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** "Sat in Your Lap" has a recurring "ooh" sound that sounds very similar to the later, infamous ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' death sound effect.

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** "Sat in Your Lap" has a recurring "ooh" sound that sounds very similar to the later, infamous ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' death sound effect.
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* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in ''Series/StrangerThings''. "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.

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* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in ''Series/StrangerThings''. "Wuthering Heights" Heights", "This Woman's Work" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.
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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Bush is often considered one of the greatest art pop musicians of all time, and her work is also considered some of the most difficult to properly interpret as a result of her blending literary and cinematic influences with highly abstract lyrics.

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* LGBTFanbase: Bush has had a very large queer following from the outset, generally attributed to a mix of her campy theatrics, her unrepentant eccentricity, her exploration of atypical and even taboo subjects, and especially her ability to build a successful career on her own terms, all which resonated well with the LGBT community and their plights. Bush herself acknowledged this part of her fanbase relatively quickly, including explicitly gay characters in "Wow" and "Kashka from Baghdad" on her second album.

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* LGBTFanbase: Bush has had a very large queer following from the outset, generally attributed to a mix of her campy theatrics, her unrepentant eccentricity, her exploration of atypical and even taboo subjects, and especially her ability to build a successful career on her own terms, all of which resonated well with the LGBT community and their plights. Bush herself acknowledged this part of her fanbase relatively quickly, including explicitly gay characters in "Wow" and "Kashka from Baghdad" on her second album.



* SampledUp: Music/UtahSaints' "Something Good" features a ''very'' prominent sample of Kate's "Cloudbusting".



** When she started her career, she was considered something like Music/LadyGaga's detractors picture her: getting by on her looks and sheer weirdness rather than her talent. See for example ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-63ZVvoA-No portrayal]] of her, with the show's resident MsFanservice Creator/PamelaStephenson portraying her as a ditzy {{Cloudcuckoolander}} while singing a parody of "England, My Lionheart" named "England, My Leotard". Her early performances and videos being a bit heavy on the fanservice and weird dancing certainly didn't help. Now she's one of the most critically-acclaimed artists of all time, and is widely ranked as one of the most influential art pop musicians in western music.

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** When she started her career, she was considered something like Music/LadyGaga's detractors picture her: getting by on her looks and sheer weirdness rather than her talent. See for example ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-63ZVvoA-No portrayal]] of her, with the show's resident MsFanservice Creator/PamelaStephenson portraying her as a ditzy {{Cloudcuckoolander}} while singing a parody of "England, My Lionheart" named "England, My Leotard". Her early performances and videos being a bit heavy on the fanservice and weird dancing certainly didn't help. Now she's one of the most critically-acclaimed critically acclaimed artists of all time, and is widely ranked as one of the most influential art pop musicians in western music.

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* AwardSnub: She has never won a Grammy, and wasn't nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until 2018, and has yet to be inducted.
* Averted as of 2023 when she was finally inducted, though many musicians such as Courtney Love and music critics pointed out, she should have been inducted way sooner.

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* AwardSnub: She Bush has never won a Grammy, and wasn't nominated to be when she finally got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until 2018, and has yet to be inducted.
* Averted as of 2023 when she was finally inducted, though
in 2023, many musicians such (such as Courtney Love Music/CourtneyLove) and music critics pointed out, voiced the opinion she should have been inducted way sooner.
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*Averted as of 2023 when she was finally inducted, though many musicians such as Courtney Love and music critics pointed out, she should have been inducted way sooner.
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** When she started her career, she was considered something like Music/LadyGaga's detractors picture her: getting by on her looks and sheer weirdness rather than her talent. See Series/NotTheNineOClockNews' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-63ZVvoA-No portrayal]] of her as a ditzy {{Cloudcuckoolander}} as an example. Her early performances and videos being a bit heavy on the fanservice and weird dancing certainly didn't help. Now she's one of the most critically-acclaimed artists of all time, and is widely ranked as one of the most influential art pop musicians in western music.

