This song is about a woman testing her husband by sending him love letters using the name Babooshka, which the mirror shattering at the end is her revealing herself. Also, Kate Bush writes all the songs, plays the keys, arranges, produces, is heavily involved in her stage and video productions. Her songs are often about unusual topics, interesting stories or little pieces of poetry. She really is a fantastically talented person beyond the typical pop singer.
She really conveys all of these complex emotions with her voice unusually strongly. Her music is experimental, while also being the best kind of pop music. All the Clearlight CMI on the early albums gives this amazing quality I love. Peter Gabriel and Coil used the same machine in the early to mid 80s.
@@williambenner701 It's directly from the song. "She wanted to test her husband" is the first line. "She wanted to take it further, So she arranged a place to go, To see, If he, Would fall for her incognito"
Kate Bush is a genius, and she's done it all on her own. The man with a child in his eyes is an amazing song, she was 16 when she wrote it, maybe even 15.
13 when she wrote it, and 16 when she recorded it as part of the professional demo that David Gilmour paid for, and later put in front of EMI executives. It's incredible that she wrote those lyrics, about whatever it is that they are about, when she was just a teenager; and the calm restraint of her vocal is a thing of beauty, and again, seemingly way beyond her years. EMI said 'yes' to Gimour on the spot, and that's how she got her record deal. The connection got her heard, no doubt, but the talent was undeniable. Kate had the first self written number 1 song (Wuthering Heights) and the first self written number 1 album (Never Forever) by a woman to in UK chart history. EMI certainly got their money's worth, but Kate never let them interfere with her creativity, and to be fair, apart from some grumbling after The Dreaming, they didn't really try. An amazing woman, and a true artist, both foreshadowed in this prescient early masterpiece.
@@williambenner701 *"David Gilmore was a mentor of her to a certain point right"* - More of a patron than a mentor. Bush had already written about 50 songs when Gilmor met her and "The man with a child in his eyes" was one of them.
An unparalleled genius. She wrote the first few albums when she was a teenager. Beautiful dancer/choreographer, singer, song writer, player and producer. Genius.
A very beautiful song and beautifully sung by Kate. Perhaps not interesting enough vocally for Elizabeth to analyse. It is very much a rarity among Kate’s early output in that she sings it fairly straight with a conventional vocal. The reason of course being it was recorded when she was 16 before she began experimenting with her voice.
I am 62, and remember hearing this song when it first came out - seems like only yesterday! Amazingly, it still sounds brand new, hasn't aged at all. There is not one song she created that I don't love to this day. Wonderfully talented.
I’m 36 and grew up on Kate Bush due to my Ma. I also adore her music of course. I would always put a scarf on my kitty and sing babushka to her all the time, just like my Ma would do to me when I was wee. Finally my husband who would sing along thinking I made it up, asked where it came from. I showed him this song and he knew the cover of running up the hill. Then stranger things came out and everyone was loving Kate Bush again 😹✨❤️✨I love it. We’ve come full circle.
Fun Fact: Kate's brother knew David Gilmore of Pink Floyd fame. He asked David would he listen to some of her stuff at 15. She showed David 50 or so songs. David then helped her produce a demo tape giving her $3000 pounds to get it done.
My ex was the spitting image of Kate Bush and used to do the dance in the chorus for me AND sing it... I was indeed punching light years above my weight - *memories*
This song has one of the most incredible fretless bass lines, played by the late great John Giblin. I think it actually makes the song together with Kate's phenomenal singing. What a gem.
Giblin is one of my Bass heroes, Bassdriver. Brand X were a phenomenal group - he could play anything - & he only recently died, in May of last year - sorely missed !
Probably the Jacko/ Japan's Mick Karn affect with Fretless bass being used in a lot of early 80s new wave music and Mick Karn did play fretless bass on a future Kate Bush record. I was a fan of the NYC alt folk band Hem. The lead songwriter has stated "Babooshka" is one of the best pop song ever written. Maybe a bold claim. But no denying the song's brilliance.
The word genius is banded around far too easily but in Kate Bush's case......she really is a genius." Man with a child in his eyes " will demonstrate her genius perfectly.
If you want to hear Kate being unhinged, Get Out Of My House might be as extreme as it gets. I think The Dreaming is the album where she really took control of her career and her creativity went through the roof.
I agree. Get Out of my House is really out there. But I love it, and I love the album. A lot of people find it difficult, but as far as I'm concerned, it's one of her best. Deep exploration of the then cutting-edge Fairlight music system, coupled with a lot of playfulness.
@@latheofheaven1017 I think The Dreaming coincided with the point where my Kate fandom was at its peak, so I was open to anything, and it remains her pinnacle for me. By the time The Sensual World was released, I'd moved on.
Exactly! The Fairlight CMI (Computer Music Instrument). First commerical sampler, synth and sequencer, complete with light pen! Cost an absolute fortune, but allowed a lot of creativity. Also used by Peter Gabriel :)
Kate was decades ahead of her time, she still is imho, she goes beyond creating music, she creates art, she's like van Gogh painting a picture with her vocals, words and dancing choreography. If i had to pick a celebrity crush.. Kate wins it by a landslide for me, everything about her is captivating, mysterious and awe-inspiring to me. I first heard her in the early 80's and even though i liked her music, i probably was too young to fully appreciate what she brought to the game at that time, but a few years later (mid 80's) when she released the song "Cloudbusting", and it suddenly clicked for me and i was sold for life, what a tremendous performer she is. I never watched the show "Stranger things" but i am very grateful that this show put her back into the spotlight and introduced a whole new audience to the wonderful world of music that she has created over the years, it proved what i have known for ages... her music is timeless, just like Kate herself being timeless. I am convinced that her music will remain with us for decades to come, and every generation will at some point find her music and fall in love with her, just like the generations of the past 45 years have done, maybe she will never be that household name like Freddie Mercury, Whitney Houston, or Jimi Hendrix, but she will always find a new audience... or rather, that new audience will always find her ... sooner of later, she is just that good, that different and that talented to be forgotten about, now and in future times.. i'm convinced of that. For Elizabeth, if you come around to checking out "Cloudbusting" make sure to watch the video/movie she released with that song, it's incredible, she plays the part of the young son (Peter) of the "Rainmaker" (played by Donald Sutherland!), the song is inspired by the 1973 Peter Reich memoir "A Book of Dreams" as told by the adult Peter Reich, a fascinating story to say the least.
Some artists could successfully reinvent themselves a couple of times throughout a career, Bowie could reinvent himself with every album, Kate Bush did it with every song. Still one of the most underrated talents ever (in the US at least)
I'm a Scotsman (still residing in Scotland) rapidly approaching my 59th birthday, (July 30th) which clearly means that, not only will I be 60 years old next year, but that many of these songs that you're analyzing are incredibly precious to me, represent/define much of my childhood and arguably informed my tastes and attitudes, and it could be argued, quite possibly made me the man I am today. It is my fervent, most cherished belief that we are little more than the sum of our experiences. As someone who grew up and witnessed first hand, the music you are experiencing now for the first time... I have to say that this is my heritage! This is the music that shaped me, informed me. You are, therefore, picking at the very threads of my personality... And you are doing an incredible job! 🥲 I'm not ashamed to admit that, even as the cynical old man that I am, some of your videos have brought me to literal tears. Keep doing what you're doing. I'm subscribing right now!
