Kate Bush is considered a genius. She writes all her own material, plus produces, arranges, classically trained piano as well as classically trained dancer. Some of her songs are bizarre yet beautiful at the same time. You should check out Wuthering Heights, Running up that hill, hounds of love.
Kate Bush is a genius. She’s written hundreds of very poetic and beautiful songs. There’s nobody like her. Maybe next “ don’t give up” , it’s a duet with Peter Gabriel. “Wuthering heights” is probably one of her best, but you have to get used to her voice a little bit.
Without doubt she's the Greatest Female artist I've ever Heard so underrated and wipes the floor with today's Trashy whores who just sell they're Bodies and exploit the minds of young Kids this is real talent and real music
Kate Bush is the real deal. Loved in the UK , never made it in the USA , I feel sad for the USA. A unique and original song writer, a unique and original voice and more . And yes did write this song .of course , that's what Kate Bush does. She is not a manufactured music industry bimbo. A true artist, arguably in my view one of the most underrated artists of her time. Dive into that Rabbit hole. Thanks for the reactions I do enjoy:)
Thing is Kate never tried to make it in the USA, she is a VERY British artist, it would take a lot of dogged determination and luck to get any attention there. She would never have committed to the relentless touring it takes to break through in The States, her interest is in creating music not promoting it. The lure of stardom does not appeal to someone as creative and private as she is. She was content to let her records and videos do all the talking.
We still enjoyed her music in the states but radio stations didn't understand her music. Not everybody has to be in the top 40 though to be appreciated.
Kate was approached to write a song for the John Hughes film She's Having A Baby and it's written from the perspective of the man while his wife and unborn child's lives hang in the balance in hospital, reflecting on their lives together. Kate often writes from a completely different perspective to her own, she writes, performs and produces all her own stuff and you definitely explore her work, she is a genius, a cult artist in America, being British and not a fan of touring or the fame game, she never toured America. She is still writing and recording but it's years between albums but well worth the wait!
Kate Bush is beyond words, a genius. Her songwriting, voice, and production are so original that she created a genre onto herself. Her influence is still felt to this day with modern female artists.
Dammmmnnn … you’ve never heard of Kate Bush, One of the best female singer songwriters in the world. Where you all been living haha. Love her, she is amazing.
The concept of the song is from the point of view of a husband whose wife is in labor with their first baby. She is 50-50 as to whether she will survive the birth. The word are the husband''s thoughts as he sits in the waiting room.
This ^^^^^. This comment should be pinned to the top of the comment section. You beat me to it. The crescendo of screams are her dying in child birth, and the scenes are his memories, all he has left, along with the regret of all the other things that they never did. And now it's too late. This song crushes me every time.
Kate is a singer / songwriter, producer/director, dancer/choreographer, musician and one of the most highly regarded and influential artists in the UK music industry. Her career spans from 1978 to present. If you choose to start on the journey of discovery that is Kate Bush you will share time with a true Godess and Genius. Please do it and be in awe.
Her song was released in 1988 and featured in the film She's Having a Baby starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern (1988). Kate is a brilliant song writer, singer, producer, dancer etc. Many including myself consider her a genius.
My wife was 6 months pregnant when we saw that movie, not knowing about that scene. We were so scared!!! Luckily, everything was fine and yrs later we still watch it and get a good cry!😭😭😭😭
'Don't give up' Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel is a brilliant duet. A supportive wife with a desperate husband that's trying to find work during the Great Depression1929 - 1941. What a woman.
Kate was one of the most important female artist pioneers of the last several decades. Her 1985 release Hounds of Love is widely regarded as the greatest album of that decade. check out "Running up Thar Hill" If you want to go deeper, EVERY album was a work of genius, she never missed.
@@bushmonster1702 Definitely!! No one in the industry, whether they be journalists, fans or musicians.... have had a bad word to say about her as person. Beautiful inside as well as out. A product of good parenting.
Kate Bush IMO is the greatest British female singer we have ever had. Multi talented with a range of songs that I feel no other singer has ever done. An amazing woman.
This song is all Kate Bush. Maxwell didn't write it. The song is about being forced to confront an unexpected crisis during childbirth, written from the male partner's point of view. It was written for John Hughes movie She's Having a Baby. That's why the guy in the video is frantically waiting in the hospital waiting room not knowing if his wife is dead or alive. He was kicked out of the delivery room when things went south. He's a desperate man in shock over what just happened and the lyrics are about his thoughts and fears
@@shineboxtommy A lot of people do great covers of many different songs, but there's something special about the minds of those who conceive them. I'm sure Maxwell has a few of his own. The way she did it was perfect for the movie she specifically wrote it for. Maxwell wasn't placed under the constraints of a screenplay. Therefore, his R&B inflections and showboating didn't have to be listened to in the same context. Kate is definitely capable of the vocal gymnastics (she hits higher notes in other songs), but she also knows that sometimes 'less is more'.
@@personalcheeses8073 yes I'm aware it's from Jake's perspective, just commented it was nice to hear it from a man's voice as well...and yes I prefer Kate's version as well, maybe biased but I've loved her voice since a wee kid 👍💕
Im not going to lie, it honestly annoys me every time I hear an American say they thought this song was written by some guy called Maxwell that I'd never heard of! Kate is a genuine and special talent, writing incredible music since her early teens with incredible expression and variation. A debut album so good that when David Gilmour (the lead guitarist for Pink Floyd) heard the demo he decided to produce the album. For me she's like the female David Bowie and coming from me there's no bigger praise i could give.
