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Fake Bush : Echoes of the Heights...
review
Kate Bush knows a thing or two about This Woman’s Work – and Fake Bush knew a thing or two about making this woman’s work that much harder by wowing a braying pack of hounds of love at the Joogleberry on Sunday night.
As is the wont of most critics, I’m happiest when a performance throws up something I can bitch about, whether it’s the delusions of an incompetent performer or the air-conditioning level in the venue, but Lucy Bundy done her wailing tributee proud with a flawless and effortless trawl through the Bushian archives.
Lionheart saw her capturing that typical wistfully renaissance purr that early Kate afficianados are so familiar with; Wow’s only bum note was on the re-enactment of Bush’s buttock-patting Vaseline moment; and These Heavy People was a joyous romp of a hot spot.
If I had to pick a bone over anything, it would be the non-Bush songs done in a Bush-stylee. I wasn’t sure these were so successful in that respect. That isn’t to say they weren’t enjoyable, but Kate’s voice, to my ear, was not so evident as it might have been – Dream A Little Dream, for example, smacked more of Marilyn Monro, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Still, Patrick’s arrangements were gorgeous and clever – the segueing of Your Song with Yellow Brick Road and Candle in The Wind, for example – Gary Blair’s frocks were fabulously camp (purple Dutch satin, black and fuchsia pucci silk – don’t ask me…), and the inter-song banter was affectionate and amusing.
If you love the bonkers one, keep Fake Bush’s next date free – given her non-touring status, it could be the closest you get to the real thing.
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The Village Street Party 2008
