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Welcome to the Kate Bush fanclub :-) The Dreaming was way too far ahead of it's time and not really appreciated at the time it was released. The Gothenburg Symphony recognized Kate Bush as one of the most important living visionaries in rock music and dedicated an entire concert to her, you can watch it on vimeo vimeo.com/269167293
It was the first one she produced herself. Great album. Even as a long time fan, might favourite might be the comeback album, Aerial. Quite a feat for an artist.
She was much younger as that was her first composition. She actually wrote Wuthering Heights at 13 and composed the music by 15 with her brother. All of her videos are exceptional, as well.
When I first heard her voice it was her debut on 'Top of the Pops' with this song. I was just leaving the house but immediately closed the door and returned inside. Kate Bush bewitched me that night. 45 years later I still haven't woken-up. And hope I never will.
@@sevenwilliams3485 You have a very exquisite taste for music especially for a 4 years old ! That's amazing ! I was 12 when she debuted & bought her 1st album ,I felt that I found the music I was looking for ! I used to put melodies on books's stories & poems ,all addlib when I was 10 w/ my sister & felt very surreal about this song ! As she did that ,too ! Stay safe ! 💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
I was very young when I first heard her and I thought she sounded like a witchy angel banshee. I was mesmerised by her voice and her beauty and her dancing. About 40 years later and I am a huge fan of hers still. She is unique and I love that she is so inspired by art and literature.
The novel "Wuthering Heights" was the only one written by Emily Bronte, a great book that I've read multiple times. What you don't realize is that when Cathy is saying she wants to come in the window is that she's a ghost, haunting Heathcliff. I've loved Kate Bush since seeing her on SNL back in 1978 where she sang 2 other songs from the same album. Didn't care for her mime-choreography, it always seemed a bit silly. This song I tired of over the years, too repetitive, she did so much better work later. 'Dreaming' is a brilliant track, 'Cloudbusting' too. "Hounds of Love" is probably her peak album, several hit singles on the A side and the music suite The Ninth Wave on the B side (a must-listen).
Miming is sge learned from Lynsey Kemp ,just like David Bowie did ( they were lovers at one point ) ,Zain Griff did go to his school as well. It seemed silly ? Really ? If you said " weird " I'd have understood ! Lol. I've been listening to Kate Bush since I was 12 ,now 54 ,especially haer first 4 albums ,not the recent stuffs ! I LOVE singing her songs ! 💜💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💞
I understand exactly what you mean but I guess the arrangement is not entirely her own. The third chorus and the fuzz guitar playing the same melody at the end is a bit too much, but the song is still one of my favorites.
It is a... unique dance style, but Look up videos for "Wuthering Heights Day." People all over the world get together in crowds to follow her dance routine.
@@poshhhh wrong . She was discovered by Dave Gilmour of Floyd and ahead of her time the record industry didn't know how to produce her so Dave said go back to her original producer henceforth she began doing it herself . Will always be a Legend.
@@poshhhh she was 15 when Gilm.Qour (Pink Floyd ) met her , she already had around 50 songs but was maybe too ahead of her time for the record labels as her first appearance on top of the Pops proved . The public couldn't work out her song Wuthering Heights . Trust me I watched it
I was a child when this came out. First hearing her, it got my attention like a beacon, and I am sure I thought like everyone else WTF, and then I was mesmerized forever.
Kate Bush is truly unique. She's so different that on her debut even the punk bands of the era took notice; Johnny Rotten became one of her biggest fans :-). She got a record deal thanks to David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who was a family friend. They worked together a few times as well, for example on the song Love and Anger. Other great songs I highly recommend: Hounds Of Love, Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting, This Woman's Work, Moments Of Pleasure, The Big Sky, The Man With The Child In His Eyes, Don't Give Up (with Peter Gabriel).
Some of the artist that admire or got influenced by her music include, Big Boi from Outkast, James Hatfield from Matallica, Tupac Shakur (yes he too his favourite song was Running Up That Hill), Ellie Goulding, Annie, Lennox, Florence Welch, Damon Albarn from Blur, Regina Spektor, Beck, Stevie Nicks, Lorde, Paula Cole, Rosalia and Chris Martin from Coldplay (Yup Coldplay took inspiration from Running Up That Hill to create their song Speed of Sound and Fix You). 🙂
She performed Comfortably Numb with David Gilmour in the early 2000s once, when she had pretty much disappeared. There’s a fan video of it here on UA-cam.
listen to "This Woman's Work" to see how her voice has evolved - and this is just one of phantastic songs she had made. Her work and her voice are unique
In the UK, when this came out, as a 9 year old boy I was aware that adults regarded her as a screeching banshee - and everyone under thirty fell in love with her instantly. It was such a fresh sound and also, she wrote and creatively controlled her music and videos! The record label wanted The Wedding List as her first single but she said No! Wuthering Heights will go to number one. And gee wiz, it did! That just wasn't done here back then. I knew from that album onward that this woman was going to inspire me so I listened VERY closely. And what would we do without people like Kate Bush in the word? My favorite songs of hers are Under the Ivy and Lord of the Reedy River - both B sides and musical creativity at it's best.
“Don’t Give Up” is a great duet between her and Peter Gabriel. Peter chose her for that song because of the tender loving motherly quality of her voice and it works in that way. That song is also a totally different side to Gabriel than you heard from Security. Definitely worth a listen.
Forgot to add that I like this song. Never heard it before but it has an interesting chord progression in the chorus. Also not sure what the beat is but i don’t think it’s straight 4/4. Her voice also caught me off guard but I ended up liking it.
I remember when this was released. It was like nothing we’d heard before. She was and remains a unique talent. Beautiful song by a beautiful young woman.
The first time we saw her was on Saturday Night Live in a gold unitard, sitting on a grand piano, and dance/gesturing along with exaggerated expressions. My friends and I all looked at each other in awe and said, "WHO is THAT?????" Soooooo different and theatrical (we were all theatre students, so...you can imagine the impact she had on us.) She's very young in this song. It's her first album, and like Joni Mitchell, her voice deepened, although not as much as chain-smoking Joni. Please try Running Up That Hill, Wow, and Babooshka (all official videos)! ~ Joni is the Sun and Kate is the Moon ~
it is Catherine ( Heathcliff lover's ) who died giving birth to Cathy ; and the song is ( for me ) about Mr Lockwood, the new tenant at Thrushcross Grang , snowed in for the night at Wuthering Heights , who had a nightmare in which a ghostly Catherine begs to enter through the window . ( Cathy maried her cousin Hareton at the end of the story )
The string arrangements on this particular song are out of this world. Great solo at the end too, 1978 was such a great year of music. On the same vein, Taeko Ohnuki released 'Mignonne', an overlooked fusion masterpiece.
Strings were arranged by the producer, Andrew Powel, who was behind the arangements of most of the output of the Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons, of course, engineered Dark Side of the Moon, which featured David Gilmour... It was David Gilmour who discovered and supported Kate Bush and arranged for her to be signed by EMI Records. It's all one big circle...!
When I first heard her voice (which was in this song) I found it arresting, exhilarating and spine-tingling. I was also watching her at the same time and what she was doing produced the same effect, so it was quite an intense experience. I loved all the startling swoops that she did with her voice, the uniqueness of the sound, and the originality of the song's subject.
