My Top 2000 Songs #1084: The Big Sky

Some 2000+ entries into this 6-year-old blog, and Kate Bush is making her debut appearance. Which feels strange, 'cuz... c'mon, it's Kate Bush! But she's one of those artists I appreciate & respect more than I actually enjoy listening to, so I didn't spin up her records all that often. 

To the extent I do, it tends to be 1985's Hounds Of Love. That was the one we used to play on the college station all the time when it came out, so I retain a certain fondness for it. The record went through something of a revival a few years ago when "Running Up That Hill" made an appearance on Stranger Things, and that's probably the more enduring selection from the LP. But I was always partial to "The Big Sky." Something about those huge, booming drums, the rare instance where 80s production misfires actually work, the song building to a massive, orgasmic crescendo.

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