Songwriter Reacts to HOUNDS OF LOVE full Album!! ~ Kate Bush
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The second half of the album is “The Ninth Wave” and is about a woman who is shipwrecked and lost at sea, as she tries to keep herself awake, but falls asleep and these are her dreams, with her waking up and being pulled out of the water in “The Morning Fog.”
Have you seen the painting by the same title?
There’s a Scottish alternative rock band called the ninth wave worth checking out.
I came here to say this. It was interesting that the reaction to the first song was that of comfort and sleepiness which is what the woman in the water needs to fight so as not to fall asleep. I believe that once someone fully comprehends "The ninth wave" as a concept, many of the emotions that one feels when listening to the songs is suddenly flipped and their meaning is very different i.e. comfort == trap.
I thought the morning fog was about when she died?
@@alexanderbolton no,the last song "The Morning Fog"this is when she is rescued from her ordeal of being lost at sea,and being reunited with the ones she loves and loves them more so than she did before and tells them so.if you read the last verse it tells you "I'll kiss the ground,I'll tell my mother etc etc...thats why also the music is quite joyful,she has escaped certain death if she hadn't been found.
As a 53 year old man who has literally listened to this album hundreds of times, it warms my heart to watch young people discovery this masterpiece for the first time. This album is now part of your DNA. 💕
Next up…..The Dreaming and Never Forever
…then try Jane Siberry’s masterpiece, “When I Was A Boy”
I am 57 she was 37 years ahead of her time. Fantastic she is getting the praise she deserves.
Same, except I'm 63. :)
So agree , it,s fun to watch people discover this most amazing album !
Same!
I'm 51 years old (I turned 51 earlier this year) - and the first song of hers I saw in the 80s was Babooshka (on some hit parade).
And I've been in love with her music ever since. (besides, I'm from Slovakia, i.e. the former Eastern Bloc)
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, as soon as foreign music stores opened, I started buying her albums (on CD).
Of course, in the meantime, I've changed different artists, but Kate Bush is the only one I still listen to today.
What I realised only when I heard all her albums - she was brutally timeless.
Seriously, I like the classic singers from the 60s to 80s, but there's always a formula.
Only Kate Bush doesn't have a pattern.
But back to the subtext - I just found out over time that she doesn't have a single bad song - and that even the songs that I didn't like much before, I started to like over time, and a lot.
"Jig of Life" always tears me up inside. I interpret it as her future self begging her present self to stay alive and not give up on life. "This moment in time (she said), it doesn't belong to you (she said), it belongs to me and to your little boy and to your little girl and the one hand clapping. Where on your palm is my little line when you're written in mine as an old memory?/Never say goodbye to my part of your life."... then it breaks out into the joyful jig that sounds like all the joys of life she has yet to live, and her brother's voice guiding her out of the darkness.
This song helped me through a lot. Being a recovering heroin addict it was my go to when I was detoxing. It is a very special song for me.
Yeah, stunning.
If Kate doing barking noises surprised you in “Hounds of Love”…try the last track on The Dreaming: “Get Out of My House.”
“Hello Earth” has always been one of my favorite Kate tracks. It’s not necessarily loud, but it’s overwhelming. The image I always have in my head is of the shipwrecked woman in the water hallucinating as she looks up at the Moon and thinking it’s the Earth.
You should have seen her sing it live. Truly amazing.
@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 yeah it was spellbounding, have never been to a concert where everyone was so focused and drawn in.the whole concert was breathtaking and unbelievable that it was actually kate singing on stage and I didn't dream it
get out of my house is my absolute favorite kate bush track of all time
"Get Out of My House" is inspired by The Shining (book), actually.
EE orr eeorre eeorrr
Running up That Hill - 2:46
The Hounds of Love - 6:55
The Big Sky - 10:54
Mother Stands for Comfort - 14:56
Cloudbursting - 18:00
And Dream of Sheep - 21:01
Under Ice - 23:57
Waking the Witch - 26:29
Watching You Without Me - 31:58
Jig of Life - 35:05
Hello Earth - 40:40
The Morning Fog - 45:55
Genius is a word that tends to be thrown about a lot these days, but Kate is most definitely a genius. One of my favourite track is Dream of Sheep. On the surface it's a soothing track that lulls you into a state of comfort. However, whenever you actually consider that the song is actually about trying to stay awake, otherwise you will succumb to cold, sink down into the depths and embrace certain death. Genius.