Kate Bush wrote this song at age 13. Bush, is a phenomenon. Orchestration, arrangement and production of the songs is, just, brilliant. Been listening to her for 30 years, and I wont stop.
There is a LOT of nuance in this song. Her voice is actually not quite as high-pitched as it sounds. She is purposefully singing and holding her voice near the point at which it would crack, in order to give it a somewhat strained, shrieking quality. Not unlike how you might imagine a ghost would sing, and the character she is singing as is indeed a ghost. Also, the music has a great deal of key changes, and large parts of the song don't really have a definite key. This again is to symbolize Catherine being stuck in the spirit world, while trying to get back to Wuthering Heights. The music goes back and forth, forms a key, falls apart again, as Cathy tries to go home and fails again.
The young and shy Kate Bush, but with a steel will, stood her ground against her record label executives and insisted that "Wuthering Heights" be the first single released from her debut album.......She was proven to be correct.
Certified genius. Very glad you listened to her, but I must really, really recommend you listen to a later song of hers as well (Cloudbusting and Running Up That Hill are the obvious options, but I'm going to recommend The Sensual World).
Kate has an incredible 4 octave voice, and she obviously used the upper ranges of her vocal abilities on this song to portray the ghost of Catherine coming back from death to haunt her true love Heathcliff. Kate did a lot of vocal gymnastics on her first 3 albums with swooping back and forth from lows to highs. From the Dreaming album onward her voice became more sensual and she used her middle ranges more. Her current mature voice (from Aerial through 50 Words For Snow and her 2016 live Before The Dawn release) is incredibly rich, strong, and soulful. One of the most beautiful voices of all time.
I was 8/9 years old when I heard this song for the first time.. I was scared yet so moved by her voice. Like a "possessed" angel. And although being Dutch and to young to understand the lyrics I had the image right away I figured years later to be spot on. It felt so hauntingly/ghostly..yet so inviting. So I can say that this song is so important for me because for such a little boy.. I felt it.. I understood it. I had never experienced something like that before! Now I'm 44 and still she puts this spell on me.. it touches me in my core! So thank you very much for this video! Greets from a new subscriber!
I loved her voice. Kate plays the role of Cathy's ghost, appearing at Heathcliffe's window. Her voice is meant to be emotional, near-hysterical, screaming and haunting, so the high-pitched vocal is perfect for this. Kate pretty much invented a whole new genre of literary, mystical music, and influenced artists like Tori Amos, Toni Halliday of Curve and Lana Del Rey.
Kate has used her voice as one of the instruments in her songs right from the start. She puts lots of thought into how she wants it to sound, to complement the lyrics, the tone and overall musical ensemble of each track. She's amazing. I've heard her music my entire life, so I don't know what it's like to hear her very unique style and sound for the first time having not experienced anything quite like it. It's a lot to take in, I imagine.
I thought you were going to say, “Tori Amos,” for some reason she’s who I was thinking of-not Joanna Newson, but I hear that now as well. The first time I heard Kate Bush’s voice, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” and I never thought about how high pitched her voice is, but re-listening to that song I can hear it there too, but her voice clearly becomes more diverse in range than in “Wurthering Heights.” As an English major, I urge you to read the story, it’s not that long-there’s also a film adaptation.
Fun fact. When Tori Amos got started making records, people were saying to her: Kate Bush yo!!! You are soo inspired by Kate! And Tori was like, "who is Kate Bush? I'd better check her out" And sure enough, Tori saw why people would say that, but she didn't know. One of those things 🤷♂️ (Disclaimer: I say "fact" which I do not know for sure, but I saw Tori say so in an interview) And yes, I love Tori and Kate both. Extremely talented songwriters, musicians, and performers ❣❣❣ And conveyors of emotions
When I was a teenager in the 70s, Zeppelin, Floyd, Bowie, Elton, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac. Rock, Disco, Motown, Punk and in this era my thoughts were, "What the hell is this?" Followed her career ever since.
My dad had a total crush on Kate Bush. I grew up with not only this album, but a laser disc of an early live performance. Kate Bush was a true part of my childhood, but only in my own house. She seemed so obscure in the rest of my world. It's always nice to see people appreciate her.
I remember clearly from 1978, I was 18 years old when this enigmatic sound came out of the radio, I was literally speechless for about 5 mimutes until I could actually accept what I had heard, incredible beyond description, song & vocals, kinda still feel this way!
Haunting and beautiful, her voice is so unique. I don't think anyone sounds quite like her to this day (more than 4 decades since her debut). She maintains the high pitch for so long. No one else has done that so effectively, at least within this genre. Army Dreamers and Breathing are also great songs of hers.
By now, I suppose you know that she's a ghost appearing at the window looking for Heathcliffe. Wuthering Heights is a big Gothic tale. Her voice on that song was a huge barrier for me -- like someone else said, just nails on a chalkboard. I missed out on a lot of her stuff after that for that reason. All that changed when Hounds of Love came out and a friend lent it to me to convince me to give her a second chance. That's the album that has Cloudbusting, a song inspired by the story of Wilhelm Reich and his son. It also has Running Up That Hill and the whole album is packed with great stuff. If you want to listen to Cloudbusting at some point, don't wait too long and do yourself a huge favour and listen to the whole album.
Lol. I started listening to her songs since 12 ,now 54 .My mom used to ask me not to play her music as she couldn't stand her voice ,according to her she sounded like a cat😺 (in the heat ) ! LOLLOLLOL I love her voice ,but not a cup a tea for everyone ! 💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
I heard this song, my first Kate Bush. when I was 10 and I was blown away by her voice. I listened to the whole album and fell in love with. She has been a big part of my life ever since. She recorded it at 18/19 but she wrote it at 16/17.
I've been listening to this track for long about 30 years and it doesn't get old. Totally enchanting and haunting performance by Kate. And that guitar solo at the end by Ian Bairnson of Alan Parsons fame... knocks it out of the park
It was years ago when I first heard Kate Bush's incredible voice. And it was the song Wuthering Heights. I was almost in shock while listening and after a few listens because I'd never heard anything like her or the song before. I couldn't really make out the lyrics and I hadn't heard much about her or this song at the time, so it caught me off guard, but in a good way. You know that feeling when you've first seen or heard or experienced artistic genius and it's like nothing you've experienced before? It was very much that. It makes you feel like you've been reborn in a way because there's been nothing like her song experience that you've felt before. As much as I was stunned, I was enthralled, enraptured by her voice and the song and the story of it, the journey it took me on, and I became obsessed not only by this song, but many of her songs, and I've listened to them all countless times over. I couldn't get enough of them. And I haven't stopped being a devotee of her and her music. You just never know where her songs are going vocally, lyrically, musically or narratively. That is true genius. Kate Bush is an artist and a brilliant songwriter, vocalist, producer, director, musician, storyteller... and I'll listen to her music and watch her videos all the rest of my days. Just wish I could've seen her perform live, but I doubt she will again, sad to say.
