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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I wonder if she'll tour? She's one of the few favorite performers that I never saw live.

Kate only did one tour, waaay back in her earliest days. There is a video of that show, KATE BUSH LIVE AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON, which shows a very young Kate performing almost exclusively from her first album, THE KICK INSIDE. She has lots of costume changes and choreography. All the while, she was quickly recording a second album, LIONHEART, and dealing with her sudden popularity.

The experience just about did her in, and she was a long time recuperating. (The title of her third album, NEVER FOR EVER, may have been her answer to the question, when will you tour again?)

She has made a few appearances at charity concerts, and you can find a video of her performing Running Up That Hill on one of the Secret Policeman's Ball videos. (All of these can be dug up on VHS if you look around.) But apart from that, Kate is a studio musician, like the Beatles in their most creative days.

Now that I've had a few more listens to King of the Mountain, I have to say, I really love it. It's available on iTunes, Yahoo! Music Unlimited, Sony Connect, Walmart.com, Rhapsody, Napster, and MSN Music, so if you have access to any of the above, check it out.

The lyrics are kind of hard to hear clearly, but they're really cool:

King of the Mountain

Could you see the aisles of women?
Could you see them screaming and weeping?
Could you see the storm rising?
Could you see the guy who was driving?
Could you climb higher and higher?
Could you climb right over the top?
Why does a multi-millionaire
Fill up his home with priceless junk?

The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house

Elvis are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain

Another Hollywood waitress
Is telling us she's having your baby
And there's a rumour that you're on ice
And you will rise again someday
And that there's a photograph
Where you're dancing on your grave

The wind is whistling
The wind is whistling
Through the house

Elvis are you out there somewhere
Looking like a happy man?
In the snow with Rosebud
And king of the mountain

The wind it blows
The wind it blows the door closed