Now THIS is a cover. I've loved this song for decades, and this is by far one of the best covers. You got the emotion, the frustration, the passion. I'm absolutely moved. Beautiful!
Yep when I saw stranger things S4 and heard Kates version I was like - wait - I used to play Megs version on repeat on my way to work couple years back. I did a double take and realized Megs version was not Kates. Im not trying to compare either versions they are both good. However, Megs voice has something magical and when I first hear her cover 😍 I was in love! She revamped and gave this song character and life. And to he honest, I thought it was her song originally I had no clue. Only because discovered this song playing on our local radio station I fell in love with Megs music. She is very talented 👏 😍 ❤
@loudnsounds - Hardly. This sounds canned. Kate Bush was well ahead of her time. This version is one of the worst copies of Bush's song. You can literally hear how it was produced, and the singing sounds strained.
It's sad that so many incredible pieces of art like this are so often lost to time. Glad pop culture is able to bring back a new audience to timeless works at least for a while
The odd aspect of this is how you were able to notice this since it only flashes for a fraction of a second onscreen -- a very LOW fraction of a second. Lile probably only 1/10th of a second. You must have been bored.
@@kenwhitener985 I was blown away by this song the first time i came across it on UA-cam. I also found Meg to be extremely interesting and I ended up watching the video a dozen times at least that day.
I heard this the first time on 89.7 alt rock Detroit a few months ago driving home from work got a little teary-eyed with all the passion in meg myers voice! Stranger things Katie bush original does not come close!!
Other artists have covered Kate's music before - but they didn't own their version. They were just going through the motions of singing a song they didn't really feel. Ms Myers OWNED this. She put her heart and soul into using her vision to make this ROCK! Also have to thank her for helping me rediscover Kate. After 1985 she fell off the map - for me - for 34 years.
I have yet to see anything Meg does not own. I looks like she pours herself in, and then pours it all out so we can feel what she felt. Kinda beautiful, scary beautiful.
This is not a mere cover, or update. It is an honest tribute from the one artist to the original. I was a fan of Kate Bush in the first run and this is just...amazing. Not a cover, not an update, not just a tribute. This is Adoration.
Well said! I’m embarrassed to admit I only knew the Placebo version and loved it, but already see how much better the song can be, now I have to listen to the original. Gonna be hard to top this, though
I disagree.....I was about to get into this chicks music. If you seen me an hour ago I found her today , watched desire and one of her other tracks. But no this kate bush track should have NEVER been tampered with. Its a cop out and a heartbreaker for me. I thought this chick was the bomb until she did the kate cover. Its a mockery version at best.
Heard this song when my son was hooked up to breathing machines and we were praying for his life. Thank goodness he survived! But hearing it a few years later still gives me tears because it gave me strength when my entire world was falling apart. One of the best covers of a song!
Thank you, Meg, for bringing joy into my world. My 3 year old son asks for "Butterfly Rocket Girl" every single night, and thinks that you're his older sister. It's very sweet to see how excited he still gets every time he hears the opening notes.
It makes me fking cry every time I watch this. Hundreds of endless universes, whole lives. Unicolored, multicolored, with extra details like dots, figures, animals, names, all so different but equally beautiful and deep. Colour of Everything.
@@robdatta8767 That is why I commented "she left" the 80s vibe. Some artists do covers and change the song entirely I'm so happy she kept those 80s feels in it 🤗
I don't usually like most covers coz they have to be really really good to better the original. This is one of the rare exceptions. Excellent cover Meg! I'm on repeat
I adore the song, but the way you did the music video was pure genius. You constantly amaze me with your creativity and willingness to take chances for your vision. Absolutely lovely.
I remember this cover from radio play a few years back. This versions the best cover. Far more impactful use of drums. Her voice has range and a depth to match the heavyness of the message.
same! after hearing the song in stranger things i immediately thought about this since i love this cover and i was happy that Meg Myers would finally get more views!!
Song came out in 2019, if it hasn't happened yet it ain't gonna happen. She literally covered the song, and did nothing to make it her own. That's the definition of plagiarism
It was all over the radio up here in NY since it's release. Since stranger things everyone went back to the original. This was the first version i ever heard
It feels a lot like Kate Bush’s version is post-grief. Whereas they’d accepted the situation, this version feels raw. Denial, anger, bargaining… it’s all there.
@L I'm pretty sure the song might literally be about making a deal with god to trade places with god. Evidence: At the end of the Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - Live on Wogan 1985 version of the music video, she for seemingly no reason pulls out a bow and arrow and points it at god. Also, trading places with anyone else would not allow one to run up that building. Or have no problems. Unless she delusionally believes whoever she is trading places with has no problems, which is entirely possible. I think the literalist interpretation is the most likely, though, in this case.
... with enormous respect for Kate Bush, I can, personally, say that I find Meg's cover to be a masterpiece... that both carries-on and improves upon the genuine piece-of-art that was the original. It's hard to imagine that this song could have become any more powerful. Yet... that is the indescribable impact of Meg's voice and personality.
I have never heard of this artist before-but I’m a huge fan of the original. Honestly, I expected to be disappointed. I am blown away. The concept, execution, and new recorded version are all UNBELIEVABLE. So good.
Listening to your cover of "Running Up That Hill" for the past 3+ months since it's been released have been nothing short of an amazing experience for me and now that this awesome video is here, it just deepens and intensifies my love for this song! Meg, your explanation of what this video represents is so beautiful and I hope that we can all use this amazing work of art to make positive and healthy changes in our own lives and in others. You have done an incredible job staying true to Kate's original and yet you made your cover stand out with your unbelievable energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and passion! Add the fact that you shared your vision with the wonderfully talented, young, up and coming artists at H.O.L.A., just made this even better! I'm so proud of you, Meg!
King C.O.D : I like their version too. But this one just blows me away!! I was 16 when Kate’s original came out and I loved it immediately! It is very rare for a cover to be better than the original! For me this one is!! Cheers
Kristi McGowan/ Darko’s Cellar Door I completely agree with you about Placebo's cover - it's good and I personally think that Meg's version is worlds better as well. She has the energy and soul that really brings this song alive. I've listened to many covers of 'RUTH' and have yet to find one that gets the heart stirring like Meg's cover does.
Some songs are good, some are haunting in a way that makes you feel like your soul has been in contact with another soul. This song lays me bare and opens old wounds
Heh…. I another person that seems to have been through the same amount as I have. A comment like this is only made by someone that has been hurt, and hurt others too. Shame and pain, love and forgiveness, suffering and joy… this version of this song brings those feelings to that type of soul. Hope you’re doing well now, bro. I have a feeling you are.
