VERY VERY DIFFERENT!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Kate Bush - Wurthering Heights REACTION
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- VERY VERY DIFFERENT!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Kate Bush - Wurthering Heights REACTION
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Kate Bush is a goddess. “Wuthering Heights” “ is a famous Emily Bronte novel. The two protagonists are Kathy and Heathcliff. Congrats on discovering the great Kate Bush. You guys are great.
Goddess is the perfect word.
Being teachers I would of thought they knew it was a book but even the title didn't seem familiar to them
@@roxyhart3247 Hmm yes. A classic by one of the Bronte sisters. Many film versions. How can one not know the story of Wuthering Heights? Maybe I'm too old :)
One of my most hated books. Such horrible characters and Heathcliffe should have been locked away. I didn't like it when I was in my 15's and still hated it in my 30's when I did my degree. But I do love Kate Bush.
@@wereleopard58yepihavetwo2 The novel is a romance, but its not romantic. Heathcliff was a fantastically unpleasant character. Most of the adaptations romanticise him far too much.
This song is based on the book Wuthering heights by Emilie Brönte. She is singing in a higher register intentionally, because she's a ghost. Heathcliff and Cathy loved each other, but Heathcliff left for some years to make his fortune. To spite him, Cathy married another man. When Heathcliff finally returned a wealthy man, Cathy was beyond his reach. Eventually Cathy became ill and died. Heathcliff went into a very bad state of mind. One night there was a scratching on the window and Heathcliff thought he saw Cathy outside beckoning him to come outside. The entire song is sung from the perspective of Cathy's ghost saying, Heathcliff, it's me, Cathy I've come home let me into your window... It's a hauntingly beautiful song the resonates so well with the book, it's as if it was written by Emilie Brönte herself.... When this song was first released it was like it came out of nowhere and completely blew everyone away...
Her album, Hounds of love is arguably one of the best albums of all time. I especially like the second side called the ninth wave, which is about someone lost at sea in a life jacket, and their journey from being lost at sea to eventual rescue... Some truly beautiful music there.
indescribably beautiful,. her music accompanied me my whole childhood.
I hope they read this MARK?
Kate Bush is amazing to have written this song so young, to have written it at all. I find the premise of this song to be ineffably sad. Two people in love separated by an impossible boundary. So make the absolute most of this life and have love and compassion for those around you.
@@dav2145 I suspect Ms Bronte would have smiled and given a nod of approval to the inestimable talent of her fellow wordsmith Ms Bush. Always a l song of haunting inseparability and unrequited Love.
Wonderfully put.
She's not one in a million. She's one in eight billion. Completely original, unmatched. There was no obvious precursor of her - and nobody came afterwards.
The highest note here is an e5. There are recordings where she hit F6, more than an octave higher. She has a range of close to four octaves.
Bjork is comparable imo
One in 13.6 billions. LOL
@@CalumnMcAulay Bjork is barking mad though.
La seule qui me fait penser à Kate Bush c'est Sia surtout avec Chandelier, les mêmes frissons.
The song is sung from the point of view of the ghost of Cathy in the Emily Bronte Novel Wurthering Heights. Absolute genius.
Wuthering. It means beset by strong winds.
@@30noir there the movie from the 40s
👏👏👏 and the tone is affected by Kate (deliberately) I know evweyone on this thead knows this .....for newbies
Listen to Kate's "Running Up That Hill" and "This Woman's Work".
^Yes these are exactly the two I was going to say!!!
So right
This Woman's Work ... Ughh, that video makes me tear up ...
This Woman’s Work is gorgeous.
I'd also add her song with Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up".
You need to realise that she was 15 when she wrote this and 17 when she performed this video. She is a national treasure in England. Her voice became lower over time but she made a LOT of amazing songs. I loved your reaction though, it was very honest.
I agree I remember the first time I saw this thinking “what the hell“? She sounded like an anime character and it didn’t sound like her real voice. Can’t deny that her pitch is great and she has a good range and obviously she can dance and has theatrical abilities. Really tired of people trying to say this is the best song ever though, because it is kind of comical really
Rocky Roch She was actually 19 when she made this film, in 1978, the year it was released. I know because I actually bought the vinyl aged 12!
I remember when it came out, I was 10 , I loved it then and still love it.
14 wasn’t it when she wrote it
19
Kate is a genius. I'm glad a whole new generation is discovering her.
