Finally! Musical Genius at #1 With This BRILLIANT 80s Classic 37 Years Later... | Professor Of Rock
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- "Coming up….the story of an art rock heroine Genius named Kate Bush and the story of her beautiful and compelling 80s hit, Running Up that Hill (Deal With God) which just went to #1 a full 37 years after it hit radio. Kate was frustrated by a lack of empathy from the man she loved. To solve the problem, she came up with a bold plan to reverse the role of the sexes.We enter the mind of a true music maverick, and go between the layers of a heavenly classic from the 80s that just got a new lease of life from Stranger Things …NEXT on Professor of Rock.”
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Kate Bush, is one of the most extraordinary artists of the Rock Era. She has an incredible way of manifesting her untamed imagination into an emotional, cinematic musical experience, that is truly unparalleled. The music of Kate Bush is wildly esoteric, and so interesting, unpredictable & affective.There is constant innovation with no rule book on song composition, as Kate challenges our senses- weaving in simulated sounds of jungles, helicopters, sheep, Aboriginal chants, demons, and an even an angry mule:
Once you REALLY listen to a Kate Bush song, it incessantly reverberates in your soul- like a guardian angel. Kate’s biggest hit in America, the haunting “Running Up That Hill” (A Deal With God), has had a pop culture renaissance because of placement of the song in a climactic scene in Season 4 of the Netflix smash series Stranger Things: The use of the song has opened a new horizon of artistic expression for a new generation of fans to discover the timeless genius of Kate Bush, and became the #1 most downloaded track on Apple Music’s iTunes chart, and #1 ‘most streamed’ song on the U.S. Spotify Chart- almost 40 years after its original release.
Before the release of Kate’s seminal Hounds of Love album in 1985, she had released 4 albums of exquisitely crafted art rock- beginning with her debut LP The Kick Inside in 1978. The lead single from the album was “Wuthering Heights” showcasing Kate’s towering vocal majesty.“Wuthering Heights" levitated all the way to #1 in the UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand: “Wuthering Heights” was followed by the tender examination of “The Man with the Child in His Eyes” that went to #6 in the UK:
Between 1978 & 1981, Kate scored nine Top-20 hits in the UK, over 3 platinum selling albums. However, sales dipped considerably for her 1982 album The Dreaming. Although it was another stimulating record, full of intriguing tracks, the declining sales, and futility of the last two singles released from the album, put Kate in a challenging position with her label, EMI Records.
Poll: With Kate Bush in mind, who do you think are the "living" musical geniuses on this earth today?
Joni Mitchell
Paul McCartney
Stevie Wonder
Johnny Marr
Burt Bacharach
Sonny Rollins
Dolly Parton
Robert Smith
Patrice Rushen
Pete Townshend
Danny Elfman
Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood
Stevie Wonder
Paul McCartney
Brian Wilson
Bob Dylan, Carole King.
Arvo Pärt.
@@bigneon_glitter Burt Bacharach, 94 years young.
Glen Phillips
Mark Ronson
Sia
I teach high school art. I usually play music during class. One of my students asked me to play "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush. My jaw dropped and I said "How do you know that song?" He said Spotify recommended it to him because he had listened to "Running up that Hill." That just made my day!
When I was much younger (in the 80s) my friends and I were listening to The Dreaming and The Hounds of Love. Fast forward to 2019(before Running Up That Hill was used on Stranger Things ) I played that song for my children- they said it was "nostalgic " for them.😂😍
Wish I had you as a teacher 👨🏫
That’s a fantastic story! Thank you for sharing that.
People who were not around in the mid-80s can NOT picture the extent of this song's originality. In the mid-80s, top 40 radio was all about Madonna, Duran Duran, Prince and big hair rock bands. There's nothing wrong with those artists, but you have to understand that this song sounded like it came from another world. It still does. No other song sounded like it. It's still the case.
There was something wrong with most of the hair bands lol
I don't think you realize just how creative an innovative Prince was. The guy was a genius, putting Kate Bush to shame.
Wuthering Heights sounds even more from another dimension. For me, it's even better, but this was a good review of Kate's craft and career.
I was in the High School during the mid to late 80s,but I don't remember ever hearing this song.
There were a lot of great non-mainstream songs in the 80s that were like that, probably better.
a couple of weeks ago, my 11-year-old goddaughter was singing Running Up That Hill. I started singing along with her. She stopped, amazed that I knew the song. I was amazed as well, having never seen Stranger Things and being ignorant of the song's renewed popularity. Mya, of course, had no idea the song was nearly four decades old. It was a great moment that I will never forget.
This song came out when I was 16. Fearless and unafraid, my best friend (who looked like Kate Bush) and I looked into our futures and faced life like the pirates we knew we were. Little did I know, I would lose her in a plane crash only five short years later. It was this song that carried me through her death as I bargained with God to somehow bring her back. Thank you, Kate. I owe you so very much.
She's not Dead
❤️🙏
@@charlessimpson9262 she's referring to her friend
Thank you for sharing this.
Dude, I never stopped appreciating Kates music and dancing. She was unique in my childhood and still blast it, even before it’s renaissance.
Incredible voice and talent that made her mark and will always be there for me .
37 years is a drop in the Sea.
My daughters, who are all in their 20's were shocked that their friends didn't know Kate Bush's music. My girls grew up listening to "The Red Shoes", "Hounds of Love", "The Kick Inside", "The Sensual World" and of course "The Whole Story". They, every once in awhile, forget that not all parents share a broad and varied love for music and musicians with their kids growing up. Keep at it.
