I’ve been listening to The Ninth Wave for nearly forty years and it never gets old! Kate will always be for me the most authentic and creative female artist out there.
This album is just something else. She is such a gem, and I love how absolutely dedicated she is to her craft. She is just unwaveringly creative and expressive, what a Queen.
It's nuts! If you listen to her interviews she seems so soft spoken and demure. Give her a mic and a decent band behind her and she'll conjure images of being an astronaut riddled with guilt as if she were responsible for a cyclone about to annihilate thousands. She isn't shy and she isn't particular. She is the most fearless artist, man or woman I have ever heard. And she's not finished.
This album is a piece of art. This might be my favorite Kate Bush album reaction! I've never seen someone being this mind-blown and it was so amazing to see. You have to react to all her albums! My favorite album is her 4th album, The Dreaming from 1982, it's the album before this one and it's even more ahead of its time! It's so experimental. From that album onwards she was the sole producer. She also has another concept suite on her 2005 album Aerial, it's my second favorite album, I'd love to see a reaction to that too! She performed both of these concept suites live in 2014 on her Before the Dawn shows!
No one like her before or since. One of the most strikingly original and important musical artists of the modern era. She is a total anomaly in her creativity…and I have heard them all. And she isn’t afraid to scale back and be selflessly subtle even though she probably knows she is a genius. Her music is a gift.
Nice thoughtful reaction/analysis. Kate was most often associated with the art pop/art rock/prog rock genres just to try fitting her somewhere but she was really her own genre. She is very special and did it all - singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, music revolutionary, producer, dancer, mime, choreographer, video director and innovator, visionary. Laughable that it has taken until 2023 for her to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, something she is clearly over qualified for. Debatable whether any other female artist, past or present, has come close to her. Didn’t really do mainstream and only did the one live tour back in 1979. Never toured the US and did not fit anywhere in America’s format driven radio network at that time. The fact that she was known at all in the US prior to the 1985 release of ‘Running Up That Hill’ owed much to college radio. ‘Jig of Life’ was an Irish jig and reel, not a sea shanty. A strong Celtic influence is often heard in Kate’s songs. She had an Irish mother who was an amateur Irish dancer, and she listened to a lot of English and Irish folk music that her two much older brothers were very much into when she was growing up. It is best to do some minimal research on a Kate Bush song for context before reacting to it. Going in blind is favoured by many reactors but Kate’s music is unique and often doesn’t follow traditional song structures or lyric writing. It can hit the ears in ways not expected, confusing the listener, which can get in the way of enjoying the song. Kate often writes from another person’s perspective and usually sings in character, supporting the story with appropriate accents, emotions and (with her singles) class-leading music videos. There is no one like her but she has inspired countless other artists to investigate new paths. As for other albums of hers to listen to, each brings something different. Her fourth album ‘The Dreaming’ is probably the one to do next - the first album that she sole produced and an album that is notorious for being highly experimental and known by many as her “non-commercial” album. And then perhaps her third album ‘Never Forever’, which was her first dive into production as Co-producer. Her first album ‘The Kick Inside’ was a great debut album of self-written songs released when she was 19. Remember this was 1978 and women didn’t do that kind of thing back then.
The sequence of songs from And Dream of Sheep until the end was written as a song sequence Kate called The Ninth Wave, about a woman lost at sea. My favourite album ever. Kate is a master of her art.
It really makes me mad that the music isn’t presented properly on streaming services, or online stores. The appreciation of the elements that comprise something like The Ninth Wave can only be enhanced when you know they are part of a larger suite. Not all reactors get that, and I don't blame them. It should be visually indicated on-screen.
Those backing vocals you liked so much on Cloudbusting - when I saw Kate in her London residency in 2014, Cloudbusting was the second encore and last song of the night, and at the end the whole audience was on their feet clapping and singing the backing vocals. A wonderful end to a fantastic concert. For the full beauty of Kate's voice listen to the songs "This Woman's Work" and "Moments of Pleasure".
Sorry, this comment is going to be too long... I've watched (too) many reaction videos recently, and that's the one I've enjoyed the most because it's the closest one to my own reaction to that album when I was about your age back in 1985. You took me right back to my large shared student room in Edinburgh Southside, my hair was like yours (and is long once again after a career of being short!) The difference is that I had been a mahoosive Kate Bush fan since the first time I hear her in 1978, and that was 7 long years of build-up to the day I ran down to the record shop and bought the album and ran back up to the flat to play it all day long. My memories of that afternoon are a bit hazy shall we say, but I do remember by mid-afternoon at least 20 people draped all over the room (it was an eagerly-anticipated day) and I was industrially skinning up cigarettes on the album cover sitting on the floor with the headphones on (they were very demanding)... I think I had a mild psychotic episode during Under Ice one time round, I thought it was actually me under the ice, but it passed... people were generally reacting like you just did, it was mind-blowing, and remember, we hadn't heard anything past 1985 at that point, this was an album from the future. I can assure you too, the pleasure lasts, it sounded just as good there as it did 38 years ago, and I hope it opens her up for you, she's a true artist, one of the very few... thanks for the reaction, it really took me there. Oh and don't forget to watch the videos too, she's very visual, and beautiful, all 4 singles from the 1st side are good. Enjoy your trip, and it is a trip.