No one is EVER ready for Kate Bush's voice...your reaction was priceless! :)
She’s a goddess. You have to remember that when this came out in the late 1970’s it was rock and punk.. then out of the blue came THIS. She’s the first woman to have a UK #1 with a self written song. She’s one of the most often quoted influencer of many other female musicians over the last many decades.
She made # 1 in one country for a reason. She doesn't have what it takes to be international, unlike Pat Benatar.
@@drt162 and yet Pat Benatar loved Kate so much she covered her.
@@Gaffa3007 She covered it because the record company knew somebody competent has to cover it.
@@drt162 "doesn't have what it takes to be international" As she sells millions of records around the world.
@@drt162 which is why some of her songs featured on Miami Vice
Kate Bush is a high art genius. She’s trained in modern dance. She seems to approach everything from many directions at the same time, all of them unexpected. Listen to This Woman’s Work next or Running Up That Hill. She’s beautiful, so beautiful. She’s beyond a musician. She’s a quintessential modern artist, living legend.
She Has Class ! She is Wonderful ! She Is a True Genius ! She is Beautiful ! I Love her ! I cry!
@@jeffkharpoharpo3472 ALL true!
Lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, the genius musician rock god, David Gilmore discovered her and mentored her.
I'm going to have to agree with you on everything because I was not expecting that video. So I ran down the rabbit hole to find other music, and found out that she's not so unfamiliar. Running up that hill was one that struck a chord with me because it felt like I knew it.
@@TechnicallyTexan I became aware of Kate in the 80s. Knocked me off my pins she did. I adore her even more than Sarah Brightman, another Uber artist.
She has a vastly superior musical ear to him While he was still giggling like a school boy, the girl had realised something special was going on and you can see her brain ticking and processing the wonderful thing unfolding ....Love this girl
Kate Bush was discovered by David Gilmore the guitarist from Pink Floyd who was a friend of her older brother. She wrote this song when she was 17 and it was recorded when she was 19. That is her real voice. Kate did the vocal track in one take. “ Heathcliff it’s me I’m Kathy, I’ve come home no w, it’s so cold let me in your window”.
I am 66 and thrilled to see her have a rebirth. She is a total shock the first time you hear her. She was also a great ballet dancer. She is a ghost haunting Heathcliff in the tune.
you know why they are amazed with the music from the 7 60s, 70s, and 80s, because it is good you had to be good to compete
Gilmour, not Gilmore
Her parent's discovered her
Absolutely incredible that she did this in one take. She was a prodigy. Those vocals soared.
This song was #1 in the UK and Kate was the first woman to have a #1 self-written song in the charts. Kate always inhabits the characters in her songs, and here she is portraying the ghost of Cathy from the novel (Bronte's classic Wuthering Heights) who is coming back from death to haunt her true love Heathcliff. Kate is singing in her upper register on purpose (she has an incredible 4 octave voice) to make it seem more eerie. If you want to hear her beautiful voice in her normal range, try her huge hit "Running Up That Hill," or "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" (a song that she wrote at 13 years old). Kate is a musical genius, recognized for her artistic brilliance all over the world. You should try her duet with Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up," a song that has been credited by many (including Elton John) for changing their minds about harming themselves or committing suicide, or her beautiful "This Woman's Work" (later covered by Maxwell). Kate is so diverse, none of her songs sound the same. It is a shame that Kate is not well known by the American general public (although people in the U.S. music industry, musicians, critics, and serious music fans know and respect her greatly). In the U.K, throughout Europe, Australia, and Japan, Kate is an icon and beloved by thousands. She is a true original, there's just no one like her. By the time Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour discovered her at the age of 15, she had already written over 250 songs (check out her song and video "Love And Anger" where David Gilmour appears with her). A brilliant and innovative composer, lyricist, singer, pianist, dancer, mime, choreographer, record producer, video producer & director - she even helped develop the first cordless headset microphone that she used on tour in 1979. Hugely influential and HIGHLY respected by musicians worldwide, Kate was one of the first female musicians to take total production and artistic control over her work. She’s been a real pioneer for women in the music industry for the last 40 years. First woman to have a #1 self-written song in the UK charts. First woman to have an album debut at #1 (her third lp, “Never For Ever”). She has had 25 Top 40 singles, 10 albums on the Top 10 Albums Charts, nominated 13 times for British Phonographic Industry awards and 3 Grammy awards, an Ivor Novella Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 for her honored services to music. In September of 2020 Kate was honored as a fellow of the prestigious Ivors Academy for songwriters and composers. Not to mention she's one of the most respected producers in the music industry. In 2014 she returned to the stage and sold out over 100,000 tickets in less than 15 minutes (a record for the Hammersmith Apollo). Her 22 performances were highly acclaimed and she became the first woman to have 8 albums in the top 40 charts at the same time (third behind only Elvis and The Beatles).
