I was just thinking about that, and remembering the pain (as a fan) when The Dreaming was released as the launch single (though many months after Sat In Your Lap) and frankly flopped at 48 in the charts, it was too far ahead for many people. If it wasn't for the fact that her pioneering use of the Fairlight synthesiser and 'sampling' was so highlighted in the music press, which possibly allowed people to be more patient, there was certainly a concern that she was stretching too far out on a limb. The patience was rewarded of course, many times over.
Some people take longer to recognize brilliance! This album goes through my head as a magical music worm! Touching parts of my brain, that i didnt know exist! I love the "wackiness"! ❤️
Kates pitch and vocal range is legendary mate. No other female singer comes close to the magic she inspires in her music. Listened to her music almost daily since 1979. No other artist has held my attention like Kate. She is adorable in person and her music shows us what type of a person she is.
I love this guy's reactions! The Dreaming is a masterpiece for me... I enjoy so much seeing young people try it out! In my opinion THE most underappreciated album at it's time of release but years later is renowned 🙌
It took me a while to really appreciate this album. It's so weird on the surface, but re-listening reveals a bunch of great hooks and brilliant little moments. I nowadays prefer Dreaming to Hounds of Love (and Aerial to both of them).
Aerial is also a favorite of mine, but I think he should listen to all her prior albums before. Aerial might be too difficult into if he doesn't get a taste of the more simple/vulnerable Kate first, like on "Lionheart" or "The Red Shoes" for example.
I completely agree, originally I enjoyed it of course but coming off hounds of love as my introduction it was jarring. After experiencing never for ever, sensual world and red shoes all amazing I went back and appreciated the dreaming far more now understanding Kate’s artistry.
Since "the dreaming" is SO prog it's usually not going to truly blow your mind on the first listen (sometimes it can), it grows and grows on you after each and every time you listen and that's what I love the most about prog in general!
@@cuckoofan yes you’re right! Better-sounding, better-recorded. Lionheart was the first album made me want to explore more of her music but still The Kick Inside is better as an album I think.
I got The Dreaming (and Japan's Tin Drum) on my 18th birthday in 1982 - can't believe that was 40 years ago! Brilliant album - the tracks are more like a collection of short stories than songs. Still a favourite of mine after all these years.
I love your Kate Bush Album reactions. You are amazing. I love your reflections here. Both Hounds of Love and the Dreaming are amazing albums. Please do her Album The sensual World. There is a range of vocals on that album
I love your reaction to Kate's work! When these albums were recorded, AutoTune did not exist yet, so this is all Kate. Clearly some distortion such as they were capable of is added to some songs, but there is no digital forcing of the vocals to flatten out onto a pitch, which I think is one reason her albums sound so rich, all the little flaws and waverings around a note that make the human voice so magnificent are still there. Lots of piano, yes, she composes on the piano. That tail end of the song Suspended in Gaffa is the lead-in for Night of the Swallow, which is obvious when you have vinyl on the turntable and the two tracks run together, but that effect is lost when tracks are played discretely. The strange chanting at the end of Get Out of My House is drum talk, and if you want to hear the real thing, look up the utterly incredible Sheila Chandra. She has tracks that are completely made up of drum talk and vocal drones. P.S. You might enjoy the videos that Kate made for the songs on The Dreaming, they're as wild and weird as the album.
I second it that you have to play the original album to hear the lead-in from Suspended in Gaffa to Night of the Swallow. Bagpipes I think. 🤔 Didgeridoo on The Dreaming of course.
Another great reaction to a Kate Bush album, I'm happy that you liked and appreciated it, because it's her most experimental album, it can take a few listens to get fully adjusted to it. It's my favourite Kate Bush album, with "Hounds Of Love" in second place, I'm not going to reveal which one is in third place yet 😀! Reading the comments (to date) it would seem that there are three main choices which all have merit, [1] See how Kate developed after "Hounds Of Love" by listening to "The Sensual World" [2] Listen to "Never For Ever" the album prior to "The Dreaming", "Never For Ever" is the 1st studio album where she gets a production credit as a co-producer, for "Yhe Dreaming" and all subsequent albums Kate is the sole producer [3] Go back to the beginning and start with her debut album "The Kick Inside" an album that includes two tracks from the professional studio session that David Gilmour paid for. Whichever route you take, I'm sure that you gain much enjoyment in your further explorations of Kate's catalogue. I think that she's such a unique artist and talent.
'The Dreaming' was the first Kate Bush album recorded after John Lennon's death in December 1980. Some of the darker themes on the album relate to that, I think, such as "so now when they ring, I get my machine to let them in" in 'All the Love', and 'Get Out of My House', which touch upon not being able to live as openly as before/being more impersonal, as a celebrity, so that a crazed fan doesn't get too close, ending up in your house trying to kill you.
I'm fucking loving your reactions about Kate Bush work and art in general, If you wanna continue listening to her discography, I would suggest "The Sensual World", or maybe "The Kick Inside", anyways, both are great albums. I'll be waiting for your next reaction
What I like about this album is that it wasn't originally supposed to be self-produced. The producer involved at the time quit because Kate didn't want to get rid of all the multiple layers, vocally and instrumentally. Apparently they had a big fallout, and I am glad for it. He said she is crazy and nobody can do what she wants. She listened to her gut and decided to do it all herself, and became a mastermind producer inspiring others for decades with her skills. If you want it done right you better do it yourself, the Kate Bush way :)
Kate Bush knew from the start she would produce "The Dreaming" by herself (she already co-produced her previous album "Never for Ever" which went No1 in several countries). What you say concerns the first sound engineer who actually left the project because he didn't understand what Kate Bush wanted to achieve and as a technician, he thought she was not experimented enough to fullfill her ambitions, on the other hand, he was already commited into another project he was more interested in. "The Dreaming" required 4 sound engineers (and 11 assistant engineers) and 4 recording studios. It was a very ambitious project and it became so expensive to record . When EMI first heard it, they did not really want to support it as it was obviously not commercial enough compared to what they had spent on it, they even considered not releasing it because they felt it as a commercial suicide. Now, many of her admirers consider it as her best album.
