Kate Bush sampled some very interesting things on her synthesiser (Picture: Fish People/AFP via Getty Images)
Kate Bush broke boundaries with her music, and it seems she took things even further than we knew about as she allegedly made songs from farts.
Okay, we know how it sounds, but apparently it’s true – the Wuthering Heights star recorded her own flatulence and would make music from it on a professional synthesiser.
The news was broken – excuse the pun – by music producer Donal Lunny, who worked with Kate on multiple albums.
In an interview with Uncut Magazine about the star, he described her as ‘a funny, mischievous woman.’
He then went on to reveal: ‘Somebody told me she samples a fart on the Fairlight and would happily play tunes on it.’
In the same feature on Kate, her saxophonist Nigel Hitchcock recalled that the first time he ever met the Running Up That Hill star, she was making a curry for everyone.
The musical genius seemingly sampled farts to make music with – whether they actually ended up on finished tracks is up for debate (Picture: Redferns)
Arriving at her home with two saxophones ready to begin working, ‘she opened the door, took them both from me, and said, “I’ll be back in a minute, I’m making a curry.”
‘She was feeding everybody as well.’
Knowing what curry does to the body, we reckon there was plenty to record on the Fairlight after that meal.
While Kate has long been a legend to many, she cemented herself as a cultural icon when Running Up That Hill had a massive revival nearly 40 years after its initial release.
The star was just 19 when she penned Wuthering Heights and went on to secure a platinum album six times over (Picture: TV Times via Getty Images)
She had a major revival last summer as Running Up That Hill featured in an incredible moment on Stranger Things (Picture: Netflix)
After the track shot its way back up the charts after featuring in a jaw-dropping scene from Stranger Things series four, the star became beloved to a whole new generation.
She reflected on the ‘crazy, rollercoaster year’ in a heartfelt message leading into 2023, saying the love shown to Running Up That Hill gave it a ‘whole new lease of life.’
‘It was such a great feeling to see so many of the younger generation enjoying the song,’ she said. ‘It seems that quite a lot of them thought I was a new artist! I love that!’
Kate is one of the UK’s most celebrated female artists, having written the haunting Wuthering Heights and with 10 studio albums – six platinum – under her belt.
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