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  • Kate Bush, the prodigiously talented young singer, songwriter and dancer, answers questions from viewers and host Michael Aspel on a wide variety of topics.
    What was the inspiration behind her debut single, Wuthering Heights? Did she find it difficult to sing in such a high register? Has having a number 1 single changed her life? When did she first start to sing and write? Does she get nervous before live performances? When is her second album coming out? What will her live show be like? Does she plan to break out into film or theatre in future? And finally, how does she get her hair to look like that?
    *There is a persistent audio tone throughout this interview, unfortunately it is on the original recording and cannot be removed*
    Originally broadcast 5 September, 1978.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 312

  • @DarthMacchio
    @DarthMacchio 2 роки тому +138

    I don't throw this word around lightly, but I believe Kate Bush is a genius and deserves the title.

    • @JamoRox75
      @JamoRox75 Рік тому +4

      yeah. an actual genius right?

    • @AliB-cf3bq
      @AliB-cf3bq 8 місяців тому +4

      Totally agree!

    • @Ch69ad
      @Ch69ad 7 місяців тому +3

      Wildly gifted

    • @michaelshannon9169
      @michaelshannon9169 20 днів тому +1

      Absolutely. There's was no one like her and still yet to be. Her style has a place of its own that no one has ever come close to.

  • @cjeff3549
    @cjeff3549 2 роки тому +186

    She is utterly enchanting

  • @Hysteria98
    @Hysteria98 2 роки тому +200

    It's hard not to still idolise her and everything she has achieved. Just a wonderful talent and exceptionally decent human being.

    • @oneoflokis
      @oneoflokis 2 роки тому +7

      Nice singer, nice interview! 🙂

  • @LFOVCF
    @LFOVCF 2 роки тому +126

    Michael was always polite, natural, and even though i dislike the word..wholesome. You can see how relaxed she is here, and that is down to his natural manner.

    • @Derry_Aire
      @Derry_Aire 2 роки тому +1

      Yet he seemed like a sex pest on Give Us A Clue.

    • @hamishanderson6738
      @hamishanderson6738 2 роки тому +6

      2 lovely people.

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 2 роки тому +2

      Lol, she was always a pro.

    • @AD-kv9kj
      @AD-kv9kj 2 роки тому

      She was constantly giving him lingering looks and bedroom eyes.

    • @cloerenjackson3699
      @cloerenjackson3699 2 роки тому +6

      Well, it's also down to how he isn't perving over her, like Parkinson did with his guests, and he isn't trying to get a date with her. He's asking good interview questions.

  • @goldilocks913
    @goldilocks913 2 роки тому +70

    Everything that was good and magical about the 70’s is present in this video. Thank you so much for this!
    I named my daughter after Kate 😊

  • @Missjunebugfreak
    @Missjunebugfreak 2 роки тому +97

    Kate is such a rare talent. Completely original and authentic artist. And on top of that seems to be a humble & down-to-earth person. I'm always so grateful for her music existing.

    • @RestWithin
      @RestWithin 2 роки тому +3

      She’s so articulate and mature for a 20 year old. Incredible talent and hard work.

    • @waylobeat
      @waylobeat 5 місяців тому

      she my Queen on god, no kizzo.

  • @chelseapoet3664
    @chelseapoet3664 Рік тому +31

    I can't think of anyone who combined such beauty with such genius. I will always be a little in love with Kate.

  • @leod-sigefast
    @leod-sigefast 2 роки тому +26

    Kate is so adorable! Cute, shy, but super articulate and self-assured...and a unique artistic genius. She is truly a national treasure. Thanks for the music and thanks ST for reminding me of her.

  • @gerardjames9971
    @gerardjames9971 2 роки тому +51

    What a brilliant interview. Real chemistry there between two genuine people. Kate Bush is simply wonderful, the greatest female singer songwriter of all time ♥️

  • @armchairdetective520
    @armchairdetective520 2 роки тому +44

    God she is gorgeous

  • @billwellington4339
    @billwellington4339 2 роки тому +55

    Met her once in a Petrol station....I was a gibbering wreck....so in awe..

    • @Hawthorne-Studios
      @Hawthorne-Studios Рік тому +2

      lololol. What motor was she driving? An MG perhaps?

    • @grinsko6741
      @grinsko6741 6 місяців тому +2

      What octane fuel did she use?

    • @waylobeat
      @waylobeat 5 місяців тому +2

      tell us which specific Petrol station. I want to listen to Wuthering Heights while im pouring gasoline into my mouth.

