Kate Bush - Symphony In Blue (1979 Xmas Special)
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Kate performs "Symphony In Blue" on the 1979 Christmas special. The opening music is "Gymnopédie No.1" by Erik Satie.
Lyrics:
I spent a lot of my time looking at blue,
The colour of my room and my mood:
Blue on the walls, blue out of my mouth;
The sort of blue between clouds, when the sun comes out,
The sort of blue in those eyes you get hung up about.
When that feeling of meaninglessness sets in,
Go blowing my mind on God:
The light in the dark, with the neon arms,
The meek He seeks, the beast He calms,
The head of the good soul department.
I see myself suddenly
On the piano, as a melody.
My terrible fear of dying
No longer plays with me,
for now I know that I'm needed
For the symphony.
I associate love with red,
The colour of my heart when she's dead;
Red in my mind when the jealousy flies,
Red in my eyes from emotional ties,
Manipulation, the danger signs.
The more I think about sex, the better it gets.
Here we have a purpose in life:
Good for the blood circulation,
Good for releasing the tension,
The root of our reincarnations.
I see myself suddenly
On the piano, as a melody.
My terrible fear of dying
No longer plays with me,
for now I know that I'm needed
For the symphony.
I spent a lot of my time looking at blue--
No wonder that I blue it!
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It must be so lovely to be a genius like Kate Bush. Nature gave her everything, beauty, health, and effortless musical genius.
@adrianchan3172
3 жыл бұрын
People are an accumulation of their interests over life times. Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, look at nature. Everything works in cycles. The weather, evaporation, your actions upon others. Everyone is unique in their own way due to this fact. What makes her such an excellent artist is her passion for creativity. I’m sure you have your own skills whatever that may be that nobody else has. :)
@jane987
2 жыл бұрын
She is great. I don’t believe things were effortless for her though. Her art comes partially from her struggles/ experiences. The most incredibly creative people use their own pain to produce the most amazing and emotional art.
@lindabeeston7408
2 жыл бұрын
@@adrianchan3172 I have musical interests and art and cookery, but I also suffer from depression, and I just can’t make it go enough to be able to do the things I love. I’ve tried everything.
@ministryofanti-feminism1493
2 жыл бұрын
LOL She's not a 'genius'. Goethe was a genius. Francis Bacon was a genius. Franklin was a genius. She clearly has a high IQ.
@spiritoflights
2 жыл бұрын
@@adrianchan3172 very aptly put .
Pure genius. Legend in her own lifetime. In a class of her own - no one comes close.
@scottwohlers9422
3 жыл бұрын
also incomparable and if we ever have the chance to experience something so creatively explosive we will instantly know it ...... probably will not happen before my end days but hopefully before my kids/grandkids :)
@SonOfTamriel
3 жыл бұрын
@@scottwohlers9422 Profound, Scott. It's true, their will never be another Kate imo. Music just too stupid these days at least in the mainstream world.
@scottwohlers9422
3 жыл бұрын
@@SonOfTamriel Keep us up to date Tamriel as I am too busy/old to keep up...but I sure as hell will know if a talent appears and is comparable...can't even imagine it actually... Robert Johnson /Muddy Waters /Elvis/Bill Haley /Beatles /Stones/ Led Zep/Joni Mitchell /Hendrix...and then you throw the Kick Inside onto the turntable and just wonder where the hell does this emanate from and who had the guts/balls/fortitude to take a chance on producing/recording this and throwing it out there for the masses to consume.. just wow !! and totally in awe to this day !! :) 30+ years later incredible........on edit we really need to throw Aretha Franklin into the mix as far as effortless vocals are concerned for me both are top notch ...flip a coin for greatest of all time...both pack a severe punch without over extension and as a male it's completely incomprehensible where they project the human voice to and in extension our emotions..absolutely stunning...could you imagine a duet with these two????
@jujimama8217
3 жыл бұрын
@@scottwohlers9422 aaa D. By äh
@lingux_yt
3 жыл бұрын
@@californiapoppy Tori Amos too, pretty close
I find it astounding how young she is yet how she expresses herself so freely, very beautiful.
@brianbarrett192
2 жыл бұрын
Prodigy. She got free reign to produce this show. At age 21 here.