A few notes: -Myers did an absolutely wonderful job capturing the underlying emotion of the original song; the frustration, the desperation, the fierceness of it all, it's just perfect. It's rare for me to say I like a cover better than the original, but I think I can say that in this case! Though part of that may just be that the somewhat more modern sound of this cover is more pleasing to my ears--I'm a child of the 00s, what can I say lol. -the kids did a delightful job with their pictures ❤️ so much creativity on display here! I especially liked-- -Tom signing his name in great big letters on his page; he was very proud of his work! -all the kids who drew epic space battles and astronauts and aliens in the wide shots -the kids who drew fun backgrounds with the tree and grass and flowers--I saw some houses, some forest backgrounds, etc. -the kids who filled their pages with colorful, abstract patterns, zigzags and swirls and stripes -some kids added in special effects of their own, beams of color and magical light, I think I saw at least one add a cape to the superhero butterfly -the kiddo who got the very last frame of the video, and I'm sure they learned it was the last picture and they were so excited to write a great big "THE END" as a send-off for us I hope these kids got to see their work once it was all done! I can't imagine how excited I would be, if I were in kindergarten and I got to color in a picture for a real music video that the whole world would get to see. What a fun project!
This rendering of the classic Kate Bush song preserves the ambiguity of the joy and pathos inherent in the original lyrics. Well done, both lyrically and visually.
Richard, I thought just that this afternoon. I am quarantined in Brazil with my mother, afraid of what is to come. I listened to this song on the radio for days and only today did I discover who sings and listened to it several times and I thought "this song will mark my period of seclusion in a good way" :)
@@liviamelo9711 Serenidade e Luz para você e sua mãe, Livia. Também estou naquele desconforto de quem não vê os pais há mais de duas semanas (moro sozinho), e só saio de casa para trabalhar. Sou motorista de ambulância e contribuo na vacinação de idosos e profissionais da saúde. Em resumo, sou um perigo ambulante para as pessoas a minha volta, e tenho permanecido isolado. Que a boa música - como esta - nos mantenha com a cabeça no lugar!
This was so overwhelmingly beautiful I started to cry. The nice kind of cry. Meg myers you have my attention as an artist . God bless the queen Kate Bush.
@@unklecorky2181 I don't think you get the joke they where making. I believe they where calling them(M L) gay for crying because of a song. And honestly, as a lesbian myself I find it oddly relatable. I agree that the lyrics aren't about gay people, but it is very easy for me, as a very gay person to relate strongly to this song.
First time I have listen to this song while actually watching the official video for it. So Magical & Epic when you get do every step at the perfect Divine Timing, right when you're loves~lights soul needed it the most!!!
I found Meg Myers & Kate Bush through this song blowing up via Stranger Things. On YT, I came across so many artists who had done the cover, before the song blew up (again, it was an 80's hit). Most were okay, some were really good, but only one was truly otherworldly...to the point where, to me, it's even better than their original. The original is an unabashed example of musical genius as that was the first record & sound that Kate Bush created and produced herself as a *_teenager_* . But Meg's live performance that I saw, before this video came out post ST, immediately had me dive into Meg Myers music. I've been *_hooked_* ever since.
As a Kate Bush fan, this rendition and the video blew my mind. I had chills, my wife had chills, my 4 year old daughter LOVED IT. Magnificent. Thank you for your work! You have a new family of fans!
@James Williams , so wrong , yet so right. its amazing how kate bush is left off so many conversations about important women artists. yet she has a loyal following that holds her as more than sacred
Meg - I've been listening to this song for a couple of years and it has honestly pulled me through some of my darkest times. Thank you, and the rest of the artistic team, for creating this masterpiece. Much respect to Kate Bush for the original, but this is the version that grabs hold of my soul.
Like the gentleman before said, this is not "just" a cover. It's a tribute. It's simply incredible. Those eyes are hypnotic. Love the concept of the video and that they got the kids to color the slides. The way her wings close and open when she is dancing on the flower is amazing. They did a fantastic job on this video. Keep it up Meg!
I never would've heard this if it weren't for stranger things. Such an addicting and beautiful voice (i realize this is just a cover but i really like this version)
@@tvtubetelle I don't think so. she improved the Kate Bush original by being vocally more powerful, which is perfect for the song. nothing bad about improving an already great song.
I enjoyed it, people always say that a cover has to be remarkably different to the original but there isn't a written rule that it has to be. I love covers that remain true to the original whilst adding a little spice to alter the flavour ever so slightly and I love covers that throw out all the ingredients and start over fresh. I think this is a fantastic interpretation personally, it's her experience of the remarkable song and powerful lyrics with a contemporary contextualisation.
I really think if Kate were to see this, she would be so impressed and would love it. Not only for the work with the children and the unique and original concept, but by your ideas and full on enjoyment of what you were singing and doing. I loved you before but this just takes it over the top. :) You are awesome.
my brother passed away from cancer last June, i always listen to this song and feel so guilty. i think about swapping places. i wonder if i'd have the guts to actually do it. he was the strongest person i've ever known. i'd like to think i would swap places with him any day, he was so happy, he had a daughter and a wife, he had so much more to live for.
You would swap places because you love him so much,but his time was up and he had accomplished what he was set here to do and your journey still has things to be done. I can feel the pain in your comments but the love and happy memories of your brother will help soothe that pain in time.
This cover is so good, you could convince me that it was Meg Myer's original song. The depth, the rawness, the evocation of the emotions... It blows me away. It gives this song a whole new character. Amazing.
It doesn't give it anything new. Fantastic cover, amazing video, but it's very on the nose, more of a copy than a cover. Even the vocal intonations sounds similar.
With the original getting so much radio play now thanks to Stranger Things, I hope people don't forget how outstanding this cover is. Meg's voice is so rich, the instrumentation is so powerful, and even the video was made in such a lovely way. I honestly prefer this version.
In addition to this song being an absolute powerhouse, and this cover of it being arguably on par with the original, this is straight up one of the coolest and most brilliant music videos I've ever seen. I've never seen anything else in media that looks like this video and it's the fucking best.
it looks cool! that being said tho its not that different from a rotoscope music video imo which are also just neat and take a ton of effort to produce (as someone who used to rotoscope animate for funzies)
I am lucky enough to be 50 years old.... I remember hearing this back last century.... This is a moving song...the original was also an amazing version. This made me feel like I was a kid again ... But realizing I still am...
Some people say they prefer the original over this, but honestly I think this cover is way better than the original. It has so much more passion in it, more energy, more life.
