2 years ago by pollyh    [ Reply ]
what are they singing in the background?
Posted 2 years ago by prodigy999    [ Reply ]
She's said that she had to get "a little drunk" to sing this. Heh. What an image.
Posted 2 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Likely not, Man Ray died in 1982. 
I knew that, but since Man Ray had such a deadpan look in so many of his por-
traits I figured just maybe he came back for just one more final appearance...;-)

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.


Posted 2 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

Shows her joyful exuberance, which shines through in her work.


Posted 3 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
She's 'practically royalty to me!
Posted 3 years ago by hdavid7    [ Reply ]
To me, Hounds of Love is genius, and the pinnacle of her career. Huge love. I was in my early 20s when it first came out. So much impact.
Posted 3 years ago by Enness    [ Reply ]
 derekd wrote:

The more I hear of Kate, the more I think she is an unbelievably underacknowledged artist.



Maybe in the US but in the UK she's practically royalty.
Posted 3 years ago by 2and4    [ Reply ]
 kaybee wrote:
I love the sheer exuberance of this song!  Kate just lets herself go and doesn't hold back.
 in the same way Bjork gave us "Big Time Sensuality"...
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 tonyinnj wrote:
 SmackDaddy wrote:
Any woman that can get two Weimaraners to lay down with her for a photo shoot is aces to me!

Probably those professional Weimaraners, Man Ray and Fay Ray... ;-)

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.

 
Likely not, Man Ray died in 1982. 
Posted 3 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:
Any woman that can get two Weimaraners to lay down with her for a photo shoot is aces to me!
 
Who the hell didn't like this comment? 
Posted 3 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
YES!, singing and dancing in the chair here, I love this song since I first played this album!
Posted 3 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:
Any woman that can get two Weimaraners to lay down with her for a photo shoot is aces to me!

Probably those professional Weimaraners, Man Ray and Fay Ray... ;-)

Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.

Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
Bonnie Raitt to Mavis to Kate Bush.  Three utterly amazing artists.  Where ya gonna get that trifecta?? RP - that's where.
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
ya gotta love bill... staples to kate bush... smiling 
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Shut the fuck up.
 
Tell us what you really think Smack  
Posted 4 years ago by Will62    [ Reply ]
probably a "7" but she gets an extra point for my hopeless boyhood infatuation with marrying Kate and living happily ever after. ie  she will always score high with me. Does that last sentence sound a little creepy or is it just me?
Posted 4 years ago by Will62    [ Reply ]
I've had a love/hate relationship with most Kate Bush songs, but time is winning me over to almost all those I hated in the past. Vanity wants me to think I've become more accepting, but more likely Kate was just that far ahead and I am 50 years behind. Oh well, pleasantly breathless as I try to catch up. Thanks, RP, for keeping that target in front of me.
Posted 4 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
I'm looking at the big hair.
Posted 4 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
 Chimpmeister wrote:
Shame about her seizures while making this song. Horrible stuff.
 
Shut the fuck up.
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Nope
Posted 4 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
She must be a cousin
Posted 4 years ago by gmartin731    [ Reply ]
Shame about her seizures while making this song. Horrible stuff.
Posted 4 years ago by Chimpmeister    [ Reply ]
Any woman that can get two Weimaraners to lay down with her for a photo shoot is aces to me!
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:
pure heaven

 
Shows her joyful exuberance, which shines through in her work.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 ckcotton wrote:

Not sure you listen very often.... She's ALWAYS on....
 
plenty of room for more!
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I love her longer mix of this too
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Absolutely awful.
Posted 5 years ago by Chimpmeister    [ Reply ]
Not my favourite Kate Bush song but I still like it.

Love the album.  
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:
Want to hear more kate bush
 
Not sure you listen very often.... She's ALWAYS on....
Posted 5 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Judging from some of the sadly misguided comments below it seems Kate (and Tori) should move to New York city... after all, as Elbow note, "it's the modern Rome, where folks are nice to Yoko". I've always been deeply indebted to my college girlfriend who introduced me to Kate Bush back in 1980 as she was just hitting her stride. Imaginative and deeply intelligent lyrics, kicking MOR girl singers to the pavement with her thrilling vocal stylings, and ethereally sexy to boot. Still holds up decades later. Lovely stuff; to the haters *pffft*.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
11!
Posted 5 years ago by jcyr    [ Reply ]
Want to hear more kate bush
Posted 5 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
As we say in Scotland, 'Pure, dead, brilliant!!' 😍
Posted 5 years ago by scottygirl    [ Reply ]
 GarageDragon wrote:
Hearing this song makes me think that somebody should forcibly administer a couple hundred milligrams of chlorpromazine to Ms. Bush.  She's clearly suffering a psychotic break. 
 
