Aldous Harding - Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush) (Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, London, 04/04/2016)

Aldous Harding performing "Wuthering Heights" (Kate Bush cover) at Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen, London on the 4th April 2016.
Check out the official Aldous Harding channel here: / @aldoushardingofficial

[@audreyh6628]

Probably the only person who could do justice to Kate Bush

[@karl9411]

Umm i like Aldous but not nearly

[@julianmach3192]

Kate Bush was FAR better.

[@amateurwave3593]

@@julianmach3192 its. a. cover.

[@julianmach3192]

@@amateurwave3593 Yes, I known that, but covers are not equals. Thats one is ugly bad! BDW I like Aldous Harding.

[@amateurwave3593]

@@julianmach3192 lol just barely heard her on a university radio. The barrel, damn, imagining my man, blend are great. Any more you recommend?

[@johncastle8254]

an amazing book ,written by an amazing women ,who another amazing woman wrote a song about ,being sung by another amazing woman ,I’m flabbergasted ,my flabber has never been so gasted .

[@dbrowne9341]

oh my god thats great!!

[@WorldCupWillie]

And "Bush" is slang for a fanny. So many levels

[@MrJuly66]

Great insight

[@natashab3412]

💞

[@PJmusica]

I can never tell when she's serious. She's the the Andy Kaufman of Alt Folk music. I love her.

[@regplasma7906]

Great comparison to Kaufman.

[@paullazenby2729]

I see Ron Mael in her mischievous glance....

[@donweiss4447]

Excellent! She knows it's a hard song to sing and she approached it rather carefully. I got a kick out of the closing expressions on her face. She gave kind of a "I did OK I guess." She did great!

[@blahblahoink]

The best new artist for years. Her originals are amazing but if she did one cover I can't think of a better one for her

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Williteverbethesameagain am with you every step

[@ChrisJones-ht9zn]

Takes guts to take on that song.

[@amateurwave3593]

Check out the blind girl on the voice who took it on. Raw talent but she def needs guidance. Still an amazing rendition from a very young girl.

[@sharondianneb]

Esp in London !

[@michaelmckenna7109]

She sings this song like I sing it in the shower and just as bad. Haven't got the drunken crowd screams though.

[@andyfield7397]

AH is perfectly oddball for early KB

[@Jerry-hv5nq]

@@amateurwave3593 The voice is bullshit. All those singers are talentless and don’t reach the soul.

[@jasonstalman]

Been following her for a while. Always been a huge Bush fan too. Now this. I'm a happy bunny now. Bounce bounce.

[@seabertotter4325]

I knew a bunny and you are no bunny.

[@LOCKEYJ]

Classic white male, pretending to be a rabbit in an attempt to trick us all

[@coloh9928]

huge bush fan

[@dcbaxter]

Owns it, as Kate does with covers of others work. Aldous is incredibly brilliant. LOVE.

[@vKarl71]

Wow. That takes guts. I'm glad somebody is still appreciating the great Kate Bush. Would love to hear her do this with a full band.

[@natashab3412]

In a London pub no less

[@lisacolbert5987]

@@natashab3412A London pub, right ? She’s got a titanium pair.

[@kreavixminis8272]

This makes sense. I love KB and I recently found Aldous ❤

[@fluchterschoen]

Aldous is awesome. At the end of this you wouldn't know whether to laugh, clap or do both. She's brilliant & hilarious.

[@mattrobins2002]

Brave to try this. One of the only people who could come close but she doesn’t have the lower range that Kate was blessed with.

[@joelster7455]

I think AH's lower range is beautiful, the problem is that most of Wuthering Heights is right at the top of her range, so to my ear the tone is compromised

[@joedunch5271]

Been in love with Kate since 1979. Been in love with Aldous since discovering her two weeks ago. Now I've found this, and I really don't need anything else.

[@greatsage13]

I love Kate Bush and feared the worst, but then when I listened I was blown away. Aldous nailed it!! And now I'm following her too.

[@sharonunfiltered]

This lady is a gem, I love her music, her style, her wonderful facial expressions and beautiful humility ❤

[@ndines6237]

I just love her! I think she pulled it off. I haven't got this excited about a performer in a long time!

[@michaelbernasiak]

simply beautiful!

[@ashleyohohoh]

2 great artists smashed together

[@jaredwhite571]

Mesmerizing-true artist that earns my respect. The Craft committed

[@ajdesigns6979]

WOW she's amazing!

[@gracenottingham6316]

So excited for her to perform with Lorde !

[@ajdesigns6979]

are they performing together?

[@gracenottingham6316]

yes! Aldous announced it herself.

[@ajdesigns6979]

OMG! this will be epic

[@gracenottingham6316]

ikr! it will be on Later with Jools Holland I think )

[@beksinski]

Aldous gets zero nourishment from applause. I'm so smitten with that.

[@johnalees99]

New Years Day 2021. Hearing this for the first time. Holy Shit! Just got me right square in the feels. God damn!