My son is the same way. He knows KB, The Cure, and many others.
But did they grow up listening to The Clash, Boomtown Rats, Split Enz too as well as Kate Bush? My girls who are also in their 20's did! My teen son's fave band is ELO. Went to knock on his door last week to tell him to get to bed it's a school night and he was singing the Beatles Yellow Submarine LOL Some people just have eclectic taste in music and some don't. The American music scene has always been crap for the most part minus some obvious good bands and artists, so ya have to sample music from all over the world if you want to find something good to listen to.
Nice job of parenting. Being aware of other generational cultures and tastes are crucial to raising critical thinking children, in my opinion.
@@vaskylark Looking at my Plex folder:
Bauhaus, the Cult, Clash, Cure, Depeche Mode, Devo, Echo and the Bunnymen, Love and Rockets (they could have been big), INXS, New Order, The Pogues, Psychedelic Furs, Siuoxie, the Smiths, Talking Heads, Tones on Tails, Violent Fems, Wall of Voodoo. Basically any of the 80's Post Punk era bands.
@@ditch9802 Oh, I want to share music with you because good collection! hehe
The songs Running up the hill and Don’t give up with Peter Gabriel give me chills… so beautiful yet so haunting! Actually the bulk of her work is so haunting , raw and emotional. The ability to capture so many feelings makes her brilliant. If any of her songs can’t spark or provoke deep feelings, you probably don’t have blood running through your veins
Her voice really gives me goosebumps.
"This Woman's Work" ranks up there as well.
I became a Kate Bush fan as a freshman in college with the release of 'Never Forever'. Few of my college friends were familiar with her. 'The Dreaming' was a a challenging listen - and I loved it. However, I was asked by my housemates NOT to play the album while they were home because it 'frightened' them - which only made me love it more. My strongest memory with 'Hounds of Love' is that I was on a 4-day sail on a ship (from Alaska to Seattle) and I spent most of my time on the bow, at night, listening to HOL on my walkman, over and over and over. It was winter (freakin' cold) and Haley's Comet was making its appearance in the night sky. It was a surreal experience.
I thought Kate Bush really hit her stride with 'The Sensual World'.
Oh man! Whata memory! I feel like I'm there on that bow
Nice! I totally agree with your comment about her release of Sensual World. I feel it should have at least been mentioned in this episode, and is disappointing that it was not mentioned at all.
As an American, I’ve never had the opportunity to see her. However, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard “Running Up That Hill” on my local AOR station! I was 24 years old… and I immediately tracked her down and bought everything I could get my hands on! I have her complete catalog on CD and recently got into vinyl. AT 61 years old, I’m more than 2/3 through collecting her complete catalog on that medium as well… Kate has ALWAYS provided the soundtrack of my life….
I’m also 61, and while I don’t have the vinyl (very little has survived ~40 years of moves), I do have her CD catalog. She’s one of my all-time favorite artists
I have always loved Kate Bush, her Haunting voice, her beauty, at the time her artistic dancing that had not been seen before in "pop" music, Running up that hill is certainly a classic and it's great a new generation have the chance to appreciate it and no doubt listen to more of her music. But my all time favourite song of hers is THIS WOMANS WORK. everything about it is just great.
“This Woman’s Work”, “Cloudbusting”, “Don’t Give Up”, “Babooska” “Wuthering Heights” and “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” and so many more all Great 😊🤩👍🏽
I love the fact that a new generation is discovering her, I do hope however this isn't just limited to this one track.
This is a true classic but Kate is more than one song.
I do hope her new fans check out her full body of work, it's extraordinary.
I agree. I hope they will discover it all!
We need Kate Bush inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! She’s a trailblazer!
I just wrote a similar comment! I love RUTH and Hounds of Love but I became a true fan from listening to The Dreaming. I can’t recommend that album enough.
@@negativevibemerchant2670 I've been a fan since 1978, I remember when she arrived on the scene in the UK, the UK airwaves was full of Punk and Disco songs at that time, then straight out of left field came Kate.
No one quite knew at first what to make of her,she was this strange bewitching young woman singing a song that had no hook about the story of Wuthering heights, till you realised the hook was Kates voice.
She is a once in a generation artist, I think it's great that she's finding a wider audience now after all these years.
I count myself fortunate to have seen her one and only European tour in Edinburgh in 1979 and then her residency in London in 2014.
Those performances stay with you as does her music once you learn to appreciate it.
I agree and some will check out her other songs, and some won't. Most won't, but it's still cool nonetheless.
She deserves to be #1 in every country all over the world!
M'y first Kate experience was in 1979. I was 12 and I heard "Wow" on the radio. Since that very moment I am the biggest Kate fan in the western hemisphere 😊
And my son is 12, ans he walks in my shoes:
Recently he was sitting at his desk doing his homework, and I heard him sing "Aaaaall yours, Babooshka, Babooshka Babooshka ....."
Good child! 🙂👍
No you aren't, I beat you with a year😋
I asked my nieces (young teens) if they watched Stranger Things, then if they knew this song. When they did, I showed them my 29 Kate Bush CD's including 8 disk Japanese boxed set, and other foreign pressings as well as 2 that were just interviews with Kate. They were shocked. They thought they had discovered this hidden 80's gem and didn't realize that some of us have been huge fans for decades. She is one of the top 3 artists I've been obsessed with for a long time. The other 2 are Peter Gabriel and Oingo Boingo (I know, one of these things is not like the other). But I'm so excited that a new generation is giving Kate the love that she deserves.