My first exposure to Kate Bush was her live TV debut on Saturday Night Live, hosted by Eric Idle, back in the 1970s. I vaguely remember her performing this song, but the song that really knocked me out was "The Man with the Child in His Eyes," which to this day has remained one of my favorite songs, ever. This song is based on the book Wuthering Heights, and Cathy is dead... Here's Kate is playing a ghost, trying to reunite with the man she loves (but is not exactly a very decent person.) Kate was "discovered" by David Gilmour, and over the years, became one of the most revered female artists. Many famous female vocalist cite her as an influence, for instance, Tori Amos. She rarely performed live, and was planning a US tour, but as I recall, her only concert tour was in 1979. She was persuaded to perform concerts in residency in 2014, playing 22 shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, titled "Before the Dawn." All 22 shows sold out in 15 minutes, and drew people from all over the world. I would have gone myself, flying from Kansas City to London, and paying whatever amount for a ticket, had I not been extremely ill, and planning some major surgery when the shows were announced. Kate released audio recordings of the concerts, and it's spectacular. I wish with all my heart that she would release a concert BluRay... "Kate Bush at the Hammersmith Odeon" from 1979 just isn't enough.
I always loved this song. My fist listen was a cover. I remember buying Pat Benatar Crimes of Passion lp and this song was the lead track. I remember the 12 year old me wondering who the writer credited as (K. Bush) was.
I had a very similar experience. This song was kind of on the periphery of my memory when I first got Pat Benatar's album Crimes of Passion. I was 16 years old and I loved that music, but this song was always kind of haunting, and I'd forgotten that it was done by Kate Bush. Then I discovered Hounds of Love which is one of my favorite albums of all-time.
For me it is a song that gets better every year. I hated it when I was 8 and it was released, in 50 now and it is one of the best songs I have ever heard...
Your question. When I first heard this. 6 years old. I had never heard anything like it.. I remember feeling something new, something inspiring. And I still haven't heard anything quite like it, except from all the younger singers who clearly are inspired by her. #fanforlife
When I first heard her voice I recoiled a bit, as i listened more and more and my musical tastes matured I grew to love her so much. I've not delved deep into her extensive career but everything I've heard, I love it.
I always loved Kate and that song specially, since my first listening, then I could not stop of listening to it, back on 1978. I loved and memorized that guitar solo at the end, i'ts so creative.
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When my brother first played me "Hounds of Love" in 1985, I said "She sounds like a Hoover vacuum cleaner." But I couldn't get that voice out of my head! Later, I heard her song "This Woman's Work" in the film "She's Having a baby" and I ran out and bought her album, "The Sensual World". Maxwell later covered it, but nobody can top Kate's version.
This song has one of my favorite bridges of all time. This song still sounds wonderfully well produced to this day. Kate's family is very musical, they often played on her records.
Thank you so much! It's great that you liked! The album with this song is my favorite because i listened a lot in my childhood, and her voice always made me feel good. In the early albums her voice is quite high-pitched but throughout her career it changed along with the music. The Dreaming, that i suggested too, it's a lot different from Wuthering, she has a lot of different nuances of her voice in the albums. For me when i was discovering her discography, every time it was a surprise, because each album (and mostly each song from each album) has a different mood and style... Cloudbusting is from her most popular album, Hounds of Love. It's a great song! I think whatever song you pick for a next reaction will be a good choice because of how different the songs are, so you'll discover her various sides.
This remains one of my favourite ever songs. First heard and saw it when I was 17. Mesmerised! She was only 2 years older than me - I couldn’t believe someone that young was so accomplished. I’ve loved everything she’s ever done!
My very first reaction to her voice was, "WTF?" But within a few versus I was fascinated. It doesn't sound like anything I should like, but somehow it stays with me.
"I've been wanting to get into Kate Bush for the longest time." Well, join the longest queue of men in the history of the world. ;-D Maybe you should have chosen different words for that. My parents told me about this song one evening in a bar in France when they came to visit me. I put the song on the jukebox and was blown away. I put off a date with a beautiful young lady so I could go out and buy the LP. That's how much I love it. The song "The Dreaming" is an amazing song. She wrote it as a tribute to a song " Sun Arise" written by now-disgraced Australian artist Rolf Harris. It has an aboriginal sound and celebrates the Australian aboriginal people. You really need to hear it along with "Sun Arise" as they are two songs which promote the spirit of Australia.
When I first heard Kate Bush, I think it was this song, I never got it out of my head again. Fortunately. Kate Bush is a genius music goddess. Phenomenal singer and performer. And the song writing. Whoa.
Kate Bush featured on a Go West track called The King Is Dead. She did the backing vocals, and has recently been remastered. You will find it on UA-cam. There is a nice extended version too, with the piano.
here in Brazil we have a famous singer called Tetê Espíndola and she has a very similar singing tone, so when I first heard this song (YEARS ago) I immediately remembered her.
Much respect for your musical journey, it takes a mature mind to give any old thing a fair listen! As a guitarist I can appreciate almost anything,and it has payed off with over 50 years of pleasure! Keep on the road less traveled,theres more to see that way.Kate can sound amazing and annoying at the same time,great talent.and she still works to this day!
A novel written by Emily Bronte in the late 1800's, Wuthering Heights. Several movies made if u dont want to read the novel, watching the movie will give u an ideal about what this is about. It is a classic novel. Beautiful
Not sure what else to add, JP, that hasn't been covered earlier. Major props for covering Kate Bush. I happened to be in London in 2014 when she did her four week residency at Hammersmith Odeon (as documented in the Before The Dawn live album) but sadly I could not make an opportunity to go. And yes I kick myself regularly for not making a way.
The legendary Kate Bush! Great song! Her duet with Peter Gabriel, Don't Give Up, is a must listen too. Thanks, JP! Her voice is a bit jarring at first (I first saw her on SNL back in the day) but I quickly adjusted to it and came to appreciate it in the context of her artistry and talent.
J3B Great song! When I was in high school a friend of mine and I played this for a talent show. I played bass and my friend played keys and sang PG's part. A female friend of ours sang KB's part. Good memories!
Being a rock/metal fan i was like WTF but her voice and performance of this song mesmerized me. She said her inspiration for this song was when she was younger watching Wuthering heights and the scene of cathy pleading to be let in the house on the moors in the rain and cold and it was such a powerful scene it stuck in her mind and later she wrote this song about it .
I was 12 when this song came out and in the UK and Ireland all the kids watched this weekly tv show called top of the pops that showcased different songs on the charts, it was always very exciting because at the end you'd get to find out who was at #1, that was always the last song. When Kate Bush was on top of the pops for the first time with Wuthering Heights everyone in school was buzzing the next morning about this singer with the crazy voice and the crazy movements and we couldn't believe it, we'd never heard anything like it. Everyone was an instant fan and we were always thrilled when we heard she had a new song.
Kate Bush & Joanna Newsom are two of my favourite artists, probably the two that trigger the biggest emotional response. I first heard her when I saw the video to this song and I was quite young at the time so I guess it's a different response but it immediately captivated me, completely enraptured by her singing and dancing
1:41 - 2:28 THAT is why I thoroughly enjoy your channel. I'm here now because I sorted your videos by most popular & this is currently the most popular with over 21k views, so now I'm going to watch the rest of the video and I'll comment further afterwards : ) Ok. Like you, I was totally taken aback by her voice. At first she sounded a little bit like a little girl, or how a doll might sound if it could sing, but also like you, it kinda grew on me as the song progressed and I found myself enjoying it. Weird. Seriously, it felt a little weird that I kinda started enjoying her voice and the music, in the way that I did. I see from the comments that many just love her and I think that's really cool. Had I listened to her more, I might feel the same. Gotta give her all the props though for how unique and different she is. That alone is a real gift.
