Although I’ve always been a big Kate Bush fan, I can’t lie to you and tell you that I find her music videos and TV appearances (for the most part) anything other than totally laughable, at least the performances from the earlier part of her career. I mean, come on! Even her staunchest fans would have difficulty defending goofy clips like this one.
Noel Fielding from The Mighty Boosh obviously feels this way, too. Witness his spot-on “interpretive” parody of Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” on the BBC’s 2011 Let’s Dance for Comic Relief and compare it to the original.
One YouTube commenter wrote “I would go lesbian for Noel Fielding.” Another quipped “It really looks like this is something he does every Saturday regardless of comic relief.”
Well, practice makes perfect…
Update: Below, a comparison video. Thanks to Ana Phylaxis for the heads-up!
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Kate Bush: ‘Wuthering Heights’ slowed down to a gorgeous 36-minute symphony
Kate Bush: Probably her first ever TV interview from 1978
Kate Bush: Splendid concert documentary from 1980
The Dreaming: Some seldom-seen Kate Bush videos, TV interviews & B-sides, 1982
Endearing photos of Kate Bush as a child