"Hello Earth" is such a masterpiece on its own. Perfect from start to finish. The German words toward the end, "Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht", mean "Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the depth there is a light" in case anyone is wondering. Great reaction once again, Matt! 💜
The deep breath you took in the middle of Hello Earth at “Why did I go, why did I go” reflects the way that piece impacts me. The Morning Fog is a surprising joyful end to the song sequence. Thanks for going on the Kate journey Matt. 😊
On first listen in 1985 my brother and I were stunned into silence. Played the whole album over again. It makes me want to cry hearing perfection like these tracks or Cocteau Twins. Magical production lifts you up then drops you again and again now
Like a said before for me the greatest 30 mins of music ever made a can still remember the 1st time I heard it and thinking what the fuck was that must have listened thousands of times now and it’s still an absolute MASTERPIECE
Hi and thanks for another KB reaction video. Now that you have reached the end of the HoL album, it is worth saying that this period in Kate's career makes for very interesting B sides. "Under the Ivy" and "Burning Bridge" are both very good indeed. For me personally her rendition of "My Lagan Love" is just beautiful - completely unaccompanied, just Kate, her voice and a stunningly wonderful melody from an old traditional song. it is a vocal performance to melt the heart. And then there is her version of "The Handsome Cabin Boy" that is both very dark and very jaunty. "HoL" is a great album by any measurement. It is no surprise that it has received so much critical acclaim down the years. It can hold its head high in ANY company. I know that others have already begun to give some background to each of the songs on this final part of the "Ninth Wave." So, I will not intrude into that. Kate's next original album "The Sensual World" is my personal favourite of Kate's, because for me it represents her finest collection of songs. Hope you enjoy!
Mine also. Hello Earth is so special to me, it is my favorite all time song. I always picture her slowly "fading" in the water, between life and death and as she does, I interpret she is "becoming one with the universe" (temporarily) and finds herself or "her soul" rising above and looking down on earth...then she comes back to life, lives and sings "The morning fog" being so grateful that she survived and "kissing the ground" and telling all her loved ones "how much she loves them and life"..
Thanks again Matt, great job. Music is Art. But listening to a piece of Kate's music is like looking at a painting. Each person that looks and listens sees and hears something different. Thats what is so amazing about Kate's craft, it can mean one thing to one person, and a completely different thing to another. I love that. Cheers.
I always forget how eclectic the Ninth Wave is until I hear it. Each song is so different but they all go together so well! It's a classical guitar that you're hearing in Morning Fog btw. Also congrats on 2ksubs!
There is little doubt that, as you alluded to, this whole suite could stand as a reflection of someone being "lost and at sea" in terms of their life. Looking back over their past, reviewing where they are now and what their hopes are for the future. A cathartic process, which ends with a feeling of being "born again" with a new appreciation of what the person has. Kate's writing often has many layers and, as you mentioned, aside from the story-teller's perspective, there is also that of the listener. Either way, this is a masterpiece of atmosphere.
This is a masterpiece. In the Jig of Lifefor example when she sings 'never never never let me go from my part of your life’ it’s her from the future saying she must not die or she won’t exist.
Because I started listening to Kate at a relatively young age, this all went way over my head back then. It wasn't until years later that I started watching reaction video's like yours about Kate's music, it gave me a new huge appreciation for the layers in the songs.
The main point about The Ninth Wave is it's the story of a woman lost at sea - trying to stay awake and not drown. Each song is a waypoint in that hauntingly chilling and amazing sounding journey. Will she die or survive? And what a zenith of achievement is Hello Earth. That song is absolutely awesome!!!!!
Jig Of Life is amazing, and Hello Earth is one of my absolute favourite songs of hers. I took me a while to get used to the chanting, but the rest of the song is so majestic.
