I mean, there's a reason the show was called Top of the Pops lol. It was literally a no. 1 hit either at that time already or shortly thereafter... So it's not like people didn't know who she was. But your point probably still stands that they're excited to have been there even all these decades later.
The audience don't know what's going on, they clearly weren't used to this style of singing back then, most of them probably actually thought Kate will be a complete flop because she was so unique and out there.!
What did you expect them to do? Mosh? It's not the sort of music to dance to; more one that takes you on an inward journey. That Wuthering Heights was #1 and she was on Top of the Pops somewhat disproves your assertion that most of them thought she would be a complete flop. She released WH when she was 19 and, as she says at the start, she's 20 when she did this performance. She was already insanely successful. Also, if you watch any Top of the Pops from the 1970s, you'll notice the crowds are nearly always very passive no matter how upbeat the music. Maybe a sign of the times, or maybe they were told not to dance.
What are you talking about? She was a huge success in the UK and the rest of Europe in the 70s and really has been ever since. Wuthering Heights was her debut single and it was literally a no. 1 hit. All but one of her albums reached the UK Top 5 (at least one entered at no.1), and the only one that didn't still made the Top 10. And that's despite the fact that she only went on a single tour and then decided to never tour again. Sure, she wasn't as well-known in the States back then (don't think it was a focus either though) but even so, she was still nominated for multiple Grammy Awards during the 80s and 90s.
I don't think she's advanced, the music is timeless or just transcends trends in music. It's not like music that came out after this all sounds like Kate Bush.
I am 60 year Afro American woman i hadn't heard the name Kate Bush ever in my life...i 😊😊 wasn't familiar with her nor her catalog of music until just a couple pf days when St Vincent performed on the rock and roll hall of Fame and this song instantly swept me off my feet after hearing tnis i was intrigued and wanted to find out more about miss Kate Bush ❤and now that I am familiar i must say I am most definitely a fan ❤❤❤❤
@@wendytrimble3467 oh my goodness thank you for sharing your commentary so meaningful can't stop listening to Miss Kate Bush she's quite the musician singer songwriter and lyricist ♥️❤💋💋❤️❤️ WOW
I'm 66 and was blown away by Kate when she first started. She is something special. Recently felt the same about a young singer/songwriter called Aurora. You should check her out as well. Best wishes.
I am a 218-year-old phosphorescent octopus from the eighth planet of the Zrqkkqs planetary system in the Large Magellanic Cloud of and I agree with you!
I've never heard a song that perfectly expresses an entire piece of literature the way this song does. It's my favorite book and this does it justice somehow.
@@catinthehat906 , I rather wanted to say that not everyone is able to understand how cool everything is done in Kate Bush's music. But yes, exactly, witnesses of genius.
At the end, the audience seemed to be not knowing how to react. I can't help but feel it was because what was being presented to them was so new and different and wonderful.
People often mistook her music for "pop" music. And then the lack of shallowness surprised them. You have to be prepared for music that is able to change your state of mind.
I love that this was a live vocal and not lip-sync. There are so few live performances of hers in comparison to many contemporaries (fleetwood mac, Springsteen, Bowie...) this is a treasure!
@@ballfart4205 while she was originally inspired by the last minutes of the TV program, she said that she did go on to read the book before writing wuthering heights
It's awesome how there's been a resurgence of interest (and actual purchase) of her music thanks to it going viral after Stranger Things featured Running Up That Hill as a big plot point. She apparently made over a $1M in royalties from streaming services in a month during the period after the show.
Pitch Perfect! The voice so strange and conventionally 'weird' at the time was an ice breaker. Kate Bush was tops solo in theatrics having songs with great lyrics. First of her kind 1978 and found by the youth of today 2022 is tremendous.
Its so cool with her being so focused on the cameras! I have the feeling that she is singing past the obviously confused crowd and directly to me! Traveling through space and time cause she knew that some people at the other end of the cameras would understand.
This is the proof that nothing beats a good original. She sang that song in her own style, and no one have been able to do it better for the last 41 years.