It continues to amaze me how she makes everything she sings seem like heaven or otherwise just extremely cool. Like most people from the States, I discovered Kate in 1984 when "Hounds of Love" came out. I immediately bought all of her previous records and was even more blown away by the unique and ingenius songs, one after another without so much as a mediocre tune to be found. Consistently amazing stuff that I still listen to frequently, and probably always will. It's almost spiritual.
@scottwohlers9422
3 жыл бұрын
beyond spiritual... a rare gift that we may not experience within our current lifetime.....Luckily discovered her early through a college town music shop.... never looked back but finding like minded souls in the early/mid 80's was panning for gold in the Pacific Ocean lmao
@SonOfTamriel
3 жыл бұрын
@@scottwohlers9422 I'm 44 and only discovered her during lockdown 2020 (she never was a hit where I live). Was end of March and for some reason youtube told me to check out Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights. I've been blown away over this magnificent talent ever since. I'm a Black Metal and EDM person mostly and Kate is the best artist I've ever seen/heard in my life. I have at least 30 songs of hers that I listen to constantly. Quite out of my norm but their is nothing better.
@scottwohlers9422
3 жыл бұрын
@@SonOfTamriel Totally agree Sire and it is wonderful to know that her music is touching moving liquid into the next generation ...my kids have been exposed so I know for sure we are good for twenty years...Perhaps your discovery and sharing will ensure that to 50 + years !!
@minukarodrigo
2 жыл бұрын
She's that kind of artist who doesn't have a distinct style, but at the same time makes interesting yet unusual music
@martinnatoli7981
7 ай бұрын
Meanwhile, as always contaminating everything, the empire of "the living dead" inoculated us with Madonna and other great celebrities
Had me hooked from the moment 'Gymnopedie No. 1' started playing....
@rosssmith8581
Жыл бұрын
What a treat to hear Kate play one of my favourite composers, as the lead in to the song that made me fall in love with her music! 😍 Perfection!
Kate Bush must be very high on the list of national treasures - I just love this song.
@studentism
4 жыл бұрын
global treasures*
My favorite song of hers 💗 I’m only a teen and appreciate her so much for what she has created for all generations to enjoy
It's so good to "get" Kate Bush. Love, love, love, her.
Erik Satie and Kate Bush = Beautiful
wait, so is she 20 years old in these xmas specials? So amazing... so talented !!
@emmyjo720
Жыл бұрын
She would have been a teenager when she wrote this
@briannaghten2201
11 ай бұрын
@@emmyjo720 She started composing songs as an 11 year old. By the age of 15 she had a repertoire of over 50 songs when Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd began promoting the demo's around the industry. By the age of 19 she had written around 200 songs before releasing her 1st album.
I use to hear her songs as a teenager but at the time I was into guns’n’roses. Fast forward to 43 and now I’m rediscovering Kate Bush and so many of her awesome songs like Wow, Wedding list, Wuthering heights, Kite etc. Kate bush is so beautiful! What an artist. What a lady! Love her!
@dabsy7192
Жыл бұрын
Took your time buddy!!!
oh shit, the lyrics are so freaking beautiful.
This has better vocals than the album version
@Shaki123
2 жыл бұрын
It's not a live vocal. Proof is at 3:48 where she fails to mime the middle of "needed" correctly.
@robertturner4955
2 жыл бұрын
This may have been recorded in the rather odd way that the BBC did during the 1970s and 80s. The track would be recorded specially for the show in a studio, usually on the morning of the TV recording or live to air performance. Then the whole band would go to the TV Studio and mime to the track that they had recorded earlier in the day. Top of the Pops was always recorded the same way, except for very rare live to air performances, including Kate Bushes debut performance of Wuthering Heights!
@Shaki123
2 жыл бұрын
@@robertturner4955 which means that it isn't live and could very possibly be altered. There is no live recording of this song.
@jameslynch7826
6 ай бұрын
Well spotted but I think most producers on tv wanted this. I am a huge fan and she’s very glad now to have total control of her career. But yes I agree and I suspect the makers wanted both vocals and the theatrical elements which is difficult to guarantee hence the lip synch That’s not to denigrate her in anyway because she’s brilliant
4:12 Kate Bush rocking out to one of her great hits and smiling at the end because of it. Masterpiece beyond anything, Rock on 🤘 Kate!
