Kate Bush "Running Up That Hill" Vocal ANALYSIS focused on Mental Health.
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This season of Stranger Things really delved deep into mental health and the demons that really hold us back in life. The scene with Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" had so much symbolism and meaning not only to me, but millions around the world. Kate's been on my list to analyze for a while, but I thought I'd take this opportunity to delve into my consistent message of mental health as we dive deep into her vocals. Enjoy!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Kate Bush for the first time, performing "Running Up That Hill”.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Firstly she was already a HUGE success in England and all over Europe. She had also already had a following in the states prior to this song as well. She is much more than a vocalist. She writes all of her music, arranges it too. She is a performance artist as well. Dance, direction...ALL OF IT. SHE IS BRILLIANT AND ONE OF A KIND☮️
Yeah in the states she had more of a cult following in the 80's. Almost no one knew she was back-in-the-day unless you listened to college radio. But I lived in a rural area.
Absolute icon, she’s brilliant I’m so many ways. I would have loved to see her live. Cloud busting the band is as close as you’ll get these days.
Happy I learned of her love this tune.
I've been a fan of that particular music video for many many years.
Don’t forget huge success in Australia too.
Kate Bush is a GENIUS! Not only did she produce, as was mentioned, but she also created the choreography for this video. I loved her back then, and still do. I am so glad that a new generation is getting to experience this huge and unique talent.
She had a dance choreographer she worked with, but yes the main ideas were hers.
Absolutely amazing 🎶 🎵 ❤
Yes. The word "Genius" is often misused in reference to pop stars, but in this case, it is spot on. So many charlatans are bestowed with the title of genius: Cobain and Lennon chief among them. But those fools are the result of a cult of personality. Kate Bush is really all talent. She is really all genius. Even her name is not interesting. It's her voice. Her production. Her SONGWRITING. And her dancing. I am humbled by her
Kate Bush is one of those people in life that makes you realise that there is a higher, magical and mystical plane to our existence. I remember going to War listening to her thinking even if I die at least I've lived long enough to hear and see Kate Bush ❤💃
She is ethereal! Just wonderful.
Where did you go to war?
❤
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017the Falklands.
She's her own genre 💕
Well said.. kudos : )
I agree.
Yes.
True
Very much so.
Because she wanted to dance with her songs her crew developed the headset so she could dance and sing. She was one of the very first if not the first. This lady is a genius in the arts, pure and simple.
Yep, she invented the headset mic, using a cordless mini-mic and a bent wire clothes hanger on her 1979 tour. Definitely the first.
Kate was, and is, so much more than a phenomenal voice. She was groundbreaking in so many ways, as an artist. It’s nice she’s getting a resurgence of popularity now.
@Gerald H
Well, her early music and production was all underwriten by Dave Gilmore (pink floyd)
as one of the first to been seen doing interpretive dance. she was considered out there. throw in a 4 octave range when most at the time were strugging with 2. she was a phenomenon. worthy of respect in all ways a strong woman.
@geraldh you know that David Gilmour never write and produce for Kate Bush... But you write it...you know it's a wrong fact, you know it...
BTW Google is free with a lot of articles about Bush career and there's Wikipedia... And you can find on TH-cam interviews of Gilmour talking about his role...
A real fan know it...
Troll time
@@isobeljames1328 “Underwritten” in this context means “funded”. 👍
@@isobeljames1328
Underwriting means funding, if you’re going to use English, try learning it.
"This Woman's Work."
Anyone who knows Bush's work can tell you that this song ( particularly the original recording from "The Sensual World," along with its video) is extremely worthy of your time.
Also the title track. Both are great.
YAS!!! This Woman’s Work is everything!
defo
This Woman’s Work breaks me, every time I hear it - just her version though. No cover compares.
The original recording was on the 1985 'Hounds of Love' album. 'The Sensual World' came 4 years later.
Without doubt one of the greatest female artists. Her fame in europe doesn’t need a boost, she is a living legend 😊
The thing I love about this is that Kate Bush set up her own publishers, so she wrote, performed, published (and choregraphed) everything in this song - which means after 4 decades she still gets all of the royalties etc and good on her.
She didn't choreograph it, she had a dance instructor who constructed the rather complex and unusual dance routine, especially for a pop song
If that's true I imagine she got a pretty massive cheque from Netflix
My most favorite ever conversation about Kate Bush took place years and years ago when I was in College. I was sitting with some friends at a outside table, shooting the shit and what not, and one of the groups conversations was about music which went as follows. Friend 1: "I've really been getting into this artist from England." Friend 2: "Really, who is it?" Friend 1: "Kate Bush." Friend 2: "Cool, what kind of music does she do?" After a pause and a shrug. "Friend 1: "Um... Kate Bush music." Moral of the memetic story... Kate Bush defies all attempts to quantify, or be boxed into a pre packaged genre, she, perhaps more than any artist in the modern era, stands alone.
Agreed. She is her own genre.
Kate Bush is almost a year older than I and I've followed her off and on right through all of her musical releases. I have yet to come across another female artist who carries such female sensuality in her voice and music and choreography, and although the word has lost its power of true meaning today, the lady really is a genius. The Hounds of Love album is phenomenal, especially the second side called 'The Ninth Wave'. Her vocals on 'And Dream of Sheep' sends shivers down the spine, and don't get me started on the track 'The Sensual World'. From a male perspective she is able to stimulate and arouse on all levels of the physic and psyche to bring not entertainment, but an experience. That is what Kate Bush is with her music, a resonating earthy experience, and no other female artist has come close to that level of expression.
Wonderfully put Elysium, oh yes 'The Sensual World' is one of my two favourite songs, the moment she so gracefully removed her hat in the video is simply one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen ❤ I also feel that 'Moments of Pleasure' is one of the most touching and beautiful songs I have ever heard. Thankyou for so beautifully articulating how I too feel about this genius of a Woman 👍👍👍
It's worth giving her whole "Hounds of love" album a listen, track by track. It tells a whole story through songs and it's amazing ❤️ Always loved her.
