Favourite female artist? Easy - Kate Bush, and she has been since her first astonishing appearance on Top of the Pops in January 1978, The most emotional, intense and interesting singer and songwriter I know, I 've had the privilege of see her live five times. Other female artists: Sandy Denny - the most beautiful voice ever Bjork Joni Mitchell Joanna Newsome
This is an interresting album. All the big hits on the first side. Running up that Hill, Hounds of Love and Cloudbusting which has a great video with Donald Sutherland and what not. And then you turn to the b-side with no special expectations. But what a surpise! I still think that the b-side is the best music Kate Bush has ever written. You have to listen it as a one piece to fully appreciate it. It's worth it. Artistic, innovative, fearless.
Kate Bush, with Stevie Nicks a distant second. I’ve got everything by Kate, including the recent singles/ b sides releases, and if she were to announce live dates again I’d be queueing for them immediately. Alas it looks like she won’t even be releasing Before the Dawn on video 😭 really a pity as it was one of the most visual live shows I’ve seen. This album is all great, but watching the Ninth Wave songs played live...priceless.
Kate Bush was like 15 years old when her first album came out and she was the musical guest on saturday night live just haunting the audience with a jaw dropping performance that captivated us all in the late 70s. Stunningly amazing
@@richmusgrave4205 Yes, in Bristol, but didn't get to see any of the shows. gutted that they filmed some shows but never released anything. Maybe KB didn't like what she saw. She did look huge in that overcoat!
Yes she did but what a shame if that's the reason - her voice was fantastic and the theatricality of the whole production was impressive . The Ninth Wave was particularly good with some great visual stuff, on par with a top West End Musical.
The sound of the cellos, gradually building in the background gives even more tension to the sensation of being pursued, adding to her emotional and not rational thoughts on the "fate" of being captured by love. The mood it sets is absolutely one of a breathless, fearful chase. You said she intended this album to be visual, it certainly is that! Beautifully so.
here it is 3 years later so you may never see this ..... BUT, for a long time it was Stevie Nicks ...... then I was introduced to Kate Bush and have not looked back .... The Stevie poster came down and a Kate poster went up ( of course that was many years ago ...but Kate is still my fav female as Peter Gabriel is my fav male
@@JustJP I decided lomg ago to answer that question about any group .... Genesis, Pink Floyd etc, etc ... " which ever one I'm listening to at the time " .... but I will say, I was introduced to her music when all there was was a kick inside ... so there is that
Aaaaand , I was just thinking about her voice and I think it would have been great .... years ago ...( I don't think she has the same voice as when she was younger ) if she did some Peter Gabriel songs ..... In the Rapids came to mind
The Ninth Wave is a suite about a woman who is about to get frozen in the sea. In her final moments she struggles and recalls vivid memories of her past, trying to keep herself alive. Amazing and (very) adventurous composition, give it a listen, you and eveybody!
Based on first last songs of the suite or cantata, I always took the story to be a kind of nightmare she has while asleep of drowning then wakes at the end. Just my take.
My favourite KB album. The album in my opinion should be listened to from start to finish. The album is split into 2 parts, "The Hounds of Love" and "The Ninth Wave". "Hello Earth" from the conceptual Ninth Wave part of the album still gives me chills and brings a tear to my eye ... how so much beauty and emotion can be captured on audio tape still amazes me . Great reaction :)
Absolutely love the album and every track on it, ( I second every comment about side two), Kate at her best. ( And it's a high bar). Any list of artists becomes such a difficult thing to do and to pick favourites can depend on when you're asked but some constants would be Alison Moyet, Annie Lennox, PJ Harvey, Timi Yuro, ( just such a great voice) and I loved that another comment gave a shout out to Toni Childs; I could go on but that's enough.
It's a song about the fear of falling in love and of being hurt by love.... The hounds are haunting her and she runs away...yes, you nailed it :) great job mate, as always
Favorite female artist is definitely Kate Bush. Most of her albums could be candidates for an all-time best album list. Others include Stevie Nicks, Alanis Morisette, Nico, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Karen O, Gwen Stefani, Beyonce, Mitski, Debbie Harry, Annie Clark, Beth Gibbons
Kate Bush, Aimee Mann, Tanya Donnelly are some of my favorite female artists. This Kate Bush album was a major awakening in great music for me. I remember hearing it in the record store and thinking what is this?!!
Kate. bush is one of those fascinating artists that you wonder what it must be like to be them. To be so extraordinary in the way you see the world and translate it into music and dance and yet just another human being
Loved that JP, This is the last album of hers that I really like. She took risks, and still, whenever she surfaces, is at her best experimenting, following her own curiosity and being playful. To me, she and PG are similar in this - even their failures are glorious ones and I do love and respect them both for that.
kate is my favourite singer, closely followed by Liz Fraser, cocteau twins, and sang teardrop with massive attack. These pair aren't just my favourite female singers, they are my favourite singers.
Cool song by Kate Bush. She was always so original. Some of my favorite female artists areJoni Mitchell, Annie Haslam/Renaissance, Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and many more pop, rock and opera/classical singers!