I was about 8 when I first heard Kate. So her voice felt like someone more more my age. It's grown with me. Kate is playing a ghost trying to lure her obsessive lover to his death.
What you have to take in to account how much of a pioneer she is and was. She was one of the first artists when she toured in 79, that but on a show, with the music, including magic , mime and dancers. She was the first artist to wear a head mike on tour, invented for her by her sound tech guy at the time. She was among the first artist to embrace sampling . Using sound other than music to enhance her tracks. Look at most modern female singers and some where you will find some bit of Kate there.
I've never been a fan of this one, though I appriciate her effort at 19 yrs old. Kate's voice does change ever so slightly in time. I think "This Woman's Work" is one of the best songs ever. I also like "Cloudbusting" and "Running Up That Hill". Bush VS Maxwell! C'mon. :)
Kate Bush is her own genre. At the time of release and after there was simply nothing like her out there. When you see her perform its no wonder that artists like Lady GaGa loved and was totally influenced by her. She was also a trailblazer for women in the UK who produced and completely controlled their own work.
I've loved Kate Bush since I was a pimply teen back in 1978 when I'd mime to her records.😁😁 I remember a teacher at my school thinking that the record was playing at the wrong speed when he heard it played for the first time.😅 Kate Bush forever!😊
I agree with you. In fact, the more I listened to this song, the more I loved it. Now an absolute favorite song of mine. Has a particular 'emotional significance' for me.
The guitar solo in Wuthering Heights, played by Iain Bairnson... Oh. My... It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. INSIDE this already gorgeous songs... Heavenly!
I was madly in love with Kate when I was a lad - amazing talent and truly stunning lady! Thanks for the post. Please also listen to Man with Child in his eyes and Babushka - cheers.
Thanks so much for your intuitive comments on these songs. It's just amazing how quickly you internalize your feelings and thoughts on these and are able to express them. Keep up the good work!
The first song I heard of Kate was "Wow" of her second album "Lionheart". And that was also my reaction: "WOW!" I immediately fell in love with her voice, and when I saw her photograph for the first time I fell in love with her (I kind of still am, and my wife's fine with it 😉). Recommended Kate songs for you: The man with the child in his eyes (She wrote it when she was 12 (!)) Cloudbusting (not Cloudbursting 😉) Running up that hill Babooshka Sat in your lap The dreaming This woman's work The ninth wave (This is the second side of her 1985 album "Hounds of love) where she describes the experiences of a drowning woman ...
You asked the question so I will answer it: This was in the year of grace 1978; and we have a large number of pirate radios and one of them in particular diffused this song of Kate Bush. I had never heard it before as it was in her debut album. I was charmed like my soul was touched by a fairy. My thought cocerning Kate was similar to what Sean Connery said about Karen Matheson - "Karen Matheson has a throat that is surely touched by God". He just put it better than I ever could. Later on I found the wax copy of her album debut album - this was times before the Compact Disc (CDs). For me, this song had always set the standard for voice and for music.
First hearing: I was a 16 year old into punk and was stunned. That weekend, I went out and bought the single. Been hooked on her music for the last 45 years.
Remember seeing her do this on TOTP in the UK back in the 70s. First reaction was what the hell, but the more you heard it the more it grew on you. What I loved was the instrumentation and the interesting time signatures. But above all...that sublime guitar solo on the outro. I wanted that to go on forever.
I've known this song for so long - since I was a child - I can't remember what I thought of it. Bush is one of my favourite singers and Wuthering Heights one of my favourite songs, so of course I love this song.
I was probably about 8 or 9 when I first heard this song. It was included on a 'best of the 70s' CD compilation my parents bought and I was immediately drawn to it. I didn't really have any sense of what it was about, but something about the music and her voice just drew me in. I remember it was the first track on disc 3, so disc 3 was the only one I listened to lol
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Man, "The Dreaming" is such an interesting album. I'm listening to it again for the second time in a month and wow...
Welcome to the Kate Bush fanclub :-) The Dreaming was way too far ahead of it's time and not really appreciated at the time it was released. The Gothenburg Symphony recognized Kate Bush as one of the most important living visionaries in rock music and dedicated an entire concert to her, you can watch it on vimeo vimeo.com/269167293
Would have loved to see a first time reaction to the scream in Houdini. Or any of the bonkers moments on that album, such a great work of art.
It was the first one she produced herself. Great album. Even as a long time fan, might favourite might be the comeback album, Aerial. Quite a feat for an artist.
My favorite of her's.
Yes! The Dreaming is still a very good album, It never gets old.
Yes, her voice is ridiculously high and over the top and yes, it's one of the best things the human ear can experience.
@@evanhughes1510 no, the best! Yes!
20 seconds into the song I was in love. Totally smitten and that hasn’t changed in 40 years. My wife is fully aware I’d leave her for Kate.
She wrote a song when she was 15 called the man with the child in his eyes. A very wise song from such a young girl.
I think that song is one of my personal favs. Along with her "Gaelic" song. Kate singing in Gaelic is...well...transcendental.
She was much younger as that was her first composition. She actually wrote Wuthering Heights at 13 and composed the music by 15 with her brother.
All of her videos are exceptional, as well.
If there’s a video of a Kate Bush song, react to it. She always said her music was meant to be performed and Cloudbusting is a perfect example.
She was 13 when she wrote it :)
I have to correct you here, Kate started writing songs seriously at the age of 13, but Wuthering Heights was written 5 years later.
When I first heard her voice it was her debut on 'Top of the Pops' with this song.
I was just leaving the house but immediately closed the door and returned inside.
Kate Bush bewitched me that night. 45 years later I still haven't woken-up.
And hope I never will.
Thats awesome, purely hypnotic
SAME HERE SHE CAPTIVATED ME AND I WAS ONLY 4
@@sevenwilliams3485 You have a very exquisite taste for music especially for a 4 years old ! That's amazing ! I was 12 when she debuted & bought her 1st album ,I felt that I found the music I was looking for ! I used to put melodies on books's stories & poems ,all addlib when I was 10 w/ my sister & felt very surreal about this song ! As she did that ,too ! Stay safe ! 💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
I was 13 at the time and I can say that she has had the same effect on me and now at 55, I still am under her spell. She is magic.
46 years now.
I was very young when I first heard her and I thought she sounded like a witchy angel banshee. I was mesmerised by her voice and her beauty and her dancing. About 40 years later and I am a huge fan of hers still. She is unique and I love that she is so inspired by art and literature.
A witchy angel is perfect!
She’s definitely one of the best female artists I’ve ever heard.
The novel "Wuthering Heights" was the only one written by Emily Bronte, a great book that I've read multiple times. What you don't realize is that when Cathy is saying she wants to come in the window is that she's a ghost, haunting Heathcliff.