@@toddmathers5075 she isn’t the female version of anyone. She’s herself since the beginning. I always find it a little annoying that she’s « reduced » to male counterparts.
Kate Bush is one of the all time greats without question. Kate's "Before The Dawn" live show from 2014 is the greatest live performance spectacle I've ever experienced.
Kate Bush is one of the most respected female artists to emerge from the U.K. period. She is a generational talent. She is eccentric but a genius. She was discovered by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. He pushed the record company to take Kate on. Thank you David.
@@staceyw.6608 Na. Dave Gilmour's friend was a friend of the family. He gave Dave the heads up. Dave paid for recording the professional master tapes, which secured Kate's record contract at the age of 16.
Who the hell is Maxwell? Kate Bush wrote this song, I wasn't aware anyone had even done a cover. I first heard this song on the film "She's Having a Baby" many years ago.
She’s cited by so many musical artists world wide as one of their inspirations. A tour de force genius in the music industry. Made it worldwide in all the music charts except for whatever reason in the USA.
Kate Bush has a following ever since she appeared on the very first Saturday Night Live. She was unforgettable. Her movements, facial expressions, her voice (which started out very high and deepened as she matured), her videos, are completely original. Next: Don't Give Up (with Peter Gabriel), Wow - Official Music Video - Version 1, and Running Up That Hill!
I'm very sorry for your loss my friend, nothing can prepare you when you loss a love one, even less a son or in your case a daughter, be strong, peace be with you 🕊 and let her memories instead of sadness warm your heart my friend.🙏
Kate is an insanely talented writer and performer and this is very much her song. Please visit some more of her material - my favourite is the wonderfully emotional "Moments of Pleasure" where she looks back at all of the people in her life who have already passed away...it's just beautiful.
Kate Bush is such an amazing artist, my most favourite song is the Jig of Life - just beautiful and heartfelt. I've been a fan of Kate Bush for 40 years now. Kate Bush is the only artiste who could take literary classics and turn them into some of the greatest songs there ever was. Her music is a real treat that I still dive in to even after all these years.
Kate was ahead of her time. Let yourself take in more of her library than just the more well known. Btw: She’s the writer of her music and lyrics. Album “Hounds of Love” is great way to start. Incredible!
Wonderful reaction. I think you'll find Kate Bush worth exploring. And she has a die hard fan base going on 40+ yrs. So its great to see a younger generation begin to appreciate how truly groundbreaking Kate Bush really was/is.
I only ever knew Kate Bush's version. I associate it with where I've seen it in pop culture, in movies and tv. Kate wrote it for the movie She's Having a Baby. You should really watch that to get the context. It also works incredibly well in both Party of Five in Bailey's intervention episode where he crashes his car and injures his girlfriend. And then of course heartwrenchingly in The Handmaid's Tale where the handmaids believe they are going to die at the Red Sox stadium as punishment. I urge you to check out these great moments in film and television with the song.
Kate Bush is a genre all of her own. A genius in her writing, poetic. She also collaborated with Peter Gabriel. Wuthering Heights, Running Up That Hill, Babushka, and so many others. Each different in their own way. Miss Bush is VERY well worth exploring again. 💜👍👏👏👏
Kate Bush was assigned to write a song for the scene in the movie She's Having A Baby. The scene was about a husband and a father to be waiting in the hospital waiting room after he was told that his wife is having complications with a bridged labor where the feet of the baby are coming out first. The husband is reminiscing on all of the good times he had with his wife and he's feeling uncertain and stressed about the outcome of his wife and their child. He's feeling regret for the things that he didn't do and say to her. The song is sung from the husband's point of view.
always amazes me that Americans dont know Kate Bush. she wrote this, as well as many songs. was huge due to her voice, writing etc. isnt a break up song, as u can see from her video.
We Americans know Kate. I’ve loved her since ‘83. Many of these reactors are young, and I’m surprised at some of the music they’ve never heard, like the Stones or Police.
I thought it was about how the man can’t help during childbirth (the only thing that is solely women’s work) and maybe she dies? Also, I had only ever heard Greg Laswell’s cover of this song haha. Not even this original or Maxwell’s.
It was originally written for the soundtrack to a movie, ('She's having a Baby' I think it was) - after spending much of the movie seeing them falling out, or not communicating, and the relationship not in a good place, the woman has a medical emergency with her pregnancy and is rushed to hospital - this is the song that plays out as he waits in the hospital for news - medical staff running in and out and all the good memories of their relationship suddenly start playing through his mind. It's a beautiful scene, and this song was a huge part of what made it so good.
IMO, one of the most beautiful songs of all time. And, depending on where you are in your life, it can take so many different personal meanings. Absolutely gorgeous. And, it fits perfectly in the movie, "She's Having a Baby."
You see so many reactions to classic 70's and 80's songs when they think they know the song, but it's because the main hook has been sampled. That or it's been in a commercial or film.
I agree, most artists nowadays are crap and none of them can play an instrument, write a song or sing without auto tune. Pathetic era of so called artists... Pah!