3 of favorite female artists come very easy: Kate Bush for being Kate Bush Laurie Anderson for being much more than only a musician ( f.e. watching "Home of the Brave" was more than once a great joy) Regina Spektor for the diversity in her music, wonderful lyrics and her ability of making videos. More than 99 % of the videos I have seen are a boring series of cuts. But she made some of the sort I can watch more often.
This should be a whole album reaction. Fave female artists is tricky too hard to pick one. Kate Bush, Pj Harvey, Tori Amos, Bjork, Lisa Gerrard and more recently Chelsea Wolfe, Zola Jesus, Ane Brun and Aldous Harding.
Hi JP. Just come across your channel and now i'm addicted to your intelligent and detailed analysis which makes such a refreshing change from most of the reaction videos on here. Favorite female artist from my youth would be Karen Carpenter singing close to you. My favorite contemporary female artist must be Hannah Reid of London Grammar singing a cover of Wrecking ball in BBC live lounge. Thanks and keep up the great work.
One of my favorite female artist: Tori Amos. (I also could say Bjork....) Concerning the cello in that song (one of my favorite Kate's one), it seems to me that we first hear the Fairlight, giving a beautiful quite cello sound, and the real cello comes only about 1 min 15, creating a stunning effect....
Eivor did a great cover of this song.Now I'm an old git having fun and I have seen a lot of bands and artist over the years but this lady is my top artist of all time.Eivor Palsdottr known professionally as Eivor.She is from the Faroe Islands part of Denmark,she has a distingtive voice with a wide range of music genres Rock, Jazz, Folk and Classical music.I have been a fan of this lady for years.
It's on the TH-cam! It's coming! This is a great song. A great, great song. One of Kate's very best, I'd say. And the quote from Night of the Demon is pretty darn clever as well. And it features arguably the greatest use of staccato cello next to Bernard Herrmann's classic Psycho score. But..............we're all waiting for Cloudbusting, Justin.
My favourite female artist, and only because I discovered her music by accident and not because she was prolific. She was featured occasionally in both the UK Top 40 and the US Billboard charts. So, my favourite female artist was Teena Marie and specifically her 1986 album Emerald City.
A couple of my favorites are Sandy Denny and Annie Haslam. I would recommend Banks of the Nile by Sandy while she was with the band Fotheringay. And, Ashes Are Burning by Annie and Renaissance is a winner. In keeping with the theme of recommending Scandinavian women, check out Jennie Abrahamson. I just watched her sing Kate Bush’s This Woman’s Work live with the Gothenburg Symphony. It’s amazing. You can also see her singing Don’t Give Up with Peter Gabriel on his Back To Front DVD.
Kate did a residency in London in 2014, three weeks at the Hammersmith Odeon - her first shows in 30 years. Although I did not attend, this tune was the second performed at the shows. When I heard it on the live album, Before The Dawn, I was immediately brought to tears. I love this album so much, and you GOTTA do a full sit-thru listen of Side Two, Justin: we're talking Supper's Ready levels of epic.
I had see Kate in 1979 when she amazed everyone by singing while dancing using a radio mike, totally unheard of in those days. Such a great concert and I looked forward to seeing her next tour. And waited 35 years. When she appeared on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon I must confess the moment was a little overwhelming, I may have had something in my eye...
@@silgen - good on you. I was actually in London for work during the first week of shows, but I knew there was NO WAY to convince my wife and kids to let me go on a music bender and leave them in the hotel. Ah, the painful choices of husbandry.
my favourite Kate Bush album .. !! you could do some stuff from Tori Amos :D from Boys for Pele for example. She's playing a spinet! From the Hounds Of Love album you should also do "Hello Earth" or "And Dream Of Sheep". From her album The Sensual World I would recommend "Reaching Out", "Love And Anger", "Deeper Understanding" or "This Woman's Work".
Great analysis. Kate Bush is my favourite female artist. I also want to mention Susanne Sundfør, Norway's most talented artist. Check out her music, she's amazing. Honourable mentions for Agnetha & Frida (ABBA), Annie Lennox (Eurythmics), Suzanne Vega, Elizabeth Fraser, Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson (B-52's), Björk.
Great reaction, great song, amazing artist, meet her once years ago in Streatham, London when she was walking her dog on a cold frosty morning what a lovely lady, fav female artist are KB, Natalie Merchant, Elizabeth Fraser, Lisa Gerrard, Ella Fitzgerald.
For sheer beauty of singing voice my favourite is Sandy Denny. She was in several bands but her best tracks are: She Moves Through The Fair, Who Knows Where The Time Goes, A Sailor’s Life all when she was in Fairport Convention, lastly: Banks Of The Nile, when she was in Fotheringay.
The line "it's coming through the trees" is taken from the 1957 movie Night of the Demon directed by Jacques Tourneur. The song is a homage to that movie with her running away from the demon in the woods.
KB is my favorite female musical artist by far. I also enjoy the work of Stevee Nicks, Tori Amos, Lisa Loab. And I am a huge fan of Cecilia Bartoli, probably the most versatile virtuoso opera signer alive.