With the release of The Dreaming, Kate received mixed reactions to her labour of love. It made her aware that success was not depending on hard work or personal creative development only, but mostly on radioplay in the eye of the musicindustry. This realisation was the first step in creating a two-sided album, with a very different approach to both sides. A sort of compromise. Funny thing is that the less commercial side of the album, being The Ninth Wave gets all the artistic acclaim, even by people in the musicindustry. Still she had great commercial succes with four out of the five tracks from side one. How convincing and affirmative was this album to her craft.
There’s a great piece out there, I think from the Guardian, of one of the choral singers from the Richard Hickox ensemble talking about working with Kate to get the sound she wanted on Hello Earth (inspired by Nosferatu). Anyone got a link??
Although Jig of Life is obviously Irish in feel, it’s actually based on traditional Greek music. This from Kate: “One of the tracks we worked on was inspired by a discovery that Paddy had made of a fascinating Greek ceremony that he managed to get on tape... We played the tape to Bill, Liam, John and Donal... We consumed the information from Pad's tape as much as we could. I'd only finished writing the song the day before on Bill's piano while his wife brought me cups of tea and biscuits (thank you, Mrs. Whelan). We used Bill Somerville-Large as the engineer. He worked on the Irish sessions on the last album... Windmill Lane is a great studio, very efficient; and they are all lovely people. We all felt relaxed and happy, which is definitely the only way to feel when recording and creating. This track was built around John Sheahan. Bill conducted him, I played chords on the piano and Donal played bodhran (a small Irish drum). We did this in one studio, baffled off from each other. We got a good take quickly, and John overdubbed fiddle. Then Donal overdubbed more drum and bouzouki; and then, John playing whistle and Liam playing pipes, they jammed together on the jig that Bill had written for the end of the track...”
More from Kate: "That was very much inspired by Paddy Bush, my other brother, who had found this piece of music and said, 'You've just got to listen to this, it's brilliant, I know you'll love it!' He played it to me, and instantly I knew I wanted to use it. It was fantastic. So it was just a matter of working out a song based around the format of this piece of music he'd found. There's no doubt Paddy was the, um...initial inspiration. The song's about the future person visiting the person who's in the water at the moment, and saying 'Look, don't drown, don't die, because if you do I'm not going to be able to live my part of your life. I'm not going to have the kids you're going to have in ten years' time. I'm not going to be able to move to that nice little place by the sea. So don't die. Live, you've got to stay alive. If not for me, then at least for yourself or your children that are to come.' And, um...I suppose the suggestion of the fiddle as the Devil's music is not unintentional: the idea of a spirit being conjured from the future; that uncanny, uncomfortable feeling of two times meeting. And it's very much meant to be the first delivery of hope on that side of the album. There have been some very sad, disturbing experiences for the person up to this point, and although it's hardly not disturbing, it's mean to be a comfort: it's the future coming to the rescue of the present."
The next album (The Sensual World) will feature Dave Gilmour's first guitar contributions "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail". Dave discovered Kate when she was 15 years old.
@@isobeljames1328 I know about Ricky Hopper, as do most other fans. I'm talking about when Dave Gilmour first became aware. We all discover facts at different times. I'm not claiming Dave was first. Just that he became aware when she was 15. Just saying.
The next actual album is The Whole Story. I know it's a greatest hits compilation , but it does have a new vocal of Wuthering Heights. No need to do that one but please do Experiment IV. The video for it scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. The helicopter sounds from the Ninth Wave ( borrowed from Pink Floyd ) make an appearance.
In response to your reaction to “Jig of Life”…..a band you might want to check out would be The Corrs. It consists of 3 sisters and 1 brother from Ireland. One sister plays the drums, another the violin, the other on vocals. The brother provides guitar and keyboards. They write their own songs and play their own instruments. Part ABBA, part Celine Dion, part Stevie Nicks…..wonderfully Irish and wonderfully authentic. Had a few American minor hits in the 90s and was quite popular in the UK and Australia. If you don’t want to do a full dive you should at least check out their instrumentals, Gerry’s Reel, Silver Strand, or Haste to the Wedding
Oh wow, that is exciting just to read! Definitely need to see if I can track down some of the Corrs' material. Thanks for the tip, would love to react to some of that!