The people who think Maxwell sang this first are basically Muppets who have no interest in music or Maxwell, as Maxwell continually says how he respects Kate and loves her music at loves covering her songs
Please excuse the length of this comment, but I feel compelled to let you know how accomplished and revered Kate Bush is in the music world. It is a shame that Kate is not well known in America. But in the U.K, throughout Europe, Australia, and Japan, Kate is an icon. She is a true original and musical genius, there's just no one like her. By the time Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour discovered her at the age of 15, she had already written over 250 songs. A brilliant and innovative composer, lyricist, singer (with a 4-octave voice), pianist, dancer, mime, choreographer, record producer, video producer & director - she even helped develop the first cordless headset microphone that she used on tour in 1978. Hugely influential and HIGHLY respected by musicians worldwide, Kate was one of the first female musicians to take total production and artistic control over her work. She’s been a real pioneer for women in the music industry for the last 40 years. First woman to have a #1 self-written song in the UK charts. First woman to have an album debut at #1 (her third lp, “Never For Ever”). She has had 25 Top 40 singles, 10 albums on the Top 10 Albums Charts, nominated 13 times for British Phonographic Industry awards and 3 Grammy awards, an Ivor Novella Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 for her honored services to music. In September of 2020 Kate was honored as a fellow of the prestigious Ivors Academy for songwriters and composers. She's one of the most respected artists and producers in the music industry. In 2014 she returned to the stage and sold out over 100,000 tickets in less than 15 minutes (a record for London's Hammersmith Apollo). Her 22 performances were highly acclaimed and she became the first woman to have 8 albums in the top 40 charts at the same time (third behind only Elvis and The Beatles).
It's such a Hauntingly Beautiful Song, and Kate Bush has an Ethereal voice. I'm not sure if you noticed in the video, the husband had been imaging a nurse coming to tell him that his wife's dead, but you need watch the face of the real nurse (at the very end, she's smiling at him...so it's good news he's getting). IMO, You really need to watch the movie "She's Having A Baby", to truly better understand the story being told in the song, and yes it's being told through a man's perspective. ❤😘 This song is about unexpected trials that can happen, when a woman's delivering a baby...which always makes me cry, because both of my childbirth's didn't go well, I ended up having both 3&5 weeks early, as emergency c-sections, which babies and I, almost died during both of them. This song brings up the fear that my husband went through...I ended up going through a hysterectomy at 27, less than a year after I had my last child. They are my miracles (I was told that I couldn't get pregnant, but I miraculously had 2👼, 6 years apart), they're both a blessing from God❣🙏✝️💝 ❤ 🙏🏼 ✌
Kate Bush is my favorite musical artist of all time. I just can't describe how much of a genius she is and how much she means to me personally. But you should listen to her entire discography starting from her first album The Kick Inside. You might want to start reacting to "Wuthering Heights" (the WHITE DRESS version).
OMG, I'm so happy that you found this video. Kate Bush released this in her album Sensual world in 1989. And Maxwell covered it. He acknowledges her in his concert. Kate Bush is an amazing artist and she has written some very different music from an eclectic genre of music. But once you listen to her you'll really get to sense how amazing her work is.
I personally fell in love with his song when I first heard this song in the 80’s, in the UK she was a true star then, this womans voice was a force of nature, she was ahead of her time, to say she came out in the late 70’s you would loved it or hated it, but it stood the test of time, it’s been covered by a number of artists, maxwell being one of them and I liked his version as well by Kate Bush will all ways be my go to artist, 👏👏🙏🏼🙌🙌👍👍❤️❤️
You hear ‘genius’ thrown around a lot when Kate Bush comes up. I won’t write it again, but I truly believe it. I love her catalog, and the way it changes over time. Hounds of Love is perhaps her most accessible album - at least ‘side 1’ tracks. But “The Dreaming” & “The Sensual World” are also great. She’s an artist who never let the music business dictate her life or direction or creative timetable.
Kate Bush recorded this in 1988 as a sound track for the film 'She's having a baby'. It was the second single released from her album The Sensual World in 1989 (which I have the original vinyl :-) ...)
Listen also to Kate sing ‘Mná na Éireann’ an Irish language song which translates to ‘Women of Ireland’ in English. Her Irish Mother is a former nurse and her English Father a doctor. Have loved her since 1977 - aged nine.
I grew up listening to Kate Bush in Australia from 7th grade when she blew up with Wuthering Heights. The Kick Inside is still one of my all time favorite albums. Her collaboration with Peter Gabriel is also amazing . I have to admit I growled when you said she may not be the original. Never heard of Maxwell. I’m originally from the UK as is Kate Bush. She’s a genius singer/songwriter and very reclusive and private. Her discography is flawless. I’m very protective of Kate lol grrr
This song is from the man's perspective. He is in the waiting room of a hospital and his is in labour in the hospital and there are complications and the baby and wive's life is in jeopardy and he is helpless and ruminating on his life with his wife up to them and is hope that she and infant survive.
Kate Bush has played the part of a ghost in her lyrics in more than one song. I know in Wuthering Heights she is a ghost and on side B of Hounds of Love she explained that she drowned & visited as a ghost in the song Watching You Without Me. I could be wrong but I have always assumed she is dead in this song & wishes she could console her widowed husband.