Kate's from the UK, where pelting it with pills isn't always the first thought.

....

It's the fact that she's such a groundbreaking technician that turns me on most about her, in a broad field of factors. ;)
Posted 5 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 Grayson wrote:
"Cats in a blender." Snort-ed!
 
LOL! Made me splurt my coffee
Posted 5 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
"Cats in a blender." Snort-ed!
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 panlad wrote:
This whole record is easily a 10.
Truly groundbreaking music and production.  
A beautiful set of songs from one of the greatest vocalists ever to walk this planet.
 
Agree 100%.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Hearing this song makes me think that somebody should forcibly administer a couple hundred milligrams of chlorpromazine to Ms. Bush.  She's clearly suffering a psychotic break. 
Posted 6 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
Never did see Kates Bush live...too bad.
Posted 6 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
I read the - obviously mostly sincere, not gratuitiously hateful - dislike people are expressing below ("worst song ever played on RP" disqualifying itself nicely, quite on its own, including "worst" and "ever" and "RP", which just can't be together in one sentence, universal law), even by people who like her.
 
This admittedly is making me feel a bit lonely and sad. The thought that everyone doesn't feel what I feel about it. I know it's normal, we're all different. That doesn't make it easy to deal with, I'm in one of those moods.
 
But in no way does it change my love and gratitude for the song nor for Ms. Bush and her work in general.
Posted 6 years ago by fedtho    [ Reply ]
Love this album. Still holds up well after 30 years. 
Posted 6 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Brilliance. 

<pause for the jet>

She says she got a little drunk to add the vocals on this. 
<tell it sisters>
Posted 6 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Utterly terrible...gives Torri a serious challenger for most abysmal song on RP (discounting Yoko’s obvious lead)
Posted 6 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 oldfart48 wrote:
would someone pleas shut her up or take the cat out of the blender...............yoko ono proved caterwalling doesn't work as artistic tallent.

 
Ah! you forgot to survey the cats on that one.
Posted 6 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
she sure loves Montana
Posted 10 years ago by ycb661    [ Reply ]
 Rofi wrote:
Although I,m in general a big fan of Kate, This song can only be rated with THE BIG 1 !!!

 
Unfortunately, I feel the exact same way. I was ssssoooo disappointed when this album came out.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
pure heaven

Posted 11 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Although I,m in general a big fan of Kate, This song can only be rated with THE BIG 1 !!!
Posted 11 years ago by Rofi    [ Reply ]
 chris_the_man wrote:
one of the worst songs i ever heard here on rp.
 yak
 
 
It's an inexplicable natural phenomenon that happens from time to time.
Posted 11 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 chris_the_man wrote:
one of the worst songs i ever heard here on rp.
 yak
 
 
I find I can't PSD Kate Bush because I actually like hating her. 

It's something like the irresistible urge to smell sour milk before throwing it away.
Posted 11 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
one of the worst songs i ever heard here on rp.
 yak
 
Posted 11 years ago by chris_the_man    [ Reply ]
This song is a textbook example of sucko-barfo.
Posted 11 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
Hmmm!
The only, so so track on this lovely album.  
Posted 11 years ago by oneyet    [ Reply ]
Name fits  -  like this song 

oldfart48 wrote:
would someone pleas shut her up or take the cat out of the blender...............yoko ono proved caterwalling doesn't work as artistic tallent.

 


Posted 11 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
would someone pleas shut her up or take the cat out of the blender...............yoko ono proved caterwalling doesn't work as artistic tallent.
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 motobecane wrote:

I agree.  Hope you have a nice view of the river Jordan.
 

Thank you!  Life is grand...  hope you are having a good time right this minute...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

marvelous...  absolutely love this song...
 
 
I agree.  Hope you have a nice view of the river Jordan.
Posted 11 years ago by motobecane    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  absolutely love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Please stop playing this song ... it solely consists of a refrain that makes me want to kill myself! Later the song explodes however it does not stop ... it goes on and on and on and on ... please make it stop!
Posted 11 years ago by kaiwegner    [ Reply ]
Noah !! build me an a A A ARK 
Posted 11 years ago by coy    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
didley..die...didlley...die   Please stop this trash!
 