To put it in simple terms Kate Bush is a musical genius. Welcome into world of that nice English lady who gave us "Running Up That Hill" and has also given us a whole other world all her own! Some people restrict themselves to trying out her singles or official videos as an introduction to her music and that is great. But when they do they sometimes find such a diverse, and array of styles and moods that they cannot really get to grips as to what her 'sound' or genre really are. To really get to grips with her music the best thing is to go to her albums and 'Hounds of Love' is as good a place to start as any - it is just about perfect after all. But if you turn to her albums you will quickly discover that throughout her career she set out to make each album different from what she did beforehand. You will find too that she is utterly uncompromising in what she does with her music - she makes the music she wants to make and we have to decide to either like it or not. She is VERY bold, experimental, and risk-taking in the sounds, subject matter, vocal style, arrangements and pairing of musical instruments that she chooses. She will take you to very dark places in very dark subjects but do so with incredible tenderness and beauty, but at the same time she will shock or disturb you in a very matter of fact way. She writes songs dealing ghosts, monsters, aliens, nuclear holocaust, mourning, incest, pregnancy, suicide, seances, menstruation, sex in all of its facets, religion, philosophy, reincarnation, snowflakes, revenge, murder, birdsong, civilization, demon possession, hauntings, the beauty of the male body, and fairy tales. She writes songs inspired by movies, books, TV programmes, poems, folklore, horror stories - from Emily Bronte, Stephen King, to Kubrick, to Hitchcock, to Truffaut, to Tennyson, and Shakespeare. She will give you songs in Irish and French. She has a beautiful and wonderful singing voice (just check out 'Reaching Out' or 'This Woman's Work') but she deliberately muddies it is or gnarls it in order to suit the song - she even sings songs in an Irish, or Cockney, Or Australian accent. She did her first tour 'The Tour of Life' in 1979 and in the process completely revolutionized the way that tours were done (and caused the creation of the head mic as part of that), and proceeded to not do another tour for over 35 years (tickets for those 2014, twenty two night run of concerts sold out in 15 minutes)! On her third album she was named as co-producer and after that she went to produce all of her albums herself with the result that basically she owns every single note and beat and sound on her music. She is, simply put, out on her own: John Lennon had one of her songs on his personal playlist just before he was killed; Jimmy Page is a fan, as was Prince, as is Bjork as is even John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols).
Best summing-up ever, but you missed out the bit about her singing Pi to 78 decimal places... then from the 101st to 137th, and still managing to make it sound musical.
If you like "The Ninth Wave" part of this album? Check out "A Sky Of Honey" off "Aerial". Sge really is just on another level. Great rock songs, great pop songs, great ballads and then the concepts. Another idea might be to react to "The Ninth Wave" live off her "Before The Dawn" live album from her 2014 concert. That had to have been a mindblowing concert.
You certainly couldn't go wrong if you listened to her albums in release order, so you can see how she developed as an artist. Kate has been fearless from the very start of her music career, starting with her fught with her record company to get "Wuthering Heights" released as her debut single and some of the subjects covered in her debut album "The Kick Inside", which also included a song written when she was 13 years old. By her late teens Kate had written about 200 songs, she had been writing them from when she was 11, adding more complex lyrics when aged 13.
I love it, when i watch a first time listen to Kate Bush , i know i'm gonna see a comment of you Leslie and i love it!!😊 i feel so lonely sometimes with my love for Kate...but the comments in here makes me feel less alone! Love you Kate lovers!!!❤
Kate was one of the first to use the Fairlight and she got really excited by it, she built a home studio and took 2 years out.This album was the result. She was a pioneer on so many levels.
It was truly wonderful watching you explore this album. Kate has been a creative and emotional touchstone for me my entire adult life. Hearing this album for the first time in my late teens just blew my mind and ever since it's never lost its ability to inspire my imagination and bring up deep feelings. As others have said, it's a masterpiece and she's a lyrical, vocal and compositional virtuoso.
I remember when the hounds of love came out and i played the ninth wave in a dark room with just one candle burning, wearing headphones. It was mind expanding!!! The dreaming and never forever albums also so experimental and brilliant.!!
I hope this doesn’t come across weird but you are SO cute when you listen to music. I love that we can see how much you’re enjoying the song, it really makes me smile!
best reaction to this album i've ever seen!! when i first heard this album, i was mind-blown. i had a hand clasped to my mouth basically the entire time and nearly cried just at the pure beauty of it. i was stunned. i've never seen anyone have that same reaction, so it's great to see someone who seems similarly taken aback in the best way possible!!! i'd recommend you listen to the dreaming by her -- it's her fourth album and even more experimental than this one. it's slightly less accessible, so be wary going in, but keep an open mind because it's another absolutely breathtaking album. thanks for this reaction!
32:23 This is exactly why it's really important to *listen* to some albums rather than just pick and choose from tracks. Try her Arial album (2005), the second CD, "A Sky of Honey" is a similar concept album intended as a single 42 minute track.
I am so impressed with your reaction. You nailed the storyline of the Ninth Wave. Hello Earth also my favourite song on this timeless album. Kate's 1982 album The Dreaming is probably the one I would recommend next, though it is far from accessible, very experimental, but you seem to enjoy that aspect of her music!
This is embarrasing, but im almost in tears watching this. I can live vicariusly through you the first time i heard this album back when it came out. You made this old farts day so much better!!!
you should check out the bonus tracks for this album. burning bridge, my lagan love, be kind to my mistakes but ESPECIALLY Under the Ivy which is one of the most beautiful songs ever. its mindblowing to me that its a bonus track
So happy you did this reaction. Loved it. I highly recommend Aerial she released in 2005. It also has the "one half just songs second half being a suite" concept. Took her almost a decade to complete it.
I love watching people hear this album for the first time. This is great. The Big Sky is such a masterpiece. Kate speaking to all those who didn't understand her desire to experiment and be herself in her music. She looked at the big sky while they looked down at the ground. :)
The Ninth Wave - 1- Lost at sea, struggling to stay awake, but wanting to sleep 2 - Dreaming that she sees herself drowning 3 - hallucinating about a past life as a witch being 'tested' 4 - Frustrated that she can't tell her family what is happening 5 - Her future self begging her to survive so that the future self can live too 6 - OOB experience? looking at earth and herself from space 7 - rescued and appreciating life and family more than ever
Kate Bush is my favorite artist. Did you know that this album is entirely written and produced by her alone? as well as several others in her discography. your reaction is probably my favorite from this album, I can't wait to see your reaction to the album "the dreaming", I hope you do.
Kate Bush is quite literally, the best thing since sliced bread. And I really love sliced bread. Also, if you think this is good - you should try The Dreaming.
