Kate Bush - Symphony In Blue (1979 Xmas Special) video free download


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Duration: 04:38
Uploaded: 2008/09/21

Kate performs "Symphony In Blue" on the 1979 Christmas special. The opening music is "Gymnopédie No.1" by Erik Satie.

Lyrics:

I spent a lot of my time looking at blue,

The colour of my room and my mood:

Blue on the walls, blue out of my mouth;

The sort of blue between clouds, when the sun comes out,

The sort of blue in those eyes you get hung up about.

When that feeling of meaninglessness sets in,

Go blowing my mind on God:

The light in the dark, with the neon arms,

The meek He seeks, the beast He calms,

The head of the good soul department.

I see myself suddenly

On the piano, as a melody.

My terrible fear of dying

No longer plays with me,

for now I know that I'm needed

For the symphony.

I associate love with red,

The colour of my heart when she's dead;

Red in my mind when the jealousy flies,

Red in my eyes from emotional ties,

Manipulation, the danger signs.

The more I think about sex, the better it gets.

Here we have a purpose in life:

Good for the blood circulation,

Good for releasing the tension,

The root of our reincarnations.

I see myself suddenly

On the piano, as a melody.

My terrible fear of dying

No longer plays with me,

for now I know that I'm needed

For the symphony.

I spent a lot of my time looking at blue--

No wonder that I blue it!

Comments

8 years ago

Sola Sistim

Erik Satie and Kate Bush = Beautiful

9 years ago

Joe Raimondo

Happy Holidays!

9 years ago

roy suherman

her voice too small

10 years ago

andyspet

ooooooooooooohhh, so good, cant wait to see her in august.

10 years ago

BlueBoy9055

Another masterpiece from Kate! Excellent!

10 years ago

John Beecroft

Good quality from every aspect. Thank you!

10 years ago

Stephane Lalumiere

trop unreal, but so good

10 years ago

Beelze Bub

Genius. <3

10 years ago

Aladdin Sane

genius - genius - genius - from the queen of music here to reign over us

10 years ago

christopher fujino

this song is not performed live. she's seen using a dynamic mic, but she's obviously more concerned with mugging for the camera than directing her voice towards a dynamic microphone's narrow field of sensitivity, and the sound is of a high quality condensor mic (compare with both the singing technique and sound quality of gabriel's "here comes the flood" performance, which is live into a dynamic mic). however i agree with you that i think the tracks were recorded especially for the show.

10 years ago

magentareverb

i do love a chrimbus special

11 years ago

BlytheWorld1972

amazing vocal on this live clip

11 years ago

Benjamin Lo-Fi

Thank you for putting this up. It is a beautiful and inspiring rendition, and I've watched it many times to revive my spirits. Ben, of London Lo-Fi...thanks

11 years ago

Sean McGarry

couldntveputitbettermyself...

12 years ago

huitzil07

the cardigans first band on the moon, i forget the song but same melody

12 years ago

bluesfuneral

I don't think that it beats the album version, it doesn't even come close... but have mercy one me, Kate! I'm begging you.

12 years ago

bozodeathgod

It's so good to "get" Kate Bush. Love, love, love, her.

12 years ago

Sams Ortiz Lopez

Shakira used the intro of this song in this performance! watch?v=KbLhxFHbObE&feature=relmfu

13 years ago

IAmPlaysWithSquirrel

@weemalky She has a keyboardist in the background, maybe that's why the piano track plays before she does? I've seen a similar thing happen in Alicia Keys performances, where she performs a certain song in which she doesn't play piano until towards the end of the song, and before she even sits at the piano, you can already hear the piano playing. It happens in literally EVERY performance of the song, not just one instance, and she does have a keyboardist as well.

13 years ago

eboker7

my favorite song of Kate

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