Bump
Posted 11 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
I love the sheer exuberance of this song!  Kate just lets herself go and doesn't hold back.
Posted 12 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 lshinkawa wrote:

Agreed! One of my favorite albums ever. She's fantastic, but I guess not accessible to everyone. Not everybody gets her. Also one of the best album covers ever.
 

DITTO!
Posted 12 years ago by eroz    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
I can't believe the rating is only 6.4 - REALLY everyone?!  This is amazing stuff from a ground breaking album!
 
Agreed! One of my favorite albums eve. She's fantastic, but I guess not accessible to everyone. Not everybody gets her. Also one of the best album covers ever.
Posted 12 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
I'm a big fan of KB...but this just seems like fluff to me compared to her first two solo records.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
giving me a headache
Posted 12 years ago by TuneAgeWhereWoof    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:
I can't believe the rating is only 6.4 - REALLY everyone?!  This is amazing stuff from a ground breaking album!
 


I can't believe it's 6.4. I just gave it a 1 and that was about 4 more than I would have liked to give it.

Simply awful.
Posted 12 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
I can't believe the rating is only 6.4 - REALLY everyone?!  This is amazing stuff from a ground breaking album!
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Damn... sometimes you gotta wonder what the hell she or her producer were thinking?
Posted 12 years ago by rockstarbro    [ Reply ]
Kate can sing!
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
How many octaves could she sing in when she was young?  
Posted 12 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
This song just feels right. I feel so happy listening to it.
Posted 12 years ago by impediguy    [ Reply ]

one of my very favorite songs by ANYone... {#Notworthy}


Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Little, GREAT Kate!!!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by AndreasL    [ Reply ]
 msymmes wrote:
I grew up in Toronto listening to K B  on CFNY (The Spirit Of Radio, where we passed around petitions to help keep the radio station keep their broadcast license).  Well I digress, but I have always heard that Kate Bush could sing in more octaves than anyone on the planet.  Not being a musician of any sort, I would like to know if the rumour is a fact and not just a dream.  But darn it, she is good.

 
Yes, msymmes, I too remember the "spirit of radio" when it really was!  There was a lot of Kate Bush being played on CFNY - I think DJ Ted Woloshyn had a crush on her.  They played lots of great music on that station - so much so that I remember 80's music with a great deal of affection and nostalgia, unlike a lot of other people who probably didn't have the good luck to listen to CFNY.

On that note, thank gods for RP!

Posted 13 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
I said it on another Kate Bush song, but I'll say it again here:  The more I hear of Kate Bush's music, the more I love it! {#Meditate}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 panlad wrote:
This whole record is easily a 10.
Truly groundbreaking music and production.  
A beautiful set of songs from one of the greatest vocalists ever to walk this planet.
 
 
Yes, that's what we were thinking too. Amazing.

Posted 13 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
if this scale went to TWELVE, I'd give this a TWELVE...my God I love Kate!
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
love it!!
Posted 13 years ago by miragioVision    [ Reply ]
This whole record is easily a 10.
Truly groundbreaking music and production.  
A beautiful set of songs from one of the greatest vocalists ever to walk this planet.
 
Posted 13 years ago by panlad    [ Reply ]
headache-ogenic
Posted 13 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]
strange stuff.  I don't mind it as much today as usual... let's say 6.  thankfully some good Madrugada on the way
Posted 13 years ago by andrewmi    [ Reply ]
 Jimmy86 wrote:
One of my favorite Kate Bush songs!  Thanks, Bill!
 
That's weird, I just went online to say I thought this was her worst song. . . . monotonous, random and grating.
Music is funny that way.
Posted 13 years ago by ttburger3    [ Reply ]
 Tim_in_N_FL wrote:
Funny as I wanted her to have MY babies, years ago... {#Wink}
 
She and I could have babies now, provided she's willing.  Espcially since she's singing about one of my favorite ski areas ...

Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Recent rumors is that she'll release a new album this year...

One of the greatest compliments I ever received was that I resembled her in a pic {#Biggrin}
Posted 13 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
in my top 10 best albums ever.
Posted 13 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Kate Bush songs!  Thanks, Bill!
Posted 13 years ago by Jimmy86    [ Reply ]
I grew up in Toronto listening to K B  on CFNY (The Spirit Of Radio, where we passed around petitions to help keep the radio station keep their broadcast license).  Well I digress, but I have always heard that Kate Bush could sing in more octaves than anyone on the planet.  Not being a musician of any sort, I would like to know if the rumour is a fact and not just a dream.  But darn it, she is good.

Posted 13 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 blotto wrote:
I wanted to have her babies, years ago.
 