This is the best Kate Bush reaction I've ever seen, I couldn't stop smiling and I got emotional when you described how you feel like a changed person and how much it inspired you! You said this was the album you've been waiting for all your life, but maybe Kate Bush is the artist you've been waiting for all your life? She sure was for me. So the album can be divided into two parts, the first half is basically the "Hounds of Love" part, all songs are about love in some way and they're a bit more conventional sounding but still so unique, especially "Mother Stands For Comfort" which is so underrated. Then the second half is a very experimental concept piece called "The Ninth Wave" starting at "And Dream of Sheep", and you did seem to understand that there was a shift there and that the songs are connected somehow, and your interpretations weren't that far off sometimes! Listening to it knowing the story will blow your mind even more! Listen to it at night in the dark! It's beyond music, it's like a movie and it's an out of body experience for me especially during "Hello Earth". It's art. She was such a pioneer, this album is timeless and has inspired so many just like it inspired you. Please react to all her albums, and do it in order!
i always see ur user under kate videos lol love that
@@Nico-gd3ko yeah we love Nellie
One of my desert island albums for sure. True masterpiece 💕💕
I bought all her albums back in the day, but somehow only now really realize how revolutionary and ahead of time she was in music prodcution. Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Bjork, etc etc may have dominated the 90s, but as great as their albums are, Kate set the bar high.
Dominated the 90's after being inspired by Kate Bush. :)
And Kate Bush has stated that Laura Nyro "greatly inspired and influenced her" along with Tori Amos saying the same thing about Laura. Many women that are musical artist have stated how much Laura Nyro has influenced them to write, sing, play piano and produce their own music.
@@Rhiannon011 Laura Nyro is a definite inspiration for Tori. Everyone thinks Kate Bush is her primary influence, but Kate is only five years older than Tori, and Tori began playing piano in a conservatory by age five and was playing professionally in bars and hotels by age 12. Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell are primary female influences on Tori, but the real primary musical influences are Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, classical music and church hymnals she grew up with, along with singing traditional music with her Eastern Cherokee grandfather.
I once asked Tori to play "And When I Die" as a leadin to "Happy Phantom" and her eyes bugged out and she said "THAT'S interesting!" but she didn't play it haha
I was 10 when hounds of love came out, but where I lived somehow Kate Bush slipped out from under my radar and I don’t remember her music at all. Watching this reaction with no point of reference really I noted there’s a similar vibe to Tori Amos Little Earthquakes and just assumed there was influence there or both women had similar influences
I've loved Tori since "Earthquakes" but her musical style is different in my opinion. Kate is very story and cinema. I feel Tori is more first-person. I was so elated that Tori did RUTH in concert. I literally lost my mind! Each woman deserves respect for their own contributions. Both are woman who play piano but then so does Lady Gaga. Enough praise and respect for all! Talent is talent.
Please do "The Dreaming" by her next !!! it is her craziest album. EMI almost declined it's release bc of how experimental and crazy it was for the time (1982). Plus it was the first album where she handled all the production herself.
The dreaming is great and very eclectic but I think he should check the others first the dreaming takes a listen or two to really love it for me
FKA twigs’ album MAGDELENE is like a modern version of this album in some sorts (although they are very different and stand together on their own as masterpieces) i would love to see your reaction to it
Also No Shape by Perfume Genius! Probably closer for its rhythm and lyrical themes.
MAGDALENE is a contemporary masterpiece
If you haven’t I’d absolutely recommend listening to The Turning Wheel by SPELLLING, it feels like a modern evolution of Hounds of Love.
Your final conclusion is so lovely. Discovering music that you realize will be with you forever is one of the best parts of life. Congrats to being in the Kate club now!
"This is life-changing." My exact words 37 years ago when I first bought this album. Still have that vinyl. It's still in my top favorites and certainly shows why and how an 'album' format can be so impactful and a real journey. Listened for so many hours with my headphones on back then. Great reaction. Glad you found it. Better late than never!
THE DREAMING NEXT!!
Hounds of Love is a masterpiece. I literally wore out 2 cassettes of this album within the first year of its release. I still love it so much. So atmospheric.
When this album came out I was just discovering the wonderful world of progressive and art rock. This album was a huge influence in the development of my musical taste. The Ninth Wave is a masterpiece. All these years later it still holds up. It's not just a collection of songs. It's a sonic journey. It makes me really happy to see it resonate with a new generation of fans.
every song is unique, she didn't repeat herself - always creative and experimenting new tecnologies and styles. She was upon the mainstream, she had no interest in. I'm so glad young folk of today is discovering her.
Went from knowing the name but not really knowing the music a month or so ago to being one of my favorite artists I've ever heard. And I still have several albums to go. About to move on to Red Shoes.
@@usasoldiern You're so lucky. I am familiar up to The Red Shoes. I have listened to her later stuff once only. I'm saving it for later. Hounds of Love and Sensual World are part of my DNA.