Suspended In Gaffa is my favorite KB song. I also agree as mentioned in another comment that you need to listen to Side 2, The Ninth Wave in its entirety, not as individual tracks.
OK, favourite female artist... Joni Mitchell no doubt. Great Kate Bush reaction and there is so much more of hers to find. And of course you had to give us a quick flash of the cover in yesterdays video. Keep on rocking....
Always love your analytical skills. Great job. Thank you much. Sarah McLachlan - The path of thorns Neko Case - Star Witness Tori Amos - Silent all these years Lana Del Rey - Pretty when I cry 10,000 Maniacs - Happy puppet Edie Brikell & the New Bohemians - Circle of Friends
Kate has an amazing vocal range; she could sing really, really, high and then this record came out and, all of a sudden, she's singing much lower, and it's very powerful (and I think more interesting)! But the thing that has been consistent, throughout, is her eloquence! She pronounces every word perfectly and the listener can understand every single word, throughout her long career!
That's also because of the way it's recorded. There is an enormous amount of compression and she, also being the producer, developed the technique in tandem in think. I remember reading that she would breath away from the mic.
Favourite female artist... Joni Mitchell by a country mile, no need to dwell on the question. She sings from the soul with an incredible vocal and melody... that she can do just as a simple acoustic or a well engineered and produced song...
For me it’s a tie between Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux. Both are amazingly talented and strong women. I will say Kate’s “The Ninth Wave” is a must! The best musical suite since Abbey Road!
Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, and Patti Smith are for me, the three genius pioneers, head and shoulders above and beyond. It seems that most other female artists were influenced and inspired by one or all of these three masters.
Favourite female artist is, in fact, Kate Bush. The only artist I actually travelled abroad to see (although London is a very short hop indeed). I liked Tori Amos when she came out (after she found her voice, so discounting the Y Kant Tori Read album), but somewhere down the line we've grown apart. Not much recorded output, but I am still fascinated by Fiona Apple. Like a fine wine, her music became only better as my appreciation grew.
Justin, I have two femaley suggestions: 1. Fleetwood Mac: Sara Like floating in space, or to paraphrase the lyrics, drowning in a sea of love. Sonically gorgeous, impossibly dreamy. 2. Stina Nordenstam: I See You Again A unique - and I don't use the word lightly - Swedish artist. Sounds like someone whispering gorgeous melodies into your ear. (This was WAY before the AMSR craze.) OK, namedropping time. In my journo days, I did an interview with Stina. We talked about melancholy and depression. Comfortably, because we're both Nordic people. Finally, as it was a World Cup (football, or soccer to you heathens) year, I asked her about Sweden's chances in the competition. I meant it as a kind of a mood-lightening joke, but she got really into it: "Well, that really depends on the player selection. Now, let's see...". I really liked her. PS. An extra bait: she's collaborated with David Sylvian.
Ah, so cool to see more Kate Bush on your channel! Hope ya get a chance to react to Kate's beautiful songs "The Sensual World" & "This Woman's Work" (the latter *always* freakin' brings me to tears. way moving, imo!! :'-) Btw, hope you're feeling okay & your scratchy throat is gone!
My favorite Kate Bush album so I’m happy. Another MTV artist I fell for. As for favorite female artist, Patty Griffin, mostly her early more rocky albums. Flaming Red album: Flaming Red One Big Love Wiggley Fingers Blue Sky Silver Bell album: (unreleased for 12 years) Silver Bell Sorry and Sad Also Laura Nyro Album: Gonna Take A Miracle w/ LaBelle The Bells Desireé Spanish Harlem The Wind Gonna Take A Miracle Peace and Music
I just became a member of your channel, really interesting to see a music lovers reaction to songs, and you really have a way to properly describe your feelings about the music. My favourite female artist... That is really tough. I guess it would be Kate Bush in the end as well. My request however veers away from 80s rock, and I would love to see your reaction to Sunset Coming On, on Mali Music, kind of a Damon Albarn project (Blur)... Gives me goose bumps any time. As for the dreaming (Kate Bush), might be one of the first time I got drawn to World Music influences in western music.
My favorite female artist will always be Joni Mitchell but Kate is a close second. I've been following her since she appeared on SNL. I was stationed in England from 1979 to 1982 so I got to collect her singles with the non-album tracks. I think this is her best album, 4 of the 5 songs on side 1 were released as singles, the 3rd song is my favorite. Side 2 is phenomenal, a concept suite she featured in her rare tour a couple of years ago. Good point about the strings, I love the cello and her voice is the selling point obviously.
i love your total argumentation about Kate songs. My favourite female singer'? Kate of course. check HAMMER HORROR from LIONHEART album, THE DREAMING and NIGHT OF THE SWALLOW together
Favorite female artists (aside from Kate Bush) - Happy Rhodes (one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard with an insane range, and she writes fascinating songs - Many Worlds Are Born Tonight is a great place to start), Agnes Obel (haunting melancholy magic. Start anywhere. Every song is a treasure), Harriet Wheeler (lead singer of The Sundays. One of the best and most overlooked bands of the 90's. The album "Blind" is a pop masterpiece), Jenn Wasner of indie band Wye Oak (fantastic songwriter. Their latest single "Fortune" is a good intro, or "If You Should See" off Tween. She's a great guitarist too). Liz Frasier of Cocteau Twins (also famous for the song "Tear Drop" by Massive Attack), Lisa Gerard of Dead Can Dance, Joni Mitchell. Not sure I could pick just one. Also, like everyone else has already said, The Ninth Wave off this album is incredible.