I've loved Kate Bush since seeing her on SNL back in 1978 where she sang 2 other songs from the same album. Didn't care for her mime-choreography, it always seemed a bit silly. This song I tired of over the years, too repetitive, she did so much better work later. 'Dreaming' is a brilliant track, 'Cloudbusting' too. "Hounds of Love" is probably her peak album, several hit singles on the A side and the music suite The Ninth Wave on the B side (a must-listen).
Thank you! I thought it was just me who didn't care for the mime choreography.
Miming is sge learned from Lynsey Kemp ,just like David Bowie did ( they were lovers at one point ) ,Zain Griff did go to his school as well. It seemed silly ? Really ? If you said " weird " I'd have understood ! Lol. I've been listening to Kate Bush since I was 12 ,now 54 ,especially haer first 4 albums ,not the recent stuffs ! I LOVE singing her songs ! 💜💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💞
One of my favorites. I have never made it past the first “Heathcliff, It’s me, I’m Cathy” without crying..
I understand exactly what you mean but I guess the arrangement is not entirely her own. The third chorus and the fuzz guitar playing the same melody at the end is a bit too much, but the song is still one of my favorites.
It is a... unique dance style, but Look up videos for "Wuthering Heights Day." People all over the world get together in crowds to follow her dance routine.
This was just one nuance of her voice. Also check out "Running up that hill" - Kate Bush
The voice is her "acting" Catherine Earnshaw. It's what she called her "witch's voice"
ONE of my favourite songs ever...
@@poshhhh wrong . She was discovered by Dave Gilmour of Floyd and ahead of her time the record industry didn't know how to produce her so Dave said go back to her original producer henceforth she began doing it herself .
Will always be a Legend.
@@stevenkaye7096 no, she couldn’t start producing until the dreaming. she described her early stuff as less “deep” and more “poppy”.
@@poshhhh she was 15 when Gilm.Qour (Pink Floyd ) met her , she already had around 50 songs but was maybe too ahead of her time for the record labels as her first appearance on top of the Pops proved . The public couldn't work out her song Wuthering Heights . Trust me I watched it
I was a child when this came out. First hearing her, it got my attention like a beacon, and I am sure I thought like everyone else WTF, and then I was mesmerized forever.
Kate Bush is truly unique. She's so different that on her debut even the punk bands of the era took notice; Johnny Rotten became one of her biggest fans :-). She got a record deal thanks to David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, who was a family friend. They worked together a few times as well, for example on the song Love and Anger. Other great songs I highly recommend: Hounds Of Love, Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting, This Woman's Work, Moments Of Pleasure, The Big Sky, The Man With The Child In His Eyes, Don't Give Up (with Peter Gabriel).
Some of the artist that admire or got influenced by her music include, Big Boi from Outkast, James Hatfield from Matallica, Tupac Shakur (yes he too his favourite song was Running Up That Hill), Ellie Goulding, Annie, Lennox, Florence Welch, Damon Albarn from Blur, Regina Spektor, Beck, Stevie Nicks, Lorde, Paula Cole, Rosalia and Chris Martin from Coldplay (Yup Coldplay took inspiration from Running Up That Hill to create their song Speed of Sound and Fix You). 🙂
She performed Comfortably Numb with David Gilmour in the early 2000s once, when she had pretty much disappeared. There’s a fan video of it here on UA-cam.
Could I interest you in Wuthering Heights sung from Heathcliff's perspective: ua-cam.com/video/3CJsvboXEo8/v-deo.html
Don't forget the incredible cloudbursting
listen to "This Woman's Work" to see how her voice has evolved - and this is just one of phantastic songs she had made. Her work and her voice are unique
In the UK, when this came out, as a 9 year old boy I was aware that adults regarded her as a screeching banshee - and everyone under thirty fell in love with her instantly. It was such a fresh sound and also, she wrote and creatively controlled her music and videos! The record label wanted The Wedding List as her first single but she said No! Wuthering Heights will go to number one. And gee wiz, it did! That just wasn't done here back then. I knew from that album onward that this woman was going to inspire me so I listened VERY closely. And what would we do without people like Kate Bush in the word? My favorite songs of hers are Under the Ivy and Lord of the Reedy River - both B sides and musical creativity at it's best.
“Don’t Give Up” is a great duet between her and Peter Gabriel. Peter chose her for that song because of the tender loving motherly quality of her voice and it works in that way. That song is also a totally different side to Gabriel than you heard from Security. Definitely worth a listen.
Forgot to add that I like this song. Never heard it before but it has an interesting chord progression in the chorus. Also not sure what the beat is but i don’t think it’s straight 4/4. Her voice also caught me off guard but I ended up liking it.
Pete chose Kate because Dolly didn't want the gig. Can't imagine anyone else doing it now.
I remember when this was released. It was like nothing we’d heard before. She was and remains a unique talent. Beautiful song by a beautiful young woman.
She sings backup on Peter Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers" and duets with Gabriel on "Don't Give Up".
The first time we saw her was on Saturday Night Live in a gold unitard, sitting on a grand piano, and dance/gesturing along with exaggerated expressions. My friends and I all looked at each other in awe and said, "WHO is THAT?????" Soooooo different and theatrical (we were all theatre students, so...you can imagine the impact she had on us.) She's very young in this song. It's her first album, and like Joni Mitchell, her voice deepened, although not as much as chain-smoking Joni. Please try Running Up That Hill, Wow, and Babooshka (all official videos)! ~ Joni is the Sun and Kate is the Moon ~
Haha, thats awesome. Thanks Cynth
The moment I fell in love with her. ❤️
The song is about kathy a ghost that's come back to her lover...so the music is much a part of that.. its amazing nothing teenager about it
funny not a lot of Americans have read wuthering heights it seems lol
it is Catherine ( Heathcliff lover's ) who died giving birth to Cathy ; and the song is ( for me ) about Mr Lockwood, the new tenant at Thrushcross Grang , snowed in for the night at Wuthering Heights , who had a nightmare in which a ghostly Catherine begs to enter through the window .
( Cathy maried her cousin Hareton at the end of the story )
Man... this is most probably the most beautiful female voice of rock... What a voice, what a woman... Love.
for a young man your taste in music is very mature.Kate bush is unique and there is only one Kate.amazing voice.
Thank you Shane; I'm enjoying my journey!
I allways loved this one.....but even a little more i loved her song THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES.
Thanks for watching and the rec Kai!
That's one of my most favourite of hers to play & listen to as well as sing ! Good taste !👍💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
The string arrangements on this particular song are out of this world. Great solo at the end too, 1978 was such a great year of music. On the same vein, Taeko Ohnuki released 'Mignonne', an overlooked fusion masterpiece.
The remade version from the 80s extends the solo wayyyyy out. It’s great. She also does a crazy good high belt towards the end in that version too.
Strings were arranged by the producer, Andrew Powel, who was behind the arangements of most of the output of the Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons, of course, engineered Dark Side of the Moon, which featured David Gilmour... It was David Gilmour who discovered and supported Kate Bush and arranged for her to be signed by EMI Records. It's all one big circle...!
Man with a child in his eyes. Is great a kick inside is another. Great show JP
Thats a great one! And Thank you :)
When I first heard her voice (which was in this song) I found it arresting, exhilarating and spine-tingling. I was also watching her at the same time and what she was doing produced the same effect, so it was quite an intense experience. I loved all the startling swoops that she did with her voice, the uniqueness of the sound, and the originality of the song's subject.