@@cuckoofanThank you, yes. I remember reading "Under The Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush" a long time ago that said this. You are correct, I might have gotten some details wrong. However, The Dreaming is still one of my favorites. :)
@@eonzenox2315 You're wellcome.😉I agree, "The Dreaming" truly is a great album, but KB never did anything really disapointing, did she? Have a great time.🙂
This album solidified KATE BUSH as the QUEEN OF ADVENTUROUS POP... joining PETER GABRIEL (KING OF ADVENTUROUS POP... on his 3rd album). It's a BRILLIANT album.... and I agree... her BEST.
Absolutely love this album! One of my favorites from Kate! Definitely her least “commercial” album, but it’s just a deep and heavy one. Genius explained most of it, but Pull Out The Pin is about the experience of the VietCong during the Vietnam War, Kate wrote it after seeing a documentary. The Dreaming is about aboriginal Australians and how they were pushed off of their territory and their concept of “Dreamtime”, which is what she’s spelling in the “dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-a-a-a” part. Houdini is about Bess Houdini, Harry Houdini’s wife and how before Harry would leave for every performance Bess would give him a kiss and pass him the escape key through the kiss, so he could use it to escape the locks and chains. Suspended In Gaffa is about seeing something you really want or desire and then not be able to see it again, in the song that thing is God. Leave It Open is about letting your weird and personal side show rather than keeping it hidden. There Goes A Tenner is about a robbery gone wrong. The robbers are afraid, scared and nervous of what may happen. Sat In Your Lap is about the human urge to gain “universal knowledge”. Night Of The Swallow is about a smuggler’s wife begging her husband to not go on his next job. All The Love is about being lonely and grieving and how grief and pain can lead to feelings being shown that wouldn’t otherwise be let out or shown. Get Out Of My House is about the ghost of the past housekeeper returning to the house and haunting Kate and the house and she wants him to leave and go away, but it can also relate to success and fame and not wanting to be recognized and chased down. There’s no cymbals one this album. Kate would sample a spray from a bottle of windex or a cleaner for her hi-hat sound, especially on Never For Ever.
Thank you for reacting to this. I have really enjoyed your two Bush reactions. I have loved her since 1986 and she blew my mind. I a, 50 now! It is very emotional watching someone with ears from a different musical generation (you!) so I am really enjoying it. 💙 By the way- The Dreaming is not a concept album and although she used (and some say abused the Fairlight synthesiser on this album, she probably did sing those very high notes (her voice has lowered with age on more recent albums. PLEASE PLEASE react to her other albums. I’m loving watching your experience of Kate. I do not know if you have an order in which to listen to them but I would recommend Never For Ever and Aerial particularly. If you listen to them chronologically, it is possible to hear how she developed as a songwriter and artists. Thanks again so much fir the video and I hope you do more Bush reactions. 🙏
Sat in Your Lap is a Philosophy 1.01 on definitions of knowledge and certainty regarding knowledge. It is highly topical right now, when a lot of people feel able to assert that their 'truths' can (cough) trump reality.
bahahah thank you for reacting to this masterpiece of an album, PLEASE please react to one of her earlier albums too, i would very much recommend the kick inside or lionheart, both are sooo slept on. all the love, another gen z fan ❤
Get out of my House was written after seeing some horror movies, maybe The Shining, haunted houses. Look for a track that was only on the compilation album The Whole Story, but not released on any prior album called "Experiment IV". It's haunting too but very obvious what it's about. You can watch the video for it starring a young Hugh Laurie of House right here on TH-cam. I recommend that one.
Awesome reactions! I, personally, think this is her best album. Each song tells a story about a person on the edge of madness. The title song is stunning! You'll never hear anything like it! It took about 20 years to become my favorite song.
This is my favorite album: I didn't like it as much when I first heard it because it felt like such a departure from her previous three. But wow, it grew on me pretty fast. Great reaction. Thanks!
I fell in love with Kate the same way a lot of people are now, with RUTH back when MTV played music videos. Then I worked my way backwards through her albums. I didn't love them immediately, but after a few listens and finding the right mood, I loved them all. The Dreaming was my go-to when feeling down, to wallow in those feelings and let them burn out with Get Out of My House.
The Dreaming lovely album,.. GET OUT MY HOUSE IS ABOUT .. a ghost that haunting a woman house Kate got the idea from teh horror movie the entity .,... love the movie but so scarry base on true story .. when i first heard it i thought about a abused woman .. and she rather go as an donkey fly away .. The Dreaming you have just go with it it is one my favorite Kate Bush album .. i first heard it when i was only 15 years old an loved it it was way different what i hear on American radio winch gets so sugar coded boring .. Kate is a amazing artist .. been a long time huge fan of her music so special rare jam and so underrated in America .
