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Kate Bush - The Sensual World

Music Video
ArtistKate Bush
SongThe Sensual World
DirectorPeter Richardson
DirectorKate Bush
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Kate Bush moves through a dreamlike woodland in a long medieval-style gown, performing an expressive dance as the setting shifts through mist, daylight, darkness, and changing weather. The forest becomes a living, sensual environment rather than a simple backdrop, with wind, foliage, water, and light surrounding her. The video's uncluttered journey mirrors the song's celebration of touch, nature, and the physical world, creating an atmosphere that feels both pastoral and mythic.

Factoids & Trivia

  • Kate Bush wanted the video to remain visually simple, using one main environment instead of the elaborate sets and effects common in many late-1980s music videos.
  • Bush described the concept as a celebration of the planet's sensuality, with weather, elemental changes, the sound of wind, and the experience of being physically connected to the world.
  • The performance combines ballet-like movement with turning and spinning, reinforcing the video's ritualistic and dreamlike quality.
  • The forest setting changes with shifts between day and night, mist, and weather, giving the impression of one continuous journey through a living landscape.
  • Bush associated the song with positive female energy, an idea reflected in the video's emphasis on bodily movement, nature, and self-expression rather than a conventional narrative.
  • The video was later included in the 1990 home-video release "The Sensual World: The Videos," alongside "Love and Anger" and "This Woman's Work."

Lyrics

Mmh, yes,

Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep South, go down, mmh, yes,
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of Howth Head and into the flesh, mmh, yes,

He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes,
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body, yes.

Stepping out of the page into the sensual world.
Stepping out...

To where the water and the earth caress
...
© Kate Bush - The Sensual World. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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