Great words for the first time Robert!
Kate Bush wrote this song at age 13.
Bush, is a phenomenon. Orchestration, arrangement and production of the songs is, just, brilliant. Been listening to her for 30 years, and I wont stop.
No she didn't. At 13 she wrote "Man With The Child In His Eyes". This was the last song written just before recording the album.
Try listening to songs like Babooshka, Breathing, or This Woman's Work...she is a genius who can't be placed in any one genre
Thanks John!
There is a LOT of nuance in this song. Her voice is actually not quite as high-pitched as it sounds. She is purposefully singing and holding her voice near the point at which it would crack, in order to give it a somewhat strained, shrieking quality. Not unlike how you might imagine a ghost would sing, and the character she is singing as is indeed a ghost. Also, the music has a great deal of key changes, and large parts of the song don't really have a definite key. This again is to symbolize Catherine being stuck in the spirit world, while trying to get back to Wuthering Heights. The music goes back and forth, forms a key, falls apart again, as Cathy tries to go home and fails again.
Thanks for the background Greg; appreciate it!
@@JustJP Anytime!
We've ALL wanted to get into Kate Bush for the longest time.
The young and shy Kate Bush, but with a steel will, stood her ground against her record label executives and insisted that "Wuthering Heights" be the first single released from her debut album.......She was proven to be correct.
She immediately put any doubts to rest
Did anyone mention "Waking the Witch"? Something completely different, but definitely my favourite Kate Bush song.
December will be magic again from Kate B. You'll love it!
That's a very lovely song !💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💞
It's amazing to me that she was so confident and self-assured as a songwriter and performer at that age.
Certified genius. Very glad you listened to her, but I must really, really recommend you listen to a later song of hers as well (Cloudbusting and Running Up That Hill are the obvious options, but I'm going to recommend The Sensual World).
Thanks Jasper!
Quick note, I play piano and that verse chord sequence is really unique. A / F / E7 / C#7 , dropping major thirds like that is really ominous
Kate has an incredible 4 octave voice, and she obviously used the upper ranges of her vocal abilities on this song to portray the ghost of Catherine coming back from death to haunt her true love Heathcliff. Kate did a lot of vocal gymnastics on her first 3 albums with swooping back and forth from lows to highs. From the Dreaming album onward her voice became more sensual and she used her middle ranges more. Her current mature voice (from Aerial through 50 Words For Snow and her 2016 live Before The Dawn release) is incredibly rich, strong, and soulful. One of the most beautiful voices of all time.
greatest lyrics ever!
"you had distemper like my jellied eels too hard too greasy"
Haha! That's disgusting.
She wrote a couple of songs on the album at 13.
Such a badass move by Kate to make the chorus of her hit song in 10/4 time, and her band makes it sound effortless.
I was 8/9 years old when I heard this song for the first time.. I was scared yet so moved by her voice. Like a "possessed" angel. And although being Dutch and to young to understand the lyrics I had the image right away I figured years later to be spot on. It felt so hauntingly/ghostly..yet so inviting. So I can say that this song is so important for me because for such a little boy.. I felt it.. I understood it. I had never experienced something like that before!
Now I'm 44 and still she puts this spell on me.. it touches me in my core! So thank you very much for this video!
Greets from a new subscriber!
I loved her voice. Kate plays the role of Cathy's ghost, appearing at Heathcliffe's window. Her voice is meant to be emotional, near-hysterical, screaming and haunting, so the high-pitched vocal is perfect for this. Kate pretty much invented a whole new genre of literary, mystical music, and influenced artists like Tori Amos, Toni Halliday of Curve and Lana Del Rey.
Kate has used her voice as one of the instruments in her songs right from the start. She puts lots of thought into how she wants it to sound, to complement the lyrics, the tone and overall musical ensemble of each track.
She's amazing. I've heard her music my entire life, so I don't know what it's like to hear her very unique style and sound for the first time having not experienced anything quite like it. It's a lot to take in, I imagine.
I thought you were going to say, “Tori Amos,” for some reason she’s who I was thinking of-not Joanna Newson, but I hear that now as well.
The first time I heard Kate Bush’s voice, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” and I never thought about how high pitched her voice is, but re-listening to that song I can hear it there too, but her voice clearly becomes more diverse in range than in “Wurthering Heights.”
As an English major, I urge you to read the story, it’s not that long-there’s also a film adaptation.
Fun fact. When Tori Amos got started making records, people were saying to her: Kate Bush yo!!! You are soo inspired by Kate!
And Tori was like, "who is Kate Bush? I'd better check her out"
And sure enough, Tori saw why people would say that, but she didn't know. One of those things 🤷♂️
(Disclaimer: I say "fact" which I do not know for sure, but I saw Tori say so in an interview)
And yes, I love Tori and Kate both. Extremely talented songwriters, musicians, and performers ❣❣❣
And conveyors of emotions
When I was a teenager in the 70s, Zeppelin, Floyd, Bowie, Elton, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac. Rock, Disco, Motown, Punk and in this era my thoughts were, "What the hell is this?" Followed her career ever since.
Lol!
My dad had a total crush on Kate Bush. I grew up with not only this album, but a laser disc of an early live performance. Kate Bush was a true part of my childhood, but only in my own house. She seemed so obscure in the rest of my world. It's always nice to see people appreciate her.
So powerful, Kate bush is a true talent 👏
For sure Ricky!
May i suggest "Suspended in Gaffa" . A personal favorite.
That and night of the swallow tie on the dreaming for me
The whole album is brilliant in my opinion, Get Out of My House gives me chills.
I remember clearly from 1978, I was 18 years old when this enigmatic sound came out of the radio, I was literally speechless for about 5 mimutes until I could actually accept what I had heard, incredible beyond description, song & vocals, kinda still feel this way!
Haunting and beautiful, her voice is so unique. I don't think anyone sounds quite like her to this day (more than 4 decades since her debut). She maintains the high pitch for so long. No one else has done that so effectively, at least within this genre. Army Dreamers and Breathing are also great songs of hers.
By now, I suppose you know that she's a ghost appearing at the window looking for Heathcliffe. Wuthering Heights is a big Gothic tale.
Her voice on that song was a huge barrier for me -- like someone else said, just nails on a chalkboard. I missed out on a lot of her stuff after that for that reason. All that changed when Hounds of Love came out and a friend lent it to me to convince me to give her a second chance. That's the album that has Cloudbusting, a song inspired by the story of Wilhelm Reich and his son. It also has Running Up That Hill and the whole album is packed with great stuff. If you want to listen to Cloudbusting at some point, don't wait too long and do yourself a huge favour and listen to the whole album.
I do ;)
Thanks Iain; I'm sure I'll be returning again soon.
Lol. I started listening to her songs since 12 ,now 54 .My mom used to ask me not to play her music as she couldn't stand her voice ,according to her she sounded like a cat😺 (in the heat ) ! LOLLOLLOL I love her voice ,but not a cup a tea for everyone ! 💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💕💞
I get shivers everytime I hear her voice. And her speaking voice is so feminine and gentle too.
That Woman is something Very Special.
I heard this song, my first Kate Bush. when I was 10 and I was blown away by her voice. I listened to the whole album and fell in love with. She has been a big part of my life ever since.