Hugely underrated song, always in my KB top ten...
"lionheart " is a truly classic album.i love to listen to it on vinyl equipped with a glass of red.....god bless you kate.a total genius.you are in my heart...thanks for posting this
Beautiful, mysterious, sensuous, intelligent . . . a class unto herself!
Lionheart was my first Kate album; I fell in love with her music, & never fell out of love.
@philcliffe6909
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. The first album I ever bought. Went to buy 'The Kick Inside' but they did not have any so picked up Lionheart instead. Loved the album cover as well.
@bobrobertson783
Ай бұрын
😊😊😊qiii+1😊
This arrangement is so gorgeous. The guitar parts are perfect.
I wish I could have seen Kate live. Hearing her music again takes me back to my college days, listening to The Kick Inside and Lionheart in my car.
No one s like Her ... ❤️ they don t even come close to Her . Greetings from Belgium, Guy Herbiest
The Greatest female artist of all The Time. Her voice and her lyrics sounds like an angel song.
One of my best songs ever
I cannot tell you how this song speaks to my soul...it's just so beautiful! The chorus is righteous beyond belief. Just another reason to reaffirm my absolute LOVE of Kate!!
I have always liked this song. Both uplifting and mournful at the same time. A real rollercoaster.
I still remember hearing "Wuthering Heights" for the first time. I was about 14. This is my favourite song of hers. I went through a bad time with post covid issues and this album was my comfort and it helped me to fight and not give up.
she is just so beautiful. ive watched this so many times
What a unique devine voice can't imagine a world without her
This is really beautiful. So many chord changes. Unorthodox and sublime. I luv her
Every bass note played is perfect 👌 as is kate obviously
Omg flash back to my teens , been a fan for 40 + years, still In awe x
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
Has there ever been a more glorious, beautiful, sublime creature than Kate? I cannot image a single one.
Isn't it it just poetry to the ears.. she plays and sings from love of her art
Wow I never knew this song was directly inspired by Gymnopedies! I had always suspected it though because of the similarities.
Lionheart my favourite Kate Album, they are all good
@frankscott1708
4 жыл бұрын
My fave too!
@philcliffe6909
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. The first album I ever bought. Went to buy 'The Kick Inside' but they did not have any so picked up Lionheart. Loved the album cover as well.
The best year ever, when I was born
How can you not love this woman. Her beauty and talent transcend.
genius - genius - genius - from the queen of music here to reign over us
Such a beautiful voice ..she is way above anything so talented a real star aww lovely Kate ..Angelic 💖
Pretty sure Kate is an angel from another dimension here to both give us love, and fear. No hate. What a wonderful creature she is
It's really beautiful song. Remind me in 1979 with full of my memory while being stay in Germany. Success for beauty Kate Bush.🎼🎹🎤🌹🌹.
This is the times when music still used to be an art and required talents to compose and perform.
I just can't stop listening to this song! It's so beautifull!! Great Kate!
Wow! the voice, the eyes, the talent. Gifted and a gift to us.
wow the gymnopedie!
Above genius is Kate Bush….effortlessly amazing and intimidatingly beautiful 💙👸🏻
AMAZING version of the song. Not much different to the impeccamble album version, but with a charming intro and a little more punch to the drums! Thanx for uploading it!
Her underrated song. Lovely. Thanks.
This song is only underrated and doesn't received enough compliment because it's a Kate Bush' songs, there are too many other majestic songs of hers for it to compete with! Her vision and creativity are borderline improbable, I can't really fathom how her imagination works, she's simply too good.
What a beautiful voice ♥️
Another Kate classic. Incredible artist & great to see a new generation discovering her musical talent.
The first and most talented, from the category of "strange white singers" , so much love for her!
This is so great and what there is so, so little of: Kate performing at her instrument and with band unadorned with the theatrics she is so enamored of. Just straight up music making. God, I wish there were more videos like this.
I love this song it's so intelligent Kate got me into the spaces in between the quiet parts are as important no one else like her x
Not live but this was after the tour of life, she has already proved herself and she was suppose to be resting after the tour instead she gave us this for Christmas.