This is art. Her rendition of the song, the production, the cinematography. It's all perfectly imperfect, and I feel it. I like music that makes me feel.
Just remember people, Kate Bush is the original *Singer, Songwriter & Producer* of this song, So thanks for maintain the original structure of this song, that's a great cover
I think everyone is forgetting Placebo’s cover of this song which is the version that received the most attention and brought the song to fame, at least for those of us who grew up in the second half of the 90’s to the early 2000’s. Placebo’s version has a melancholic darkness to it that has never lost its shine over the years. This version, whilst lighter, has a different style to it that remixes both the lighter aspects of Kate Bush’s original and some touches of the darker aspects of Placebo’s version, creating this kind of 80’s synth girl rock pop aesthetic that drives this version. I think Placebo and Meg Kelly’s versions are the best. Kate Bush’s original hasn’t aged as well as some might think whilst other covers have either not tried anything new or sound terrible. Placebo is good for the entire modern reworking of the song for a new generation whilst this version carries the spirit of Kate Bush with it but updates it considerably. Personally, I’d take this version as the Kate Bush original and Placebo’s as the cover, if you convert them through a modern mindset.
It’s impossible to overhype Kate Bush , one of the most influential musical talents of the 20th century. However you came to discover this song is valid . Most of us probably heard Placebo’s version in The O.C. . Now the people born since then get to discover it. Welcome welcome
At 2:33 some kid wrote “Fly to your destination!” While she’s flying through the flowers. So awesome. This may be one of the more unique ideas for a music video in a really long time. Plus this song AND the cover is straight 🔥
@James Williams , why does your answer to anything you disagree with have to be "gay". First of all, the word "gay" should not be used as an insult, it just shows you are a bigot against homosexuals. Second, you put no rationale behind your critique, so why should anyone take you or your opinion seriously?
She’s just coloured with skin tones for most of the video but there’s that odd time when she’s green or purple and I truly think that those children are what made this video come alive, as well as all the rest,
This video was the best thing I have ever seen in my life. Children has an amzing imagination in their drawings. And I feel children's talent in what they do is underrated. We should appreciate them more and appreciate the ones we love. Time is short. Spend it wisely.
I am listening to this song for the 1000th time and found your comment. I agree with you. Time is short, but if you spend it with those you love, it will always be enough.
She's the only one who meets, at the very least, the young Kate Bush who came out the gate with this self written & self produced masterpiece (as a teenager)...
It’s so beautiful; you can see the time and effort every kid put into their page and I wonder what it must feel like for them to see this video. Lovely just lovely
I can't stop coming back to Meg Myers incredible cover of Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill" video and song, so I've decided to write this review. It is intended for one who has already viewed the video. Bush's original song, and its creative and haunting video, have always been a gem of the 80's. Bush's soft voice conveys a sweet lonesome longing and pain like no other. The video's dancing is technically a wonder to see, but the abstract imagery toward the latter half has a dreamlike quality that conveys the obsessive thoughts about one person, seeing them everywhere. In Myers' rendition, the use of children's coloring for each frame, intentionally or not, creates a similar dreamlike or even psychedelic quality to the video. Musically, this version also includes something like Phil Spector's "wall of sound" technique, the fullness of which compliments the dreamlike visual. But this cute gimmick of the children's coloring, lovely though it is, can be a distraction and make it easy to overlook both the genius of this cover, and the amazing drama unfolding in the video. Myers' vocals take Bush's sweet solitary longing tones, and give them a sharper-edged strength of passion and ambition that turn the tone of the song from melancholy to the aspirational, and the events of the video back that up nicely. At first it may not be obvious what Myers' is doing or what her clothing patterns imply. It wasn't for me. But the inch-worming moves create enough mystique to peak interest. Even after she climbed the tree and encased herself I still hadn't caught on. But at just the proper peak in the music, Myers' conviction is overflowing in the way she sings "you won't be unhappy" and I had goosebumps when she emerged as a butterfly and all the previous moves suddenly made sense to me. Then we see the aspirational vocal and sound elements of her version of the song come to life on screen with the metaphor of remaking one's self. Here, the narrator seems less like someone caught in unrequited love, and more like someone making the case, "we can do this!" After flying about, the music begins to build again as Myers looks up at the stars. And, in a way not found in the original with such strength, the music shifts now to a final building of intensity and confidence as she thrusts her wings upward and soars into space - a hope defeating all logic and limitation. While Kate Bush will always be a national treasure and her original stands on its own, Myers may have done something with the song akin to when Jimi Hendrix made Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" a vehicle for his own voice - what a true cover is in its best form.
I remember FREAKING OUT when this vid came out. Meg you are one of my biggest inspirations as a visual artist, your art transcends music and this is a fantastic example of how
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thank you guys so much for the support!
You’re amazing Meg!! 💓 merry christmas ✨
Thanks for the song.
Thanks for the song, Meg! ❤️
Love it!
"you won't be unhappy" sounds amazing
Honestly one of the best covers I’ve ever heard but also one of the interesting concepts for a music video. Love it!
Yes
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It's really not the best cover for the song lmfao
yeah it's good, but the one from placebo is good as well. But nothing better than the original of course :)
MV for justin bieber where are u now is similar and pretty sick.
There seems to be a million covers of this song... but this is the only one worth listening to as far as I'm concerned. We love you Meg!
I'm not gonna lie, Meg Myers voice is perfect for 80s style of music. Her voice is so powerful
That's why it reminds me of the music years 80s and 90s. Epic!!
I thought the same! Her voice and song partly remind me of Eurithmics, Roxette, AHA and other...
Meyer's Voice brings a new energy to the song!
Respect to Kate Bush's original, but I like this version better! 👍
@@theguardian908 same
Well it is a cover from the 80's
This is the coolest idea ever!! And the song still gets me everytime
kinda gives a flip book vibe without seeing pages flip through but its extra cool
child labour /s
@_ Solus_ they had to color AT LEAST TWO based on the number of frames.
I think we found the kid who hated drawing in class ;)
Occultic number of children
Now THIS is a cover. I've loved this song for decades, and this is by far one of the best covers. You got the emotion, the frustration, the passion. I'm absolutely moved. Beautiful!
Perfectly said. Thanks Meg!
Chromatics version is good also
quelle belle chanson reprise de kate bush
Better than original!!
@Headoverheels88 the *best cover
Absolutely phenomenal!
whats up jesus?
I’m pretty sure it’s heaven 😲🧐
Hey jesus I subscribed can I be saved please?
