Toys in the attic: English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer Kate Bush lets the cat out of the bag in her second album, Lionheart (EMI, 1978). Including the hit single "Wow", the album takes its title from the track, "Oh, England, My Lionheart", in which a pilot who has been shot down contemplates his homeland as his plane hurtles towards the ground, and to his death. Literary references include J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in "In Search of Peter Pan" (a song which also quotes "When You Wish Upon A Star" from the classic Disney film, Pinocchio), as well as a nod towards Arsenic and Old Lace in the song "Coffee Homeground", which despite being similar in plot to the play, was inspired by a taxi driver who drove Bush once. Film references include "Hammer Horror", inspired by the Hammer Film studio, known for their gothic horror films. Bush's eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic lyrics have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.
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