Kate Bush - Here Comes The Flood with Peter Gabriel (1979) Xmas TV Special

Kate Bush
"Kate"
Xmas TV Special
BBC TV Studios
Birmingham
U.K.
1979-10

[@josephlebowski7129]

I'm 68, a humble fair musician. In my humble opinion, PG is the best songwriter/performer of our modern age

[@keepusbothalive]

A 37-year-old cellist here: PG is one of the masters of our lifetime. I can’t even hope to parse PG’s influence from my music because it’s frankly impossible.

[@strangetalkwithdoc3141]

TRUE MUSICALLY GENIUS

[@jlongshoreman8493]

He's pretty damn good! Always has been

[@tgrunfeld]

Been listening to this song for 46 years. Remains my favorite PG song. Love this version.

[@ljgittingeriii3199]

He is an amazingly versatile vocalist. During some of those early Genesis songs like Get 'em out by Friday, The Battle of Epping Forest and Harold the Barrel, it sounds like as many as five different vocalists are singing at different times but it's all Peter. What has always gotten me and made him my favorite vocalist of all time is that rasp or gravel in his voice. I'm sure true fans know what I mean!

[@garyfreer3397]

You can hear every word. No auto tune. Single take. What a magnificent performance.

[@petas874]

I just don't understand how incredibly modern this song still sounds. This might as well have been recording a year ago! I think that says a lot about how timeless Peter Gabriel's amazing music is.

[@stevenpam]

@Crazy Toad lol, was just about to say the same thing

[@Zerpersande]

This is so far beyond what is currently being produced that there is no justification for any comparison.

[@Funkybassplayer]

We are talking about Peter Gabriel. Nuff said.

[@peterbondy]

Still true 9 years after your comment!

[@johnydickhead2461]

Of course it couldn´t it can only belong to an era when music was composed by real musicians.Todays music is pure bullshit.

[@gianniguerriero]

His voice dominates without borders

[@HiThereImFootloose]

I was today years old when I discovered this incredible recording. Envy me!

[@progettomemoria867]

One of the greatest masterpieces songs and live performances in TV history.

[@BassManDan1018]

I always associate PG with high production value, lots of layering and experimentation, and pushing recording boundaries. This video is proof behind all that, he was a superb good old fashioned singer songwriter. Tremendous artist

[@danielblaise156]

Not was, still is!

[@matthewcoombs3282]

I dislike a lot of the production on his albums from the 1970s and 1980s. They are of their time I guess and helped him get his work heard as it was recorded for the tastes of the time. This song in particular is not well served by the arrangements on the first album. I love this version.

[@danielzimmermann1442]

Amazing. Sometimes you just stumble upon something and that turns out being a real gem. I can't believe I've never heard that song before. A true masterpiece.

[@andersmartinson1750]

From Peter's first solo album recorded a few years before this performance. Like the following 3 albums this one was entitled "Peter Gabriel." Sometimes referred to as "Car" because that's what's in the cover shot. The whole disc is worth checking out.

[@ottokerner4325]

This version is closer to the re-recorded version of the song, which can be found on the sampler "Shaking the Tree - 16 Golden Greats". The original recording on Peter Gabriel 1 is suffering from too much "orchestral syrup".

[@fernandomarmol4758]

@@ottokerner4325 Claro, Robert Fripp aporta los suyo

[@RosePetal17]

Songwriting style has changed SO much in the last 40 years. This is poetry and really tells a story. Today, it is all about use of vowel sounds as big catchy hooks.

[@BennieTarrMusic]

Well, there are a lot of people who write clever, heartfelt lyrics... But they don't get exposure... The bars & high school dances stopped using bands, in favor of generic DJs, back in the 90's. This really suppressed local talent. If artists can't get local support, they have no chance of building a fanbase are eventually breaking into the mainstream... It's a complicated situation, but a lot of the blame truly does belong to lame bar owners and school administrators. They did this deliberately. Just one example of the countless ways in which Westerners (and particularly Americans) routinely sabetoge their own people... There are better opportunities for musicians in Asian countries, just like there are better job opportunities in general. It's all interconnected.

[@krugmeister7301]

I'm soon to Be 50 yrs Old...And Mr.Gabriel has touched me With His Beautiful And Magical Songs...👏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😍😍🤗🤗🤗

[@martinpickard6043]

If I remember correct, this was aired as a Kate Bush Xmas special. It was so good to see Peter Gabriel guest with such a stunning rendition of an awesome song. Still gives me a warm feeling inside. They don't air them this good anymore!

[@progettomemoria867]

You are right! And the courage to put such a song in a Christmas' special... That's probably due to the genious of K Bush with her amazing 3 voices intro for Peter the Angle.