@@wee3609 hey Jesus am I going to heaven
Sure
Truth be told the first time I ever heard this song was on the tiny desk version I thought she wrote it. Made me cry. Love this. Thank you! you.
Meg, words can't describe the justice and beauty you did for the original song. Thank you for helping introduce Kate Bush to a new young audience.
Reminds us of the original, different and unique in its own way.
Don't worry they'll be back to ball slapping that dangling thing in the back of cardi b's throat soon enough
Yep when I saw stranger things S4 and heard Kates version I was like - wait - I used to play Megs version on repeat on my way to work couple years back. I did a double take and realized Megs version was not Kates. Im not trying to compare either versions they are both good. However, Megs voice has something magical and when I first hear her cover 😍 I was in love! She revamped and gave this song character and life. And to he honest, I thought it was her song originally I had no clue. Only because discovered this song playing on our local radio station I fell in love with Megs music. She is very talented 👏 😍 ❤
Pictures in colorful crayons can describe.we have some talented young generation of art artists!beautiful video!
@loudnsounds - Hardly. This sounds canned. Kate Bush was well ahead of her time. This version is one of the worst copies of Bush's song. You can literally hear how it was produced, and the singing sounds strained.
It's sad that so many incredible pieces of art like this are so often lost to time. Glad pop culture is able to bring back a new audience to timeless works at least for a while
Yes, lost from 2019. This is just a cover of the original. And it’s been playing all over the play for like 3 years now
@@jonosterman2878 😆😆
@@jonosterman2878 calm down, lmao 🤣
This song albeit a cover sounds quite timeless
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Man thought that comment was a personal attack
3:18 Shoutout to TOM for being the only kid gangster enough to write his name smack dab in the middle of the drawing
lol
I hope he’s living his best life rn
The odd aspect of this is how you were able to notice this since it only flashes for a fraction of a second onscreen -- a very LOW fraction of a second. Lile probably only 1/10th of a second. You must have been bored.
@@kenwhitener985 I was blown away by this song the first time i came across it on UA-cam. I also found Meg to be extremely interesting and I ended up watching the video a dozen times at least that day.
@@kenwhitener985 lol
“Come on baby, come on darling, let me steal this moment from you now”
I love that line
I love that line too
Same here I'm gonna use that pickup line
Soooooo goood!!! ❤
Hey, I'm one of those kids that helped color this in.
That’s awesome, Joshua. Which one was yours?
The whole thing looks amazing! You and all the colorers should be proud of yourselves.
You should be proud that you helped make this piece of art! Nice job, Joshua! 👍🏼
I really liked that. The art work was great and creative
I hope I am one of them
Stranger things gonna push 80's music back to number 1 on every chart out there and I'm all here for it !
This is a cover, the original is by Kate Bush
>Insert reddit soy comment here relating to STRANGER THINGS
I hate normies.
NAHHH WHEN THIS IS MAXES FAVOURITE SONG IN STRANGER THINGS AND IN RL LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
thought it was just me . stranger things brought me here
frr!!
This was the version I heard first, but it truly does such justice to the original. A truly amazing cover! 💜
yes is a cover , but i prefer this version
Agreed!!!! An amazing remake!
I heard this the first time on 89.7 alt rock Detroit a few months ago driving home from work got a little teary-eyed with all the passion in meg myers voice! Stranger things Katie bush original does not come close!!
@@harumidelgado4475 and long before Stranger Things season 4 lol
increase 5% to the speed and it sounds great !!
Other artists have covered Kate's music before - but they didn't own their version. They were just going through the motions of singing a song they didn't really feel. Ms Myers OWNED this. She put her heart and soul into using her vision to make this ROCK! Also have to thank her for helping me rediscover Kate. After 1985 she fell off the map - for me - for 34 years.
I have yet to see anything Meg does not own. I looks like she pours herself in, and then pours it all out so we can feel what she felt. Kinda beautiful, scary beautiful.
Kate Bush would give Meg a High Five! ✋
@@franslangendonk6510 I would agree with that totally! 🙂
I randomly paused it (4:23 almost 4:24) and there is the picture of kittens floating in space. The sweetest thing!
Cat Wars!
Catronauts!!
@@bebemusic9844 ...with Catitude!!
Wow!
Very important comment!
The song's energy totally explodes after "you won't be unhappy!" Just pure epic!
"pure epic"?
Best part to be sure
Ya that boom when the drums and instrumentation drop back in
@@robertjohnson8250 you got a problem with what was said? Or is it you just don't understand?
Shifts it into 4th gear for sure.
This is not a mere cover, or update. It is an honest tribute from the one artist to the original. I was a fan of Kate Bush in the first run and this is just...amazing. Not a cover, not an update, not just a tribute. This is Adoration.
Nicely put.
Well said! I’m embarrassed to admit I only knew the Placebo version and loved it, but already see how much better the song can be, now I have to listen to the original. Gonna be hard to top this, though
I disagree.....I was about to get into this chicks music. If you seen me an hour ago I found her today , watched desire and one of her other tracks. But no this kate bush track should have NEVER been tampered with. Its a cop out and a heartbreaker for me. I thought this chick was the bomb until she did the kate cover. Its a mockery version at best.
Call it what you want, it's still a cover
Umm? So she didn't write this? That's news to me.
Heard this song when my son was hooked up to breathing machines and we were praying for his life. Thank goodness he survived! But hearing it a few years later still gives me tears because it gave me strength when my entire world was falling apart. One of the best covers of a song!
Vecna was trying to get him, you saved him with this song.
I have no clue who Meg Myers is, but I love that she has a voice that really fits the energy Kate Bush had in the original.
I strongly recommend giving Meg's other music a listen 👍
@@bd007h I'll second this suggestion. Even if her music isn't your style, you'll see that she's truly an inspired artist.
Lemon Eyes, a treat for the eyes & ears. But all her music is great 👍
Hear hear. She has the energy in her voice..
I like Placebo’s cover of this song
What a cool idea!
Makes me think back to the first MTV Music Video days and liquid television!
Like seeing Aha and their cool video back then.
Loving it 😁
😯
Probably Meg’s intention. She is pretty vocal about loving 90’s music and culture.
Thank you, Meg, for bringing joy into my world. My 3 year old son asks for "Butterfly Rocket Girl" every single night, and thinks that you're his older sister. It's very sweet to see how excited he still gets every time he hears the opening notes.
That is so cute!!
That's beautiful 😍
That’s really cool! Thanks for sharing this with us!
How sweet is that! Perhaps your son will be an artist of some kind, he definitely has a good ear for music at such an early age!