Glad you liked this album right off the bat; sometimes it takes people a while to warm up to it. Not because of quality, but it’s just so….out there. This was her first completely self-produced album, and reportedly the studio was *not* happy with it - while the album hit #3 on the charts, none of the singles got higher than Sat in Your Lap at #11. They wanted another Wuthering Heights and she gave them Get Out of My House. (They released The Dreaming as a single, and I’m convinced teenage boys bought it because at times it feels like Kate is blowing in your ear.) When I heard it, the first track I connected with was, strangely, Houdini, because I knew the whole story behind it - Harry Houdini debunking fake mediums (because, as a stage magician, he knew all the tricks they used), his death after his appendix ruptured during one of his underwater escapes, and the “Rosabel, believe” code that he had given his wife. Back in the bad old days of music filesharing on Napster and Limewire, there was a track (When the Rain Came Down) that went around being advertised as a duet between Annie Lennox and Kate Bush. Of course, it wasn’t; it was a release by a little-known singer-songwriter named Happy Rhodes, who had a ridiculous vocal range. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/jP8Nv8XWMgU/w-d-xo.html
This is a great reaction. So wonderful to see someone react to this bonkers and genius album. Those websites just make shit up about these songs, though. Kate's work is often inspired by cinema, and Get out of My House is inspired by The Shining, and her changing into the mule also recalls Pinocchio. Kate was rarely writing about her own life. I'm excited to see what's next on your Kate journey!
I just found your channel so I’ll probably be popping up on random videos commenting pretty frequently in the next few days great channel by the way! What I love about your channel just scrolling through here is your doing full album reactions which is pretty rare and more importantly the music you choose to react to is really really good music for the most part which is pretty rare in this space here
Since you liked kate, you should listen to little earthquakes by "tori amos" and "to bring you my love" by pj harvey, both of them feature strong female vocalists like kate but stylistically they're way different!
@@NathanHautain i absolutely love bfp but i feel like little earthquakes perfectly shows tori's strength, especially since it's her debut. he definitely should react to boys though!
Great - thanks a lot for this thorough reaction! Look further into the songs - they are weird and great. Perhaps go to "Never for Ever" next, or "The Sensual World"?
This was/is my kate bush album. Had heard the early stuff..army dreamers👍hounds of love great, and This Womans Work tears me up everytime...but this one blew me away..get of my house video on MTV drew me in the album exploded my head...
'All the love' the most accessible :oooo i've been listening to her for almost 8 years and only 3 months ago realized the otherwordly genius of this one haha
When I first heard this album my reaction was: I don't know what's going on but I love it. Glad to see you're now a Kate Bush fan. There's lots more of her work for you to explore.
If you loved this album, you just gotta gotta gotta react to Nunsexmonkrock by Kate's evil sister, Nina Hagen. Vocally, it's this album to the power of 10.
I was waiting to see what happened when you got to the mule. 😁👍🏼 a great take overall on this record. Great to see love for Gaffa, which I think is one of the best-ever songs about what depression feels like.
Thank you for reacting to this album 🔥 This is Kate's most avant-garde album and can be off-putting for mainstream listeners but not bad for a first-listen 👍 To answer your question, Kate's voice, especially in the earlier part of her career, could go really, really high. For her high pitch sound, Kate's debut album "The Kick Inside" (1978) is the route to go. I also suggest Kate's album "The Sensual World" (1989). This is the last leg of Kate's "Holy Trinity" of albums ("The Dreaming" (1982) and "The Hounds of Love" (1985) being the other two). The album builds off of the other two effort but with more mature and mellow tones. I also recommend checking out Tori Amos. I consider Tori the Kate Bush of America but with her own style and swag. Tori is a musical prodigy; an accomplished pianist, master lyricist, incredible stage performer, and one hell of a vocalist. Tori was/is a part of the 1990s Female Alternative Rock scene that also featured artists like Bjork and Alanis Morissette. Do check out her first three albums if you get the chance: "Little Earthquakes" (1992) "Under the Pink" (1994) "Boys for Pele" (1996)
The "weird Kate" started to take over on Never For Ever. Her first two albums are more singer-songwriter oriented, with her voice mostly in the upper range. So if you want more straight forward vocals, they might do the trick, with The Kick Inside a couple notches above Lionheart.
“The Dreaming” was a big song for us at the time who considered alternative. For Kate to sing about the struggles of Australian Aborigines was a big deal at the time. There was no internet yet so there were limited ways you learned and cared about issues on the other side of the planet-music was a big one for those who listened to non-mainstream music. I love this song but understand if it’s difficult to access, but like “Breathing,” the video may be helpful because she becomes, along with Aborigines, part of and of the land, leading to the perspective of the song. The “strangeness” is necessary to convey the difference in worldview from the original inhabitants compared to the newcomers-who are introduced musically the end and with European fiddles and where you felt comfortable. For Aborigines, Dreamtime is the real world/they didn’t map constellations, but the empty space between stars… so the complete clash of worldviews and alieness from the Native Australian perspective being portrayed in this song.
i just discovered your channel thanks to this video and i really LOVE your content !! thank u for this vid really, hope you get to listen to the sensual world soon!!
This album was for her a liberation, at the time many artists were after a specific synth, the Fairlight CMI, that could emulate sounds of real stuff with ease. At the time she was one of the few musicians that could afford that kind of tech and it meant that her music could be much more on her hands. which was so rare at the time, when musicians had to bend to record label machinery to compose. When she got her hands on it she wanted to release the album she wanted for so long and this was what came out ( this and what came on the second half of Hounds Of Love) She was inspired by horror movies and the british colonialism in foreign lands (especialy Australia and Southern Asia) and for Get Out Of My House she was inspired by The Shinning.