Glad you are discovering Kate Bush. Thos is actually 2 albums in one. Side A) The Hounds of Love and Side B) The Ninth Wave (her conceptual story of a woman lost out in sea and her survial which each song expresses a different moment of this survival.) Great, great review you did!
Empty Homes in Blue Light is so good dude! Really love what you guys are doing, in particular the track Disjointed Words, LOVE THAT SONG. The horns at the end are so so gorgeous. Also, is that you on vocals on a few songs? It sounds like you, but I wasn’t 100% sure. If it is, you have a really nice voice!
I personally slip in a UA-cam playing of Burning Bridge just after Cloudbusting and before And Dream of Sheep. In my opinion, this makes Side One absolutely complete and perfect. Then, at the very end of the album, I play (again from UA-cam) Kate's rendition of My Lagan Love. For me, these two additions make a "Super Deluxe" version of this masterpiece of an album. (BTW, these extra songs were among the bonus track offerings on the 1997 CD release of Hounds of Love - which is why I consider them appropriate extras).
I enjoyed your reaction very much, your head being blown up so many times while listening to this masterpiece conforms that you are very musical smart and deep young man and i bet your music is too. Kate Bush created her music for people like you, and me :) i've been lucky enough to enjoy her magical music for 36 years now and it's still as fresh and mind blowing today as it was back then.
I remember when the album was released The Ninth Wave was the second side of the record which made it distinct from the first side. As you say so, so cool. Great reaction.
This album came to me as a gift from a friend on its release and it took several listens I admit but when its breathtaking nature swept me up there was no looking back. Your reactions were very cool and you certainly caught on a lot quicker than I did at your age. One thing I'll add is the process that led to the creative juggernaut that is Hounds of Love had its genesis in the experimental album that preceded it, The Dreaming, and once I fully took The Dreaming in it just added another layer of understanding and appreciation and love for Hounds of Love.
Hey, your bands debut album is fire : ) Hounds Of Love is fire as well. I didn't know you also make music yourself, that's cool. Definitely keep it up! Midnight Session is also a memorable name. What instrument do you play on that record btw? Kate is so unique, every album of hers has a different sound and style. Hounds of Love is probably her most diverse album. Hit single material next to irish folk music and piano ballads. I always wanted someone to react to the full album, as most people just seem to react to one or two songs from that album, but especially with the second side of this album, I think it works better as a whole experience. I'm just so excited because I released my debut album a few days ago as well. It's so encouraging that so many people are now releasing their music by uploading it on Spotify or Bandcamp or posting it on UA-cam. Like, there are no boundaries. You can just make what you want and put it out without the need of getting a contract with a music label first. I started doing my own music after I found out another music reaction guy released his own music. Now after listening to Midnight Session I have a new goal - I want to be in a band...
Hey thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed and I appreciate you for listening :) I go between bass, guitar and some vocals every now and then mostly! Also super awesome to hear you released your debut too homie, congrats! It’s a wonderful feeling to put out music you’re proud of :))
@@snowy6301 Yes it is! I'm currently struggeling with trying to understand how to start my first year at university - German bureaucracy I guess. It feels like I'm the only dumb guy who doesn't understand how it works. Making and creating something that I'm proud of is helping in this special case as well. Music can be so liberating : )
Oh how i wish to listen to this album again for the first time! Its such an amazing journey she takes you on! Such a joy to see you enjoy it so much! ❤ there's no one like Kate!!
I love this album so much. I always felt like Running Up That Hill was an odd way to start this album. It is her most popular track, but it's still great though I do prefer her less accessible tracks from this album. She is so theatrical in her delivery, composition, and overall sound in very much a Kate way. I always appreciate artists whose voice and sound is so unique you couldn't mistake them for *anyone* else though it's not a requirement. Anyway, glad you're enjoying this one. I'm partway through watching and can't wait to see what you think about the Ninth Wave 😄
Okay, I finally finished up the video. I knew you'd love it, especially the Ninth Wave! One day I was riding the train on the way home from work and listening to this album on my iPod. "Waking the Witch" came on and scared me awake 🤣 I almost immediately realized it was just the song, but for a millisecond I really felt like some rando on the train was telling me to wake up 😂
While "Hounds of Love" is a masterpiece, it's not my favorite Kate Bush album. "The Ninth Wave" (Side 2) however, is my favorite side of Kate Bush's brilliant catalog. It's EVERYTHING Kate is wrapped into one glorious suite. (For the record: "THE DREAMING" is my favorite album... it's her most unusual and adventurous album, but not everyone's with her on that.) THE NINTH WAVE never fails to move me. That final, beautiful moment (The Morning Fog) hits so emotionally hard... much like "No Surprises" on RADIOHEAD'S "OK Computer" there's this moment of musical beauty that transcends everything. It's amazing... and since you get it... you should work your way backward to her earlier albums (particularly "THE DREAMING" and "NEVER FOR EVER." Great stuff! ... and if you want some brilliant concept albums: GRANDADDY "The Sophtware Slump", THE DELGADOS "Hate," and PETER GABRIEL (Kate's Art Pop accomplice) led GENESIS "THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY" (which is a total trip...).
So fun watching you get The Ninth Wave, it is truly a masterpiece. She wanted to release the album with two titles, Hounds of Love and The Ninth Wave, but EMI wouid not allow it!! LOL After The Dreaming, she was being pressured to go more commercial and she refused at first...but then she had a plan... A wonderful awful plan.. She would split the pie in two and give the record company their half (Hounds) and for the second half she would pull out the stops and do her own thing!! Incredible that they got the charting singles that they wanted AND she got what she wanted with The Ninth Wave! Has that EVER happened before or since with any artist? Splitting it right down the middle like that? And succeeding wildly?