@@jaredmello Oh, you're welcome! I'm glad my comment brought some joy to others as well. ☺
It makes me fking cry every time I watch this. Hundreds of endless universes, whole lives. Unicolored, multicolored, with extra details like dots, figures, animals, names, all so different but equally beautiful and deep. Colour of Everything.
This track has been covered a quazillion times, but this version has some bad ass thickness to it and Meg's voice (tuned and all) is fn awesome.
I like the placebo version as well Meg's good too
the drums hit hardest on this one
Iv never heard this song before
It was as if Linda Perry herself covered the song. Great vocals!
the chromatics cover is the best by far
Love the 80s vibe she left all over the song! I can smell that Crayola box through the screen... 🖍️📺
that's because it IS a song from the 80s.. this is a cover...
@@robdatta8767 That is why I commented "she left" the 80s vibe. Some artists do covers and change the song entirely I'm so happy she kept those 80s feels in it 🤗
@@anariel86 gotcha.. which version do you prefer?
@@robdatta8767 Placebo did a nice version but I enjoyed this one more!
@@anariel86 I prefer placebo's, not a fan of the vocals on this one
I love the fact that she involved so many kids with this. It's clear from the colouring but my God is it endearing
I don't usually like most covers coz they have to be really really good to better the original. This is one of the rare exceptions. Excellent cover Meg! I'm on repeat
Best cover of the song. A modern sounding version but still keeps the tone of the original.
I adore the song, but the way you did the music video was pure genius. You constantly amaze me with your creativity and willingness to take chances for your vision. Absolutely lovely.
if you like this kind of creativity, check out K.Flay- Giver and High Enough Lyric videos
@@dorika85 I agree. I've become a big fan of K Flay and love her simply drawn videos quite a lot.
I'll admit she's pretty good
this was great ya know
I remember this cover from radio play a few years back. This versions the best cover. Far more impactful use of drums. Her voice has range and a depth to match the heavyness of the message.
I remember it playing on Alt Nation for quite sometime. It's actually where I first heard it.
I came here to say this! I remember it playing a lot in the beginning of 2020! I used to arrive on PF and it would play nonstop!
For sure. Way more emotion in her vocals than the original and just a way better overall mix/master.
Thank you! I always thought Megs version was the best
Same, at like the end of 2019. Reminds me of nights at the bar.
Her talent and dedication is insane. So much talent and pain
here's to hoping Meg blows up with this now... too talented to not have more recognition
I've been waiting for this for years now
same! after hearing the song in stranger things i immediately thought about this since i love this cover and i was happy that Meg Myers would finally get more views!!
Song came out in 2019, if it hasn't happened yet it ain't gonna happen. She literally covered the song, and did nothing to make it her own. That's the definition of plagiarism
It was all over the radio up here in NY since it's release. Since stranger things everyone went back to the original. This was the first version i ever heard
@@nyreppin1 same, 92.3 has been playing it for a long while before stranger things came out lol
It feels a lot like Kate Bush’s version is post-grief. Whereas they’d accepted the situation, this version feels raw. Denial, anger, bargaining… it’s all there.
this is like a revival song..
Great way to put it I agree 👍
Listen to the placebo cover from the 90s that one is real rawww
Well said
@L I'm pretty sure the song might literally be about making a deal with god to trade places with god. Evidence: At the end of the Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - Live on Wogan 1985 version of the music video, she for seemingly no reason pulls out a bow and arrow and points it at god. Also, trading places with anyone else would not allow one to run up that building. Or have no problems. Unless she delusionally believes whoever she is trading places with has no problems, which is entirely possible. I think the literalist interpretation is the most likely, though, in this case.
... with enormous respect for Kate Bush, I can, personally, say that I find Meg's cover to be a masterpiece... that both carries-on and improves upon the genuine piece-of-art that was the original. It's hard to imagine that this song could have become any more powerful. Yet... that is the indescribable impact of Meg's voice and personality.
calling a cover that doesn’t bring nothing really new to a song a masterpiece...
@@lll000l00o cry about it
It’s literally the exact same song with the advantage of 40 years of sound production technology lol
@get spun that's such a bullshit! Meg has a great voice, putting so much emotion on every line.
@@momerion yeah her voice is so great with that obnoxious effect laid over it huh
Beautiful, she's one of the most passionate singers I've seen. Awesome
The aggression in her voice makes me feel so powerful
She's really good at that!.
Same here.
Absolutely.
yes i agree (;
how can you tell with the affects and auto tone?
I have never heard of this artist before-but I’m a huge fan of the original. Honestly, I expected to be disappointed. I am blown away. The concept, execution, and new recorded version are all UNBELIEVABLE. So good.
Do yourself a favor and check out Meg Myers' original material. You won't be disappointed.
Check out her other music. It's fantastic! She pours herself out in all of her songs and you will feel it.
I had the exact same reaction. I'm totally in love.
Years from now, those kids will really appreciate how they had the opportunity to help on a project this cool
This is probably the coolest idea for a music video ive seen to date
Listening to your cover of "Running Up That Hill" for the past 3+ months since it's been released have been nothing short of an amazing experience for me and now that this awesome video is here, it just deepens and intensifies my love for this song! Meg, your explanation of what this video represents is so beautiful and I hope that we can all use this amazing work of art to make positive and healthy changes in our own lives and in others. You have done an incredible job staying true to Kate's original and yet you made your cover stand out with your unbelievable energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and passion! Add the fact that you shared your vision with the wonderfully talented, young, up and coming artists at H.O.L.A., just made this even better! I'm so proud of you, Meg!
Edwin S : 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 well said!!
Cheers
If you love this one... Listen to Placebo.. Running up that hill❤
This is really beautifully put! ❤️
King C.O.D : I like their version too. But this one just blows me away!! I was 16 when Kate’s original came out and I loved it immediately! It is very rare for a cover to be better than the original! For me this one is!!
Cheers
Kristi McGowan/ Darko’s Cellar Door I completely agree with you about Placebo's cover - it's good and I personally think that Meg's version is worlds better as well. She has the energy and soul that really brings this song alive. I've listened to many covers of 'RUTH' and have yet to find one that gets the heart stirring like Meg's cover does.
Some songs are good, some are haunting in a way that makes you feel like your soul has been in contact with another soul. This song lays me bare and opens old wounds
well said
This comment is spot on.
I’m so out of touch with how I feel. But, what you said made me realize this song reconnected me with my deceased wife. Thank you for that.
Heh…. I another person that seems to have been through the same amount as I have.
A comment like this is only made by someone that has been hurt, and hurt others too.
Shame and pain, love and forgiveness, suffering and joy… this version of this song brings those feelings to that type of soul. Hope you’re doing well now, bro. I have a feeling you are.
