"The Man with The Child in His Eyes" was written at age 13 and recorded at age 16. Extraordinary.

@feedingravens

Ай бұрын

One more proof that girls are at least 2 years ahead of boys.

@user-jn1hb5dh7w

Ай бұрын

my favorite

@andrewdavidson665

Ай бұрын

A fantastic song at any age but writing it at that age is just ludicrous. Utterly ludicrous.

@jamiemacpherson7485

Ай бұрын

I second this - its such an incredible song

@janmostert6952

Ай бұрын

Agreed

This Woman's work has to be next to be reviewed.

@colrhodes377

Ай бұрын

There wouldn't be a dry eye in the house

@robertvondarth1730

Ай бұрын

Night of the Swallow has some outstanding vocals as well.

@allenmann3956

Ай бұрын

Definitely!

@dethspud

Ай бұрын

So much THIS. Also... Sensual World.

@karstengandor4329

Ай бұрын

Another stunningly simply yet effective video. Don't let me start praising the song itself... 😊

This song is about a woman testing her husband by sending him love letters using the name Babooshka, which the mirror shattering at the end is her revealing herself. Also, Kate Bush writes all the songs, plays the keys, arranges, produces, is heavily involved in her stage and video productions. Her songs are often about unusual topics, interesting stories or little pieces of poetry. She really is a fantastically talented person beyond the typical pop singer.

@user-nm1ui9vt5c

Ай бұрын

Babooshka,Granny in russian

@AliceBowie

Ай бұрын

She really conveys all of these complex emotions with her voice unusually strongly. Her music is experimental, while also being the best kind of pop music. All the Clearlight CMI on the early albums gives this amazing quality I love. Peter Gabriel and Coil used the same machine in the early to mid 80s.

@williambenner701

Ай бұрын

How did you come up with that? The first time I have heard that about this song.🤔

@howardsmith3758

Ай бұрын

@@williambenner701 It's directly from the song. "She wanted to test her husband" is the first line. "She wanted to take it further, So she arranged a place to go, To see, If he, Would fall for her incognito"

@davidholden2658

Ай бұрын

@@user-nm1ui9vt5c Apparently when she wrote it she didn't realise what it meant and thought it was a girl's name.

Kate Bush is a genius, and she's done it all on her own. The man with a child in his eyes is an amazing song, she was 16 when she wrote it, maybe even 15.

@williambenner701

Ай бұрын

You do know that David Gilmore was a mentor of her to a certain point right?

@Bobsherunkle

Ай бұрын

13 actually. 16 when she recorded it

@Ozymandi_as

Ай бұрын

13 when she wrote it, and 16 when she recorded it as part of the professional demo that David Gilmour paid for, and later put in front of EMI executives. It's incredible that she wrote those lyrics, about whatever it is that they are about, when she was just a teenager; and the calm restraint of her vocal is a thing of beauty, and again, seemingly way beyond her years. EMI said 'yes' to Gimour on the spot, and that's how she got her record deal. The connection got her heard, no doubt, but the talent was undeniable. Kate had the first self written number 1 song (Wuthering Heights) and the first self written number 1 album (Never Forever) by a woman to in UK chart history. EMI certainly got their money's worth, but Kate never let them interfere with her creativity, and to be fair, apart from some grumbling after The Dreaming, they didn't really try. An amazing woman, and a true artist, both foreshadowed in this prescient early masterpiece.

@lellyparker

Ай бұрын

@@williambenner701 *"David Gilmore was a mentor of her to a certain point right"* - More of a patron than a mentor. Bush had already written about 50 songs when Gilmor met her and "The man with a child in his eyes" was one of them.

@sabsmcdabs7139

Ай бұрын

Awesome story and connections

Fun Fact: Kate's brother knew David Gilmore of Pink Floyd fame. He asked David would he listen to some of her stuff at 15. She showed David 50 or so songs. David then helped her produce a demo tape giving her $3000 pounds to get it done.

Kate Bush is a total artist who will be rediscovered over and over through the generations.

I am 62, and remember hearing this song when it first came out - seems like only yesterday! Amazingly, it still sounds brand new, hasn't aged at all. There is not one song she created that I don't love to this day. Wonderfully talented.

@cwes6404

Ай бұрын

I agree i'am 61 I found here so amezing and stil do.

@mcwulf25

Ай бұрын

Age 60 and I agree. Totally different from anything else at the time. Or since.

@Judymoe

Ай бұрын

I'm 60, my hub is 64, and we've both been Kate fans since 1979.

@dash-x

29 күн бұрын

I’m 36 and grew up on Kate Bush due to my Ma. I also adore her music of course. I would always put a scarf on my kitty and sing babushka to her all the time, just like my Ma would do to me when I was wee. Finally my husband who would sing along thinking I made it up, asked where it came from. I showed him this song and he knew the cover of running up the hill. Then stranger things came out and everyone was loving Kate Bush again 😹✨❤️✨I love it. We’ve come full circle.

@muratomar6502

9 күн бұрын

So did I, I am 63

Man with the Child in his eyes, just stunning.

@DavidDatura

Ай бұрын

I was about to say, and she wrote that one when she was just 13!

@pinball1970

Ай бұрын

​@@DavidDatura i think so yes, most of the first album was written by the time she was 16 or so.

@stever7732

Ай бұрын

A very beautiful song and beautifully sung by Kate. Perhaps not interesting enough vocally for Elizabeth to analyse. It is very much a rarity among Kate’s early output in that she sings it fairly straight with a conventional vocal. The reason of course being it was recorded when she was 16 before she began experimenting with her voice.

