The second half of the album is “The Ninth Wave” and is about a woman who is shipwrecked and lost at sea, as she tries to keep herself awake, but falls asleep and these are her dreams, with her waking up and being pulled out of the water in “The Morning Fog.”
I came here to say this. It was interesting that the reaction to the first song was that of comfort and sleepiness which is what the woman in the water needs to fight so as not to fall asleep. I believe that once someone fully comprehends "The ninth wave" as a concept, many of the emotions that one feels when listening to the songs is suddenly flipped and their meaning is very different i.e. comfort == trap.
@@alexanderbolton no,the last song "The Morning Fog"this is when she is rescued from her ordeal of being lost at sea,and being reunited with the ones she loves and loves them more so than she did before and tells them so.if you read the last verse it tells you "I'll kiss the ground,I'll tell my mother etc etc...thats why also the music is quite joyful,she has escaped certain death if she hadn't been found.
Beautiful reaction. Kate is wonderful in that she makes one feel so many emotions. The Red Shoes is a gorgeous album as is The Sensual World. But really you can’t go wrong with her….everything of hers is an experience!
So glad you got yo listen to this whole album. And you got such an intuitive feel for what Kate intended it to be about. When I first heard it I was shocked and moved to tears multiple times despite not even having any real idea as to what it meant. Especially Hello Earth which felt practically mindblowing to me.
You really should do The Dreaming next. I have frequently said that Hounds of Love is the best album of 80s, but The Dreaming is the best Kate Bush album of the 80's. If you do The Dreaming I would recommend not doing a "first time hearing review". Instead I would do an after 10 or 20 listens review, or a combo first and tenth listen combination. It is an album that must be listened too thoroughly. Of her 80's albums, a quick analysis says that Hounds of Love, masterpiece that it is, is her best album, but after a thousand listens, The Dreaming is something else entirely. The Dreaming is her Revolver, to her Sgt. Pepper, Hounds of Love.
@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax For a good album, ten or twenty times is nothing. There are many albums have listened to hundreds of time, thousands in some cases. Listening to an album while driving, cooking, doing the dishes, or whatever can quickly add up.
@@youngbloodk I know but asking someone to listen to a whole album they have never heard before at least 10 times and up to 20 times without even really knowing if they are a fan of the artist is just way over the top. Nobody does that unless they are already familar with the artist and/or their music and/or the specific songs from that particular album. Not to mention, who has the time to do that purposely? Also you definitely don't need to listen or watch something that many times to know whether you like it or not. After a third listen, you know whether you like it or not. Just seems like an over exagerration to tell someone you need to listen or view something at least a dozen times to "get it". LOL. I have liked albums and listened to them a dozen times but that was over months and years not for a next video to make or within a month or so.
@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax, while I would generally agree, The Dreaming is a special animal. It can be very jarring on the first few listens, and deserves a fair listen, especially, if as I and many others contend, The Dreaming is superior to Hounds Of Love. In light of his statements about Hounds of Love to the affect of "Is this the best album I have ever heard?", and "Why have I not heard this before?", I think he is a good candidate for the recommendation of many listens before a review. This is not dissimilar to advice I would give to someone about to review Abbey Road to listen to You Never Give Me Your Money onward as a single track ,and not individually.
The lyrics at the end of "Hello Earth" are "Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht" .... which is German for "Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the deep there is a light".
Thank you for such a beautiful reaction video. Kate is a genius, a true original -- it was evident right from the very beginning. I'm glad Stranger Things have introduced her to a new audience, she deserves all the renewed attention.
Being an old Bush baby, a few of the tracks have not aged well to me - so it's nice to see a fresh pair of ears take on this album. For me, the two tracks that I shall never tire of are "Hello Earth" - which would surely be inspired by the quote: “"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."- Neil Armstrong. Incidentally the male choir portion of that track is not written by Kate, but an adapted old Georgian chant "Tsintskharo" - the best version (apart from kates) is by Hamlet Gonasvili ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qe0tP8PThUo.html Number 2 would be "And Dream of Sheep" because that always got me in some melancholy place deep in my feels. Perhaps because I witnessed a large boat disaster when I was a child (the Wahine) - that thought has only just occurred to me. During the intermission of Kates 2014 London Eventim Apollo concert (15 performances only) "Dream of Sheep" was projected above the stage - the only footage she officially released from the show. Filmed live on the 007 water tank stound stage at Pinewood Studios in London, the track lost nothing with her more mature vocals and leaves no doubt about her situation... Her dedication to getting it right meant she contracted mild hypothermia from spending so long in the tank . A very highly recommended watch: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_256xd9N27o.html Thank You Luscent & may inspiration strike you often.