Someone else besides Kate Bush sings this song? Wow. I guess I was busy raising kids, I am simply eternally stuck in the 80s and 90s, lol, glad you reacted to this version, you got me in tears, each and every single time with this song for sure :)
Kate Bush is in my opinion the greatest singer songwriter of her time. Her following is Huge. And she’s only performed live a handful of times because of the haters.... I hate haters. Not only did she write the song, and play all the piano... she performs it live. On UA-cam
Why are some people (not the posters of the video!) unable to resist the urge to call Kate Bush (and many others) "the female XYZ"? She's a brilliant and absolutely unique artist.
It’s very rare for anyone to cover Kate Bush’s songs. Amongst musicians she is vtually sacred. . Even when she took many years away from performing, few would attempt to sing her songs.
"Babooshka", one of her greatest hits, (fantastic MV with double bass) tells a true story that Kate read in some newspaper, about a woman who was so suspicious of her husband that she decided to test him, risking everything, and lost everything.
She wrote this song specifically for the John Hughes movie “She’s Having a Baby”. Check out the video from the movie. She wrote from the man’s perspective during a child birth that doesn’t go exactly smoothly.
If you like Kate Bush's voice, you will definitely love Aurora. Runaway is her first song and she wrote it when she was 11. She is 25 now and she has 3 albums out and she is awesome. She is from Norway and has the voice of an ANGEL. I bet this is not the first time you have heard her name.
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There is no one who can compare to Kate Bush's genius. An absolute joy to listen to and watch
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Kate Bush is considered a genius. She writes all her own material, plus produces, arranges, classically trained piano as well as classically trained dancer. Some of her songs are bizarre yet beautiful at the same time. You should check out Wuthering Heights, Running up that hill, hounds of love.
Kate was self-taught on the piano. Her dance teacher was Lindsay Kemp, same teacher that Bowie learned from.
@@lavenderbee3611 Yes, before she played at St Joseph's Convent school, as well as studied Opera there. And Lindsay Kemp was a student of Holger.
Love Kate an amazing beautiful woman
Kate Bush is a genius. She’s written hundreds of very poetic and beautiful songs. There’s nobody like her. Maybe next “ don’t give up” , it’s a duet with Peter Gabriel. “Wuthering heights” is probably one of her best, but you have to get used to her voice a little bit.
'Don't give up' is incredible
Without doubt she's the Greatest Female artist I've ever Heard so underrated and wipes the floor with today's Trashy whores who just sell they're Bodies and exploit the minds of young Kids this is real talent and real music
Man with the child in her eyes was written by Kate when she was 13
@@neilmorrison7356 said it before shes a genius
She has spawned many but she is the original
Kate is a poet genius..she's never written a bad song in my opinion x
Kate Bush is the real deal. Loved in the UK , never made it in the USA , I feel sad for the USA. A unique and original song writer, a unique and original voice and more . And yes did write this song .of course , that's what Kate Bush does. She is not a manufactured music industry bimbo. A true artist, arguably in my view one of the most underrated artists of her time. Dive into that Rabbit hole. Thanks for the reactions I do enjoy:)
Thing is Kate never tried to make it in the USA, she is a VERY British artist, it would take a lot of dogged determination and luck to get any attention there. She would never have committed to the relentless touring it takes to break through in The States, her interest is in creating music not promoting it. The lure of stardom does not appeal to someone as creative and private as she is. She was content to let her records and videos do all the talking.
@@MrDiddyDee Yes I agree that is a very good point , I would not be surprised if that was the case .
We still enjoyed her music in the states but radio stations didn't understand her music. Not everybody has to be in the top 40 though to be appreciated.
My friends and I adored her in my college days
Don't feel sad, some of us had parents who listened to her and passed her down to us. Kate Bush is ethereal.
Kate was approached to write a song for the John Hughes film She's Having A Baby and it's written from the perspective of the man while his wife and unborn child's lives hang in the balance in hospital, reflecting on their lives together. Kate often writes from a completely different perspective to her own, she writes, performs and produces all her own stuff and you definitely explore her work, she is a genius, a cult artist in America, being British and not a fan of touring or the fame game, she never toured America. She is still writing and recording but it's years between albums but well worth the wait!
When this song plays in the movie it will make you cry. The tear turning into a blood drop.
Exactly this NOT what the guys were describing 😂
Kate Bush is beyond words, a genius. Her songwriting, voice, and production are so original that she created a genre onto herself. Her influence is still felt to this day with modern female artists.
Dammmmnnn … you’ve never heard of Kate Bush, One of the best female singer songwriters in the world. Where you all been living haha. Love her, she is amazing.
They are Black. Different cultural experience, different generation. They don't play Kate Bush on hip hop / R&B radio ...
The concept of the song is from the point of view of a husband whose wife is in labor with their first baby. She is 50-50 as to whether she will survive the birth. The word are the husband''s thoughts as he sits in the waiting room.
Thank you. 😊
This ^^^^^. This comment should be pinned to the top of the comment section. You beat me to it. The crescendo of screams are her dying in child birth, and the scenes are his memories, all he has left, along with the regret of all the other things that they never did. And now it's too late. This song crushes me every time.
Correct.
100% ACCURATE!!!