Yeah, but do you have “Something Good” by Utah Saints?
I'll tell you something...
Im 57yrs old next month.
For the last 47 of them I've been a metalhead
I am a metalhead
And I will die, a metalhead.
But I have and always will refuse to hear a single word said against Kate Bush.
She is one of our national treasures.
She is so much more than unique.
Our Katey is unlike any other artist there ever is, was or ever will be.
She is truly inimitable.
And it always makes me so proud to say.... she's ours :)
Not only has Kate's music been central to me, but it's also her utter brilliance with lyrical depth which has kept me a fan since the very first single - she's a poet, without a doubt, and her understanding of pain and love is almost magical. That this song's release coincided with the death of my baby son has meant it has a deep meaning for me, one I can't try to vocalise. Ever since I've followed everything she's done and played them all the time. They speak to me in a way nothing else ever has.
She deserves all the accolades. You are right she's a genius 👏 🙌 👌
I've been in love with Kate Bush for 40 years. She's possibly the most creative, complete and compelling artist of this or any age.
Same!!!
Over 40yrs I have been in love with her music. My favourite artist by far.
Can't say I heard of her before this video good voice ,interesting
My love for The Dreaming and The Hounds of Love and Ariel is so profound it borders on jealousy. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent trying to sing along. Like, really. Full voice. Hours.
Thank you for your series - when I see reactions from young people who don't have the context and lore of pioneers like Kate Bush, I send them to you. They can't feel all the years between this song and today, they assume someone wrote a song, engineered it and just called some vocalist in to sing. Not their fault, but if they're not willing to explore that lore, to me they're just trying to get views, and that just won't do. 🔥💜
I was introduced to Kate Bush in 1985 through the inclusion of her song “Breathing” on the first Greenpeace collection LP released in the U.S. that summer. I was getting ready to leave for a semester abroad in Europe that autumn, and was trying to get more familiar with European pop artists before I left. The Greenpeace album was a great intro to several artists not in the American mainstream.
I was so taken with Kate’s voice that upon my first visit to a record shop in Copenhagen, I saw giant posters advertising “Hounds of Love”, which had just been released. I bought a cassette copy without having heard the first single off the album and was completely blown away by this tour de force. I didn’t realize at the time what HOL represented in the evolution of her work as an artist. I didn’t even know that Pat Benetar’s reworked “Wuthering Heights” was Kate’s song originally.
I spent the next three months crisscrossing Europe with HOL as my soundtrack for dozens of train trips. My Walkman had auto reverse and I’d put it in loop mode until the batteries ran out. The sounds and rhythms of HOL are so emotionally ingrained in my head and heart with train travel that every time I hear any of these cuts I’m transported back to being 22 and on my own in the world for the first time.
Thanks, Kate, Stranger Things and Adam for stirring these lovely memories.
What FANTASTIC memories! i have a similar memory with Sarah McLaughlin during a summer in Alaska with my Sony discman
"The Man With A Child In Is Eyes" She wrote that when she was 13 years old! Serious Genius Talent.
P.S. I am lucky enough to say I have seen her live. Saw her perform "The Ninth Wave" Magical beyond compare. . .
Beautiful song (The Man With The Child in His Eyes) that gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.
I sang those words as i read them...wow she wrote that at age 13 😮..might have to dig out the record now 😊 start my day with some Kate Bush
The Ninth Wave? WOW, wow..... I think I would cry.
And deceptively hard to sing.
I’m jealous! As an American, I’ve never had the opportunity to see her. However, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard “Running Up That Hill” on my local AOR station! I was 24 years old… and I immediately tracked her down and bought ever I could get my hands on! I have her complete catalog on CD and recently got into vinyl. AT 61 years old, I’m more than 2/3 through collecting her complete catalog on that medium as well… Kate has ALWAYS provided the soundtrack of my life….
Stranger Things has introduced my 13 year old daughter to a ton of the music that I grew up on and loved. This is her absolute favorite, and even tho I was never a Kate fan, it makes me very happy.
Same with my kids. It's awesome!
I am obsessed with Stranger Things, and I’m just 16! I like to imagine myself living in the 80s just because of this show.
Also it's cool it's because they heard the original and not a remake by, say, Ariana or Miley or Mariah, who are all great but it'd be a reinterpretation.
I love the show, but like a lot of nostalgia, it seriously misrepresents what most real people were listening to and looking like around 1983. (To be fair, Jonathan Byers, who is the main one listening to cool postpunk music, is portrayed as a loner who is considered a weirdo by his classmates.)
@@brucetucker4847 except the current season is 1986.
Back in 1980 I, like so many other teenagers, was madly in love with Kate. So when she came to my town to sign copies of her latest single I just had to be there. My mate and me queued up for ages to see her. When my turn finally arrived I had the audacity and teenage cheek to ask her for a kiss. Amazingly she obliged. I still have my signed copy of Army Dreamers and I haven´t washed my face since. Still love you Kate.....
THAT’S an awesome Kate Bush story! I love it!!!
@ghost mallYou´re right. She´s a unique talent who just happens to look like a goddess.