Ok so I'm going to try to explain this album the best I can, some people did kinda say how it works but I believe you need more context for it to be really understood. From "Running up that hill" to "Cloudbusting" Is the album "Hounds of Love" at least conceptually. After her last album "The Dreaming" which sonically was extremely experimental and uncommercial the label told her that if she didn't write a hit album she would be signed off from her label. So she decided to break the album in two parts: one that would have all the singles and "commercial songs" and another one that would be just as experimental as she wanted. So, going back to what I was saying, have in mind that back then vinyls and Cassettes would have a Side A and Side B. She took advantage of that and made Side A "Hounds Of Love" and Side B a new album inside the album called "The Ninth Wave" The whole album tells the story of a women floating in water after a Shipwreck, her passing from different stages in her attempt to maintain consciousness and stay alive. Dream of a Sheep is about her In a conscious State singing about her struggle to stay awake, telling herself to stay awake and not surrender to death. Under the ice is abou a dream she has about her skating on ice and seeing someone following her under the ice, to end up realizing she's watching herself from out of her body. So like, she as an entity is out of her body. Then, The next three song represent the Past, the Present and the Future of this woman's life, being these hallucinations she has related to the.. "Waking the Witch" goes back to this woman antecessors, who are telling her to wake and not give up. Then she has a vision of one of them being in a witch trial back in the past. In the end you hear a Helicopter and a man telling her "You must wake up, you need to get out of Water" these are the people that are there save her. "Watching you without me" would be the present, and is about her watching her lover as a ghost and going through the idea they won't be able to be together anymore, and how he has no idea about her being on the edge of death. "Jig of Life" would represent the Future and is basically she having a debate with her future self and she asking her not to give up as she wants to live and have a life. "Hello Earth" talks about how she is saying goodbye to the world, surrendering to the idea of dying and just watching the whole world and departing from it. "The Morning Fog" is when she's rescue from the water and sings about how she will cherish life from now on because of this experience. That's why the change of tone music wise.
That's all, hope it's easy to understand haha
This is a great explanation. If there's an intended narrative by the writer you do it a disservice by trying to interpret it yourself.
Good explanation, thanks! I knew the basics of the shipwreck story but not the details. Under Ice is the one that seriously disturbs me....just that voice screaming 'Its me!' *sheesh*
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Kate Bush has always resisted giving a definitive interpretation of her songs. She prefers that the individual listener finds whatever meaning they want from the songs.
@@mikeoliver5642 When did she say that? I've seen lots of interviews where she explicitly explains some of her songs.
@@mikeoliver5642 kate has always explained what the songs mean,there are interviews on TH-cam where she explains the meaning of her songs,but she has also said in these interviews that she doesn't want to take away people's own thoughts of what the songs mean to the listener.the songs mean different things and she's happy with that as well
I'm one of those Gen X's that's delighted that all these fabulous young people are getting into KB. Welcome!
I’m 53 and this album was the soundtrack of my teenage years. And the dreaming too. I highly recommend to dip your soul and ears in THE DREAMING album. It’s absolutely great. It’s an adventure within your deepest feelings.
So here is a hint: all the tracks from And Dream of Sheep through to the end tell one specific story about a person having a certain experience!
Cloudbusting was sampled by Utah Saints for their 1992 club classic "Something Good". I've known that song forever without knowing that it was Kate Bush's voice until I listened to Hounds of Love!
Some of the comments suggested "The Dreaming" (1982) as the next step (and you should do it at some time), but maybe it would be interesting to examine "Aerial" (2005), especially side B "A Sky Of Honey", another wonderful suite about the course of a sample day, just like "The Ninth Wave" showed us a floating person on the sea from drowning until eventually being rescued...
I first heard this album a little over a year ago and was blown away by its perfection. It is now my favorite album of all time, and I never tire of listening to it. “Hello Earth” is almost unbearably beautiful. Great review - I loved seeing your reaction to “Waking the Witch”.
It's only natural you'll do more Kate album reactions in the future - she seems like an artist you respond well to. I'd suggest going chronologically, but since you've heard a decent amount of songs from her first album, you could probably listen to it on your own time. For a reaction, I'd suggest "The Sensual World" (1989). It's very warm and not as conceptual, so it won't confuse you much. A lovely pop album. It has "This Woman's Work" on it. "The Dreaming" (1982) is a great album for a reaction too but you gotta prepare yourself for it first. It is one of Bjork's favorite albums ever, so you can imagine how fucked up it is.
Not the shade towards the dreaming ☠️, Björk’s list of favorite albums is how I discovered Kate and Joni Mitchell. Really recommend Hissing Of Summer Lawns if you haven’t listened to it.
@@Benheartsart Haha no shade! The Dreaming is one of my favorite Kate albums along with HOL and Aerial, but I had to warn him ☠
Love Bjork and Joni! I have heard some songs off that album, but thus far have only listened to Blue and Hejira in full. She's such a lyrical genius. Will listen to it, thanks!
@@mistraldespair have you heard Lingua Ignota????
I totally agree with you about waiting to listen to "The Dreaming ". Based on his two reviews of KB music, "The Sensual World" or "The Red Shoes" may be better choices for the next album. I love "The Dreaming" but it's more abrasive/darker than "Hounds" for sure. Easier to go from that album to "Hounds" than the reverse in my opinion.
I absolutely love "The Dreaming" but it can be a bit intimidating.
