This Woman's Work and Moments of Pleasure make me agree with you, since it's a consistent body of work. Wuthering Heights was one hell of an opening act for a teenager, and often, that peak out of the box burns out. While her really late material isn't really to my taste, it's still clearly solid.
She wrote this song when she was 19. She started to teach herself piano, and write songs, at the age of 11. Dave Gilmour heard a demo tape of her songs, when she was 16, and helped her on her career path. She was taught interpretive dance by Lindsay Kemp, well-known in the British theatre scene.
Had the privilege to see her live in 2014 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon, same theatre as in th review here . Incredible show (check out the live album, Before The Dawn). Her voice was amazing and so strong. The whole thing was 3 1/2 hours of sheer magic from beginnig to end. She never looked or sounded tired at all. She was doing these shows daily.
when I was 10 years old (now I am 33 years old), my dad showed me the original video of this song and of babushka. I remember that her movements made me laugh and I imitated her. Last year I showed those videos to my daughter who is now 10 years old and she had the same reaction as me. we were dancing for a long time.
Thanks for reacting to one of my favourite artists of all time! I noticed that some viewers had problems with her high-pitched singing, so I'd like to add that this is not the only style she's used. Her singing got more varied on the album "Never Forever" (1980). On the following album "The Dreaming" (1982) and onward, she's almost exclusively using a lower register. She's got a remarkable range, so "Wuthering Heights" and other songs from that period isn't an accurate representation of all she can do. A superb singer, but let's not forget her skills as a composer as well! Oh, and she's quite quirky as well, a trait I find endearing! ☺
Great to see this live performance where she is singing so freely, on a stage of her own making, uninhibited by the artificiality of a TV studio. In a perfect world, we would not have waited another 35 years for another live concert; but we must be grateful that the first flowering of her talent and charisma was captured for the ages.
Love Kate! The people commenting live saying how she only does the high-pitched voice annoyed me though, she does that for two albums (which came out in short succession and used songs from the same pool of selections she'd written), even her third album she already is much more varied, and her lower register only gets stronger and more prominent with each record. She has ten studio albums, and does high pitch for two of them, and people are out here saying she can't do anything else. Rly shows more about those people than Kate's actual singing prowess.
This concert tour deserves much more attention for it's groundbreaking innovation, and its incredibly high production standard. The use of elaborate choreography and distinct staging, lighting design and costumes for each song was decades ahead of it's time. Now it is an industry standard for large touring acts who have taken this same principle to the level of the stadium. R and B ,Motown, and dance based pop singers were incorporating choreography by the end of the 70s, but generally, singers were too busy dealing with microphones and competing with the sonic mess of the stage sound that large venues were notorious for back then. Most rock singers could barely hear themselves for the onstage amplifiers, drums, and the echoing doppeler effect of every note bouncing off of the far walls and coming back half a second later... I noticed that in Kate's show, the band is given a separate space from herself and the dancers, this means her own vocal monitors would be easier for her to hear and the band sound would be easier to manage because they wouldn't have as many speakers and live mics to deal with. Whoever thought of this way of staging should have patented it in 1979, they would be in the billionaire club today, Lol!!
I love Kate Bush's singing and writing - she is such a great, highly individual talent. Great to this performance with the late, great Alan Murphy slaying it on that outro guitar solo; the great but still with us, Ian Bairnson, played the solo on the record.
Thank you. In the early 70th i fall in love to her . That could be a reason, that i love Floor today..a big ❤to Kate and Floor, and to all other awesome female Singer of our Days.
Have you heard about Kate's evil sister Nina Hagen? If you haven't, you're in for a ride. Her album Nunsexmonkrock is arguably the most unhinged and uncompromised use of human voice ever put on record.
@@yabby6550 It is, but it's the beginning of her journey discovering her own voice. It peaked on Nunsexmonkrock. If I had to pick a song to showcase her versatility, it would be Future is now.
@@lovewalruss Musically, Nina never reached Kate's level, but vocally, Kate never reached the creative use of her voice that Nina achieved on Nunsexmonkrock.
And to make it even easier here is a link to a live stream play though of his latest album. He did Wuthering Heights as an encore?. And this performance was after doing 3 complete run through of the album, twice on Twitch and the third time on YT. th-cam.com/video/UEzYX5t9To8/w-d-xo.html And seriously watch the whole thing!
@@cshcats indeed, Mike was dead tired by that point but he still have an excellent performance. His comment with timestamps to all of his mistakes is really funny.
@@RudyBleeker I know! I am not sure I would have been able to form a coherent thought at that point say anything about singing a ridiculously hard song.
Her choreography is amazing. The hand waving movement is perfect to end a concert performance.
One of the greatest singer songwriters of all time.
This Woman's Work and Moments of Pleasure make me agree with you, since it's a consistent body of work. Wuthering Heights was one hell of an opening act for a teenager, and often, that peak out of the box burns out. While her really late material isn't really to my taste, it's still clearly solid.
She wrote this song when she was 19. She started to teach herself piano, and write songs, at the age of 11. Dave Gilmour heard a demo tape of her songs, when she was 16, and helped her on her career path. She was taught interpretive dance by Lindsay Kemp, well-known in the British theatre scene.
Not to forget the wonderful duet of her and Peter Gabriel "Don't give up" ... such a beautiful song!
Had the privilege to see her live in 2014 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon, same theatre as in th review here . Incredible show (check out the live album, Before The Dawn). Her voice was amazing and so strong. The whole thing was 3 1/2 hours of sheer magic from beginnig to end. She never looked or sounded tired at all. She was doing these shows daily.
when I was 10 years old (now I am 33 years old), my dad showed me the original video of this song and of babushka. I remember that her movements made me laugh and I imitated her. Last year I showed those videos to my daughter who is now 10 years old and she had the same reaction as me. we were dancing for a long time.