brilliant summing up i think the reference to don't give up and saving lives was maybe probably what Elton johns point was in saying she prob saved his life in the hour long BBC's The kate bush story documentary an hour long watch for me well spent, also i bet she became as good as a world famous top cook in her 12 year break to be with her family children ect i heard a comment some where she makes fabulous casseroles, any way congrats on a top comment
@@hermandadams Loved Kate's voice for years, but had no idea she could throw down a a world-class casserole too! Whole new level of respect.
Thank you for putting the brilliant Kate Bush into perspective! I'd forgotten or didn't know some of this.
What they said ^^^ 😂😂
That is an excellent summary of the genius that is Kate Bush.
Don’t stop here, this artist is absolutely fabulous. Her voice is wherever it needs to be. Give a listen to more of her music. I’d recommend “Babooshka”, or “Running up That Hill”, or “Army Dreamers” her message on war and in my opinion one of her best. So many unique and wonderful songs….GO NUTS with her music, you won’t regret the experience. Yes of course “Cloudbusting”, how could I forget.
Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill"
Kate Bush "Hounds Of Love"
Kate Bush "Cloudbursting"
Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up"
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You have to react to more of her music, she's insanely talented and brilliant
Army Dreamers is so good, great shout for that
I love Army Dreamers
Cloud bursting was based on an American book an autobiography buy the son of an amature scientist how he was persecuted to actuall death by the FBI, the video stared Donald southerland who played the father, Kate played the son its such an amazing emotional song as 70 year old man it allways breaks me to tears a bit,
She wrote this at the age of 15. It's about an obsessive love affair. She's dead and coming to haunt him. Is a very beautiful story and a beautiful song. Love Kate Bush. She's an artist.
As a musician I can say Kate Bush is a phenomenon. The song is based on the famous Emily Bronte story "Wuthering Heights " the ghost of Kathy is begging Heathcliffe her lover to let her into the house , hence the lyric's " Let me in , it's cold outside .🇬🇧
She as the same birthdate: 30th July
43 years later this song still stops people in their tracks on their first listen. Trust all the commenters, she is worth exploring, Kate is so damn creative. The song
is based on the book Wuthering Heights, she is a ghost haunting her lover Heathcliffe.
We were stationed in England when this came out. It always brings back good memories.
@@deborahk5792 Me too RAF Upper Heyford .... I own all her Albums!
@@jamesalexander5623 I lived at Heyford twice, graduated HS there, and lived at Woodbridge and Lakenheath. Best years ever!
She was an 18 year old girl when this was released, Kate Bush is a national treasure for us Brits. Withering heights is an ode to novel of the same name in which Kathy haunts Heathcliff her former lover, it's mostly told through flashbacks etc. Its been adapted to movie and tv. Tom Hardy was most recently Heathcliff I believe.
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour had a major role in launching her career.
19 and a half years old. She was born in June '58 and this was released in January '78. I was born in April '58, so this all makes me feel very old.
@@alanbeaumont4848 her birthday Friday 🤣so is mine🤣
she was born July 30 th
I think people forget that this song was first released in 1978, thats approx 43 years ago. And we are still reacting, listening , enjoying and talking about this song.
If you put a human witch fairy pixie unicorn in a blender you get Kate Bush. She's out of this world
The guitar solo at the end is also a masterpiece in it's own right. It sings the ghostly chorus, without words.
Yeah I totally agree, I always look forward to it when I hear the song.
Absolutely auto im a heavy rocker at heart but that solo for me is in my top 10 solos of all time!!!! Its perfection!!!
Her voice is one in a million, her talent is one in a million. She’s a genius. She puts one of the most famous novels” wuthering heights” in a song that captures the story perfectly.
“ This woman’s work” is definitely a must.
Definitely rarer than one in a million, up there with the great vocalists, like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Clair Tory , frank sonata and Freddy mercury.
“This Woman’s Work” YES!
React to Tori Amos ~ Caught A Lite Sneeze
You should react to Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel "don't give up"
This woman’s work is my favourite
This song is based on a book of the same name which Kate Bush was introduced to in her late teens ... So striped down to its most basic-elements, this is a song about a ghost who is in love with a living man. This song was released in January 1978. This was required reading in high school in English Lit. I remember reading the book & loved it.
