Heavy Friends
Saturday September 20th, 2025 with Heavy Lina
Celebrating the one and only Hounds of Love by Kate Bush released 40 years ago!
First hour of the show celebrates Kate Bush’s groundbreaking album Hounds of Love — a work of art extraordinaire! In the second hour, I will be tracing a soundworld that Kate Bush was very much a part of, and also one she helped expand. Enjoy!
| Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Hounds of Love Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| The Big Sky Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Mother Stands for Comfort Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Cloudbusting Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Now I will play the second half of the album, a very different journey. Side two is called The Ninth Wave, and it plays as a continuous suite of seven songs. Together, they tell the story of a woman lost at sea, drifting alone in the dark night, half-asleep, half-awake. She slips between dreams, memories, and visions, facing fear, trial, and ultimately rebirth.
Musically, Kate takes us far beyond pop here: she blends Irish folk, sampled voices, sound design, and orchestral textures. It’s immersive — almost like a film score — but it’s still deeply emotional at its core. As listeners, we share in the terror of drowning, the strangeness of dreams, the haunting pull of ancestry, the vast stillness of the earth itself, and finally, the overwhelming relief of survival. The suite ends with ‘The Morning Fog,’ a burst of gratitude and love for life and for those we hold dear. If side one is about how we relate to others in everyday life, side two is about survival, mortality, and the profound joy of simply being alive. Coming up "The Ninth Wave!" |
| And Dream of Sheep Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Under Ice Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Waking the Witch Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Watching You Without Me Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Jig of Life Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| Hello Earth Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| The Morning Fog Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - EMI (1985) |
| For the next stretch, I will be tracing a soundworld that Kate Bush was very much a part of, and also one she helped expand. This set will start off with a track by David Bowie! |
| Word on a Wing Vancouver 1976 (Remastered) David Bowie - Vancouver Rehearsal 76 - Road Crew Records (2016) |
| Spacelab Kraftwerk - The Robots / Spacelab 7" - Capitol Records (1978) |
| From the Air Laurie Anderson - Big Science - Warner Bros. Records (1982) |
| Oxygène (Part IV) Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène - Les Disques Motors (1976) |
| More Than This Roxy Music - More Than This 7" - EG (1982) |
| Swing Japan - Japan - Epic (1982) |
| Pulstar Vangelis - Pulstar 7" - RCA (1976) |
| The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan Marianne Faithful - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan 12" - Island Records (1979) |
| Mother of Violence Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel - Charisma (1978) |
| Ivo Cocteau Twins - Treasure - 4AD (1984) |
| Ho Renomo Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno - Sky Records (1977) |
| Alpha Vangelis - Alpha 12" - RCA (1981) |
| And now, we loop back to Kate Bush to close out the show with Kate Bush's The Infant Kiss... |
| The Infant Kiss Kate Bush - Never For Ever - EMI (1980) |
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Good pm Heavies! Over the next two hours we’ll dive into Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love, along with the music that shaped and resonated with her. Yeah!
8:05 PM, September 20th, 2025