I think Hounds of Love is probably Kate Bush's most consistent and cohesive album, but I never felt quite as excited or emotionally engaged by it as by much of her earlier material. It marked the point where the seemingly endless wait for the next Kate Bush album no longer seemed important, although I largely fell out of love with contemporary music towards the end of the 1980's. Other female artists worth checking out: Sandy Denny, Janis Joplin, Siouxsie Sioux, Tori Amos, P J Harvey, and as a female fronted band, ABBA.
After Kate's sonic adventures on her 3rd & 4th albums, in 1980 & 82 (same years as Peter Gabriel's 3rd & 4th genius experimentations), "Hounds of Love" was a definite step down in energy but not in imagination. On Side Two, being chased as she skates on a frozen river, chased by the witch underneath the ice --- what a thrilling, frightening image! Still, I preferred "The Sensual World", the mature album that came next, and also preferred the album after that, "The Red Shoes." Amazing, powerful, surprising and vital music.
One female singer and songwriter that I think is not known very well but is quite memorable and reminds me just a bit of a female Nick Drake (although she certainly has her own unique qualities) is Heidi Berry and her record 'Love' is particularily peaceful and folkish and memorable.
Can't even imagine any other female or male artist of the late 20th century thats better creatively imagine lots of her stuff was wrote as a school girl before David gilmore stumbled on her talent producers struggled to produce her for two years she was so unique they were a bit confused they had never come across any thing like her
My favourite female artist and songwriter is Joni Mitchell. Kate is definitely the 2nd favourite. I hope you listen to the whole Hounds of Love album especially the Ninth Wave section which is remarkable.
Favourite female artist? Easy - Kate Bush, and she has been since her first astonishing appearance on Top of the Pops in January 1978, The most emotional, intense and interesting singer and songwriter I know, I 've had the privilege of see her live five times.
Other female artists:
Sandy Denny - the most beautiful voice ever
Bjork
Joni Mitchell
Joanna Newsome
Kate Bush is absolutely my favorite female artist!!!
This is an interresting album. All the big hits on the first side. Running up that Hill, Hounds of Love and Cloudbusting which has a great video with Donald Sutherland and what not. And then you turn to the b-side with no special expectations. But what a surpise! I still think that the b-side is the best music Kate Bush has ever written. You have to listen it as a one piece to fully appreciate it. It's worth it. Artistic, innovative, fearless.
Ty John! I'll be exploring and listening to more!
Side 2 of Hounds of Love is a MANDATORY full side listen! The Ninth Wave is a side long conceptual piece that needs to be experienced as a whole.
Thanks John! I'm sure I'll get to it eventually
Elizabeth Frazer of Cocteau Twins. Her voice is absolutely gorgeous.
Yes, so much yes!!
"Running up that hiill" "The Man with the Child in his eyes", 'Suspended in Gaffa"....So many good Kate Songs...AND you summed it up well.
Kate Bush, with Stevie Nicks a distant second. I’ve got everything by Kate, including the recent singles/ b sides releases, and if she were to announce live dates again I’d be queueing for them immediately. Alas it looks like she won’t even be releasing Before the Dawn on video 😭 really a pity as it was one of the most visual live shows I’ve seen.
This album is all great, but watching the Ninth Wave songs played live...priceless.
Kate Bush was like 15 years old when her first album came out and she was the musical guest on saturday night live just haunting the audience with a jaw dropping performance that captivated us all in the late 70s. Stunningly amazing
Andrew Deutsch 19. Dave Gilmour discovered her at 15.
The entire side 2 "The Ninth Wave" is amazing.
With you on that - Are you in the UK? Wondering if you got to any of those London shows a few years back
@@richmusgrave4205 Yes, in Bristol, but didn't get to see any of the shows. gutted that they filmed some shows but never released anything. Maybe KB didn't like what she saw. She did look huge in that overcoat!
Yes she did but what a shame if that's the reason - her voice was fantastic and the theatricality of the whole production was impressive . The Ninth Wave was particularly good with some great visual stuff, on par with a top West End Musical.
The sound of the cellos, gradually building in the background gives even more tension to the sensation of being pursued, adding to her emotional
and not rational thoughts on the "fate" of being captured by love. The mood it sets is absolutely one of a breathless, fearful chase.
You said she intended this album to be visual, it certainly is that! Beautifully so.
"Take my shoes off And throw them in the lake And I'll be Two steps on the water..." - one of my fave lines ever.
here it is 3 years later so you may never see this ..... BUT, for a long time it was Stevie Nicks ...... then I was introduced to Kate Bush and have not looked back .... The Stevie poster came down and a Kate poster went up ( of course that was many years ago ...but Kate is still my fav female as Peter Gabriel is my fav male
Ty Scotty, I see all😉 👀 whats your favorite album from Kate?