Back in December 84 I was a penurious student in S London. One day I was with a college friend buying stamps when I happened to glance behind me, standing in the queue was Kate herself! My friend knew her and to cut a long story short we ended up back at 'her place' [just around the corner as it happens] for a cup of tea and some cake. Small talk led to the 'what are you doing now?' question and she graciously allowed her to hear the just finished final edit of 'Hounds of Love'. To say we were floored was an understatement and when I got the CD in due course she autographed it for me. Sadly it got nicked along with my entire record collection some months later.
That's brilliant but also bloody awful. However the memory will be precious
That’s an amazing story. How generous of her!
Great story. Annoying that the CD got nicked, but what a great memory
@@bonkerzmusic6506 Hounds of Love was released in September 1985 in vinyl, cassette and CD formats, so the comment you are replying to sounds true. I bought a CD player in 1987 and was very behind the times, so yes, CD's were a thing at least here in the UK, at that time.
@@bonkerzmusic6506 The first cds and cd players were released in 1982, though they did not become really popular in the US until the late 80's. I bought my first cd player in 1987. They had been available before that, but at extremely high prices and only in home stereos.
As mentioned in the chat: "Don't give up" - a duet between Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel
I heartily endorse "Don't Give Up" as well; I would love to see a reaction to that duet. That song has been simultaneously breaking and filling my heart for decades.
Ahh such a breathtaking song, and totally agree that it would be awesome to see it reacted to
Yes! One of the greatest and most emotional duets ever.
Fully agree
It’s a song that is beautiful to listen to but heartbreaking to experience.
It stays with you
Peter Gabriel is my absolute favorite singer from the 80's. Sledgehammer was and still is my jam :)
Kate Bush is one of the few, pure & beautiful things left in this world.
The synthesizer you are hearing is the Fairlight CMI, an iconic piece of equipment and the source of great jealousy for many a great artist, past and present. She is also using a drum machine on this, I think it was a LinnDrum... She was and is a pioneer of electronic pop music.
This song in particular, together with "Cloudbusting", "Wuthering Heights", and "Cloudbusting" have a special place in my heart. As does, "The Man With The Child In His Eyes", which she wrote when she was only thirteen and recorded when she was sixteen, under the guidance of none other than David Gilmour. You should definitely check out that song.
OMG Cloudbusting still makes me cry every time I listen to it. And I bought this album when it came out. And it's inspired by a true and strange story.
"The Big Sky" does it for me. She just goes wild at the end.
Along with Laurie Anderson, her American counterpart...however, LA does/did not dance. She does include body work however. Fascinating work, both of them. I'm glad to hear that Kate Is cranking up on the royalties again!
I've always loved The Man With the Child in His Eyes and the way she sang it. I didn't know she wrote and sang it that young. A writing and singing genius from youth, as Aurora was when she wrote Runaway as a child and sang it as a teen.
must be a mixture of samples, I cannot find this as a preset ^^
@@stefankrautz9048she apparently spent a long time coming up with these sounds, according to an episode on the Produce Like A Pro YT channel.
Kate Bush's voice can make me feel incredibly happy, and almost unbearably sad, at the same time. I first saw her on TV as a child, when her first single was released back in the 70's. She was so weird and amazing at the same time. I didn't understand it at all, I just knew I loved it. I'm so glad there's a new audience discovering the wonders of Kate Bush.
Yes, you’ve totally hit the nail on the head… totally happy and almost unbearably sad is how she makes me feel as well.
💯
compare kate with swift, cyrus, gaga, grande and co and you understand how bad music is nowadays...
@@seelenwinter6662 Gaga probably shouldn't be lumped into that lineup. She's an actual musician, whereas the rest of those are basically models mouthing other people's songs. I get it, though. Most music these days is mass produced garbage that offers nothing in terms of substance.
Me too! I quite agree with you! So weird and so sad but joyful at the same time...
The most pure song kate sings is the man with the child in his eyes. It’s remarkable and she wrote it when she was 13! Yes only 13!
Under the Ivy is great as well. There is a version of just Kate on a piano singing it.
Wow is also excellent, so is Breathing. I think these songs here def show off her vocal range.
Oh, to be in Love
The Dreaming is my favorite album. So many good songs across the years though.
For a tragic love song, "You're the One".
I think she also owns all her own music - smart on so many levels.
Kate Bush is a genre all by herself! NO ONE will ever match her. They'd just look silly to try. Its one of those moments in our lives where magic happened in her corner of UK that no one else could claim. There are , ofc many artists, influenced by her which you can hear, from: Florence Welsh to FKA Twigs, St Vincent, & beyond... distinctive "Kate" accented! & she's influenced, been respected & admired by everyone from Stevie Nicks to Tupac to Lorde, etc..... This is one reaction I find truly interesting, bc no matter what tech meanings you throw towards her singing patterns, Kate Co.pletely arrived at them all intuitively & free-flowing. She's not been formally trained accept for dance, when she took some classes. You just witnessed a true genius.
I’m so glad that lots of youngsters has discovered Kate Bush from watching Stranger Thing! 💚
@@Dave-hb7lx That's cool!
Absolutely 💯
I kinda prefer the Placebo version... but Kate Bush is a fucking legend.
@@rinnhart Hmmm, controversial!
@@colrhodes377 naw, just being a drunk asshat, peace love and good tunes
Kate was very inventive with her music and expression of it. She even kind of invented the first wireless headset in 1979, so she could dance and sing without holding a microphone. Love her since my teens and Hounds of Love is an alltime fave of mine. I recommend Cloudbusting or Babooshka. She is a beautiful versatile Artist that needs to be heard.
She did have the headset mic invented so she could dance. I remember her saying they used a wire hanger and attached a condenser mic to the end. She was always amazing & inventive.
❤ but "and" not "or". Cloudbusting AND Babooshka.
Couldn’t have said it better. Thanks for your words.