Great explanation 👍
Kate and this song inspired me to read Wuthering Heights and I also loved the book. I crushed on Kate so much after watching this video on Much Music in 1978 as I appreciate unique and creative music and her beauty and many talents. Oh and her eyes!
Book of the same name?? That's funny, guess you're not English.
@@johnm9845 eh?
@@johnm9845 Yes, the book has the same name, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Beautiful book, beautiful song.
Most of us studied Wuthering Heights at school when she came out with this song. So we were astounded. Music videos were relatively new and we had never seen anything like this. She embodied Cathy's ghost wailing at the window endlessly searching for her Heathcliff.
She wrote this when she was 15!She is amazing 🎉🎉 Her live shows were incredible. She is an amazing dancer . Hugely creative .
No she wrote it when she was 19. Just before she was leaving in her first demo.
@@eden19966 The album came out when she was 19; I'm pretty sure she wrote it well before that.
@@rudewalrus5636 Actually no. She was assigned to write a hit song when she got the record contract and she wrote this song in 15minutes on spot. Record company was hesitant and did not like it, but she insisted and it became the major hit of this album.
I’m not aware of any musician who doesn’t revere Kate Bush. She’s in a league of her own.
Count me in. I'm a career musician and I adore Kate Bush. She is beyond brilliant.
I can think of a few hundred
Musicians that not respect Kate? Impossible! They are not musicians!
i love her
Even Prince was a huge fan and did some collaborations with her.
She's singing the role of a ghost ("let me into your window" and "it gets dark and lonely on the other side") from a famous 19th Century English novel. Kate Bush is very different but so so talented and satisfying. Give "Running Up That Hill," "Sensual World," "Woman's Work," and "And So Is Love" -- and her beautiful duet with Peter Gabriel, "Don't Give Up" a try.
I always loved Kate... good insights
Babushka?
yeah, 'dont give up' is beautiful.
The original black and white movie Wuthering Heights is the best .
The Man With The Child In His Eyes and Breathing, Breathing brought home to me as a child the real horror of the threat of nuclear war that we were all faced with back then, chills man, beautiful fearful chills.
I bought this record when it first came out. Loved it ever since. Kate Bush is one of a kind, no one like her will ever come on stage again.
This song is so haunting, it reminds me so much of the scene in Wuthering Heights the novel, where Cathy comes back from the dead and she is asking to be let in because it’s cold where she is, amazing novel and astonishing that the author was so young and had never been in love when she wrote it. Kate Bush wrote this song as a teenager, she was so unique and talented for one so young.
Kate Bush: “Running Up That Hill”…You’ll love it! (It’s not as “extreme.”)
And Dave Gilmour on guitar makes it even more perfect than perfect, one of my all time faves 💯😍
The reason she sings this way is because she is playing the role of a ghost, so the "ooooh!" is basically a banshee-like spirit haunting and terrifying someone (her scorned lover Heathcliff).
Listen to "Running Up That Hill." Her voice became much lower as she got older, but she also uses it differently in different songs to suit her subject matter.
And think about it. That high pitch is her NORMAL singing voice. When she is singing lower, she has to make an effort. Mind boggling. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nope,.,........Kate always prefers to sing from.high -.low..,........simply prefers a higher register..........
This! I was going to comment myself, I was looking for this comment. Correct ✨
She's impersonating a dead girl ghost coming back freezing cold from the grave knocking on her toxic ex-lovers window (at his house wuthering heights) to set things straight and grab his soul away... gives me chills and it's so mesmerizing as well
Out on the wily, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you, too
Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Ooh, it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream
My only master
Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Ooh, let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
Ooh, let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy
In 1978 this was a game changer ! She’s an absolute legend 🙏
I wished she'd come and get me.
@@Chapps1941😂 that's what I was thinking too! 😅
@@lindajasmine229
❤❤❤❤❤
When we first heard kate singing this in england we were mesmerised! Got to Number 1 in the charts we had never heard or seen such a performance! GREAT Dancer too!! ❤❤
Lyrics:
Out on the wily, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you, too
Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Ooh, it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream
My only master
Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Ooh, let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
Ooh, let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
🤩🤩🤩
To drastically oversimplify things, in the novel Wuthering Heights Catherine and Heathcliff grew up together but always loved each other, even after she married someone else. Catherine gets sick and dies and in despair Heathcliff calls on her ghost to haunt him forever. Sometimes he dreams (or is it a dream) that she's outside his window trying to get in.