@@JustJP I decided lomg ago to answer that question about any group .... Genesis, Pink Floyd etc, etc ... " which ever one I'm listening to at the time " .... but I will say, I was introduced to her music when all there was was a kick inside ... so there is that
Aaaaand , I was just thinking about her voice and I think it would have been great .... years ago ...( I don't think she has the same voice as when she was younger ) if she did some Peter Gabriel songs ..... In the Rapids came to mind
When i haven't heard this song in a minute and the violins kick in i get goosebumps almost every time.
The Ninth Wave is a suite about a woman who is about to get frozen in the sea. In her final moments she struggles and recalls vivid memories of her past, trying to keep herself alive. Amazing and (very) adventurous composition, give it a listen, you and eveybody!
Yes! I posted about this the last time JP did a Kate Bush song. IMO, you simply haven't heard her at her best until you listen to The Ninth Wave.
M. Gideon Hoyle if possible it would be awesome to hear him react to the ninth wave in full!
@@nszach Absolutely!
Based on first last songs of the suite or cantata, I always took the story to be a kind of nightmare she has while asleep of drowning then wakes at the end. Just my take.
Great track about being afraid of love. Beautifully produced and vocalized.
My favourite KB album. The album in my opinion should be listened to from start to finish. The album is split into 2 parts, "The Hounds of Love" and "The Ninth Wave". "Hello Earth" from the conceptual Ninth Wave part of the album still gives me chills and brings a tear to my eye ... how so much beauty and emotion can be captured on audio tape still amazes me . Great reaction :)
Ty John! Maybe we'll check it out one day
@@JustJP ...I hope so :) The Ninth Wave would be a short but beautiful "semi album" to react to :)
Absolutely love the album and every track on it, ( I second every comment about side two), Kate at her best. ( And it's a high bar). Any list of artists becomes such a difficult thing to do and to pick favourites can depend on when you're asked but some constants would be Alison Moyet, Annie Lennox, PJ Harvey, Timi Yuro, ( just such a great voice) and I loved that another comment gave a shout out to Toni Childs; I could go on but that's enough.
The opening words, It's in the tree's, it's coming is from a 1950,s horror film NIGHT OF THE DEMON.
This is a great in-depth analysis of the song, of both lyrics and music. Thank you!
Appreciate that Anssi!
It's a song about the fear of falling in love and of being hurt by love.... The hounds are haunting her and she runs away...yes, you nailed it :) great job mate, as always
Thanks Azzo!
Favorite female artist is definitely Kate Bush. Most of her albums could be candidates for an all-time best album list.
Others include Stevie Nicks, Alanis Morisette, Nico, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Karen O, Gwen Stefani, Beyonce, Mitski, Debbie Harry, Annie Clark, Beth Gibbons
Kate Bush, Aimee Mann, Tanya Donnelly are some of my favorite female artists. This Kate Bush album was a major awakening in great music for me. I remember hearing it in the record store and thinking what is this?!!
My number one is Kate, no one else comes near. Her creativity is off the chart
My favorite on this album is Jig of life .... fantastic song !!!
Love that song! The use of rhythms in it always give me chills.
Oh yes!!!! Is that a good one!
What a strong and insightful analysis, JP. This album came out in my mind-twenties and I have never bothered to think about it so deeply. Good on ya.
Ty ty
Kate. bush is one of those fascinating artists that you wonder what it must be like to be them. To be so extraordinary in the way you see the world and translate it into music and dance and yet just another human being
Loved that JP, This is the last album of hers that I really like. She took risks, and still, whenever she surfaces, is at her best experimenting, following her own curiosity and being playful. To me, she and PG are similar in this - even their failures are glorious ones and I do love and respect them both for that.
"Aerial" (especially disc2 Sky Of Honey) is even better. probably my favourite KB of all time - and I bought most of them as they came out.
"Following her own curiosity "
Great way of putting it
kate is my favourite singer, closely followed by Liz Fraser, cocteau twins, and sang teardrop with massive attack.
These pair aren't just my favourite female singers, they are my favourite singers.
Cool song by Kate Bush. She was always so original. Some of my favorite female artists areJoni Mitchell, Annie Haslam/Renaissance, Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and many more pop, rock and opera/classical singers!
Forgot Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and Heart (the Wilson sisters Ann and Nancy), Donna Summer
3 of favorite female artists come very easy:
Kate Bush for being Kate Bush
Laurie Anderson for being much more than only a musician ( f.e. watching "Home of the Brave" was more than once a great joy)
Regina Spektor for the diversity in her music, wonderful lyrics and her ability of making videos. More than 99 % of the videos I have seen are a boring series of cuts. But she made some of the sort I can watch more often.
This should be a whole album reaction. Fave female artists is tricky too hard to pick one. Kate Bush, Pj Harvey, Tori Amos, Bjork, Lisa Gerrard and more recently Chelsea Wolfe, Zola Jesus, Ane Brun and Aldous Harding.
