Kate Bush - Army Dreamers - Official Music Video Reaction

[@heathcliff1096]

You really grasped the meaning of the song. Thank you for your clever reaction. I'm a long time Kate Bush fan and believe me most people do not get the message and how well crafted it is.

[@Flatwoodsdad]

When Kate has something to say she never hold's back. Breathing is another dark song that's right to the point. Think she's about 20 here.

[@isobeljames1328]

1980, she's 22 years old.

[@phillipwatson9906]

A very insightful reaction 👍🇬🇧

[@architectofinfamy1587]

Great choice and a thoughtful reaction, Terell. This song is groundbreaking in both the subject matter and the tech used to create it. The soldiers' shouts and the gun cocking were both sampled on a Fairlight CMI, on of the first times this was used in a charting single.

[@Muckylittleme]

That was an excellent intelligent breakdown of the lyrics and nice reaction. My personal opinion is that military services with all their pomp are there as a veil to the ugliness of war just like the parades and machismo are there to entice poor and confused young men into service while they are at their most vulnerable. Whether families get any closure is really a matter for them but it doesn't alter the fact the military funerals are actually a very cynical pretence that the army or Gov ever cared about their lives. The day politicians start coming back in body bags I might start listening to why we should die in their wars.

[@awarrii]

As a Brit with a long family history of being in the military, your knowledge on the BFPO is really shocking considering most Brits don’t even know what that is themselves massive I respect you so much for this.

[@Isa_barchetta]

Great reaction thanks for that! More KB please.

[@andywatts8654]

…and when these heroes come back they’re treated like dirt. They’re just pawns for the establishment

[@SupernalOne]

There's an old British folk song about maimed veterans returned home from the wars - something like "You haven't an arm and you haven't a leg; you're an eyeless, boneless, chickenless egg; you'll have to be put in a barrow to beg - Johnny I hardly knew ya" -- this song is just about losing the young altogether, I think

[@T23000PLUS]

you got it

[@Julian-to7ro]

You are a very intelligent brother, bro 😲

[@leslieturner8276]

It also makes the point that for some people who aren't given the opportunities that they end up joining the military. In advance of the 1st Gulf War, this song (and others) ended up on a secret BBC banned list because they were all considered to be "anti-war." There was a very negative public reaction when the existence of the banned list came to light. This powerful song has never been banned again by the BBC. I guess what we will never find out is whether the BBC was pressured by the government to come up with a list or given a prepared in advance list by the government. As previously mentioned, "Breathing" is another very powerful song, from the same album "Never For Ever", and is sadly as relevant today as it was back in the 1980s.

[@andywatts8654]

Very Well interpreted but what did you think of the music?

[@shelleyshocked]

Wow you really got this song. Kate Bush is an artist. Did you like the music and composition though?