Kate BushCloudbusting (5:10)

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Like Bush’s first hit “Wuthering Heights,” this is based on a book. It was inspired by Peter Reich’s 1973 Book of Dreams, which describes his father Wilhelm’s arrest for contempt of court.

Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian psychiatrist who was trained in Vienna by Sigmund Freud. His work combined Marxism and psychoanalysis to advocate sexual freedom. In the 1930s, Reich came up with the concept of “orgone,” a physical energy contained in the atmosphere and in all living matter. The “Cloudbuster” was a device he came up with to manipulate the orgone energy in the atmosphere, which would force clouds to form and bring rain.

Hawkwind and Patti Smith have both released songs about Reich’s concept of Cloudbusting.

Donald Sutherland appears in the video as the inventor/father.
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  • Hounds of Love
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  • The Whole Story
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  • Gold Ballads
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  • The Hounds of Love (+6 Bonus Track)
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  • JakTheeMeng

    cloudbustin!

    Saturday morning
  • VCR-64

    I just know that something good is gonna happen!

    11 days ago
  • TschanFarang

    Awesome ; Artist & Music !!!

    24 days ago
  • TheLionzHeart1

    don't forget

    last month
  • obscurecendo

    PURE EPICNESS

    last month
  • LuciaAlfie

    Masterpiece <3

    last month
  • nick_honest

    great song

    last month
  • miunicaverdad

    just sayin it could even make it happen

    last month
  • cjkisaragi

    Obviously one of the best songs of all times!!!!!

    March 2012
  • bicknor

    Does motodoc, below, mean that Kate Bush is a beautiful piece, or the song? Or, perhaps both? Hmmm we need to know, for clarification (wyjasnienie) or explanation.

    March 2012
  • motodoc

    piekny kawalek

    March 2012
  • kikikirsche

    E-yeah yeah yeah yeah yo-ohhhhhhhhhh

    March 2012
  • phosgene

    It's a pitty that Kate and Patti never made some kind of collaboration on the whole Reich topic...

    February 2012
  • feathersf

    <3

    February 2012
  • RbrtsWax88

    One of her BEST!!

    February 2012
  • bonprixe

    Great, love it!

    February 2012
  • TLFKAI

    well I love this song since it was released... and it's the only song I like where a Jo-Jo is mentioned... ;-)

    February 2012
  • sirthorty

    wonderful song.....untouchable reached

    January 2012
  • showroom-dummy

    so beautiful

    January 2012
  • ColorCaptn

    Wounderful !

    December 2011
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