@steeleye2112

Ай бұрын

Always been my favourite of Kate's songs and there's a lot of competition.

@colinbaker3916

Ай бұрын

I prefer the single version, with the haunting repetitions of “He’s here” at the start.

An unparalleled genius. She wrote the first few albums when she was a teenager. Beautiful dancer/choreographer, singer, song writer, player and producer. Genius.

@PeteAxeShields

Ай бұрын

Yep, her brother, Paddy, was a huge part of her musical growth too - an amazing musician.

@abergreg

Ай бұрын

I agree, she's also delightful.

@darrylhilbig6459

Ай бұрын

Yeah, she used to be a ballet dancer.

@user-jn1hb5dh7w

Ай бұрын

what pinball1970 said

@littlekipper66

26 күн бұрын

@@darrylhilbig6459she trained w Lindsey Kemp but wasnt actually a ballet dancer.

Her vocals in the last minute of “The Big Sky” are insane, you need to listen 😅

My ex was the spitting image of Kate Bush and used to do the dance in the chorus for me AND sing it... I was indeed punching light years above my weight - *memories*

@witchqueen8576

Ай бұрын

❤

@ralphhale732

Ай бұрын

@@witchqueen8576 Are you the ex ?? :-)

This song has one of the most incredible fretless bass lines, played by the late great John Giblin. I think it actually makes the song together with Kate's phenomenal singing. What a gem.

@andrewtongue7084

Ай бұрын

Giblin is one of my Bass heroes, Bassdriver. Brand X were a phenomenal group - he could play anything - & he only recently died, in May of last year - sorely missed !

@kdcndw1

Ай бұрын

Probably the Jacko/ Japan's Mick Karn affect with Fretless bass being used in a lot of early 80s new wave music and Mick Karn did play fretless bass on a future Kate Bush record. I was a fan of the NYC alt folk band Hem. The lead songwriter has stated "Babooshka" is one of the best pop song ever written. Maybe a bold claim. But no denying the song's brilliance.

@magicbrownie1357

Ай бұрын

For fretless and Kate, I prefer Mother Stands for Comfort. But most of Kate's early work has great bass work all through it.

@macronencer

Ай бұрын

Came here to say this. It's an amazing song and John isn't mentioned often enough, his performance was superb.

@andrewtongue7084

Ай бұрын

You have that right !

If you want to hear Kate being unhinged, Get Out Of My House might be as extreme as it gets. I think The Dreaming is the album where she really took control of her career and her creativity went through the roof.

@colrhodes377

Ай бұрын

I'm with you there, Del.

@feedingravens

Ай бұрын

Just wrote "Time for The Dreaming (as a whole), Liz".

@magicbrownie1357

Ай бұрын

Not the easiest album to listen to, but almost certainly her most creative and diverse collection. Wonderful album.

@latheofheaven1017

Ай бұрын

I agree. Get Out of my House is really out there. But I love it, and I love the album. A lot of people find it difficult, but as far as I'm concerned, it's one of her best. Deep exploration of the then cutting-edge Fairlight music system, coupled with a lot of playfulness.

@delorangeade

Ай бұрын

@@latheofheaven1017 I think The Dreaming coincided with the point where my Kate fandom was at its peak, so I was open to anything, and it remains her pinnacle for me. By the time The Sensual World was released, I'd moved on.

For what it's worth, my own favourite Kate Bush song is Army Dreamers. Nothing spectacular vocal -wise, but what a powerful song.

@Bobsherunkle

Ай бұрын

Oh I dunno. The accent she uses is such a subtle touch and when she sings “Oi’ve a bunch of purple flowers” my knees go all wobbly 😂

@RBernsCarter

Ай бұрын

Yes! Fantastic video too

@andreasnagel9377

Ай бұрын

i like the song Breathe right now. but most of her songs are awesome

@DrMackSplackem

Ай бұрын

And the two tracks preceding it, all nicely woven into each other.

@sdrew2lboroacuk

Ай бұрын

Agree totally

Kate’s voice is next level … the best female voice I’ve ever heard

The Dreaming and Hounds of Love albums are both work of genius.

@janeslater8004

Ай бұрын

I prefer the earlier songs from the kick inside.

The Sensual World by Kate has to be checked out. Another masterpiece with a beautiful video!

@ArcaneStrain

Ай бұрын

I’ve been utterly obsessed with that album lately

@markdrechsler5660

Ай бұрын

I’ve been obsessed with TSW for 35 years…

The Ninth Wave is a masterpiece. Every note, every sound conveys a deeper meaning. Her voice had developed a maturity by this point that was sublime.

Kate had written more than 200 songs by the age of 12. She's a freaking genius.

The word genius is banded around far too easily but in Kate Bush's case......she really is a genius." Man with a child in his eyes " will demonstrate her genius perfectly.