Oh my god "The Wahine 1968" funny you should mention that ship as I often thought of that ship listening to "The Ninth Wave" and especially when I sail into Wellington from picton I think of "The Ninth Wave" remember being dragged to Wellington from palmerston north by my father to view the Wahine on her side..and it came to mind funny enough when I also went to "Before The Dawn" be interesting to find out how many kiwi's made the trip to the uk to see kate
Great reaction. You got me when you said , it's like i'm in a tavern , ha ha ! I 'm so glad you found this, this album has helped me throughout my life.
Let's not underestimate the power of teenage love for all genders. Kate had some of the lyrics for this album as a teenager. It's the purest yet most scary time for us all to live through. As a 58yr old now I was blessed to have Bowie and Kate Bush there in my bedroom on a little plastic record player in the shape of a briefcase, Music is the only thing that was real for me.
For me this is the most important album of the 80s. Personally maybe the most important of my life. Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht.
As a 53 year old man who has literally listened to this album hundreds of times, it warms my heart to watch young people discovery this masterpiece for the first time. This album is now part of your DNA. 💕 Next up…..The Dreaming and Never Forever …then try Jane Siberry’s masterpiece, “When I Was A Boy”
I'm 51 years old (I turned 51 earlier this year) - and the first song of hers I saw in the 80s was Babooshka (on some hit parade). And I've been in love with her music ever since. (besides, I'm from Slovakia, i.e. the former Eastern Bloc) After the fall of the Iron Curtain, as soon as foreign music stores opened, I started buying her albums (on CD). Of course, in the meantime, I've changed different artists, but Kate Bush is the only one I still listen to today. What I realised only when I heard all her albums - she was brutally timeless. Seriously, I like the classic singers from the 60s to 80s, but there's always a formula. Only Kate Bush doesn't have a pattern. But back to the subtext - I just found out over time that she doesn't have a single bad song - and that even the songs that I didn't like much before, I started to like over time, and a lot.
"Jig of Life" always tears me up inside. I interpret it as her future self begging her present self to stay alive and not give up on life. "This moment in time (she said), it doesn't belong to you (she said), it belongs to me and to your little boy and to your little girl and the one hand clapping. Where on your palm is my little line when you're written in mine as an old memory?/Never say goodbye to my part of your life."... then it breaks out into the joyful jig that sounds like all the joys of life she has yet to live, and her brother's voice guiding her out of the darkness.
I bought all her albums back in the day, but somehow only now really realize how revolutionary and ahead of time she was in music prodcution. Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Bjork, etc etc may have dominated the 90s, but as great as their albums are, Kate set the bar high.
And Kate Bush has stated that Laura Nyro "greatly inspired and influenced her" along with Tori Amos saying the same thing about Laura. Many women that are musical artist have stated how much Laura Nyro has influenced them to write, sing, play piano and produce their own music.
@@Rhiannon011 Laura Nyro is a definite inspiration for Tori. Everyone thinks Kate Bush is her primary influence, but Kate is only five years older than Tori, and Tori began playing piano in a conservatory by age five and was playing professionally in bars and hotels by age 12. Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell are primary female influences on Tori, but the real primary musical influences are Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, classical music and church hymnals she grew up with, along with singing traditional music with her Eastern Cherokee grandfather. I once asked Tori to play "And When I Die" as a leadin to "Happy Phantom" and her eyes bugged out and she said "THAT'S interesting!" but she didn't play it haha
I was 10 when hounds of love came out, but where I lived somehow Kate Bush slipped out from under my radar and I don’t remember her music at all. Watching this reaction with no point of reference really I noted there’s a similar vibe to Tori Amos Little Earthquakes and just assumed there was influence there or both women had similar influences
I've loved Tori since "Earthquakes" but her musical style is different in my opinion. Kate is very story and cinema. I feel Tori is more first-person. I was so elated that Tori did RUTH in concert. I literally lost my mind! Each woman deserves respect for their own contributions. Both are woman who play piano but then so does Lady Gaga. Enough praise and respect for all! Talent is talent.
If Kate doing barking noises surprised you in “Hounds of Love”…try the last track on The Dreaming: “Get Out of My House.” “Hello Earth” has always been one of my favorite Kate tracks. It’s not necessarily loud, but it’s overwhelming. The image I always have in my head is of the shipwrecked woman in the water hallucinating as she looks up at the Moon and thinking it’s the Earth.
@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 yeah it was spellbounding, have never been to a concert where everyone was so focused and drawn in.the whole concert was breathtaking and unbelievable that it was actually kate singing on stage and I didn't dream it
FKA twigs’ album MAGDELENE is like a modern version of this album in some sorts (although they are very different and stand together on their own as masterpieces) i would love to see your reaction to it
Please do "The Dreaming" by her next !!! it is her craziest album. EMI almost declined it's release bc of how experimental and crazy it was for the time (1982). Plus it was the first album where she handled all the production herself.
Running up That Hill - 2:46 The Hounds of Love - 6:55 The Big Sky - 10:54 Mother Stands for Comfort - 14:56 Cloudbursting - 18:00 And Dream of Sheep - 21:01 Under Ice - 23:57 Waking the Witch - 26:29 Watching You Without Me - 31:58 Jig of Life - 35:05 Hello Earth - 40:40 The Morning Fog - 45:55
Genius is a word that tends to be thrown about a lot these days, but Kate is most definitely a genius. One of my favourite track is Dream of Sheep. On the surface it's a soothing track that lulls you into a state of comfort. However, whenever you actually consider that the song is actually about trying to stay awake, otherwise you will succumb to cold, sink down into the depths and embrace certain death. Genius.
This is the best Kate Bush reaction I've ever seen, I couldn't stop smiling and I got emotional when you described how you feel like a changed person and how much it inspired you! You said this was the album you've been waiting for all your life, but maybe Kate Bush is the artist you've been waiting for all your life? She sure was for me. So the album can be divided into two parts, the first half is basically the "Hounds of Love" part, all songs are about love in some way and they're a bit more conventional sounding but still so unique, especially "Mother Stands For Comfort" which is so underrated. Then the second half is a very experimental concept piece called "The Ninth Wave" starting at "And Dream of Sheep", and you did seem to understand that there was a shift there and that the songs are connected somehow, and your interpretations weren't that far off sometimes! Listening to it knowing the story will blow your mind even more! Listen to it at night in the dark! It's beyond music, it's like a movie and it's an out of body experience for me especially during "Hello Earth". It's art. She was such a pioneer, this album is timeless and has inspired so many just like it inspired you. Please react to all her albums, and do it in order!
It's only natural you'll do more Kate album reactions in the future - she seems like an artist you respond well to. I'd suggest going chronologically, but since you've heard a decent amount of songs from her first album, you could probably listen to it on your own time. For a reaction, I'd suggest "The Sensual World" (1989). It's very warm and not as conceptual, so it won't confuse you much. A lovely pop album. It has "This Woman's Work" on it. "The Dreaming" (1982) is a great album for a reaction too but you gotta prepare yourself for it first. It is one of Bjork's favorite albums ever, so you can imagine how fucked up it is.
Not the shade towards the dreaming ☠️, Björk’s list of favorite albums is how I discovered Kate and Joni Mitchell. Really recommend Hissing Of Summer Lawns if you haven’t listened to it.
@@Benheartsart Haha no shade! The Dreaming is one of my favorite Kate albums along with HOL and Aerial, but I had to warn him ☠ Love Bjork and Joni! I have heard some songs off that album, but thus far have only listened to Blue and Hejira in full. She's such a lyrical genius. Will listen to it, thanks!
I totally agree with you about waiting to listen to "The Dreaming ". Based on his two reviews of KB music, "The Sensual World" or "The Red Shoes" may be better choices for the next album. I love "The Dreaming" but it's more abrasive/darker than "Hounds" for sure. Easier to go from that album to "Hounds" than the reverse in my opinion.