Dear diary,
Today youtube suggestions was awesome and found me a new favorite artist with an amazing video concept.
You are not alone. And sorry about your Diary.
@@Baex21 thanks for commenting so I knew to edit that unfortunate autocorrect mistake :)
definitely check out some of meg's other songs. she's the bomb diggity
Ahhh-men to this
Hear Hear!
A few notes:
-Myers did an absolutely wonderful job capturing the underlying emotion of the original song; the frustration, the desperation, the fierceness of it all, it's just perfect. It's rare for me to say I like a cover better than the original, but I think I can say that in this case! Though part of that may just be that the somewhat more modern sound of this cover is more pleasing to my ears--I'm a child of the 00s, what can I say lol.
-the kids did a delightful job with their pictures ❤️ so much creativity on display here! I especially liked--
-Tom signing his name in great big letters on his page; he was very proud of his work!
-all the kids who drew epic space battles and astronauts and aliens in the wide shots
-the kids who drew fun backgrounds with the tree and grass and flowers--I saw some houses, some forest backgrounds, etc.
-the kids who filled their pages with colorful, abstract patterns, zigzags and swirls and stripes
-some kids added in special effects of their own, beams of color and magical light, I think I saw at least one add a cape to the superhero butterfly
-the kiddo who got the very last frame of the video, and I'm sure they learned it was the last picture and they were so excited to write a great big "THE END" as a send-off for us
I hope these kids got to see their work once it was all done! I can't imagine how excited I would be, if I were in kindergarten and I got to color in a picture for a real music video that the whole world would get to see. What a fun project!
This rendering of the classic Kate Bush song preserves the ambiguity of the joy and pathos inherent in the original lyrics. Well done, both lyrically and visually.
Anyone else self-quarantining right now listening to this to keep their spirits up? Thank you Meg, this is our anthem right now!
Richard Bartlett hell yes
Richard, I thought just that this afternoon. I am quarantined in Brazil with my mother, afraid of what is to come. I listened to this song on the radio for days and only today did I discover who sings and listened to it several times and I thought "this song will mark my period of seclusion in a good way"
:)
yes
Richard Bartlett oddly I just found it a few day’s ago, and it DOES perk the mood up. Lol. Hope everyone is staying healthy!!!!
@@liviamelo9711 Serenidade e Luz para você e sua mãe, Livia. Também estou naquele desconforto de quem não vê os pais há mais de duas semanas (moro sozinho), e só saio de casa para trabalhar. Sou motorista de ambulância e contribuo na vacinação de idosos e profissionais da saúde. Em resumo, sou um perigo ambulante para as pessoas a minha volta, e tenho permanecido isolado. Que a boa música - como esta - nos mantenha com a cabeça no lugar!
This was so overwhelmingly beautiful I started to cry. The nice kind of cry.
Meg myers you have my attention as an artist .
God bless the queen Kate Bush.
M L gay
@@jmo0508 No its not! Record yourself listening again while crying please. Share....
@@unklecorky2181 I don't think you get the joke they where making. I believe they where calling them(M L) gay for crying because of a song. And honestly, as a lesbian myself I find it oddly relatable. I agree that the lyrics aren't about gay people, but it is very easy for me, as a very gay person to relate strongly to this song.
First time I have listen to this song while actually watching the official video for it. So Magical & Epic when you get do every step at the perfect Divine Timing, right when you're loves~lights soul needed it the most!!!
I heard this on the radio today. I am a huge Kate Bush fan.. I love this cover. She did an amazing job. I am an instant fan.
Its not too bad. I was surprised that someone could pull off a cover of a classic Kate song.
@@lawrencedavis5459 I agree. Placebo did a cover a few years ago, I like this one a lot better. Kate's original will always be my favourite though.
same!
Same here! Was at a military accessory store in Burbank, CA when it came on. I recognized the drum intro immediately, was so amazed here I am.
Why isnt this video on MTV?
Still one of the most powerful songs I’ve encountered. This…moves me… like few others. Thank you!
I loved the original but I can’t stop listening to this rendition. You really did the original song and artist justice and then some.
This is sad attempt..KATE BUSH is the BEST
Lighten up Francis.
If anyone calls me Francis.......I'll kill'em! STRIPES
@@seanhickey8425 I see what you did there
Totally agree
I found Meg Myers & Kate Bush through this song blowing up via Stranger Things.
On YT, I came across so many artists who had done the cover, before the song blew up (again, it was an 80's hit). Most were okay, some were really good, but only one was truly otherworldly...to the point where, to me, it's even better than their original.
The original is an unabashed example of musical genius as that was the first record & sound that Kate Bush created and produced herself as a *_teenager_* .
But Meg's live performance that I saw, before this video came out post ST, immediately had me dive into Meg Myers music. I've been *_hooked_* ever since.
She really channels Kate Bush like nobody’s business on this track. It’s a perfect modern interpretation.
I love her voice she sings with such intensity
Yes! I just heard this for the first time today and it took me back to the 80s and Kate bush. Beautiful vocals!!!
As a Kate Bush fan, this rendition and the video blew my mind. I had chills, my wife had chills, my 4 year old daughter LOVED IT. Magnificent. Thank you for your work! You have a new family of fans!
James Williams
Careful not to cut yourself on that edge, boi.
@James Williams , so wrong , yet so right. its amazing how kate bush is left off so many conversations about important women artists. yet she has a loyal following that holds her as more than sacred
@James Williams if you don't like this song then why are you here? Moron! 🧐
James Williams lol just say how you really feel
You and your family should listen to desire by meg
There's a single frame in there where she has cat whiskers, brilliant. Kids are amazing.
I'm wondering if Meg herself colored that scene. She did color a few alongside the kids.
There's also multiple pages of cats in space suits, including one page that actually says Cat Wars and cats battling in space.
And I want to shake Tom's hand for putting his name in there. Good job.
@@modusponen1447 but who is Tom?
Tom is someone who wrote his name on the frame near 3:18
Meg - I've been listening to this song for a couple of years and it has honestly pulled me through some of my darkest times. Thank you, and the rest of the artistic team, for creating this masterpiece. Much respect to Kate Bush for the original, but this is the version that grabs hold of my soul.
Like the gentleman before said, this is not "just" a cover. It's a tribute. It's simply incredible. Those eyes are hypnotic. Love the concept of the video and that they got the kids to color the slides. The way her wings close and open when she is dancing on the flower is amazing. They did a fantastic job on this video. Keep it up Meg!