    • @bushmonster1702
      @bushmonster1702 2 місяці тому

      @@Hawthorne-Studios A Lex I bet. The Lex files.

  • @VicFlange
    @VicFlange 2 роки тому +46

    Kate Bush makes me proud to be English.

    • @pauljurgen-romrig9616
      @pauljurgen-romrig9616 2 роки тому +9

      I couldn’t agree more

    • @SlieveLeague1
      @SlieveLeague1 7 місяців тому +6

      Half Irish. Just sayin'.

    • @rickykingi5191
      @rickykingi5191 5 місяців тому

      The poms are one of the best singers in the world 👌

    • @waylobeat
      @waylobeat 5 місяців тому +2

      Kate Bush makes me proud to be a human. I never wanted to be a human, until I discovered KB and her entrancing nature. She fills my void.

    • @waylobeat
      @waylobeat 5 місяців тому +1

      Kate Bush makes me proud to be a european. I never wanted to be a european, until I discovered KB and her entrancing nature. She fills my void.

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden 2 роки тому +57

    I remember being 5 years old when I heard Wuthering Heights, was blown away and even then realised Kate Bush was a very unique and interesting singer and songwriter!

  • @VideoAssociates
    @VideoAssociates 2 роки тому +41

    kate is so mature for her age at the time

  • @nick78447
    @nick78447 2 роки тому +71

    My God she's brilliant. Love to you, Kate. xx

  • @jamesheath7601
    @jamesheath7601 2 роки тому +21

    She’s beautiful

    • @waylobeat
      @waylobeat 5 місяців тому +2

      Kate Bush here,
      thank you.

  • @breakingaustin
    @breakingaustin 2 роки тому +14

    She is insanely beautiful.. I can't get her out of my head lol

  • @andrewharris8439
    @andrewharris8439 2 роки тому +13

    Such an old school pleasant interview

  • @GrahamsYouTube
    @GrahamsYouTube Рік тому +9

    When songwriters were storytellers, and of course Kate is a pure genius

  • @thomasm1964
    @thomasm1964 2 роки тому +5

    Kate is 20 here. She is articulate and intelligent and does not employ that horrible “like” every three words which so afflicts the unintelligent, Ill-educated, uninformed youth of today. Like, know, like, what I mean, like?

  • @aceventurapetdetective2356
    @aceventurapetdetective2356 2 роки тому +17

    We'll never see another kate in our lifetime. Thanks for all you have done.

  • @gothgurl81
    @gothgurl81 Рік тому +7

    That Cameron person must feel special, because she actually looked at the camera and said his name and gave a good explaination as to why the fan club is running so late. So many letters back then. I wish I was thought of in 1979, but I was born in 1981 in the US, and found out about Kate in 1993, when I was 12. Saw her 'Rubberband Girl' video and was hooked.

  • @blxtothis
    @blxtothis 2 роки тому +47

    Interviews like this, although somewhat old fashioned seem charming now. Aspen is a comforting ‘Dad’ figure but the young Kate comes across so brilliantly and as we know, she is just that, utterly brilliant!

    • @soupdragon151
      @soupdragon151 2 роки тому +3

      Ask Aspel was a programme aimed at kids that aired on saturday morning iirc

    • @caprise-music6722
      @caprise-music6722 2 роки тому

      @@soupdragon151 toddlers?

  • @servalan65
    @servalan65 2 роки тому +19

    A glorious artist. Adore her completely.

  • @Mr223P
    @Mr223P 2 роки тому +27

    Fantastic... what an absolute treasure trove the BBC has to share with us. Looking forward to seeing what they unearth. Brilliant natural relaxed interview.

  • @mwmingram
    @mwmingram 2 роки тому +15

    Michael Aspel - very nice, cool guy. Strikes a good balance.

  • @22Phantasm
    @22Phantasm 2 роки тому +17

    I fell in love with Kate after I bought Lionheart. A vision of beauty but also a master of her craft. I wasn't wrong. And after watching this interview I've fallen for Kate all over again.

  • @Eddison548
    @Eddison548 Рік тому +7

    Thank you Kate for making my early years so memorable with your music

  • @g0balot
    @g0balot 2 роки тому +10

    I was lucky enough to see her live twice on her original kick inside tour. I was a teenager but absolutely enthralled by her and her music. A rare talent indeed but I think that in the modern era we are lucky enough to have a similarly innovative and humble talent emerging with Aurora. She reminds me of Kate Bush with her personality and originality. Her recording company turns her stuff to largely trash but her live sets are on the same level of genius as Kate Bush.