I was hoping to see the lightbulb mind-blown moment from you when you discover the REAL meaning behind the suite of songs in the second half 😜 maybe do it in an update video on socials? Aha
""It's in the trees-It's coming!"" Night of the Demon 1957 Hammer Films
Jig of Life is The Character talking to her self from the future, and her brother's gorgeous poem. He was also her publicity photographer for most of her career, which has been very much a family affair. State of the art recording studio in her parents garden, one brother in the band the other taking pictures, we get snippets from her mother and father in recordings and more recently her child.
David Christian Columbia Pictures/Sabre Films actually. It's a favourite from my vintage Sci Fi/Horror collection.
@@warrenbridges1891 Correct! And I've actually seen it and was convinced it was Hammer.
This is so good to share Kate’s music again. She deserves so much love with all she delivered to the world.
In college, I used to fall asleep every night to the Ninth Wave! 💕💕💕
I'm a 52 year old guy and iv been so lucky to grow up with Kate's music i bought this album when I was 15 and iv listened to it at least once a month it never gets old
I was eleven years old when "Wuthering Heights" got released, and have been a Kate Bush fan since then 'in real time'. My family used to mock me, "Are you still listening to this woman who sounds like a screaming cat?" It makes me so happy to see that all these years later new generations get to discover her work AND appreciate it so beautifully. @42.46 min. She is saying in German "Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht" which translates into "Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the depth there is a light." And then, she ends it on "Go to sleep, little Earth."
this is deep esoteric stuff, thats why i love Kate, She gets it. she tells a story...
Beautiful reaction. Kate is wonderful in that she makes one feel so many emotions. The Red Shoes is a gorgeous album as is The Sensual World. But really you can’t go wrong with her….everything of hers is an experience!
Glad this has awakened you to the past. Music objectively was better produced and crafted than it is today, where everything is produced simply to be louder and more compressed to be hard on digital formation the move. The 70s and 80s are a lesson in experimentation and quality that really is lacking today. I truly hope you find a wealth of surprises.
I want to call you and ask you out for red wine and a Kate Bush listening party. Thank you for this reaction. Her music is everything. You are beautiful and interesting. Keep it going. Lots of love ❤️
Jig of life is my favourite song of all time. I very much know what’s the actual meaning of it. It’s about a girl (maybe Kate herself) who suffers from depression and have suicidal thoughts. So, her old self founds her « the crossroad meet, look into the mirror, I know your face well etc…. ». She is basically telling her that she is not allowed to kill herself as this part of her life doesn’t belong to her now. It belongs to her older self. The name of the song itself indicates that this song is ironic but also very meaningful in the end. This song really helped me when I was in the deepest in my depression. With idea like the one is the song. It has now become a refuge for me. I’m forever great full to Kate Bush for writing this song.
This was the song (and album!) that got me through nursing school. I wanted to give up so badly but Jig of Life gave me life energy to keep going
The opening line of "Hounds Of Love" the title track of this iconic album is a sample taken from a 1957 Britsh Horror film called "Night Of The Demon" staring Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummings. In the video for this song which Kate directed herself she goes on the run with a fugitive,the video has a 1950's look to it. Kate did create a series of really iconic videos for tracks from this album which you should look into and react too,they really add to the meanings and momentum of the songs,the video she created for "Cloud Busting" is really amazing and stars Donald Sutherland. So great that you are reacting to such an iconic and ground breaking album from Kate Bush. Parts of this album also formed part of the live "Before The Dawn" shows she created in 2014. There is a sequece she filmed for that show for the track "And Dream Of Sheep" which was filmed in a huge water tank in a studio, Kate is wearing a life jacket which conceals a live microphone and sings the song live and it's really atmospheric and haunting, like she is out at sea,the film actually became part of the live show.But it's worh watching as a stand alone video of her's too.If you get the chance to watch this it will change how you see that song because it gives it a whole new emotive weight. (matt)
My biggest regret I didn’t make to the concert 😅
I would like you to dive into Kate's entire catalogue starting with her debut album "The Kick Inside", however Kate's 4th album "The Dreaming" was the 1st one when she was sole producer (she was co-producer on the previous album "Never For Ever") is considered to be her most experimental "out there" album, at time Kate had fully mastered the Fairlight CMI (having used it to extent on "Never For Ever") and used it to great effect on "The Dreaming" and the "Hounds Of Love", so based on your reaction to HOL then perhaps you should listen to "The Dreaming" next. Regarding "Mother Stands For Comfort" I think that it's a really great song and as you dive further into Kate's music you will encounter other songs with dark subjects that other artists wouldn't go anywhere near, another example of just how Kate is fearless, she knows what she wants to explore and express and won't be deflected. A perfect example is the debut single "Wuthering Heights", EMI had categorised Kate as an album artist only and wanted to release a more mainstream track "James And The Cold Gun" as the 1st single, Kate refused and continued to argue for "Wuthering Heights" as she wanted to make an immediate impact with it. EMI executives eventually caved in because they thought that such an unusual song would be a flop and its failure would teach her lesson, instead it became a massive worldwide smash hit record.