Lucky you
She has five albums ( including a compilation “The Whole Story”) since the brilliant “Hounds of Love: “The Sensual World,” “The Red Shoes,” “Aerial,” and “50 Words for Snow..”. My vocal teacher introduced me to her music when I was 19, and she has been my idol ever since. I even tried writing a song in the style of Wuthering Heights.” There is no other artist like her. She definitely had the courage to express her boundless creativity, inspiration and innovation and it is quite amazing that 36 years after the release of “Hounds of Love,” she has shot to No. 1!!!
It's great that shows like Stranger Things exist and use classic songs such as this, and to help those songs re-chart by reaching a new audience! It's fantastic!
I was already a Kate Bush fan when The Hounds of Love came out. When Running Up That Hill rose up the charts the first time I was working as a DJ in radio and I can say that song sounded like nothing else in the Top 40 at the time. Kate was (and is) a genius innovator who took risks with her music that sometimes failed, but when they paid off, did they ever pay off, as they did with Running Up That Hill (and the whole Hounds of Love album!). It's great that her music is being rediscovered now by a new generation of fans.
When did her experiments fail? “The Dreaming” is every bit as great as “Hounds of Love”
@@hw343434 'Failed' is maybe too strong a word. 'Didn't quite work as well' might be a better choice of words. I feel that some of her later albums are not up to the standards of those earlier works. 50 Words For Snow, for example, was an interesting experiment in longer form pieces but just doesn't really quite gel for me (despite the fact that I love long songs). The Dreaming is brilliant, my favourite album by her.
I fell in love with Kate when I first watched "She's Having a Baby" as she sang that haunting, gorgeous melody in "This Woman's Work." That was in the 80's, and I've loved her even more ever since. She was the soundtrack to my 20's and beyond.
That was one of the most powerful moments in movie history. From a goofy comedy to sudden seriousness with the first chord. For a long time I literally choked up even remembering how powerful that scene was.
It also made for a powerful scene in season two of Handmaid’s Tale
Yea that's some powerful song.
"She's Having a Baby" is John Hughes' great married yuppy follow-up to all the high school angst that he captured so well. The quotes and soundtrack have been woven through our 30+ year marriage.
I never imagined our identification with the characters would ever change from Jake & Kristy to the parents. Everything changes with time.
"This Woman's Work" pulls the whole movie together. Haunting and powerful. So very meaningful. Requires rewinding just for the song.
So happy to see a re-introduction of Kate Bush to a whole new & younger generation! Criminally underrated & too long being under the radar for all true blue music lovers.
Did you also know that Kate’s haunting & deliciously memorable debut single “Wuthering Heights” was also recorded by Pat Benatar? Her rendition was achingly powerful without losing the essence of the original. Do check it out.
This is an eloquent, thoughtful and insightful tribute to the music of Kate Bush, or at least this song in particular. She has stretched the possibilities of rock and art music in much the same way as Peter Gabriel. So refreshingly different when compared to many less talented artists who spend as much energy on self-promotion as they do on their music.
Mark 99 Prof did a tribute to Kate 2 years ago and this is sharing his joy at Running up That Hill finally hit number one in many different mediums that rightly deserves. At the end of that segment he laments how under appreciated Kate was in the US but there were a lucky few who truly appreciated her genius.
Great to see Kate Bush gaining new fans. I saw her on SNL way back when and was astounded by her originality. The Dreaming is my favorite album, with Hounds a second. She is in her own class of musical genius.
We seem to think a like. But I had to add Ariel to the list.
I was a teen, watching SNL in 1978, when this ethereal apparition showed up in a gold lamé cat suit, singing, "The Man With the Child in His Eyes" on top of a piano played by Paul Shaffer. Her singing was so unique and her movements so captivating that I didn't know what I was watching. I've been a fan of hers ever since.
My introduction to Kate Bush was minor at first, hearing Pat Benatar's "Wuthering Heights" in 1981 for the first time. I was 13 and loved the song. Then in 1985 I heard "Running Up That Hill" and was a fan instantly. I bought Hounds of Love and the big three, "Running Up That Hill", "Cloudburting" and "Big Sky" got overplayed in my room - daily. I was crushed when Kate didn't quite catch on here in America but I'm thankful she is getting her due now. It's long overdue and well deserved.
I absolutely loved Wuthering Heights on the radio. When I got my first money as a teenager in early 1978, the first thing I bought was three albums on cassettes on the same day: The Kick Inside, I Robot, and the already a few years old Dark Side of the Moon. The next time I scraped some money together I got War of the Worlds and Even in the Quietest Moments. Weird tastes for a 15 year old in New Zealand, but there you have it. I also bought and soldered the circuit board for a stereo car cassette player kit so I could listen to music in my bedroom. The only other possibility in the house was a Panasonic portable mono radio/cassette. My parents just absolutely weren't into music at all.
I never liked her music.But she had more talent in her toenail clippings than any Kardashians.
Cloudbusting*
We have the college radio station KBSU that played her music quite a bit.
Thanks for the song suggestions! Jusst downloaded Cloudbusting and it is unbelievable!!
I love it when older songs make a comeback and make it to #1 for the first time or for a second time or more. It shows how great a song is when multiple generations appreciate it.
The choice of Running Up that Hill for that scene in Stranger Things fits perfectly, another reason why it resonates so much with the audience. Max has closed herself off from her friends after the trauma of losing Billy in the last battle with the monsters from the Upside Down. She writes letters to everyone to tell them the things she wasn’t able to say, but Lucas tells her he’d much rather she’d let him back in and just talk. It’s extremely moving, even in the context of the usually fleeting relationships in our teenage years. The song literally saves her life, showing the power of music. Such a great show.