That's David Gilmour playing guitar on 'The Big Sky' The term 'genius' is often overused noweverdays, but in the context of Kate Bush it's truly an understatement. A Sky of Honey (Aerial - Side B)' is a must listen! it's totally outstanding!!!!! Another true musical genius I'd like to suggest is Mike Oldfield - start with Tubular Bells ('73 - one of the albums that literally changed the course of modern music on it's release)👍😉
@@JonseyWales Thanks. I'm a bit of a trivia nerd for musicians I like. Pete Townsend also backed her up at the Prince's Trust Concert on "Wedding List".
I imagine you are already familiar with Pink Floyd, but on the small chance you are not a couple of their concept albums would blow your mind. Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall...
This is the BEST music reaction I've EVER watched anywhere ❤ I was close to tears and smiling like an idiot the whole time. Hounds of Love is an album I have loved since 1985...it's a journey, an experience which truly has no words.
Hounds of Love is a masterpiece. So loved hearing and seeing your reactions, particularly to the Ninth Wave. If you haven’t listened, please do a reaction to This Woman’s Work. Again it’s just on another level.
Gilmour on guitar is so ace. She was surrounded by utterly phenomenal musicians and she knew how to write for them. Flawless production and engineering. Pure Genius.
Thank you so much for reacting to this!!!! Kate Bush is my favorite weirdo 🫰😍😍😍 I'm so sorry you lost some of your files, or whatever, in the storm ironically listening to a storm. I wish I could give you way more but I want to give you something. And please, if you haven't yet, do a reaction to The Dreaming Album. Sooooooo fucking strange!!! I'm trying to find a link to give you some money 🤑
There is no one else like her and I love to see the younger generation falling in love with her genius. She really does not have a bad album but maybe listen to The Dreaming next and from her more recent work (even though released in 2005) 'Aerial' which is absolutely beautiful ❤
Not sure if you will read this but I was obsessed with the second half of this album, which is about her best friend who she watched drown when they were kids, I loved listening to this before I fell asleep.
Thanks for your video. I wonder if it's meaning is a kind of secular baptism. The first half of the album is about emotions, relationships, joy and life. The second is the story of a drowning woman but also a metaphor of near death, rescue and rebirth. A second chance. The beauty of Kate Bush is the layers and the personal interpretations and meanings. She is a genius and her work is beautiful, often fun, serious and light-hearted. Listen to her other work. I love that her albums are conceptual and she often returns to themes on different across her music.
OK the second half of the album is a suite. Telling the story of a girl lost at sea and almost drowning before being rescued at the end. Some parts you may not care for and others you will love. For me the Jig of Life is my fave and the last song which is just too short. It could have gone on for another 5 minutes as far as I'm concerned.
I suggest you react to Kate's "evil" sister, Nina Hagen, specifically her album Nunsexmonkrock. Some people say she sounds like Kate Bush was possesed and this album is the most unhinged use of human voice ever put on record. I don't see this album as evil, but more like the wrath of angels in ecstasy. It's one of those albums that you madly love or hate, no room for middle ground. It's also an album of the early 80's but it's not so easy to date.
@@PedroGuerreiro-fq3my Same. I guess this was also a traumatic experience for the record label because they paired her up with Giorgio Moroder on the next album.
If you like this, there are a couple of quite obscure Finnish albums with very similar vibes (especially to the second half), which I highly recommend: Hyväile minua pimeä tähti by Eleanoora Rosenholm, and Ilmatar by Värttinä. They are both all in Finnish, but that just makes them more mysterious and disorienting (I don’t speak it myself, and not being able to understand is not a problem).
You should really listen to her album The Sensual World (1989) I think its less weird but its really lovely and dreamy and for me there are no skippable songs.
Nice reaction. You understood the concept really well considering it was the first listen. I haven't. My favourite track is Hello Earth. The least favourite Big Sky. My suggestion is her 1989 album The Sensual World.
I’ve been listening to The Ninth Wave for nearly forty years and it never gets old! Kate will always be for me the most authentic and creative female artist out there.
This album is just something else. She is such a gem, and I love how absolutely dedicated she is to her craft. She is just unwaveringly creative and expressive, what a Queen.
A masterpiece. Love to see Kate FINALLY getting recognition in the US. I also love your thoughtful and sincere reactions.
It's nuts! If you listen to her interviews she seems so soft spoken and demure. Give her a mic and a decent band behind her and she'll conjure images of being an astronaut riddled with guilt as if she were responsible for a cyclone about to annihilate thousands.
She isn't shy and she isn't particular. She is the most fearless artist, man or woman I have ever heard.
And she's not finished.
This album is a piece of art. This might be my favorite Kate Bush album reaction! I've never seen someone being this mind-blown and it was so amazing to see. You have to react to all her albums! My favorite album is her 4th album, The Dreaming from 1982, it's the album before this one and it's even more ahead of its time! It's so experimental. From that album onwards she was the sole producer. She also has another concept suite on her 2005 album Aerial, it's my second favorite album, I'd love to see a reaction to that too! She performed both of these concept suites live in 2014 on her Before the Dawn shows!
No one like her before or since. One of the most strikingly original and important musical artists of the modern era. She is a total anomaly in her creativity…and I have heard them all. And she isn’t afraid to scale back and be selflessly subtle even though she probably knows she is a genius. Her music is a gift.
You must check out The Dreaming. A exceptionally unique album experience. Not conceptual, yet distinctly Kate.
Nice thoughtful reaction/analysis. Kate was most often associated with the art pop/art rock/prog rock genres just to try fitting her somewhere but she was really her own genre. She is very special and did it all - singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, music revolutionary, producer, dancer, mime, choreographer, video director and innovator, visionary. Laughable that it has taken until 2023 for her to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, something she is clearly over qualified for. Debatable whether any other female artist, past or present, has come close to her. Didn’t really do mainstream and only did the one live tour back in 1979. Never toured the US and did not fit anywhere in America’s format driven radio network at that time. The fact that she was known at all in the US prior to the 1985 release of ‘Running Up That Hill’ owed much to college radio.
‘Jig of Life’ was an Irish jig and reel, not a sea shanty. A strong Celtic influence is often heard in Kate’s songs. She had an Irish mother who was an amateur Irish dancer, and she listened to a lot of English and Irish folk music that her two much older brothers were very much into when she was growing up.