Oops I do need to add that one of acts in her concert residency "Before The Dawn" in 2014 was devoted to "The Ninth Wave" it started as a live recorded performance of "And Dream Of Sheep" projected on a huge screen at the start, the video can be seen here: th-cam.com/video/_256xd9N27o/w-d-xo.html
Kate did suffer for her art, afterwards she was diagnosed with mild hypothermia.
The tickets for all 22 dates sold out in 15 minutes, I was lucky to get a ticket to her last performance, people came from all over the world to see Kate, I know for certain because while queuing to go in I talked to a few people - so there were people who had travelled from Germany, Netherlands, America, Australia and New Zealand for example.
Hounds of love is Everything I’ve been into her since 1985
It truly is a life-changing album, as you said. Kate Bush's music is life changing, life affirming, eye opening, mind expanding. It takes you on a journey, an adventure; it is cinematic and unique and innovative. It can be optimistic, dark, edgy, theatrical, beautiful, sublime, transformative, transcendent. It's like life itself. As much as she is a musical genius with an incredible voice, Kate Bush IS ultimately a genius storyteller. Each song is a story that features different characters and the character's experience and perspective in a specific situation, which in turn dictates the sounds she chooses, the lyrics, the instrumentation, etc. in the song. I've LOVED Kate Bush's music for ages and it STILL blows my mind each time I listen to it, which is very often. And even though I've listened to this album countless times, watching your reaction to it brought new dimensions out of it for me, and renewed appreciation for the album. It gave me a great sense of optimism that the intense impact of her music, that many of us felt decades ago, continues for younger generations. Her music is timeless. She is a rare artist, the likes of which we will never see again. I'm grateful that her music is being discovered and re-discovered. Thank you so much for this! It meant so much to see a young person experiencing this for the first time. It felt like I was looking in the mirror at my younger self listening to it for the first time, which was really quite beautiful. Please stay true to who you are and keep creating your music! It's wonderful to know there are young people like you in the world who are great creative souls. BTW, the second part of the album is called The Ninth Wave and is about a woman who's lost at sea, adrift and being enveloped by the frigid, wide open, powerful ocean. Her mind goes in all directions. Will she be found? Will she be saved? Does she live or die? It is existential. But you're absolutely right that each listener will find their own meaning in the music. This is by far the best Kate Bush music reaction video I've seen!
THE DREAMING!!!
Loved watching you discover this album and pretty much fall in love with it in front of my eyes, thank you. Glad she’s inspired you too, she really has a vision and doesn’t compromise, but without being an arse about it. Enjoy listening to it over and over!
Love this reaction .....refreshing to see it hit someone else the way it hit me many many years ago.
Kate Bush is just something else ......you listen to music and you love it and then something like KB's music comes along that reveals a spectrum you never realised was there and you never realised you were missing until now.....
Welcome aboard
I’m with you, this album revolutionized the way I listen to and think about music, especially in the album format. The focus on dreams amidst the existential threat of drowning in the second half was especially mind-altering, with how it follows our distressed heroine through the entire scope of being human, from the intimacy of home-life to the confrontation with her older self, all the way up to the encounter with perhaps the ultimate sublime, the enormity of the world against the vastness of space, all while following an intuitive kind of dream-logic that keeps the listener on the seat’s edge even in its more tender moments. I am so glad you loved it!
You should listen all her album befor that one 🙃 full of surprise....Kate s music is in my life for about 38 years ! She is my queen of 80 s ! So cuite to see you doscover that album....but for me the one s befor are soooooo amazing ! Im happy for her and this big come back ! Its so exiting for her i guess ! She waz at the time very unique and i feel the same for me today!
The first time I heard this album was when I brought it hot off the press in 1985. Remember sitting on the edge of my bed mouth open and staring into space (alright I was stoned).this album has followed by life as with her previous 4 albums and for those that were to follow after. But what a album "Hounds Of Love" is
In 2014 I saw her perform the majority of this album including the whole of The Ninth Wave as part of her Before The Dawn residency in London. She is an incredible and utterly unique artist.
Omg incredible ❤️
Lucky bastard😂 Must have cost an arm and a leg to be there
So glad you got yo listen to this whole album. And you got such an intuitive feel for what Kate intended it to be about.
When I first heard it I was shocked and moved to tears multiple times despite not even having any real idea as to what it meant. Especially Hello Earth which felt practically mindblowing to me.
9:11 The movie sampling at the beginning of The Hounds of Love ("it's in the trees! It's coming!") is from the 1957 film Night of the Demon. It's worth a look for those who like older films.
You beat me to it! A great film indeed and I would recommend it, even though we see the (slightly cheesy) monster flying through the trees almost immediately.
Bfdidc When Kate spoke about it, the only thing she was incorrect about, was the actor, Maurice Denham. It was actually a mental patient who immediately after, jumped out of the window and died. From memory the actor was Brian Whyte.