This is why this song was featured in the 1988 movie, She's Having a Baby. The meaning of the song fit the scene in the movie darn near perfectly.
Kate singing The Man With the Child In His Eyes, to me, is wonderful.
My favorite Kate Bush song. I love singing that myself. It’s a challenging song.
Written when she was 13 years old.....
100% ❤️❤️❤️
@@paulstroud2647 .....and recorded at 16. Along with "Saxophone Song" two years before the rest of the album.
Gotta do “running up that hill” it’s a completely different sound, she’s so varied
Another great. Awesome 👏🏾
But just how many times can you stomach that video? If only there was another one with her actually singing
Please! You guys gotta do Running Up That Hill!!!
@@Terezi813 the live version with David Gilmore
army dreamer.........
One of the few music artists I would actually call a genius. In fact one of the few music artists I would actually call an artist.
Her dancing in 'Running Up That Hill' is magic.
Kate is a singer / songwriter, producer/director, dancer/choreographer, musician and one of the most highly regarded and influential artists in the UK music industry. Her career spans from 1978 to present. If you choose to start on the journey of discovery that is Kate Bush you will share time with a true Godess and Genius. Please do it and be in awe.
Her song was released in 1988 and featured in the film She's Having a Baby starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern (1988). Kate is a brilliant song writer, singer, producer, dancer etc. Many including myself consider her a genius.
This song and the movie "she's having a Baby" makes me cry every time
My wife was 6 months pregnant when we saw that movie, not knowing about that scene. We were so scared!!! Luckily, everything was fine and yrs later we still watch it and get a good cry!😭😭😭😭
I love watching that movie and in particular that scene when that song was being played. I love Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern.
'Don't give up' Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel is a brilliant duet. A supportive wife with a desperate husband that's trying to find work during the Great Depression1929 - 1941. What a woman.
Yes yes yes yes yes incredible song will blow you away !!! I wait in antitipation do it do it ! Good call fellow subscriber its amazing
Beautiful
Kate was one of the most important female artist pioneers of the last several decades. Her 1985 release Hounds of Love is widely regarded as the greatest album of that decade. check out "Running up Thar Hill" If you want to go deeper, EVERY album was a work of genius, she never missed.
A lot of people think maxwell was the original singer of this but kate bush was the original singer
And composer
@@neilmorrison7356 And producer.
@@warrenbridges1891 and general good egg.
@@bushmonster1702 Definitely!! No one in the industry, whether they be journalists, fans or musicians.... have had a bad word to say about her as person. Beautiful inside as well as out. A product of good parenting.
Kate Bush IMO is the greatest British female singer we have ever had. Multi talented with a range of songs that I feel no other singer has ever done. An amazing woman.
Joan Armatrading?
This song is all Kate Bush. Maxwell didn't write it. The song is about being forced to confront an unexpected crisis during childbirth, written from the male partner's point of view.
It was written for John Hughes movie She's Having a Baby.
That's why the guy in the video is frantically waiting in the hospital waiting room not knowing if his wife is dead or alive. He was kicked out of the delivery room when things went south. He's a desperate man in shock over what just happened and the lyrics are about his thoughts and fears
This might be a Kate Bush song originally, but Maxwell absolutely sang the hell out of it
Facts
This movie and song still brings me to blubbering tears 😢
@@shineboxtommy Not anywhere nearly as powerful and beautiful and haunting as Kate's version
@@shineboxtommy A lot of people do great covers of many different songs, but there's something special about the minds of those who conceive them. I'm sure Maxwell has a few of his own. The way she did it was perfect for the movie she specifically wrote it for. Maxwell wasn't placed under the constraints of a screenplay. Therefore, his R&B inflections and showboating didn't have to be listened to in the same context. Kate is definitely capable of the vocal gymnastics (she hits higher notes in other songs), but she also knows that sometimes 'less is more'.
I love Maxwells version. But Kate actually wrote the song, in addition to singing it.
And produced it
Yeah like Maxwell's version as he's an awesome singer and nice to hear it from a male voice as well
@@glastonbury4304 The song is written from a man’s perspective. Maxwell does a great job. But the original is always the best
@@personalcheeses8073 yes I'm aware it's from Jake's perspective, just commented it was nice to hear it from a man's voice as well...and yes I prefer Kate's version as well, maybe biased but I've loved her voice since a wee kid 👍💕
And wrote the music.
Im not going to lie, it honestly annoys me every time I hear an American say they thought this song was written by some guy called Maxwell that I'd never heard of! Kate is a genuine and special talent, writing incredible music since her early teens with incredible expression and variation. A debut album so good that when David Gilmour (the lead guitarist for Pink Floyd) heard the demo he decided to produce the album. For me she's like the female David Bowie and coming from me there's no bigger praise i could give.
Uhhm Maxwell didn't wrote that song, he covered it. He introduced it to the audience who wasn't familiar with Kate Bush, which is the R&B audience
Great comparison with David Bowie
Who’s Maxwell? Kate is the real artist.
@@gazoontight Maxwell is an R&B/Soul artist
@@toddmathers5075 she isn’t the female version of anyone. She’s herself since the beginning. I always find it a little annoying that she’s « reduced » to male counterparts.