Hi JP. Just come across your channel and now i'm addicted to your intelligent and detailed analysis which makes such a refreshing change from most of the reaction videos on here. Favorite female artist from my youth would be Karen Carpenter singing close to you. My favorite contemporary female artist must be Hannah Reid of London Grammar singing a cover of Wrecking ball in BBC live lounge. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Kate Bush, Anohni and Sade are my 3 favourite female artists. A trio of perfection.
One of my favorite female artist: Tori Amos. (I also could say Bjork....)
Concerning the cello in that song (one of my favorite Kate's one), it seems to me that we first hear the Fairlight, giving a beautiful quite cello sound, and the real cello comes only about 1 min 15, creating a stunning effect....
This is Tess of the d'Urbervilles distilled to a pop song. Kate loves doint that.
Eivor did a great cover of this song.Now I'm an old git having fun and I have seen a lot of bands and artist over the years but this lady is my top artist of all time.Eivor Palsdottr known professionally as Eivor.She is from the Faroe Islands part of Denmark,she has a distingtive voice with a wide range of music genres Rock, Jazz, Folk and Classical music.I have been a fan of this lady for years.
It's on the TH-cam! It's coming!
This is a great song. A great, great song. One of Kate's very best, I'd say. And the quote from Night of the Demon is pretty darn clever as well.
And it features arguably the greatest use of staccato cello next to Bernard Herrmann's classic Psycho score.
But..............we're all waiting for Cloudbusting, Justin.
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My favourite female artist, and only because I discovered her music by accident and not because she was prolific. She was featured occasionally in both the UK Top 40 and the US Billboard charts.
So, my favourite female artist was Teena Marie and specifically her 1986 album Emerald City.
A couple of my favorites are Sandy Denny and Annie Haslam. I would recommend Banks of the Nile by Sandy while she was with the band Fotheringay. And, Ashes Are Burning by Annie and Renaissance is a winner.
In keeping with the theme of recommending Scandinavian women, check out Jennie Abrahamson. I just watched her sing Kate Bush’s This Woman’s Work live with the Gothenburg Symphony. It’s amazing. You can also see her singing Don’t Give Up with Peter Gabriel on his Back To Front DVD.
Kate did a residency in London in 2014, three weeks at the Hammersmith Odeon - her first shows in 30 years. Although I did not attend, this tune was the second performed at the shows. When I heard it on the live album, Before The Dawn, I was immediately brought to tears. I love this album so much, and you GOTTA do a full sit-thru listen of Side Two, Justin: we're talking Supper's Ready levels of epic.
oh yes. I have the Before The Dawn LP Box here... it's just amazing. Hounds Of Love is my absolute favourite album by KB
I hear ya Jim😁
I had see Kate in 1979 when she amazed everyone by singing while dancing using a radio mike, totally unheard of in those days. Such a great concert and I looked forward to seeing her next tour. And waited 35 years. When she appeared on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon I must confess the moment was a little overwhelming, I may have had something in my eye...
@@silgen - good on you. I was actually in London for work during the first week of shows, but I knew there was NO WAY to convince my wife and kids to let me go on a music bender and leave them in the hotel. Ah, the painful choices of husbandry.
i bow down to you my fellow Kate fan,you describe her music better than i ever have....i will subscribe
Ty David!
You're on a roll with your song choices these past few days. I have no critical faculties when it comes to this album; there's not a bad track on it.
Ty Iain! Glad you've been enjoying the choices
Such good analysis! You’re the perfect audience for an artist.
Thank you!
my favourite Kate Bush album .. !! you could do some stuff from Tori Amos :D from Boys for Pele for example. She's playing a spinet!
From the Hounds Of Love album you should also do "Hello Earth" or "And Dream Of Sheep". From her album The Sensual World I would recommend "Reaching Out", "Love And Anger", "Deeper Understanding" or "This Woman's Work".
Ty Tin; I've actually just recorded some Tori Amos yesterday 😊
Great analysis. Kate Bush is my favourite female artist. I also want to mention Susanne Sundfør, Norway's most talented artist. Check out her music, she's amazing. Honourable mentions for Agnetha & Frida (ABBA), Annie Lennox (Eurythmics), Suzanne Vega, Elizabeth Fraser, Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson (B-52's), Björk.
I'm just in love w/ the dog barks
Great reaction, great song, amazing artist, meet her once years ago in Streatham, London when she was walking her dog on a cold frosty morning what a lovely lady, fav female artist are KB, Natalie Merchant, Elizabeth Fraser, Lisa Gerrard, Ella Fitzgerald.
For sheer beauty of singing voice my favourite is Sandy Denny. She was in several bands but her best tracks are: She Moves Through The Fair, Who Knows Where The Time Goes, A Sailor’s Life all when she was in Fairport Convention, lastly: Banks Of The Nile, when she was in Fotheringay.
The line "it's coming through the trees" is taken from the 1957 movie Night of the Demon directed by Jacques Tourneur. The song is a homage to that movie with her running away from the demon in the woods.
