December 9, 1978

She performs two songs on the U.S. NBC-TV programme, Saturday Night Live. This is the only live entertainment programme on U.S. television, and is the most influential programme for the pop music market, as well the most important American showcase for “alternative” music. Kate performs The Man With the Child in His Eyes, seated on a piano, to the accompaniment of veteran rock keyboardist Paul Shaffer; and Them Heavy People, in a raincoat and Fedora hat. Nothing remotely like it has ever been seen on American television before. (via Gaffaweb)

Kate Bush - Them Heavy People (1979 Xmas Special) (par Symphonyofflowers)

When she sings “You crush the lily in my soul”.

Mark Knopfler, qui signe tous les titres, s’impose comme l’unique compositeur du groupe. Il se fait également remarquer par son jeu de guitare, virtuose, mais à contre-courant du « gros son » rock de la fin des années 1970. Influencé par le blues et la country, notamment par J.J. Cale etChet Atkins, Hank Marvin des Shadows. Knopfler ne joue qu’en fingerpicking, en son clair. Son instrument de prédilection, une Fender Stratocaster, devient l’emblème du groupe sur les pochettes des deux premiers albums.

Dire Straits-Sultans Of Swing OGWT 1978 (via MrTelevisionMan)

BUBU’s “Anabelas” is one of the most complete prog albums to have come out of Argentina in the 1970s. BUBU was quite a large band and actually with a wide range of talent and instrumentation. Along with the traditional rock set-up (guitar, bass, and drums), the band featured a violinist, flutist, saxophonist, and pianist. Each composition is filled with intense interaction between the musicians, dozens of melodic surprises, and unexpected tempo changes.

Their music is complex, energetic, and diabolical in a KING CRIMSON-ish sort of way. Very surprising is that there is no noodling and very little soling to be found here and although does offer a pretty trippy and wild musical experience, never gets too out of control or becoming un-accessible for the listener. (via Orexis of Death)