I listen to really heavy punk I seen all the bands sabbath .motorhead amon duul 2 what I enjoy on my horror volume stereo but kate bush 1978 I was 10 but kate bush is the one to hear loud in Helmsdale .a fuuking diamond voice absolutely beyond talented .absolutely beautiful in every way if she sold farts I would buy them
Just 3 years behind you and also a Scotsman (Isle of Arran); yes I feel very much the same way, particularly when it comes to Kate Bush, who burned herself permanently into the memory of a 10-year old boy way back in 1978 with Wuthering Heights and has lived rent free in my head ever since 😊 Elizabeth has many fine bands to discover from our era yet, but watching the love of good music pass down the generations is heartwarming. I don't know where I would be without music in my life - and I'm sure Elizabeth, yourself and everyone who watches this channel feels exactly the same way. I'm lucky enough to have been able to pass a love of good music on to my daughter, in fact she wants to follow in dad's footsteps and be a musician. May we all fall in love with music every single day!
@@rossjohnmclean I couldn't have said it better myself, Ross! I (unfortunately) do not have the pleasure of a son or daughter with whom to share my love of music, nor bestow my "wisdom" of an entire back catalog of long forgotten gems upon. I have instead, nieces and nephews who discovered their own genres and developed their own tastes which, I (regrettably) almost inevitably, balk at! I mean, please... The Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed? Or The scissor Sisters' woeful rendition of Comfortably Numb. Don't even get me started on the execrable Fugees' "Killing Me Softly with His Song" cover! Damn it... I'm getting old, man! 😭
The "glass breaking" sounds actually come from her Fairlight sampler. Kate was a close friend of Peter Gabriel (as you know) and they both were early adopters of the Fairlight sampler and each used them to great effect on their respective records in the early 80's.
I've heard this song the first time in 1981 when i was 11 on a sunny afternoon on the radio and i recorded instantly the whole concert on tape. After the concert i drove by bike with the tape in my hand to a friend and told him, he has to listen to this, but he interrupted me and said, no, first YOU have to listen to THIS and played me the same concert. Chills on my whole body, when i hear this.
We are the same age. Around the time you got on your bike I gave her the title 'my favourite witch' and she has remained just that for the rest of my life. Kate Bush is magic.
Elizabeth, an interview with Bush would be the icing on the cake. 'Babooshka' is just another example to her incredible body of work. ' I suggest you deep-dive into, 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes', & 'This Woman's Work'. Bush has never created a usual song - all her music is on an esoteric level; boundless talent !
I love Cloudbusting and Wuthering Heights, but my favorite of hers is Breathing...for someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, raised on military bases that would be primary targets for Soviet nuclear missiles, that song was deeply affecting.
@@magicbrownie1357last (and only) interview she did, as Running Up That Hill was reascending to number 1, was to Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4, so you never know.
I missed out on Kate in the 1970s/80s: as a teenage boy I just thought she was gorgeous but weird - but that was my problem, I was immature. I'm now 58, and I have ALL her albums. She's a genius, and a national treasure.
I think it might not even be possible to be as creatively talented as she is, and express it without seeming to be weird to some degree. She’s weird in the best way.
Kate is a certified self-taught genius. She *did* come from a musical family, but that doesn't explain her outrageous creativity. Her style can't be copied, only admired and studied. If you're into hearing "scary" Kate, "Get Out Of My House" is incredible.
It is female sensuality that she projects rather than outright sexuality which is why she’s so beautiful. Sensuality ALWAYS surpasses brazen sexuality. Madonna is nothing compared to Kate Bush.
What's even more astounding is that this song/video was released in mid-1980, more than a full year before the debut of MTV in August 1981. What a fantastic video for the time! And don't even get me started on Kate's other mind-bending qualities, from her lyrics to her songwriting mastery to her singing, piano playing, arranging and producing. She is an incomparable master artist and a grand iconoclast whose mind just worked differently from everyone else.
Kate was a pioneer on many levels. The theatrical live concert experience (simultaneously pioneering the head-mounted mic so she could dance and sing), the use of the Fairlight sampler (along with Peter Gabriel) and the cinematic video clip. She never seems in synch with current music trends, just completely going her own way. Just magical.
The 9th Wave is another level, it's like Shine on You Crazy Diamond or Echoes in length and in musical conception and execution, only with Kate Bush's vocal and storytelling talent as well, not to mention the sheer inventiveness of the sounds she blends in. My favourite moment of her work easily.
Fun Fact: I read in an interview that when she wrote this song she didn't know that the word Babooshka meant Grandma. She thought is was just a cute pet name. Also, if you really want to get into some.crazy Kate Bush vocals you should check out Get Out Of My House from the album The Dreaming. Also her live performance of Cloudbusting from Before the Dawn is absolute stunning. Lastly I have to recommend Night of the Swallow. It also tells a story from the perspective of two different people in a relationship and is very unique and beautiful in my opinion.
It’s funny that she unintentionally added another interesting layer to the story in that way. With her pseudonym, the wife is practically admitting who is writing those letters, but her husband is so thrilled and taken with this vibrant secret admirer (really just his wife channeling her younger self), he seems to pretty much ignore the name. Yep, there’s Kate, doing something very clever without realizing it.
Indeed. I was in my teenage years when I first saw this video, in 1982-ish. That costume fired off a few sparks in the neural pathways of my adolescent brain that confirmed the worst fears of all the moral guardians of that time. 😀 Ah, those days of Kate Bush, Debbie Harry, Kim Wilde... How could we have known then just how lucky we were!
A song that shows Kate's full range is 'Night of the Swallow' (the bird, not the throat action) from her most challenging album "The Dreaming". In 1 song she brays like a donkey.
Kate Bush recorded "Babooshka" between January and June 1980, during the recording sessions of Never for Ever, when she was 21 (she was born in July 1958).
With Marillion a few days ago and Kate Bush today you’re getting through my favourite artists at an amazing rate thank you . Did you do Running Up that hill Elizabeth . The choreography on that video really is breathtaking. Ps I appreciate the kindness and love you show for these artists . It’s always seems to be a hallmark of your analysis 😀
Hi and thanks for another really cool reaction video, one that I enjoyed enormously. The remarkable, peerless Kate Bush: Patti Smith once called her a UFO and she might well have been correct! This is one of her most iconic songs and iconic videos. It is from her great album 'Never For Ever' and throughout this album her vocals are never anything short of sensational, an absolute gift for someone like you who understands music and vocals. The very next song on this album is 'Delius' where she gets very close to operatic singing in the chorus, then there is the album audio version of 'Breathing' which even by Kate Bush's standards is a truly remarkable piece of singing. There is the utterly crazy vocal on the album version of 'Violin' - where really only someone like you has any chance of analysing - the rest of us mortals are just left scratching our heads with what she is doing on it. There is the raucous revenge/murder song 'The Wedding List,' possibly her proggiest song 'Egypt' a truly heart-breaking song in 'Army Dreamers,' and very possibly her creepiest song in "The Infant Kiss.' it is a tremendous album and one that a vocalist expert will get a lot out of. One of the people who played on this album said of her that for every track, when she sang in the studio she did the full performance of every part of the 'show' as it were and so every single note was acted out in the studio just as it would have been in a video. This particular song has one of the really famous transitions and the latter part, the younger version is very striking indeed, but, like you, for me the star of the show has always been the older woman part - the veiled lady. The way she sings "delight" or "incognito," her hands, her movement, her eyes are just hypnotic in this. Thanks again for a really, really enjoyable video.
Some artists have a unique combination of talent, creativity, and curiosity making them into musical mad scientists. I find myself in awe of new details each time I listen to people like Kate Bush, David Bowie, Tori Amos, etc...
I was going to reveal this information as well! I had a book of his illustrations at one time. Kate's costume is rather less revealing than the original!
Couple cool songs from Kate's discography are Deeper Understanding and Rocket's Tail, that feature Trio Bulgarga, a Bulgarian voice ensemble. Rocket's Tail also has David Gilmour on the guitar 😎✌
I fully second the recommendation of "Rocket's Tail". Vocal-wise, it's IMO one of the most interesting songs by Kate Bush, because of her collaboration with the Trio Bulgarka and also my favourite of the six songs, on which she did together with them Maybe this collaboration could get Elizabeth also to check out The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices (back then known by the French name Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares). To combine it with another great vocalist she also has heard before, I'd suggest the live version of the song "Mani Yann" which stems from this choir's collaboration with Lisa Gerrard.