Serene, pristine and deranged, nobody should underestimate quite how shocking it was when the teenaged Bush emerged to the world with this haunting piano melodrama of her own creation. Casting herself as tragic heroine Cathy from Emily Bronte’s gothic romance, perhaps the reason so few pop songs are based on classic novels is that they’d have to live up to this.
As a 10 year old boy she used to give you certain feelings.... Still get them in my 50's watching this but as she's only 20 here it doesn't feel quite right!
Some sort of bureaucratic bullshit involving the musician’s union is the reason the backing track is so weird. She wasn’t allowed to use her own backing track. Instead, the BBC orchestra did their own very rough approximation of the record. Judging from this, they possibly should have invested in a metronome for starters.
I was wondering why so much of the instrumentation I love was gone here! It’s the little things in the background that you end up missing when they’re taken out. It’s such a shame because Wuthering Heights even without Kate singing normally sounds so full but the orchestra here clearly couldn’t create the same kind of sound
When I first heard this song I thought this woman had lost her mind. Then after I heard it the tenth, or so, time I found myself getting into it. It's one of those songs that has to grow on you.
This version is so glassy, so frail, perfectly matching the essence of the song and giving it a different dimension than that of the studio version, especially when her voice falters as she sings "let me in your window." That little quake is everything.
@@grinsko6741 No, it is definitely a rare live TOTP performance. Other great live clips worth watching are Eurythmics "You have placed a chill in my heart", Bowie "Jean Genie", James "Getting away with it' etc
Kate was 20 when she was talking to Michael Aspel about this Song, I was 21 - funnily enough although I liked the song (the Chorus of which you couldn't help singing along to)! 🎼🎵.I wasn't a Kate Bush Fan - I'm 67 now and totally appreciate her Talent & Sheer Genius, to Connect and Speak to our very Souls, (how times have changed)! 🧑🦳🙏 I heard 'The Man With a Child in his Eyes' the other day on my local Radio- came on u-Tube after reading the Lyrics and created a Kate Bush Playlist! 🦻📻🧔👶👀🎧. Listening to her other songs reminded me how great and talented she is, not just her Lyrics & Singing, but her interpretation of them in her Videos, through Movement, which are Creative, Ethereal, Whacky, Timeless, but Totally Brilliant!🎼🎵🎧🎥🕯️🪽😇🪽🪬🕉️☯️♾️💜💚♥️
Out on the wily, windy moors We'd roll and fall in green You had a temper like my jealousy Too hot, too greedy How could you leave me When I needed to possess you? I hated you, I loved you, too Bad dreams in the night They told me I was going to lose the fight Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering Wuthering Heights Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold Let me in your window Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold Let me in your window Ooh, it gets dark, it gets lonely On the other side from you I pine a lot, I find the lot Falls through without you I'm coming back love Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream My only master Too long I roam in the night I'm coming back to his side, to put it right I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering Wuthering Heights Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold Let me in your window Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold Let me in your window Ooh, let me have it Let me grab your soul away Ooh, let me have it Let me grab your soul away You know it's me, Cathy Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold Let me in your window Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold Let me in your window Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold
Lmao if u think music now is terrible you are very obviously missing a LOT of music. This is such a dumb statement people make all the time because they have nostalgia for their generation lol. There will ALWAYS be good, outstanding, creative music, you just have to find it.
Pmfsl your not wrong m8. Kate is an Enigma. The tripe that spews out of the over sexualised manufactured tallentless industry will never come close to her.
I was MADLY in love with Kate the day I first saw her! I had a huge 4 foot poseter of her on my wall for years. Apparently I discovered later she lived only a few miles from the military base I was serving on! BIG HUGS Kate you are still the best!
1978 is the year I took O'Level Lit with Wuthering Heights as one of the books to study. A classmate brought the record to class. After we heard it our Lit teacher said she didn't understand a word lol !!!
I was 15 when this Song was released and I fell in love with the music and that voice, even not knowing the Singer and how does she look. It took a while until I finally see that beautiful girl singing and dancing on TV, and she never got out of my head since then. 45 years later ... here I am watching you, dear Kate , and still loving you and your outstanding Songs. But I know that my love is only one among millions of people around the world that loves you too. Wish you all the BEST, my dear Lady Kate Bush. THANK YOU ! (From Brazil)