  • @openureyes
    @openureyes 2 роки тому +21

    She's the real deal what an amazing woman and musician

  • @MrSimonmcc
    @MrSimonmcc 2 роки тому +8

    Compare this to the 20 year old 'recording artists' these days.

  • @bnlang898
    @bnlang898 2 роки тому +12

    she's so lovely

  • @tinman7551
    @tinman7551 2 роки тому +34

    Ask Appel. Wow.. now this takes me back. What an astonishing channel, I’m really looking forward to taking many more journeys though my childhood. How utterly wonderful 🥰😍❤️ thank you for this.

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 2 роки тому

      Appel?

    • @lucius4556
      @lucius4556 2 роки тому +4

      No hint of smut from him either,unlike some other presenters of that era.

    • @kevinmassey7675
      @kevinmassey7675 2 роки тому +1

      @@lucius4556 or now

    • @lucius4556
      @lucius4556 2 роки тому +1

      @@kevinmassey7675 Who were you thinking of ?

    • @kevinmassey7675
      @kevinmassey7675 2 роки тому

      @@lucius4556 the way of being directly disrespectful and coarse rather than "smutty", now is to take on a persona and everything seems acceptable.....Keith Lemon for instance? .......I've heard others , but don't know , and don't want to know their names........oh , Walliams ?

  • @johncronin1082
    @johncronin1082 2 роки тому +11

    shes absolutely captivating

  • @MartinAhlman
    @MartinAhlman 2 роки тому +13

    Such a great talent, amazingly intelligent, wonderful creator, and an inspiration for me to write my music. I don't thing she knows the way she influenced everyone around the world. I'm still nervous in front of an audience, but Kate Bush makes me do it.

  • @djtricks1
    @djtricks1 2 роки тому +16

    As long as i live on this planet, i won't forget (Dame) Kate Bush, appearance on Top of The pops , i was aged 11 years old,didn't know whether to cry or smile.. she touched my soul ✨, i was brought up on music all day long,mainly Soul (motown),Calypso & Reggae !! I begged my mum to buy at Woolworths 'Wuthering Heights'(she did😘)Kates voice ..so original , the rest is history! Thank you Kate ..you are the WoW factor :) ..Bless! x💚x

  • @rossco171
    @rossco171 2 роки тому +12

    Used to love Ask Aspel, and Screen Test with Michael Rodd. Great interview, Aspel was class.

  • @garycorbett8250
    @garycorbett8250 2 роки тому +10

    Isn’t she just the most amazingly warm women, I hope she is still as wonderful today as she was when this was filmed.

  • @Bullet_Baxter
    @Bullet_Baxter 2 роки тому +18

    She's so humble. Also my wife has hair like Kate's after she's blow-dried it lol. I call her Kate when she does it. But then she straightens it !

  • @805HOTNESS
    @805HOTNESS 2 роки тому +13

    one of my favorite kb interviews.
    she’s a natural, and was born to do all that she has done.
    one of the most important influence in music, and entertainment without a doubt!!!

  • @danielcollinson4456
    @danielcollinson4456 2 роки тому +9

    She was a beauty! 😍

  • @KingKenny.
    @KingKenny. 2 роки тому +12

    She was absolutely stunning back in the day !!!

  • @paulrichie3319
    @paulrichie3319 2 роки тому +13

    She's cute cute cute xoox

  • @zanyzoo6767
    @zanyzoo6767 2 роки тому +9

    One of the last musicians to grow up on vinyl. From a young woman to a mother. You wont get this so much nowadays , which is sad. Today it about the bucks , not the notes.

  • @minigrande1939
    @minigrande1939 2 роки тому +12

    Her innocence reminds me of Amy Whitehouses first interviews. The humble raw talent the shyness

    • @brookegoslin
      @brookegoslin Рік тому

      It’s Amy Winehouse not Whitehouse !?

    • @satsumamoon
      @satsumamoon 11 місяців тому +1

      I though it was Amy crackhouse?

  • @Toastrackman
    @Toastrackman 2 роки тому +9

    Kate is an Amazing lady, and gifted singer, as well as being beautiful then and now. 😍

  • @veep2240
    @veep2240 2 роки тому +15

    Absolutely love it! 😍❤️ I remember watching it, in the day!! 🥰

  • @Ricksta66
    @Ricksta66 2 роки тому +12

    One word that's all I've got to say...... BRILLIANT 👍

  • @Oldfogey2014
    @Oldfogey2014 2 роки тому +12

    I remember watching this as a child….wow…great memories.

