Kate Bush: “The Man with the Child in His Eyes” (1978)
The big ballad from Kate Bush’s debut album, wuther or not you care.
Kronomyth 1.2: Floating beds and sleepyheads.
This is where I would tell you that The Man with the Child in His Eyes is one of my all-time favorites from Kate Bush, only that would be a lie. In fact, I’m sure I skipped past it more than once while listening to The Whole Story, and not just for the irony of it. Maybe it’s an autism thing, but half the fun of listening to a song is being the person singing it, sharing their emotions and discoveries, and the singer of this song is a complete mystery to me. I don’t know what she’s feeling, I don’t know who she’s talking about, it’s a beautiful blank to me. I’ll assume you don’t have the same block. The B side, Moving, is a different story: intoxicating and relatable in its description of love’s passion. You crush the lily in my soul? I totally know what she’s saying, even if I wouldn’t say it that way. Of minor interest, the Polish sleeve credits both songs to Busch. And they wonder why there are so many Polish jokes.
Original 7-inch single version
A1. The Man with the Child in His Eyes (Kate Bush) (2:39)
B1. Moving (Kate Bush) (3:04)
The Plastic
Released on 7-inch single on May 12, 1978 in the UK and Ireland (EMI, EMI 2806), on June 10, 1978 in the Netherlands (EMI, 5C 006-06712), on June 26, 1978 in Australia (EMI, EMI-11743), on October 23, 1978 in the US (EMI America, 8006) and in 1978 in France (Disques Sonopresse, 2S 008-06.712), Germany (EMI, 1C 006-06 712), Poland (Tonpress, S-171) and Portugal (EMI, 8E 006 06712) with regional picture sleeve. Reached #6 on the UK charts (charted on June 10, 1978 for 11 weeks). Also released as a promotional 7-inch single in 1978 in the US (EMI America, P-8006) and Canada (Harvest, P1-72798-DJ) feat. A mono and stereo.
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I have Autism myself so maybe that’s why I binge too much on stuff I’m truly interested in. And I can be stubborn sometimes as well. Apparently, there’s a box set out featuring the first five complete seasons of Saturday Night Live. Should I ask someone to buy it for me for Christmas? I wonder… Anyway, Kate Bush (the stubborn flyer she is) was an actual musical guest on one episode hosted by Eric Idle. In addition to being her only appearance on American national TV, it is widely believed that Mick Jagger and Paul Simon were in the audience during her performance. Paul Shaffer played the piano when she sang this song and he went on to say it was the most bizarre moment of his career. I guess one can decide for themselves if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.