I'd second your recommendation of Cloudbusting, especially with the focus on mental health. She wrote Cloudbusting after reading Peter Reich's autobiography Book of Dreams, about his troubled life with his father Wilhelm Reich, the controversial psychoanalyst. Its a fascinating song, both as a vocal exercise and as a lyrical exploration. Ms. Bush communicates on an emotional level that can be disorienting and surprising. I love Running Up That Hill, but don't find the kind of arresting, startling emotional content that I get from Cloudbusting (or Wuthering Heights, or Army Dreamers, or Breathing!)
When I was a kid in the 80's, the general sense I had was that she wasn't classed as cool. Certain demographics (read older generations) didn't get it. She dared to sway from the norms and expectations. She was avant garde and unafraid to push the envelope. I have so much respect for her, and for those that helped boost her towards mainstream popularity. Because it was such a male dominated world then, and so many artists were still being corralled and forced to conform. She is so unique and just a complete inspiration. Dare to be different! Thanks so much for doing an analysis of this. I'm so happy that you see just what a star she is. 🙏🙏🥰🥰
Hi Elizabeth! I've been a massive fan since the age of 9 here in Australia. I'm now 53! Kate blasted onto our TV screens downunder on a famous pop music programme called "Countdown" in 1978. There was NO ONE ELSE in the business on the scene then and the likes of Bjork, Bats for Lashes and countless other younger female singer/songwriters see her as the "Matriarch" which have paved the way for them. That amazing equipment she came across at a London Music Fair. The CMI Fairlight synthesiser, was invented by an Australian music engineer. She couldn't get over the ability of the sounds it could put out which went on to help the direction of her creativity and shape her unique sound. When this was released in 1985 it was "that synth sound" was the "catch" which almost envelops one. As for your excitement of "those BV's are insane, so creative!' I loved it when you said "WOAH! It sounds like SOMEONE is trying to get out!" YES! It's the demons we ALL hold so deep in our relationships: swapping places making that deal with god. It IS that "Thunder in our hearts - To express so dramatically through dance and song a "hate for the ones we love" that is WOAH!! Nobody. Nobody has ever been able to so creatively demonstrate those demons in music (with that wild crescendo and crashing guitar) like Kate. I'm so happy to hear what you have had to share about RUTH and WH! Thank You.
Yeeeeessssssss! I would recommend Kate’s entire repertoire. Starting with Wuthering Heights and The Ninth Wave, which is a story told over several songs.
And The Man with the Child in his eyes. She played more with octaves early on. And David Gilmours involvement. I have had her stuff since that very first album. She was quite young then
The nineth wave is way ahead of its time and I'm sure that , Elizabeth would love it.
@@BigRalphN Amazing song
Yes, Wuthering Heights is a must to see and hear. The voice could be a bit of a surprise ;)
Studio version - I love her live, but haven't found a live Wuthering with the same impact as studio experience
Tori Amos is another artist who credits Kate with being an influence, and she does an amazing live cover of Kate's "To Dream of Sheep" from the "Ninth Wave" side of "Hounds of Love" (this album.) I've been a fan of Kate since I first saw her perform on SNL back in 1978, and her catalog is amazing. Her first album, "The Kick Inside" is incredible, from the opening "Moving" through the final "The Kick Inside" which begs to be listened from start to finish, uninterrupted, though I have to say "The Man With the Child in His Eyes" is still my favorite song. Every album, and ever song, of Kate's in an experience. And if you ever have a chance, try and watch her 1979 concert video, "Kate Bush, Live at the Hammersmith Odeon!"
This makes me feel so old. The first 7" single record I ever bought ar the age of 11 was 'Wuthering Heights". An incredible 44 years ago. I was enchanted by Kate then and am still enchanted by her now. She is a one-off. An amazingly gifted musical talent - a true originator -and a national treasure for us Brits. Would love a reaction/analysis to "Wuthering Heights"
Yes! Isn't it amazing, 44 years ago and still so marvellous. Feels like yesterday to me!
Thank you for remarking very early on in this that Kate Bush is not only a singer, song writer, and modern dance choreographer, she is an innovator. She was an early adopter of the Fairlight sampling synthesizer, Linn drums, and other cutting edge music technologies of the time. One of the fascinating things I learned from some of her interviews and biographical material was that she was identified as a potential pop star at a young age and kind of held back while she was individually schooled in a unique way on how to integrate song writing, performance, dance, and technology. She even participated in some of her album cover art. For instance - the cover art for Kick Inside used a prop that she designed - the kite - and her father created. She and her father brought that prop to the photo studio and instructed the photographer on how they wanted her posed and shot. She was the complete package.
Love to see Kate getting all of this love, she is a treasure.
Yes, she truly is...
8:28 she trained with Lindsey Kemp and put just as much effort into mime as she did her music because she used them equally in her career. She started off very early too, like the first album was when she began training with Kemp. Apparently he didn’t even know she was doing music until one day she left a copy of her first album for him in his studio.
I literally cannot understate how impactful Kate Bush is for pop music as a whole. She literally invented the headset mic for performing with a wire coat hanger because she wanted to be able to dance while singing for her Tour of Life in 1979. The headset mic wasn’t a thing so she just made it.
She was covering topics that people would be labeled as political even today, like Pull Out the Pin, Army Dreamers, and Breathing (first two cover the topic of war and the third covers nuclear war since it was made during the peak of the Cold War). Her second album has a song called Kashka from Baghdad about two gay men who seem to be social pariahs but are happy with each other. She is ridiculously ahead of her time.
The Dreaming (the album before Hounds of Love, which is where Running Up That Hill comes from) is her most out-there album and with the way you seemed to appreciate the bizarre vocals in the backing tracks here, I think you’d love The Dreaming. She played with her voice in that album more than she ever did, especially on songs like Get Out of My House, Sat In Your Lap, and Night of the Swallow.
When it first came out, I was playing it when my dad got home from work. He said it sounded like the braying of donkeys. I was ticked.
"Cloudbursting" by Kate Bush also featured in a pivotal scene in season three of The Handmaid's Tale; it completes the holy Bush trinity with this song and Wuthering Heights
My favorite song of hers!
It's great to be an 80's kid and see a new generation appreciate Kate Bush.. Fantastic
Absolutely!!! I loved being an 80’s kid
@@TheIddieMorris lol yeah. I was born in 77 and the 80s were amazing.