Better late than never. I remember my introduction to this album. I was blown away!! I heard it 20 yrs after its release. I will always be grateful to my ex. I barely remember him but while we were together he introduced me to this album. He faded but this album remained. I still listen to it. It’s in my top 10.
Brilliant video, thank you. I listened to this album a million times and it was remarkable to get your point of view. Kate Bush is amazing story teller and an unsung musical hero. I’m so glad she got rediscovered and looking for more reviews of great artists like her in your channel. Thank you again !
think i discovered this album in 93ish & its remained in my top 10 albums of all time since then, glad you got to hear it fully :)
Loved your reaction in "Waking the witch"! You're such a sweetheart!
Cloudbusting is about the true life story of william reich from Maine, who created orgonone.
I listened to "Waking the witch" for the first time in the middle of the night, focused on writing my Bachelor thesis.
I was woken up for real and scared af.
Would recommend and not recommend this setting at the same time 😂
I just love her so so much. She's so creative.
You really should do The Dreaming next. I have frequently said that Hounds of Love is the best album of 80s, but The Dreaming is the best Kate Bush album of the 80's. If you do The Dreaming I would recommend not doing a "first time hearing review". Instead I would do an after 10 or 20 listens review, or a combo first and tenth listen combination. It is an album that must be listened too thoroughly. Of her 80's albums, a quick analysis says that Hounds of Love, masterpiece that it is, is her best album, but after a thousand listens, The Dreaming is something else entirely. The Dreaming is her Revolver, to her Sgt. Pepper, Hounds of Love.
A first time hearing review would be fun to see his reaction.
Who the hell has time to do 10 or 20 listens LOL. At ANY TIME! Tad over the top idea
@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax For a good album, ten or twenty times is nothing. There are many albums have listened to hundreds of time, thousands in some cases. Listening to an album while driving, cooking, doing the dishes, or whatever can quickly add up.
@@youngbloodk I know but asking someone to listen to a whole album they have never heard before at least 10 times and up to 20 times without even really knowing if they are a fan of the artist is just way over the top. Nobody does that unless they are already familar with the artist and/or their music and/or the specific songs from that particular album. Not to mention, who has the time to do that purposely? Also you definitely don't need to listen or watch something that many times to know whether you like it or not. After a third listen, you know whether you like it or not. Just seems like an over exagerration to tell someone you need to listen or view something at least a dozen times to "get it". LOL. I have liked albums and listened to them a dozen times but that was over months and years not for a next video to make or within a month or so.
@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax, while I would generally agree, The Dreaming is a special animal. It can be very jarring on the first few listens, and deserves a fair listen, especially, if as I and many others contend, The Dreaming is superior to Hounds Of Love. In light of his statements about Hounds of Love to the affect of "Is this the best album I have ever heard?", and "Why have I not heard this before?", I think he is a good candidate for the recommendation of many listens before a review. This is not dissimilar to advice I would give to someone about to review Abbey Road to listen to You Never Give Me Your Money onward as a single track ,and not individually.
As if I am back in August '85, listening to my version of the album for the first time. Feeling overwhelmed is a weak description of what I then experienced. I also remember the emotions evoked contemplating the high standard this album represents. And... playing it for weeks on end, leaving all other music behind. I really enjoyed your conclusions while knowing what you had missed - the story behind the story that was the common thread throughout part two. Then all your questions surfacing while taking in this piece of art. Great job!
I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it has been to watch your reactions to one of my absolute favorite albums. These songs rest deep in my soul from years of listening (like many others here, I'm 53). I laughed and cried along with you today!
I loved to hear your interpretations on the musics, it really shows how much you care 😁
The video for Cloudbusting is a must see, very cinematic, which stars Donald Sutherland as Wilhelm Reich. About 10 years ago, my wife and I were just leaving Santa Monica beach when we walked past a man walking his dog. We both saw him, nudged each other and nodded to the man as we passed. The dog walker was Donald Sutherland.
Thank you for bringing me back to the Moment in 1985 when I had the same journey, listening to Hounds of Love for the first time. You brought a huge big fat happy smile on my face while I was watching. This album's comeback isn' t really a comeback for me. The Hounds were with me all those 37 years. 💃🏻⛰️💃🏻
All her albums are worth reacting too but for another "dance" song I recommend "eat the music", for a prediction of the future "deeper understanding" & "a coral room" for a beautiful tribute to her mum
I love how you say 'its like she's made it through the night' . Hit the nail on the head there.
The 2nd part of the album - the 'B' side to us oldies - is about being lost at sea 'and dream of sheep' followed by dreams etc and making it through the night.
"Dream of sheep" is one of my favourite songs ever since my dad explained it to me. It's about a woman adift in a life boat with a light on to of it, and as it spins it lights up her face. But she's been in it for days with only her imagination and she can feel herself slipping away and dying. She thinks that she could hold on just a little longer if she just had something to take her mind off of it. But she gradually fades. It's both a tragedy and a relief that it's all ended. It's the best way I've ever hear death described.
