S04E01 – Sat In Your Lap

Sat In Your Lap could be summed up in one word: bombastic. Isn’t it fitting then that the episode about that song is jam-packed with guests? Of course! What a way to start off Kate’s (now) beloved fourth album The Dreaming, than with five different guests this week from many different parts of the world! And they all have one thing in common: they love Sat In Your Lap. Tomer Feiner (Israel) Craig Houston (Ohio) Wayne Henderson (California) Vanessa Ramos (Canada) AND we have a special contribution from longtime Kate fan Daniel Thomas, who was last featured on the Coffee Homeground and Symphony in Blue episodes. You’ll get to hear from him on each song from The Dreaming thanks to essays he has written comparing songs from The Dreaming with Tori Amos’ equally experimental (and the first of her albums to be self-produced, like with Kate) Boys for Pele. This week, we’re talking ALL about this song. What it was like for us the first time hearing this song. The production. The lyrics (all of us going, so that’s what she’s saying at the end!). What others have said about this song. What Kate wrote extensively in the Kate Bush Club Newsletter. And lastly, who can forget the bonkers music video? It’s all here in this first episode of the fourth season of the show! Song and interview clips used: In the Air Tonight Sat in Your Lap (demo) Sat in Your Lap (fan-made instrumental) Sat in Your Lap (fan-made piano instrumental) The Dreaming 1982 Interview (interviewer unknown) Kate Bush on Razzmatazz, July 14, 1981