@@RAGING_MIRAGE I graduated high school in 1987.
I wanted a Relax Don’t do it shirt. That was a hard no from the parents camp🤷♀️
@@TheIddieMorris Haha cool. Well it would of been better if if you got the shirt lol 👍
Kate enrolled in interpretive dance classes taught by Lindsay Kemp, a former teacher of David Bowie, and mime training with Adam Darius. So that she could sing and dance a microphone on a coat hanger wire was made for her...
As a mental health professional, I can't thank you enough for raising awareness of the importance of good mental health practices. We need voices everywhere, and yours is particularly compelling. Thank you very much, Elizabeth. You are, as always, a treasure.
And if that can be combined with a commercial for a service that some find questionable, even better!
@@carstenschultz5 Yeah, I'm all about increasing awareness of mental health issues, but BH ain't it.
Mental health awareness is great, but actual mental health services would be better.
I'm at the point where i just take my pills every day and wait for my parents to die so i can kill myself.
I've stopped really living around 17 years ago, and i've just been surviving and passing the time since.
During all that time, the only help i've gotten was pills and 1.5 years of therapy that included switching therapist twice, not by choice, and going from CBT to Gestalt, also not by choice.
In the end they told me i was resisting therapy, so that was that, good luck take your pills.
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle 100% agreed , people need mental health services ,person to person,its much too complex,to trust ,to "online services"[confidentiality"?] a mine field ,it needs to be someone consistent ,who has an understanding of you, one size fits all ,is an insult . MH is just brushed under the carpet,lip service only..I feel your alienation,you are worth so much more than this ,I am well aware of how I feel about being devalued ,and invisible ,keep faith,believe in yourself,I do, CBT didnt do anything for me ,and theres so little ,real treatment ,stick with it,you are not alone ,thats for sure.I send you peace ,and strength ,to get you through this time ....PEACE.
I remember seeing Kate for the first time on television, when I was a little girl in England, maybe 7. My older sister and I were utterly mesmerized by her singing Wuthering Heights while dancing. She blew our little minds, and instantly attained a sort of sacred status in our private musical universe. I hope you look at some of her other work; she's such a creative phenomenon, so weird and magical and amazing.
♥
Not just you. I was 11 at the time and I fell in love that day. I have loved her ever since.
She dances so well because early in her career she decided she wanted to incorporate interpretive dance into her videos and performances, so she took training in interpretive dance. She's a very well-rounded artist.
😅
Kate used the money from her first album advance from EMI to pay to train with dance guru Lindsay Kemp who also taught David Bowie. She also took lessons in mime. She clearly had a view right at the outset of how she wanted to present her work. I believe that she was also one of the first to use a wireless headset mic to allow her to dance freely on stage. A trail blazer in so many respects.
The Hounds of Love is an exquisite work of art. It is one of the few, extremely rare albums that is perfection from beginning to end. It really needs to be listened to in its entirety to be truly appreciated.
May I suggest the Cocteau Twins to explore in the future? Elizabeth Fraser has one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices I’ve ever heard. Very similar to Kate Bush in that she sounds like herself and nothing at all like anyone else.
Yes, yes, yes! Also Elizabeth Fraser's work on "It'll End in Tears" by This Mortal Coil. They cover Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren."
Yes! Please! Absolutely need to listen to Fraser.
Great suggestion on the Cocteau Twins, totally unique, love nearly all their albums w Treasure being my fave.
18:20 "The backing vocals in this section are insane" I love that moment! Part of the brilliance of this song is the gradual evolution and building layers of texture, layers of drama. There's always something new and different sneaking in and bringing new depth to the song. Kate does that all over this album. Not just in the individual songs, but in the flow between songs (especially on the second half, the songs that make up "The Ninth Wave"). Nobody else could have produced this.
I think it´s maybe some lines backwards, if that makes sence. I´ve got shivers hearing it, I love this song.
That part is supposed to be the transition of man to woman and vice-versa. Literally the sound of them "swapping places". It sounds wild af
@@neilpatrickhairless I always thought it had an erotic thing to it, like experiencing what the other feels. But I discovered that she really meant that if a man and a woman could swap places, they both would be able to experience life from the other perspecrtive. It would lead to better understanding and less problems. Boy, was she right...
Have a listen to " The man with the child in his eyes" . Written by Kate at age 14, recorded at 16 I believe. This was her first recording session. Dave Gilmore had got her in, and the single version is the first song she recorded and the first take .
Thank you, Elizabeth, for your analysis and appreciation of Kate Bush. One of the most striking aspects of her songwriting is that she writes not so much from her experience, per se, but her imagination, and she takes her inspiration from a diverse range of books, films, and people with interesting stories. Very often she will sing as a character in a story, exploiting all the possibilities of her voice to express the person she has imagined, and the story she wants to tell. From the very beginning, the spectral wailing of Cathy in her stunning debut single, Wuthering Heights announced her unique artistic personality and intentions. The title track of her first album, The Kick Inside, was a suicide note from a teenage girl, pregnant with her brother's child. This was only the beginning of a huge cast of characters, and along the way she's given us actors, bank robbers, Irish smugglers, a vietkong soldier, displaced aboriginals, Joan of Arc, a human violin, a boy whose father made clouds rain, crazy witches and scary demons, Houdini's widow, a foetus strugglng to survive nuclear winter, various murderers and assassins, the digits of π, Hitler's dancing partner, a snowman's lover, baying hounds and a braying donkey, a firework rocket shooting to the sky, a Tibetan mountain guide encountering Bigfoot, Molly Bloom from Ulysses and the ghost of Elvis Presley. To name but a few. The attention to detail in her performances and her production is astonishing, and very rewarding. I do hope you'll explore of her music, whether on the channel, or for your own pleasure. She's influenced so many other artists, but she remains unique.
Your eloquence has put me to shame. I have been trying to find the words to express just how amazing, Kate is and I failed miserably. Fortunately , you have said everything I wanted to share.