Kate was decades ahead of her time, she still is imho, she goes beyond creating music, she creates art, she's like van Gogh painting a picture with her vocals, words and dancing choreography. If i had to pick a celebrity crush.. Kate wins it by a landslide for me, everything about her is captivating, mysterious and awe-inspiring to me. I first heard her in the early 80's and even though i liked her music, i probably was too young to fully appreciate what she brought to the game at that time, but a few years later (mid 80's) when she released the song "Cloudbusting", and it suddenly clicked for me and i was sold for life, what a tremendous performer she is. I never watched the show "Stranger things" but i am very grateful that this show put her back into the spotlight and introduced a whole new audience to the wonderful world of music that she has created over the years, it proved what i have known for ages... her music is timeless, just like Kate herself being timeless. I am convinced that her music will remain with us for decades to come, and every generation will at some point find her music and fall in love with her, just like the generations of the past 45 years have done, maybe she will never be that household name like Freddie Mercury, Whitney Houston, or Jimi Hendrix, but she will always find a new audience... or rather, that new audience will always find her ... sooner of later, she is just that good, that different and that talented to be forgotten about, now and in future times.. i'm convinced of that. For Elizabeth, if you come around to checking out "Cloudbusting" make sure to watch the video/movie she released with that song, it's incredible, she plays the part of the young son (Peter) of the "Rainmaker" (played by Donald Sutherland!), the song is inspired by the 1973 Peter Reich memoir "A Book of Dreams" as told by the adult Peter Reich, a fascinating story to say the least.

Anything by Kate Bush would be great. She's a genius. The most unique artist ever. But I do have a liking for Cloudbusting. Love those strings.

@MikeBarnett1776

Ай бұрын

Not to mention Donald Sutherland as the scientist/father...

@williambenner701

Ай бұрын

​@@MikeBarnett1776I love that video!

@jarral9861

Ай бұрын

I agree! It's been almost 40 years since I first heard that song and I still dream of Orgonon!

Loved Kate's music since Wuthering Heights. The 9th wave is genius, but so much of her work is.

Kate Bush a one off. No one like her before and there will be no one like her again. Perfection.

John Giblin’s incredible fretless bass playing adds so much to Kate’s sound. RIP John.

I'm a Scotsman (still residing in Scotland) rapidly approaching my 59th birthday, (July 30th) which clearly means that, not only will I be 60 years old next year, but that many of these songs that you're analyzing are incredibly precious to me, represent/define much of my childhood and arguably informed my tastes and attitudes, and it could be argued, quite possibly made me the man I am today. It is my fervent, most cherished belief that we are little more than the sum of our experiences. As someone who grew up and witnessed first hand, the music you are experiencing now for the first time... I have to say that this is my heritage! This is the music that shaped me, informed me. You are, therefore, picking at the very threads of my personality... And you are doing an incredible job! 🥲 I'm not ashamed to admit that, even as the cynical old man that I am, some of your videos have brought me to literal tears. Keep doing what you're doing. I'm subscribing right now!

@robertspeakman1174

Ай бұрын

I listen to really heavy punk I seen all the bands sabbath .motorhead amon duul 2 what I enjoy on my horror volume stereo but kate bush 1978 I was 10 but kate bush is the one to hear loud in Helmsdale .a fuuking diamond voice absolutely beyond talented .absolutely beautiful in every way if she sold farts I would buy them

@rossjohnmclean

28 күн бұрын

Just 3 years behind you and also a Scotsman (Isle of Arran); yes I feel very much the same way, particularly when it comes to Kate Bush, who burned herself permanently into the memory of a 10-year old boy way back in 1978 with Wuthering Heights and has lived rent free in my head ever since 😊 Elizabeth has many fine bands to discover from our era yet, but watching the love of good music pass down the generations is heartwarming. I don't know where I would be without music in my life - and I'm sure Elizabeth, yourself and everyone who watches this channel feels exactly the same way. I'm lucky enough to have been able to pass a love of good music on to my daughter, in fact she wants to follow in dad's footsteps and be a musician. May we all fall in love with music every single day!

@RocksterOO1

28 күн бұрын

@@rossjohnmclean I couldn't have said it better myself, Ross! I (unfortunately) do not have the pleasure of a son or daughter with whom to share my love of music, nor bestow my "wisdom" of an entire back catalog of long forgotten gems upon. I have instead, nieces and nephews who discovered their own genres and developed their own tastes which, I (regrettably) almost inevitably, balk at! I mean, please... The Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed? Or The scissor Sisters' woeful rendition of Comfortably Numb. Don't even get me started on the execrable Fugees' "Killing Me Softly with His Song" cover! Damn it... I'm getting old, man! 😭

Some artists could successfully reinvent themselves a couple of times throughout a career, Bowie could reinvent himself with every album, Kate Bush did it with every song. Still one of the most underrated talents ever (in the US at least)

Fun Fact: I read in an interview that when she wrote this song she didn't know that the word Babooshka meant Grandma. She thought is was just a cute pet name. Also, if you really want to get into some.crazy Kate Bush vocals you should check out Get Out Of My House from the album The Dreaming. Also her live performance of Cloudbusting from Before the Dawn is absolute stunning. Lastly I have to recommend Night of the Swallow. It also tells a story from the perspective of two different people in a relationship and is very unique and beautiful in my opinion.

@0okamino

Ай бұрын

It’s funny that she unintentionally added another interesting layer to the story in that way. With her pseudonym, the wife is practically admitting who is writing those letters, but her husband is so thrilled and taken with this vibrant secret admirer (really just his wife channeling her younger self), he seems to pretty much ignore the name. Yep, there’s Kate, doing something very clever without realizing it.

Oh my gosh please do Suspended In Gaffa, the vocal choices and textures in that are wiiiiild to me, shes so true to herself what an artist 💗💗💗

The "glass breaking" sounds actually come from her Fairlight sampler. Kate was a close friend of Peter Gabriel (as you know) and they both were early adopters of the Fairlight sampler and each used them to great effect on their respective records in the early 80's.