Kate Bush is one of the all time greats without question. Kate's "Before The Dawn" live show from 2014 is the greatest live performance spectacle I've ever experienced.
She is so incredibly unique and talented. My favourite song is “And Dream of Sheep”, a beautiful lullaby. 🤗💛🌾
A beautiful lullaby, about a woman drowning.
Wuthering Heights is the song that had blasted her in to the Stratosphere in 1978 if you watch it make sure she is in the red dress.
white dress :)
White dress version is best!!!
Kate Bush is one of the most respected female artists to emerge from the U.K. period. She is a generational talent.
She is eccentric but a genius.
She was discovered by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. He pushed the record company to take Kate on. Thank you David.
Oh I thought Peter Gabriel discovered her and gave her her break. She's just amazing
@@staceyw.6608 Na. Dave Gilmour's friend was a friend of the family. He gave Dave the heads up. Dave paid for recording the professional master tapes, which secured Kate's record contract at the age of 16.
Kate`s "Babooshka" was a video clip that stole my heart... "Army dreamers", "Sensual world", all of her video clips are short movies
It’s her song. Kate Bush’s body of work is rich. She’s amazing.
Who the hell is Maxwell? Kate Bush wrote this song, I wasn't aware anyone had even done a cover.
I first heard this song on the film "She's Having a Baby" many years ago.
Try Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush!!!! She's AMAZING!!!!
This song is featured in the Kevin Bacon movie, "She's Having a Baby". Try to keep a dry eye.
She’s cited by so many musical artists world wide as one of their inspirations. A tour de force genius in the music industry. Made it worldwide in all the music charts except for whatever reason in the USA.
Kate Bush has a following ever since she appeared on the very first Saturday Night Live. She was unforgettable. Her movements, facial expressions, her voice (which started out very high and deepened as she matured), her videos, are completely original. Next: Don't Give Up (with Peter Gabriel), Wow - Official Music Video - Version 1, and Running Up That Hill!
Kate Bush, National Treasure since 20 January 1978 here in the UK, over 44 years of creative bliss
Fun fact : Kate a favorite of both Tupac & Big Boi .
She's amazing.
Ever since my wife and I lost our daughter just over three years ago, this song (and the video) never fails to reduce me to a blubbering mess.
I'm so so sorry for your loss. Sending Kate Bush-Internet-Music-Hugs
My sincerest condolences to you and your wife and family.
I'm very sorry for your loss my friend, nothing can prepare you when you loss a love one, even less a son or in your case a daughter, be strong, peace be with you 🕊 and let her memories instead of sadness warm your heart my friend.🙏
that is so sad. sorry for your loss.
Terry - my sympathies. I can completely understand why this song would hit you hard. It does to me every single time I hear it. Take care sir.
She the original person one of our uk royalties ❤💯
Kate is an insanely talented writer and performer and this is very much her song. Please visit some more of her material - my favourite is the wonderfully emotional "Moments of Pleasure" where she looks back at all of the people in her life who have already passed away...it's just beautiful.
Kate Bush is such an amazing artist, my most favourite song is the Jig of Life - just beautiful and heartfelt. I've been a fan of Kate Bush for 40 years now. Kate Bush is the only artiste who could take literary classics and turn them into some of the greatest songs there ever was. Her music is a real treat that I still dive in to even after all these years.
Just beautiful. I lost both my parents to cancer. Hearing this song made me cry like a child. Thank you for that. The lyrics are so beautiful.....🙏🏻
Kate was ahead of her time. Let yourself take in more of her library than just the more well known. Btw: She’s the writer of her music and lyrics. Album “Hounds of Love” is great way to start. Incredible!
Wonderful reaction. I think you'll find Kate Bush worth exploring. And she has a die hard fan base going on 40+ yrs. So its great to see a younger generation begin to appreciate how truly groundbreaking Kate Bush really was/is.
I only ever knew Kate Bush's version. I associate it with where I've seen it in pop culture, in movies and tv. Kate wrote it for the movie She's Having a Baby. You should really watch that to get the context. It also works incredibly well in both Party of Five in Bailey's intervention episode where he crashes his car and injures his girlfriend. And then of course heartwrenchingly in The Handmaid's Tale where the handmaids believe they are going to die at the Red Sox stadium as punishment. I urge you to check out these great moments in film and television with the song.
Kate Bush is a genre all of her own. A genius in her writing, poetic. She also collaborated with Peter Gabriel. Wuthering Heights, Running Up That Hill, Babushka, and so many others. Each different in their own way. Miss Bush is VERY well worth exploring again.
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Kate Bush and Tori Amos...nobody can create that much emotion in a song. Absolutely breathtaking.
Kate Bush was assigned to write a song for the scene in the movie She's Having A Baby. The scene was about a husband and a father to be waiting in the hospital waiting room after he was told that his wife is having complications with a bridged labor where the feet of the baby are coming out first. The husband is reminiscing on all of the good times he had with his wife and he's feeling uncertain and stressed about the outcome of his wife and their child. He's feeling regret for the things that he didn't do and say to her. The song is sung from the husband's point of view.
Kate Bush is legendary in the U.K ,U.S Have missed out on a really talented woman ...great reaction by the way
We in the US didn’t miss out. She is loved here also.