Although she has a large discography, maybe look into diving into Tori Amos as well? She is often compared to Kate. I’d recommend any of her first three albums for a first listen: Little Earthquakes (traditional singer-songwriter), Under the Pink (brings in more band elements and textures), and Boys for Pele (abrasive, harpsichord-heavy).
I’d agree Little Earthquakes is a masterpiece. Glad the USA are discovering Kate Bush. In the U.K. she’s a household name and well respected. She sings in her own English accent unlike most U.K. singers. The dreaming she produced and it’s bonkers and brilliant.
My personal fav KB album. It's the first one she produced, which is why it's so wild and experimental. She's a weird lady, and her weirdness speaks to me
if you have a chance, look at the back of the physical album. It has a note saying " this album is meant to be played loud" . something like that. i cant remember the exact sentences.
After almost forty years of listening to them, I rank The Dreaming above Hounds of Love. I rank The Dreaming album about equal to Sky of Honey at number one and Hounds of Love at number two. ,
This album is about transformation, literally, e.g. the tree becoming an Aborigine in the title track and then the smuggler shapeshifting into a swallow (alliteration!) in the next track
This album could only have been made at that time, with Fairlight techniques, fretless bass etc. It has always been my go to KB album, the strangest and most fascinating, with no concessions to the charts. The b side of the rare Sat In Your Lap single has a gorgeous version of Lord of the Reedy River. A hidden gem
if you approved the dreaming, i would like to recommend you to Tori Amos' From the Choirgirl Hotel'. for me it has the resemblance of kate's The Dreaming. the album was solid and and has the same energy as kate. because tori was dealing with her miscarriages during that album. so it was a dark and intense album. ànd just like kate , tori plays piano too. so bear in mind when you heard the piano in FTCH , it was her banging her piano like nobody's business. go give it a try !
How many of we fans from the beginning knew every word of these songs and the order of songs without even looking? :) So happy that the world is finally catching up with her. Keep letting the weirdness in.
Love your reactions! Thoughtful and intelligent and appreciative! Btw, do you think any of the songs on this album would suit the tone of Stranger Things?? Never watched it myself, but was wondering what you thought? Also, i think you'd appreciate watching Kate Bush official videos. Maybe not for a first reaction, but as a second or third listen. They are masterpieces too!
Straight away on All The Love I recognised the fretless bass of Mick Karn from Japan (RIP) he’s unmistakeable. Then I heard him on the next track. So maybe he is on the whole album
She doesn't turn into a mule , she inverted the "spell" that he ( the lover ) was channeling on her . It's about a break-up , kate bush style . great reaction channel 🤌
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The Dreaming almost ruined Kate's career. It was too weired for the music market, but today it is considered as a masterpiece
we let the weirdness in ,...
I was just thinking about that, and remembering the pain (as a fan) when The Dreaming was released as the launch single (though many months after Sat In Your Lap) and frankly flopped at 48 in the charts, it was too far ahead for many people. If it wasn't for the fact that her pioneering use of the Fairlight synthesiser and 'sampling' was so highlighted in the music press, which possibly allowed people to be more patient, there was certainly a concern that she was stretching too far out on a limb. The patience was rewarded of course, many times over.
Some people take longer to recognize brilliance! This album goes through my head as a magical music worm! Touching parts of my brain, that i didnt know exist! I love the "wackiness"! ❤️
Thank God she didn't fold under the pressure and stayed true to herself. Her genius must never be tempered.
In my eyes, "The Dreaming" is her true masterpiece. If you still wanna listen to her albums I'd suggest "The Sensual World" next.
Mmmm yes!
I’m a ‘never for ever’ stan 😭
@@riggamorrischan I think it's a good album, however, I love the 2nd half a lot more than I do the 1st.
I’m in this line. Sensual World completes her astonishing trio.
@@markearnestfromreno613 And "The Red Shoes" and "Aerial" are the cherry on top
I'm thrilled to see the younger generation getting into the best artist in history that is Kate Bush. She is the musical Shakespeare of our time.
Agree 💯
Kates pitch and vocal range is legendary mate. No other female singer comes close to the magic she inspires in her music. Listened to her music almost daily since 1979. No other artist has held my attention like Kate. She is adorable in person and her music shows us what type of a person she is.
I love this guy's reactions! The Dreaming is a masterpiece for me... I enjoy so much seeing young people try it out! In my opinion THE most underappreciated album at it's time of release but years later is renowned 🙌
It took me a while to really appreciate this album. It's so weird on the surface, but re-listening reveals a bunch of great hooks and brilliant little moments. I nowadays prefer Dreaming to Hounds of Love (and Aerial to both of them).
Aerial is also a favorite of mine, but I think he should listen to all her prior albums before. Aerial might be too difficult into if he doesn't get a taste of the more simple/vulnerable Kate first, like on "Lionheart" or "The Red Shoes" for example.
I completely agree, originally I enjoyed it of course but coming off hounds of love as my introduction it was jarring. After experiencing never for ever, sensual world and red shoes all amazing I went back and appreciated the dreaming far more now understanding Kate’s artistry.
This album is strange the first time I listened I didn't like it but now is one of my favorite albums of all time
Sooo excited for this reaction
Same here
Since "the dreaming" is SO prog it's usually not going to truly blow your mind on the first listen (sometimes it can), it grows and grows on you after each and every time you listen and that's what I love the most about prog in general!
I'm so happy "Leave It Open" is your favorite, it's my favorite too ! Although I love every track on this album
It's such a great song! The title song is my favorite, but "Leave It Open" is right up there!
This is my "internally screaming" album, for when I'm feeling extremely overwhelmed and need to let out steam without losing my mind
If you react to her debut album you’ll be blown away by her high-pitched voice once again.