Kate Bush has so many amazing songs with really creative songwriting and vocal performances! More Kate please !!!

It's so wonderful to see Kate poised for the redux she richly deserves. So happy to see so many new fans discovering her for the first time :)

Kate is a certified self-taught genius. She *did* come from a musical family, but that doesn't explain her outrageous creativity. Her style can't be copied, only admired and studied. If you're into hearing "scary" Kate, "Get Out Of My House" is incredible.

I think she's 22 in this video. Insane creativity.

The 'breaking glass' sound was one of the very first sounds Kate sampled on her (then) new Fairlight

@romper6698

Ай бұрын

Exactly! The Fairlight CMI (Computer Music Instrument). First commerical sampler, synth and sequencer, complete with light pen! Cost an absolute fortune, but allowed a lot of creativity. Also used by Peter Gabriel :)

@leslieturner8276

20 күн бұрын

Indeed, it was the very first hit single to ever feature a sample. The Fairlight CMI was put to good use on her "Never For Ever" album. But to even greater effect on the subsequent albums "The Dreaming" and "Hounds Of Love". By the time of "The Dreaming" Kate had fully mastered the Fairlight herself and didn't need any assistance.

@leslieturner8276

20 күн бұрын

​@@romper6698Yes Peter was the first UK artist to own one, Kate encountered it when she worked with him on his 3rd self-titled album - e.g. the melt cover

@romper6698

20 күн бұрын

@@leslieturner8276 Thanks :) Quite a few years ago, I was lucky enough to meet Peter Vogel at an IT awards event of all things. He was being presented with a lifetime achievement award

@peterrabbit7173

10 күн бұрын

Am I crazy to think those "male" vocals are herself, sampled and down-pitched?

I missed out on Kate in the 1970s/80s: as a teenage boy I just thought she was gorgeous but weird - but that was my problem, I was immature. I'm now 58, and I have ALL her albums. She's a genius, and a national treasure.

@0okamino

Ай бұрын

I think it might not even be possible to be as creatively talented as she is, and express it without seeming to be weird to some degree. She’s weird in the best way.

I've heard this song the first time in 1981 when i was 11 on a sunny afternoon on the radio and i recorded instantly the whole concert on tape. After the concert i drove by bike with the tape in my hand to a friend and told him, he has to listen to this, but he interrupted me and said, no, first YOU have to listen to THIS and played me the same concert. Chills on my whole body, when i hear this.

@RenghisKhan

Ай бұрын

We are the same age. Around the time you got on your bike I gave her the title 'my favourite witch' and she has remained just that for the rest of my life. Kate Bush is magic.

@sylviedelriu2430

Ай бұрын

Idem..i ' m 54. this song on the radio non stop..banger

Still can't believe that I got to see Kate Bush in concert phenomenal 😊

@colrhodes377

Ай бұрын

I'm so jealous 😫

@mrwomby5007

Ай бұрын

@@colrhodes377 Me too. I’ve been entranced by her since the 70s.

@notverygoodguy

Ай бұрын

Saw her twice on that tour :) Still the best concert I have ever seen.

@colrhodes377

Ай бұрын

@@notverygoodguy Go on, rub salt on my wounds 😂

@notverygoodguy

Ай бұрын

@@colrhodes377 I also saw her do a short set at the Royal Albert Hall along with Labi Siffre and surprisingly Cliff Richard.😎

Elizabeth, an interview with Bush would be the icing on the cake. 'Babooshka' is just another example to her incredible body of work. ' I suggest you deep-dive into, 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes', & 'This Woman's Work'. Bush has never created a usual song - all her music is on an esoteric level; boundless talent !

@magicbrownie1357

Ай бұрын

Kate is notoriously shy about doing personal appearances and interviews. But it would be great!

@andrewtongue7084

Ай бұрын

So I understand, but it would be quite the coup.

@down-the-rabbit-hole

Ай бұрын

yea, that would be extremely extremely hard to get. She's a very private and shy person and turns away from most interviews.

@rikk319

Ай бұрын

I love Cloudbusting and Wuthering Heights, but my favorite of hers is Breathing...for someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, raised on military bases that would be primary targets for Soviet nuclear missiles, that song was deeply affecting.

@Ozymandi_as

Ай бұрын

​@@magicbrownie1357last (and only) interview she did, as Running Up That Hill was reascending to number 1, was to Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4, so you never know.

Brilliant. Maybe the 9th Wave Suite might come on the radar soon. Kate's whole concept is fantastic and imaginative

@garycoates4987

Ай бұрын

Yes the whole suite of songs as a long form reaction!!

@olli__

Ай бұрын

Let us hope! 9th wave suite is awesome

@Rolling_Ronnie

Ай бұрын

Only Kate Bush could create a seven song, 26 minute suite of songs about a woman almost drowning and make it not just work, but be utterly brilliant!

@laurahigdon4741

Ай бұрын

The Ninth Wave is a masterpiece!

@nfa001

Ай бұрын

The 9th Wave is another level, it's like Shine on You Crazy Diamond or Echoes in length and in musical conception and execution, only with Kate Bush's vocal and storytelling talent as well, not to mention the sheer inventiveness of the sounds she blends in. My favourite moment of her work easily.

Oh my god, I’ve been waiting months for you to do another Kate Bush song! Huzzah!!