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** When she started her career, she was considered something like Music/LadyGaga's detractors picture her: getting by on her looks and sheer weirdness rather than her talent. See Series/NotTheNineOClockNews' for example ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-63ZVvoA-No portrayal]] of her, with the show's resident MsFanservice Creator/PamelaStephenson portraying her as a ditzy {{Cloudcuckoolander}} as an example.while singing a parody of "England, My Lionheart" named "England, My Leotard". Her early performances and videos being a bit heavy on the fanservice and weird dancing certainly didn't help. Now she's one of the most critically-acclaimed artists of all time, and is widely ranked as one of the most influential art pop musicians in western music.
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* {{Narm}}: Kate Bush has a tendency to write great songs that are nearly ruined by a line or two, like "Mmm, yes, I said mmm, yes" from "The Sensual World".
** Though on the surface this would appear to be Narm, the song is based around Molly Bloom's soliloquy in the final chapter of ''Ulysses'' where the word "yes" is featured prominently.
** How about "Wuthering Heights" and its video? "Heathcliff! It's me, Cathy, I've come home! I'm so co-o-old, let me in-a your window." Combine that with her extremely bizarre dancing, which eventually turns into random spinning, and her bright red lipstick and dress, and you've got an incredibly Narmy ballad.
*** In the first (British) video she wears a white dress and performs a similar weird dance in a featureless, dark, foggy room. She begins the song by ''springing up like a mushroom'' from a sort of meditative pose.
** The way she says "GODDDDDD" in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLlwUaEyr0 "Running Up That Hill"]].
*** And the "modern" dancing in that video? [[BrainBleach My eyeeeees!]]
** What about when Kate stares at you in her music videos? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEVMfG8z490 Skip to 0:53 and say that's not narm.]]
** "Song of Solomon"'s [[SarcasmMode eloquent]] line "I don't want your bullshit/I want your sexuality!". Sung in a high-pitched girly voice. Granted, it's to be expected when singing a song named after an infamously sexual book in the Bible, but regardless, SpitTake in 3... 2... 1...
*** Certainly not helped by the way she pronounces sexuality.
** In "Houdini" (an otherwise great song), Kate suddenly screams "With your spit still on my lip, you hit the water!" in some kind of vocal fry.
** In "Get Out of My House" there's a part where she and her backup singer start making squealing noises for no reason (MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext).
*** [[NarmCharm But all the narm is what makes it so "Kate."]]
* NarmCharm: Kate's awkward dance routine for "Wuthering Heights" polarized critics, but it's still adorable how she hugs herself when she sings "I'm so co-o-o-old". [[SpectacularSpinning Also, the admittedly gratuitous spinning is kind of awesome.]]

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* {{Narm}}: Kate Bush has a tendency to write great songs that are nearly ruined by a line or two, like "Mmm, yes, I said mmm, yes" from "The Sensual World".
NarmCharm:
** Though on the surface this would appear to be Narm, the song is based around Molly Bloom's soliloquy in the final chapter of ''Ulysses'' where the word "yes" is featured prominently.
** How about "Wuthering Heights" and its video? "Heathcliff! It's me, Cathy, I've come home! I'm so co-o-old, let me in-a your window." Combine that with her extremely bizarre dancing, which eventually turns into random spinning, and her bright red lipstick and dress, and you've got an incredibly Narmy ballad.
*** In the first (British) video she wears a white dress and performs a similar weird dance in a featureless, dark, foggy room. She begins the song by ''springing up like a mushroom'' from a sort of meditative pose.
** The way she says "GODDDDDD" in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuLlwUaEyr0 "Running Up That Hill"]].
*** And the "modern" dancing in that video? [[BrainBleach My eyeeeees!]]
** What about when Kate stares at you in her music videos? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEVMfG8z490 Skip to 0:53 and say that's not narm.]]
** "Song of Solomon"'s [[SarcasmMode eloquent]] line "I don't want your bullshit/I want your sexuality!". Sung in a high-pitched girly voice. Granted, it's to be expected when singing a song named after an infamously sexual book in the Bible, but regardless, SpitTake in 3... 2... 1...
*** Certainly not helped by the way she pronounces sexuality.
** In "Houdini" (an otherwise great song), Kate suddenly screams "With your spit still on my lip, you hit the water!" in some kind of vocal fry.
** In "Get Out of My House" there's a part where she and her backup singer start making squealing noises for no reason (MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext).
*** [[NarmCharm But all the narm is what makes it so "Kate."]]
* NarmCharm:
Kate's awkward odd dance routine for "Wuthering Heights" polarized critics, critics when it came out, but among fans, it became a major part of the video's appeal; it's also still adorable how she hugs herself when she sings "I'm so co-o-o-old". [[SpectacularSpinning Also, Both of these things led to fans organizing events specifically dedicated to recreating the admittedly gratuitous spinning is kind of awesome.]]dance en masse.

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* CoveredUp: Has happened to Kate a lot: The FanVid-making community, at least, is far more aware of Music/{{Placebo}}'s or Music/WithinTemptation's cover of "Running Up That Hill". However the release of ''Series/StrangerThings'' Season 4 saw this become averted.

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* CoveredUp: Has happened to Kate a lot: The lot:
** Prior to its RevivalByCommercialization following its inclusion in ''Series/StrangerThings'', the
FanVid-making community, at least, is community was far more aware of Music/{{Placebo}}'s or Music/WithinTemptation's cover of "Running Up That Hill". However the release of ''Series/StrangerThings'' Season 4 saw this become averted.Hill".