I agree, but on "Lionheart", her voice sounds even better and more in control. I think "Lionheart"'s vocals are just amazing.
@@cuckoofan yes you’re right! Better-sounding, better-recorded. Lionheart was the first album made me want to explore more of her music but still The Kick Inside is better as an album I think.
Yes, listen to the kick inside. You’ll see she can go even higher than what you hear here.
This is my favorite Kate album. Here Kate really put all of her creativity, it’s such an underrated masterpiece
I got The Dreaming (and Japan's Tin Drum) on my 18th birthday in 1982 - can't believe that was 40 years ago! Brilliant album - the tracks are more like a collection of short stories than songs. Still a favourite of mine after all these years.
All songs are grounded in movies, or in scenes from movies
I love your Kate Bush Album reactions. You are amazing. I love your reflections here. Both Hounds of Love and the Dreaming are amazing albums. Please do her Album The sensual World. There is a range of vocals on that album
She really does sing that high. Her vocal range is enormous
it´s falsetto not really a high pitch
@r.j4449 Kate is a soprano, and has hit higher notes both before and since.
Also, that was head voice, no falsetto. You're welcome!
I love your reaction to Kate's work! When these albums were recorded, AutoTune did not exist yet, so this is all Kate. Clearly some distortion such as they were capable of is added to some songs, but there is no digital forcing of the vocals to flatten out onto a pitch, which I think is one reason her albums sound so rich, all the little flaws and waverings around a note that make the human voice so magnificent are still there. Lots of piano, yes, she composes on the piano. That tail end of the song Suspended in Gaffa is the lead-in for Night of the Swallow, which is obvious when you have vinyl on the turntable and the two tracks run together, but that effect is lost when tracks are played discretely. The strange chanting at the end of Get Out of My House is drum talk, and if you want to hear the real thing, look up the utterly incredible Sheila Chandra. She has tracks that are completely made up of drum talk and vocal drones. P.S. You might enjoy the videos that Kate made for the songs on The Dreaming, they're as wild and weird as the album.
I second it that you have to play the original album to hear the lead-in from Suspended in Gaffa to Night of the Swallow. Bagpipes I think. 🤔
Didgeridoo on The Dreaming of course.
I love the video for Sat in Your Lap. So many layers and meanings and so much fun.
Another great reaction to a Kate Bush album, I'm happy that you liked and appreciated it, because it's her most experimental album, it can take a few listens to get fully adjusted to it. It's my favourite Kate Bush album, with "Hounds Of Love" in second place, I'm not going to reveal which one is in third place yet 😀! Reading the comments (to date) it would seem that there are three main choices which all have merit,
[1] See how Kate developed after "Hounds Of Love" by listening to "The Sensual World"
[2] Listen to "Never For Ever" the album prior to "The Dreaming", "Never For Ever" is the 1st studio album where she gets a production credit as a co-producer, for "Yhe Dreaming" and all subsequent albums Kate is the sole producer
[3] Go back to the beginning and start with her debut album "The Kick Inside" an album that includes two tracks from the professional studio session that David Gilmour paid for.
Whichever route you take, I'm sure that you gain much enjoyment in your further explorations of Kate's catalogue. I think that she's such a unique artist and talent.
Well said! 👏🏽
'The Dreaming' was the first Kate Bush album recorded after John Lennon's death in December 1980. Some of the darker themes on the album relate to that, I think, such as "so now when they ring, I get my machine to let them in" in 'All the Love', and 'Get Out of My House', which touch upon not being able to live as openly as before/being more impersonal, as a celebrity, so that a crazed fan doesn't get too close, ending up in your house trying to kill you.
I'm fucking loving your reactions about Kate Bush work and art in general, If you wanna continue listening to her discography, I would suggest "The Sensual World", or maybe "The Kick Inside", anyways, both are great albums. I'll be waiting for your next reaction
What I like about this album is that it wasn't originally supposed to be self-produced. The producer involved at the time quit because Kate didn't want to get rid of all the multiple layers, vocally and instrumentally. Apparently they had a big fallout, and I am glad for it. He said she is crazy and nobody can do what she wants. She listened to her gut and decided to do it all herself, and became a mastermind producer inspiring others for decades with her skills. If you want it done right you better do it yourself, the Kate Bush way :)
Kate Bush knew from the start she would produce "The Dreaming" by herself (she already co-produced her previous album "Never for Ever" which went No1 in several countries). What you say concerns the first sound engineer who actually left the project because he didn't understand what Kate Bush wanted to achieve and as a technician, he thought she was not experimented enough to fullfill her ambitions, on the other hand, he was already commited into another project he was more interested in. "The Dreaming" required 4 sound engineers (and 11 assistant engineers) and 4 recording studios. It was a very ambitious project and it became so expensive to record . When EMI first heard it, they did not really want to support it as it was obviously not commercial enough compared to what they had spent on it, they even considered not releasing it because they felt it as a commercial suicide. Now, many of her admirers consider it as her best album.
@@cuckoofanThank you, yes. I remember reading "Under The Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush" a long time ago that said this. You are correct, I might have gotten some details wrong. However, The Dreaming is still one of my favorites. :)
@@eonzenox2315 You're wellcome.😉I agree, "The Dreaming" truly is a great album, but KB never did anything really disapointing, did she? Have a great time.🙂
so excited for this 🥰 i love seeing people react to kate bush
ditto! love all of her work!
This album solidified KATE BUSH as the QUEEN OF ADVENTUROUS POP... joining PETER GABRIEL (KING OF ADVENTUROUS POP... on his 3rd album). It's a BRILLIANT album.... and I agree... her BEST.
