Or you could read the lyrics and think "OMG, one of the greatest lyricists of all times died and was replaced with a random word generator.". I don't know what happened to the real Kate Bush, but it must have involved traumatic brain injury. She could express a universe of emotion in three lines. This person, whoever this is, is just rambling.
I'm so grateful she did this, not only is it the only live performance of Breathing, one of my favorite songs, but it also isn't lipsynced like almost all her TV performances (that wasn't her choice though), and it's just such a treasure wow. This version is so beautiful and moving, her voice and piano playing is so stunning and full of emotion. Imagine if she would've done more performances like this...
Noted some comments below about this song being rushed. This also reminds me of the shortened version of R.U.T.H. at the Amnesty International "Secret Policeman's Third Ball". There may have been a time constraint. I'm guessing Kate chose one of her more powerful songs and found a way to get her message across at a faster pace. I give her credit for using this song, and still making it sound damned awesome.
As much as I love her albums, it's sad that there isn't more footage like this, where she performs in such a direct and moving way. An amazing singer and musician.
The way she delivers that first line of the chorus just hits me every single time, "Just keep breathing". I'm in love with how the song shifts from ominous and dark to almost seeming hopeful for a brief moment.
This is from the Comic Relief revue at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in April 1986. She also performed the duet with Rowan Atkinson ("Do bears ...?") on that occasion.
@1manuscriptman ah come on, there's not that much between them. Freddy could've written Babooshska or even Wuthering Heights, but Kate couldn't have written Crazy Little Thing Called Love. But both of them could equally get behind a piano and break our hearts with a performance.
@@mattking5936 that's because the guy who brought up Freddie deleted all his posts. I think he was making some kind of comparison with Bohemian Rhapsody.
Breathing" Outside Gets inside Through her skin. I've been out before But this time it's much safer in. Last night in the sky, Such a bright light. My radar send me danger But my instincts tell me to keep Breathing, ("Out, in, out, in, out, in...") Breathing, Breathing my mother in, Breathing my beloved in, Breathing, Breathing her nicotine, Breathing, Breathing the fall-out in, Out in, out in, out in, out in. We've lost our chance. We're the first and the last, ooh, After the blast. Chips of Plutonium Are twinkling in every lung. I love my Beloved, ooh, All and everywhere, Only the fools blew it. You and me Knew life itself is Breathing, ("Out, in, out, in, out...") Breathing, Breathing my mother in, Breathing my beloved in, Breathing, Breathing her nicotine, Breathing, Breathing the fall-out in, Out in, out in, out in, out in, Out in, out in, out in, out... ("Out!") "What are we going to do without?" Ooh please! "What are we going to do without?" Let me breathe! "What are we going to do without?" Ooh, Quick! "We are all going to die without!" Breathe in deep! "What are we going to die without?" Leave me something to breathe! "We are all going to die without!" Oh, leave me something to breathe! "What are we going to do without?" Oh, God, please leave us something to breathe!" "We are all going to die without Oh, life is--Breathing.
@Nyneve1 absolutely true. This performance is timeless. All the creativity, the strenght, the simplicity and the emotion of what Kate can give is in this live version of Breathing. Nothing more nothing less. How can people ignore that?
@@neilcole9698 She is underrated because she is not the super star she deserves to be. She has way more talent than many super stars. On one hand, it's a good thing she is not, as the star system is cruel and does not let the singers do what they really want to do. But on the other hand, it's kind of bad, because so many people don't know her, while she is an absolute gem, a genius that everyone should know...
I prefer this straight live stripped down performance of the song to all the dance routines/choregraphy etc. that usually accompanies a KB song...chilling, perfect, unbeatable.
Wow, thanks to stranger things, it allowed me to discover this true amazing artist. So far, Moving and this one are my favorites. Such beautiful words and unique emotions.
This woman drives me to tears in the best way possible. During those looking for Mr. Goodbar years there were moments..... presses play KATE! I NEED A TRULY GUTTERAL SOB/WAIL. RIGHT NOW!!!
every time she smiles it's the same KT from 1979
We love you kate ❤
When a song is entirely stripped down of its production and still shines as brightly, that's when you know it's the work of a true artist.
Or you could read the lyrics and think "OMG, one of the greatest lyricists of all times died and was replaced with a random word generator.". I don't know what happened to the real Kate Bush, but it must have involved traumatic brain injury. She could express a universe of emotion in three lines. This person, whoever this is, is just rambling.
@@lepidoptera9337 To each their own...
@@Cicilo1983 I love Kate Bush... the one that delivered musical innovation and true emotion. This isn't that Kate Bush.
You still have Taylor
@@isobeljames1328 I certainly hope you mean James... but I have a feeling you're not.
Astounding talented one in a lifetime singer ❤
the fact that this was the only time she played breathing makes this live version seem even more magical
This is my favourite of her songs so to watch this here has made me soooo happy 😊
@@candyhunter4262 same! such a beautiful rendition of the song too ^^
@@gardenfaerieee I adore your thumbnail photo 😍🤩🥰 soooo blooming cute!!!
@@candyhunter4262 aww thank you! 💓
That’s right, she never played this live! Imagine how that would have been!!! 🤘🤘🤘
her voice sounds so pristine, and her piano playing is stunning! she's truly on a whole other level ✨
This is absolutely fucking phenomenal. Her diction is stunning.
I'm so grateful she did this, not only is it the only live performance of Breathing, one of my favorite songs, but it also isn't lipsynced like almost all her TV performances (that wasn't her choice though), and it's just such a treasure wow. This version is so beautiful and moving, her voice and piano playing is so stunning and full of emotion. Imagine if she would've done more performances like this...
100% agree. I'm totally mesmerized by this performance. In awe it's just her singing and playing piano.
This is why I spend 2k on a headset....
@@theacademy6251to watch an 11 year old ultra compressed UA-cam video?
I love this song so much. The live version is so angelic
Noted some comments below about this song being rushed. This also reminds me of the shortened version of R.U.T.H. at the Amnesty International "Secret Policeman's Third Ball". There may have been a time constraint. I'm guessing Kate chose one of her more powerful songs and found a way to get her message across at a faster pace. I give her credit for using this song, and still making it sound damned awesome.
Wow. Just wow.
No one can top this, realistic words, sung with real passion, never to be replaced but a real gift to music lovers
Realistic words?
As much as I love her albums, it's sad that there isn't more footage like this, where she performs in such a direct and moving way. An amazing singer and musician.
I'm surprised how much telly she did in the early days, then nothing.
Its wonderful isn't it
Never my favourite, until i happend upon this live version! Can't stop watching-listening= shed tears, So emotional=Beautiful!
I’m absolutely in love with Kate. As a teenage girl, it’s so nice to see and listen to such a creative, beautiful and intelligent woman ❤️
I was 12 when "Wuthering Heights" was released.
Music was a big deal back then, we all loved Kate, even the ABBA-fans...
@@hansemannluchter643even the abba fans? Why even?
My favorite Kate album is The Dreaming, but this song is one of the reasons Never For Ever is a close second.
This live version is pure magic! Kate's voice is absolutely stunning! One of her best songs
Kate Bush only performed 'Breathing' live once, during a Comic Relief concert on 25 April 1986. It was a solo piano version. (Kate Bush Encyclopedia)
Accept no substitutes. The finest female musician in my lifetime. Set the benchmark for all the rest.
This is exquisite.
❤️
I'm still convinced this is the best live performance she ever did. It's incredible. 1:53 is the most beautiful note she's ever sang in my opinion.
No, best notes are her deep voice in "everywhere" at 1:45 and "you and me" at 1:50. Pure bliss.
Tou à fait d'accord. Ce live est si émouvant !
Agreed, total emotion, always gets me!
Absolutely agree.. it’s truly beautiful
Beautiful, the chorus makes me tear up. She sings with such emotion.
She still gives me shakes when I hear her sing this.
This song is so devastingly beautiful- brings me to tears every time
absoltuly amazing!!!! thaanks!!
Oh Kate, you make me cry
It hurts so much. All these years, shes fed my soul like no other
To get an iconic performance all you need is Kate Bush, a piano and her absolute genius and hey presto 👍
Absolutely beautiful and perfect.. I can’t imagine my life without Kate
That is very much the feels that Kate has produced in many of us. She's so special in my life.
Such a Kate classic.Never played on the radio.
One of the greats of our time. Bowie-Bush-Gabriel
The way she delivers that first line of the chorus just hits me every single time, "Just keep breathing". I'm in love with how the song shifts from ominous and dark to almost seeming hopeful for a brief moment.
If she ever toured again, I'd be front row!
Well, did get to the front row?
Unfortunately, I don't live in the UK. I'm hoping she will come to Australia!
@@tonydean33 unfortunately we've waited 35 years for a come back and tickets had been sold out in less than 15 mins
I really don’t have the words to describe her but this woman is magical.
This is from the Comic Relief revue at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in April 1986. She also performed the duet with Rowan Atkinson ("Do bears ...?") on that occasion.
Her smile at the end is gorgeous
I love her so deeply
she is pure beauty
I love how she smiles at the end. She's proud of herself
I've never heard such a simple arrangement of "Breathing," but it stands on its own beautifully. What a rare talent!
@1manuscriptman ah come on, there's not that much between them. Freddy could've written Babooshska or even Wuthering Heights, but Kate couldn't have written Crazy Little Thing Called Love. But both of them could equally get behind a piano and break our hearts with a performance.
@@speakertreatz Girl. Nobody cares lol.
@@coltonp7149 the girl who started the conversation deleted his replies, was that you?
@@speakertreatz love Freddie, but seriously not in the same league. Actually I don't understand why there is any comparison at all!?
@@mattking5936 that's because the guy who brought up Freddie deleted all his posts. I think he was making some kind of comparison with Bohemian Rhapsody.
This need to be enhanced, it's so beautiful! ❤
Oh goodness. A masterpiece sung by a masterpiece
My God. What a voice...
Omg, her Best song ❤️
Mesmerising and captivating performance. The dynamics of her voice and arrangement is so affecting.
Never for Ever will I forgot Kate Bush ! She's phenominal !
Love it when its just Kate singing live with a piano
Wow. I thought I'd seen all her live performances. Amazing vocal control.
All she needs is a piano and her voice! There's no need for any other musicians in my opinion. Brilliance!!!!
What a voice. Enormous talent.
What a Goddess! Beautiful, talented, humble & ahead of her time, as proven with "Running up that hill! ",
That beautiful last note, so intense... then, a second later, a smile that lets you know things aren't that bad yet.
How can one person have so much talent? Love ya Kate.
It's good to be able to escape what passes for music these days, come here .. and listen to this artistry ..
She’s amazing and so talented!
A true artist and inspiration, Kate is absolutely the real deal.
She's a national treasure.
Such a beautiful song, so much meaning
44 years I love this woman…
Such an important song in many ways in May June 2020. Bless you Kate🌺
One of the best singer songwriters, and, she is for real.
that smile in the end :)
She's enchanting as always. ❤️
Breathing"
Outside
Gets inside
Through her skin.
I've been out before
But this time it's much safer in.
Last night in the sky,
Such a bright light.
My radar send me danger
But my instincts tell me to keep
Breathing,
("Out, in, out, in, out, in...")
Breathing,
Breathing my mother in,
Breathing my beloved in,
Breathing,
Breathing her nicotine,
Breathing,
Breathing the fall-out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out in.
We've lost our chance.
We're the first and the last, ooh,
After the blast.
Chips of Plutonium
Are twinkling in every lung.
I love my
Beloved, ooh,
All and everywhere,
Only the fools blew it.
You and me
Knew life itself is
Breathing,
("Out, in, out, in, out...")
Breathing,
Breathing my mother in,
Breathing my beloved in,
Breathing,
Breathing her nicotine,
Breathing,
Breathing the fall-out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out in,
Out in, out in, out in, out...
("Out!")
"What are we going to do without?"
Ooh please!
"What are we going to do without?"
Let me breathe!
"What are we going to do without?"
Ooh, Quick!
"We are all going to die without!"
Breathe in deep!
"What are we going to die without?"
Leave me something to breathe!
"We are all going to die without!"
Oh, leave me something to breathe!
"What are we going to do without?"
Oh, God, please leave us something to breathe!"
"We are all going to die without
Oh, life is--Breathing.
Thank you for uploading Best Live Performance
What a stunning version! Wow
What a woman.... Such great voice.
OMG, this voice is heaven !
omg chilling .. that voice is mesmerizing
Great song for this crazy time
Amazing... a song with so much imagery and so much content... One of Kate Bush's masterpieces indeed! Loved her performance!
This is really incredible! It must be one of her best performances!
amazing
Classic performance
Superb.
This brought tears to my eyes
I love her voice . It's a really great performance from this magical song .
Wow wow wow…..how amazing is this.
Adorable Kate. Uk
Just beautiful
@Nyneve1 absolutely true. This performance is timeless. All the creativity, the strenght, the simplicity and the emotion of what Kate can give is in this live version of Breathing. Nothing more nothing less. How can people ignore that?
god this brings back memories, I discovered this song in 1985 and instantly became addicted to everything Kate
Such an inspiration. Such an artist. England - THIS is for sure one of your greatest treasures
Thanks, we know :)
Underrated legend
Is she underrated? I don't think so, she's held in incredibly high esteem within and without the music industry.
@@neilcole9698 She is underrated because she is not the super star she deserves to be. She has way more talent than many super stars. On one hand, it's a good thing she is not, as the star system is cruel and does not let the singers do what they really want to do. But on the other hand, it's kind of bad, because so many people don't know her, while she is an absolute gem, a genius that everyone should know...
Beyond Beautiful!
I prefer this straight live stripped down performance of the song to all the dance routines/choregraphy etc. that usually accompanies a KB song...chilling, perfect, unbeatable.
Chills. Literally.
Love the sound quality. Kate's legacy is truly immortal.
Incredible Kate Bush unique
Kate Bush is everything
Well ... Not sure I did breathe watching this.. :) Awesome, thanks for putting this up here for us.
It’s curious how Kate never performed an opera, with that lyric voice. But actually I prefer her voice as it is.
But.. She DOES!
She exudes femininity in a way one does not see often in today’s female singers.
what a deep interpretation
I can get high without smokeing weed, just by hearing kate bush
I know right, Her music ain't psychedelic but it gets you high, gets you to different planes
Happy Birthday, Kate. This live performance of Breathing is incredible!
Wow, thanks to stranger things, it allowed me to discover this true amazing artist. So far, Moving and this one are my favorites. Such beautiful words and unique emotions.
what a captivating performance she has just got better as a singer, i hope we can hear more from her.
can't breathe by that voice... heroine!!!
This woman drives me to tears in the best way possible. During those looking for Mr. Goodbar years there were moments.....
presses play
KATE! I NEED A TRULY GUTTERAL SOB/WAIL. RIGHT NOW!!!
I'm 17 but this is my favourite live performance ever, while everyone is listening to Avicii and Bieber I'll take Kate any day ❤️ beautiful
xxx xxx a 17 year old woth very good ears...lucky you
wow what an special snowflake
a*, try again
xxx xxx same, also 17 and also such a fan of Kate❤️
This is sublime.
She, stuns me😊😊😊
perfection
This is as pure as it can get. Awesome! Hearing this version, makes me want more. I hope to think Kate saved a lot of her demo's in the attic for us.