  • @sandrolobo
    @sandrolobo 2 роки тому +4

    Kate is amazing and has many lovers and admirers here in Brasil

  • @howareyou857
    @howareyou857 2 роки тому +12

    That was a wonderful interview

  • @robertjanko6709
    @robertjanko6709 2 роки тому +4

    If there are fairies in this world, Kate definitely has a lot of their genes. Greets from a german fan

  • @richhughes7450
    @richhughes7450 2 роки тому +9

    I was only about 9 when I first seen her and thought wow.... And still do.

  • @Edward-bm7vw
    @Edward-bm7vw 2 роки тому +5

    Far more talented than Billie Eilish that's for damn sure

  • @evaneoton
    @evaneoton 2 роки тому +9

    ❤️❤️❤️ princess Kate ❤️❤️❤️

  • @TheHarrip
    @TheHarrip 2 роки тому +11

    Absolute treasure.

  • @Vinesy68
    @Vinesy68 Рік тому +2

    Lovely interview but what is that terrible buzzing? I love Kate and spent a fortune seeing her because I have always loved her!

  • @djizzah
    @djizzah 2 роки тому +7

    Very original artist

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 2 роки тому +6

    My first crush as a young boy ☺️

  • @finnmanproductions9240
    @finnmanproductions9240 Рік тому +2

    Haven’t seen this before. Interesting interview. Kate seems much older than 20 here.

  • @RKSidd
    @RKSidd 2 роки тому +2

    I miss those days when speaking with elocution was an expected norm before the spoken language descended to the level it has today.
    I have seen old footages where even people from backgrounds where they did not benefit from the higher level of education spoke in a much measured constructed manner.

  • @Cris.d.em71
    @Cris.d.em71 2 роки тому +6

    Can u imagine today’s questions....
    Michael :- ‘who’s year favorite tik tok influencer’...?
    Kate:-...Wots tik tok...?
    😂

    • @mikekaraoke
      @mikekaraoke 2 роки тому +1

      Think she would know what it is, but her interest in doing that would be 0% lol

  • @leestephenson7042
    @leestephenson7042 2 роки тому +8

    What a lovely interview. Kate Bush is fantastic.

  • @maezan3313
    @maezan3313 2 роки тому +6

    what a beautiful combination of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff!

  • @mariolopez.photographer
    @mariolopez.photographer 2 роки тому +2

    Wow... Just beautiful and amazing!!! Love her immensely..

  • @stephenphillips4609
    @stephenphillips4609 2 роки тому +8

    I remember this!!!! I saw it when it was broadcast!!

    • @soupdragon151
      @soupdragon151 2 роки тому

      I think I remember it too, so long ago its very hazy indeed

  • @davedogge2280
    @davedogge2280 2 роки тому +2

    Emily Brontë dropped her bacon sandwich when she first heard Wuthering Heights.

  • @kevinmassey7675
    @kevinmassey7675 2 роки тому +4

    I always thought of Kate Bush and David Bowie as being pioneers of a type of performance artist to accompany their boundary pushing music ....From this , I learn their common denominator is a love of Lindsey Kemp

  • @sophiecrawshaw1359
    @sophiecrawshaw1359 2 роки тому +3

    An English 🌹

  • @halloweenjack2562
    @halloweenjack2562 2 роки тому +3

    Precious! Watched this when it was first broadcast, at 16 and a quarter years of age. Loved her music from the start, and still do. Where are all the innovative, culture shock/changing artists nowadays?? Perhaps they're there somewhere (I'm sure they are, the world is just a bigger place nowadays), I'm just not looking as hard as I used to do when the next great record was going to change our lives....? Or perhaps the changes are more subtle these days.

  • @kenpudsey6435
    @kenpudsey6435 2 роки тому +5

    A very humble lady..with brilliant talent!

  • @sandgrownun66
    @sandgrownun66 2 роки тому +3

    These were simpler and better times. People trying to reach higher, rather than a race to the gutter.

  • @jasonloader8149
    @jasonloader8149 2 роки тому +4

    Genuine genius.

  • @stephenbrown9977
    @stephenbrown9977 2 роки тому +3

    She is enchanting and magnetic

  • @johnfoley9031
    @johnfoley9031 2 роки тому +5

    What a talent.

  • @haroldofcardboard
    @haroldofcardboard 2 роки тому +3

    omg. id completely forgotten about ask aspel. and what a great episode to be reminded with. kate bush was amazing. overnight national icon. incredible to think she is only 20 here so mature. these days many people perceive 20 still as kids.