[@jeffdaniels1260]

I bought PG's first album when it came out in '77, and saw him on tour in Toronto on support of that album. Absolutely a brilliant concert, and I still like that album, but I have to say that I have never ever gone back to that album's bloated version of this song. To me it sounds so much more powerful and beautiful with a stripped down texture like this. The version on Exposure is brilliant, and Pete's solo version that opens up the concert on the 2003 Growing Up tour is equally stunning.

[@demonicsweaters]

Wow, I've been a PG fan for years and never really realized what a skilled piano player he is. That was one amazing performance. I LOVE the sound of the CP-70 too.

[@Rodeo1202]

He actually took piano lessons between leaving Genesis and his first LP

[@kevbob]

DS- you are right- the CP-70 is what really adds to the mood of the song. I can play it on my Yamaha non-CP-70 and it just doesn't have the same feeling. I'm actually in the middle of deciding what sampling software platforms I want to purchase exactly because I want the CP-70 sound on my controller. I just have to have this sound. :)

[@BennieTarrMusic]

@@kevbob Only the real thing will do!

[@kevbob]

@@BennieTarrMusic if I had a few extra $ disposable grand and another room in my house, I would surely agree with you. As it is, I will opt for virtual for my controller. :)

[@keriford54]

This is the Gabriel song that always stays with me, excellent performance too

[@gabbleratchet1890]

Wonderful to see a live version where Peter's voice is in good health and he doesn't have to shout the high notes. When he nails "Lord" it is as powerful as if a band had suddenly kicked in.

[@garycoates4987]

if only Fripp was here Kate Bush Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp would be the best

[@brianhorner8349]

Literally gave me chills, especially right at the end.

[@Mr01081960]

The first album of peter is fantastic 😘

[@DawnLevendula]

So ?

[@mikefinney423]

@@DawnLevendula No, "So" was the 5th album. There were 4 solo albums between 1977 and 1982..all of them absolutely superb. Not as pop-driven as "So", but fantastically stellar.

[@waynegoodman135]

Peter Gabriel 3(melting face) is def my favorite.

[@lucalone]

his first album alone is better than all phil collins genesis records together !!

[@rvdnagel1963]

@@DawnLevendula No !

[@2wayplebney]

How splendid. And this was way before Mr Gabriel hit the high gear of "So". What a talent.

[@progettomemoria867]

This is one his greatest masterpieces.

[@alisonstrain9456]

1.58....Lord, here comes THAT VOICE!!! Love this.

[@genghis_connie]

I saw the other duet from this very bleak. Christmas. SO GOOD. Thank you for posting this!

[@matthehat]

i love this version, it's got such a lovely raw sound

[@texasbluegrass567]

Peter's voice. That is all.

[@Yanto-Bardic]

This is all about everything and everyone melding into ONE.

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

Peter's just the best ever. Thanks for that rare recording. I really adore the intro. :)

[@MarilynPirozziHarmonyWreaths]

The best, Lia!

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

@@MarilynPirozziHarmonyWreaths 🤍🎶

[@geoffnorton9279]

Saw him sing this at Manchester Apollo theatre. Magnificent then and always will be. Some things don't change after all.

[@danigs007]

Can't tell what's more devine: Channel Four's Setup, Kate's Intro or Peter's performace. Simply magical !!!!

[@joselares9031]

Stunning Piano sound...STunning CP-80...¡¡¡ STunning voice from Peter Gabriel...YEAH...

[@johnspenle2691]

Whaouuu

[@fgunerius]

What a beautiful and powerful vocal performance.

[@TheQuietEye]

That's just great. Right up here with the Gabriel/Fripp version.

[@turnerthemanc]

I actually played Kate Bush's CP80 which was loaned to Barclay James Harvest at their Saddleworth recording studio when I was 17 That may be the same one (its a long shot but I'm looking for a claim to fame.)

[@turnerthemanc]

@kaferere is it a concert grand?

[@BennieTarrMusic]

I have Stevie Nicks's nose in a box under my pillow.

[@gastramp]

My friend has the ex 'farm' studio CP88. Played it many times.

[@MJ-tg6wb]

I bought a Roland Jupiter-8 from Greg Hawkes ( The Cars keyboard player ). It was one of three they used in the studio for their first 5 record albums!!

[@turnerthemanc]

@@MJ-tg6wb i guess its just what you needed

[@razrv3lc]

This has always been my favorite song he ever did

[@poymorph]

Gosh....amazing

[@m.michellenadon3968]

So beautiful. We were ever this young? Pure? We knew. Goddamnit, we knew.

[@olivergill2903]

And we fecking well tried

[@edwardmclaughlin7935]

Incredible performance.

[@stavrospapadimitriou7631]

Ay-yee! A Yamaha CP-70! I played in a band with one of those bastards in the early 80s, and still have nightmares about dragging it up and down the stairs of the Rock Garden in London! I believed it weighed in at slightly over 70Kgs per bit! In other news, the song was great!