Ooh, yes. The depth of the imagination paired with some very interesting factual situations ... look up "Orgonon" and the craziness of a cult movement that did involve rainmaking, just for one. Experiments in sound that could kill... and those layers of meaning that Kate has added to these deeply textured stories in song... Such a wonderful soul of an artist she is!
People who love Kate Bush really, really love Kate Bush.
For Kate at her most daring and experimental, choose any song from The Dreaming album.
I got the Dreaming after hearing her first three albums. So at first I thought she'd lost her mind - until I realized it was a masterpiece.
Her fans in the early internet days, the Lovehounds, were over the top.
Easily my favourite album of hers. Might be a coincidence as it was the first one I owned.
I remember back in the 80s, listening to an interview with Peter Gabriel, who had done some consulting with Kate while she was recording Hounds of Love. He basically told her that she shouldn't have anything on the tracks that would compete with her voice and recommended that she NOT have ANY cymbals in the drumming. She took Gabriel's advice; there isn't a single cymbal beat on the album. The drummer is actually riding the toms in many places, which gives the entire record a very unique sound. Kate Bush was and is a very talented person. I'm glad she is being recognized again for her stellar work!
"This Woman's Work" is so beautiful it will make you sink to the floor and weep.
The Dreaming is a flat out amazing album. Pick a track-any track-you will be a fan for life.
Ooooh YES!!
The unique drum sounds on this track were made by Lambeg Drums from the town of the same name over here in Northern Ireland. They were 17th century battle drums, played as they marched into battle to instill fear in the enemy.
About the only time Lambeg and music can be said together. Still used today to instil fear.
The drums were synthesised. Kate Bush used the LinnDrum sythesiser. Maybe only the idea and rhythm came from the Lambeg Drums?
@@tomrobinson3956 She is reputed to have commissioned a Lambeg to be made for her. I wonder if it inspired this sketch. th-cam.com/video/HAVYZLUxaEw/w-d-xo.html
@@afitzsimons LOL! I think the LinnDrum was originally used for all drums. During recording a real drummer replaced most of the LinnDrum sounds with real drums but they kept the Toms sound from the LinnDrum. So the Lambeg could have also been used. Not sure. But it is fabled that Kate Bush did commission a Lambeg with clouds painted on it. She called it the 'Cloud Buster'! On her album 'Hounds of Love' there's a track called 'Cloudbusting' with a really interesting drum sound. Maybe that's the Lambeg? th-cam.com/video/pllRW9wETzw/w-d-xo.html
I love Kate Bush in her collaborations with Peter Gabriel - particularly "Don't Give Up". apologies if this has mentioned before
can't wait for m'lady to discover Peter Gabriel, one of the most interesting singers on the planet, rich and melodious but also understated and contained. When you hear Kate Bush's name, it's most closely associated with him
I listened to bands like Ministry, Nine Inch Nails and Front 242 for many years and only recently discovered Kate Bush. It blew my mind how far ahead of her time she was, and what an influence for a wide range of genres. Her use of the Fairlight sample synth is just fantastic.
David Gilmour of Pink. Floyd discovered her and got her signed at 15, I believe. He also performed Running Up That Hill with her live.
Kate Bush is definitely an artist that hits you in the feels with a fair number of songs highlighting mental health from "Don't give up" with Peter Gabriel to the truly haunting " This womans work" she carries it all off exquisitely, so glad you are delving into her catalogue.
Don't give up is simply outstanding!
I can hear the first few opening chords of "Don't Give Up" and it'll make me burst into tears.
two nut cases (in a very good sense) together. Why are all geniuses seemingly slightly unhinged? More madness please!
Kate is one of the great musical minds of our age. She does everything, including production. She is always original. Never boring. She uses her voice as a flexible instrument in service of the song. I would try songs from The Dreaming, like Night of the Swallow or Get out of my House. Brilliant!
I explicitly support the recommendation of the two songs you mentioned and add the title track "The Dreaming".
Her duet with Peter Gabriel "Don't Give Up" got me into her voice and music. "Running Up That Hill" got me hooked. ""Deeper Understand" got me through HS and "Never Be Mine " got me through my first heartbreak. Kate Bush has been with me for decades now. Love everything she does and the new recognition she is getting..
Kate Bush caught me by surprise when her song Wuthering Heights came out in the late seventies and I bought the LP The Kick Inside instantly. I would drive my parents crazy as it would be on almost the entire day when I was at home. I know all the songs still by heart on that album as I do most of her later work of which I found Hounds of Love the most accessible one of her works. My favourite on that album is not Running Up That Hill be Hello Earth. One of the most haunting songs I have ever listened to and one that evokes many imageries that watching movies scenes cannot compare to. The arrangement of that song, like Running Up That Hill is simply excellent.
Both songs show how talented she is and how well she could put into music and words her feelings.
I like playing Running Up That Hill arranged for an acoustic guitar in Cm because of the large jump on the scale that always makes me feel good somehow which is pretty unusual for songs from that era.
I am looking forward to see the whole reaction in an hour.
Wuthering Heights is one of the most unconventional song ever made. Nobody ever heard something like that before. And Kate Bush was the first person ever to reach the top of the UK charts with an own debut composition.
Hearing Wuthering Heights or ANYTHING from the Kick Inside for the first time was like hearing music that came from some other planet. You didn't know what to think at first, but you just LOVED it!
Wutherimg height was my introduction to kate bush.. and i fell in love right away
@@michaelmclaughlin6376 I know what my dad wanted to do to that album 😂 I played Wuthering Heights constantly and drove my poor dad crackers. He cut the power to my room once 😂😂😂 RIP dad, I miss you
Wuthering Heights was the first single I bought (with my Nan’s money). I still have it.
Wuthering Heights and Army Dreamer really showcase her range. She's an amazing artist and I'm so glad ST gave her even more recognition with the 'youth'
If you want real Kate range try Houdini ;)
It's amazing to witness someone experiencing Kate for the first few times. She's been part of my life, all my life. I'm enjoying this. My children were brought up on her
There is a live version of this, with David Gilmour playing guitar, which sounds just like the Syth hook line.