I will never forget seeing Kate on Top of the pops for the first time when she first arrived on the music scene singing Wuthering Heights, , I was hooked on her immediately , everyone was talking about her from that day on , it's great being around when an artists first arrives on the scene , as you get to see all the genuine and first reactions from everyone . the press went crazy for her . Kate is the only female artist to write , produce and perform a number one single in British history , never been beaten yet , what does that say about how talented and how much of a musical genius our Kate is ..
@neilcunninghammedia
Жыл бұрын
I remember that day too!
@hooray4pie145
Жыл бұрын
It says a lot about how the music industry is run rigidly by the patriarchy as well. There are many talented female artists and producers but they never had the nepotism connections Kate did.
Lyrics: I spent a lot of my time looking at blue, The color of my room and my mood: Blue on the walls, blue out of my mouth; The sort of blue between clouds, when the sun comes out, The sort of blue in those eyes you get hung up about. When that feeling of meaninglessness sets in, Go blowing my mind on God: The light in the dark, with the neon arms, The meek He seeks, the beast He calms, The head of the good soul department. I see myself suddenly On the piano, as a melody. My terrible fear of dying No longer plays with me, for now I know that I'm needed For the symphony. I associate love with red, The colour of my heart when she's dead; Red in my mind when the jealousy flies, Red in my eyes from emotional ties, Manipulation, the danger signs. The more I think about sex, the better it gets. Here we have a purpose in life: Good for the blood circulation, Good for releasing the tension, The root of our reincarnations. I see myself suddenly On the piano, as a melody. My terrible fear of dying No longer plays with me, for now I know that I'm needed For the symphony. I spent a lot of my time looking at blue No wonder that I blue it!
Oh god, what a beautiful beautiful beauty.
What an amazing talent. So beautiful.
All the songs in TKI and this song are in my top playlist on my daily drives.. also the bass part of this song and all the other TKI songs inspired me to play the bass
Good quality from every aspect. Thank you!
I love all her music!! Thank you so much for it.
Merci ! Une Merveille ! ( et le Groupe est parfait )
Thank you for putting this up. It is a beautiful and inspiring rendition, and I've watched it many times to revive my spirits. Ben, of London Lo-Fi...thanks
So beautiful , thanks so much Mrs Kate !!!
Amazing … just beautiful 😍
Another masterpiece from Kate! Excellent!
Kate Bush is an angel. So fantastic.
Beautiful i love it. Kept me smiling from the beginning to the end. Majestic Kate.
so magical omg. I love this song so much.
amazing vocal on this live clip
I've listened to this lovely song since the 80s. It stirs up memories, and it's timeless. KB rules.
dire qu à l epoque j'avais 7 ans et je n ecoutais que des chanteuses 😂😂😂 disco..que j aime toujours! Si à l epoque j'avais avais découvert cette voix je serais devenu dingue fou...
Beautiful song 🥰
Just out of this world so many years past wow!!
The loveliest human being ever
The one and only, divinely Kate! So uniquely talented and stunning! Pity she didn't tour a bit more; she's an amazing live performer.
such a beautiful song 💙
one of my favorites
シュールな世界観が伝わる。Conveys a surreal view of the world.
She has a musical instrument for a voice. And such eccentric creativity!
Masterpiece!
Adoro essa música 😍
Wonderful...truly
ooooooooooooohhh, so good, cant wait to see her in august.
@andyspet
7 жыл бұрын
yes i did,amazing best concert I've ever benn to.
@andyspet
7 жыл бұрын
the album of the concerts coming out 25th november, you should get a copy, you'll love it.
@andyspet
7 жыл бұрын
you welcome, say hello to brazil for me, over here in liverpool..
We all get old. God knows we do. But when I see Kate now, she’s just the same woman. Still beautiful and even more talented now than she was then. Which is pretty hard to beat!
The biggest talent of all talents only kate could compose such song with such unique voice. 2021
Kate Bush is everything!
she's awesome !!!!!
Heaven sent .
Incredible song!
Espetacular!
❤❤❤!! Parabéns!! Saudades!!😢
a bit of "1979 Xmas special magic" in this f*** up 2020 xmas ...thanks to eternal kate Bush
Long long time ago...beautiful 💕
Magnificent!
its definetly live and its wonderful
@sergiolams
4 жыл бұрын
No it is not.vocals were pre recorded.it was mimed.
She picked Satie!!🙂
J' ai du la rêver!!! Un tel talent n'est pas de ce Monde.