This song being reappraised the way it has been lately... it's almost symbolic. There is a lack of empathy in general as we are guided towards a clinical, self centered, self glorifying, success oriented, competitive, over rationalized anti social society...
It's a relief to hear a product of love, caring, empathy, intuition, creativity. It's like a voice from the past throwing a hint.
Over rationalized and anti social?
It was the first record I bought as a child. I remember my mum taking me to the record shop to buy it when I was 7. After we got home I accidentally sat on the record and broke it in half! I was devastated and so worried my mum would go mad but she was cool about it and took me back to the record shop. When the lady in the shop heard the story about me breaking the record she gave me another one for free!
Kate Bush is indeed a genius. I remember the first time I heard her. It stopped me in my tracks. She's amazing.
My mother introduced me to Kate Bush when I was small, with "This Woman's Work" being her favourite song. She has excellent taste in music. 💗🎧
Your mother raised you right!!!
This Woman's Work was excellently covered by Maxwell
I love “This Woman’s Work”. I don’t often hear that song in media or real life, though, and it’s sad!
I have a t-shirt that reads, “When I was growing up, all the cool kids listened to Kate Bush. All the cool adults still do.” Got it for Christmas this year!!! I’m an American but have had a lifelong love for Kate!!!
@@Heartwing37 My introduction to this song came actually with hearing the Meg Myers cover of Kate Bush's song and Myer's version to me is a very well done cover!
Kate Bush is a fantastic performer. It takes a an open mind to fall into the rabbit hole of Kate Bush. Once you do you'll be so happy you did
Yes! Kate Bush! A talent so singular that even the word "unique" doesn't do her justice.
In the late 70s, I was a hard core punk but bought both The Kick Inside and Lionheart as she was so good and her originality transcended all genres. Still love her music now.
I love Kate Bush's music. I had every album from The Kick Inside to Hounds of Love. Always something unique from her. Nobody else sounded like her or wrote music like her. Never concerned about what was trendy, she consistently produced high quality, instantly recognisable, stand out from the crowd songs that have stood the test of time.
Back in 1986, I first fell in love with Kate Bush's music. Her song "Deeper Understanding" predicted internet addiction long before it actually came to pass. Genius indeed.
I saw Big Boi of Outcast just gushing about this song a few years ago, which was surprising. Now the whole world has caught up. I love it!
I know!!! It's so cool!
Climbed to number 1 today in the UK. I'm so pleased for her. Love this review, there's a lot of info I hadn't realised. Man With a Child in His Eyes was the first single I ever bought, when I was 12. I would say Breathing is my favourite song of hers, it's a audio-come-visual masterpiece.
This record was hugely impactful for me back in '85-'86. The previous albums all became faves in the wake of this album but this is the one that laid the groundwork and I'm still madly in love with it
I never got into her music, as it was always quite strange to me. That said, I've always appreciated her creativity, the individuality expressed in her music, and her artistry. I'm happy for her, and for fans of her music, that she's experiencing this new wave of popularity.
I don't like the term but I was a big fan of her 'commercial' work from the beginning but not so much her more conceptual output. There was no one like her at the time, she was unique and created the music that she wanted. The closest I can think of since then is Tori Amos.
@@Elwaves2925 Quite unique. First time I heard her, I figured she'd be a good fit with David Byrne, David Bowie, or Peter Gabriel. Turned out she was heavily influenced by each, as well as Brian Eno, and she eventually worked with Peter Gabriel.
Mad respect for her, but never really got lost in her work like I did others.
Strange = Unique = Wonderful = Classic
I can understand your position, John; it was 'strange'. Somehow, it had the power to pull me away from Punk Rock fandom. I wasn't overly keen on some bits of her material through the years, but I always had respect for it. However, that changed when I listened to Aerial. I absolutely love every second of that album, and it will be my all-time favourite from Kate. I earnestly implore you to have a listen to Aerial, and see where it takes you.
@@rovcanada1 Thanks for the recommendation. I'll give it a try.
I can't imagine anyone else singing the Duet "Don't Give Up" with Peter Gabriel. Her vocal is angelic. I think Paula Cole and Sinead O'Connor performed this track on Peter's tours. Kate as the duet partner is my favorite. Glad these great classic songs are making a comeback for younger generations.
....Oh, I was PRAYIN' for "Don't Give Up" to go Top 40 (it was the follow-up, to the Top 10 "Big Time" Spring, 1987)....but it stalled at #72.....Oh, well.....
Same!
Such a perfect song!
That song blew me away the first time I heard it months ago. She has an excellent voice.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 😊❤
It's great to see Kate Bush being recognised around the world as the creative genius she has always been.
I bought "The Kick Inside" in 1978 and was blown away by its creativity (especially from a 20 year old).
"Running Up That Hill" has always been an amazing song that has stuck in my head since the first time I heard it.
Kate's song "Army Dreamer" is one of my favorites. I was in the service when I first heard it, and it definitely connected with me.
"This Woman's Work" used in the movie "She's having a baby" broke me... Kevin Bacon waiting in the hospital waiting room to find out if his wife and baby survived and reliving their special moments while Kate pours out her soul... the song was perfection.
It just shows that the music of my childhood (60s - 80s) will never go out of style... the "music" of today won't be played in 5 years time
The most of today's songs vanish in a few months or after the artist has finished his or her tour .