KB is my favorite female musical artist by far. I also enjoy the work of Stevee Nicks, Tori Amos, Lisa Loab. And I am a huge fan of Cecilia Bartoli, probably the most versatile virtuoso opera signer alive.
Suspended In Gaffa is my favorite KB song. I also agree as mentioned in another comment that you need to listen to Side 2, The Ninth Wave in its entirety, not as individual tracks.
Love it. Kate is a treasure. You must do her best song ever *"This Woman's Work"* My favorite females of music are
*St. Vincent*
*Sarah Maclachlan*
Love St Vincents' collaboration with David Byrne!
Justin - St Vincent - Mass Seduction
OK, favourite female artist... Joni Mitchell no doubt. Great Kate Bush reaction and there is so much more of hers to find. And of course you had to give us a quick flash of the cover in yesterdays video.
Keep on rocking....
I'm here to tease and please
Favorite female artist ,/////////////Its our Kate Bush of course,.you have just scratched the surface of her genius,keep scratching your doing well
Dude I love binging you after several weeks love this Kate Bush song I know you will too love you
Thanks David! Glad I'm binge-worthy :D
I think the drum is a boddran ( Irish hand war drum like a round shield) her brother plays Irish instruments.
KATE BUSH first, always :-) love your reactions to her x
I also feel it's a huge metaphor for self love
Always love your analytical skills. Great job. Thank you much.
Sarah McLachlan - The path of thorns Neko Case - Star Witness
Tori Amos - Silent all these years Lana Del Rey - Pretty when I cry
10,000 Maniacs - Happy puppet Edie Brikell & the New Bohemians - Circle of Friends
Thanks Will! I'll have some Tori on the way
Kate has an amazing vocal range; she could sing really, really, high and then this record came out and, all of a sudden, she's singing much lower, and it's very powerful (and I think more interesting)! But the thing that has been consistent, throughout, is her eloquence! She pronounces every word perfectly and the listener can understand every single word, throughout her long career!
So so true Jolar!
That's also because of the way it's recorded. There is an enormous amount of compression and she, also being the producer, developed the technique in tandem in think. I remember reading that she would breath away from the mic.
Favourite female artist... Joni Mitchell by a country mile, no need to dwell on the question. She sings from the soul with an incredible vocal and melody... that she can do just as a simple acoustic or a well engineered and produced song...
These last few videos have been some of my favorite artists! 👍
Awesome! Glad to hear it:)
literally the best album. yes. literally. the best. ever.
For me it’s a tie between Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux. Both are amazingly talented and strong women. I will say Kate’s “The Ninth Wave” is a must! The best musical suite since Abbey Road!
Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, and Patti Smith are for me, the three genius pioneers, head and shoulders above and beyond. It seems that most other female artists were influenced and inspired by one or all of these three masters.
Excellent reaction
Ty Jenny!
Favourite female artist is, in fact, Kate Bush. The only artist I actually travelled abroad to see (although London is a very short hop indeed).
I liked Tori Amos when she came out (after she found her voice, so discounting the Y Kant Tori Read album), but somewhere down the line we've grown apart.
Not much recorded output, but I am still fascinated by Fiona Apple. Like a fine wine, her music became only better as my appreciation grew.
One of the Best albums in history maybe top 5 in music history
Justin, I have two femaley suggestions:
1. Fleetwood Mac: Sara
Like floating in space, or to paraphrase the lyrics, drowning in a sea of love. Sonically gorgeous, impossibly dreamy.
2. Stina Nordenstam: I See You Again
A unique - and I don't use the word lightly - Swedish artist. Sounds like someone whispering gorgeous melodies into your ear. (This was WAY before the AMSR craze.)
OK, namedropping time. In my journo days, I did an interview with Stina. We talked about melancholy and depression. Comfortably, because we're both Nordic people. Finally, as it was a World Cup (football, or soccer to you heathens) year, I asked her about Sweden's chances in the competition. I meant it as a kind of a mood-lightening joke, but she got really into it: "Well, that really depends on the player selection. Now, let's see...". I really liked her.
PS. An extra bait: she's collaborated with David Sylvian.
You had me at David Sylvian. I see that it was on "Wonderful World"; great song!
and yes, do more kate bush..! 1st 2 albums are fab...
I've aiways loved Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson (The B-52's) their raw vocal harmonies or solo projects are iconic listening
Kate Bush, Enya, Edith Piaf, Loreena Mckennitt, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Whitney Houston my favorite female artists.
Ah, so cool to see more Kate Bush on your channel! Hope ya get a chance to react to Kate's beautiful songs "The Sensual World" & "This Woman's Work" (the latter *always* freakin' brings me to tears. way moving, imo!! :'-) Btw, hope you're feeling okay & your scratchy throat is gone!
Ty Angela!
I actually met Kate a few months back before Christmas. It was such a surreal moment.
I bet!
Just ....... WOW !
Some people don't realise it only does she write these songs, she produces them aswell. Amazballs
Great KB album, from top to bottom.
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My favorite Kate Bush album so I’m happy. Another MTV artist I fell for.
As for favorite female artist, Patty Griffin, mostly her early more rocky albums.