[@NewYorkNevada]

New legend paying homage to solid legend, Kate Bush.❤️

[@bevanroderickmcgregor7139]

With this cover I am in awe of Aldous Harding and everything else so far...what a triumph.

[@brendhanlovegrove4347]

wow...what an excellent cover of a great song.

[@onemoresongonemoresong]

Spectacular...absolutely F**king fantastic.

[@updlate4756]

Solid performance, and the fact that she took it on is great. I'd bet a lot of people in the crowd didn't even know the song or hadn't heard it in ages. I only learned about Kate Bush recently. The performance sounds a bit echo-y whereas Kate used only a bit of reverb. Aldous is slowing it down a bit and going acoustic with only a piano in a lower key, so she has nothing to help her with those high notes. With a high pitched song like this, it's like they decided to increase the difficulty to "ULTRA HARDCORE" since she can't just stab at those notes with a faster tempo or rely on higher pitched backing music, she has to hit those notes and extend them. The piano being played at a lower key and a couple of bad notes were grating. Aldous can hit high notes, but she's stretching for them with what seems like her chest voice, whereas Kate seemed fairly effortless hitting them with her head voice. Just a difference in Vocal chords and a different way to sing the lyrics. I'm listening to their interviews side by side, and Kate's natural voice is slightly higher, but the tone is a bit different, and you can hear her shift into high notes in her voice really easily, whereas Aldous speaks more at an even tone. Honestly, I think Aldous was just having a bit of fun with this cover, and you can see at the end she's like "oh man, I hope I didn't just butcher that", lol! Nope, it was A-ok!

[@dameinoferrall2400]

beautiful!

[@johnmarshall7357]

WOW… ❤️

[@ianwood7802]

Love to see that live some day

[@ottoinct]

Live to see that love some day.

[@scandalo]

..what a great surprise! top

[@siggyuke]

Wow! Never thought I'd see anyone - other than Kate - do justice to this.

[@ottoinct]

No. She struggles and she knows it. Doesn't mean I don't admire her less.

[@Sebastianporeiro76]

I love you and Kate and this song.

[@ottoinct]

Love this performer, I have all her music. No one does Kate Bush as Kate Bush does Kate Bush, but attempts are always endearing.

[@natashab3412]

Hmm odd

[@charleshultquist9233]

WOW!

[@bloomookfook]

best covering of

[@KevinoftheCosmos]

I cannot help but play this video once a month until the day I die.

[@foxyfox25]

Best ever cover of that song,nailed it,

[@pauliepocket2915]

Spot on 👏👏👏

[@Orsola389]

superb

[@iandalziel7405]

Ahead of the curve as always!

[@jeanbrigue8786]

Very difficult to sing this song, Kate goes up in the treble, very high, so unique ! But Aldous deserves it very well.

[@marcoantoniohidalgo6086]

I knew it.

[@gregkosinski2303]

I had no idea that she had these kinds of vocal chops

[@nid1600]

thank you!

[@whalewatchersa]

An entire album of Aldous doing Kate Bush cover versions is overdue.

[@MyPaperTiger]

I think I can die happy now.

[@takisobieblues]

I hope you not deaded happy two year agoe and now you enjoy listen "Designer"

[@nitehaus5182]

What a phenomenal interpretation

[@sfdungeon]

Amazing!!!

[@johnlittle7473]

Props to her for having the stones to cover this. I don't love it, but how many people could even possibly do a passing fair version of this song?

[@JANXDPDX]

awe-some

[@clacclackerson3678]

Pianist didn't quite know the song. But the singer certainly did.

[@yamilbermudez73]

A couple of stares from Aldous to the pianist says it all and it wasn't her adorable silly faces 😂

[@clacclackerson3678]

@@yamilbermudez73 ha!

[@AndersonAdoN]

AMAZING!!!!

[@clarerousseau8253]

This is amazing!!

[@hansolex594]

Superbe !

[@keeponpainting]

Wow

[@andyfield7397]

Interesting -in an earlier comment about a different song by AH I mentioned her music made me feel like I did with early Kate Bush stuff (Lionheart). So there you go 😁

[@dartmoor1009]

Great cover, not many can sing as good as Kate

[@adeptusmayhem2361]

This literally brought tears to my eyes.

[@magicjoeblack5761]

Official proof that there is a divine power. The voice of an angel crying.

[@knowwhere]

Fucking glorious

[@whlewis9164]

This combo makes too much sense.

[@tagprawn163]

is she singing this in an irish accent? I like it tho

[@hardfolk]

She seems like Scarlett Johansson

[@killdeerhunters]

YES!

[@LOCKEYJ]

What’s worse than recording a performance on your mobile? That dude infront doing it vertically

[@schulnot511]

Wow. "Königin der Nacht" in Rock.

😮

[@robmcafe]

sounds like kate bush imitating kate bush

[@Ring0fSaturn]

Aldous does a nice job of this great song by Kate Bush. Her mugging diminishes the sincerity, but she is young. Her falsetto is sweet, but limited while Kate's showed glimmers of the deeper and wilder woman within.

[@simonfirth5838]

Ring0fSaturn so many back handed compliments.