First saw Kate on Saturday Night Live in December of 1978, when she performed "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" sitting atop Paul Schaffer's piano in a gold body suit - I was 18 at the time and completely mesmerized (she also performed "Them Heavy People" later in the show). I've been a fan ever since. There is no one like her, a musical and artistic genius who is a true pioneer for women in the music industry and has influenced so many artists that have come after her. Besides her artistic brilliance, another thing that endears me to Kate is her down to earth personality. Although a fearless performer, Kate is rather shy in public and avoids the spotlight. I have watched, listened to, and read every interview and anecdote about her that I could get my hands on over the years, and it is a general consensus from critics, fans, journalists, fellow musicians, etc., that know her or have met her that Kate is incredibly humble, sweet, gracious, kind, polite, witty, charming, and an all around lovely human being. It's a commonly repeated phrase among people that have met her is that "everybody loves Kate."
"Them Heavy People" - fantastic song from the album I think is her best.
I saw that SNL performance, too. There was another song she presented, I think titled "Rolling the Ball to You".
@@kennethlatham3133 yes, that lyric is in the song, but it's called "Them Heavy People"
There's no musical mind quite like Kate Bush's. As a composer, I can tell you it has that rare quality of great complexity, yet easy, and fun to listen to.
Try finging the tempo in "Wuthering Heights." The more you try to analyze it and make sense of it, the more you go, "This shouldn't work!" And yet...it does! Genius.
I absolutely adore Kate, and it's just wonderful seeing how her music still touches people.
Yes, Kate Bush is such a queen, and I'm delighted that "Running up that Hill" is gaining a resurge in popularity, thanks to "Stranger Things." "Glow", another Netflix drama set in the 80's, also used that song in a pivotal scene.
That was one of the last scenes in the series run...when the gay bar was vandalized
Kinda ominous that GLOW didn't get proper closure...how about a crossover with Stranger Things?
Gerry Rafferty's 1978 classic " Right Down The Line " has also found a new generation of fans thanks to " Ozark " & " Euphoria"
Stranger Things uses a lot of 80s music and I immediately perk up whenever I hear an oldies classic used in a famous TV show or movie. Yesterday, a huge smile appeared on my face when “Cold as Ice” by Foreigner started playing during the scene I was watching where Eleven and Max exposed Mike’s lies. I was cheering them on! And then, as I turned the TV off to go to bed, another episode started playing and I heard yet another 80s song, Madonna’s “Angel”. I think I might have a new TV obsession!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 last season they used Limahl's "Never-Ending Story" to the same effect...2 of the series' cast members even did their own take of that single
@@iwasanangryyoungman Yeah, I heard about that. I haven’t gotten to that part yet but I heard a lot of people loved Dustin singing to his GF!
To this day Kate Bush’s “Running up that hill” is still in my paramount, top five all time singles. The story of life it brought all the emotion of life as a teenager, twenty something, thirty something adult.... it transcends time. The song is a story identify-able within anyone.
I can't get enough Kate Bush lately. Most people in the USA have never heard Wuthering Heights, but everyone has a reaction when they hear it. If you want to have some fun, play the music video for someone and see their reaction
I always thought it was a Pat Benatar song...
@@flavellinator not quite as radio friendly as Pat Benetar but somehow made it to #1 in most of the world lol
Hell, have them watch the Hammersmith Odeon Concert.
I first heard this song and about Kate when listening to an old radio program that was on in the mid 80's. "For Headphones Only" introduced me to her and I have never looked back. Her music resonates and makes my imagination go crazy. Love her
I feel like the world has awakened to the gospel I've been preaching for nearly 40 years. And even if some are "posers" as my oldest son said the other day, I think you can't fault someone who was 15 or 20 years from being born when it came out. Anyway, love her work, but THIS album is in my top 2 or 3 of all time. I know every note, every sound and I never tire of it.
I was in a restaurant with friends in the 80s and we were talking about Kate Bush. Waiter said, "You either love Kate Bush or you don't understand Kate Bush."
Yep, I didn't understand her. But to each his/her own. Some people can be quite snobbish when it comes to any art form.
Wuthering Height is my fave song of hers, especially the remade version on her Greatest Hits album. Her vocals on that are simply spot on and Dave Gilmour make his guitar wail for it's life at the end solo. Gives me chills just thinking about it. I also love her song "This Woman's Work". If I need a good cry, I will throw this on and just sob. The lyrics and he vocals are beyond mere words they are that deep and powerful.
From the same album, Moving and L'Amour Looks Something Like You are some of my favourites as well.
Not so sure that is Gilmour playing on Wuthering, is it? It certainly is him, though, on Kate's later song "Rocket's Tail", also featuring an a capella Bulgarian ensemble!
Ian Bairnson plays lead guitar on the track and The Kick Inside album - he was part of the Alan Parsons Project.
Dave Gilmour "discovered" her and used his contacts to get her noticed by the music industry
@@philipqvist7322 Dave's guitar drop on Kate's "Rocket's Tail" is phenomenal!
There's a live version of Running up that hill with Gilmour playing what I thought was a sampler part. Check it out
Myself and Kate Bush are just about the same age, and she has been a constant in my life. I was at the Hippodrome in 1979, magnificent occasion. If I had known that the Lady wouldn't appear again for another 35 years I might have appreciated it even more. The love for this womans work is boundless, as seen when her first concerts for 35 years sold out in minutes.