Beautiful.
wow thats an incredible description!
The lyrics at the end of "Hello Earth" are "Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht" .... which is German for "Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the deep there is a light".
This album. Dear gods, this album. My first attempt at listening all the way through ended abruptly when "Waking the Witch" gave me an anxiety attack (that "Wake up!" messed me up something fierce); my second attempt made it to the end, and then the cassette stayed in constant rotation in my Walkman for months after. Thank you for helping me remember what a work of magic it truly is.
As for recommendations: for reasons unknown, The Red Shoes, Kate's 1993 album, never seems to come up in any of the online conversations, which is a damned shame as it's pretty magnificent, especially the title track. Give it a listen.
i recommend you in the next days to make reaction video from Kate albums "Never for ever" and " Lionheart" , they were produced before Hounds of love. Lionheart is basically with piano and strings and guitar, Never for ever approached the fairlight. Lionheart is 1978 and Never for ever 1980. Hounds of love 1985
I wish you would have known that the second half of the album was its own concept piece called The Ninth Wave! It is so much more beautiful and powerful when you understand the story being told before going into it and understanding her journey on being rescued from the sea.
It’s funny that people nowadays are so focused on everything being listened to as individual songs, to the point that they’ll stop even when the next song clearly starts without any break from the previous one. Growing up with Yes, early Rush, Pink Floyd, etc., it’s natural for me to recognize when there’s deliberate connections between songs.
I've listened to Kate Bush for decades...and the note about percussion @15:25 is astute. She manages to create a soundscape where drums are on beat & off beat simultaneously.
Kate Bush is everything!
You made me cry
Like seeing myself hearing it for the first time 37 years ago
Thank you for this
I love you and your enthusiasm
This is the album you’ve been waiting for your whole life
I need you to find me
We have to talk
Thank you for your beautiful honesty
This is the best analysis of Kate's music. You are fun to watch.
I loved watching your reaction to this incredible album. When you 'get' Kate Bush it really blows the doors wide open and I can see that happening to you here, it's an amazing amazing thing to experience. My musical life is most definitely split into 'before' and 'after' Kate Bush, it seems that's just happened for you too. Beautiful to share in that moment with you and in doing so re-live how it felt for me when I first heard this album. It's honestly the greatest album ever written imo.
Thank you for the enthusiasm and honesty you bring to your reactions…
It is inspiring to find another who appreciates the true realm of music and joy to be realized through sonic art. This is one of the key advances that began to open up in the seventies and eighties with the introduction of synths and advanced recording techniques…while I felt this welcomed musicians and writers to an amazing opportunity…sadly..this factor has thus far been pushed aside by the commercial forces intent upon securing immediate gratification…as an older one most likely in step with your father’s experience…You give me hope for a renaissance of clarity…thanks again!!!
Beautiful reaction. I remember when I first listened to the whole album at age 22 (34 now). So many key memories are now connected with it. And now that her music is on the radio more, connecting again to new ones. The Ninth Wave is stunning, I have listened to Under Ice/Waking the Witch and to Hello Earth so many times
This is the best reaction video, I have ever seen. I have loved Kate since Wuthering Heights. So nice to see someone else enjoy her music and really get what she was trying to do with her music. I would love to see you review all her albums but especially The Kick Inside, Never Forever, The Dreaming, Ariel and 50 Words For Snow 😊
This was a pleasure to watch. You captured the heart of the experience of this album.
React to her album ”the dreaming”!
This was wonderful. Thank you.
Wonderful reaction ❤️ I’m sure by now you’ve worked the ninth wave is concept piece with the songs being linked together. A lot of people don’t realise that there is also lots of ‘hidden’ genius going on - an example is ‘watching you without me’ - played forward the broken up voice sings help me etc - played backwards her mum ( Hannah Bush ) responds . It subconsciously puts us the listener in the place of the women in the water - like a ghost / unable to communicate - to see or hear your family. This is just one example - there are loads more but I’ll let you discover them for yourself - listen closely and research it’s massively rewarding - takes genius to a whole new level ❤️
Can't believe I watched this again. You understand the best of emotions and performance. Keep going 😊
Definitely check out "The Kick Inside" it is amazing 😍
This is one of the best reaction videos I have seen. Kates music is so emotionally enticing and it was fascinating watching you 'run the gauntlet' of feelings as you listened to each song in turn. It was Kate's gift to us all, and we are truly blessed.
I think you would love The sensual world, it's such a beautiful and emotional album, a bit softer sound than her most experimental works.
this was, and remains, one of the most personally influential albums to me. great job with the reaction, carry on, good sir!
I glad you love it! Kate Bush is indeed very inspiring for all artists.