[@lea6555]

Let's hear you sing it Gandalf XD XD XD

[@natashab3412]

Simon Firth 🙈

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

Mugging? By one infantile comment, you've shown an unfamiliarity with being able to read sincerity.

[@NickSBailey]

I like some of Aldous Harding's songs a lot but I don't think she should have tried this yet. It reminds me of Wing of south park fame :-)

[@delishuspear]

uncanny edit: 3:36 lmao

[@halftidyband5597]

Inaccurate lyrics.

[@pablogates5355]

k

[@francisbroka9471]

Et à quoi ça sert ?...

[@DS-Slug]

She's my AI girlfriend

[@simonRTJ]

the pianist was out of key. real shame to murder Aldous' amazing performance.

[@guidoscholz7111]

Schade, hier wirkt sie sehr angestrengt. Ihre eigenen Songs kommen deutlich besser rüber.

[@carmencaamano9434]

I am really Love whith aldous, but she did not have that`s particular kind of magic or madness, don`t now, Anyway, everyone for herself

[@eislakkon3110]

Sorry, but only Kate can sing that. Isn't a question of interpretation, it's about the unique "metal" of a human voice.

[@Monsterknecht]

Nicht schlecht - aber trotzdem kein Vergleich zum explodierenden Stimmvolumen des Originals. Kate ist Kate - nichts geht da drüber!

[@jollygoode4153]

Such a talent - piano lacked a bit, even played two wrong chords, come on do better ! When Aldous stops messin about with the melodramtic stuff and acting crazy she will blow the world away.

[@headlikeahole2051]

Jolly Goode it’s facial art

[@rickythaxter6105]

I love Aldous and Kate but this is not a good rendition, her voice sounds strained and her expression at the end said it all.

[@michaelmckenna7109]

No one comes close to the Kate Bush original! Aldous needs to stick to her own songs and writing she's much more than a cover.

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

why so negative

[@deborahdavidson8105]

Nope

[@Iljaedwards]

Are you guys all deaf? This is not how you play Wuthering Heights on a piano. Her voice is pretty good but the piano is terrible. Also rhythm is not steady.

[@boyblue80]

the pianist is fucking it up for sure.

[@banoffibear]

I love Kate Bush and I love Aldous Harding, but this is not good.

[@morkygorky]

Get a new pianist!

[@memphismilano1415]

I love Aldous, but no

[@pablogates5355]

why?

[@blackwingvalleylover]

@@pablogates5355 Because this version is high and screechy and hurts one's ears a bit. Because Kate has a very high, unattainable voice.

[@pablogates5355]

@@blackwingvalleylover I think your mind was overly anticipating Aldous having the exact pitch/belting as Kate’s. i love and admire both the original and Aldous’ version. it is a cover after all

[@blackwingvalleylover]

@@pablogates5355 I don't think my mind was doing anything like that. I just don't agree with you. Some songs just can't be reached by other performers. I didn't think this version was very good- out of her vocal range completely. I love Kate Bush but wouldnt expect an imitation of her.

[@pablogates5355]

@@blackwingvalleylover thats true I agree my apologies

[@beansrgd]

Sorry; This is out of her range . Too big a song . The only true artists that have laid it down ‘78 Kate Bush ‘80 Pat Benatar( my personal preference) many many artists just love the song . I believe it takes a long long time to have a operatic soprano to master this. I feel this is a stretch vocally but obviously a song so wonderful every soprano will give it their best. Love her other own music.

[@rodywithers3536]

Ouch! My ears! Brave attempt but sounding like a shopping mall distraction. Perhaps the low lighting and alcohol softened the crowd's reaction to this unrelievedly shrill reading. Kate had the chops, but not Aldous.

[@Velvet0Starship2013]

Ha ha! It's okay, you see, because her fans are tone-deaf.

[@themysticmuse1111]

Disagree

[@mde6006]

Rody, couldn't agree more. Has great power and talent I was looking forward to hearing her own version of the song, like Tori Amos cover all messed with and spooky, but she just tried to sing it the same and could not possibly sustain that ridiculously high note she started on.

[@rodywithers3536]

@@pmbbmp open to praise but not criticism? Why not say to someone who next praises you, “You wouldn’t know nothing about that.” I get that criticism can be annoying and even hurtful. But if you confine yourself to praise what will you ever learn in order to grow and enhance your obvious talents?

[@rodywithers3536]

@@pmbbmp my dastardly ways have been exposed. Sadly I cannot seek your forgiveness because, as you say, I am not for real. 🥲 On the plus side, you can now let go your need to respond so no more “Highlighted reply” awards to you. Best! ☺️

[@sharonfarrugia2665]

I’m sorry to be downer on Aldous, but seriously this is a shocking rendition of Kate Bush. Whilst Aldous Harding has done her own thing, and well at times, I certainly wouldn’t be applauding this performance at all 😫😬

[@JamesWilliams-ki7im]

Bloody awful!

[@spacepodi]

Meh!

[@lpark8]

Wow

[@Funckle73]

Wow