What a magnificent ode to pantomime! Kate is the only artist I ever heard that can "pantomime" in voice. Close my eyes, lean back, only listen - and I still experience pantomime at its best. I'm amazed.
A fascinating fact I've never seen anyone else mention is that the Babooshka costume and look was effectively cosplay - the whole look is taken from the cover of a paperback fantasy novel from 1978 that I assume Kate must have seen, and perhaps even owned. The book was "Raven: Swordsmistress of Chaos" by Richard Kirk. Think of the character as a sort of Red Sonja. The costume and look is so exact and precise that there's no chance it is coincidence when it turns up in Kate's 1980's costume decision. However, she did modify the chest area of the costume, but everything else, even the hair ornament, is kept. So, yay - we can confirm a Fantasy genre connection with Kate Bush. Also you mentioned that she was just 19 when writing this song. That actually makes it one of her later works of that time, given that a huge volume of her hit writing previously was when she was just 13-14 years old. For just one example, the amazing song "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" was written when she was just 13 years old, and recorded at age 16! I should add for clarity that she actually began writing at 11, but it was songs written when she was 13 that made it into her debut album! She was (is?) a true prodigy.
The most compelling vocal I think you'd want to hear from Kate is Violin. She's able to play with her voice in incredible ways. The scream that couples the last two choruses is phenomenal. Give me the banshees for BVs indeed!
Fantastic! I had never heard Kate's music before or seen this video. Lovely voice, great song. The video is so creative and easy to produce. Beautiful choreography. Kate does so much in that small space. I couldn't take my off of her and will watch it on its own. Thank you for introducing me to a new artist who I will be diving into a lot more.
Kate Bush, Nina Hagen, Bjork. All very different, but they inhabit the same realm of creativity with a total rejection of norms. Nina's performance of Naturträne at Rockplast is just chefs kiss; sparklers, chicken clucking and opera. Glorious.
Kate is a legend. She was writing songs and figuring out choreography at age 16. David Gilmour was a mentor of her. You can read about that if you like. Kate and David performed her song 'Running Up That Hill' live. It's fantastic. She's a treasure.
She may have been only 19 but this was actually from her third album Never For Ever. Creative, but at the same time very brave when it comes to sexual themes from a womans point of view. Even back on the first album, The Kick Inside, so many of the tracks touch on that subject. Even the title track is lyrically based on an old folk tale where a brother and sister get a little too close and the sister gets pregnant, hence the kick inside. Considering that Kate was a pioneer even as a solo female artist, insisting on a lot of control over how her music sounded right from the get go, to also be a pioneer in terms of her style and the subject matter is truly astounding. Its why so many female artists cite Kate Bush as an influence, she really did change the music industry when she came onto the scene. All hail Queen Kate.
Kate is the total package. She is completely immersed in her art. You've stepped into some videos that were made very early in her career. It would be nice to see your reaction to her later work so you can see her growth. I like the suggestions of "This Woman's Work", "The Sensual World" and "Rocket's Tail". "Moments of Pleasure" is the sweetest and saddest song. I fall in love again each time I listen to her catalog. It's so wonderful that younger artists are just discovering Kate Bush and that she is just now being recognized outside the UK for the innovator that she is.
Good spot! Having seen them both live more than once I can attest to this. Kate Bush's shows were way more theatrical but Aurora is similarly unforgettable.
Army dreamers is a personal favourite from Kate Bush ( an anti war song ) with a great meaningful video to complement it. A more even tone to her beautiful voice and it fits so well with a more melancholic message/song.
I love Kate Bush. She has so many wonderful, creative songs. One thing that amazes me is how expressive and uninhibited she is in her performances - yet when you see her interviewed she seems just a modest/humble, sweet, mild-mannered girl. It's almost hard to believe it is the same person.
For us creative types, Kate Bush always has been and always will be the the epitome of creativity and artistic vision - the ultimate Muse. She has an astounding catalogue, littered with exquisitely original works. For me, the absolute pinnacle of her creativity, innovation and independence came in 1982, with her trailblazing album 'The Dreaming', which will leave you speechless. Forever a shining star, showing us all how it should be done.
@@Missjunebugfreak It’s incredible, isn’t it? All the more amazing when you realise that Kate was asserting her independence from her record label and taking everything into her own hands - putting herself in the producers seat and trailblazing at the cutting edge of then current studio technology. I first heard The Dreaming in 1986, at art school - a place full of people with disparate tastes in music, but EVERYONE recognised Kate’s genius; we were all fans, as that album oozed creativity. When I think of Kate Bush, that’s the one word that always comes to mind - creativity. The high points of her career are beyond the reach of most. Unfortunately for Elizabeth, the format of her channel probably means she may only listen to the odd track here and there, but as an album, listened to as a whole, The Dreaming still leaves me breathless and emotionally drained, almost 40 years later. Astounding album.
If you’re appreciating the unhinged elements of her music, can’t wait until you discover anything from ‘The Dreaming’. That album was Kate at her most experimental. Not terribly successful commercially, but was a huge hit with campus radio stations (where I was a DJ when it was released). It features some of the craziest vocalizations I’ve ever heard apart from other female artists like Nina Hagen or Lene Lovich.
I fully second the recommendation of "The Dreaming" which is my favourite album by her (together with side 2 of "Hounds of Love", thus "The Ninth Wave"). Talking about crazy vocalizations, have you ever heard of Monika Edvardsen (she was the vocalist of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Atrox until 2003 and also the main vocalist of the one-off non-metal project Tactile Gemma). I think people who love "The Dreaming" are the ones most likely to also love her vocal work. When I first heard her on Atrox' album "Contentum", she reminded me of a mixture of Kate Bush in her most experimental phase with a bit of Nina Hagen and some oriental influences thrown in. If you don't know her, but are curious, try "Creepy-crawlies" by Tactile Gemma and "Sultry Air" by Atrox.
@@MissLoonasSpeech Sounds intriguing. Thanks for the recommendation. There were so many innovative artists from the late ‘70’s / early ‘80’s. Nina and Lene were just the tip of the iceberg.
When Kate wrote this, she didn't know the meaning of the word babooshka. It's Russian for grandmother or a headscarf, I believe. It was the name of a friends cat. Also this song was one of the first, if not the first, to use a synthesizer for the smashing glass sound.
Im sure.she did know the.meaning if i.did . Its a nice word and its about her as an old lady trying to trick her husband disguising herself as her younger self by writing letters incognito
One of the first women to take total control of her music. She does a tune called Aerial Tai that's onl a minute of her singing along with a bird. Same album (Aerial) she recites the full numbers of Pi, it's mesmerizing. Mother Stands For Comfort has an an awesome bass to go along with her beautiful voice.
So happy to see you react to another Kate Bush song. Love her! I really can't recommend her song, 'Breathing' enough. I think you'd really enjoy that one, Elizabeth; and would love to have your expertise on such a beautiful and poignant song.
One of my absolute favorites. I also love several songs off The Dreaming. I really wish you would check out Something Sat In Your Lap. It's really intense. It's so creative. But everything on that album is highly creative and narrative.
My favorite by Kate Bush is the duet she did with Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up". i know they had been a couple and they sound great on that one. Look good together too.
As I don't understand music, I often don't really understand why I like or do not like a song/artist. One of the reasons I like these reaction channels that get into proper analysis, is I learn things! I suspect what Elizabeth was saying about the phrasing here is why Kate Bush stood out to me when I was a teenager in the late '80s. Most of what I listened to then was metal (the heavy stuff, like thrash, not hair metal) and punk, but along with jazz, classical, prog rock, early industrial, and others, Kate Bush was in the regular rotation in my Walkman for my walk to school. Thanks, Elizabeth!