Great to watch! Just like your Hounds Of Love react.
If you feel like it: do the album “The Kick Inside”. That’s her debut. And again quite different.
Of course she is singing that high it’s Kate Bush. Not sure if you have heard Wuthring Heights then you would know. Great reaction video.
IMO The Dreaming, Hounds of Love and Sensual World are her masterpieces.
Absolutely love this album! One of my favorites from Kate! Definitely her least “commercial” album, but it’s just a deep and heavy one. Genius explained most of it, but Pull Out The Pin is about the experience of the VietCong during the Vietnam War, Kate wrote it after seeing a documentary. The Dreaming is about aboriginal Australians and how they were pushed off of their territory and their concept of “Dreamtime”, which is what she’s spelling in the “dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-a-a-a” part. Houdini is about Bess Houdini, Harry Houdini’s wife and how before Harry would leave for every performance Bess would give him a kiss and pass him the escape key through the kiss, so he could use it to escape the locks and chains. Suspended In Gaffa is about seeing something you really want or desire and then not be able to see it again, in the song that thing is God. Leave It Open is about letting your weird and personal side show rather than keeping it hidden. There Goes A Tenner is about a robbery gone wrong. The robbers are afraid, scared and nervous of what may happen. Sat In Your Lap is about the human urge to gain “universal knowledge”. Night Of The Swallow is about a smuggler’s wife begging her husband to not go on his next job. All The Love is about being lonely and grieving and how grief and pain can lead to feelings being shown that wouldn’t otherwise be let out or shown. Get Out Of My House is about the ghost of the past housekeeper returning to the house and haunting Kate and the house and she wants him to leave and go away, but it can also relate to success and fame and not wanting to be recognized and chased down. There’s no cymbals one this album. Kate would sample a spray from a bottle of windex or a cleaner for her hi-hat sound, especially on Never For Ever.
Thank you for reacting to this. I have really enjoyed your two Bush reactions. I have loved her since 1986 and she blew my mind. I a, 50 now! It is very emotional watching someone with ears from a different musical generation (you!) so I am really enjoying it. 💙 By the way- The Dreaming is not a concept album and although she used (and some say abused the Fairlight synthesiser on this album, she probably did sing those very high notes (her voice has lowered with age on more recent albums. PLEASE PLEASE react to her other albums. I’m loving watching your experience of Kate. I do not know if you have an order in which to listen to them but I would recommend Never For Ever and Aerial particularly. If you listen to them chronologically, it is possible to hear how she developed as a songwriter and artists. Thanks again so much fir the video and I hope you do more Bush reactions. 🙏
Sat in Your Lap is a Philosophy 1.01 on definitions of knowledge and certainty regarding knowledge. It is highly topical right now, when a lot of people feel able to assert that their 'truths' can (cough) trump reality.
Get out of my House is is PERFECT
Absolute bangerrrrrr. 🔥
bahahah thank you for reacting to this masterpiece of an album, PLEASE please react to one of her earlier albums too, i would very much recommend the kick inside or lionheart, both are sooo slept on.
all the love,
another gen z fan
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Wonderful reaction! I love how you feel it but you also bring an appreciation of the technicalities of the music. Thank you!
So ready, so excited
Was not disappointed, so happy to see the love for this album
I love watching you loving / discovering the music I loved / discovered at your age.
The Kick Inside should be next, it's a masterpiece as well 😁
Get out of my House was written after seeing some horror movies, maybe The Shining, haunted houses.
Look for a track that was only on the compilation album The Whole Story, but not released on any prior album called "Experiment IV". It's haunting too but very obvious what it's about. You can watch the video for it starring a young Hugh Laurie of House right here on TH-cam. I recommend that one.
Awesome reactions! I, personally, think this is her best album. Each song tells a story about a person on the edge of madness. The title song is stunning! You'll never hear anything like it! It took about 20 years to become my favorite song.
This is my favorite album: I didn't like it as much when I first heard it because it felt like such a departure from her previous three. But wow, it grew on me pretty fast. Great reaction. Thanks!
I fell in love with Kate the same way a lot of people are now, with RUTH back when MTV played music videos. Then I worked my way backwards through her albums. I didn't love them immediately, but after a few listens and finding the right mood, I loved them all. The Dreaming was my go-to when feeling down, to wallow in those feelings and let them burn out with Get Out of My House.
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Thanks for this reaction. I felt like being 12 again listening to this album. It changed my life. "Who thinks of this stuff?". Thx!
The Dreaming lovely album,.. GET OUT MY HOUSE IS ABOUT .. a ghost that haunting a woman house Kate got the idea from teh horror movie the entity .,... love the movie but so scarry base on true story .. when i first heard it i thought about a abused woman .. and she rather go as an donkey fly away .. The Dreaming you have just go with it it is one my favorite Kate Bush album .. i first heard it when i was only 15 years old an loved it it was way different what i hear on American radio winch gets so sugar coded boring .. Kate is a amazing artist .. been a long time huge fan of her music so special rare jam and so underrated in America .
“Those Drums” replicate the wings of a Swallow..
Glad you liked this album right off the bat; sometimes it takes people a while to warm up to it. Not because of quality, but it’s just so….out there. This was her first completely self-produced album, and reportedly the studio was *not* happy with it - while the album hit #3 on the charts, none of the singles got higher than Sat in Your Lap at #11. They wanted another Wuthering Heights and she gave them Get Out of My House. (They released The Dreaming as a single, and I’m convinced teenage boys bought it because at times it feels like Kate is blowing in your ear.)