Hahaha, omg, that's one of his best bits. [in Vader's voice]: "Do you know who I am?" "This is not a game of who TF are you..." "And this tray is wet, and this tray is wet...." Shout-out to a fellow Izzard fan!
Great reaction, Matt. Again, it’s slightly frustrating not being able to clearly hear what you are saying in the midst of songs, but sometimes your expressions and gestures are enough to understand. Do you think she is worthy of induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Ok, perhaps she’s not properly rock and roll, whatever that is, but what other Hall of Fame could you put her in?
She should be in the rock, pop, and songwriting halls of fame! I voted for her a bunch of times, but seriously, it's criminal if she doesn't get in. Literally a one-of-a-kind artist. And apologies about the volume thing. I try to find quieter moments to comment (even if it's about a previous louder moment), but sorry it doesn't always come off.
Ha, the last one was only a little over a week ago, but I do apologize. I've been crazy busy this week, but whenever I get time for another batch of videos, TT should be in there (and OMD and Spandau and a couple others). Cheers and sorry for the delay.
@Matt Snider Please don't read that as an order or command!! I just don't want you to forget about them as you have such a varied and large list of artists who's work you are ploughing through! Thanks mate 👍
@@rnw2739 Haha, no, you're totally fine. If anything, I should have worded my reply more carefully, it was meant to be lighthearted. But again, there should be a TT reaction in the next batch. Will look forward to your comments as always. Cheers!
@Matt Snider You're reply was worded perfectly sir, it was my initial request I feared may have read too entitled or insistent! You are a gentlemen sir and I await your next Twins reaction with much anticipation.
So the remaining tracks from the Ninth Wave... 📍Watching You Without Me - is more nightmare fuel, as Kate imagined the drowning woman thinking that she has returned home as a ghost and is unable to communicate with anyone there. Note that there's more backward vocals using the same approach used on "The Dreaming" 📍The Jig Of Life - woman's future self (an old lady) has come back to wake her up, before it's too late 📍Hello Earth - it seems that all these efforts might be in vain, as the woman looks up at the night sky and imagines she's looking down at the Earth as she floats over it. 📍The Morning Fog - now I consider this song to be a clear indication that the woman has been rescued and she has a very much appreciation of people in her life Now, there's a different interpretations of the final two tracks, the most common one that I've encountered is that the woman does drown and die in "Hello Earth" and she's reborn in "The Morning Fog" BTW, it's worth listening to "The Ninth Wave" with headphones on, since the soundscape is complicated. Now, I don't know what other bonus tracks you've been advised to listen to, but a year after the release of "The Hounds Of Love" in 1986, Kate had a duet on a Peter Gabriel song "Don't Give Up" which is well worth a listen. Also, in 1986 EMI released Kate's only greatest hits album called "The Whole Story" which including a new recording of "Wuthering Heights" and a brand new song "Experiment IV" whose music video did run into some trouble with the BBC, who deemed it to be too horrific to be broadcast during peak viewing hours. Just to wrap up "Hounds Of Love" is my personal second placed all time Kate Bush studio album as it's the perfect fusion of commercial sounding tracks on one side combined with the more experimental "The Ninth Wave" concept piece on the other.
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"Hello Earth" is such a masterpiece on its own. Perfect from start to finish.
The German words toward the end, "Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht", mean "Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the depth there is a light" in case anyone is wondering.
Great reaction once again, Matt! 💜
The deep breath you took in the middle of Hello Earth at “Why did I go, why did I go” reflects the way that piece impacts me. The Morning Fog is a surprising joyful end to the song sequence. Thanks for going on the Kate journey Matt. 😊
Now prepare for Kate and her collab with The trio Bulgarka in her next record. Specially for "Rocket's tail" 🤭
On first listen in 1985 my brother and I were stunned into silence. Played the whole album over again. It makes me want to cry hearing perfection like these tracks or Cocteau Twins. Magical production lifts you up then drops you again and again now
Incredible piece of music about a dark of the soul.