Ok so I'm going to try to explain this album the best I can, some people did kinda say how it works but I believe you need more context for it to be really understood. From "Running up that hill" to "Cloudbusting" Is the album "Hounds of Love" at least conceptually. After her last album "The Dreaming" which sonically was extremely experimental and uncommercial the label told her that if she didn't write a hit album she would be signed off from her label. So she decided to break the album in two parts: one that would have all the singles and "commercial songs" and another one that would be just as experimental as she wanted. So, going back to what I was saying, have in mind that back then vinyls and Cassettes would have a Side A and Side B. She took advantage of that and made Side A "Hounds Of Love" and Side B a new album inside the album called "The Ninth Wave" The whole album tells the story of a women floating in water after a Shipwreck, her passing from different stages in her attempt to maintain consciousness and stay alive. Dream of a Sheep is about her In a conscious State singing about her struggle to stay awake, telling herself to stay awake and not surrender to death. Under the ice is abou a dream she has about her skating on ice and seeing someone following her under the ice, to end up realizing she's watching herself from out of her body. So like, she as an entity is out of her body. Then, The next three song represent the Past, the Present and the Future of this woman's life, being these hallucinations she has related to the.. "Waking the Witch" goes back to this woman antecessors, who are telling her to wake and not give up. Then she has a vision of one of them being in a witch trial back in the past. In the end you hear a Helicopter and a man telling her "You must wake up, you need to get out of Water" these are the people that are there save her. "Watching you without me" would be the present, and is about her watching her lover as a ghost and going through the idea they won't be able to be together anymore, and how he has no idea about her being on the edge of death. "Jig of Life" would represent the Future and is basically she having a debate with her future self and she asking her not to give up as she wants to live and have a life. "Hello Earth" talks about how she is saying goodbye to the world, surrendering to the idea of dying and just watching the whole world and departing from it. "The Morning Fog" is when she's rescue from the water and sings about how she will cherish life from now on because of this experience. That's why the change of tone music wise. That's all, hope it's easy to understand haha
Good explanation, thanks! I knew the basics of the shipwreck story but not the details. Under Ice is the one that seriously disturbs me....just that voice screaming 'Its me!' *sheesh*
@@garfycat2227 Kate Bush has always resisted giving a definitive interpretation of her songs. She prefers that the individual listener finds whatever meaning they want from the songs.
@@mikeoliver5642 kate has always explained what the songs mean,there are interviews on RU-vid where she explains the meaning of her songs,but she has also said in these interviews that she doesn't want to take away people's own thoughts of what the songs mean to the listener.the songs mean different things and she's happy with that as well
I was hoping to see the lightbulb mind-blown moment from you when you discover the REAL meaning behind the suite of songs in the second half 😜 maybe do it in an update video on socials? Aha
Some of the comments suggested "The Dreaming" (1982) as the next step (and you should do it at some time), but maybe it would be interesting to examine "Aerial" (2005), especially side B "A Sky Of Honey", another wonderful suite about the course of a sample day, just like "The Ninth Wave" showed us a floating person on the sea from drowning until eventually being rescued...
"This is life-changing." My exact words 37 years ago when I first bought this album. Still have that vinyl. It's still in my top favorites and certainly shows why and how an 'album' format can be so impactful and a real journey. Listened for so many hours with my headphones on back then. Great reaction. Glad you found it. Better late than never!
Your final conclusion is so lovely. Discovering music that you realize will be with you forever is one of the best parts of life. Congrats to being in the Kate club now!
When this album came out I was just discovering the wonderful world of progressive and art rock. This album was a huge influence in the development of my musical taste. The Ninth Wave is a masterpiece. All these years later it still holds up. It's not just a collection of songs. It's a sonic journey. It makes me really happy to see it resonate with a new generation of fans.
every song is unique, she didn't repeat herself - always creative and experimenting new tecnologies and styles. She was upon the mainstream, she had no interest in. I'm so glad young folk of today is discovering her.
Went from knowing the name but not really knowing the music a month or so ago to being one of my favorite artists I've ever heard. And I still have several albums to go. About to move on to Red Shoes.
@@usasoldiern You're so lucky. I am familiar up to The Red Shoes. I have listened to her later stuff once only. I'm saving it for later. Hounds of Love and Sensual World are part of my DNA.
Hounds of Love is a masterpiece. I literally wore out 2 cassettes of this album within the first year of its release. I still love it so much. So atmospheric.
I’m 53 and this album was the soundtrack of my teenage years. And the dreaming too. I highly recommend to dip your soul and ears in THE DREAMING album. It’s absolutely great. It’s an adventure within your deepest feelings.
Cloudbusting was sampled by Utah Saints for their 1992 club classic "Something Good". I've known that song forever without knowing that it was Kate Bush's voice until I listened to Hounds of Love!
I would like you to dive into Kate's entire catalogue starting with her debut album "The Kick Inside", however Kate's 4th album "The Dreaming" was the 1st one when she was sole producer (she was co-producer on the previous album "Never For Ever") is considered to be her most experimental "out there" album, at time Kate had fully mastered the Fairlight CMI (having used it to extent on "Never For Ever") and used it to great effect on "The Dreaming" and the "Hounds Of Love", so based on your reaction to HOL then perhaps you should listen to "The Dreaming" next. Regarding "Mother Stands For Comfort" I think that it's a really great song and as you dive further into Kate's music you will encounter other songs with dark subjects that other artists wouldn't go anywhere near, another example of just how Kate is fearless, she knows what she wants to explore and express and won't be deflected. A perfect example is the debut single "Wuthering Heights", EMI had categorised Kate as an album artist only and wanted to release a more mainstream track "James And The Cold Gun" as the 1st single, Kate refused and continued to argue for "Wuthering Heights" as she wanted to make an immediate impact with it. EMI executives eventually caved in because they thought that such an unusual song would be a flop and its failure would teach her lesson, instead it became a massive worldwide smash hit record. Oops I do need to add that one of acts in her concert residency "Before The Dawn" in 2014 was devoted to "The Ninth Wave" it started as a live recorded performance of "And Dream Of Sheep" projected on a huge screen at the start, the video can be seen here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_256xd9N27o.html Kate did suffer for her art, afterwards she was diagnosed with mild hypothermia. The tickets for all 22 dates sold out in 15 minutes, I was lucky to get a ticket to her last performance, people came from all over the world to see Kate, I know for certain because while queuing to go in I talked to a few people - so there were people who had travelled from Germany, Netherlands, America, Australia and New Zealand for example.
i recommend you in the next days to make reaction video from Kate albums "Never for ever" and " Lionheart" , they were produced before Hounds of love. Lionheart is basically with piano and strings and guitar, Never for ever approached the fairlight. Lionheart is 1978 and Never for ever 1980. Hounds of love 1985
I first heard this album a little over a year ago and was blown away by its perfection. It is now my favorite album of all time, and I never tire of listening to it. “Hello Earth” is almost unbearably beautiful. Great review - I loved seeing your reaction to “Waking the Witch”.
Jig of Life is The Character talking to her self from the future, and her brother's gorgeous poem. He was also her publicity photographer for most of her career, which has been very much a family affair. State of the art recording studio in her parents garden, one brother in the band the other taking pictures, we get snippets from her mother and father in recordings and more recently her child.
"Dream of sheep" is one of my favourite songs ever since my dad explained it to me. It's about a woman adift in a life boat with a light on to of it, and as it spins it lights up her face. But she's been in it for days with only her imagination and she can feel herself slipping away and dying. She thinks that she could hold on just a little longer if she just had something to take her mind off of it. But she gradually fades. It's both a tragedy and a relief that it's all ended. It's the best way I've ever hear death described. Beautiful.
You should listen all her album befor that one 🙃 full of surprise....Kate s music is in my life for about 38 years ! She is my queen of 80 s ! So cuite to see you doscover that album....but for me the one s befor are soooooo amazing ! Im happy for her and this big come back ! Its so exiting for her i guess ! She waz at the time very unique and i feel the same for me today!
I listened to "Waking the witch" for the first time in the middle of the night, focused on writing my Bachelor thesis. I was woken up for real and scared af. Would recommend and not recommend this setting at the same time 😂 I just love her so so much. She's so creative.
I am really impressed with your reaction. It seems you didn't have any knowledge about "the ninth wave" before going into it, so watching you react to each song on its own was really impressive. The things you said about some of the songs was spot on, even not knowing the story. You're really smart, and it made my night to watch this! Great album!
I want to call you and ask you out for red wine and a Kate Bush listening party. Thank you for this reaction. Her music is everything. You are beautiful and interesting. Keep it going. Lots of love ❤️
I think the music of the last 20 years(in general) sounds dated after a year. It's funny how so many kids now are into 60s to 80s music. Apart from a few obscure bands,music is generic shite now. 'in the trees,it's coming", is from a great 50's English horror film called Night of the Demon. Check it out.
I'm a 52 year old guy and iv been so lucky to grow up with Kate's music i bought this album when I was 15 and iv listened to it at least once a month it never gets old
And seriously you MUST look back, and sideways, etc. as far as you can. In order to Truly understand where things are and where they will go you must understand where they came from. Otherwise it’s so shallow - no depth, why bother. Look and listen to everything. Then proceed.
Jig of life is my favourite song of all time. I very much know what’s the actual meaning of it. It’s about a girl (maybe Kate herself) who suffers from depression and have suicidal thoughts. So, her old self founds her « the crossroad meet, look into the mirror, I know your face well etc…. ». She is basically telling her that she is not allowed to kill herself as this part of her life doesn’t belong to her now. It belongs to her older self. The name of the song itself indicates that this song is ironic but also very meaningful in the end. This song really helped me when I was in the deepest in my depression. With idea like the one is the song. It has now become a refuge for me. I’m forever great full to Kate Bush for writing this song.
It's odd with Kate Bush some of her music sounds like the product of someone who is very eccentric and maybe even a bit out of their mind but in person she comes across as someone very refined and even kind-hearted and humble.
Glad this has awakened you to the past. Music objectively was better produced and crafted than it is today, where everything is produced simply to be louder and more compressed to be hard on digital formation the move. The 70s and 80s are a lesson in experimentation and quality that really is lacking today. I truly hope you find a wealth of surprises.
The first time I heard this album was when I brought it hot off the press in 1985. Remember sitting on the edge of my bed mouth open and staring into space (alright I was stoned).this album has followed by life as with her previous 4 albums and for those that were to follow after. But what a album "Hounds Of Love" is
The opening line of "Hounds Of Love" the title track of this iconic album is a sample taken from a 1957 Britsh Horror film called "Night Of The Demon" staring Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummings. In the video for this song which Kate directed herself she goes on the run with a fugitive,the video has a 1950's look to it. Kate did create a series of really iconic videos for tracks from this album which you should look into and react too,they really add to the meanings and momentum of the songs,the video she created for "Cloud Busting" is really amazing and stars Donald Sutherland. So great that you are reacting to such an iconic and ground breaking album from Kate Bush. Parts of this album also formed part of the live "Before The Dawn" shows she created in 2014. There is a sequece she filmed for that show for the track "And Dream Of Sheep" which was filmed in a huge water tank in a studio, Kate is wearing a life jacket which conceals a live microphone and sings the song live and it's really atmospheric and haunting, like she is out at sea,the film actually became part of the live show.But it's worh watching as a stand alone video of her's too.If you get the chance to watch this it will change how you see that song because it gives it a whole new emotive weight. (matt)
I'm at the point where you just heard "Wake up!" and I have to share my experience with it. I was half-sleeping on the train in NYC on the way home when I heard "Wake up!" which immediately made me open my eyes to look around and then I realized it was the song. My heart was beating so fast 😂 Edit: So glad you loved it and that it inspired and encouraged you so much. There's so much amazing music of the past and now you can continue your journey of discovery. Enjoy!! 😆
The video for Cloudbusting is a must see, very cinematic, which stars Donald Sutherland as Wilhelm Reich. About 10 years ago, my wife and I were just leaving Santa Monica beach when we walked past a man walking his dog. We both saw him, nudged each other and nodded to the man as we passed. The dog walker was Donald Sutherland.
You made me cry Like seeing myself hearing it for the first time 37 years ago Thank you for this I love you and your enthusiasm This is the album you’ve been waiting for your whole life I need you to find me We have to talk Thank you for your beautiful honesty
Definitely listen to the side 2 suite The Ninth Wave. All on its own straight through, headphones. A few times. There was a poem in the original liner notes. Concept. Also, “Hello Earth” section was used in a scene from Miami Vice - US tv show in the 80’s. Song “waking the witch” (a witch trial) has a vibe to her earlier song “get out of my house”. Wait… from The Dreaming or Never Forever? My copies are elsewhere. Oh, listen to all of them.
I’m with you, this album revolutionized the way I listen to and think about music, especially in the album format. The focus on dreams amidst the existential threat of drowning in the second half was especially mind-altering, with how it follows our distressed heroine through the entire scope of being human, from the intimacy of home-life to the confrontation with her older self, all the way up to the encounter with perhaps the ultimate sublime, the enormity of the world against the vastness of space, all while following an intuitive kind of dream-logic that keeps the listener on the seat’s edge even in its more tender moments. I am so glad you loved it!
I was eleven years old when "Wuthering Heights" got released, and have been a Kate Bush fan since then 'in real time'. My family used to mock me, "Are you still listening to this woman who sounds like a screaming cat?" It makes me so happy to see that all these years later new generations get to discover her work AND appreciate it so beautifully. @42.46 min. She is saying in German "Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht" which translates into "Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the depth there is a light." And then, she ends it on "Go to sleep, little Earth."
How you describe feeling about this album at the end of your video, is how I felt about PJ HARVEY's "IS THIS DESIRE?" and TORI AMOS' "FROM THE CHOIRGIRL HOTER" albums from 1998. They're also sample heavy and experimental like this, and you'll love them. I think they were the first albums I sat through from beginning to end without pausing and I never wanted to take off those headphones and stop listening. They were the inspiration to go ahead and make some demos and not just write songs no one would ever hear. Now I have demos no one liked 😂 ... though oddly I think it would have maybe gotten some attention now, but the 2020s has been a little rough 😶🌫🤐
"Is This Desire?" is my 2nd favorite PJ album and I truly do think it's a masterpiece unlike any album. It changed my view of how to write dark characters with an empathetic approach. I hope he reacts to it soon.
As if I am back in August '85, listening to my version of the album for the first time. Feeling overwhelmed is a weak description of what I then experienced. I also remember the emotions evoked contemplating the high standard this album represents. And... playing it for weeks on end, leaving all other music behind. I really enjoyed your conclusions while knowing what you had missed - the story behind the story that was the common thread throughout part two. Then all your questions surfacing while taking in this piece of art. Great job!
All her albums are worth reacting too but for another "dance" song I recommend "eat the music", for a prediction of the future "deeper understanding" & "a coral room" for a beautiful tribute to her mum
Ha ha, Wait till you look up the meaning of "And Dream Of Sheep" @ 22:00, your mind will be blown! So different to what you think the song is about. But it just goes to show the depth of Kate's imagination! How she is capable of writing songs about the strangest topics is incredibly amazing. Not a bad reaction.
I knew you would be amazed and deeply affected by this album in it's entirety. In my opinion, it is the greatest album ever recorded. It's got some stiff competition from a couple of Pink Floyd albums like, The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon but I think it is the most emotionally affective album I've ever heard.
Love this reaction .....refreshing to see it hit someone else the way it hit me many many years ago. Kate Bush is just something else ......you listen to music and you love it and then something like KB's music comes along that reveals a spectrum you never realised was there and you never realised you were missing until now..... Welcome aboard
9:11 The movie sampling at the beginning of The Hounds of Love ("it's in the trees! It's coming!") is from the 1957 film Night of the Demon. It's worth a look for those who like older films.
You beat me to it! A great film indeed and I would recommend it, even though we see the (slightly cheesy) monster flying through the trees almost immediately.
Bfdidc When Kate spoke about it, the only thing she was incorrect about, was the actor, Maurice Denham. It was actually a mental patient who immediately after, jumped out of the window and died. From memory the actor was Brian Whyte.
You are partly right but i think also slightly off. The idea i believe is she is lost at sea and her falling in between conscious and death. With Kate you need to get inside her head and also take in the samples that create the narrative and the overall story. It’s a lot to take in and with The Ninth Wave it’s a continuum a concept which should be taken in as a complete work. It’s great to see you get into her body of work. would be interesting for you to review The Kick Inside from the beginning of her career or Aerial, which is also magnificent in its concept but much later.
I wish you would have known that the second half of the album was its own concept piece called The Ninth Wave! It is so much more beautiful and powerful when you understand the story being told before going into it and understanding her journey on being rescued from the sea.
It’s funny that people nowadays are so focused on everything being listened to as individual songs, to the point that they’ll stop even when the next song clearly starts without any break from the previous one. Growing up with Yes, early Rush, Pink Floyd, etc., it’s natural for me to recognize when there’s deliberate connections between songs.