When I heard it, the first track I connected with was, strangely, Houdini, because I knew the whole story behind it - Harry Houdini debunking fake mediums (because, as a stage magician, he knew all the tricks they used), his death after his appendix ruptured during one of his underwater escapes, and the “Rosabel, believe” code that he had given his wife.
Back in the bad old days of music filesharing on Napster and Limewire, there was a track (When the Rain Came Down) that went around being advertised as a duet between Annie Lennox and Kate Bush. Of course, it wasn’t; it was a release by a little-known singer-songwriter named Happy Rhodes, who had a ridiculous vocal range. You can find it here: th-cam.com/video/jP8Nv8XWMgU/w-d-xo.html
This album was looked at as Kate losing her marbles at the time. But it's actually a very coherent masterpiece that was far ahead of its time.
This is a great reaction. So wonderful to see someone react to this bonkers and genius album. Those websites just make shit up about these songs, though. Kate's work is often inspired by cinema, and Get out of My House is inspired by The Shining, and her changing into the mule also recalls Pinocchio. Kate was rarely writing about her own life. I'm excited to see what's next on your Kate journey!
The Dreaming , despite how upbeat it sounds , is a serious subject..
I just found your channel so I’ll probably be popping up on random videos commenting pretty frequently in the next few days great channel by the way!
What I love about your channel just scrolling through here is your doing full album reactions which is pretty rare and more importantly the music you choose to react to is really really good music for the most part which is pretty rare in this space here
None of those notes were "pitched up" -- that is 100% the genius/talent of Kate!
Since you liked kate, you should listen to little earthquakes by "tori amos" and "to bring you my love" by pj harvey, both of them feature strong female vocalists like kate but stylistically they're way different!
He should react to "Boys For Pele" ! It's so much better than "Little Earthquakes"
@@NathanHautain i absolutely love bfp but i feel like little earthquakes perfectly shows tori's strength, especially since it's her debut. he definitely should react to boys though!
@@NathanHautain also i really want him to react to that line in precious things lol
@@jevynsanpedro8120 Yeah true I also want him to react to THAT specific line 🤣 he should react to her whole discography tbh
Great - thanks a lot for this thorough reaction! Look further into the songs - they are weird and great. Perhaps go to "Never for Ever" next, or "The Sensual World"?
I agree! React to never for ever
I second this! Never for ever then The Sensual World. 🙌🏽💞💫
The Kick Inside, and Never Forever.
The title track was actually released as a single in the UK. It got to number 40 in the singles chart!
Arca reaction when? Like bro if you haven't listened to the kick saga we need to get you to react to her asap!
This was/is my kate bush album. Had heard the early stuff..army dreamers👍hounds of love great, and This Womans Work tears me up everytime...but this one blew me away..get of my house video on MTV drew me in the album exploded my head...
Welcome to the world of Kate Bush😀❤❤
'All the love' the most accessible :oooo i've been listening to her for almost 8 years and only 3 months ago realized the otherwordly genius of this one haha
My favorite album of all time. Cheers man great vid
Masterpiece!
Yes. King of Limbs. My favorite RH album. Glad to see it gets love
When I first heard this album my reaction was: I don't know what's going on but I love it. Glad to see you're now a Kate Bush fan. There's lots more of her work for you to explore.
If you loved this album, you just gotta gotta gotta react to Nunsexmonkrock by Kate's evil sister, Nina Hagen. Vocally, it's this album to the power of 10.
I see you want to scare the children again. Thumbs up!
Gotta love Nina! Then, I would suggest Diamanda Galas! 🙌
Also, Happy Rhodes.
I was waiting to see what happened when you got to the mule. 😁👍🏼 a great take overall on this record. Great to see love for Gaffa, which I think is one of the best-ever songs about what depression feels like.
Thank you for reacting to this album 🔥
This is Kate's most avant-garde album and can be off-putting for mainstream listeners but not bad for a first-listen 👍
To answer your question, Kate's voice, especially in the earlier part of her career, could go really, really high.
For her high pitch sound, Kate's debut album "The Kick Inside" (1978) is the route to go.
I also suggest Kate's album "The Sensual World" (1989).
This is the last leg of Kate's "Holy Trinity" of albums ("The Dreaming" (1982) and "The Hounds of Love" (1985) being the other two).
The album builds off of the other two effort but with more mature and mellow tones.
I also recommend checking out Tori Amos. I consider Tori the Kate Bush of America but with her own style and swag. Tori is a musical prodigy; an accomplished pianist, master lyricist, incredible stage performer, and one hell of a vocalist.
Tori was/is a part of the 1990s Female Alternative Rock scene that also featured artists like Bjork and Alanis Morissette.
Do check out her first three albums if you get the chance:
"Little Earthquakes" (1992)
"Under the Pink" (1994)
"Boys for Pele" (1996)
The "weird Kate" started to take over on Never For Ever. Her first two albums are more singer-songwriter oriented, with her voice mostly in the upper range. So if you want more straight forward vocals, they might do the trick, with The Kick Inside a couple notches above Lionheart.
"Never For Ever" is her first true masterpiece, for sure. She outdid herself with this one, though!
“The Dreaming” was a big song for us at the time who considered alternative. For Kate to sing about the struggles of Australian Aborigines was a big deal at the time. There was no internet yet so there were limited ways you learned and cared about issues on the other side of the planet-music was a big one for those who listened to non-mainstream music. I love this song but understand if it’s difficult to access, but like “Breathing,” the video may be helpful because she becomes, along with Aborigines, part of and of the land, leading to the perspective of the song. The “strangeness” is necessary to convey the difference in worldview from the original inhabitants compared to the newcomers-who are introduced musically the end and with European fiddles and where you felt comfortable. For Aborigines, Dreamtime is the real world/they didn’t map constellations, but the empty space between stars… so the complete clash of worldviews and alieness from the Native Australian perspective being portrayed in this song.
