Kate Bush: The Biography [Paperback]

Everybody remembers what he was doing when he first heard "Wuthering Heights". I was about 18 at the time (she is a year older than I), it was winter and I looked the snow through the windows. Suddenly I heard a very strange sound coming from the radio. The song was amazing and I immediately loved it.... I really love the three first alben, very melodic. From "The Dreaming" and on, I love some and others less....

To my knowledge there aren't many biographies written about Kate Bush. This book is interesting and one learns a lot about this artist. Chronologically shaped, we travel through the eighties,nineties until Aerial, her last album up today. Many topics are covered as the way she writes songs, produces them, the instruments she uses, her relationship with others artists and groups, her performances on stage with elaborate choreographies,....

Kate Bush has fans accross a wide spectrum of society. She is the UK's greatest ever female songwriting talent and a very good-looking woman. She is a complicated person, just like everybody else. She likes the old-time comedian Will Hay as well as Captain Beefheart and supersoaps such as Dallas as much as the admires the surreal artist Salvator Dali. Quite a combination.

This volume isn't trying to find any closeted skeletons, make any wide-of-the-mark accusation or reveal where her son goes to school. Here you will find a detailed look at her life and career. The author has spoken with a wide range of producers, engineers and musicians.

Highly recommended for Kate's fans and curious who want to discover a very creative artist.

Kate Bush - The Biography by Rob Jovanovic is a worthy read, though the new biography by Graeme Thomson "Under the Ivy" is far superior. Jovanovic's perspective is less in depth in comparison and, in my opinion, rather judgmental as opposed to Graeme's fair and impartial perspective. Jovanovic's personal distaste for "The Dreaming" was the tell tale sign of his inability to be impartial. Though "The Dreaming" didn't sell as well as some of her other albums and there were plenty of people who didn't "get it" , it is nevertheless, hailed by a multitude of critics as her masterpiece. Even Kate herself states that it is, by far, her favorite album.I guess I found his take on things to be a bit trite and amateurish. As a musician myself, I am interested in her musical compositions, their complexities, the deep seated meanings behind her songs and her amazing abilities to push boundaries and create that which has not been heard before. For me, Jovanovic reduced her to a mere pop star when , in fact, she's a musical genius capable of writing complex symphonies.She is in a category all her own, far from the juvenile leagues of Madonna, Brittainy and other similar pop starts who don't even write their own music. The fact that her music is like no other ( besides all the new groups now imitating her) is the very reason she deserves mass praise for she took us through the darkness to the light and back again in a way nobody preceding her had ever done. Yes, she was dramatic and dark and, at times, frightening, but that was what took us into the dream, if you will; what made us FEEL. Kate is all emotion and feeling. Those who don't allow themselves to feel in this way, would not understand nor enjoy the music due to their own external shell of protection.
If you are looking to understand what Kate wants us to understand about her music and herself, read Under the Ivy and maybe save this one for the bathroom read, as did I.Much of what I read from Jovanovic's book was included in Under the Ivy, but Under the Ivy was far more detailed and more beautifully written.

I have not received this product as of yet but I wouldn't see a reason why I wouldn't like it. I do love to read autobiographies about singers or stars. I have always wanted to read about Kate Bush. I have just recently finished reading my Kate Bush autobiography book and I love it. I do hope to buy some more books about Kate Bush in the future from Amazon.com.