Sounds a bit like me. While I had already heard Kate's hits on the radio respectively seen her videoclips on TV (the first one I remember was "Babooshka") when they were released, it wasn't before 1990 (6 years after I had become a metal fan - mostly into Thrash, some Doom and some Progressive) that I got into her music and bought all her albums available back then within two weeks. Unsurprisingly, her album "The Dreaming" is my favourite, followed by "The Ninth Wave". Do you still listen to the styles you enjoyed back then and have you ever wondered what it might have sounded like if Kate Bush had recorded an out-there metal album in her most experimental phase? If so, try the albums "Contentum" and "Terrestrials" by Atrox, if you aren't already familiar with them.
I love your reaction to this. I strongly suggest her "The Man With the Child in his Eyes", which she wrote when only 13 years old, as your next stop on your Kate Bush journey - you will love it!
I beg you to do "Night of the Swallow" from "The Dreaming." More interesting vocal acrobatics including some pretty musical distortion. Traditional Irish instruments round it all out.
Wow. Thank you Elizabeth for opening another Kate Bush song. I can't wait what will you choose next from her amazing performances. Hopefully very soon.💖
Great articulation of Kate's. I want to recommend her GET OUT OF MY HOUSE if you want to hear Kate express an astonishing sense of enclosure and fierce independence.
With so many hits week after week in the 70"s we all took Kate for granted, and listening to your comments make me realise what a genius she was/is. For me "Don't Give Up with Peter Gabriel. Beautiful song together. ❤
I can understand why you love this so much Elizabeth - because it is almost operatic, so beautiful and so well choreographed. It could well be a scene from a musical. Kate Bush is just an institution and a national treasure in the UK. She is incredibly talented at so many levels - her songwriting ability, her vocals, her dance/choreography, her production. I have always loved her music. Although not as successful as Kate Bush, I think US vocalist/dancer Toni Basil is amazingly talented as well especially her dance/vocals on her one big hit "Mickey" (from the 80's) and Norwegian band a-ha "Take on Me" with Morten Harket (*swoon*) 🥰🤣
I was lucky, my first crush had some Kate Bush albums, so I was pushed with the nose right in. My "Girl with the Child in her Eyes". I wasn't her man, too young, too stupid, too nerdy.
Chaotic precision is how I would describe her vocal style. Also sublime and transcendent. Please Cloudbusting must be next. The complete package of fantastic song and a fantastic video. Like a small movie. My favorite video of the 80s
May I suggest you react to INXS next, Michael Hutchence was one hell of a singer! Well showcased in their show at Wembley in 1991, especially the song The Loved One
This Woman's work has to be next to be reviewed.
There wouldn't be a dry eye in the house
Night of the Swallow has some outstanding vocals as well.
Definitely!
So much THIS.
Also... Sensual World.
Another stunningly simply yet effective video. Don't let me start praising the song itself... 😊
"The Man with The Child in His Eyes" was written at age 13 and recorded at age 16. Extraordinary.
One more proof that girls are at least 2 years ahead of boys.
my favorite
A fantastic song at any age but writing it at that age is just ludicrous. Utterly ludicrous.
I second this - its such an incredible song
Agreed
This song is about a woman testing her husband by sending him love letters using the name Babooshka, which the mirror shattering at the end is her revealing herself.
Also, Kate Bush writes all the songs, plays the keys, arranges, produces, is heavily involved in her stage and video productions. Her songs are often about unusual topics, interesting stories or little pieces of poetry. She really is a fantastically talented person beyond the typical pop singer.
Babooshka,Granny in russian
She really conveys all of these complex emotions with her voice unusually strongly. Her music is experimental, while also being the best kind of pop music. All the Clearlight CMI on the early albums gives this amazing quality I love. Peter Gabriel and Coil used the same machine in the early to mid 80s.
How did you come up with that? The first time I have heard that about this song.🤔
@@williambenner701 It's directly from the song. "She wanted to test her husband" is the first line. "She wanted to take it further, So she arranged a place to go, To see, If he, Would fall for her incognito"
@@user-nm1ui9vt5c Apparently when she wrote it she didn't realise what it meant and thought it was a girl's name.
Kate Bush is a genius, and she's done it all on her own.
The man with a child in his eyes is an amazing song, she was 16 when she wrote it, maybe even 15.
You do know that David Gilmore was a mentor of her to a certain point right?
13 actually. 16 when she recorded it
13 when she wrote it, and 16 when she recorded it as part of the professional demo that David Gilmour paid for, and later put in front of EMI executives. It's incredible that she wrote those lyrics, about whatever it is that they are about, when she was just a teenager; and the calm restraint of her vocal is a thing of beauty, and again, seemingly way beyond her years. EMI said 'yes' to Gimour on the spot, and that's how she got her record deal. The connection got her heard, no doubt, but the talent was undeniable. Kate had the first self written number 1 song (Wuthering Heights) and the first self written number 1 album (Never Forever) by a woman to in UK chart history. EMI certainly got their money's worth, but Kate never let them interfere with her creativity, and to be fair, apart from some grumbling after The Dreaming, they didn't really try. An amazing woman, and a true artist, both foreshadowed in this prescient early masterpiece.
@@williambenner701 *"David Gilmore was a mentor of her to a certain point right"* - More of a patron than a mentor. Bush had already written about 50 songs when Gilmor met her and "The man with a child in his eyes" was one of them.
Awesome story and connections
An unparalleled genius. She wrote the first few albums when she was a teenager. Beautiful dancer/choreographer, singer, song writer, player and producer. Genius.
Yep, her brother, Paddy, was a huge part of her musical growth too - an amazing musician.
I agree, she's also delightful.
Yeah, she used to be a ballet dancer.
what pinball1970 said
@@darrylhilbig6459she trained w Lindsey Kemp but wasnt actually a ballet dancer.
Man with the Child in his eyes, just stunning.
I was about to say, and she wrote that one when she was just 13!
@@DavidDatura i think so yes, most of the first album was written by the time she was 16 or so.
A very beautiful song and beautifully sung by Kate. Perhaps not interesting enough vocally for Elizabeth to analyse. It is very much a rarity among Kate’s early output in that she sings it fairly straight with a conventional vocal. The reason of course being it was recorded when she was 16 before she began experimenting with her voice.
Always been my favourite of Kate's songs and there's a lot of competition.
I prefer the single version, with the haunting repetitions of “He’s here” at the start.
I am 62, and remember hearing this song when it first came out - seems like only yesterday! Amazingly, it still sounds brand new, hasn't aged at all. There is not one song she created that I don't love to this day. Wonderfully talented.
I agree i'am 61 I found here so amezing and stil do.
Age 60 and I agree. Totally different from anything else at the time. Or since.
I'm 60, my hub is 64, and we've both been Kate fans since 1979.
I’m 36 and grew up on Kate Bush due to my Ma. I also adore her music of course. I would always put a scarf on my kitty and sing babushka to her all the time, just like my Ma would do to me when I was wee. Finally my husband who would sing along thinking I made it up, asked where it came from. I showed him this song and he knew the cover of running up the hill. Then stranger things came out and everyone was loving Kate Bush again 😹✨❤️✨I love it. We’ve come full circle.
Kate Bush is a total artist who will be rediscovered over and over through the generations.
Fun Fact: Kate's brother knew David Gilmore of Pink Floyd fame. He asked David would he listen to some of her stuff at 15. She showed David 50 or so songs. David then helped her produce a demo tape giving her $3000 pounds to get it done.
For what it's worth, my own favourite Kate Bush song is Army Dreamers. Nothing spectacular vocal -wise, but what a powerful song.