I'm at the point where you just heard "Wake up!" and I have to share my experience with it. I was half-sleeping on the train in NYC on the way home when I heard "Wake up!" which immediately made me open my eyes to look around and then I realized it was the song. My heart was beating so fast 😂
Edit: So glad you loved it and that it inspired and encouraged you so much. There's so much amazing music of the past and now you can continue your journey of discovery. Enjoy!! 😆
Kate Bush’s magical music and voice has saved me so many times. Have everything she’s done. A massive fan here. xx
B side Is a masterpiece,love your reaction 🔥👍
Love your reaction. Eberhard Weber's upright bass is giving her songs so much atmosphere and sophistication, I think. Watching you without me is masterful.
Fabulous reaction and analysis. One of your best. Can't wait to see you react to her wildest album The Dreaming.
Great reactions . I'm old enough to have loved her from the start of her journey. Her very first gig in a Lewisham pub- where I was actually living at that time. I was only 9 though
Glad you loved this album... I'm sure others have pointed this out, but the 2nd Side of the album (on vinyl when I first got it) was one long piece called "The Ninth Wave" and all the song are a journey that links up. I ADORE this suite of songs... and consider it Kate's best ever work. (that's saying a lot, as her entire catalog is brilliant.)
Your take on the ending song is perfect. It's an emotional roller coaster that ends on an absolutely note. A redemptive song that is so beautiful it still brings tears to my eyes.... and I've listened this album for decades. I was so inspired by her music I did a 6-hour show on her called "The Ninth Wave" for my college radio station back in the day. Truly a unique and fearless artist.
If you want kind of a similar emotional journey... whereas Kate Bush was the Queen of progressive pop... Peter Gabriel was the King. (Kate was influenced by Gabriel, they admired each other and worked together, as well!) His fourth album came out around that time and is HIGHLY recommended. Absolutely gorgeous, adventurous, and wonderfully done, as well. Definitely check it out. ("Rhythm of the Heat," and "San Jacinto" in particular are incredible works. (His first four albums were simply called "Peter Gabriel"... but this one was named "Security"...) I think you'll love it.
Cheers!
How you describe feeling about this album at the end of your video, is how I felt about PJ HARVEY's "IS THIS DESIRE?" and TORI AMOS' "FROM THE CHOIRGIRL HOTER" albums from 1998. They're also sample heavy and experimental like this, and you'll love them.
I think they were the first albums I sat through from beginning to end without pausing and I never wanted to take off those headphones and stop listening.
They were the inspiration to go ahead and make some demos and not just write songs no one would ever hear. Now I have demos no one liked 😂 ... though oddly I think it would have maybe gotten some attention now, but the 2020s has been a little rough 😶🌫🤐
"Is This Desire?" is my 2nd favorite PJ album and I truly do think it's a masterpiece unlike any album. It changed my view of how to write dark characters with an empathetic approach. I hope he reacts to it soon.
I would really appreciate a The Sensual World reaction!!! It's my favorite album by Kate
It was really fun watching your review (you jumped too). The second part of the album was a concept piece about being in the ocean and floating in the water. See the many references to waves, water, seagulls, submarines, and an S.O.S. in the lyrics? All alone at sea not sure if you'll be rescued or die. Kate really wanted to do a short film. I personally think that's why she included the songs in the last tour. She hadn't had the chance to complete that video. This the first time that Kate was completely successful at using the technology to showcase her vision. "The Dreaming" is also brilliant but darker and more focused on percussion. Some people see that album as her best work. I think you'll eventually listen to all her albums but would probably enjoy those created after "Hounds of Love" the most. Thanks for giving this one a proper listen. 👏
Definitely listen to the side 2 suite The Ninth Wave. All on its own straight through, headphones. A few times. There was a poem in the original liner notes. Concept. Also, “Hello Earth” section was used in a scene from Miami Vice - US tv show in the 80’s.
Song “waking the witch” (a witch trial) has a vibe to her earlier song “get out of my house”. Wait… from The Dreaming or Never Forever? My copies are elsewhere. Oh, listen to all of them.
I was one of the very lucky people to get tickets to see her live in 2014 in the 3 1/2 hour set she included a full perfomance of the Hounds of Love Aabum and on the song Hello Earth she fell backwards and the dancers caught her and carried her aloft through the audience. It was real goosebumps theatre and so emotional when she then apeared back on stage to perform the Morning Fog which ended the first half of the show. I have seen a lot of theatre, concerts and gigs but nothing like what she did in that 3 1/2 hours. Just get the live album Before The Dawn of the show. You will love it, Infact do a reaction to it. Just get the album anyway. Thankyou for such a a great reaction. PS: Just subscribed, Ray.
What a wonderful reaction. A pleasure to share with you!
I mean , The Kick Inside, Lionheart , Never for Ever , that’s a good entry to the universe of Kate.
Thank you for such a beautiful reaction video. Kate is a genius, a true original -- it was evident right from the very beginning. I'm glad Stranger Things have introduced her to a new audience, she deserves all the renewed attention.
Great reaction. You got me when you said , it's like i'm in a tavern , ha ha ! I 'm so glad you found this, this album has helped me throughout my life.