The beautiful chrystalline clarity of the tune & awesome singing could melt the heart of a snowman
Kate bush is pure genius you should listen to all of her music she is inimitable
It isn't a break-up song, it's about a woman's life in danger as she goes into labour; she's singing from the man's point of view.
Having been that man this song breaks me❤
always amazes me that Americans dont know Kate Bush. she wrote this, as well as many songs. was huge due to her voice, writing etc. isnt a break up song, as u can see from her video.
We Americans know Kate. I’ve loved her since ‘83. Many of these reactors are young, and I’m surprised at some of the music they’ve never heard, like the Stones or Police.
Kate Bush wrote this song and it was also featured in a movie titled, She's Having a Baby. OMG... One of the best songs ever written!
I thought it was about how the man can’t help during childbirth (the only thing that is solely women’s work) and maybe she dies?
Also, I had only ever heard Greg Laswell’s cover of this song haha. Not even this original or Maxwell’s.
Some men give birth too, bigot! /sarcasm
Kate Bush is the songwriter of A Woman's Work.
It was originally written for the soundtrack to a movie, ('She's having a Baby' I think it was) - after spending much of the movie seeing them falling out, or not communicating, and the relationship not in a good place, the woman has a medical emergency with her pregnancy and is rushed to hospital - this is the song that plays out as he waits in the hospital for news - medical staff running in and out and all the good memories of their relationship suddenly start playing through his mind. It's a beautiful scene, and this song was a huge part of what made it so good.
For me one of the best English female singers of all time! They have bags of talent over on that island
IMO, one of the most beautiful songs of all time. And, depending on where you are in your life, it can take so many different personal meanings. Absolutely gorgeous. And, it fits perfectly in the movie, "She's Having a Baby."
Hint: be suspicious of any song from the 2000s onward. If it’s good, check to see if it is a cover
You see so many reactions to classic 70's and 80's songs when they think they know the song, but it's because the main hook has been sampled. That or it's been in a commercial or film.
I agree, most artists nowadays are crap and none of them can play an instrument, write a song or sing without auto tune. Pathetic era of so called artists... Pah!
The people who think Maxwell sang this first are basically Muppets who have no interest in music or Maxwell, as Maxwell continually says how he respects Kate and loves her music at loves covering her songs
Please excuse the length of this comment, but I feel compelled to let you know how accomplished and revered Kate Bush is in the music world. It is a shame that Kate is not well known in America. But in the U.K, throughout Europe, Australia, and Japan, Kate is an icon. She is a true original and musical genius, there's just no one like her. By the time Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour discovered her at the age of 15, she had already written over 250 songs. A brilliant and innovative composer, lyricist, singer (with a 4-octave voice), pianist, dancer, mime, choreographer, record producer, video producer & director - she even helped develop the first cordless headset microphone that she used on tour in 1978. Hugely influential and HIGHLY respected by musicians worldwide, Kate was one of the first female musicians to take total production and artistic control over her work. She’s been a real pioneer for women in the music industry for the last 40 years. First woman to have a #1 self-written song in the UK charts. First woman to have an album debut at #1 (her third lp, “Never For Ever”). She has had 25 Top 40 singles, 10 albums on the Top 10 Albums Charts, nominated 13 times for British Phonographic Industry awards and 3 Grammy awards, an Ivor Novella Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 for her honored services to music. In September of 2020 Kate was honored as a fellow of the prestigious Ivors Academy for songwriters and composers. She's one of the most respected artists and producers in the music industry. In 2014 she returned to the stage and sold out over 100,000 tickets in less than 15 minutes (a record for London's Hammersmith Apollo). Her 22 performances were highly acclaimed and she became the first woman to have 8 albums in the top 40 charts at the same time (third behind only Elvis and The Beatles).
The "Tour of Life" was happening in spring 1979 (just a little TYPO)...
Started following her in 1979, when I bought her album 'The Kick Inside'. Been in love with her ever since =)
Great debut album! Still sounds fresh and unique!
It's such a Hauntingly Beautiful Song, and Kate Bush has an Ethereal voice.
I'm not sure if you noticed in the video, the husband had been imaging a nurse coming to tell him that his wife's dead, but you need watch the face of the real nurse (at the very end, she's smiling at him...so it's good news he's getting). IMO, You really need to watch the movie "She's Having A Baby", to truly better understand the story being told in the song, and yes it's being told through a man's perspective. ❤😘
This song is about unexpected trials that can happen, when a woman's delivering a baby...which always makes me cry, because both of my childbirth's didn't go well, I ended up having both 3&5 weeks early, as emergency c-sections, which babies and I, almost died during both of them. This song brings up the fear that my husband went through...I ended up going through a hysterectomy at 27, less than a year after I had my last child. They are my miracles (I was told that I couldn't get pregnant, but I miraculously had 2👼, 6 years apart), they're both a blessing from God❣🙏✝️💝
❤ 🙏🏼 ✌
Kate Bush is my favorite musical artist of all time. I just can't describe how much of a genius she is and how much she means to me personally. But you should listen to her entire discography starting from her first album The Kick Inside. You might want to start reacting to "Wuthering Heights" (the WHITE DRESS version).
KB first came on the scene in 1978 in all her beauty and weirdness. This is a touching song.
One of the most underrated artists ever her music is fire
Loved kate since I was a child. Her music makes me feel things I can't explain. She is an angel.