Okay - I’m old. I discovered Kate Bush when she appeared on Saturday Night Live 100 years ago. I went out the next day and bought her first album, and that began a mad crush on both her and her music that lasted for so many years. As she started going years between releases, my obsession waned but anytime something new came out I bought it immediately, and will continue to do so if she gifts us with more music. My 23-year-old son discovered “Running Up That Hill“ on TikTok and knew who Kate was because I’ve mentioned her so many times during his life. He fell in love with the song, so I talked him into listening to the Hounds of Love album and he really enjoyed that too. I’ve always been one to listen to newer music so we share a lot of common musical taste - but it makes me so happy to be able to share a song with him now that meant the world to me almost 40 years ago. And yes - I still love it.
Fabulous critique as always !! i remember being grouped together at school with my girlfriends discussing the new album by a woman called Kate Bush called The kick inside!! we were instantly bowled over by Kate and ive loved her ever since!! FINALLY, THE WORLD GETS OUR ENGLISH ROSE,THE GENIUS THAT IS KATE BUSH!!!!
I've been a fan of Kate for over 30 years despite people's dislike of her voice. I love her voice especially her background vocals.
Other's opinions shouldn't frame your opinion....otherwise you're just a follower ;-)
My Dad wasn't a fan. But that may have been from cranking up Wuthering Heights or The Dreaming early in the morning to counter act my bother's Metallica and Anthrax.
I rediscovered Kate Bush's music about two years ago - as a child I thought she was kinda weird but now I'm much older, I realise she did some outstanding work that still holds its own today. She was only 19 when she released The Kick Inside.
What is so amazing about Wuthering Heights is she took the classic Gothic Novel and turned it into a 5 minute epic and she vocalized it to sound like a ghost. And she is 19 yo when she does this. Absolute Genius.
I really dont have the words of how high her standing is. Peerless, unique, pioneering, a legend in her own lifetime. I can't say that about many artists!
I grew up listening to her early stuff thru the bedroom wall as my older sister was a fan. It wasn't until Hounds of Love was released and i was older that i realised how magnificent she is, it was one of those revelation moments
Kate’s entire tour of America was one appearance on the original SNL with Eric Idle as host. She performed The Man With The Child In His Eyes, sitting on the piano mimicking the movements of her video with Paul Shaffer playing the piano. Her second song was the incredible Them Heavy People. I never heard of her before, but she made an impression that I’ve never forgot. Running Up That Hill has gone on to top the Billboard Global 200 chart recently. She’s truly an incredible artist.
She is an artist through and through, and gloriously strange. Watching Stranger things with my boys, discovering Running Up That Hill was Max's favorite song gave me a case of the warm fuzzies.
As a Gen Z, I was lucky enough to discover her at a young age last year! RUTH and Wuthering Heights gave me such chills that I needed to dive deep into her career. To my satisfaction, her whole discography is a stunning journey. I cannot stress enough how much I adore her talent. Just imagine an album like Hounds of Love and The Dreaming coming out in the 80s - absolutely incredible.
If those albums were released now they'd STILL be ahead of their time.. amazing.
@@oddn i know, who would think Hounds of Love is almost 40 years old upon their first listen? I certainly was astounded to learn that it was released in 85. Such talent.
Finally, some respect for the queen of Alt-Pop!!! Love the original song, love Kate Bush, love the video, love the cover perfomed by Placebo. Great video!!! Thanx!!!
Meg Myers!.
I was and am a metal and hard rock guy who appreciates Kate’s mastery (along with a lot of other idiosyncratic female singers, e.g. Bjork) while not necessarily caring for every song. My favorite is Love and Anger. The use of the home as a metaphor is just brilliantly executed and the line “you walk into this room like your walking into my arms…” is beautiful. The Gilmore guitar work is awesome as well (and how my 20 year old self justified liking it back in the day). Love your channel and here is hoping her re-emerging on the charts gets her over the hill in the next years Rock Hall nominations and voting.
Great song, and the line "Living in the gap between past and future" is so perceptive and just haunting.
I let my daughter who is 32 now, listen/watch Kate Bush songs. She has grown to be a wonderful young woman of whom I am very proud. She considers "Cloudbusting" our song. I'm the Dad, by the way and am so very happy I've always been able to share this with my beloved daughter
Kate now holds the record for the longest time between Number 1 songs , Feburary 1978 Wuthering Heights -June 2022 Running Up That Hill 44 years 4 months
The whole album deserves to be heard. Excellent. Great 80s music. One of the first CDs I purchased. Had to special order it. No one knew who she was. Sold several copies after that. So worth a good listen. Very Happy to see Kate back in the spotlight.
There is such a desert of creativity in music today. When you show a millennial or younger truly sophisticated music from the 60s-90s, like Kate, or Steely Dan, or Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey, etc, you can just see them be immediately overwhelmed. There is a sudden realization that they have been completely ripped off. They have no idea how much music can really contain, until they hear it
I don't mean that music must be sophisticated to be good, either. There is plenty of room in rock and roll for stupidity with a purpose, like Hey Ho Let's Go or Holiday in Cambodia or Planet Claire or similar too. But today's music isn't like that either. We get the worst of all worlds, stupidity without purpose
Absolutely I’m an 81 baby and had an eclectic music upbringing thanks to my parents and grandparents everything from Engleburt Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Glen Miller Band,to the Beatles, The Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, ABBA, Madonna, Fearghal Shatner, AC/DC, Jon Bob Jovi, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin etc so basically everything from Big Band Jazz, Folk, Country and Western, Rock and Roll, Blues, Classical and Pop. I actually lament the state of modern music in the last couple of years. I’d say in the last 3 to 5 years there have been some greats there have been lots of flops too
My friends always thought I had weird taste in music, Big Country, U2, The Alarm and of course Kate Bush. I guess I was just ahead of my time.