“ Breathing “ is fantastic. You need to listen to it . Kate Bush was my icon growing up but then again in this era in the UK we had a wealth of such eccentric, talented artists . It was the norm and tbh we took it for granted . These artists like Kate , Bowie etc weren’t just artists but a host of characters and alter egos and fictitious personas . When I first heard Wuthering Heights it blew my mind as a teenage romantic, emotional history lover who adored the Brontë novel , I thought OMG , she’s like me ❤ I even looked like her ! She is an absolute legend . A national treasure ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Wouldn’t it be fun to see Elizabeth analyse ‘Leave It Open’.

I love Kate Bush Moments of Pleasure is one of my favourites

What's even more astounding is that this song/video was released in mid-1980, more than a full year before the debut of MTV in August 1981. What a fantastic video for the time! And don't even get me started on Kate's other mind-bending qualities, from her lyrics to her songwriting mastery to her singing, piano playing, arranging and producing. She is an incomparable master artist and a grand iconoclast whose mind just worked differently from everyone else.

"Babooshka" has that absolutely Kate Bush style in every note, word & action.

Kate Bush, Nina Hagen, Bjork. All very different, but they inhabit the same realm of creativity with a total rejection of norms. Nina's performance of Naturträne at Rockplast is just chefs kiss; sparklers, chicken clucking and opera. Glorious.

Kate was a pioneer on many levels. The theatrical live concert experience (simultaneously pioneering the head-mounted mic so she could dance and sing), the use of the Fairlight sampler (along with Peter Gabriel) and the cinematic video clip. She never seems in synch with current music trends, just completely going her own way. Just magical.

The sheer amount of talent Kate Bush has is unreal

@Missjunebugfreak

29 күн бұрын

Seriously! She wrote "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" when she was 13!!! That's ridiculous levels of brilliance.

The (warrior) outfit Kate wears in this video is inspired by the Painting "The Mercenary" by fantasy illustrator Chris Achilleos.

@jorvikaengelskvinna7157

Ай бұрын

I was going to reveal this information as well! I had a book of his illustrations at one time. Kate's costume is rather less revealing than the original!

"Jazz falling apart" is a pretty good description of her style in this period. Also the costume she's got on for the chorus is something else. :D

@0okamino

Ай бұрын

Falling apart, and tumbling back together in very interesting configurations.

@JacoWium

Ай бұрын

Indeed. I was in my teenage years when I first saw this video, in 1982-ish. That costume fired off a few sparks in the neural pathways of my adolescent brain that confirmed the worst fears of all the moral guardians of that time. 😀 Ah, those days of Kate Bush, Debbie Harry, Kim Wilde... How could we have known then just how lucky we were!

@grahamokeefe9406

Ай бұрын

@@JacoWium I was always kind of partial to Dale Bozzio, myself.

The man with a child in his eyes and Wow are other great pieces by Kate.

Kate is a genius. A beautiful, ethereal creature that is timeless.

You need to hear Kates song called 'Violin' where she turns into a violin. This woman is clearly a witch.

I started to listen to Kate Bush in 1985 been a fan since.

Breathing by Kate is the most Post Punk Prig song ever.

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665

Ай бұрын

Prig? Or prog?

@colrhodes377

Ай бұрын

Such a great concept

A song that shows Kate's full range is 'Night of the Swallow' (the bird, not the throat action) from her most challenging album "The Dreaming". In 1 song she brays like a donkey.

@karenpaxton

Ай бұрын

Lol. Explaing the swallow! 😂

@colrhodes377

Ай бұрын

​@@karenpaxtonNaughty 😂

@Bobsherunkle

Ай бұрын

Oh god, I’d love Elizabeth to check out “Get Out Of My House”

@colrhodes377

Ай бұрын

@Bobsherunkle Or Barbara Windsor's version, Get out of my pub!

@corihulet739

Ай бұрын

@@colrhodes377 Off I go to find that...

How good is Kate...unbelievable songwriter and artist ..not many as good and talented as her ..she a national treasure ❤❤❤❤❤

You have to do "This Woman's Work". One of the gentlest, most beautiful, most harrowing, most tense, most emotional songs ever. And it's also got a bloody good music video too - Tim Mcinnerny's performance is stunningly good. Not a dry eye in the house after that one. Guaranteed. And if you like quirky, then you'll love "the Dreaming". Which she actually sings in an Australian accent: "Bang! There goes another kanga' on the bonnet of the van". Because there is no predicting Kate Bush whatsoever.

Kate Bush recorded "Babooshka" between January and June 1980, during the recording sessions of Never for Ever, when she was 21 (she was born in July 1958).

@JacoWium

Ай бұрын

Yep. Wikipedia is indeed a great source for info on yesteryear's music releases! 😉

I'm blessed to have seen Kate live four times. Shed frankly amazing..............

@leslieturner8276

20 күн бұрын

At the time of 1979s "Tour Of Life" I just didn't have the ability or money to see Kate, so had to wait until "Before The Dawn" before I got the opportunity. What an experience that was, the performance and the staging was just something else. The only thing that got a bit close to it was a Bjork concert a few years later at London O2.

Kate Bush's song "Army Dreamers" is really good too, and not really known by most mainstream listeners. It's much more than just a simple song though. It has a very powerful message and deeper meaning, it's also dealing with very serious subject matter dealing with loss.

The most compelling vocal I think you'd want to hear from Kate is Violin. She's able to play with her voice in incredible ways. The scream that couples the last two choruses is phenomenal. Give me the banshees for BVs indeed!