OMG, I'm so happy that you found this video. Kate Bush released this in her album Sensual world in 1989. And Maxwell covered it. He acknowledges her in his concert. Kate Bush is an amazing artist and she has written some very different music from an eclectic genre of music. But once you listen to her you'll really get to sense how amazing her work is.
I personally fell in love with his song when I first heard this song in the 80’s, in the UK she was a true star then, this womans voice was a force of nature, she was ahead of her time, to say she came out in the late 70’s you would loved it or hated it, but it stood the test of time, it’s been covered by a number of artists, maxwell being one of them and I liked his version as well by Kate Bush will all ways be my go to artist, 👏👏🙏🏼🙌🙌👍👍❤️❤️
You hear ‘genius’ thrown around a lot when Kate Bush comes up. I won’t write it again, but I truly believe it.
I love her catalog, and the way it changes over time.
Hounds of Love is perhaps her
most accessible album - at least ‘side 1’ tracks.
But “The Dreaming” & “The Sensual World” are also great.
She’s an artist who never let the music business dictate her life or direction or creative timetable.
Ahhh she is a walking piece of art 🎭
Kate Bush was asked to write the song for the film she's having a baby
Kate Bush recorded this in 1988 as a sound track for the film 'She's having a baby'. It was the second single released from her album The Sensual World in 1989 (which I have the original vinyl :-) ...)
This is absolutely and positively Kate Bush's song!
Quite possibly the greatest British female artist of all time
transmit13 Even Brit legend Dusty Springfield covered one of Kate's tunes on stage. "Man With The Child In His Eyes".
Absolutely love ❤ Kate bush
Listen also to Kate sing ‘Mná na Éireann’ an Irish language song which translates to ‘Women of Ireland’ in English. Her Irish Mother is a former nurse and her English Father a doctor. Have loved her since 1977 - aged nine.
I love, love, love, this song! I’m glad your both listening to it! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
I grew up listening to Kate Bush in Australia from 7th grade when she blew up with Wuthering Heights. The Kick Inside is still one of my all time favorite albums. Her collaboration with Peter Gabriel is also amazing . I have to admit I growled when you said she may not be the original. Never heard of Maxwell. I’m originally from the UK as is Kate Bush. She’s a genius singer/songwriter and very reclusive and private. Her discography is flawless. I’m very protective of Kate lol grrr
Yep! Kate Bush - the GOAT - wrote this song!
You definitely need to react to more Kate Bush, she is unique, plenty of great suggestions from others.
I love Kate Bush and Dimash. Thank you for featuring my two most favourite singers. ❤️
She started at the age 14 writer and the music she does everything great
Yes, Kate Bush wrote this song. She's a very prolific songwriter.
This song is from the man's perspective. He is in the waiting room of a hospital and his is in labour in the hospital and there are complications and the baby and wive's life is in jeopardy and he is helpless and ruminating on his life with his wife up to them and is hope that she and infant survive.
Who is Maxwell. Kate Bush is a genius. No one better.
It’s about a man waiting in a hospital room waiting to find out if his wife and child survived
Kate Bush has played the part of a ghost in her lyrics in more than one song. I know in Wuthering Heights she is a ghost and on side B of Hounds of Love she explained that she drowned & visited as a ghost in the song Watching You Without Me. I could be wrong but I have always assumed she is dead in this song & wishes she could console her widowed husband.
Someone else besides Kate Bush sings this song? Wow. I guess I was busy raising kids, I am simply eternally stuck in the 80s and 90s, lol, glad you reacted to this version, you got me in tears, each and every single time with this song for sure :)
Kate Bush is in my opinion the greatest singer songwriter of her time. Her following is Huge. And she’s only performed live a handful of times because of the haters.... I hate haters.
Not only did she write the song, and play all the piano... she performs it live. On UA-cam
Why are some people (not the posters of the video!) unable to resist the urge to call Kate Bush (and many others) "the female XYZ"?
She's a brilliant and absolutely unique artist.
It’s very rare for anyone to cover Kate Bush’s songs. Amongst musicians she is vtually sacred. . Even when she took many years away from performing, few would attempt to sing her songs.
What a masterpiece just brilliant, total classic.
❤️ Kate Bush was my favourite in my teens- so many great songs. Beautiful amazing voice and writing talent. ❤️
"Babooshka", one of her greatest hits, (fantastic MV with double bass) tells a true story that Kate read in some newspaper, about a woman who was so suspicious of her husband that she decided to test him, risking everything, and lost everything.
She wrote this song specifically for the John Hughes movie “She’s Having a Baby”. Check out the video from the movie. She wrote from the man’s perspective during a child birth that doesn’t go exactly smoothly.
Maxwell's amazing and has great taste. He actually tells everyone that Kate's the bomb in his live video.
If you like Kate Bush's voice, you will definitely love Aurora. Runaway is her first song and she wrote it when she was 11. She is 25 now and she has 3 albums out and she is awesome. She is from Norway and has the voice of an ANGEL. I bet this is not the first time you have heard her name.
good on Maxwell for covering the song. Musicians should do things like this more often. universal themes and emotions, etc
Kate Bush is amazing and I've listened to her since I was a teenager.
Everyone should listen to this pop genius.