So the lyrics go, "Heathcliff, it's me, your Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me intp your window"
....thanks for the cliff notes Clemdane, I always meant to read this novel because of this song..I always loved Kate. I really enjoyed "The Sensual World" from the 90s... back when music was good...what happened? She was sort of a "college radio artist" or "alternative music"... back when they meant something different than it does now
@@raymo6795 Yes, it's very dramatic and sometimes frustrating novel but definitely worth reading. I started to love Kate Bush sometime in college maybe 15 years after she first emerged and went through a period where I tried to listen to everything she had done. I still love a lot of her songs. I haven't really listened to modern music in the last 20 years or so.
@@raymo6795 Or is it...."Heathcliff notes" 🤔
@@knowhere60 lol
Based on the book by Emily Bronte, " Wuthering heights" was a huge hit for kate Bush.
The first time I saw this I rewatched it about 5 times- I was just awestruck. I felt so haunted, yet oddly enchanted by it. She's literally taking on the role of a ghost in this- her wailing voice, her movements, and her talking about possessing him and stealing his soul is so chilling. It's not necessarily something I'd listen to in the car, but the music paired with the video is a piece of art that I truly admire.
And as Suzy said, it’s based on a book of the same name, Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff and Kathy are childhood friends who through various circumstances become estranged. Both have hot tempers that make them pigheaded, hence the “Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely, on the other side from you” and her reference to “cruel Heathcliff”. Kathy dies at the end, with she and Heathcliff never reconciling, and he is so mad with grief, that every rainy or snowy night when the wind blows, he swears he can hear his beloved Kathy calling him “Heathcliff, it’s me, it’s Kathy, I’m so cold! Let me in your window” and he goes out searching for her everywhere until one really bad snowy night he dies
Spoiler Alert.
@@Derry_Aire Surely you are not going to get all that from a song if you have not read the book.
Its kind of chilling when you understand the context of the song.
@@rosemarywoolley8394 Exactly, hence the spoiler alert for the reply. It informs everyone of what happens in the book. It's not worth reading it now as I know what sort of relationship they had, who dies and when. There's even a weather report!
@@Derry_Aire Don't be silly it's a classic. Who doesn't know what happened in the classics unless you are 5years old.
Kate is A GENIUS. So talented and unique
She is terrible.
🤣
@ k wayne: you know nothing ...
she is brill 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@@KWayne6756 Stick to Harry Styles you clown.
Have always been amazed that KB was in her teens when she wrote this masterpiece
This is a case of Americans and Brits speaking the same language but Americans not understanding Brits! Basically, Kate Bush is playing the part of Kathy on the Brontë novel Wuthering Heights, and she seems to have returned home to her lover Heathcliffe.
Also check out Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" where Kate duets with Peter.
YES!!!!! One of my favorites!!!!
Absolutely they should do this one!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!
Ditto. Great tune!
100 times this
Kate Bush wrote this song when she was 16 - she’s a genius I love her so much ❤️
100%🎶❤😎
She’d been working on the song, thinking about it, from when she was fourteen - but yes, completed later.
Absolutely I loved this song from first hearing it, I love Kate Bush she is a genius! Xx
Your reactions are priceless! I laughed along with you so much! But yes, she is a supremely talented human being and I've been in love with her for decades now, so welcome to the bunch!
Amber just stunned into a stare all the way through this PMSL... love it!
Kate Bush's voice matured and got deeper as her career went on, but still a very beautiful tone that absolutely no other singer has been able to replicate. There's a good reason we don't hear Kate Bush cover songs by other artists. Like you said, she is one is a million. Thanks to David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) for introducing us to this musical genius.
The classically trained Opera singer from New Zealand Hayley Westernra did an amazing live version, with Deep Purple's Jon Lord on piano/keyboard!
Actually, one person managed to pretty much nail Kate's vocal style. Have a listen to Happy Rhodes. In here higher range, she's a dead ringer for Kate, while in her lower range she's in Rosie Vela/Karen Carpenter territory: ua-cam.com/video/WoNGpa9tJkg/v-deo.html
Kate Bush is a genius. Some of the most gorgeous songs ever written. The Man With the Child in his Eyes, was written when she was about 13 !!! This is based on the book Wuthering Heights.
@Joyce Gibbs. Just turned fourteen.
Kate sung this song in a higher register because she was portraying a ghost, IE Cathy from Wuthering Heights when she haunts Heathcliff, her lover. Her register is based on her haunghting from the moors. Its based on the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. An intelligent singer and songwriter who was just 18 when she wrote it.