Funny as I wanted her to have MY babies, years ago... {#Wink}
Posted 13 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
I wanted to have her babies, years ago.
Posted 14 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]

I don't expect everyone to embrace KB. But I really do admire her bold, unabashed originality as an artist.
 kcar wrote:
derekd wrote:
The more I hear of Kate, the more I think she is an unbelievably underacknowledged artist.


 Stevo wrote:

After hearing this, I'm glad.
 

Stevo, you are a cruel, cruel man. Funny, but cruel. 

Actually for some reason I'm more willing to put up with this kind of hyper-goofy thrashing around from Kate Bush than similar stuff from Torey Amos. Maybe it's nostalgia. Kate was way hotter too, probably still is. 

 


Posted 14 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
derekd wrote:
The more I hear of Kate, the more I think she is an unbelievably underacknowledged artist.


 Stevo wrote:

After hearing this, I'm glad.
 

Stevo, you are a cruel, cruel man. Funny, but cruel. 

Actually for some reason I'm more willing to put up with this kind of hyper-goofy thrashing around from Kate Bush than similar stuff from Torey Amos. Maybe it's nostalgia. Kate was way hotter too, probably still is. 

Posted 14 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Yeah, this one pretty much sucks.
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 Ollerich wrote:
every song that repeats a line more than 4 times in a row (accompanied by the exact same musical background, to make it even worse) should be erased from the planets face... sooo annoying... this one is a perfect example

 

Too bad you can't see how inspired this song is. Oh, and generalizations such as yours (any song that repeats, etc...) are lame.
Posted 14 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
 Ollerich wrote:
every song that repeats a line more than 4 times in a row (accompanied by the exact same musical background, to make it even worse) should be erased from the planets face... sooo annoying... this one is a perfect example

 

I agree.
I am a real fan of Kate Bush but...........
not this song
try "Cloudbusting" instead which is pure genious
this sounds like they are just practicing or warming up.   it's repetitive and pointless........

Posted 14 years ago by Cruzan    [ Reply ]
didley..die...didlley...die   Please stop this trash!
Posted 14 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Lovw, love love the DRUMS on this one!
Posted 14 years ago by jadedragon    [ Reply ]
My arms are weaving up and down, swaying all around as I imagine looking up at The Big Sky. Did K.B. do drugs to get inspired? Just being silly. I love Kate's music and voice. Know she isn't for everyone and this isn't her best song, but hey folks this was a song from the 80's.

Posted 15 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]
Make it stop!  Its horrible!  Please!
Posted 15 years ago by fran_tarkenton    [ Reply ]
every song that repeats a line more than 4 times in a row (accompanied by the exact same musical background, to make it even worse) should be erased from the planets face... sooo annoying... this one is a perfect example

Posted 15 years ago by Ollerich    [ Reply ]
Such a fab tune, marred by that dumb background vocal after the line about "looks like Ireland". Really, Kate? Diddly-da, diddly-da, diddly-da? Really?
Posted 15 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
The background vocals are even worse than the lead.
Posted 15 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
 derekd wrote:
The more I hear of Kate, the more I think she is an unbelievably underacknowledged artist.
 
After hearing this, I'm glad.

Posted 15 years ago by Stevo    [ Reply ]
The more I hear of Kate, the more I think she is an unbelievably underacknowledged artist.
 
I agree completely!

Posted 15 years ago by Carissa    [ Reply ]
The more I hear of Kate, the more I think she is an unbelievably underacknowledged artist.
Posted 15 years ago by derekd    [ Reply ]
Happy music makes me sad.

Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]

Yes!!!



Posted 15 years ago by Boston_Ed    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah - I'd forgotten how much I liked this one! (and I no great KB fan..) Thanks, Bill!
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 audiolizard wrote:
I'm not hearing what other people are liking about this song.  Sounds like repetitive 80's music to me.  Am I missing something?
 

Hell yeah!  Kate at her best.
Posted 15 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
I'm not hearing what other people are liking about this song.  Sounds like repetitive 80's music to me.  Am I missing something?
Posted 15 years ago by audiolizard    [ Reply ]
Nope, sorry, as much as I love Kate Bush, this song makes me nauseous.
Posted 16 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
Sister of W?
Posted 16 years ago by g4ege    [ Reply ]
alisams wrote:
KATE IS AWESOME! And if you don't have Hounds of Love, I think that's her BEST album. Great stuff.
++ ...you really have to dig deep to properly appreciate it - soooo much more beyond the radio singles on that album...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]