Babooska would be another, along with The Man With Child In His Eyes, Wuthering Heights, Army Dreamers, and Cloudbusting, just to name a few.
The thing with Kate is she constantly changes and evolves. And she is gorgeous!!
She is also a trained dancer, hence why she can interpret her music so well.
He discovered her and that performance is one of my favorite live performances in general. Just a great blend of them both.
this woman’s work is amazing
Yes, my fav
"It sounds like someone is trying to get out." Oh, Elizabeth, wait until you hear "The Ninth Wave" suite on the second side of "Hounds of Love!"
"Feels so 80's" This is 80's and very unique and lovely! 🙂
As you know, Kate Bush's title for this song is really "A deal with God". You can feel the deal making between a mortal woman and a powerful god all the way in this song, both in the music and the lyrics. Plus this struggle that love can be betwin wanting to swap places with the one you love to better share the experience of meeting them. And at the same time you want to preserve yourself and to know yourselfe better through love. It is a very powerful song in so many different aspects. I love your analysis of the vocals in this masterpiece.
Great reaction and analysis. I am so glad you finally got round to reacting to Kate Bush. To many of us she is a goddess - singer/songwriter, vocal and compositional innovator, producer, music video director and pioneer, dancer, mime, choreographer, visionary, and with a range of singing styles, voices and accents I have not heard any other vocalist come close to matching. She is so often referred to as the most unique female artist ever, and many would say the greatest. The list of names who cite her as an influence is immense. Difficult to pin down to any one genre, especially her early work. Many just say she is her own genre. Please do try some more of her work. Whatever you try you can be reasonably certain it will be different to anything else you’ve heard from her.
Many rock musicians tend to say that , Kate has her own style of prog rock.
She is an absolute treasure
No Kate Bush, no Madona...
@@kropchik excellent point! ☝
Apart from the drum machine, the music in this song was created using The Fairlight CMI which was an early sampler (think big old beige computer with green screen and a keyboard). The "backing vocals" you mention at 18:16, I'm pretty sure is her sampling her own voice and experimenting with digital sampling techniques. Each key pressed would start the sample at a different places at different times. So it was very intentional that it sounded so messy and diminished. A lot of the pads are just her voice sampled and processed with the state of the art tech of the early 80s. Peter Gabriel introduced her to the Fairlight CMI. They actually had one on stage in the Solsbury hill reaction you had a while back... he was touring with an instrument that you would have to take out a mortgage for!
@@Forgotten-Gaming Not actually true - there are male background vocals on Baboshka & Army Dreamers.
@@MGrayl-ib5fo many of the background vocals really are her voice sampled into the Fairlight. In several places you can hear them reversed and when different notes are played you can hear how early sampling time stretched. The lower the note was below the original sample it became longer, the opposite was also true.
@@MGrayl-ib5fo I think you are confused, the reference is to the 'reversed/layered/pitched" sounding backing vocals in the later part of this song which are sampled not sang directly as with Babooshka & Army Dreamers.
@@sonicart1808 I was replying to "forgotten gaming " who said that Kate sung BVs on all of her tracks & was correcting them. I know about the fairlight sampling on this one though.
@@MGrayl-ib5fo My Apologies....these threads get confusing sometimes, I understand the context now!
kate was my first great love in music. I listened to her music for hours and always found new things that fascinated me. she has enchanted me for years and she simply remains my favorite. the way she plays with the notes and dances to them is unique. the somewhat different music made me dream and feel good. thank you kate for the beautiful wonderful moments i had listening to you^^ her magic is still there
The duet 'Don't give up' with Peter Gabriel is just superb. Two excellent talents.
She was already trending back in the 80s, throughout the 80s I must say. "The 90s", there was a big shift in music there were more diversity, a newer audience (like me) and she kinda faded away. She didn't need to work any more because many artists at the time were borrowing from her work. She probably had royalties. She's had a 35 years hiatus before she returned on stage in the early 2010.
She's very ballerina-esque in her music videos in a weird way which was a first and her trademark.
In terms of voice range, it's "wuthering heights" you want to react to. She goes an otave higher throughout the song maybe you could give your analysis on this one.
She's more than a singer or a choregrapher or a producer. She's a story teller.
I like Grace Slick alot… but Kate Bush knocked her off the throne.
She didn't fade away as such ,after "The Red Shoes and during she lost a number of close people,her mum,her guitarist,one of her dancing partner's,split from Del palmer etc and during this time in the 90's she released Rocket Man and The Man I love,as well as recorded a number of songs for the Aerial album "The King Of The mountain" vocals which was 10 years old when she released it in 2005. singing live with Dave Gilmore on "comfortably Numb in 2002 main focus from 1998 onwards was bringing up her son Bertie,which in the early days of her career she said her music would take a back seat if she had children..kate has always taken her time releasing new music..longer than normal compared to many other artists..it was 2014 for "Before The Dawn" she reappeared on stage not 2010 and I was there
"More diversity" in the 90s.... BAHAHAHAHAAHA! That's when the rot set in with cheap-sounding plastic dance music everywhere! The 80s had more musical diversity than any other decade.
her ability to flip between "pipe" and "reed" tones in her voice SO fluidly and with such control... she is well established as a studio mæstro, creating amazing paintings in the air. she has the patience and time to get THE perfect take and all the nuances in every fraction of a note!
Her sound, reminds me of Bernadette Peters. "Pipe and Reed" is a perfect description.
Yes, it was hard covering her th-cam.com/video/s8cXWWqF9lo/w-d-xo.html
I am not implying that her way of singing even can be covered, because it really is unique, but by covering, people with other voices can be faithful and pay tribute to the original songwriter (also Kate) in their own way, with their own voices
This song has been my absolute, all-time favourite song since the early 90's. So nice to see it having a resurgence now. This album, Hounds of Love, has been my go-to in all my life crises. Thank you for the music, Kate.
Running Up That Hill from the album "Hounds of Love" (1985) is well known to the British public as it was a big hit when it was originally released. I think Kate Bush has got better and better over the years and her much later album "50 Words for Snow" from 2011 (which also includes Elton John among others) shows what a great singer she continues to be. She's unique!
