6975. Kate Bush - Hammer Horror
From: Lionheart ; Year: 1978; Genre: Rock I have to admit, I have never considered myself a fan of Kate Bush, but definitely do not hate her music. She is an enigma to me personally; I really believe that it comes down to the fact she used her ubiquitous given and surname and not a unique and memorable stage name. Not that it is a problem, more of an issue with me and not placing an artist with a song I do in fact like and remember. Anyway, wotever the case, I thought it is far past time to add one of her songs to my blog. This was a minor, but no her only, hit off of her sophomore album. It was supposedly inspired, subject matter wise, by The Hammer Film 's movies, which consisted mostly in the horror genre. Also though, it got even more inspiration from an autobiographical film concerning screen great Lon Chaney: Man of a Thousand Faces . From it Kate Bush was captivated in particular by James Cagney playing Lon Chaney, who was playing the role of Quasimodo in the 1923 sile...