I have said this before. Kate Bush and Aurora fills the same spot in the musical landscape to me, only two generations apart.

@notverygoodguy

Ай бұрын

Good spot! Having seen them both live more than once I can attest to this. Kate Bush's shows were way more theatrical but Aurora is similarly unforgettable.

The UK's finest ever woman singer songwriter? Her work continues to astound me. As a 25 year old when wuthering heights was released i regarded her naively as a shrieking novelty act. Her songs are meaningful choreographed works of art to my mind now,as a man in his 70s like myself. Unlike today's largely popcorn artists who's works won't stand the test of time,her utterly sublime canon of glorious songs will

Honestly one of a kind, there's been no one like her since, an absolute legend in every sense of the word. Fascinating artist, so creative, quirky and artistic. her influence should reverberate through the annals of music history, it does for me!

Hounds of love next please. Plenty vocally to analyse in that one.

She may have been only 19 but this was actually from her third album Never For Ever. Creative, but at the same time very brave when it comes to sexual themes from a womans point of view. Even back on the first album, The Kick Inside, so many of the tracks touch on that subject. Even the title track is lyrically based on an old folk tale where a brother and sister get a little too close and the sister gets pregnant, hence the kick inside. Considering that Kate was a pioneer even as a solo female artist, insisting on a lot of control over how her music sounded right from the get go, to also be a pioneer in terms of her style and the subject matter is truly astounding. Its why so many female artists cite Kate Bush as an influence, she really did change the music industry when she came onto the scene. All hail Queen Kate.

'Oh england, my lionheart' should be the next KB song

@janeslater8004

Ай бұрын

Kate said this was her favourite song on an interview when she was about 20 before her later albums but she may have changed her mind by now

Great reaction! Would really love to see you react to "Breathing". It's got one of Kate's most powerful, intense vocal performances.

A fascinating fact I've never seen anyone else mention is that the Babooshka costume and look was effectively cosplay - the whole look is taken from the cover of a paperback fantasy novel from 1978 that I assume Kate must have seen, and perhaps even owned. The book was "Raven: Swordsmistress of Chaos" by Richard Kirk. Think of the character as a sort of Red Sonja. The costume and look is so exact and precise that there's no chance it is coincidence when it turns up in Kate's 1980's costume decision. However, she did modify the chest area of the costume, but everything else, even the hair ornament, is kept. So, yay - we can confirm a Fantasy genre connection with Kate Bush. Also you mentioned that she was just 19 when writing this song. That actually makes it one of her later works of that time, given that a huge volume of her hit writing previously was when she was just 13-14 years old. For just one example, the amazing song "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" was written when she was just 13 years old, and recorded at age 16! I should add for clarity that she actually began writing at 11, but it was songs written when she was 13 that made it into her debut album! She was (is?) a true prodigy.

@Robbie3004

Ай бұрын

The artist was the Raven cover was the late Chris Achilleos who released several collections featuring scantily-clad women.

You check out the hounds of love, especially the second half of the record.. astonishing vocals, songwriting and musicianship.. enjoy!

Ah Babooshka the original Pina Colada song but even better. The song is amazing and the video is entrancing. Kate Bush definitely caught the attention of most of the boys at my high school.

Army dreamers is a personal favourite from Kate Bush ( an anti war song ) with a great meaningful video to complement it. A more even tone to her beautiful voice and it fits so well with a more melancholic message/song.

With Marillion a few days ago and Kate Bush today you’re getting through my favourite artists at an amazing rate thank you . Did you do Running Up that hill Elizabeth . The choreography on that video really is breathtaking. Ps I appreciate the kindness and love you show for these artists . It’s always seems to be a hallmark of your analysis 😀

@user-scott-pearce

Ай бұрын

I havent watched it but yes she has

@InkEeper

9 күн бұрын

Fun fact, just a few years later she tried to destroy all copies of this clip. she have come to really hate the choreography and to this day she is said to hate the fact it's still available. I say whether you think it was brilliant or naiive, it was what it was at the time, lots of artists made quirky clips in the 80s and may have been embarrassed to watch it a few years later, it's part of growing up and out of a style and it's fine :)

Kate is a legend. She was writing songs and figuring out choreography at age 16. David Gilmour was a mentor of her. You can read about that if you like. Kate and David performed her song 'Running Up That Hill' live. It's fantastic. She's a treasure.

I'm a grown man, 60 years old and i have to admit that I cry when ever I hear the Man with child in his eyes. I recommend you review that song the next time you do a song from Kate Bush

I love Kate Bush. She has so many wonderful, creative songs. One thing that amazes me is how expressive and uninhibited she is in her performances - yet when you see her interviewed she seems just a modest/humble, sweet, mild-mannered girl. It's almost hard to believe it is the same person.

Kate is the total package. She is completely immersed in her art. You've stepped into some videos that were made very early in her career. It would be nice to see your reaction to her later work so you can see her growth. I like the suggestions of "This Woman's Work", "The Sensual World" and "Rocket's Tail". "Moments of Pleasure" is the sweetest and saddest song. I fall in love again each time I listen to her catalog. It's so wonderful that younger artists are just discovering Kate Bush and that she is just now being recognized outside the UK for the innovator that she is.

What a magnificent ode to pantomime! Kate is the only artist I ever heard that can "pantomime" in voice. Close my eyes, lean back, only listen - and I still experience pantomime at its best. I'm amazed.