Finally you're doing Kate Bush! She's my favorite artist of all time. She was such a pioneer in every way and has influenced so many and I'm so glad more people are discovering her now. You have to do a Kate Bush series because her range is insane and she uses her voice as an instrument. She's like a vocal athlete and she will blow your mind! She's out of this world. I love your videos so much❤️
Like maybe one song from every album. I'd watch that, even in a one video!
I always thought Pop was nothing but people who made songs repeating the same nonsense lines over and over, I never knew Popstars could write a song like this until Stranger Things, which leads me to believe either Kate Bush is amazing or old Pop wasn't awful like modern Pop music, or maybe both.
@@Werewolf914 Both !
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Me, too... just love Kate...
The song "Experiment IV" is one of her lesser known songs, but it is insane. It is about the military trying to develop a sound to use as a weapon. If you liked the effects going on in RUTH, you will totally nerd out about that. If you can't do a reaction to it, please do watch and listen at your leisure, it is not to be missed.
Plus in video, You can see young Hugh Laurie in a small part ;)
@@arilaine6113 And Dawn French - back when they were both pretty much known for being comics - which makes seeing them in that video so much stranger. :)
Great suggestion.
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Great song!!!
Kate has such a tremendous soul and that comes out in her voice. She can go from ethereal to powerful in a single breath.
Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel had a great song Don't give up. The voices together were very good together.
The whole "Hounds Of Love" album is touching, following white spirits. Best deep cuts are "Big Sky", "Hello Earth", "Cloudbusting" - and this song here, "Running Up That Hill". Especially "Hello Earth" with that whispered line "Tiefer, tiefer, ... Irgendwo in der Tiefe, ... Gibt es ein Licht." Great moment in pop history.
I’ve always wondered what that line meant, and why she sang it in German…could you enlighten me?
@@DavidDatura Of course, this is the last line of this song and it means: "deeper, deeper, ... somewhere in the deep ... there is a light." and next to it: "go to sleep little earth". besides of that video movie to it, this song means for me describing a mystical moment. Hope I could help you. But I can't tell where the German lyric came from. Only Kate Bush herself knows that. I have also found nothing about why she had used this line of text. But she said in an interview that this song is a kind of lullaby for our earth. Maybe she uses german for some personal reasons, or it is a citation of a german lyrical verse, which I don't know yet.
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@@sidewalkrocker1304 Via an online search, I just found the following quote in a topic about the song "Hello Earth" on a forum titled The Sensual World of Kate Bush: '"Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein licht." If you notice, that line, spoken by Gabi Zangerl, is accompanied by the sounds of a submarine's sonar signal. It is IED's theory that this is meant to evoke images of U-boat activity during WWII, and possibly to create the feeling of claustrophobia that must have existed within the confined spaces of a submarine, which is a big part of the movie "Das Boot". Kate has several times referred to old war movies as a primary inspiration for The Ninth Wave.' The same post mentions the quote "Tiefer...noch tiefer! Die Bolzen, sie platzen weg!" from "Das Boot", but unfortunately, the the youtube clip mentioned in this context with this quote doesn't exist any longer. Seems like we are left with specualtions. Still there's a lot of other interesting background information about this song to be found in the aforementioned topic. And until now, I didn't know the German words were not spoken by Kate herself.
Not The Big Sky for me - too repetitive, it becomes annoying. But the rest of the album is superb.
I was such a fan of Kate Bush when she was active and her voice was and still is very unique. She had full creative control over her music and image and choreographed this dance routine...
There are so many great songs in her catalogue. I still listen to her music today regularly - this and Cloudbusting (great narrative video and a song that just seems to build and build....) are probably my most listened to songs of hers...
A real fan know that she was not behind this choreo
@@isobeljames1328 If you were a real fan you'd also know that Kate Bush had a big hand in the Choreography and worked together with 'Diane Grey' (I believe) to create this routine...
From an interview with Kate: I felt that dance, something that we'd been working in, particulary in the earlier videos in quite a foreway, was being used quite trivially, it was being exploited: haphazard images, busy, lots of dances, without really the serious expression, and wonderful expression, that dance can give. So we felt how interesting it would be to make a very simple routine between two people, almost classic, and very simply filmed. So that's what we tried, really, to do a serious piece of dance...
In other words, it was a Collaborative dance routine but Kate certainly had creative control and shaped the direction and concept of that routine - even if she didn't 'choreograph' every single move, step etc she was still involved in the Choreography...
When she's 'leaving her body', it's about exchanging places with her man, so they can truly understand each other's feeling and point of view. 'I'd make a deal with god and get him to swap our places'. She has so much depth in her thinking in all her music ❤
You need to hear more. I would suggest "Night of the Swallow", and "Pull Out the Pin". Maybe more, "Get Out of My House". Nobody screams with more authenticity than Kate.
Her lament is palpable.
I also recommend analyzing her lyrics. They're brilliant!
Kate has so many songs that would be so fun to see you dive into. "Running Up That Hill" is fairly conventional for Kate ;). If you want to have some fun, check out some of her stuff on "Never For Ever" or "The Dreaming" where she gets into some really dramatic singing. "Sat in Your Lap", "The Dreaming", "Babooshka", "The Wedding List", "Suspended in Gaffa"... so much to choose from :).
Too this day babooshaka is my favourite of hers and in my top 50 all time songs
There's a guy just recently reacted go Kate doing Babooshka, and he couldn't get over how sexy she looked. That costume really got to him 😃
Wuthering Heights is the best example I think but yes all those too.
All great choices. So many Kate songs that she could analyze. I'd add Moving, Symphony In Blue. And Dream Of Sheep, and Breathing. She may be surprised to hear Kate's much higher vocal register in her first three albums, particularly The Kick Inside and Lionheart.
How about "Waking the Witch?"
One of the coolest things about Kate Bush is she brought prog to the masses without a lot of people realising. Her records are complex, endlessly inventive and pushing the available technology to the limit.