Like a said before for me the greatest 30 mins of music ever made a can still remember the 1st time I heard it and thinking what the fuck was that must have listened thousands of times now and it’s still an absolute MASTERPIECE
Hi and thanks for another KB reaction video. Now that you have reached the end of the HoL album, it is worth saying that this period in Kate's career makes for very interesting B sides. "Under the Ivy" and "Burning Bridge" are both very good indeed. For me personally her rendition of "My Lagan Love" is just beautiful - completely unaccompanied, just Kate, her voice and a stunningly wonderful melody from an old traditional song. it is a vocal performance to melt the heart. And then there is her version of "The Handsome Cabin Boy" that is both very dark and very jaunty.
"HoL" is a great album by any measurement. It is no surprise that it has received so much critical acclaim down the years. It can hold its head high in ANY company.
I know that others have already begun to give some background to each of the songs on this final part of the "Ninth Wave." So, I will not intrude into that. Kate's next original album "The Sensual World" is my personal favourite of Kate's, because for me it represents her finest collection of songs. Hope you enjoy!
hello earth is my favourite kate bush song actually one of my all time favourites from any artist.
Mine also. Hello Earth is so special to me, it is my favorite all time song. I always picture her slowly "fading" in the water, between life and death and as she does, I interpret she is "becoming one with the universe" (temporarily) and finds herself or "her soul" rising above and looking down on earth...then she comes back to life, lives and sings "The morning fog" being so grateful that she survived and "kissing the ground" and telling all her loved ones "how much she loves them and life"..
Thanks again Matt, great job. Music is Art. But listening to a piece of Kate's music is like looking at a painting. Each person that looks and listens sees and hears something different. Thats what is so amazing about Kate's craft, it can mean one thing to one person, and a completely different thing to another. I love that. Cheers.
I always forget how eclectic the Ninth Wave is until I hear it. Each song is so different but they all go together so well! It's a classical guitar that you're hearing in Morning Fog btw. Also congrats on 2ksubs!
There is little doubt that, as you alluded to, this whole suite could stand as a reflection of someone being "lost and at sea" in terms of their life. Looking back over their past, reviewing where they are now and what their hopes are for the future. A cathartic process, which ends with a feeling of being "born again" with a new appreciation of what the person has. Kate's writing often has many layers and, as you mentioned, aside from the story-teller's perspective, there is also that of the listener. Either way, this is a masterpiece of atmosphere.
This is a masterpiece. In the Jig of Lifefor example when she sings 'never never never let me go from my part of your life’ it’s her from the future saying she must not die or she won’t exist.
Because I started listening to Kate at a relatively young age, this all went way over my head back then. It wasn't until years later that I started watching reaction video's like yours about Kate's music, it gave me a new huge appreciation for the layers in the songs.
The main point about The Ninth Wave is it's the story of a woman lost at sea - trying to stay awake and not drown. Each song is a waypoint in that hauntingly chilling and amazing sounding journey. Will she die or survive? And what a zenith of achievement is Hello Earth. That song is absolutely awesome!!!!!
Amazing as always!
Johnny Rotten bows down to Kate. She's a national treasure. Sorry, that's a kitsch term but I almost mean it literally.
Jig Of Life is amazing, and Hello Earth is one of my absolute favourite songs of hers. I took me a while to get used to the chanting, but the rest of the song is so majestic.