The reaction on THAT part of Get Out of my House, was all I was expecting
Kate Bush is literally the best thing since sliced bread. Your reactions are top drawer too. Can you do Never Forever next. You’ll love it, I promise
Spot on - loved this review - thank you so much :)
i just discovered your channel thanks to this video and i really LOVE your content !! thank u for this vid really, hope you get to listen to the sensual world soon!!
I have loved this album for 40 years. I never get tired of it. My favourites are actually the same as yours Leave It Open and All The Love
Il you like The Dreaming you probably like IV (security) by Peter Gabriel
Please note this album was meant to be played LOUD
This album was for her a liberation, at the time many artists were after a specific synth, the Fairlight CMI, that could emulate sounds of real stuff with ease. At the time she was one of the few musicians that could afford that kind of tech and it meant that her music could be much more on her hands. which was so rare at the time, when musicians had to bend to record label machinery to compose. When she got her hands on it she wanted to release the album she wanted for so long and this was what came out ( this and what came on the second half of Hounds Of Love) She was inspired by horror movies and the british colonialism in foreign lands (especialy Australia and Southern Asia) and for Get Out Of My House she was inspired by The Shinning.
This was me when Iwas your age. Blew me away. Never Forever - that is a good album too.
Never for ever next
I'm obsessed with this album atm
Never forever or the Sensual World should be your next reaction. Thank you very much for the great reaction
Although she has a large discography, maybe look into diving into Tori Amos as well? She is often compared to Kate. I’d recommend any of her first three albums for a first listen: Little Earthquakes (traditional singer-songwriter), Under the Pink (brings in more band elements and textures), and Boys for Pele (abrasive, harpsichord-heavy).
I’d agree Little Earthquakes is a masterpiece. Glad the USA are discovering Kate Bush. In the U.K. she’s a household name and well respected. She sings in her own English accent unlike most U.K. singers. The dreaming she produced and it’s bonkers and brilliant.
From the Choirgirl Hotel maybe..? it haa the dreaming resemblance.
I'd say "not-so-traditional" singer-songwriter! 😀
also is there any chance you could react to motomami by Rosalía... I think you might like it a lot since you like charli xcx and kanye
Night of The Swallow is my fav Kate Bush song
I second this. 💖
Awesome reactions to an awesome album!
The bit at the end of Get Out of My House is tabla drum talk.
My personal fav KB album. It's the first one she produced, which is why it's so wild and experimental. She's a weird lady, and her weirdness speaks to me
I was so scared you weren’t going to like it!
if you have a chance, look at the back of the physical album. It has a note saying " this album is meant to be played loud" . something like that. i cant remember the exact sentences.
OH YEAH ! I JUST RECALL IT! it said " this album was made to be played loud"
After almost forty years of listening to them, I rank The Dreaming above Hounds of Love. I rank The Dreaming album about equal to Sky of Honey at number one and Hounds of Love at number two. ,
This album is about transformation, literally, e.g. the tree becoming an Aborigine in the title track and then the smuggler shapeshifting into a swallow (alliteration!) in the next track
This album to me is unfiltered pure kate bush and thats why i love it
This album could only have been made at that time, with Fairlight techniques, fretless bass etc. It has always been my go to KB album, the strangest and most fascinating, with no concessions to the charts. The b side of the rare Sat In Your Lap single has a gorgeous version of Lord of the Reedy River. A hidden gem
And Suspended in Gaffa definitely my favourite track
"Lord of the Reedy River" is also on her compilation the "The Story So Far"
When you are angry - play 'get out of my house'. It helps. Brilliant.
if you approved the dreaming, i would like to recommend you to Tori Amos' From the Choirgirl Hotel'. for me it has the resemblance of kate's The Dreaming.
the album was solid and and has the same energy as kate. because tori was dealing with her miscarriages during that album. so it was a dark and intense album.
ànd just like kate , tori plays piano too. so bear in mind when you heard the piano in FTCH , it was her banging her piano like nobody's business.
go give it a try !
An album to dive in. And fully enjoy
How many of we fans from the beginning knew every word of these songs and the order of songs without even looking? :)
So happy that the world is finally catching up with her.
Keep letting the weirdness in.
The dreaming is her best record and the night of the swollow is her best song.
Man i miss your Kate reactions, Id say to start from the beginning and do one to The Kick Inside
This is her MASTERPIECE!...IMO
Actually my favourite KB album, even more than HoL.
Love your reactions! Thoughtful and intelligent and appreciative! Btw, do you think any of the songs on this album would suit the tone of Stranger Things?? Never watched it myself, but was wondering what you thought? Also, i think you'd appreciate watching Kate Bush official videos. Maybe not for a first reaction, but as a second or third listen. They are masterpieces too!
Straight away on All The Love I recognised the fretless bass of Mick Karn from Japan (RIP) he’s unmistakeable. Then I heard him on the next track. So maybe he is on the whole album
No, Mick Karn doesn't play on this album. He plays on The Sensual World though
If you had listened to her first three albums, you wouldn't be asking the questions about her voice being that high. Girl got range
She doesn't turn into a mule , she inverted the "spell" that he ( the lover ) was channeling on her . It's about a break-up , kate bush style .
great reaction channel 🤌