This album. Dear gods, this album. My first attempt at listening all the way through ended abruptly when "Waking the Witch" gave me an anxiety attack (that "Wake up!" messed me up something fierce); my second attempt made it to the end, and then the cassette stayed in constant rotation in my Walkman for months after. Thank you for helping me remember what a work of magic it truly is. As for recommendations: for reasons unknown, The Red Shoes, Kate's 1993 album, never seems to come up in any of the online conversations, which is a damned shame as it's pretty magnificent, especially the title track. Give it a listen.
The Dreaming would be a great next step - it’s known as her “mad” album. 🤪 Also, “Experiment IV” from her hits compilation The Whole Story - the video is a must see!
It truly is a life-changing album, as you said. Kate Bush's music is life changing, life affirming, eye opening, mind expanding. It takes you on a journey, an adventure; it is cinematic and unique and innovative. It can be optimistic, dark, edgy, theatrical, beautiful, sublime, transformative, transcendent. It's like life itself. As much as she is a musical genius with an incredible voice, Kate Bush IS ultimately a genius storyteller. Each song is a story that features different characters and the character's experience and perspective in a specific situation, which in turn dictates the sounds she chooses, the lyrics, the instrumentation, etc. in the song. I've LOVED Kate Bush's music for ages and it STILL blows my mind each time I listen to it, which is very often. And even though I've listened to this album countless times, watching your reaction to it brought new dimensions out of it for me, and renewed appreciation for the album. It gave me a great sense of optimism that the intense impact of her music, that many of us felt decades ago, continues for younger generations. Her music is timeless. She is a rare artist, the likes of which we will never see again. I'm grateful that her music is being discovered and re-discovered. Thank you so much for this! It meant so much to see a young person experiencing this for the first time. It felt like I was looking in the mirror at my younger self listening to it for the first time, which was really quite beautiful. Please stay true to who you are and keep creating your music! It's wonderful to know there are young people like you in the world who are great creative souls. BTW, the second part of the album is called The Ninth Wave and is about a woman who's lost at sea, adrift and being enveloped by the frigid, wide open, powerful ocean. Her mind goes in all directions. Will she be found? Will she be saved? Does she live or die? It is existential. But you're absolutely right that each listener will find their own meaning in the music. This is by far the best Kate Bush music reaction video I've seen!
Wonderful reaction ❤️ I’m sure by now you’ve worked the ninth wave is concept piece with the songs being linked together. A lot of people don’t realise that there is also lots of ‘hidden’ genius going on - an example is ‘watching you without me’ - played forward the broken up voice sings help me etc - played backwards her mum ( Hannah Bush ) responds . It subconsciously puts us the listener in the place of the women in the water - like a ghost / unable to communicate - to see or hear your family. This is just one example - there are loads more but I’ll let you discover them for yourself - listen closely and research it’s massively rewarding - takes genius to a whole new level ❤️
Thank you for bringing me back to the Moment in 1985 when I had the same journey, listening to Hounds of Love for the first time. You brought a huge big fat happy smile on my face while I was watching. This album's comeback isn' t really a comeback for me. The Hounds were with me all those 37 years. 💃🏻⛰️💃🏻
Better late than never. I remember my introduction to this album. I was blown away!! I heard it 20 yrs after its release. I will always be grateful to my ex. I barely remember him but while we were together he introduced me to this album. He faded but this album remained. I still listen to it. It’s in my top 10.
Oh yes! One of my favourite albums of all time! I think you would enjoy her The Dreaming album as well. It's even more experimental but has such beautiful moments in it too! As for more "old stuff" I recommend you listen to Tori Amos debut Little Earthquakes. It will bring you tears.
I've listened to Kate Bush for decades...and the note about percussion @15:25 is astute. She manages to create a soundscape where drums are on beat & off beat simultaneously.
It's quite funny to watch!!! You're so onto it all, without the final pieces.... I've wanted to yell at you ... but I've loved laughing at the idiot savant. I'm super impressed that your take on the themes, separated, are spot on. You've opened up some other great possibilities, that I think are really really relevant. Now near the end of the video, going to wonder if you have a penny drop moment. And if you mention seagulls one more time I'm going to split my sides laughing.
I love how you say 'its like she's made it through the night' . Hit the nail on the head there. The 2nd part of the album - the 'B' side to us oldies - is about being lost at sea 'and dream of sheep' followed by dreams etc and making it through the night.