With the release of The Dreaming, Kate received mixed reactions to her labour of love. It made her aware that success was not depending on hard work or personal creative development only, but mostly on radioplay in the eye of the musicindustry. This realisation was the first step in creating a two-sided album, with a very different approach to both sides. A sort of compromise. Funny thing is that the less commercial side of the album, being The Ninth Wave gets all the artistic acclaim, even by people in the musicindustry. Still she had great commercial succes with four out of the five tracks from side one. How convincing and affirmative was this album to her craft.
There’s a great piece out there, I think from the Guardian, of one of the choral singers from the Richard Hickox ensemble talking about working with Kate to get the sound she wanted on Hello Earth (inspired by Nosferatu). Anyone got a link??
Although Jig of Life is obviously Irish in feel, it’s actually based on traditional Greek music. This from Kate:
“One of the tracks we worked on was inspired by a discovery that Paddy had made of a fascinating Greek ceremony that he managed to get on tape... We played the tape to Bill, Liam, John and Donal... We consumed the information from Pad's tape as much as we could. I'd only finished writing the song the day before on Bill's piano while his wife brought me cups of tea and biscuits (thank you, Mrs. Whelan). We used Bill Somerville-Large as the engineer. He worked on the Irish sessions on the last album... Windmill Lane is a great studio, very efficient; and they are all lovely people. We all felt relaxed and happy, which is definitely the only way to feel when recording and creating.
This track was built around John Sheahan. Bill conducted him, I played chords on the piano and Donal played bodhran (a small Irish drum). We did this in one studio, baffled off from each other. We got a good take quickly, and John overdubbed fiddle. Then Donal overdubbed more drum and bouzouki; and then, John playing whistle and Liam playing pipes, they jammed together on the jig that Bill had written for the end of the track...”
More from Kate:
"That was very much inspired by Paddy Bush, my other brother, who had found this piece of music and said, 'You've just got to listen to this, it's brilliant, I know you'll love it!' He played it to me, and instantly I knew I wanted to use it. It was fantastic. So it was just a matter of working out a song based around the format of this piece of music he'd found. There's no doubt Paddy was the, um...initial inspiration. The song's about the future person visiting the person who's in the water at the moment, and saying 'Look, don't drown, don't die, because if you do I'm not going to be able to live my part of your life. I'm not going to have the kids you're going to have in ten years' time. I'm not going to be able to move to that nice little place by the sea. So don't die. Live, you've got to stay alive. If not for me, then at least for yourself or your children that are to come.' And, um...I suppose the suggestion of the fiddle as the Devil's music is not unintentional: the idea of a spirit being conjured from the future; that uncanny, uncomfortable feeling of two times meeting. And it's very much meant to be the first delivery of hope on that side of the album. There have been some very sad, disturbing experiences for the person up to this point, and although it's hardly not disturbing, it's mean to be a comfort: it's the future coming to the rescue of the present."
Right on, thanks for sharing all this!
The next album (The Sensual World) will feature Dave Gilmour's first guitar contributions "Love and Anger" and "Rocket's Tail". Dave discovered Kate when she was 15 years old.
Ricky Hopper Transatlantic record publicist , friend of John Bush, told about Bush to Gilmour... It's a favor, not a discovery.
Just sayin'
@@isobeljames1328 I know about Ricky Hopper, as do most other fans. I'm talking about when Dave Gilmour first became aware. We all discover facts at different times. I'm not claiming Dave was first. Just that he became aware when she was 15. Just saying.
The next actual album is The Whole Story. I know it's a greatest hits compilation , but it does have a new vocal of Wuthering Heights. No need to do that one but please do Experiment IV. The video for it scared the crap out of me when I first saw it. The helicopter sounds from the Ninth Wave ( borrowed from Pink Floyd ) make an appearance.