It is best to do some minimal research on a Kate Bush song for context before reacting to it. Going in blind is favoured by many reactors but Kate’s music is unique and often doesn’t follow traditional song structures or lyric writing. It can hit the ears in ways not expected, confusing the listener, which can get in the way of enjoying the song. Kate often writes from another person’s perspective and usually sings in character, supporting the story with appropriate accents, emotions and (with her singles) class-leading music videos. There is no one like her but she has inspired countless other artists to investigate new paths.
As for other albums of hers to listen to, each brings something different. Her fourth album ‘The Dreaming’ is probably the one to do next - the first album that she sole produced and an album that is notorious for being highly experimental and known by many as her “non-commercial” album. And then perhaps her third album ‘Never Forever’, which was her first dive into production as Co-producer. Her first album ‘The Kick Inside’ was a great debut album of self-written songs released when she was 19. Remember this was 1978 and women didn’t do that kind of thing back then.
Kate Bush is a siren or a wicca, no one like her!
pure genius
dig into his music, it's magical
I love to see you falling in love with Kate Bushs Music .. All her Albums are brilliant. She has strong impact
The sequence of songs from And Dream of Sheep until the end was written as a song sequence Kate called The Ninth Wave, about a woman lost at sea.
My favourite album ever. Kate is a master of her art.
It really makes me mad that the music isn’t presented properly on streaming services, or online stores. The appreciation of the elements that comprise something like The Ninth Wave can only be enhanced when you know they are part of a larger suite. Not all reactors get that, and I don't blame them. It should be visually indicated on-screen.
Those backing vocals you liked so much on Cloudbusting - when I saw Kate in her London residency in 2014, Cloudbusting was the second encore and last song of the night, and at the end the whole audience was on their feet clapping and singing the backing vocals. A wonderful end to a fantastic concert.
For the full beauty of Kate's voice listen to the songs "This Woman's Work" and "Moments of Pleasure".
Sorry, this comment is going to be too long... I've watched (too) many reaction videos recently, and that's the one I've enjoyed the most because it's the closest one to my own reaction to that album when I was about your age back in 1985. You took me right back to my large shared student room in Edinburgh Southside, my hair was like yours (and is long once again after a career of being short!) The difference is that I had been a mahoosive Kate Bush fan since the first time I hear her in 1978, and that was 7 long years of build-up to the day I ran down to the record shop and bought the album and ran back up to the flat to play it all day long. My memories of that afternoon are a bit hazy shall we say, but I do remember by mid-afternoon at least 20 people draped all over the room (it was an eagerly-anticipated day) and I was industrially skinning up cigarettes on the album cover sitting on the floor with the headphones on (they were very demanding)... I think I had a mild psychotic episode during Under Ice one time round, I thought it was actually me under the ice, but it passed... people were generally reacting like you just did, it was mind-blowing, and remember, we hadn't heard anything past 1985 at that point, this was an album from the future. I can assure you too, the pleasure lasts, it sounded just as good there as it did 38 years ago, and I hope it opens her up for you, she's a true artist, one of the very few... thanks for the reaction, it really took me there.
Oh and don't forget to watch the videos too, she's very visual, and beautiful, all 4 singles from the 1st side are good.
Enjoy your trip, and it is a trip.
To put it in simple terms Kate Bush is a musical genius. Welcome into world of that nice English lady who gave us "Running Up That Hill" and has also given us a whole other world all her own!
Some people restrict themselves to trying out her singles or official videos as an introduction to her music and that is great. But when they do they sometimes find such a diverse, and array of styles and moods that they cannot really get to grips as to what her 'sound' or genre really are.
To really get to grips with her music the best thing is to go to her albums and 'Hounds of Love' is as good a place to start as any - it is just about perfect after all. But if you turn to her albums you will quickly discover that throughout her career she set out to make each album different from what she did beforehand. You will find too that she is utterly uncompromising in what she does with her music - she makes the music she wants to make and we have to decide to either like it or not. She is VERY bold, experimental, and risk-taking in the sounds, subject matter, vocal style, arrangements and pairing of musical instruments that she chooses. She will take you to very dark places in very dark subjects but do so with incredible tenderness and beauty, but at the same time she will shock or disturb you in a very matter of fact way. She writes songs dealing ghosts, monsters, aliens, nuclear holocaust, mourning, incest, pregnancy, suicide, seances, menstruation, sex in all of its facets, religion, philosophy, reincarnation, snowflakes, revenge, murder, birdsong, civilization, demon possession, hauntings, the beauty of the male body, and fairy tales. She writes songs inspired by movies, books, TV programmes, poems, folklore, horror stories - from Emily Bronte, Stephen King, to Kubrick, to Hitchcock, to Truffaut, to Tennyson, and Shakespeare. She will give you songs in Irish and French.
She has a beautiful and wonderful singing voice (just check out 'Reaching Out' or 'This Woman's Work') but she deliberately muddies it is or gnarls it in order to suit the song - she even sings songs in an Irish, or Cockney, Or Australian accent.
She did her first tour 'The Tour of Life' in 1979 and in the process completely revolutionized the way that tours were done (and caused the creation of the head mic as part of that), and proceeded to not do another tour for over 35 years (tickets for those 2014, twenty two night run of concerts sold out in 15 minutes)!
On her third album she was named as co-producer and after that she went to produce all of her albums herself with the result that basically she owns every single note and beat and sound on her music.
She is, simply put, out on her own: John Lennon had one of her songs on his personal playlist just before he was killed; Jimmy Page is a fan, as was Prince, as is Bjork as is even John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols).
Best summing-up ever, but you missed out the bit about her singing Pi to 78 decimal places... then from the 101st to 137th, and still managing to make it sound musical.
Thank you, both. 🙏
If you like "The Ninth Wave" part of this album? Check out "A Sky Of Honey" off "Aerial". Sge really is just on another level. Great rock songs, great pop songs, great ballads and then the concepts. Another idea might be to react to "The Ninth Wave" live off her "Before The Dawn" live album from her 2014 concert. That had to have been a mindblowing concert.