She recorded it at 18/19 but she wrote it at 16/17.
I've been listening to this track for long about 30 years and it doesn't get old. Totally enchanting and haunting performance by Kate. And that guitar solo at the end by Ian Bairnson of Alan Parsons fame... knocks it out of the park
It was years ago when I first heard Kate Bush's incredible voice. And it was the song Wuthering Heights. I was almost in shock while listening and after a few listens because I'd never heard anything like her or the song before. I couldn't really make out the lyrics and I hadn't heard much about her or this song at the time, so it caught me off guard, but in a good way. You know that feeling when you've first seen or heard or experienced artistic genius and it's like nothing you've experienced before? It was very much that. It makes you feel like you've been reborn in a way because there's been nothing like her song experience that you've felt before. As much as I was stunned, I was enthralled, enraptured by her voice and the song and the story of it, the journey it took me on, and I became obsessed not only by this song, but many of her songs, and I've listened to them all countless times over. I couldn't get enough of them. And I haven't stopped being a devotee of her and her music. You just never know where her songs are going vocally, lyrically, musically or narratively. That is true genius. Kate Bush is an artist and a brilliant songwriter, vocalist, producer, director, musician, storyteller... and I'll listen to her music and watch her videos all the rest of my days. Just wish I could've seen her perform live, but I doubt she will again, sad to say.
My first exposure to Kate Bush was her live TV debut on Saturday Night Live, hosted by Eric Idle, back in the 1970s. I vaguely remember her performing this song, but the song that really knocked me out was "The Man with the Child in His Eyes," which to this day has remained one of my favorite songs, ever. This song is based on the book Wuthering Heights, and Cathy is dead... Here's Kate is playing a ghost, trying to reunite with the man she loves (but is not exactly a very decent person.) Kate was "discovered" by David Gilmour, and over the years, became one of the most revered female artists. Many famous female vocalist cite her as an influence, for instance, Tori Amos. She rarely performed live, and was planning a US tour, but as I recall, her only concert tour was in 1979. She was persuaded to perform concerts in residency in 2014, playing 22 shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, titled "Before the Dawn." All 22 shows sold out in 15 minutes, and drew people from all over the world. I would have gone myself, flying from Kansas City to London, and paying whatever amount for a ticket, had I not been extremely ill, and planning some major surgery when the shows were announced. Kate released audio recordings of the concerts, and it's spectacular. I wish with all my heart that she would release a concert BluRay... "Kate Bush at the Hammersmith Odeon" from 1979 just isn't enough.
I always loved this song. My fist listen was a cover. I remember buying Pat Benatar Crimes of Passion lp and this song was the lead track. I remember the 12 year old me wondering who the writer credited as (K. Bush) was.
I had a very similar experience. This song was kind of on the periphery of my memory when I first got Pat Benatar's album Crimes of Passion. I was 16 years old and I loved that music, but this song was always kind of haunting, and I'd forgotten that it was done by Kate Bush.
Then I discovered Hounds of Love which is one of my favorite albums of all-time.
Chills! I love this song so much. So ghostly and lovely.
I hated her voice when I heard it first, when this song came out in the 70s. I now love Kate, and saw her on her legendary 2014 live concerts.
For me it is a song that gets better every year. I hated it when I was 8 and it was released, in 50 now and it is one of the best songs I have ever heard...
I was exactly the same, hated her as a 10 year old now think she was a genius
Jealous! (of anyone who saw her live)
Your question. When I first heard this. 6 years old. I had never heard anything like it.. I remember feeling something new, something inspiring. And I still haven't heard anything quite like it, except from all the younger singers who clearly are inspired by her. #fanforlife
When I first heard her voice I recoiled a bit, as i listened more and more and my musical tastes matured I grew to love her so much. I've not delved deep into her extensive career but everything I've heard, I love it.
DO THE NINTH WAVE (entire second half of her Hounds of Love album)!! Take the plunge!
I always loved Kate and that song specially, since my first listening, then I could not stop of listening to it, back on 1978.
I loved and memorized that guitar solo at the end, i'ts so creative.
You have a wonderful personality and creativity.
Thanks for contributing!
When my brother first played me "Hounds of Love" in 1985, I said "She sounds like a Hoover vacuum cleaner." But I couldn't get that voice out of my head! Later, I heard her song "This Woman's Work" in the film "She's Having a baby" and I ran out and bought her album, "The Sensual World". Maxwell later covered it, but nobody can top Kate's version.
Lol! Love the story, ty Jon
This song has one of my favorite bridges of all time. This song still sounds wonderfully well produced to this day. Kate's family is very musical, they often played on her records.
Thank you so much! It's great that you liked! The album with this song is my favorite because i listened a lot in my childhood, and her voice always made me feel good. In the early albums her voice is quite high-pitched but throughout her career it changed along with the music.
The Dreaming, that i suggested too, it's a lot different from Wuthering, she has a lot of different nuances of her voice in the albums. For me when i was discovering her discography, every time it was a surprise, because each album (and mostly each song from each album) has a different mood and style...
Cloudbusting is from her most popular album, Hounds of Love. It's a great song!
I think whatever song you pick for a next reaction will be a good choice because of how different the songs are, so you'll discover her various sides.
Thanks so much for the recommendation in the first place Raf! Appreciate it!
Yes thank you, Rafael! It's very rare to see a Kate Bush reaction!
This remains one of my favourite ever songs. First heard and saw it when I was 17. Mesmerised! She was only 2 years older than me - I couldn’t believe someone that young was so accomplished. I’ve loved everything she’s ever done!
Btw, She was discovered and helped along under David Gilmour’s wing.
My very first reaction to her voice was, "WTF?" But within a few versus I was fascinated. It doesn't sound like anything I should like, but somehow it stays with me.
Shes captivating!
The best of the best. Just wish she would release more. As for more live performances ..........
"I've been wanting to get into Kate Bush for the longest time." Well, join the longest queue of men in the history of the world. ;-D Maybe you should have chosen different words for that. My parents told me about this song one evening in a bar in France when they came to visit me. I put the song on the jukebox and was blown away. I put off a date with a beautiful young lady so I could go out and buy the LP. That's how much I love it.
The song "The Dreaming" is an amazing song. She wrote it as a tribute to a song " Sun Arise" written by now-disgraced Australian artist Rolf Harris. It has an aboriginal sound and celebrates the Australian aboriginal people. You really need to hear it along with "Sun Arise" as they are two songs which promote the spirit of Australia.
Lol! Ty ty
When I first heard Kate Bush, I think it was this song, I never got it out of my head again. Fortunately. Kate Bush is a genius music goddess. Phenomenal singer and performer. And the song writing. Whoa.
Kate Bush featured on a Go West track called The King Is Dead. She did the backing vocals, and has recently been remastered. You will find it on UA-cam. There is a nice extended version too, with the piano.
here in Brazil we have a famous singer called Tetê Espíndola and she has a very similar singing tone, so when I first heard this song (YEARS ago) I immediately remembered her.
I just loved it from the start. It was so different and quirky and yet beautifully haunting. Bought the single right away.
Much respect for your musical journey, it takes a mature mind to give any old thing a fair listen! As a guitarist I can appreciate almost anything,and it has payed off with over 50 years of pleasure! Keep on the road less traveled,theres more to see that way.Kate can sound amazing and annoying at the same time,great talent.and she still works to this day!