I never would've heard this if it weren't for stranger things. Such an addicting and beautiful voice
(i realize this is just a cover but i really like this version)
Same reason I'm here. This song made me cry
YES RIGHT!!
Saw episode 4 today and all of the season after . Exquisite piece and magnificent use of song in this series.
Same here! This song touch me deep into my feelings, but this cover its just an unique piece of art
Me too
We often say new versions aren't as good as original, but this one is very cool and keeps the Kate Bush's vibe. Good work!
Sounds exactly like Kate Bush. At least she could have done something that was her own style.
@@tvtubetelle I don't think so. she improved the Kate Bush original by being vocally more powerful, which is perfect for the song. nothing bad about improving an already great song.
Ha! No one sounds exactly like Kate Bush. An impossibility.
I enjoyed it, people always say that a cover has to be remarkably different to the original but there isn't a written rule that it has to be. I love covers that remain true to the original whilst adding a little spice to alter the flavour ever so slightly and I love covers that throw out all the ingredients and start over fresh. I think this is a fantastic interpretation personally, it's her experience of the remarkable song and powerful lyrics with a contemporary contextualisation.
Yes, this exceeds the original
This is the best rendition I’ve ever heard. I love the music video and has a very spiritual feel.
You are feeling the VRIL!
I really think if Kate were to see this, she would be so impressed and would love it. Not only for the work with the children and the unique and original concept, but by your ideas and full on enjoyment of what you were singing and doing. I loved you before but this just takes it over the top. :) You are awesome.
Someone show this to her!
I am sure she gets to see stuff ;)
www.katebushnews.com/index.php/2019/07/over-2000-canadian-children-colour-a-kate-bush-inspired-music-video/
my brother passed away from cancer last June, i always listen to this song and feel so guilty. i think about swapping places. i wonder if i'd have the guts to actually do it. he was the strongest person i've ever known. i'd like to think i would swap places with him any day, he was so happy, he had a daughter and a wife, he had so much more to live for.
You would swap places because you love him so much,but his time was up and he had accomplished what he was set here to do and your journey still has things to be done.
I can feel the pain in your comments but the love and happy memories of your brother will help soothe that pain in time.
Im so sorry about your loss, I hope you find peace and comfort
Best wishes for you and your family. So sorry for your loss
Im so sorry for your loss my condolences
😭
This cover is so good, you could convince me that it was Meg Myer's original song. The depth, the rawness, the evocation of the emotions... It blows me away. It gives this song a whole new character. Amazing.
She just copied a classic.
@@TonyMontanaDS it’s called a cover
@Luke umm no , it’s good don’t get me wrong, but she is no Kate bush, and the original is better in my opinion
All her other songs are gobbledygook emotional mush and don’t even sound like this. Music is a product
It doesn't give it anything new. Fantastic cover, amazing video, but it's very on the nose, more of a copy than a cover. Even the vocal intonations sounds similar.
Great cover to an amazing song and era for music 🎶
With the original getting so much radio play now thanks to Stranger Things, I hope people don't forget how outstanding this cover is. Meg's voice is so rich, the instrumentation is so powerful, and even the video was made in such a lovely way. I honestly prefer this version.
I agree, amazing rendition.
Love that she kept that 80’s synth goodness 😊
I wonder if the “Myers” tombstone in front of Max in the upside-down is in reference to this?
i feel like this cover pushed it to being popular enough for stranger things to focus on the bush version
@@moshjoshpitchief4418 I totally agree.
In addition to this song being an absolute powerhouse, and this cover of it being arguably on par with the original, this is straight up one of the coolest and most brilliant music videos I've ever seen. I've never seen anything else in media that looks like this video and it's the fucking best.
other songs from meg myers i would suggest are... Sorry, Desire, Numb, Monster.
it looks cool! that being said tho its not that different from a rotoscope music video imo which are also just neat and take a ton of effort to produce (as someone who used to rotoscope animate for funzies)
This is such a terribly difficult song to cover well and the original by Kate Bush is so powerful. Major kudos - you nailed it!
I just found Meg, and OMG!! I LOVE HER! What a voice!!
I am lucky enough to be 50 years old.... I remember hearing this back last century.... This is a moving song...the original was also an amazing version. This made me feel like I was a kid again ... But realizing I still am...
Should we ask our mums if we can have a sleepover?
This song makes me feel so strong when I feel at my lowest
same, crazy how powerfull a record can be
Really
This is a really great and interesting cover. Has more “anger” to it than the original… if that makes sense.
the original was more sad, this is more of a" fight me for it" .
Some people say they prefer the original over this, but honestly I think this cover is way better than the original. It has so much more passion in it, more energy, more life.
@@neonlovegalaxy not a chance ! This is great but saying it’s way better than the original is nonsense
Makes good sense. Placebo did a great cover as well.
@@pearljammer7689 nah, I absolutely love this one more than the original. What are you gonna do, fight us for our prefences?
This remake didn’t get the hype it deserved. Love Meg
It's fun randomly pausing and seeing these kids art.
This is art. Her rendition of the song, the production, the cinematography. It's all perfectly imperfect, and I feel it. I like music that makes me feel.
I literally listened to this song for 2.5 hours on repeat at the gym, no bullshit. I know I am insane.
Joe S that sux
😆😆😆😆😆😆
Don't worry, i do the same damn thing when I really like a song. The repeat button hates me lol.🤣🙌
It's on my repeat album on Spotify. I have listened to it so much.
Heard it at the gym and had it on repeat during my workouts last couple of days as well
I totally understand.
Just remember people, Kate Bush is the original *Singer, Songwriter & Producer* of this song, So thanks for maintain the original structure of this song, that's a great cover
I agree, great cover!!
@Steph SMT
I still blast Kate Bush all day long, and I grew up listening to her when she was topping charts all over Europe.
Wait, so you're saying Kate Bush did a cover of this Meg Meyers song? ;)
@@shea_o_keith No she didnt said that ;)
I think everyone is forgetting Placebo’s cover of this song which is the version that received the most attention and brought the song to fame, at least for those of us who grew up in the second half of the 90’s to the early 2000’s.
Placebo’s version has a melancholic darkness to it that has never lost its shine over the years. This version, whilst lighter, has a different style to it that remixes both the lighter aspects of Kate Bush’s original and some touches of the darker aspects of Placebo’s version, creating this kind of 80’s synth girl rock pop aesthetic that drives this version.
I think Placebo and Meg Kelly’s versions are the best. Kate Bush’s original hasn’t aged as well as some might think whilst other covers have either not tried anything new or sound terrible. Placebo is good for the entire modern reworking of the song for a new generation whilst this version carries the spirit of Kate Bush with it but updates it considerably.
Personally, I’d take this version as the Kate Bush original and Placebo’s as the cover, if you convert them through a modern mindset.
Those who also loved this song even before the hype, you're people of culture ♥
Me in december
It’s impossible to overhype Kate Bush , one of the most influential musical talents of the 20th century. However you came to discover this song is valid . Most of us probably heard Placebo’s version in The O.C. . Now the people born since then get to discover it. Welcome welcome
found this song in 2019 😫
I was cool before it was cool to be cool.
The minute it came out :)
This synth was everything this song needed to be perfect. It max the dramatization of the vocals very well.
Both songs are good tho!
This one is the best
max😉
Best version of this song, best video. Period
This is just SUCH a fucking banger.
The 80's vibe and the amazing music video is just great love it!!!
I really hope everyone know’s this is a Kate Bush song...
You had me at "hand coloured by 2,130 children". This is amazing!
Her voice is just so perfect for this song
I love this version of Kate Bush 1985 song. Meg Myers killed it to perfection. The video fits with the song.
At 2:33 some kid wrote “Fly to your destination!” While she’s flying through the flowers. So awesome.
This may be one of the more unique ideas for a music video in a really long time. Plus this song AND the cover is straight 🔥
@4:24 "CAT Wars!" and there's some sort of weird aeroplanes shooting at one another...
lol, those darn kiddos.
@James Williams , why does your answer to anything you disagree with have to be "gay". First of all, the word "gay" should not be used as an insult, it just shows you are a bigot against homosexuals. Second, you put no rationale behind your critique, so why should anyone take you or your opinion seriously?
"Dream big" at 4:12 :)
you said everything I was thinking - awesome cover, awesome video and very trippy!
This is the only cover of this song I've liked so far. One of my favorite songs extremely well covered.
How could you not like the placebo one?
I didnt know this was a cover...who originally sings it? Sounds totally 80s
@@faaea13 kate bush
@@faaea13 Kate Bush, 1985.
@@danieljmoore awesome thank you!
Meg Myers deserves an Oscar for such a performance! 👏🎬
Love the first video, but I'm sure I'll love this one too.
Okay, this was cool!
She’s just coloured with skin tones for most of the video but there’s that odd time when she’s green or purple and I truly think that those children are what made this video come alive, as well as all the rest,
She was also blue
Yeah but then there are the kids who made her eyes red.
@@Gh0stChili lol xD
Gets 100s of kids to colour the same pictures then makes a stop motion out of them?
And a little cat face/ nose I see 😍😍
This video was the best thing I have ever seen in my life. Children has an amzing imagination in their drawings. And I feel children's talent in what they do is underrated. We should appreciate them more and appreciate the ones we love. Time is short. Spend it wisely.
I am listening to this song for the 1000th time and found your comment. I agree with you. Time is short, but if you spend it with those you love, it will always be enough.
As an old Duffer, who still has the original vinyl album, I'm shocked at how good this version is.
The video concept is brilliant too!
What's a duffer?
@@julianphillips7978 an old person. Northern English slang.
She's the only one who meets, at the very least, the young Kate Bush who came out the gate with this self written & self produced masterpiece (as a teenager)...
The Duffer brothers are the creators of Stranger Things series lol
It’s so beautiful; you can see the time and effort every kid put into their page and I wonder what it must feel like for them to see this video. Lovely just lovely
yeah a lot of time and effort...
I can't stop coming back to Meg Myers incredible cover of Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill" video and song, so I've decided to write this review. It is intended for one who has already viewed the video.
Bush's original song, and its creative and haunting video, have always been a gem of the 80's. Bush's soft voice conveys a sweet lonesome longing and pain like no other. The video's dancing is technically a wonder to see, but the abstract imagery toward the latter half has a dreamlike quality that conveys the obsessive thoughts about one person, seeing them everywhere.
In Myers' rendition, the use of children's coloring for each frame, intentionally or not, creates a similar dreamlike or even psychedelic quality to the video. Musically, this version also includes something like Phil Spector's "wall of sound" technique, the fullness of which compliments the dreamlike visual.
But this cute gimmick of the children's coloring, lovely though it is, can be a distraction and make it easy to overlook both the genius of this cover, and the amazing drama unfolding in the video.
Myers' vocals take Bush's sweet solitary longing tones, and give them a sharper-edged strength of passion and ambition that turn the tone of the song from melancholy to the aspirational, and the events of the video back that up nicely.
At first it may not be obvious what Myers' is doing or what her clothing patterns imply. It wasn't for me. But the inch-worming moves create enough mystique to peak interest. Even after she climbed the tree and encased herself I still hadn't caught on. But at just the proper peak in the music, Myers' conviction is overflowing in the way she sings "you won't be unhappy" and I had goosebumps when she emerged as a butterfly and all the previous moves suddenly made sense to me.
Then we see the aspirational vocal and sound elements of her version of the song come to life on screen with the metaphor of remaking one's self. Here, the narrator seems less like someone caught in unrequited love, and more like someone making the case, "we can do this!"
After flying about, the music begins to build again as Myers looks up at the stars. And, in a way not found in the original with such strength, the music shifts now to a final building of intensity and confidence as she thrusts her wings upward and soars into space - a hope defeating all logic and limitation.
While Kate Bush will always be a national treasure and her original stands on its own, Myers may have done something with the song akin to when Jimi Hendrix made Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" a vehicle for his own voice - what a true cover is in its best form.
damn boy, you wrote this?? you should be a book critic.
@@conjured_up_skeletons6178 lol thanks
Well said!
Well said!!
A good critique is worth its weight in gold. Thanks for pointing me to a new thought and analysis!
Absolutely love this song. And what a unique video too. You're the best Meg!
I remember FREAKING OUT when this vid came out. Meg you are one of my biggest inspirations as a visual artist, your art transcends music and this is a fantastic example of how
This cover is so underrated
10 million views is underrated??
@@hysteria008 compared to others, yes. and 10 millon isen't that big as others.
@@RealBoredPerson And compared to others, 10 millions views is huge!
not really
Don't be so harsh. People often confuse "underrated" with "underappreciated". It's just semantics.
I defenitely don't understand why this song doesn't explode in charts ! It is simply amazing.
Marlon Hod because it’s a cover
@@camslead9658 yes, i knew after
This song helped me get out of a really dark space & still does when I find myself in my shadow 💛
Hope you’re still doing good
You took something magnificent and forged it into something even greater. What an absolute triumph!
This song always gives me chills. Every version. I love this and the music video concept is too good