She is amazing. And what fantastic memories I have with this song.
Thanks for reacting to one of my favourite artists of all time! I noticed that some viewers had problems with her high-pitched singing, so I'd like to add that this is not the only style she's used. Her singing got more varied on the album "Never Forever" (1980). On the following album "The Dreaming" (1982) and onward, she's almost exclusively using a lower register. She's got a remarkable range, so "Wuthering Heights" and other songs from that period isn't an accurate representation of all she can do. A superb singer, but let's not forget her skills as a composer as well! Oh, and she's quite quirky as well, a trait I find endearing! ☺
Still going strong. Unlike a lot of other singers and performers who are just kidding themselves, Kate is a legend.
She is fabulous, stunning song and performance.Magical.
The set list for that concert was 24 songs! True athlete indeed. Great reaction
Great to see this live performance where she is singing so freely, on a stage of her own making, uninhibited by the artificiality of a TV studio. In a perfect world, we would not have waited another 35 years for another live concert; but we must be grateful that the first flowering of her talent and charisma was captured for the ages.
The 1st time I ever saw Babushka I was mesmerised by Kate.
She's so theatrical.
I fell in love with Kate when I was 8. God i'm old.
Dammit, you're so young! I was 14!
I was born on 19/03/78. This amazing song was No.1 in the U.K. charts when my mum birthed me! thanks mum. I love you x
Gotta check out Andre Matos rendition. It's on youtube: Angra - Wulthering Heights
I love Kate! I wrote Floor Jansen to cover this song, hope she will one day! :)
Yes Floor must cover a Kate song.🤗😊
check out - Angra - Wulthering Heights Singer is Andre Matos.
Love Kate! The people commenting live saying how she only does the high-pitched voice annoyed me though, she does that for two albums (which came out in short succession and used songs from the same pool of selections she'd written), even her third album she already is much more varied, and her lower register only gets stronger and more prominent with each record.
She has ten studio albums, and does high pitch for two of them, and people are out here saying she can't do anything else. Rly shows more about those people than Kate's actual singing prowess.
This concert tour deserves much more attention for it's groundbreaking innovation, and its incredibly high production standard. The use of elaborate choreography and distinct staging, lighting design and costumes for each song was decades ahead of it's time. Now it is an industry standard for large touring acts who have taken this same principle to the level of the stadium. R and B
,Motown, and dance based pop singers were incorporating choreography by the end of the 70s, but generally, singers were too busy dealing with microphones and competing with the sonic mess of the stage sound that large venues were notorious for back then. Most rock singers could barely hear themselves for the onstage amplifiers, drums, and the echoing doppeler effect of every note bouncing off of the far walls and coming back half a second later...
I noticed that in Kate's show, the band is given a separate space from herself and the dancers, this means her own vocal monitors would be easier for her to hear and the band sound would be easier to manage because they wouldn't have as many speakers and live mics to deal with. Whoever thought of this way of staging should have patented it in 1979, they would be in the billionaire club today, Lol!!
I love Kate Bush's singing and writing - she is such a great, highly individual talent. Great to this performance with the late, great Alan Murphy slaying it on that outro guitar solo; the great but still with us, Ian Bairnson, played the solo on the record.
Thank you. In the early 70th i fall in love to her . That could be a reason, that i love Floor today..a big ❤to Kate and Floor, and to all other awesome female Singer of our Days.
God, I'm so old
Have you heard about Kate's evil sister Nina Hagen? If you haven't, you're in for a ride. Her album Nunsexmonkrock is arguably the most unhinged and uncompromised use of human voice ever put on record.
👍🏼 And the "Naturträne" performance in Rockpalast is legendary.
@@yabby6550 It is, but it's the beginning of her journey discovering her own voice. It peaked on Nunsexmonkrock. If I had to pick a song to showcase her versatility, it would be Future is now.
Nina is great but not in the same league, she is very different
@@lovewalruss Musically, Nina never reached Kate's level, but vocally, Kate never reached the creative use of her voice that Nina achieved on Nunsexmonkrock.
Imagine if Kate were as young as 19 and Pink with her acrobatic skills were to collaborate..
If you ever have time you should have a look at Eivors cover of the Kate Bush song The Hounds of Love, its well worth seeing!
Her abdominal muscles must have been working overtime.
Another head voice worth taking apart is James Blunt. He's remarkably consistent from recording to live, and across the past 20 years.
Love kate ...Do Kurt Elling nature boy ...live with orchestra
I prefer this to the studio version.
And now the same song singed by Michael Mills.
I came here to post the exact same thing! It's quite impressive how high Mike can go with his vocals
And to make it even easier here is a link to a live stream play though of his latest album. He did Wuthering Heights as an encore?. And this performance was after doing 3 complete run through of the album, twice on Twitch and the third time on YT. th-cam.com/video/UEzYX5t9To8/w-d-xo.html And seriously watch the whole thing!
@@cshcats indeed, Mike was dead tired by that point but he still have an excellent performance. His comment with timestamps to all of his mistakes is really funny.
@@RudyBleeker I know! I am not sure I would have been able to form a coherent thought at that point say anything about singing a ridiculously hard song.
He just did a new version at his recent livestream
Don't know who to blame, but I feel old at this moment...
I tend to blame Time - I was 14 when this came out.
Honestly, I find her incredibly unpleasant to listen to. This version, however, is fabulous: th-cam.com/video/FF0VaBxb27w/w-d-xo.html