[@BennieTarrMusic]

I think this one is a cp-80... (88 keys)... Yes, they're incomparable. Yamaha owns the copyright, obviously, and they always include a digital copy on their newer keyboards, but nothing like the real thing. I bought a CP-30 in Alaska and used it for loads of gigs. It was about half the weight of the 70/80... It was more Fleetwood Mac-y in tone. Add a little compression and it really cut through. My roommate once met me after a gig, at 3 in the morning. He sniffed a big line of yakity-yakk and carried the keyboard up four flights of stairs by himself! ;-)

[@vocalpro]

Holy crap!!!! What a legend.

[@marc-andrecoulombe9617]

I saw is first solo show in Montréal we saw a guy with an orange safety shirt starting to play this song all the lights open it was special

[@lucalone]

the soul of genesis.

[@drezy5337]

Looks like Peter playing at a local church. Awesome song!

[@steroq6699]

A terrific performance!

[@jakkibreeze7982]

This makes me feel safe when I need to be for some reason ❤️

[@Stewharp]

Goosebumps!

[@andrewbeveridge6465]

I love this track so much

[@SubZeroCommander]

Wonderful rare live footage ! Tyvm!

[@xannaduu]

Steppenwolf the xmas special was pre-recorded. ;) still, it does have a great live-vibe to it!

[@Middlesexful]

this is how i want to be introduced into a show once in my life.

[@johnskelley6710]

This is great I've always loved this song. Even with just piano it is still very strong, I'll say.

[@morbidmanmusic]

as any good song should be.. without the production. Really it could stand on the melody alone.

[@progettomemoria867]

@@morbidmanmusic The piano is an entire production thanks to its unique harmonies.

[@robertarthur887]

Love the re-use of the intro to The Tower.

[@davidallen8280]

"The actor's gone, there's only you and ME"

[@Mr01081960]

Il primo disco di Peter Gabriel è un capolavoro fellas 😉

[@davidcoleman757]

Blimey, remember watching this when it was aired. That makes me an old fart, but dang the music was good back then.

[@morbidmanmusic]

there is good music now too. Stop looking in bad places.

[@progettomemoria867]

@@morbidmanmusic please, do introduce me to a better song written in recent times. Harmony, melody, lyrics.

[@t.s.127]

it is epic

[@chantalcrete253]

⭐️✨🎶😍💙Super Merci Peter!

[@stephencastro1437]

WOW. Goosebumps!

[@amadhaun22]

Excellent.

[@BennieTarrMusic]

The Yamaha CP-80 is perhaps the best sounding electric keyboard ever made...

[@damianmousley2098]

I recall somewhere peter saying that bob erzin overproduced this song on his album and it was supposed to be a simple tune. On his greatest hits circa 1990s shaking the tree- it’s was done simply….

[@MagooTheHappyHustler]

as majestic as music gets.

[@roccoscarinci3740]

Absolutely !!!

[@Gelsyviolet]

Meraviglioso

[@suddeneye9836]

Goosebumps

[@icysurfer1]

How wonderful

[@patrickriddell2090]

Perfection

[@PhilW222]

Just love this song!

[@martingingras8397]

Speechless…

[@Onionbaron]

Listening to a old soul...

[@stevenbonner1700]

That's the way you do it

[@Gnomaxx]

Magnifique

[@379val]

1:57 goosebumps

[@FRojo-hp3fi]

Maravillosa canción!! Bravo, Peter!!

[@dl100rider]

Classic Gabriel!

[@DJAC63]

Incomparable.

[@chris22326]

WOW

[@catman127]

There are only two singers in the world that can sing and you can’t hear them intake breath . Peter Gabriel and the late Frank Sinatra!! Astounding ability needed to do this . Try it , you’ll see !!!!

[@WithMyLittleSpoon]

Kate and Peter:):):) Oh MY!!! This is absoluteley outstanding and always brings many tears to my eyes, I have to go get my special HANKEY from my Pop's to try and wipe these flooding tears:(:(:(!***:):):) Grazie PretzelFarmer always and forever I feel you watching over me:):):) "Chin Chin" Chente Anni Salute Ciao:):):)

[@MrHawk2002]

So this is (originally) a Kate Bush Christmas special - broadcast in 1979... Stating the obvious but way before Don't Give Up. Well, a few years anyway cos So is 25 now... Shit I feel old! ;-) Gotta love the BBC archive; I haven't seen this before but it's such a raw, honest version from one of the greatest writers for many generations.

[@juanomatix]

She sang in "Games Without Frontiers" in PG III (Melt), released a few months after this. Just to poin out.

[@lanhet]

Painfully beautiful...

