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September 19, 2007
Retrohump: Tell Me, They Both Matter Don't They?
I've sung the praises of Chromatics' cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" on multiple web-sites now, and my slight preference for the understated sex appeal of the newbie over the stridently powerful original has touched a bit of a nerve (on one site at least). Finally getting to wrap my head around Chromatics' stellar album Night Drive, which you can order from the band right now for a reduced price ahead of its appearance on shop shelves, has done nothing to overturn that preference.
In the name of fairness, as well as legitimate admiration, I give you the original's video, with Ms. Bush in all of her interpretive dancin' glory. Her videos always sum up a respectable, if irreparably time stamped, strain of the eighties aesthetic and this clip is no exception. Afterwards, you can pick your preferred version and declare it to the world.
* Write ins for Placebo's version will be considered, and then snickered at.
Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill"
Chromatics - "Running Up That Hill"
Posted by Jeff Klingman at September 19, 2007 01:20 PM
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