She did a very revealing interview with Prog magazine a few years ago where she talked about her early influences and going to concerts with her brothers in the 70s. She was also happy to accept she was part of the prog world.
If you can find footage of her original (and only) tour it is mind-blowing how far ahead of the game she was.
Great to see the sponsorship link up here, in the UK we are still a little reluctant to talk about these things so any push is God.
No words in this song rhyme....and it works. I wonder what other songs have no rhyming structure. Seems incredibly difficult to write such a thing and have it sound even remotely good, let alone epic. What a talent.
I never noticed. Great observation
Only one - Thunder...Asunder
When Kate Bush song was used in Stranger Things it gave the 1985 song a second lease on life, skyrocketing the song to number 8 on the charts well done
As Kate bush songs go, this is pretty tame (a fantastic song, nonetheless). If you you want to see Kate get really experimental, take a look at anything from "The Dreaming" - which Kate herself described as her "mad" album. For me, it is her absolute peak as an artist. If you want to hear Kate Bush at her most insane, try "Get out of my house."
For another layer of complexity to her talent, there are also some songs in Gaelic and French sung by Kate.
Kate studied with the great Lindsay Kemp who was a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer. He also was a mentor to Bowie. Kemp appeared in her 1993 short film, The Line, The Cross and the Curse, and she wrote the song “Moving,” the opening song from her debut LP, 1978’s The Kick Inside, as a tribute to the Kemp.
Kate Bush is truly a renascence woman. I've grown up with her music. I'm 60+. Her music is a huge part of "the soundtrack of my life".
Thing that always surprising is listening to Kate speak she is so quiet and sweet. Then she sings and the world melts with the words and emotion.
As others have mentioned, 'The Nineth Wave' is a great representation of Kate at this point in her career. It's a bit of a mini rock-opera and could easily be visualized into a modern (perhaps sci-fi) short feature film. I can't recommend it enough.
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It was interesting to me that in 'Stranger Things' the demon fed on max's trauma and fear and grief which resonated with me and kates music since 1978 has been a life saver for me and helped to heal my past x music does that especially when with deep meaning and emotion xxx🎶I adore her 💚thankyou for appreciating her genius 🙏
When Kate Bush first shot to fame, I was a 12 years old and instantly in love. Even at such an early age for her, she demanded creative freedoms to perform how she wanted to perform, artistically and musically. In my eyes, such talents come along very rarely and I will always be jealous, in awe and devoted to such a talent. All those backing vocals you mentioned were so ahead of their time, it was just meant to be rediscovered.
Check out Night of the Swallow. She really goes for it vocally there, as well as many others on that record, The Dreaming. That entire record is insanely creative and experimental. You want incredible little snippets of curious backing vocals and other little audio oddities, it has them in spades.
I ADORE Night of the Swallow!
Yes, Night of the Swallow is INSANEly good. So courageously created and sung... mind-blowing, thanks for reminding me of that song. Btw, I've covered Running Up That Hill th-cam.com/video/s8cXWWqF9lo/w-d-xo.html
Finally! Kate is an incredible artist🙂Wuthering Heights is already being suggested for next. I'll add Cloudbusting and This Woman's Work. I think maybe Florence Welch was influenced by her.vocally and incorporating the use of dance?
Florence Welch is the only modern female artist so far with unique tone with insane range..
The answer is yes! Florence + the Machine, Tori Amos, Björk and St. Vincent are topping the very long list of musicians being heavily influenced by Kate Bush.
When I was in high school in the 90’s I was listening to Tori Amos’ album Little Earthquakes, and my mom walked in and asked, “is that new Kate Bush”
I went out and bought the CD of hers called the Whole Story and fell in love with Kate’s voice and song writing.
It was an awesome exchange. My mom started listening to Tori Amos, and I started listening to Kate.
Interesting fact about Kate. She said in an interview she discovered she has the ability to always sing in tune. Once a singer has this rare talent they can experiment and do what they want with their voice. Her singing style is very difficult to emulate, it's her singing instinctively too.
My first record was a Kate Bush single back in the early 80's when I was 4 years old... The resurgence of this song brings back my childhood when I hear it.
Suggestion for next Kate Bush video: "Wuthering Heights" and/or the duet with Peter Gabriel on "Don't give up".
Kate Bush has one of the most uniquely distinctive and beautiful voices in the music industry.
I remember this the first time in 1978! Kate was Always Way Ahead Of Her Time!. So Beautiful ❤❤❤❤ 23:18
You can't remember this the first time in 1978, because "Running Up That Hill" was released in 1985 and not 1978. You probably mixed it up with "Wuthering Heights".
@@MissLoonasSpeech HiYa! 🤭Yes your right!. 😂Well spotted!. 🎸Have been trying to record a Shorts of it!🎸 How's things with you?. Tony UK
A genius and unique sound and soul. I was there in the 80s, 90s and the recent resurgence of interest. Timeless. I can see many a contemporary artist inspired by Ms Bush. Or at least living on the same track in life.
I love your metal analysis, as a metalhead that’s what got me watching you. To have you looking at some of my other absolutely favourite artists outside the metal genre is amazing.
Kate Bush is a magnificent singer/songwriter and I am so glad you gave finally looked at one of her songs. The reason I think this song has had a resurgence is because great artists and great works of art are truly timeless and will always have some form of significance to society.
“Experiment IV” or “Babooshka” are two other amazing songs from a truly fantastic catalogue of great songs.
This song was originally titled “A Deal With God” but her producer said that could offend those of a religious disposition so she changed the title to “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”.
The strange and wonderful backing vocals further in, sound like the style of the Trio Bulgarka, a choral group Kate brought in to work on some of the songs on her next album The Sensual World. They're very prominent in the song Rockets Tail.
The Bow and Arrow were a signature move she used in several music vids. Check her out in Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, the last show of her only live tour (until just a few years ago). She dances all the way through the show. It's on TH-cam, though video quality isn't the greatest. The live version of James And The Cold Gun is something else. The concert was a triumph for her.
You should do 'Hello Earth' which really shows her range and has a great backing group