Oh I dunno. The accent she uses is such a subtle touch and when she sings “Oi’ve a bunch of purple flowers” my knees go all wobbly 😂
Yes! Fantastic video too
i like the song Breathe right now. but most of her songs are awesome
And the two tracks preceding it, all nicely woven into each other.
Agree totally
My ex was the spitting image of Kate Bush and used to do the dance in the chorus for me AND sing it... I was indeed punching light years above my weight - *memories*
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@@witchqueen8576 Are you the ex ?? :-)
This song has one of the most incredible fretless bass lines, played by the late great John Giblin. I think it actually makes the song together with Kate's phenomenal singing. What a gem.
Giblin is one of my Bass heroes, Bassdriver. Brand X were a phenomenal group - he could play anything - & he only recently died, in May of last year - sorely missed !
Probably the Jacko/ Japan's Mick Karn affect with Fretless bass being used in a lot of early 80s new wave music and Mick Karn did play fretless bass on a future Kate Bush record. I was a fan of the NYC alt folk band Hem. The lead songwriter has stated "Babooshka" is one of the best pop song ever written. Maybe a bold claim. But no denying the song's brilliance.
For fretless and Kate, I prefer Mother Stands for Comfort. But most of Kate's early work has great bass work all through it.
Came here to say this. It's an amazing song and John isn't mentioned often enough, his performance was superb.
You have that right !
The word genius is banded around far too easily but in Kate Bush's case......she really is a genius." Man with a child in his eyes " will demonstrate her genius perfectly.
If you want to hear Kate being unhinged, Get Out Of My House might be as extreme as it gets. I think The Dreaming is the album where she really took control of her career and her creativity went through the roof.
I'm with you there, Del.
Just wrote "Time for The Dreaming (as a whole), Liz".
Not the easiest album to listen to, but almost certainly her most creative and diverse collection. Wonderful album.
I agree. Get Out of my House is really out there. But I love it, and I love the album. A lot of people find it difficult, but as far as I'm concerned, it's one of her best. Deep exploration of the then cutting-edge Fairlight music system, coupled with a lot of playfulness.
@@latheofheaven1017 I think The Dreaming coincided with the point where my Kate fandom was at its peak, so I was open to anything, and it remains her pinnacle for me. By the time The Sensual World was released, I'd moved on.
The 'breaking glass' sound was one of the very first sounds Kate sampled on her (then) new Fairlight
Exactly! The Fairlight CMI (Computer Music Instrument). First commerical sampler, synth and sequencer, complete with light pen! Cost an absolute fortune, but allowed a lot of creativity. Also used by Peter Gabriel :)
Kate was decades ahead of her time, she still is imho, she goes beyond creating music, she creates art, she's like van Gogh painting a picture with her vocals, words and dancing choreography.
If i had to pick a celebrity crush.. Kate wins it by a landslide for me, everything about her is captivating, mysterious and awe-inspiring to me.
I first heard her in the early 80's and even though i liked her music, i probably was too young to fully appreciate what she brought to the game at that time, but a few years later (mid 80's) when she released the song "Cloudbusting", and it suddenly clicked for me and i was sold for life, what a tremendous performer she is.
I never watched the show "Stranger things" but i am very grateful that this show put her back into the spotlight and introduced a whole new audience to the wonderful world of music that she has created over the years, it proved what i have known for ages... her music is timeless, just like Kate herself being timeless.
I am convinced that her music will remain with us for decades to come, and every generation will at some point find her music and fall in love with her, just like the generations of the past 45 years have done, maybe she will never be that household name like Freddie Mercury, Whitney Houston, or Jimi Hendrix, but she will always find a new audience... or rather, that new audience will always find her ... sooner of later, she is just that good, that different and that talented to be forgotten about, now and in future times.. i'm convinced of that.
For Elizabeth, if you come around to checking out "Cloudbusting" make sure to watch the video/movie she released with that song, it's incredible, she plays the part of the young son (Peter) of the "Rainmaker" (played by Donald Sutherland!), the song is inspired by the 1973 Peter Reich memoir "A Book of Dreams" as told by the adult Peter Reich, a fascinating story to say the least.
Some artists could successfully reinvent themselves a couple of times throughout a career, Bowie could reinvent himself with every album, Kate Bush did it with every song. Still one of the most underrated talents ever (in the US at least)
I'm a Scotsman (still residing in Scotland) rapidly approaching my 59th birthday, (July 30th) which clearly means that, not only will I be 60 years old next year, but that many of these songs that you're analyzing are incredibly precious to me, represent/define much of my childhood and arguably informed my tastes and attitudes, and it could be argued, quite possibly made me the man I am today.
It is my fervent, most cherished belief that we are little more than the sum of our experiences.
As someone who grew up and witnessed first hand, the music you are experiencing now for the first time... I have to say that this is my heritage!
This is the music that shaped me, informed me.
You are, therefore, picking at the very threads of my personality...
And you are doing an incredible job! 🥲
I'm not ashamed to admit that, even as the cynical old man that I am, some of your videos have brought me to literal tears.
Keep doing what you're doing.
I'm subscribing right now!
I listen to really heavy punk I seen all the bands sabbath .motorhead amon duul 2 what I enjoy on my horror volume stereo but kate bush 1978 I was 10 but kate bush is the one to hear loud in Helmsdale .a fuuking diamond voice absolutely beyond talented .absolutely beautiful in every way if she sold farts I would buy them
Just 3 years behind you and also a Scotsman (Isle of Arran); yes I feel very much the same way, particularly when it comes to Kate Bush, who burned herself permanently into the memory of a 10-year old boy way back in 1978 with Wuthering Heights and has lived rent free in my head ever since 😊 Elizabeth has many fine bands to discover from our era yet, but watching the love of good music pass down the generations is heartwarming. I don't know where I would be without music in my life - and I'm sure Elizabeth, yourself and everyone who watches this channel feels exactly the same way. I'm lucky enough to have been able to pass a love of good music on to my daughter, in fact she wants to follow in dad's footsteps and be a musician. May we all fall in love with music every single day!
@@rossjohnmclean I couldn't have said it better myself, Ross! I (unfortunately) do not have the pleasure of a son or daughter with whom to share my love of music, nor bestow my "wisdom" of an entire back catalog of long forgotten gems upon.
I have instead, nieces and nephews who discovered their own genres and developed their own tastes which, I (regrettably) almost inevitably, balk at!
I mean, please... The Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed?
Or The scissor Sisters' woeful rendition of Comfortably Numb.
Don't even get me started on the execrable Fugees' "Killing Me Softly with His Song" cover!
Damn it... I'm getting old, man! 😭
The "glass breaking" sounds actually come from her Fairlight sampler. Kate was a close friend of Peter Gabriel (as you know) and they both were early adopters of the Fairlight sampler and each used them to great effect on their respective records in the early 80's.
The Dreaming and Hounds of Love albums are both work of genius.
I prefer the earlier songs from the kick inside.
Anything by Kate Bush would be great. She's a genius. The most unique artist ever.
But I do have a liking for Cloudbusting. Love those strings.
Not to mention Donald Sutherland as the scientist/father...
@@MikeBarnett1776I love that video!
I agree! It's been almost 40 years since I first heard that song and I still dream of Orgonon!
I've heard this song the first time in 1981 when i was 11 on a sunny afternoon on the radio and i recorded instantly the whole concert on tape. After the concert i drove by bike with the tape in my hand to a friend and told him, he has to listen to this, but he interrupted me and said, no, first YOU have to listen to THIS and played me the same concert. Chills on my whole body, when i hear this.
We are the same age. Around the time you got on your bike I gave her the title 'my favourite witch' and she has remained just that for the rest of my life. Kate Bush is magic.
Idem..i ' m 54. this song on the radio non stop..banger
The Sensual World by Kate has to be checked out. Another masterpiece with a beautiful video!
I’ve been utterly obsessed with that album lately
I’ve been obsessed with TSW for 35 years…
Elizabeth, an interview with Bush would be the icing on the cake. 'Babooshka' is just another example to her incredible body of work. ' I suggest you deep-dive into, 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes', & 'This Woman's Work'. Bush has never created a usual song - all her music is on an esoteric level; boundless talent !
Kate is notoriously shy about doing personal appearances and interviews. But it would be great!
So I understand, but it would be quite the coup.
yea, that would be extremely extremely hard to get. She's a very private and shy person and turns away from most interviews.
I love Cloudbusting and Wuthering Heights, but my favorite of hers is Breathing...for someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, raised on military bases that would be primary targets for Soviet nuclear missiles, that song was deeply affecting.
@@magicbrownie1357last (and only) interview she did, as Running Up That Hill was reascending to number 1, was to Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4, so you never know.
Still can't believe that I got to see Kate Bush in concert phenomenal 😊
I'm so jealous 😫
@@colrhodes377 Me too. I’ve been entranced by her since the 70s.
Saw her twice on that tour :) Still the best concert I have ever seen.
@@notverygoodguy Go on, rub salt on my wounds 😂
@@colrhodes377 I also saw her do a short set at the Royal Albert Hall along with Labi Siffre and surprisingly Cliff Richard.😎
I missed out on Kate in the 1970s/80s: as a teenage boy I just thought she was gorgeous but weird - but that was my problem, I was immature. I'm now 58, and I have ALL her albums. She's a genius, and a national treasure.
I think it might not even be possible to be as creatively talented as she is, and express it without seeming to be weird to some degree. She’s weird in the best way.
Kate is a certified self-taught genius. She *did* come from a musical family, but that doesn't explain her outrageous creativity. Her style can't be copied, only admired and studied.
If you're into hearing "scary" Kate, "Get Out Of My House" is incredible.
Not only was Kate fantastically talented, but she knew the power of her own beauty.
she’s still with us
What i meant was that when she was young and gorgeous, she knew how to project her sexuality without being over the top like Madonna @@binary_terror2
It is female sensuality that she projects rather than outright sexuality which is why she’s so beautiful. Sensuality ALWAYS surpasses brazen sexuality. Madonna is nothing compared to Kate Bush.
What's even more astounding is that this song/video was released in mid-1980, more than a full year before the debut of MTV in August 1981. What a fantastic video for the time! And don't even get me started on Kate's other mind-bending qualities, from her lyrics to her songwriting mastery to her singing, piano playing, arranging and producing. She is an incomparable master artist and a grand iconoclast whose mind just worked differently from everyone else.
Kate Bush has so many amazing songs with really creative songwriting and vocal performances! More Kate please !!!
Kate was a pioneer on many levels. The theatrical live concert experience (simultaneously pioneering the head-mounted mic so she could dance and sing), the use of the Fairlight sampler (along with Peter Gabriel) and the cinematic video clip. She never seems in synch with current music trends, just completely going her own way. Just magical.
Kate Bush a one off. No one like her before and there will be no one like her again. Perfection.
Brilliant. Maybe the 9th Wave Suite might come on the radar soon. Kate's whole concept is fantastic and imaginative
Yes the whole suite of songs as a long form reaction!!
Let us hope! 9th wave suite is awesome
Only Kate Bush could create a seven song, 26 minute suite of songs about a woman almost drowning and make it not just work, but be utterly brilliant!
The Ninth Wave is a masterpiece!
The 9th Wave is another level, it's like Shine on You Crazy Diamond or Echoes in length and in musical conception and execution, only with Kate Bush's vocal and storytelling talent as well, not to mention the sheer inventiveness of the sounds she blends in. My favourite moment of her work easily.
Oh my god, I’ve been waiting months for you to do another Kate Bush song! Huzzah!!
I love Kate Bush Moments of Pleasure is one of my favourites
Fun Fact: I read in an interview that when she wrote this song she didn't know that the word Babooshka meant Grandma. She thought is was just a cute pet name.
Also, if you really want to get into some.crazy Kate Bush vocals you should check out Get Out Of My House from the album The Dreaming.
Also her live performance of Cloudbusting from Before the Dawn is absolute stunning.
Lastly I have to recommend Night of the Swallow. It also tells a story from the perspective of two different people in a relationship and is very unique and beautiful in my opinion.
It’s funny that she unintentionally added another interesting layer to the story in that way. With her pseudonym, the wife is practically admitting who is writing those letters, but her husband is so thrilled and taken with this vibrant secret admirer (really just his wife channeling her younger self), he seems to pretty much ignore the name.
Yep, there’s Kate, doing something very clever without realizing it.
The sheer amount of talent Kate Bush has is unreal
Seriously! She wrote "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" when she was 13!!! That's ridiculous levels of brilliance.
"Jazz falling apart" is a pretty good description of her style in this period. Also the costume she's got on for the chorus is something else. :D
Falling apart, and tumbling back together in very interesting configurations.
Indeed. I was in my teenage years when I first saw this video, in 1982-ish. That costume fired off a few sparks in the neural pathways of my adolescent brain that confirmed the worst fears of all the moral guardians of that time. 😀 Ah, those days of Kate Bush, Debbie Harry, Kim Wilde... How could we have known then just how lucky we were!
@@JacoWium I was always kind of partial to Dale Bozzio, myself.
A song that shows Kate's full range is 'Night of the Swallow' (the bird, not the throat action) from her most challenging album "The Dreaming". In 1 song she brays like a donkey.
Lol. Explaing the swallow! 😂
@@karenpaxtonNaughty 😂
Oh god, I’d love Elizabeth to check out “Get Out Of My House”
@Bobsherunkle Or Barbara Windsor's version, Get out of my pub!
@@colrhodes377 Off I go to find that...
Kate Bush recorded "Babooshka" between January and June 1980, during the recording sessions of Never for Ever, when she was 21 (she was born in July 1958).
Yep. Wikipedia is indeed a great source for info on yesteryear's music releases! 😉
The man with a child in his eyes and Wow are other great pieces by Kate.
With Marillion a few days ago and Kate Bush today you’re getting through my favourite artists at an amazing rate thank you . Did you do Running Up that hill Elizabeth . The choreography on that video really is breathtaking. Ps I appreciate the kindness and love you show for these artists . It’s always seems to be a hallmark of your analysis 😀
I havent watched it but yes she has
Kate is a genius. A beautiful, ethereal creature that is timeless.
Hi and thanks for another really cool reaction video, one that I enjoyed enormously. The remarkable, peerless Kate Bush: Patti Smith once called her a UFO and she might well have been correct!
This is one of her most iconic songs and iconic videos. It is from her great album 'Never For Ever' and throughout this album her vocals are never anything short of sensational, an absolute gift for someone like you who understands music and vocals. The very next song on this album is 'Delius' where she gets very close to operatic singing in the chorus, then there is the album audio version of 'Breathing' which even by Kate Bush's standards is a truly remarkable piece of singing. There is the utterly crazy vocal on the album version of 'Violin' - where really only someone like you has any chance of analysing - the rest of us mortals are just left scratching our heads with what she is doing on it. There is the raucous revenge/murder song 'The Wedding List,' possibly her proggiest song 'Egypt' a truly heart-breaking song in 'Army Dreamers,' and very possibly her creepiest song in "The Infant Kiss.' it is a tremendous album and one that a vocalist expert will get a lot out of.
One of the people who played on this album said of her that for every track, when she sang in the studio she did the full performance of every part of the 'show' as it were and so every single note was acted out in the studio just as it would have been in a video.
This particular song has one of the really famous transitions and the latter part, the younger version is very striking indeed, but, like you, for me the star of the show has always been the older woman part - the veiled lady. The way she sings "delight" or "incognito," her hands, her movement, her eyes are just hypnotic in this.
Thanks again for a really, really enjoyable video.
I'm so proud to walk in this world at this time with that awesome artist !! Yes they're maybe someone up above. Stunning....❤❤❤❤❤❤
Fantastic look at this great old song. I'll echo the comments below, 'This Womans work' is almost a seminal song from Kate, truly beautiful.
John Giblin’s incredible fretless bass playing adds so much to Kate’s sound. RIP John.
Some artists have a unique combination of talent, creativity, and curiosity making them into musical mad scientists. I find myself in awe of new details each time I listen to people like Kate Bush, David Bowie, Tori Amos, etc...
The (warrior) outfit Kate wears in this video is inspired by the Painting "The Mercenary" by fantasy illustrator Chris Achilleos.
I was going to reveal this information as well! I had a book of his illustrations at one time. Kate's costume is rather less revealing than the original!
Isn't she just amazing? Punk rockers, rappers, heavy metalloids and everyone in between love her work!
Thank you, Ms. V.!
Couple cool songs from Kate's discography are Deeper Understanding and Rocket's Tail, that feature Trio Bulgarga, a Bulgarian voice ensemble. Rocket's Tail also has David Gilmour on the guitar 😎✌
I fully second the recommendation of "Rocket's Tail". Vocal-wise, it's IMO one of the most interesting songs by Kate Bush, because of her collaboration with the Trio Bulgarka and also my favourite of the six songs, on which she did together with them Maybe this collaboration could get Elizabeth also to check out The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices (back then known by the French name Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares). To combine it with another great vocalist she also has heard before, I'd suggest the live version of the song "Mani Yann" which stems from this choir's collaboration with Lisa Gerrard.
Oh yeh. rocket tail is superb.
Breathing by Kate is the most Post Punk Prig song ever.
Prig? Or prog?
Such a great concept
What a magnificent ode to pantomime!
Kate is the only artist I ever heard that can "pantomime" in voice. Close my eyes, lean back, only listen - and I still experience pantomime at its best.
I'm amazed.
A fascinating fact I've never seen anyone else mention is that the Babooshka costume and look was effectively cosplay - the whole look is taken from the cover of a paperback fantasy novel from 1978 that I assume Kate must have seen, and perhaps even owned. The book was "Raven: Swordsmistress of Chaos" by Richard Kirk. Think of the character as a sort of Red Sonja. The costume and look is so exact and precise that there's no chance it is coincidence when it turns up in Kate's 1980's costume decision. However, she did modify the chest area of the costume, but everything else, even the hair ornament, is kept. So, yay - we can confirm a Fantasy genre connection with Kate Bush.
Also you mentioned that she was just 19 when writing this song. That actually makes it one of her later works of that time, given that a huge volume of her hit writing previously was when she was just 13-14 years old. For just one example, the amazing song "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" was written when she was just 13 years old, and recorded at age 16! I should add for clarity that she actually began writing at 11, but it was songs written when she was 13 that made it into her debut album! She was (is?) a true prodigy.
The artist was the Raven cover was the late Chris Achilleos who released several collections featuring scantily-clad women.
The most compelling vocal I think you'd want to hear from Kate is Violin. She's able to play with her voice in incredible ways. The scream that couples the last two choruses is phenomenal. Give me the banshees for BVs indeed!
Kate had written more than 200 songs by the age of 12. She's a freaking genius.
Fantastic! I had never heard Kate's music before or seen this video. Lovely voice, great song. The video is so creative and easy to produce. Beautiful choreography. Kate does so much in that small space. I couldn't take my off of her and will watch it on its own. Thank you for introducing me to a new artist who I will be diving into a lot more.
Check out Elizabeth reacting to other songs by Kate. Also dive into her back catalogue. She really is incredible.
@@colrhodes377 Thank you. I am planning on starting there and see where it leads.
@@KenRoerden This rabbit hole is deep. Have you ever read Alice in Wonderland? You might have a similar experience 😊
@@colrhodes377 I have and loved it. Feed your head.
I just discovered a two weeks old video with Eivor covering Kate Bush's "Running up that hill". Mindblowing
Kate Bush, Nina Hagen, Bjork. All very different, but they inhabit the same realm of creativity with a total rejection of norms. Nina's performance of Naturträne at Rockplast is just chefs kiss; sparklers, chicken clucking and opera. Glorious.
Kate is a legend. She was writing songs and figuring out choreography at age 16. David Gilmour was a mentor of her. You can read about that if you like. Kate and David performed her song 'Running Up That Hill' live. It's fantastic. She's a treasure.
She may have been only 19 but this was actually from her third album Never For Ever.
Creative, but at the same time very brave when it comes to sexual themes from a womans point of view. Even back on the first album, The Kick Inside, so many of the tracks touch on that subject. Even the title track is lyrically based on an old folk tale where a brother and sister get a little too close and the sister gets pregnant, hence the kick inside.
Considering that Kate was a pioneer even as a solo female artist, insisting on a lot of control over how her music sounded right from the get go, to also be a pioneer in terms of her style and the subject matter is truly astounding. Its why so many female artists cite Kate Bush as an influence, she really did change the music industry when she came onto the scene.
All hail Queen Kate.
Kate is the total package. She is completely immersed in her art. You've stepped into some videos that were made very early in her career. It would be nice to see your reaction to her later work so you can see her growth. I like the suggestions of "This Woman's Work", "The Sensual World" and "Rocket's Tail". "Moments of Pleasure" is the sweetest and saddest song. I fall in love again each time I listen to her catalog. It's so wonderful that younger artists are just discovering Kate Bush and that she is just now being recognized outside the UK for the innovator that she is.
A unique, unique genius with quite unbelievable inner strength and belief. She is truly unlike anyone else.
'Oh england, my lionheart' should be the next KB song
Kate said this was her favourite song on an interview when she was about 20 before her later albums but she may have changed her mind by now
I have said this before. Kate Bush and Aurora fills the same spot in the musical landscape to me, only two generations apart.
Good spot! Having seen them both live more than once I can attest to this. Kate Bush's shows were way more theatrical but Aurora is similarly unforgettable.
Army dreamers is a personal favourite from Kate Bush ( an anti war song ) with a great meaningful video to complement it. A more even tone to her beautiful voice and it fits so well with a more melancholic message/song.
You check out the hounds of love, especially the second half of the record.. astonishing vocals, songwriting and musicianship.. enjoy!
I love Kate Bush. She has so many wonderful, creative songs. One thing that amazes me is how expressive and uninhibited she is in her performances - yet when you see her interviewed she seems just a modest/humble, sweet, mild-mannered girl. It's almost hard to believe it is the same person.
Great reaction! Would very much enjoy more reactions of our creative treasure Kate 🥰
Great!...also nice to see,
"Björk", live
"All is Full of Love"
For us creative types, Kate Bush always has been and always will be the the epitome of creativity and artistic vision - the ultimate Muse. She has an astounding catalogue, littered with exquisitely original works. For me, the absolute pinnacle of her creativity, innovation and independence came in 1982, with her trailblazing album 'The Dreaming', which will leave you speechless. Forever a shining star, showing us all how it should be done.
I've been a fan of Kate for 9 years and The Dreaming is still my favorite album of hers. It's a mind-blowing record.
@@Missjunebugfreak It’s incredible, isn’t it? All the more amazing when you realise that Kate was asserting her independence from her record label and taking everything into her own hands - putting herself in the producers seat and trailblazing at the cutting edge of then current studio technology. I first heard The Dreaming in 1986, at art school - a place full of people with disparate tastes in music, but EVERYONE recognised Kate’s genius; we were all fans, as that album oozed creativity. When I think of Kate Bush, that’s the one word that always comes to mind - creativity. The high points of her career are beyond the reach of most. Unfortunately for Elizabeth, the format of her channel probably means she may only listen to the odd track here and there, but as an album, listened to as a whole, The Dreaming still leaves me breathless and emotionally drained, almost 40 years later. Astounding album.
