It makes this performance of ‘Hounds of Love’ all the more special.īush delivers a stunning rendition of the track, using her famous command of movement and theatricality to make the song’s point and allow her audience to watch on with glee. As opposed to the blooming flowers and dewy. I’ve come to think of this as an anti-vanitas logic. It is in this moment that the hounds come out when the crash is not a test and the heart not a metaphor. Hounds of Love is a surprisingly deep meditation on domestic violence and controlling relationships, an astonishingly well-acted piece of film, and it doesnt end quite the way youd expect from. It meant that on the few occasions Bush did perform, even for one song, it was big news. We hear in them the sound of two parts detaching, the moment when love is the most physical, the most raw and tangible that it will ever be. It would take 35 years for Bush to go on another run of shows, this time at her 22-night London residency with ‘Before The Dawn’. Her show became famed for its meticulous use of performance art and visuals as well as Bush’s vocal gymnastics. Hounds of Love can be adequately described as a double-edged sword of love and solitude, cutting into an alternate universe far more beautiful but equally as haunting as the Upside Down. The singer experienced an almost non-existent touring life after her 1979 dates ‘The Tour Of Life’, which saw Bush travel to 28 different shows across Europe.
It makes every live performance she ever conducted feel like gold dust. Bush, one of the leading lights of the British music scene, has only really toured twice in her career and one of them was a residency in London.