You certainly couldn't go wrong if you listened to her albums in release order, so you can see how she developed as an artist.
Kate has been fearless from the very start of her music career, starting with her fught with her record company to get "Wuthering Heights" released as her debut single and some of the subjects covered in her debut album "The Kick Inside", which also included a song written when she was 13 years old.
By her late teens Kate had written about 200 songs, she had been writing them from when she was 11, adding more complex lyrics when aged 13.
I love it, when i watch a first time listen to Kate Bush , i know i'm gonna see a comment of you Leslie and i love it!!😊 i feel so lonely sometimes with my love for Kate...but the comments in here makes me feel less alone!
Love you Kate lovers!!!❤
Kate was one of the first to use the Fairlight and she got really excited by it, she built a home studio and took 2 years out.This album was the result. She was a pioneer on so many levels.
It was truly wonderful watching you explore this album. Kate has been a creative and emotional touchstone for me my entire adult life. Hearing this album for the first time in my late teens just blew my mind and ever since it's never lost its ability to inspire my imagination and bring up deep feelings. As others have said, it's a masterpiece and she's a lyrical, vocal and compositional virtuoso.
I remember when the hounds of love came out and i played the ninth wave in a dark room with just one candle burning, wearing headphones. It was mind expanding!!! The dreaming and never forever albums also so experimental and brilliant.!!
I hope this doesn’t come across weird but you are SO cute when you listen to music. I love that we can see how much you’re enjoying the song, it really makes me smile!
best reaction to this album i've ever seen!! when i first heard this album, i was mind-blown. i had a hand clasped to my mouth basically the entire time and nearly cried just at the pure beauty of it. i was stunned. i've never seen anyone have that same reaction, so it's great to see someone who seems similarly taken aback in the best way possible!!! i'd recommend you listen to the dreaming by her -- it's her fourth album and even more experimental than this one. it's slightly less accessible, so be wary going in, but keep an open mind because it's another absolutely breathtaking album. thanks for this reaction!
I listened to it almost 40 years ago, and I'm still in love with Kate
YESSSSSS!!! BEYOND GOATED ALBUM such a good pick man
32:23 This is exactly why it's really important to *listen* to some albums rather than just pick and choose from tracks. Try her Arial album (2005), the second CD, "A Sky of Honey" is a similar concept album intended as a single 42 minute track.
Great reaction! Aslo recommend Kate Bush's The Dreaming and Never For Ever, they are also full of similar bangers
I am so impressed with your reaction. You nailed the storyline of the Ninth Wave. Hello Earth also my favourite song on this timeless album. Kate's 1982 album The Dreaming is probably the one I would recommend next, though it is far from accessible, very experimental, but you seem to enjoy that aspect of her music!
Hello Earth is not just my favourite kate bush song but one of my favourite songs ever
Love your reaction to this album, and Kate Bush in general. Have loved her since the early 80’s. There is nobody like her. A true genius and artist.
This is embarrasing, but im almost in tears watching this. I can live vicariusly through you the first time i heard this album back when it came out.
You made this old farts day so much better!!!
I didn't want to say, but, same...
Amen!
Not embarrassing at all. It's heartwarming to see someone his age loving this album.
So nice to see younger people get in to kate and appreciate her genius what a rabbit hole you have to go down
you should check out the bonus tracks for this album. burning bridge, my lagan love, be kind to my mistakes but ESPECIALLY Under the Ivy which is one of the most beautiful songs ever. its mindblowing to me that its a bonus track
Wonderful album. Love your reaction 🎹🥁
So happy you did this reaction. Loved it. I highly recommend Aerial she released in 2005. It also has the "one half just songs second half being a suite" concept. Took her almost a decade to complete it.
I love watching people hear this album for the first time. This is great. The Big Sky is such a masterpiece. Kate speaking to all those who didn't understand her desire to experiment and be herself in her music. She looked at the big sky while they looked down at the ground. :)
Who needs drugs when we have Kate. Your Hello Earth reaction was the best. Thank you!!
Loved your reaction Snowy😅 I think I reacted the same way when I first heard it nearly 40 years ago!
Also her live album 'Before the dawn' is excellent!!! Love your reactions to her music!!
The Ninth Wave - 1- Lost at sea, struggling to stay awake, but wanting to sleep
2 - Dreaming that she sees herself drowning
3 - hallucinating about a past life as a witch being 'tested'
4 - Frustrated that she can't tell her family what is happening
5 - Her future self begging her to survive so that the future self can live too
6 - OOB experience? looking at earth and herself from space
7 - rescued and appreciating life and family more than ever
Yes exactly!
Such a great reaction. Love it. You'll like The Dreaming, you'll like a lot of her stuff.
Kate Bush is my favorite artist. Did you know that this album is entirely written and produced by her alone? as well as several others in her discography. your reaction is probably my favorite from this album, I can't wait to see your reaction to the album "the dreaming", I hope you do.
Kate Bush is quite literally, the best thing since sliced bread. And I really love sliced bread. Also, if you think this is good - you should try The Dreaming.
Best reaction ive seen to this Kate masterpiece.
Next kate reaction should DEFINITELY be the dreaming
Glad you are discovering Kate Bush. Thos is actually 2 albums in one. Side A) The Hounds of Love and Side B) The Ninth Wave (her conceptual story of a woman lost out in sea and her survial which each song expresses a different moment of this survival.) Great, great review you did!
I love your reactions! Never stop being you! Your way of expressing yourself and editing these videos are such a joy to share with you! Thank you!
My compliments for choosing and liking my all time favorite!!
Empty Homes in Blue Light is so good dude! Really love what you guys are doing, in particular the track Disjointed Words, LOVE THAT SONG. The horns at the end are so so gorgeous. Also, is that you on vocals on a few songs? It sounds like you, but I wasn’t 100% sure. If it is, you have a really nice voice!