The Dreaming is the greatest album ever made. Thanks for showing even more people her Majesty.
i am beyond grateful one TV show has brought this artist back to the front of the public's ears.
a true legend, she's her own genre, been a fan since the very beginning back in 1978 🎶💕
My all-time favorite album from Kate is "The Dreaming". It was very underrated. She is a unique and amazing artist. I am so glad the young generation will know the wonder for this unparalleled artist.✌️❤️
Especially the track Houdini
You know, I agree! I really LOVE The Dreaming. I’ve never understood why people don’t appreciate this fantastic work of art! I actually put the chorus of Get out of My House on my answering machine in the 80’s! 😂 I’m an introvert.
Sat in yr Lap and Suspended in Gaffa on ONE album!
@@paulamiles9559 Me too 🤩
Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet on the van.
I still remember that day when they showed her debut song/video on Swedish TV. Been a fan ever since that day. Great that another generation gets to experience her music now.
Unreal! My son lives in a neighboring village, but works in our's, so he comes home to our house for lunch each day. Just this afternoon, he walks in and asks me, "Dad, do you know a singer called Kate Bush?" Then asks if I'm familiar with Running up that Hill... Bizarre!
What an amazing artist. Running up that Hill is one of my all time fave songs & great that a whole new audience is finding her. Sounds as good today as it did back in the 80’s. Superb!
Love Kate's music. It scratches the same itch that the arty part of Bowie does for me.
Running Up That Hill has been haunting me for years. It perfectly explains what's been going on in my personal spiritual journey. Thank you for compiling this video about Kate Bush to help me understand an artist I wasn't as familiar with as others.
Good Morning, Professor!
I knew it would only be a matter of time before you got to Kate Bush. She is definitely one of a kind!
Growing up in the 80s, I remember hearing this song but it was always in the background and never listened to directly by me. I remember hearing it at malls, in others cars, my sister's stereo, at the local pool. Just like in Stranger Things, it added a dreamlike ambience that heavily affected the mood, indirectly. Truly a genius song and now that I realize it (back in the 80s it was more on a subconscious level), I will delve into her other material.
This presentation helped me appreciate her talent and creative originality A LOT more.
I Hope some people will feel inspired in checking Kate's more underrated works. Definitely some of my favourite music.
Same!
There is no such thing as underrated Kate Bush songs. They are just under realized!
Kate Bush had total creative control throughout the "Hounds of Love" album, so its a work of art more than a commercial product. And you can see that this has stood the test of time.
my favorite song from Kate Bush is Wuthering Heights, the end of the song with the guitar fading practically an extension of Kate's voice. Magical!
Everything on Lionheart!
Adam, I met my wife in the fall of 1985 at Washington State University, I was a junior and she was a sophomore. We both loved that song. If you know Pullman, it’s full of hills. Late in the evening, every Friday and Saturday night, usually during a heavy snowstorm, I would walk her from my dorm (Orton) to her dorm (Regents). We would recite the song, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”. We were both so in love and so worried about our courses and majors and we wanted our relationship to last forever and our careers were important as well. Kinda similar to the song. It has worked out, we have been married for 35 years. I cried when I watched your video, it brought back so many memories, so many emotions. My wife watched it from the kitchen, I could see that she cried as well. Kate Bush and “Running Up That Hill”, it’s so indescribably great.
This episode is serendipitous to the fact that my daughter was blasting this song out of her room last night and we had a moment about how awesome it is.
Well honestly, I have a VERY difficult time thinking I've not heard this music? I'm unfamiliar with this altogether- is this a Mandella Effect thing?? I know Peter Gabriels song Games Without Frontiers, but had NO idea she sang backup on the song. That's exactly what I LOVE about this channel! Adam brings in something now and then, that to me, is brand new- something that somehow made itself scarce TO ME for almost 40 years! Amazing... Thanks Adam, for turning me on to something "New"(that doesn't suck LOL)- it's not everyday that this occurs! Have a great day POR family, peace
Go listen away! You won't be disappointed!
Came upon Kate by chance. Saw her on The Dreaming album cover and thought I'd check it out. I couldn't believe how unique a sound she had and her voice! Instant top 5 artists for me if not the top.
She is right up there in my list of top 5 female artists.
It's SO cool to see more of the world finally embrace a music icon like Kate. As a huge fan, I find it odd that so many people are oblivious to the fact that she is a well-regarded and celebrated genius. Like, for folks who just know her from Stranger Things she's just some obscure popstar from the 80s and that just feels wrong.
She is unfortunately very underrated. I hope more people decide to look into her music since Stranger Things has brought it to life.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 she’s never been under rated, she’s a bit of a recluse by her own choice. Her 2014 London show, her second ever, sold out 75,000 tickets in a few mins.
I’m loving hearing Kate Bush on Stranger Things with my kiddos. Love the 80’s!
I honestly doubted you'd do this vid since your last list on KB wasn't that long ago. But I've been listening to her more than ever, so much appreciated.