* GrowingTheBeard:
** While Kate was always a serious musician, some people didn't like her high-pitched girly voice. These people usually prefer her work from the '80s on, when her voice matured.
** Outside of the VocalEvolution, 1980 is also considered a huge point of artistic advancement for Bush from a musical perspective, as her introduction to the Fairlight CMI during production of ''Music/NeverForEver'' made her open to greater musical experimentation on her work, as illustrated on her following three albums. It was also the first album she produced herself, albeit with a co-producer's aid; she's start producing her works ''entirely'' on her own with ''Music/TheDreaming''. Bush herself considered ''Never for Ever'' the first album of hers that she felt truly content with.
* HarsherInHindsight: Rolf Harris appears on "Music/TheDreaming" playing didgeridoo, as well as playing "The Painter" on ''Music/{{Aerial}}''. This used to be a "fun" fact, and then Operation Yewtree happened. Consequently, Harris was removed from the 2018 remaster of ''Aerial'', and his spoken word parts were redone by Bush's son.

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* GrowingTheBeard:
** While Kate was always a serious musician, some people didn't like her high-pitched girly voice. These people usually prefer her work from the '80s on, when her voice matured.
** Outside of the VocalEvolution, 1980 is also considered a huge point of artistic advancement for Bush from a musical perspective, as her introduction to the Fairlight CMI during production of
GrowingTheBeard: Among both fans and critics, ''Music/NeverForEver'' is considered a major turning point for the better. Not only did it mark the start of her VocalEvolution (with many listeners not being fond of her high-pitched singing on her first two albums), but her introduction to the Fairlight CMI also made her open to greater musical experimentation on her work, as illustrated on her following three albums. It Furthermore, it was also the first album she produced herself, albeit with a co-producer's aid; she's she'd start producing her works ''entirely'' on her own with ''Music/TheDreaming''. Bush herself considered ''Never for Ever'' the first album of hers that she felt truly content with.
* HarsherInHindsight: Rolf Harris appears on "Music/TheDreaming" playing didgeridoo, as well as playing "The Painter" on ''Music/{{Aerial}}''. This used to be a "fun" fact, and then Operation Yewtree happened. Consequently, Harris was removed from the 2018 remaster of ''Aerial'', and his spoken word parts were redone by Bush's son.
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* SophomoreSlump: Fans and critics tend to regard ''Lionheart'' as this. They don't consider the album outright ''bad'' by any means. They just think it doesn't break any new artistic ground compared to the debut.

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* SophomoreSlump: Fans and critics tend to regard ''Lionheart'' as this.this, being considered inferior to both ''Music/TheKickInside'' just before it and ''Music/NeverForEver'' just after. They don't consider the album outright ''bad'' by any means. They just think it doesn't break any new artistic ground compared to the debut.

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* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in ''Series/StrangerThings''. "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.



* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in ''Series/StrangerThings''. "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Ended up on the receiving end of this in late 2016 when in an interview promoting ''Before the Dawn'' she expressed admiration for the then-UK PM UsefulNotes/TheresaMay as an example of a woman in power getting things done (à la "This Woman's Work"). Praising the Conservative PM did not go down well with her generally left-wing fanbase. She eventually clarified the comments in early 2019 stating that she wasn't a Conservative supporter, and by 2020 the comments would stop following her around for the most part.

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* FandomRivalry: One-sided with Music/ToriAmos, as a vocal element of Bush's fandom accuse Amos of owing all her success to [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping her off]]. Torifiles, on the other hand, tend to like Kate, as evidenced by Tori's covers of Kate Bush songs getting big cheers from the audience in live performances. Tori was even interviewed in a BBC documentary about Kate, and shows some admiration for her.
** A small faction of Bush fans are this with the ''Series/StrangerThings'' fanbase, mainly due to the usage of "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", feeling Bush will now simply be associated with the series than her actual talents. Others however feel it's mainly yet another example of [[NoTrueScotsman fan elitism and fan entitlement]] simply because of heavy exposure. Thankfully as mentioned, it's ''small'' and there hasn't been any animosity towards both fanbases.

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One-sided with Music/ToriAmos, as a vocal element of Bush's fandom accuse Amos of owing all her success to [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks ripping her off]]. Torifiles, on the other hand, tend to like Kate, as evidenced by Tori's covers of Kate Bush songs getting big cheers from the audience in live performances. Tori was even interviewed in a BBC documentary about Kate, and shows some admiration for her.
** A small faction of Bush fans are this with the ''Series/StrangerThings'' fanbase, mainly due to the usage of "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)", feeling Bush will now simply be associated with the series than her actual talents. Others however feel it's mainly yet another example of [[NoTrueScotsman fan elitism and fan entitlement]] simply because of heavy exposure. Thankfully as mentioned, it's ''small'' and there hasn't been any animosity towards both fanbases. fanbases, likely helped by Bush herself being a fan of the show.
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* AwardSnub: She has never won a grammy, and wasn't nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until 2018, and has yet to be inducted.

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* AwardSnub: She has never won a grammy, Grammy, and wasn't nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until 2018, and has yet to be inducted.
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* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in Series/Stranger Things. "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.

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* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in Series/Stranger Things.''Series/StrangerThings''. "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.
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* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in ''Series/Stranger Things''. "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.

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* SignatureSong: "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" especially, since it had a massive increase in popularity thanks to its inclusion in ''Series/Stranger Things''.Series/Stranger Things. "Wuthering Heights" and "Babooshka" definitely count as well, however.

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