I have loved Kate's music since 1978's "The kick inside". I still listen to their albums to this days.

I get chills any time I hear & watch her performance she’s just unique

Isn't she just amazing? Punk rockers, rappers, heavy metalloids and everyone in between love her work! Thank you, Ms. V.!

Fantastic look at this great old song. I'll echo the comments below, 'This Womans work' is almost a seminal song from Kate, truly beautiful.

Great articulation of Kate's. I want to recommend her GET OUT OF MY HOUSE if you want to hear Kate express an astonishing sense of enclosure and fierce independence.

There's such a list of songs to suggest - Sat in Your Lap, There Goes a Tenner, The Dreaming, Breathing. Pretty much everything!

I'm so proud to walk in this world at this time with that awesome artist !! Yes they're maybe someone up above. Stunning....❤❤❤❤❤❤

Hi and thanks for another really cool reaction video, one that I enjoyed enormously. The remarkable, peerless Kate Bush: Patti Smith once called her a UFO and she might well have been correct! This is one of her most iconic songs and iconic videos. It is from her great album 'Never For Ever' and throughout this album her vocals are never anything short of sensational, an absolute gift for someone like you who understands music and vocals. The very next song on this album is 'Delius' where she gets very close to operatic singing in the chorus, then there is the album audio version of 'Breathing' which even by Kate Bush's standards is a truly remarkable piece of singing. There is the utterly crazy vocal on the album version of 'Violin' - where really only someone like you has any chance of analysing - the rest of us mortals are just left scratching our heads with what she is doing on it. There is the raucous revenge/murder song 'The Wedding List,' possibly her proggiest song 'Egypt' a truly heart-breaking song in 'Army Dreamers,' and very possibly her creepiest song in "The Infant Kiss.' it is a tremendous album and one that a vocalist expert will get a lot out of. One of the people who played on this album said of her that for every track, when she sang in the studio she did the full performance of every part of the 'show' as it were and so every single note was acted out in the studio just as it would have been in a video. This particular song has one of the really famous transitions and the latter part, the younger version is very striking indeed, but, like you, for me the star of the show has always been the older woman part - the veiled lady. The way she sings "delight" or "incognito," her hands, her movement, her eyes are just hypnotic in this. Thanks again for a really, really enjoyable video.

As for suggestions for future reactions, where do I start since Kate's musical catalogue is of such high quality and interest. There are album tracks which are just golddust on their own. So might mix some album tracks with the regular single releases. If you want to stick with songs from the same album "Never For Ever" that featured Babooshka in terms of singles there are: 📍Army Dreamers 📍Breathing Both are brilliant, but in terms of what Kate does to her voice perhaps Breathing is the better choice Potential album tracks are: 📍The Wedding List, Violin Regarding Earlier Kate Bush there is: 📍The Man With The Child In His Eyes - this is the 2nd UK single which was Kate's choice after she had gained so much control after the worldwide smash hit that was "Wuthering Heights" 📍Wow - from her 2nd album Lionheart An album track from it, which I feel is very much under appreciated is "Coffee Homeground" I like the different style that Kate's presents and it's a dark and funny song at the same time Now, we now arrive at "The Dreaming" the 1st album that Kate was sole producer, you can say that with this album Kate went in a completely different direction (to say the least), her record company EMI hated it.. but I suspect that it does feature high on the lists of the majority of Kate Bush fans. So in terms of single releases we have: 📍Sat In My Lap, The Dreaming, Suspended In Gaffa (Europe only), There Goes A Tenner and Night Of The Swallow (Ireland only) In terms of album tracks to demonstrate just what Kate is putting her voice through, there's so much to choose from, here are some, but I suspect that I could have put the entire rest of the album there... 📍Pull Out The Pin, Houdini', Get Out Of My House On to the iconic "Hounds Of Love", in terms of other single releases (from the 1st side) there are: 📍Hounds Of Love, Cloudbusting and The Big Sky (which is a tour de force) The 2nd side is a linked suite of songs collectively called "The Ninth Wave" a concept piece, at a time when concept albums had fallen out of favour, but Kate being Kate was fearless and she went ahead with it, to turn "Hounds Of Love" into the perfect mixture of the commercial and the experimental. If I remember correctly Kate did say that the concept came first and it wasn't until she had four or five songs that she was confident that she could devote one side of the album. Anyway, I'm going to stop here, although there's plenty of good material left, this comment has taken quite a while to write and I want to post it to make sure that I don't lose it. Of course all of the above are only my personal suggestions and I've got no doubt that many different songs will be suggested, as I said Kate has a fantastically rich musical catalogue.

I sang Night of the swallow for my vocal teacher...she cried with how well i sang....I got The Dreaming album bought for me when i was 8 and have sung along to it for so long, it feels part of me 🙏 It is SUCH a beautiful song and an absolute joy to sing. 🩷🩷🩷 Kate you have always been such an inspiration 🌸🩰💃

Some artists have a unique combination of talent, creativity, and curiosity making them into musical mad scientists. I find myself in awe of new details each time I listen to people like Kate Bush, David Bowie, Tori Amos, etc...

Great selection. The most “creative” singing she’s done is the song The Dreaming. It’s a Kate cult favorite.

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665

Ай бұрын

Oh my I forgot that one 🌌🧙🏼‍♂️🌌

For us creative types, Kate Bush always has been and always will be the the epitome of creativity and artistic vision - the ultimate Muse. She has an astounding catalogue, littered with exquisitely original works. For me, the absolute pinnacle of her creativity, innovation and independence came in 1982, with her trailblazing album 'The Dreaming', which will leave you speechless. Forever a shining star, showing us all how it should be done.