Flaming Red album:
Flaming Red
One Big Love
Wiggley Fingers
Blue Sky
Silver Bell album: (unreleased for 12 years)
Silver Bell
Sorry and Sad
Also Laura Nyro
Album:
Gonna Take A Miracle w/ LaBelle
The Bells
Desireé
Spanish Harlem
The Wind
Gonna Take A Miracle
Peace and Music
I just became a member of your channel, really interesting to see a music lovers reaction to songs, and you really have a way to properly describe your feelings about the music. My favourite female artist... That is really tough. I guess it would be Kate Bush in the end as well. My request however veers away from 80s rock, and I would love to see your reaction to Sunset Coming On, on Mali Music, kind of a Damon Albarn project (Blur)... Gives me goose bumps any time. As for the dreaming (Kate Bush), might be one of the first time I got drawn to World Music influences in western music.
Thanks so much Richard! I'm glad you've been enjoying the videos🙂 appreciate the recommendation as well
Favorite female artist. Kate. And with a big margin.
My favorite female artist will always be Joni Mitchell but Kate is a close second. I've been following her since she appeared on SNL. I was stationed in England from 1979 to 1982 so I got to collect her singles with the non-album tracks. I think this is her best album, 4 of the 5 songs on side 1 were released as singles, the 3rd song is my favorite. Side 2 is phenomenal, a concept suite she featured in her rare tour a couple of years ago.
Good point about the strings, I love the cello and her voice is the selling point obviously.
Kate bush is my favourite female artist.
Hissing of Summer Lawns great song. Also Amelia is also worth listening.
i love your total argumentation about Kate songs. My favourite female singer'? Kate of course. check HAMMER HORROR from LIONHEART album, THE DREAMING and NIGHT OF THE SWALLOW together
You just reacted to my favorite female artist thanks Justin. Kate Bush is a genius and prog at it's best..
Ty Cass, glad you enjoyed it
Favorite female artists (aside from Kate Bush) - Happy Rhodes (one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard with an insane range, and she writes fascinating songs - Many Worlds Are Born Tonight is a great place to start), Agnes Obel (haunting melancholy magic. Start anywhere. Every song is a treasure), Harriet Wheeler (lead singer of The Sundays. One of the best and most overlooked bands of the 90's. The album "Blind" is a pop masterpiece), Jenn Wasner of indie band Wye Oak (fantastic songwriter. Their latest single "Fortune" is a good intro, or "If You Should See" off Tween. She's a great guitarist too). Liz Frasier of Cocteau Twins (also famous for the song "Tear Drop" by Massive Attack), Lisa Gerard of Dead Can Dance, Joni Mitchell. Not sure I could pick just one.
Also, like everyone else has already said, The Ninth Wave off this album is incredible.
Spot on Liz Frasier and Harriet Wheeler
Yeah Kate Bush the goddesses of art/prog rock
Your commentary is spot on just perfect love you
I think Hounds of Love is probably Kate Bush's most consistent and cohesive album, but I never felt quite as excited or emotionally engaged by it as by much of her earlier material. It marked the point where the seemingly endless wait for the next Kate Bush album no longer seemed important, although I largely fell out of love with contemporary music towards the end of the 1980's. Other female artists worth checking out: Sandy Denny, Janis Joplin, Siouxsie Sioux, Tori Amos, P J Harvey, and as a female fronted band, ABBA.
After Kate's sonic adventures on her 3rd & 4th albums, in 1980 & 82 (same years as Peter Gabriel's 3rd & 4th genius experimentations), "Hounds of Love" was a definite step down in energy but not in imagination. On Side Two, being chased as she skates on a frozen river, chased by the witch underneath the ice --- what a thrilling, frightening image!
Still, I preferred "The Sensual World", the mature album that came next, and also preferred the album after that, "The Red Shoes." Amazing, powerful, surprising and vital music.
I really like it when Kate takes it to the lower registry.
One female singer and songwriter that I think is not known very well but is quite memorable and reminds me just a bit of a female Nick Drake (although she certainly has her own unique qualities) is Heidi Berry and her record 'Love' is particularily peaceful and folkish and memorable.
Kate Bush for me for sure, please review WOW next, one of her best songs in my opinion
World Of Warcraft?
Can't even imagine any other female or male artist of the late 20th century thats better creatively imagine lots of her stuff was wrote as a school girl before David gilmore stumbled on her talent producers struggled to produce her for two years she was so unique they were a bit confused they had never come across any thing like her
It's in the trees , it's coming! !Night of the Demon...brilliant film...
My favorite female vocalist is Jazz Singer Nancy Wilson.
Good review. Many people mentioned side 2 ''The Ninth Wave''. Well they're right. It's great!
My favourite female artist and songwriter is Joni Mitchell. Kate is definitely the 2nd favourite.
I hope you listen to the whole Hounds of Love album especially the Ninth Wave section which is remarkable.
Thank you June! We're going through the album, just a bit slow 😄
Hounds of love may be one of the best albums of the 80s
Along with Kate Bush my favorite female artists are Patti Smith, Nina Hagen and Marianne Faithful.
My favorite female artists: Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones