Kate Bush - A Coral Room

Kate - BBC4 "Front Row", November 4, 2005: "This song is really about the passing of time... I like the idea of coming from this big expansive, outside world of sea and cities into, again, this very small space where, er, it's talking about a memory of my mother and this little brown jug. I always remember hearing years ago this thing about a sort of Zen approach to life, where, you would hold something in your hand, knowing that, at some point, it would break, it would no longer be there"
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[@paulwild3676]

There are singers, there are songwriters, there are composers, there are geniuses. Then there is Kate Bush.

[@philfoster8789]

Excellent summation!

[@lydiavoscht2728]

And there is only one Kate. The only Queen

[@LAURENTECHAPPE]

L unique 🥰

[@Popmetalj]

Lost my Mum to cancer a couple of months back. This song helps me cry and cope and try to understand what has happened

[@arasharfa]

my condolences.

[@nmuzza1]

When this album was released in 2005 it was a couple of months after my mum passed away. This song, just like you, helped me through the grief. I still cry today when I hear it but it is so beautiful as are all of Kate’s songs. X

[@Paulco67]

She really cuts to the deepest regions of our existence and it's essence .

[@MrMarrs]

So true paul. Beautifully said.

[@kamalmanzukie]

i was looking for another song like 'moments of pleasure' and someone mentioned this song with it. both songs are highly emotional, but this one just fucks you up. more like a punch to the gut. i didnt like it at first, now i keep coming back

[@scubafee]

I miss my mother with all my heart. It's been 32 years since she died. It broke my heart. This song brings the memory of her kindness and love flooding back.

[@StringSun]

♥️

[@rhettpeter83]

Sending love

[@jacklane6076]

For all of our Mum’s and Dad’s that we miss so so much🌹

[@timwilliams1238]

I'm with you my friend big love to you and you mum.

[@belladrome]

Love ❤️

[@carolsnook4659]

Can never listen to this song without tearing up!!!

[@StringSun]

This and Among Angels 😭

[@leeholt563]

Me too... It makes me think of my late lovely mother ❤️

[@janetmannis8042]

@@leeholt563 she will never leave your heart ❤️ lee! I miss my mum every day! But I think of the times she made me laugh! We are the lucky ones to have good mothers!

[@janetmannis8042]

@@StringSun it tugs at my heart strings! I get it !

[@leeholt563]

@@janetmannis8042 we are indeed the lucky ones. Bless you x

[@user-rx4bi1ic4z]

A friend just sent this song to me and I'd never heard it before. Tears came to my eyes. What a beautiful song. I lost my mum suddenly (no warning) 6 weeks after my first child was born. That child has just turned 10. I'm glad my mum got to hold her and love her, albeit briefly. Love to all of you and your mothers both here and passed xxx

[@jamesmccluskey5756]

if you love this song it loves you right back....I miss my mother

[@mustbetheSUN]

In my grandpa's house there is a room filled with old things we do not dare touch, all covered in dust and spiderwebs. They belong to people who already passed or to my grandparents themselves, but in what seems like another life to them. A couple things were mine as a kid, and now that also seems another life to me. As my family slowly changes and people leave us, something remains in time, a print of what used to be. That feeling of peeking under the spiderwebs is so well put in this song, it always brings tears to my eyes.

[@jamesmullinax2234]

Lost my Mother when I was 14…so many memories we could have had…love you

[@janetmannis8042]

James I’m so sorry , you must miss her so much! Sending you a big hug 🤗

[@HB-xf2xl]

There is just simply not a more beautiful song than this.

[@Paulco67]

Her song “under the ivy” is incredible

[@forestfairie51]

One of the most beautiful and evocative songs. Loved Kate since I was a little girl and have never found anyone like her ❤

[@philfoster8789]

Many have tried to be "the next Kate Bush". All have failed.

[@ulrichgerhardosterloh6069]

"and what do you feel?" - I feel sadness. I feel all the people and all the animals we love die eventually, and of course I feel that that is my future, too. But I also feel the power of a higher reality where nothing is lost forever.

[@johncolwell2730]

Ulrich Gerhard Osterloh yes perfect

[@Alex_Karas]

Absolutely

[@skyboswell]

So beautifully expressed. xxxx

[@stefanfforest3593]

I'm playing this at my mother's funeral in a week's time. Very sad, beautiful and haunting but also helpful: the spider of time, crawling out of the broken jug, helps to heal, but you also really have to fully experience your grief to heal (put your hand over the side over the boat).

[@GnarMarv2]

Stefan Fforest -Godbless you & your family. I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my Grandfather last year & every-time I hear Rocket Man I'm instantly reminded of him.

[@MARSBELLA1]

bless you sweetheart x

[@garyskelton5544]

Amazing song good choice....take it easy

[@garyeaton6172]

I sat with my mum for 3 weeks watching her life slowly drain away with dreaded Pancreatic Cancer. I told her to go and find her mum.

[@MrMarrs]

You made me cry with this comment. x

[@nicevennett1312]

@@MrMarrs Goodness. And me. Beautiful, Gary. X

[@garyeaton6172]

@@MrMarrs sorry...I still do to this day some 24 years later I loved my mum dearly I carried her little remains box to her mum's grave and I buried her. Every year I camp nearby I walk and sleep on her grave in my sleeping bag. It's a beautiful countryside church.

[@MrMarrs]

Dear Gary, my tears about what you wrote were tears of love, so never say sorry

[@philwatson8694]

Sorry for your loss, this song says it all. I can't listen to it without crying

[@andyth55]

There are moments on Kate's songs where she takes you by the hand to another place. 1:33-2:01 is one of those moments. Extraordinarily beautiful song.

[@hugotreger2181]

Oh yeah, I feel it too. This melody moving and glistening en rocking... Moves me every time. Classic Song the world will listen to when Kate Bush, you & I are long gone...

[@fakehorse2818]

Couldn't agree more 💜

[@kgbeezr75]

It seems like I revisit this video once every few months. Many fan videos go astray, but this...this is something special.

[@CharlotteSuckling89]

First time I've ever listened to this, in what is the beginnings of a true odyssey into Kate's work...I cried, and I think it'll always make me cry, the older I get. X

[@OneStreetOffMain]

Me too, Will.

[@paulwild3676]

Listen to Moments of pleasure if you haven’t yet.

[@wimvm]

The most beautiful song ever.... Listening it for the zillionth time and fighting the tears, every time being moved more deeply than the time before "And what do you feel ?": a line that cuts my heart like an arrow. To me she's the best ever.

[@joeagger]

the fact that people are commenting different timestamps that affect them deeply is just a testament to how flawless this song is. 3:29 to 4:25 is by far my favorite part of this astonishing piece

[@richardamner7432]

you got it there....it is just so good.

[@Heartwing37]

Kate Bush is everything

[@johncolwell2730]

Moms gone Dads gone but I’m blessed with my children as I await the endless calling of time.

[@islandelemodele793]

So ... for all the mother who are in the sky ❤️

[@petergreen2552]

What a beautiful song. Written for her mother who passed away in 1992

[@captainwull]

I am a fisherman. Late one night in December of 2005 we were steaming off to the Coral Bank in the North sea. The night was beautiful. Cold, clear and windless, I was staring up at the sky looking at all the stars thinking of a great friend I had recently lost at sea while playing this album for the first time. This track came on.....Kates haunting voice captured the moment perfectly. Your video took my breath away. Thank you for sharing it.

[@MultiMcginty]

This is the most personal song I've ever heard from Kate. Beautiful.

[@martynbroom2079]

Beautiful, Im 67 and miss my mother everyday .

[@JesseColton]

I always come back to this video, it's so powerful. My closest friend lost his mother at a very young age and I myself have a terrible relationship with my abusive mother. I often feel it's so unfair that my friend should be bereft of a loving and kind mother while I have one who causes me nothing but pain. This song and the visuals added here always touch me so deeply.

[@raymondelliot4605]

Your shackles will one day be broken and you will be a man, I know I’ve been there, not with my mum but step dad. He’s dead now. They played at his funeral at his request a song called I fell into a burning ring of fire, I said he fell into hell! Take care it does get better 🙂

[@goldgold5252]

Sorry to hear about your pain but did you ever wonder what abuse your mother must have experienced to get where she is emotionally?

[@heihan1675]

Kate Kate youre steeling my Heart, youre crushing me, oh Kate.

[@Arteshir]

Her music has always evolved and now has come to pinnacle of maturity and soulfulness. Sufi like ascension heights.

[@richardamner7432]

just look at the path she took, i walked behind her...... pure perfection.

[@simplyron6359]

I imagine one of Kates toughest decisions re Before The Dawn was which songs to put in and which ones to leave out. This one could have very easily taken the place of Among Angels, both are just Kate and her piano, solo. Either one was perfect for that first encore.

[@janewright3805]

Just heart breaking and blissful all at once x how does she do it xxxx💚

[@CraigsOverijse]

Jane Wright she works really hard to make it seem effortless

[@paulwild3676]

Like Mozart and Beethoven she is a genius. That is how she does it. It is something she just is.

[@StringSun]

Little brown jug 🥺

[@diator8083]

I never tire of this song, I swear it gets better each time I hear it. Her music is so easy on the ear yet complex, really need to listen to it, I just get lost in it.

[@DMD5609]

One of my most played albums for the last 5 years is Aerial.

[@gregdavenport52]

My Mother just died today and this was the song I ran too.

[@rain73ful]

Greg: I'm sorry for your loss. Believe me, I know what it feels like. I'd give anything to able to talk my mom again. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her. Stay strong.

[@larciabella]

Sending you a big warm hug,Faith,courage and self Love to help you through this great loss,which it is.After all they birthed us.We come from them.A part of us has been taken.Grief is a strange beast.We never get over the loss but learn to build a new life without them .There is a still sadness within me,always.It is our LOVE for them.Blessings to you Greg and your family.

[@Paulco67]

Greg, my sister died 2 months ago and this is the song I go to. Peace

[@darlingtonboobam4107]

Urn...mommas ashes..🙏💓💓😪😪

[@nix4pool]

Absolutely beautiful song, could bawl my eyes out every time I hear it, the genius of Kate.

[@lance694]

"There were hundreds of people living here" always hits me like a ton of bricks directly to the heart. She has so many incredible songs but to me this is her masterpiece.

[@SonOfTamriel]

I don't want to be a downer, but it's nearly impossible to pick a 'best' Kate Bush song. Her library of masterpieces is like no other

[@luigiiodice3517]

@@SonOfTamriel she is such a masterful songwriter and producer, her artistry will never be matched again

[@charlesswitzer8378]

@@luigiiodice3517 I dare say that it won't be. Not in music anyway.

[@michael-101]

Unique genius.

[@DMD5609]

Mr.Marrs, you should receive an award for most creative fan videos.

[@richardamner7432]

He is the best, well done Mr Marrs, we all love you.

[@OneStreetOffMain]

Agreed!

[@imd8GTr7]

Have only recently begun listening to Kate Bush and I love her music. She is unique and an extremely gifted artist...that word 'artist' is bandied about so often that the term almost feels as if it carries little weight.

[@davidsimpson911]

this song is so beautiful words fail me.everytime i hear it i think of a lost love who's name will remain anonymous but know she was my one true love and i miss her everyday...wherever you are sweet one god bless you.

[@helensimice725]

I know I will never forget my darling Dad miss him with all my heart

[@alishamackay1983]

Me too

[@oscoe]

Talking of time....hold a Roman Coin in your palm......hold it and really feel it....think of every hand it has passed through.....when.....who those people were.......what they experienced. How that small piece of metal came to be made, and then now it is in my hand. What journey IT took, passed by person to person through time and distance.....we are so transient....each of us such tiny blips in time.....

[@Imphepho]

One of the most emotional songs I've ever heard...so haunting

[@davidcopson5800]

Have a listen to Tiny Face (As You Are) by Will Currie.

[@desmetluc5637]

Next to Zappa, Pergolesi, Bach, Kate Bush her work really touches me.

[@veramon5696]

There's a city, draped in net Fisherman net And in the half light, in the half light It looks like every tower Is covered in webs Moving and glistening and rocking It's babies in rhythm As the spider of time is climbing Over the ruins There were hundreds of people living here Sails at the windows And the planes came crashing down And many a pilot drowned And the speed boats flying above Put your hand over the side of the boat What do you feel? My mother and her little brown jug It held her milk And now it holds our memories I can hear her singing "Little brown jug don't I love thee" "Little brown jug don't I love thee" Ho ho ho, hee hee hee I hear her laughing She is standing in the kitchen As we come in…

[@valeriebanks6519]

Especially love her singing the bit that starts at 1.35 ....❤❤

[@valeriebanks6519]

Always have loved Kate Bush .....this song just beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@billinawe]

No one else like Kate ❤

[@MelliaBoomBot]

it's amazing how in a world full of stuff and what we can see some of the most powerful energy is in what does not exist physically, what we don;t see with our own eyes and what we do see in our imagination and what exists in our memories. Beautiful x

[@swiminthesea6724]

So true and lovely, problem is you can shout it at the top of your lungs or whisper it .. but most are facing the wrong way with earphones on or totally submerged in water. Wish everybody knew the secret to life

[@tattygun81]

my favourite song by Kate, just mind blowing

[@richardamner7432]

It is so so good,,,,,,,, can she ever better this? i hope so..... i cant wait.

[@DMD5609]

Listen to this countless times on my hifi.

[@wadomunix5404]

How not to love this music genius.

[@paulwild3676]

Everyone else needs to give up. Kate Bush is ion another stratosphere.

[@therepublicofcynica]

Bjork's with her.

[@philfoster8789]

A few are sort of "with her": they produce very interesting and deep songs. But I have found none to match her. @@therepublicofcynica

[@kgbeezr75]

I always find myself coming back to this, it's so beautiful. Thank you for making it, whoever you are.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Kate is truly a one of a kind talent.

[@PJBubbles]

An absolutely stunning piece of music and one of my all time fav Kate tunes!

[@patrickdestain392]

She is the only artist I can think of who is occasionally too intense to listen to. I have to pause the track. It is like an overdose of emotions.

[@rain73ful]

+Patrick Destain I agree. I cried like a baby the first couple of times I listened to this. Kate Bush is a extraordinary talent.

[@jubilantsleep]

That's why I love her

[@paulwild3676]

She always slides into the most emotional parts of television programmes with one of her masterpieces. This was used in Us a British telly programme. There was this very intense bit and suddenly Bush is singing this.

[@CatherineElizabethRose]

Such a beautiful homage to her mum.

[@selwynr]

Impossible to certain, but this is probably her masterpiece.

[@simplyron6359]

Such a beautifully crafted song. Ah Kate, come in, come in and stay.

[@flo15jo]

I'm actually glad she did not sing this at the concerts. Because you would have had to mop me up with a sponge to get me out of there. As it was, I was pretty drenched by the end. I think that's the last major concert I'm going to go to, and it was a pretty damned fine way to conclude.

[@heliweli4766]

You lucky thing x

[@daveoblivion4753]

Such a simple song and yet at the same time so very complex. Kate's music always touches my heart ... she is simply magnificent.

[@rosyorose1061]

This makes me think of all the villages and towns submerged as a part of the creation of damns...and the memories they took with them...isn't this like the passage of time submerging our physical reality and memories? So poignant in its simplicity....Oh how I love Kate's music.....

[@carolmurray187]

My mother had dementia for years before she died. I thought that since she was already “gone” I wouldn’t miss her so much. I was wrong. I miss her so much it aches. I believe I’ll see her again and we’ll hold each other again, but in the meantime I can’t explain and never expected the loss to be so hard. Our relationship wasn’t perfect but I loved her and miss her so much.

[@jasoncraig606]

Exactly same here. My mum was in the home with dementia and I would play this late at night at work in tears.

[@mariauotila7981]

So feel you 😢 My mom passed away years ago and I miss her so much everyday.She had alzheimer too.I miss times when she was"healthy"and I miss last days and months,even she wasn't herself anymore...I just miss everything about her ❤

[@rosyorose1061]

Her music paints pictures in my head....indescribable....hauntingly beautiful music and lyrics....

[@OneStreetOffMain]

Well Done, Mr. Marrs! This song always makes me want to cry, and that's before I think about losing my own mother when I was 23.

[@richardamner7432]

Ditto, but i was 22.

[@OneStreetOffMain]

@@richardamner7432 Sorry for your loss.

[@davidsimpson911]

i cannot help myself....tears pour down everytime...god damn it is just soooo moving.

[@MrMarrs]

+David Simpson Here's a song for you David kzbin.info/www/bejne/emmZdqJ-dsR_a9E

[@davidsimpson911]

not for me pal no offence...eurythmics are a fellow scottish band do nothing for me.still a great guy for your Kate videos.

[@colinwhite5355]

Doubt I’ll ever be able to reconcile that we share this beautiful earth with those who are capable of writing/listening to/loving jewels, such as this, with others who prefer and choose death and destruction.

[@MrMarrs]

Noah did. So I've been told.

[@TheDaddyO44]

I'm really feeling that emotion my friend 🤗

[@davidashley4386]

Never tire of listening to this track and video, I find it incredibly reflective my parents are very old and frail , this resonates hugely.

[@flatonia]

This is one of my favorite Kate Bush songs. It's very dense lyrically and gorgeous vocals. Beautiful video with a mesmerizing interpretation of this music.

[@mauriziobonanno4918]

Un gran talento indescrivibile per questa grande artista. Un mito nella musica mondiale.

[@manuelgermanbarreirogarcia3115]

Cuánto amor, cuánta sensibilidad!. Qué podemos esperar de una artista tan versátil y tan especial. I Love you very very much KT XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[@glassmarky1]

An emotional journey of heartrending beauty.

[@georgetteneale6620]

The wonderful PBS’ Masterpiece series, “Us”, brought me here. 💜

[@reneeburgevin8178]

You too! Exactly what I was going to say💜

[@georgetteneale6620]

Renee, wasn’t it a wonderful touching mini series? And this great song was perfect for the scene that showed the impact of losing their baby daughter. I just wish there were another episodes to show Douglas’ and Freya’s new relationship. ☺️💜

[@reneeburgevin8178]

@@georgetteneale6620 yes, it was touching and also intense, parents divorced and also having gone through break-ups & one divorce. I almost want to watch it again! I was very pleased with the ending, uplifting and affirming. So glad Douglas was able to move on🦋

[@georgetteneale6620]

@@reneeburgevin8178 , I did watch it again. I felt I needed to, to catch all of the great dialogue. I certainly can appreciate your feeling that the series WAS emotionally intense, as a lot of us can relate to it’s topics of relationship/marital breakups, incompatibility, family tensions, and losses. The last hour was very dear, well done, and satisfying: Connie’s talk with Doug before she left their home to go live in London. Then a year later, their son’s successful photography exhibit entitled “Corazon”, which focused on his father’s heart condition, Doug’s sincere appreciation, and his meeting up later with his new girlfriend, Freya, at the art museum and looking together at a Renaissance painting. The series was so relatable and universal for many of us! Take good care, stay safe, and God bless, Renee. ☺️🙏 ⭐️💜

[@cherylharris3477]

This is one of my favorites.