If you’re appreciating the unhinged elements of her music, can’t wait until you discover anything from ‘The Dreaming’. That album was Kate at her most experimental. Not terribly successful commercially, but was a huge hit with campus radio stations (where I was a DJ when it was released). It features some of the craziest vocalizations I’ve ever heard apart from other female artists like Nina Hagen or Lene Lovich.
I fully second the recommendation of "The Dreaming" which is my favourite album by her (together with side 2 of "Hounds of Love", thus "The Ninth Wave"). Talking about crazy vocalizations, have you ever heard of Monika Edvardsen (she was the vocalist of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Atrox until 2003 and also the main vocalist of the one-off non-metal project Tactile Gemma). I think people who love "The Dreaming" are the ones most likely to also love her vocal work. When I first heard her on Atrox' album "Contentum", she reminded me of a mixture of Kate Bush in her most experimental phase with a bit of Nina Hagen and some oriental influences thrown in. If you don't know her, but are curious, try "Creepy-crawlies" by Tactile Gemma and "Sultry Air" by Atrox.
@@MissLoonasSpeech Sounds intriguing. Thanks for the recommendation. There were so many innovative artists from the late ‘70’s / early ‘80’s. Nina and Lene were just the tip of the iceberg.
When Kate wrote this, she didn't know the meaning of the word babooshka. It's Russian for grandmother or a headscarf, I believe. It was the name of a friends cat. Also this song was one of the first, if not the first, to use a synthesizer for the smashing glass sound.
Im sure.she did know the.meaning if i.did . Its a nice word and its about her as an old lady trying to trick her husband disguising herself as her younger self by writing letters incognito
Great selection.
The most “creative” singing she’s done is the song The Dreaming.
It’s a Kate cult favorite.
Oh my I forgot that one 🌌🧙🏼♂️🌌
One of the first women to take total control of her music. She does a tune called Aerial Tai that's onl a minute of her singing along with a bird. Same album (Aerial) she recites the full numbers of Pi, it's mesmerizing. Mother Stands For Comfort has an an awesome bass to go along with her beautiful voice.
I have loved Kate for decades. Thanks for bringing out her talent and introducing her to your channel. She is amazing. ❤
You would have an absolute field day with The Big Sky. Also This Woman's Work if you want to cry. Great vid as always!
So happy to see you react to another Kate Bush song. Love her! I really can't recommend her song, 'Breathing' enough. I think you'd really enjoy that one, Elizabeth; and would love to have your expertise on such a beautiful and poignant song.
One of my absolute favorites. I also love several songs off The Dreaming. I really wish you would check out Something Sat In Your Lap. It's really intense. It's so creative. But everything on that album is highly creative and narrative.
There's such a list of songs to suggest - Sat in Your Lap, There Goes a Tenner, The Dreaming, Breathing. Pretty much everything!
Great reaction Elizabeth, Kate is truly one of a kind!
My favorite by Kate Bush is the duet she did with Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up". i know they had been a couple and they sound great on that one. Look good together too.
She has already reacted & analysed to that. Check the channel. I remember Elizabeth doing that song.
@@bobbycollins6783 OK thanks! Don't know why I didn't check that, I just assumed.😊
When that duet came out, I was already a huge fan of both of them. Mind blown 🤯
@@dstarling61 Me too, i had a girlfriend who had lived in japan and Canada who was into Kate Bush in the 70's and i was into Gabriel from Genesis.
Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush never dated. She was happily married at the time.
As I don't understand music, I often don't really understand why I like or do not like a song/artist. One of the reasons I like these reaction channels that get into proper analysis, is I learn things! I suspect what Elizabeth was saying about the phrasing here is why Kate Bush stood out to me when I was a teenager in the late '80s. Most of what I listened to then was metal (the heavy stuff, like thrash, not hair metal) and punk, but along with jazz, classical, prog rock, early industrial, and others, Kate Bush was in the regular rotation in my Walkman for my walk to school. Thanks, Elizabeth!
Sounds a bit like me. While I had already heard Kate's hits on the radio respectively seen her videoclips on TV (the first one I remember was "Babooshka") when they were released, it wasn't before 1990 (6 years after I had become a metal fan - mostly into Thrash, some Doom and some Progressive) that I got into her music and bought all her albums available back then within two weeks. Unsurprisingly, her album "The Dreaming" is my favourite, followed by "The Ninth Wave". Do you still listen to the styles you enjoyed back then and have you ever wondered what it might have sounded like if Kate Bush had recorded an out-there metal album in her most experimental phase? If so, try the albums "Contentum" and "Terrestrials" by Atrox, if you aren't already familiar with them.
I love your reaction to this. I strongly suggest her "The Man With the Child in his Eyes", which she wrote when only 13 years old, as your next stop on your Kate Bush journey - you will love it!
Its a shock how brilliant she is. Good reaction.
I beg you to do "Night of the Swallow" from "The Dreaming." More interesting vocal acrobatics including some pretty musical distortion. Traditional Irish instruments round it all out.
Love that album and that's my favorite song on it.
Wow. Thank you Elizabeth for opening another Kate Bush song. I can't wait what will you choose next from her amazing performances. Hopefully very soon.💖
Great articulation of Kate's. I want to recommend her GET OUT OF MY HOUSE if you want to hear Kate express an astonishing sense of enclosure and fierce independence.
Hounds of love next please. Plenty vocally to analyse in that one.
With so many hits week after week in the 70"s we all took Kate for granted, and listening to your comments make me realise what a genius she was/is. For me "Don't Give Up with Peter Gabriel. Beautiful song together. ❤
We never knew we had it so good, and the USA never knew we had it at all
I can understand why you love this so much Elizabeth - because it is almost operatic, so beautiful and so well choreographed. It could well be a scene from a musical. Kate Bush is just an institution and a national treasure in the UK. She is incredibly talented at so many levels - her songwriting ability, her vocals, her dance/choreography, her production. I have always loved her music. Although not as successful as Kate Bush, I think US vocalist/dancer Toni Basil is amazingly talented as well especially her dance/vocals on her one big hit "Mickey" (from the 80's) and Norwegian band a-ha "Take on Me" with Morten Harket (*swoon*) 🥰🤣
I have to admit, it took me several decades to get into Kate Bush, but I'm there now! She's so unique and ahead of her time.
I was lucky, my first crush had some Kate Bush albums, so I was pushed with the nose right in. My "Girl with the Child in her Eyes". I wasn't her man, too young, too stupid, too nerdy.
I think Babooshka
Means Grandma in Russian.
And yes she is wildly creative.
Genius is another word that could be used.
Yes, "grandmother, I, I" (babooshka ya ya) again echoes the 2 sides of her 🤩 Such a genius, ahead of her time 💗
Chaotic precision is how I would describe her vocal style. Also sublime and transcendent. Please Cloudbusting must be next. The complete package of fantastic song and a fantastic video. Like a small movie. My favorite video of the 80s
One of my favorites from her in terms of experimental vocal work is “Violin.” Also “Get Out of My House” is amazing!
Given how popular your channel is and how positive you are about Kate, I would wager that she might be amenable to an interview.
May I suggest you react to INXS next, Michael Hutchence was one hell of a singer! Well showcased in their show at Wembley in 1991, especially the song The Loved One
Yes, all Wembley 1991 songs are amazing
Yes yes and yes!
How good is Kate...unbelievable songwriter and artist ..not many as good and talented as her ..she a national treasure ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm blessed to have seen Kate live four times. Shed frankly amazing..............
Yay!!🎉🎉🎉 Kate is Great!