@Missjunebugfreak

29 күн бұрын

I've been a fan of Kate for 9 years and The Dreaming is still my favorite album of hers. It's a mind-blowing record.

@rossjohnmclean

28 күн бұрын

@@Missjunebugfreak It’s incredible, isn’t it? All the more amazing when you realise that Kate was asserting her independence from her record label and taking everything into her own hands - putting herself in the producers seat and trailblazing at the cutting edge of then current studio technology. I first heard The Dreaming in 1986, at art school - a place full of people with disparate tastes in music, but EVERYONE recognised Kate’s genius; we were all fans, as that album oozed creativity. When I think of Kate Bush, that’s the one word that always comes to mind - creativity. The high points of her career are beyond the reach of most. Unfortunately for Elizabeth, the format of her channel probably means she may only listen to the odd track here and there, but as an album, listened to as a whole, The Dreaming still leaves me breathless and emotionally drained, almost 40 years later. Astounding album.

As I don't understand music, I often don't really understand why I like or do not like a song/artist. One of the reasons I like these reaction channels that get into proper analysis, is I learn things! I suspect what Elizabeth was saying about the phrasing here is why Kate Bush stood out to me when I was a teenager in the late '80s. Most of what I listened to then was metal (the heavy stuff, like thrash, not hair metal) and punk, but along with jazz, classical, prog rock, early industrial, and others, Kate Bush was in the regular rotation in my Walkman for my walk to school. Thanks, Elizabeth!

@MissLoonasSpeech

Ай бұрын

Sounds a bit like me. While I had already heard Kate's hits on the radio respectively seen her videoclips on TV (the first one I remember was "Babooshka") when they were released, it wasn't before 1990 (6 years after I had become a metal fan - mostly into Thrash, some Doom and some Progressive) that I got into her music and bought all her albums available back then within two weeks. Unsurprisingly, her album "The Dreaming" is my favourite, followed by "The Ninth Wave". Do you still listen to the styles you enjoyed back then and have you ever wondered what it might have sounded like if Kate Bush had recorded an out-there metal album in her most experimental phase? If so, try the albums "Contentum" and "Terrestrials" by Atrox, if you aren't already familiar with them.

Couple cool songs from Kate's discography are Deeper Understanding and Rocket's Tail, that feature Trio Bulgarga, a Bulgarian voice ensemble. Rocket's Tail also has David Gilmour on the guitar 😎✌

@MissLoonasSpeech

Ай бұрын

I fully second the recommendation of "Rocket's Tail". Vocal-wise, it's IMO one of the most interesting songs by Kate Bush, because of her collaboration with the Trio Bulgarka and also my favourite of the six songs, on which she did together with them Maybe this collaboration could get Elizabeth also to check out The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices (back then known by the French name Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares). To combine it with another great vocalist she also has heard before, I'd suggest the live version of the song "Mani Yann" which stems from this choir's collaboration with Lisa Gerrard.

@RB-jl2qb

Ай бұрын

Oh yeh. rocket tail is superb.

I just discovered a two weeks old video with Eivor covering Kate Bush's "Running up that hill". Mindblowing

One of the first women to take total control of her music. She does a tune called Aerial Tai that's onl a minute of her singing along with a bird. Same album (Aerial) she recites the full numbers of Pi, it's mesmerizing. Mother Stands For Comfort has an an awesome bass to go along with her beautiful voice.

I'm glad there is only one Kate Bush because she has no competition --- not that she would anyway. She is BRILLIANT!

When Kate wrote this, she didn't know the meaning of the word babooshka. It's Russian for grandmother or a headscarf, I believe. It was the name of a friends cat. Also this song was one of the first, if not the first, to use a synthesizer for the smashing glass sound.

@janeslater8004

Ай бұрын

Im sure.she did know the.meaning if i.did . Its a nice word and its about her as an old lady trying to trick her husband disguising herself as her younger self by writing letters incognito

If you’re appreciating the unhinged elements of her music, can’t wait until you discover anything from ‘The Dreaming’. That album was Kate at her most experimental. Not terribly successful commercially, but was a huge hit with campus radio stations (where I was a DJ when it was released). It features some of the craziest vocalizations I’ve ever heard apart from other female artists like Nina Hagen or Lene Lovich.

@MissLoonasSpeech

Ай бұрын

I fully second the recommendation of "The Dreaming" which is my favourite album by her (together with side 2 of "Hounds of Love", thus "The Ninth Wave"). Talking about crazy vocalizations, have you ever heard of Monika Edvardsen (she was the vocalist of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Atrox until 2003 and also the main vocalist of the one-off non-metal project Tactile Gemma). I think people who love "The Dreaming" are the ones most likely to also love her vocal work. When I first heard her on Atrox' album "Contentum", she reminded me of a mixture of Kate Bush in her most experimental phase with a bit of Nina Hagen and some oriental influences thrown in. If you don't know her, but are curious, try "Creepy-crawlies" by Tactile Gemma and "Sultry Air" by Atrox.

@scottstevens7639

Ай бұрын

@@MissLoonasSpeech Sounds intriguing. Thanks for the recommendation. There were so many innovative artists from the late ‘70’s / early ‘80’s. Nina and Lene were just the tip of the iceberg.