In a way, I'd like to stick to songs that were "singles" that didn't make it, but I can't say that about today's selection, "How to be Invisible" from Kate Bush.
The track comes from Bush's eighth album, 2005's Aerial.
The entire album was overlooked, even by me - and I bought it the first day of release. I just never went back to it much. And that was a shame.
For what few commercial success Bush has had with individual songs, her fan base is loyal to the core. If it weren't for Stranger Things, a few million people would not know who she was, and I'm fairly certain that she'd still be in the perpetual waiting room for the Rock N Roll Hall O'Fame.
Bush fared better in the UK than here, obvi. She had so many missed opportunities here - not by her, but by radio and video programming here in the U.S.
Our loss.
She did just fine without us.
One of those overlooked was "How to be Invisible", not that it was ever released as a single in any country.
The rhythm section alone makes the song, but the guitar and vocal is pretty fucking good. If nothing else it could have been a great club remix. Sure, I wasn't going to gay bars to dance in 2003, but you get the point.
The beat is kind of hypnotic, in a good way.
....and speaking of remixes, someone a few months ago unofficially put one out. There isn't a lot of difference, though it does bring Bush's vocals more to the forefront, which I thought was needed.
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