Thank you James🙃
A novel written by Emily Bronte in the late 1800's, Wuthering Heights. Several movies made if u dont want to read the novel, watching the movie will give u an ideal about what this is about. It is a classic novel. Beautiful
Army Dreaming is another very powerful song with an excellent video.
Not sure what else to add, JP, that hasn't been covered earlier.
Major props for covering Kate Bush. I happened to be in London in 2014 when she did her four week residency at Hammersmith Odeon (as documented in the Before The Dawn live album) but sadly I could not make an opportunity to go. And yes I kick myself regularly for not making a way.
Man, thats too bad!
Keys to a happy marriage, # 34,891
The legendary Kate Bush! Great song! Her duet with Peter Gabriel, Don't Give Up, is a must listen too. Thanks, JP! Her voice is a bit jarring at first (I first saw her on SNL back in the day) but I quickly adjusted to it and came to appreciate it in the context of her artistry and talent.
J3B Great song! When I was in high school a friend of mine and I played this for a talent show. I played bass and my friend played keys and sang PG's part. A female friend of ours sang KB's part. Good memories!
The music is so evocative of the book, it's mind-blowing. Reading the book and then listening to this song its an amazing experience.
Being a rock/metal fan i was like WTF but her voice and performance of this song mesmerized me. She said her inspiration for this song was when she was younger watching Wuthering heights and the scene of cathy pleading to be let in the house on the moors in the rain and cold and it was such a powerful scene it stuck in her mind and later she wrote this song about it .
Thanks for the background on this one Martin!
I was 12 when this song came out and in the UK and Ireland all the kids watched this weekly tv show called top of the pops that showcased different songs on the charts, it was always very exciting because at the end you'd get to find out who was at #1, that was always the last song. When Kate Bush was on top of the pops for the first time with Wuthering Heights everyone in school was buzzing the next morning about this singer with the crazy voice and the crazy movements and we couldn't believe it, we'd never heard anything like it. Everyone was an instant fan and we were always thrilled when we heard she had a new song.
And thats how a lifetime fan is born😃
Kate Bush & Joanna Newsom are two of my favourite artists, probably the two that trigger the biggest emotional response. I first heard her when I saw the video to this song and I was quite young at the time so I guess it's a different response but it immediately captivated me, completely enraptured by her singing and dancing
1:41 - 2:28 THAT is why I thoroughly enjoy your channel. I'm here now because I sorted your videos by most popular & this is currently the most popular with over 21k views, so now I'm going to watch the rest of the video and I'll comment further afterwards : )
Ok. Like you, I was totally taken aback by her voice. At first she sounded a little bit like a little girl, or how a doll might sound if it could sing, but also like you, it kinda grew on me as the song progressed and I found myself enjoying it. Weird. Seriously, it felt a little weird that I kinda started enjoying her voice and the music, in the way that I did.
I see from the comments that many just love her and I think that's really cool. Had I listened to her more, I might feel the same. Gotta give her all the props though for how unique and different she is. That alone is a real gift.
Ty so much Lightmane! Man, remember when I used to drink sangria while recording?😅
@@JustJP What's wrong with that, lol. Andy & Alex drink Whiskey on their channel : )
I was about 8 when I first heard Kate. So her voice felt like someone more more my age. It's grown with me. Kate is playing a ghost trying to lure her obsessive lover to his death.
"Been wanting to get into Kate Bush for some time" me too... since 1980!!! She's great, thanks for sharing...
What you have to take in to account how much of a pioneer she is and was. She was one of the first artists when she toured in 79, that but on a show, with the music, including magic , mime and dancers. She was the first artist to wear a head mike on tour, invented for her by her sound tech guy at the time. She was among the first artist to embrace sampling . Using sound other than music to enhance her tracks. Look at most modern female singers and some where you will find some bit of Kate there.
I've never been a fan of this one, though I appriciate her effort at 19 yrs old. Kate's voice does change ever so slightly in time. I think "This Woman's Work" is one of the best songs ever. I also like "Cloudbusting" and "Running Up That Hill". Bush VS Maxwell! C'mon. :)
Kate Bush is her own genre. At the time of release and after there was simply nothing like her out there. When you see her perform its no wonder that artists like Lady GaGa loved and was totally influenced by her. She was also a trailblazer for women in the UK who produced and completely controlled their own work.
I've loved Kate Bush since I was a pimply teen back in 1978 when I'd mime to her records.😁😁
I remember a teacher at my school thinking that the record was playing at the wrong speed when he heard it played for the first time.😅
Kate Bush forever!😊
I agree with you. In fact, the more I listened to this song, the more I loved it. Now an absolute favorite song of mine. Has a particular 'emotional significance' for me.
The guitar solo in Wuthering Heights, played by Iain Bairnson... Oh. My... It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. INSIDE this already gorgeous songs... Heavenly!
I was madly in love with Kate when I was a lad - amazing talent and truly stunning lady! Thanks for the post. Please also listen to Man with Child in his eyes and Babushka - cheers.
Thanks so much for your intuitive comments on these songs. It's just amazing how quickly you internalize your feelings and thoughts on these and are able to express them. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Jon
The first song I heard of Kate was "Wow" of her second album "Lionheart".
And that was also my reaction: "WOW!"
I immediately fell in love with her voice, and when I saw her photograph for the first time I fell in love with her (I kind of still am, and my wife's fine with it 😉).
Recommended Kate songs for you:
The man with the child in his eyes (She wrote it when she was 12 (!))
Cloudbusting (not Cloudbursting 😉)
Running up that hill
Babooshka
Sat in your lap
The dreaming
This woman's work
The ninth wave (This is the second side of her 1985 album "Hounds of love) where she describes the experiences of a drowning woman ...
Ty Claus! I've done her album Hounds of Love😃
You asked the question so I will answer it:
This was in the year of grace 1978; and we have a large number of pirate radios and one of them in particular diffused this song of Kate Bush.
I had never heard it before as it was in her debut album.
I was charmed like my soul was touched by a fairy.
My thought cocerning Kate was similar to what Sean Connery said about Karen Matheson - "Karen Matheson has a throat that is surely touched by God".
He just put it better than I ever could.
Later on I found the wax copy of her album debut album - this was times before the Compact Disc (CDs).
For me, this song had always set the standard for voice and for music.
First hearing: I was a 16 year old into punk and was stunned. That weekend, I went out and bought the single. Been hooked on her music for the last 45 years.
Remember seeing her do this on TOTP in the UK back in the 70s. First reaction was what the hell, but the more you heard it the more it grew on you. What I loved was the instrumentation and the interesting time signatures. But above all...that sublime guitar solo on the outro. I wanted that to go on forever.
I've known this song for so long - since I was a child - I can't remember what I thought of it. Bush is one of my favourite singers and Wuthering Heights one of my favourite songs, so of course I love this song.
I was probably about 8 or 9 when I first heard this song. It was included on a 'best of the 70s' CD compilation my parents bought and I was immediately drawn to it. I didn't really have any sense of what it was about, but something about the music and her voice just drew me in. I remember it was the first track on disc 3, so disc 3 was the only one I listened to lol