[@catjudo1]

As I saw the drum kit slide into view I was thinking, "Oh god no." That song, the versions not on the first solo album, has long been a favorite of mine. It just sounds so haunting and so perfect all at once.

[@marcelopepinho]

Damn... I miss Peter from the 70's a lot ...

[@andreasjuell927]

Peter looks like Tony Montana in this clip.

[@Gelsyviolet]

Ahahahah

[@BennieTarrMusic]

Chi-Chi, GET THE YAYO!!

[@PeterPanoramics]

It’s the big flared collar

[@MsMesem]

Kate had a heart shaped face and Peter also with fine features; they both lost that fairly early on becoming rounder in the face. I try to figure it out cos at their ages I was a chipmunk and now my face is thinner.

[@carlosdanielscala8605]

Molto bene grazie , Evitaeterna.ñ.-----.

[@danielshade710]

Finally figured out that piano tone!!!! The Roland Jazz chorus guitar amp!!!!!! Ephemeral gestalt!

[@johnnydiamondsmusic1673]

A lot of 80s band added Chorus To Piano. Sounds great I must try one with my Yamaha P-45. I have a Clone Theory Stereo Chorus might sound good.

[@edgreen8140]

What Gabriel l.p. is this on? Used to have it w san jucinto, family snapshot. Maybe was a greatest hits.

[@loreztaken]

Mitico.

[@XanAxDdu]

i am 1971 from italy, rome. it happen in 1985 then in 1986. i knew nothing. a friend of mine had old record of his two older bros. so i listened all the records before my age and i had genesis and peter and collins and of course brand x too that was the top. i had seconds out and all the rest when there was collins hello i must ve going his second magnificent pop album. guys genesis live summer 1972 was a shock i was just 14 it was not an immediatly affair to manage peter first 4 albums i had to make the point in history of music and sound. it happen peter made his new album it was so beginning with a song. obviously. it was not like invisibile touch that was a normal nice track. it was red rain red rain for me was a new chapter of something not finished today as narration of possibilities. Red Rain is an opening to the waste possibilities of world music becaming pop the same as the musical box the Knife or just can utility and coastliners it was a new blood from peter gabriel

[@progettomemoria867]

Fortunato!

[@eriklaan8207]

Beautiful song. But please, fix the aspect ratio.....

[@eamontdmas]

80,000 views. That's hilarious. It's possibly the best vocal performance on KZbin.

[@tinfoilhatter]

i would call it sad! it's about as far from funny as a feller could get, yo! just sayin'! but i mean, yes, pete's goddamn good, that's for frickin' sure, wow!

[@rhoddryice5412]

Almost 12 years since the upload, first time I watch this and I’ve been a fan since I was a child.

[@progettomemoria867]

Surely one of the greatest live performances in television history. Not to speak about the song itself. Maybe the most underrated of all times.

[@HardRockMiner]

LOL I forgot a letter in that response. I meant to say (TICKLED) not "Ticked." Just goes to show ya that theres a fine line between happy and pissed off. heehee

[@marceloBAZU]

In the opening choral, there is kate bush, his brother paddy (is he?), and the third beautiful voice, is who?

[@fingersmaster]

Why stretching the image to make it look widescreen when it is originally 4:3? Absurd!

[@boraboris2008]

".and some have named him Peter, The Angel"

[@studi0robb]

i'm not crying. it's just moisture from the flood... さびしー(；_；)ｳｩ

[@BarMaleusson]

Me too..

[@bobbydimarzio]

Bellllllch.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Imagine having to gig with that monster of a piano.

[@ZwaTheSillyGoose]

I had one - a Yamaha CP70B. Wonderful instrument - the most beautiful action but a rather thin sound (owing to no soundboard). I now have a Nord Stage 2 EX - much better piano sound, but a really vile action :(

[@BennieTarrMusic]

I used to gig with the CP-30, which is about half the size of the CP-70/80, but still really, really heavy! It's worth it for the real sounds and real piano action. Digital crap doesn't measure up at all.

[@ZwaTheSillyGoose]

@@BennieTarrMusic I disagree. The sound of the CP-70 was thin, certainly compared to the digital Fazioli samples that I generally use for piano sounds (I played a recording of a Chopin Nocturne to my old piano teacher that I'd recorded using my Nord and she thought it was a concert grand - she would not have been fooled by the CP-70)

[@zosothezephead837]

10 years later the one on the left was hired for the "2 weeks" woman/Arnie role in Total Recall.

[@ldrzic4472]

le cri de guerre.......chair de poule assurée.......géant......du peter.....

[@bmcgoo6027]

I hate having to turn my volume (and associated noise) up to 100%. Basic sound level balance can't be taught to everyone posting on youtube, but maybe youtube can have a normalising option? So, anyway, I still haven't heard this song.

[@j.k.1963]

Kel, here's one for you. Let Peter stir up your soul, my friend.