[@John-wd8be]

Could this song BE any more beautiful? Happy Katemas, everyone x

[@valeriebanks6519]

Beautiful ... heart wrenching and emotional ...one of her best x

[@bobbybongo5918]

I love this song, one of my favs, my favourite Kate songs are just her and piano

[@glassmarky1]

Tear dropping gorgeous!

[@WilliamBaranowski]

This is beyond beautiful.

[@eloisagarcia3300]

This, like many of her songs, is one that you just can't hear only one time

[@kamalmanzukie]

the only thing that sucks is that you can only hear it for the first time once.

[@preciousdevere288]

I watched this and found great peace, beautiful Kate shes amazing!

[@billida]

...moving and glistening...

[@vileindigo]

No song really latches onto my imagination like this. I would love it if more musicians would cover a variety of topics and craft stories, outside of romantic relationships.

[@theyellowproject4203]

So beautiful, her music moves me like no other...

[@simplyron6359]

(I just posted this comment on one of her demos from 1976.) I get the feeling that she knew all along this was all meant to happen. And that "The Universe" had it all figured out a long time ago.

[@richardamner7432]

the path from in my garden to here! wow.... its a long way back .

[@jeanbrigue8786]

Really a splendid song, probably the best of her "Aerial" album. Mr Marrs, great job for the video, it deserves very well the atmosphere of this Kate masterpiece.

[@laurencefegan1875]

I turned 50 a month ago, so I thought that I 'knew' about the music of Kate Bush? Wrong! I should have delved deeper many years ago because what I thought I knew was merely the tip of the iceberg!

[@MrMarrs]

how exciting to go and get to listen to all her previous albums. Happy 50th x x x

[@laurencefegan1875]

MrMarrs Thank you!

[@HUnatuurkunde]

And Laurence..... still caught on to Kate?

[@harrydewilt6775]

Just one of 350 tokens of Kate Bush's genius.

[@glassmarky1]

An emotional journey of divine depth and beauty.

[@richardamner7432]

Kate must love you Mr Marrs.... only you can show the true meaning of anything she does!

[@timwilliams1238]

Total fuckin class.

[@suehollandfisher6787]

What a lovely video to accompany a beautiful song.

[@penelopemarypenny7725]

Oh what a lovely song and lovely lovely video. I wish Kate could see these. I'm sure she would love them. As much as we do.

[@MrMarrs]

thank you Penelope x

[@penelopemarypenny7725]

***** thanks to you for such a beautiful and spectacularly vibrant visual treat.

[@MrMarrs]

[@leaderofthepack607]

Penelope Mary Penny hello. do you know who I am?

[@penelopemarypenny7725]

wolfs rain​ no,sorry I do not know who you are

[@mvellis3863]

1:34 - 2:01 is the most achingly beautiful melody I have ever heard. Love that you spliced in Kate at the beginning and at 3:03, 3:27, 4:32, and 4:54

[@andyth55]

Totally agree. Also 3:17 when Kate sings "and now it holds our memories". Truly beautiful.

[@glassmarky1]

Stunningly divinely gorgeous!

[@LouieNeira]

I love how the images from "A.I." fit so seamlessly. It's like emotion, imagery, and memory turned into music

[@tragicslip]

it's a movie about a boy looking for his mother

[@LouieNeira]

tragicslip obviously

[@85deckard]

this is a wonderful piece of work, perfect editing must have been a lot of hours work, and a superb KB song I don't see this song as depressing its about memories for me, Well done Michael you have enriched my life a little more with this production great work

[@Enad700]

Wonderful nostalgic song. Right to my heart.

[@ReneeRidgeway]

Thank you Mr Marrs , this is so amazing and Kate Bush's music is just so poetic and beautiful . i love all of her and her spiritual heart felt music.