The members of The Octopus Project have known each other since they were kids and this familiarity is in great evidence as they talk about how the Guns n Roses’ Appetite for Destruction, the theme song from 2001: A Space Oddysey and a live show by The Jesus Lizard. Along the way, the three end up talking about abandoning the trumpet, the connection between music and emotion and the difference between going to a show in 90’s versus today.
Then British singer-songwriter Jane Weaver shares her experience of seeing Kate Bush performing Wuthering Heights on Top of the Pops when she was just five years old, and how Bush’s look, dance and singing style still influence her work today.
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Listen to songs from episode 52 of This Song
Watch the Octopus Project perform Small Hundred live on VuHaus
Listen to the Octopus Project perform live in Studio 1A
Watch Kate Bush perform Withering Heights on Top of the Pops
Watch the Music Video for Top of the Pops