In response to your reaction to “Jig of Life”…..a band you might want to check out would be The Corrs. It consists of 3 sisters and 1 brother from Ireland. One sister plays the drums, another the violin, the other on vocals. The brother provides guitar and keyboards. They write their own songs and play their own instruments. Part ABBA, part Celine Dion, part Stevie Nicks…..wonderfully Irish and wonderfully authentic. Had a few American minor hits in the 90s and was quite popular in the UK and Australia. If you don’t want to do a full dive you should at least check out their instrumentals, Gerry’s Reel, Silver Strand, or Haste to the Wedding
Oh wow, that is exciting just to read! Definitely need to see if I can track down some of the Corrs' material. Thanks for the tip, would love to react to some of that!
ah, now you also mention Eddie Izzard awsome "you're Jeff Vader ?" 😉
Hahaha, omg, that's one of his best bits.
[in Vader's voice]: "Do you know who I am?"
"This is not a game of who TF are you..."
"And this tray is wet, and this tray is wet...."
Shout-out to a fellow Izzard fan!
Great reaction, Matt. Again, it’s slightly frustrating not being able to clearly hear what you are saying in the midst of songs, but sometimes your expressions and gestures are enough to understand. Do you think she is worthy of induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Ok, perhaps she’s not properly rock and roll, whatever that is, but what other Hall of Fame could you put her in?
She should be in the rock, pop, and songwriting halls of fame! I voted for her a bunch of times, but seriously, it's criminal if she doesn't get in. Literally a one-of-a-kind artist.
And apologies about the volume thing. I try to find quieter moments to comment (even if it's about a previous louder moment), but sorry it doesn't always come off.
Also you can ask with me (with corresponding time-code) what I said in a given comment, and I should be able to tell you. Cheers. :)
Alright Matt! Your Thompson Twins reactions are becoming alarmingly few of late sir!!!
Ha, the last one was only a little over a week ago, but I do apologize. I've been crazy busy this week, but whenever I get time for another batch of videos, TT should be in there (and OMD and Spandau and a couple others). Cheers and sorry for the delay.
@Matt Snider Please don't read that as an order or command!! I just don't want you to forget about them as you have such a varied and large list of artists who's work you are ploughing through!
Thanks mate 👍
@@rnw2739 Haha, no, you're totally fine. If anything, I should have worded my reply more carefully, it was meant to be lighthearted. But again, there should be a TT reaction in the next batch. Will look forward to your comments as always. Cheers!
@Matt Snider You're reply was worded perfectly sir, it was my initial request I feared may have read too entitled or insistent!
You are a gentlemen sir and I await your next Twins reaction with much anticipation.
So the remaining tracks from the Ninth Wave...
📍Watching You Without Me - is more nightmare fuel, as Kate imagined the drowning woman thinking that she has returned home as a ghost and is unable to communicate with anyone there. Note that there's more backward vocals using the same approach used on "The Dreaming"
📍The Jig Of Life - woman's future self (an old lady) has come back to wake her up, before it's too late
📍Hello Earth - it seems that all these efforts might be in vain, as the woman looks up at the night sky and imagines she's looking down at the Earth as she floats over it.
📍The Morning Fog - now I consider this song to be a clear indication that the woman has been rescued and she has a very much appreciation of people in her life
Now, there's a different interpretations of the final two tracks, the most common one that I've encountered is that the woman does drown and die in "Hello Earth" and she's reborn in "The Morning Fog"
BTW, it's worth listening to "The Ninth Wave" with headphones on, since the soundscape is complicated.
Now, I don't know what other bonus tracks you've been advised to listen to, but a year after the release of "The Hounds Of Love" in 1986, Kate had a duet on a Peter Gabriel song "Don't Give Up" which is well worth a listen.
Also, in 1986 EMI released Kate's only greatest hits album called "The Whole Story" which including a new recording of "Wuthering Heights" and a brand new song "Experiment IV" whose music video did run into some trouble with the BBC, who deemed it to be too horrific to be broadcast during peak viewing hours.
Just to wrap up "Hounds Of Love" is my personal second placed all time Kate Bush studio album as it's the perfect fusion of commercial sounding tracks on one side combined with the more experimental "The Ninth Wave" concept piece on the other.