  • @columkenn
    @columkenn 2 роки тому +3

    very mature girl at 20

  • @kevrussell5972
    @kevrussell5972 2 роки тому +3

    I had a poster of her on my bedroom wall right next to my pillow when I was at school she was lovely my first crush

    • @grinsko6741
      @grinsko6741 6 місяців тому

      The famous (or infamous) poster!

  • @brucedowney9164
    @brucedowney9164 2 роки тому +5

    How fantastic to here Kate what a legend 🤗

  • @Venus_Isle
    @Venus_Isle 2 роки тому +2

    Such beguiling eyes she has...

  • @marje8249
    @marje8249 2 роки тому +5

    National treasure, totally unique and wonderful 💐💕

  • @charliehudson9827
    @charliehudson9827 2 роки тому +2

    I'm so glad to be able to hear her music. The tv show stranger things has gave her music a new life.

  • @the_best_of_times
    @the_best_of_times 2 роки тому +3

    Aspel - "You've got 10 O Levels!"
    If i ever meet Kate I'm going to go with that.

  • @misfit2022
    @misfit2022 2 роки тому +4

    I have always enjoyed wasting my days doing nothing. There is a phrase they broke the mould but for me this is true as I don’t tend to enjoy pop music, not that Violin and Sat in your lap are particularly poppy, but I do enjoy the music of Kate Bush. Lindsay Kemp was the subject of Great Lives recently by the great Brian Cox.

  • @DavidTraynier
    @DavidTraynier 2 роки тому +3

    Such a rare talent and a remarkable canon.

  • @jpcoll2011
    @jpcoll2011 2 роки тому +27

    Fond memories of when the BBC was a world class broadcaster

    • @natmanprime4295
      @natmanprime4295 2 роки тому +4

      Lol these were the days when savile was RAMPANT

    • @jpcoll2011
      @jpcoll2011 2 роки тому

      @@natmanprime4295 Yes indeed

    • @soupdragon151
      @soupdragon151 2 роки тому +2

      Those were teh days, now they're just a pile of crap.

    • @grinsko6741
      @grinsko6741 6 місяців тому

      @@natmanprime4295Jimmy So Vile.

  • @ianstrange5674
    @ianstrange5674 Рік тому +1

    I remember watching this back in 1978.😁

  • @williamrubinstein3442
    @williamrubinstein3442 Рік тому +2

    A genuine original.

  • @Ocean-Mariner
    @Ocean-Mariner 2 роки тому +3

    Wow, what a beautiful woman.

  • @clivesilk3501
    @clivesilk3501 2 роки тому +2

    shes gorgeous !!! very talanred singer and dancer

  • @onlyme219
    @onlyme219 2 роки тому +2

    What a grown-up head on such a young lady at the time. She has such a nice natural smile, and of course, being a now much deserved musical legend

  • @niceclaup1
    @niceclaup1 2 роки тому +1

    If you want to bask in love, positivity & gratitude, go to the comments section of any video of Kate Bush

  • @langdale55
    @langdale55 2 роки тому +4

    Beautiful.

  • @esthefannygraca8206
    @esthefannygraca8206 Рік тому +1

    Alguém brasileiro?

  • @techElephant
    @techElephant 2 роки тому +2

    Aw,... Kate just comes across as being so lovely.

  • @dominichardy7591
    @dominichardy7591 2 роки тому +3

    ...that high pitched test tone is nippy AF :p

  • @rogerbranton7596
    @rogerbranton7596 2 роки тому +3

    To state the obvious, she's lovely! (then & now)

  • @Ursulauu
    @Ursulauu 2 роки тому +2

    I remember coming home from school and watching Ask Aspel. Wish I'd listened to what Kate was saying and joined the fan club too for one of her written replies. x

  • @nickjames4497
    @nickjames4497 2 роки тому +2

    I remember seeing Kate singing with Peter Gabriel in 1987 … wonderful ….

  • @dasreicht
    @dasreicht 2 роки тому +4

    is it me or my computer, or is this video full of unpleasant high-pitch screeching in the background?

    • @BBCArchive
      @BBCArchive  2 роки тому +10

      Unfortunately, the audio tone is on the original recording and cannot be removed. We thought it would still be of interest to Kate Bush fans though, so we hope you still managed to enjoy it.

    • @dasreicht
      @dasreicht 2 роки тому +5

      @@BBCArchive I did a little test, and the audio is much more bearable with a Low Pass filter at about 1900Hz. It makes the audio sound somewhere between a R1 broadcast and a worn tape, but it gets rid of the more annoying squeals without ruining the voices too much.