She was 19 years old when she sang this guys. One of the most amazing artists ever .
Most Americans can’t handle Kate Bush. She is unique and a British national treasure. In this she’s playing a character from English literature. She’s dead and is singing her love from the grave. She’s a ghost. Read the lyrics. You should hear “Running Up that Hill” from Hounds of Love album. It’s her most accessible top 40 song.
I could only handle her in small doses. But I was a HUGE Tori Amos fan in high school (mid 90s) and I feel like she’s in kind of the same lane. Siouxsie Sioux as well, to a lesser extent.
Kate Bush has millions of American fans
I am one American who adores British literature and artists!
First time hearing?Poor human beings!!I am not asking if you read the book,I can see the answer on your faces..
It's bases on the book Wuthering Heights, and Cathy is a ghost
As a teenage Indiana boy in the 80s this was the first alt artist I fell in love with. Thank you Kate Bush for opening me up to REM, XTC,The Smiths, The Pixies, Talking Heads, Laurie Anderson, etc…. Thank you for being my introduction to quality music.
Kate Bush was instantly recognised as an upcoming talent by record label EMI, they gave her a 3 year patreonage (all expensese paid) so she could dedicate all her time to writing her first album. All songs became an instant hit and the gamble paid off extremely well for the record label. Great artist.
"The Man with the Child in his Eyes"
"Don't Give Up"
And she was like 15 when she wrote that...mind blowing.
@@antonytheolddog8626 She wrote "The Man with the Child in his Eyes" at 13 and recorded it at 16.
The first song is great.
Good call there for certain! Love them both.
Kate Bush is a genius, try "Cloudbusting" and "Running up that hill", however 100% you have to react to Kate and Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up" This song "Wuthering Heights" was her break out single and is probably a bit weird for a first introduction to this wonderful lady.
Yet this song was a big hit in England.
I disagree, to me this will ALWAYS be her signature song.
Every song i heard from her is totally different than her other ones. The definition of true artist
One of the most important female artist of all-time and also one of the greatest songwriters and performers. Influential as heck, she's been around since the late 70s, this was her first single.
A lot of people were irritated by the high-pitched vocals though, she recorded another vocal version later. But I still love this original one.
You really need to dive deep into Kate Bush, listen as much as you can she is a musical genius, listen to Hounds of love, Babooska, Army dreamers, This women’s work, running up that hill, Sat in your Lap, Hello earth, Mother stands for comfort, Breathing, The fog, Reaching out, Wow, The dreaming, Waking the Witch, sensual world, Experiment IV, Love and Anger, And dream of sheep, Rocket’s tail, Cloudbusting. So happy you found Kate Bush, you should also check out her version of Elton John’s song Rocket Man it’s an amazing cover, if you think this song is theatrical you need to do Babooska or Breathing next
Kate Bush. Y'all might have jumped in at the wrong point, she's very unusual & it takes a bit to "get" her music. Try "Cloudbusting", "This Woman's Work" or "Don't Give Up" with Peter Gabriel.
It's probably the best point this was her first record in 1978 she was only 17 I think great voice songwriter and dancer
This is exactly the right point to jump in. As this song was her debut in the music scene. Those of us who are old enough to have been there at the time, have had the absolute pleasure to see her career build and the quality of her music develop to incredible heights (pun intended). I would love these youngsters to experience the same by working their way through Kate's catalogue chronologically.
@@avanoosterhout8397 As a more casual Kate Bush listener, I found this to be less "accessable" than some of her later stuff. Not saying it isn't good, I worked my way backwards.
I agree with the others. This was her introduction to the world. Perfect place to start.
In the U.K this woman is a living legend...literally. Her back catalogue is an exercize in sheer talent. Her exercizing filled most young mens dreams as well!!
Having played this song for dozens of people in my life, I’ve seen people react like this many times in my life, and I never get sick of it.
"This Woman's Work" is by far her best, in my opinion.
Cathy was a ghost in Emily Bronte's famous novel, Wuthering Heights. Yes agree with all below, love all her songs, you will love her "This woman's work". Yes she is a genius, discovered at age 16, British artist
I was introduced to Kate in 1989 (not her personally). There is an incredible depth to her artistry. She is not just a a singer. She is a writer, composer, choreographer, and a performer . She hears the beat of her own drum, and her music is nearly impossible to duplicate- Pat Benatar covered this song and came close , and she’s trained in opera. ,
I am loving the current resurgence of Kate Bush's music. I have been a fan of her music/art since the 80s.