AYY I appreciate that so much!! Seriously so happy you like it, and yep you got it right, that’s me! Thank you sm :))
In my Top 10 albums of all time. Sheer Brilliance.
I personally slip in a UA-cam playing of Burning Bridge just after Cloudbusting and before And Dream of Sheep. In my opinion, this makes Side One absolutely complete and perfect. Then, at the very end of the album, I play (again from UA-cam) Kate's rendition of My Lagan Love. For me, these two additions make a "Super Deluxe" version of this masterpiece of an album. (BTW, these extra songs were among the bonus track offerings on the 1997 CD release of Hounds of Love - which is why I consider them appropriate extras).
Can’t tell you how much I enjoyed your reaction to one of my favourite albums. You’re as gobsmacked as I was on first listen.
Masterpiece.
The Ninth Wave is genius … enjoy!
I enjoyed your reaction very much, your head being blown up so many times while listening to this masterpiece conforms that you are very musical smart and deep young man and i bet your music is too. Kate Bush created her music for people like you, and me :) i've been lucky enough to enjoy her magical music for 36 years now and it's still as fresh and mind blowing today as it was back then.
any album by her is more than worth listening to!
I remember when the album was released The Ninth Wave was the second side of the record which made it distinct from the first side. As you say so, so cool. Great reaction.
Such a joy watching you enjoying it all
This album came to me as a gift from a friend on its release and it took several listens I admit but when its breathtaking nature swept me up there was no looking back. Your reactions were very cool and you certainly caught on a lot quicker than I did at your age. One thing I'll add is the process that led to the creative juggernaut that is Hounds of Love had its genesis in the experimental album that preceded it, The Dreaming, and once I fully took The Dreaming in it just added another layer of understanding and appreciation and love for Hounds of Love.
Hey, your bands debut album is fire : )
Hounds Of Love is fire as well.
I didn't know you also make music yourself, that's cool. Definitely keep it up! Midnight Session is also a memorable name.
What instrument do you play on that record btw?
Kate is so unique, every album of hers has a different sound and style. Hounds of Love is probably her most diverse album. Hit single material next to irish folk music and piano ballads. I always wanted someone to react to the full album, as most people just seem to react to one or two songs from that album, but especially with the second side of this album, I think it works better as a whole experience.
I'm just so excited because I released my debut album a few days ago as well. It's so encouraging that so many people are now releasing their music by uploading it on Spotify or Bandcamp or posting it on UA-cam. Like, there are no boundaries. You can just make what you want and put it out without the need of getting a contract with a music label first.
I started doing my own music after I found out another music reaction guy released his own music. Now after listening to Midnight Session I have a new goal - I want to be in a band...
Hey thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed and I appreciate you for listening :) I go between bass, guitar and some vocals every now and then mostly!
Also super awesome to hear you released your debut too homie, congrats! It’s a wonderful feeling to put out music you’re proud of :))
@@snowy6301 Yes it is! I'm currently struggeling with trying to understand how to start my first year at university - German bureaucracy I guess. It feels like I'm the only dumb guy who doesn't understand how it works. Making and creating something that I'm proud of is helping in this special case as well. Music can be so liberating : )
You have heard the siren's call... not all can. Welcome. This was her 5th studio album... and about 5ish more follow. Carry on.
glad you liked this one, one of the best albums ever. you should totally react to the dreaming & never for ever by kate bush :)
Awesome record. Just discovered your channel and your reactions are really cool!
Thank you sm!!! :)
Oh how i wish to listen to this album again for the first time! Its such an amazing journey she takes you on! Such a joy to see you enjoy it so much! ❤ there's no one like Kate!!
I love this album so much. I always felt like Running Up That Hill was an odd way to start this album. It is her most popular track, but it's still great though I do prefer her less accessible tracks from this album. She is so theatrical in her delivery, composition, and overall sound in very much a Kate way. I always appreciate artists whose voice and sound is so unique you couldn't mistake them for *anyone* else though it's not a requirement. Anyway, glad you're enjoying this one. I'm partway through watching and can't wait to see what you think about the Ninth Wave 😄
Okay, I finally finished up the video. I knew you'd love it, especially the Ninth Wave! One day I was riding the train on the way home from work and listening to this album on my iPod. "Waking the Witch" came on and scared me awake 🤣 I almost immediately realized it was just the song, but for a millisecond I really felt like some rando on the train was telling me to wake up 😂
Thank you for the uploading efforts and especially for your sincere reaction ...truly allowed me to re-live my first experience with this album...❤
Best reaction to Hounds of Love that I've ever seen. Awesome.
While "Hounds of Love" is a masterpiece, it's not my favorite Kate Bush album. "The Ninth Wave" (Side 2) however, is my favorite side of Kate Bush's brilliant catalog. It's EVERYTHING Kate is wrapped into one glorious suite. (For the record: "THE DREAMING" is my favorite album... it's her most unusual and adventurous album, but not everyone's with her on that.)
THE NINTH WAVE never fails to move me. That final, beautiful moment (The Morning Fog) hits so emotionally hard... much like "No Surprises" on RADIOHEAD'S "OK Computer" there's this moment of musical beauty that transcends everything. It's amazing... and since you get it... you should work your way backward to her earlier albums (particularly "THE DREAMING" and "NEVER FOR EVER."
Great stuff! ... and if you want some brilliant concept albums: GRANDADDY "The Sophtware Slump", THE DELGADOS "Hate," and PETER GABRIEL (Kate's Art Pop accomplice) led GENESIS "THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY" (which is a total trip...).
go and listen to the B side of aerial, a Sky of Honey.
So fun watching you get The Ninth Wave, it is truly a masterpiece. She wanted to release the album with two titles, Hounds of Love and The Ninth Wave, but EMI wouid not allow it!! LOL
After The Dreaming, she was being pressured to go more commercial and she refused at first...but then she had a plan...
A wonderful awful plan..