Kate is a unique one. She’s literally one of a kind, an anomaly. She writes all her songs, sings, plays many of the instruments and produces all her music. Also, later in, she started directing her videos.
As for more…Running Up That Hill is more accessible for new listeners.
This Woman’s Work will break your heart.
Babooshka and Sat In Your Lap will make you question reality.
All her music is great, but it’s very intellectual. It makes you think and question.
Also, her music is made to be listened to repeatedly with headphones. You will hear things and pick up on things you didn’t hear in the song before.
You were right about Running Up That Hill.
Though l love her music,........it certainly helped that she is very clever........and l suppose her beauty didn't harm this doctors daughter who.played in her local pub with her bruv's band.......
This Woman's Work moves me every time I listen to it, but I usually have to be in a certain mindset for it or it hits a bit too hard.
She’s a total genius. Hounds of love is the greatest album ever written. 10 studio albums to her name. So happy I live through this time and saw her live.
Kate is singing in this high register because it's her interpretation of how a ghost or spirit might sound. Cathy has come back to haunt her lover Heathcliff. Inspired by the book "Wuthering Heights" written in 1847 by English author Emily
Bronte.
you dont expect americans to have a read a book
@@paulhiggins1577 not only that, but this type of book as well, I doubt if ANY American's have ever read any of the British classics lol
@@paulhiggins1577 Some of us do :)
@@HolisticallyNish except niche!
@@paulhiggins1577 Wow. What an original comment. BTW, that was sarcasm.
I’m American and was practically born with a book in my hands. By the age of five, I was reading newspapers, encyclopedias, American and British Literature, etc.
I especially loved to read about other countries which, years later, helped me to earn a college scholarship.
Maybe one day you will learn not to generalize…
Kate is about 20 years old here, more amazing is that she wrote this song when she was probably 17 or 18.
Kate has a four octave voice. Listen to the album "The Hounds Of Love"
You have to do Peter Gabriel featuring Kate Bush - Don't Give Up. That is one of the most beautiful songs ever made and the official video is very touching. Those two have some of the best voices of the 80's and the song packs an emotional punch.
I was going to write the same thing. Such an emotional song.
Yes, I second this suggestion. It's a gorgeous song that pulls at your heart, and the video is beautiful. Real love.
You’re damn right:-)
In the UK at least, Kate Bush crashed onto the pop scene in the 70's and floored it. Nobody had ever heard anything like it! She became quite iconic at the time. And around 2 years ago, she decided to perform a concert - the first one for around 40 years - and it sold out in hours..... One of her songs - The Man With a Child In His Eyes is a really evocative song....... P.S. Correction. 75'000 tickets were sold in 15 minutes for Kate Bush's first concert in 37 years...... And yes, Kate Bush is a trained dancer and theatrical performer......
She created a whole dance as well to the story. Wuthering Heights is a place.
I always almost saw her dance as though she was a ghost or spirit lost in her love for a man named Heathcliffe.
"Ethereal" is how I would describe her voice. It's new to me, too!
Kate Bush is a goddess... Try “Don’t Give Up” a song she did with Peter Gabriel, and highly recommend you look at him as well, thanks for the reaction...❤️
Yeah recommended that too...lets hope they give it a go !
Yes please
This song helped me deal with depression...excise some demons of my own making. A somber and lovely song❤
That’s a good one
Peter's then wife was unhappy with that video.
I have literally everything she has recorded, either on record or on CD. Kate is a genre unto herself. So many outstanding, unique recordings.
I came across this song yesterday for the first time ever. It’s simply the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard. Previously my all time favourite is or was “ hallowed be thy name “ from Iron Maiden. We’ll see if this gem will stand the test of time but for now I’m totally blown away. The lyrics and story are just incredible . Her voice and emotional inflection is just incredible. Totally mesmerized
OMG! You're reacting to one of the most eclectic and original artists ever. When Kate Bush came on the scene, we fell in love. She's such a gem! Enjoy.
Kate is a siren , she sounds strange when U first hear her but her voice sinks into your mind and soul , before long you are mesmerised and lost in her beautiful voice .
Wuthering Heights was my fave book when I was young. Written by Emily Brontë in 1850’s. It is a love story for the ages. Very haunting. Heathcliff was the hunk everyone wanted even though he was always angry. Many movies made of this story. Kate Bush sings a haunting homage to Heathcliff, I love singing this song. There are people who meet annually around the world, all dressed in red and they dance in fields to Wuthering Heights. Look it up :)
Kate is a very special beautiful artist, her voice is soooo out of this world. Always loved her music.
Running up that hill is magnificent and cloud busting has a great video.
JAY You like John Travolta ... Now watch him dance in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER The song You should be Dancing , from 1977 , YOU WILL THANK ME , The Bee Gees sing it
The only Kate Bush singing I'm familiar with is her part in Peter Gabriel's song "Don't give up" which is a definitely must listen to song.
Second this! They need to do some Peter Gabriel too.
then you're not really qualified to comment!
I scrolled before posting the exact same thing. Don't Give Up has always been a favorite of mine, their voices together just evokes so much emotion
@@charliegeorge9393 Please fill me in on what the correct qualifications are for commenting, even better where was my comment incorrect.
@@traog try listening to more than one Kate Bush song.
I ADORE Kate Bush! I'm so excited!!!!!
She is 1 in a million, she is one of a kind!
This was written in a few hours after watching the ending of Wuthering Heights a novel by Emily Bronte . Kate was found by Dave Gilmore of Pink Floyd .you guys need to do the entire hounds of love Album .......Kate is pure class. I see some people here asking for this Womans work that is a good one too that was covered by Maxwell but Kate was the original and best
"watching" a novel? ;) : p :)
@@Codex7777 watching the ending of the movie adaptation of a novel dumbass
Kate Bush blew us all away in the late 70s early 80s. Her first album, "The Kick Inside", was revolutionary, and she was only a teenager at the time. She has a wide range of capabilities; Pink Floyd's David Gilmour was her mentor and impresario. So hard to judge her by any one song. (And there were no videos back then -- we judged the music by the music, not by the film...)
A teenage girl so affected by a book written in the 1850s (ish) she composes and performs a musical and visual masterpiece retelling the story 120(ish) years after the book was written. I mean it’s just unbelievable. Without Emily Brontë, we would'nt have this. I’ve never been so in awe of anything in my entire life and I’m old enough to remember this being released. Love you, Kate. *Wuthering
I actually came across the song having read the book. The book left a big impact on me and I was thinking about it weeks after having finished it - struggling to process the feelings it had stirred up in me. Then I stumbled across the song and it summed it all up while being incredibly catchy. It’s an addictive song. I blast it on repeat every time
That part "You know it's me, Cathy!" always makes me shiver. ALWAYS!
There is only ONE Kate Bush, love her music for almost 40 years !!!
Imagine, Kate Bush and Punk rock were on TV and in the charts at the same time. You can imagine all the boys loved her 😅
This song....STILL haunts me and I still LOVE it!!! Since it came out it has been n.1 for me. ❤❤❤
this song is a scene in the novel where "Cathy" returns as a ghost at the window trying to find "Heathcliff" her love wuthering heights is the name of the house
I think everyone was shocked when they first heard her , she is genuinely different and threw the rule book out the window, she got under your skin and before long she had a cult fan base that was obsessed, incredible, sexy, talented, unique lady
🎵🎶✨💜💜💜 So lucky to have grown up to this. I loved the music from my era 🙏🏾
Everyone reacts like that first time. Keep playing it and you will understand why it's one of the most wonderful songs ever.
Kate Bush is my all time favourite female artist, I had a boyhood crush on her when I first heard this song back in 78 ,I’m still crushing now,she is a true Genius🤘
THE Lady !!! One of the most complete artists ever, authentic, knowing what she wants and supported from her beginnings by David Gilmour - no need to say more, she's KATE ♥
Not quite. She was composing for a couple of years before Dave came along.
@@MrPercy112 Yes, she started playing Piano 5 years earlier and her family recorded a Demo with 50 tracks, that was turned down by any company. That's when David Gilmour, who received the Demo, started to support her and record a professional Demo with Kate when she was 16 yo. Due to this Demo - and the relations of Gilmour and his friend Andrew Powell (who later also produced the first 2 albums) - she was signed by Terry Slater (EMI).
So "from the beginning (of her career) seems to be absolutely appropriate :)
@Alexis Emi: you are entirely correct, of course. My apologies for inadequately expressing my meaning; you were right to admonish me. What I had meant to imply, but did not actually say 😕 was that Catherine had written a fair volume (quite literally) of her earlier, signature pieces, a couple or so years prior to her home-made demo. I should have said: her ‘pre-career preparation’ thereof. Respect. 👍
The hounds of love, cloudbusting, running up that hill. All classics. It’s all poetry.
Love love love love love