She would split the pie in two and give the record company their half (Hounds) and for the second half she would pull out the stops and do her own thing!! Incredible that they got the charting singles that they wanted AND she got what she wanted with The Ninth Wave!
Has that EVER happened before or since with any artist? Splitting it right down the middle like that? And succeeding wildly?
Imagine being at hammersmith odeon theatre with 5000 people singing the end of cloudbusting, Hey:yay-e-yay-e-yoo over and over. Fkn phenomenal.
That's David Gilmour playing guitar on 'The Big Sky'
The term 'genius' is often overused noweverdays, but in the context of Kate Bush it's truly an understatement.
A Sky of Honey (Aerial - Side B)' is a must listen! it's totally outstanding!!!!!
Another true musical genius I'd like to suggest is Mike Oldfield - start with Tubular Bells ('73 - one of the albums that literally changed the course of modern music on it's release)👍😉
@JonseyWales That's Alan Murphy on "The Big Sky". Dave plays guitar on Rocket's Tail" and "Love and Anger" from "The Sensual World".
@@warrenbridges1891 Oh thanks, I thought this one was David too👍
@@JonseyWales Dave did play live with her on "Running Up That Hill" after the album was released. Secret Policeman's Ball I think.
Ah ok. Hey you certainly know your stuff my friend, impressive😁👍!
@@JonseyWales Thanks. I'm a bit of a trivia nerd for musicians I like. Pete Townsend also backed her up at the Prince's Trust Concert on "Wedding List".
I imagine you are already familiar with Pink Floyd, but on the small chance you are not a couple of their concept albums would blow your mind.
Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall...
This is the BEST music reaction I've EVER watched anywhere ❤ I was close to tears and smiling like an idiot the whole time. Hounds of Love is an album I have loved since 1985...it's a journey, an experience which truly has no words.
Amazing reaction. You have to check out "The Dreaming."
More Kate please!!!
Hounds of Love is a masterpiece. So loved hearing and seeing your reactions, particularly to the Ninth Wave. If you haven’t listened, please do a reaction to This Woman’s Work. Again it’s just on another level.
Gilmour on guitar is so ace. She was surrounded by utterly phenomenal musicians and she knew how to write for them. Flawless production and engineering. Pure Genius.
I also recommend digesting her catalogue in order.
I hope you get a chance to review Kate's '50 words for snow'. Exceptional album and worth it!
Thank you so much for reacting to this!!!! Kate Bush is my favorite weirdo 🫰😍😍😍
I'm so sorry you lost some of your files, or whatever, in the storm ironically listening to a storm. I wish I could give you way more but I want to give you something. And please, if you haven't yet, do a reaction to The Dreaming Album. Sooooooo fucking strange!!!
I'm trying to find a link to give you some money 🤑
There is no one else like her and I love to see the younger generation falling in love with her genius. She really does not have a bad album but maybe listen to The Dreaming next and from her more recent work (even though released in 2005) 'Aerial' which is absolutely beautiful ❤
Not sure if you will read this but I was obsessed with the second half of this album, which is about her best friend who she watched drown when they were kids, I loved listening to this before I fell asleep.
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My old ass is so happy to see the youngins falling in love with this album, especially The Ninth Wave. Warms my cold heart lol
Will you ever do another Animal Collective album review? If so, could you review Centipede Hz or Painting With?
Kate bush foi alem do seu tempo, mágica, mística e maravilhosa.....sua grandeza nos traz a grande arte .....um icone ainda vivo
The kick inside for me is her best album, so iconic. Monumental ✨️
And Dream of Sheep.....! I Love Her!
She did at least 4 music videos for this album and they are definitely worth your time.
Thanks for your video. I wonder if it's meaning is a kind of secular baptism. The first half of the album is about emotions, relationships, joy and life. The second is the story of a drowning woman but also a metaphor of near death, rescue and rebirth. A second chance. The beauty of Kate Bush is the layers and the personal interpretations and meanings. She is a genius and her work is beautiful, often fun, serious and light-hearted. Listen to her other work. I love that her albums are conceptual and she often returns to themes on different across her music.
The moment when the reactor got the concept... Wonderful stuff.
New AnCo album reaction soon??
OK the second half of the album is a suite. Telling the story of a girl lost at sea and almost drowning before being rescued at the end. Some parts you may not care for and others you will love. For me the Jig of Life is my fave and the last song which is just too short. It could have gone on for another 5 minutes as far as I'm concerned.
Were you okay after the storm tho?
Fr that shit sounds terrifying.
Yea we good we good lmaooo
I suggest you react to Kate's "evil" sister, Nina Hagen, specifically her album Nunsexmonkrock.
Some people say she sounds like Kate Bush was possesed and this album is the most unhinged use of human voice ever put on record. I don't see this album as evil, but more like the wrath of angels in ecstasy.
It's one of those albums that you madly love or hate, no room for middle ground. It's also an album of the early 80's but it's not so easy to date.
The first time I heard that album it felt like I was hit by a truck.
@@PedroGuerreiro-fq3my Same. I guess this was also a traumatic experience for the record label because they paired her up with Giorgio Moroder on the next album.
The 9th Wave is so trippy and brilliant
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If you like this, there are a couple of quite obscure Finnish albums with very similar vibes (especially to the second half), which I highly recommend: Hyväile minua pimeä tähti by Eleanoora Rosenholm, and Ilmatar by Värttinä. They are both all in Finnish, but that just makes them more mysterious and disorienting (I don’t speak it myself, and not being able to understand is not a problem).
This album is perfect.
There isn't a singe second on this album that isn't absolutely amazing.
Highly recommend watching the videos too.
You should really listen to her album The Sensual World (1989) I think its less weird but its really lovely and dreamy and for me there are no skippable songs.
Do Kate Bushs first album it's amazing
You should do "The Kick Inside" for your next Kate Bush reaction - see how & where it all started :-)
Nice reaction. You understood the concept really well considering it was the first listen. I haven't.
My favourite track is Hello Earth. The least favourite Big Sky.
My suggestion is her 1989 album The Sensual World.