Kate Bush Reaction Woman's Work (SPEECHLESS!) | Dereck Reacts

[@XmalD73]

I've never seen you silent watching an entire video! The song is mesmerizing - one of my all-time favorite songs. Kate's vocals are stunning and powerful, so emotional. Thanks for reacting to it!

[@josemwo9542]

Mesmerising Kate Bush ever olive her ♥️🇨🇱😍

[@nellies]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written, always makes me cry. Kate sounds like an angel. She's out of this world. She did a new version of this in 2011, worth checking out too! It's very different. You were so mesmerized! Dereck you need to react to Kate more often, she should definitely be your next deep dive like you did with ABBA!

[@LoCoCoRaMa]

You chose a brilliant Kate Bush song to react to. The emotional impact of This Woman’s Work is so powerful. Kate is a masterful storyteller and visual artist as well as singer songwriter and producer. It makes me so happy being a life long fan that new generations of people are discovering Kates music. Thank you Derek ♥️

[@scottward7850]

The lyric “ I know you have a little life in you yet, I know you have a lot of strength left” instantly makes me emotional every single time I hear it. A truly masterful song .

[@jericoba]

That indeed, and also, for me is: Give me these moments back Give them back to me Give me that little kiss Give me your - hand

[@TheClairem75]

There’s no one like Kate Bush. A true artist.

[@mariolopez.photographer]

There is no other artist like her!!! No other.. She is completely unique in her own wonderfully strange and beautiful way. Only Kate Bush!

[@drunk1998]

OMG this woman, has produced jewel after jewel

[@johncollins392]

The remarkable Kate Bush!.

[@scottydogx]

I’ve never seen you react like that. The song is a masterpiece. Kate has written many of them.

[@OmoklmOmoklmOmoklm]

When music is a Great Art !!! What a talent women

[@j.k.1963]

One of her strongest compositions. Kate is a storyteller like no one. Her best gift: she leaves plenty of room to draw ones own conclusion. Another great one like this but also very personal to Kate herself is A Coral Room. Kate remeniscing her late mother. This Woman's Work made an impressive appearance in one of the most disturbing scenes on The Handmaids Tale: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2WaXnewbZiCp5Y

[@kentmains7763]

Kate closes the piano knowing she just took your feelings for one hell of a ride.

[@idparkinson]

Please watch "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

[@annesmith2259]

Kate will have that effect on you. If you dive into her music you will love her

[@MarkRadford78]

I loved your reaction to this one Dereck, I love the emotional journey Kate took us on from a father's perspective, so beautiful!!! And Kate's piano ballads always slay!!!

[@annother3350]

One of her best

[@Escapee5931]

It's probably been 20 years since I saw She's Having A Baby, but this song always puts me back in that waiting room. "Give me, these moments back..." 😭

[@paulmason6474]

Kate directed the video

[@nathalietregouet5677]

Thank you for reacting to this masterpiece. And thanks to the person who asked for it. You were so deeply in it, it was as if we could read/(re)discover the story with your eyes, Dereck. Double emotion.

[@Alan-zi4or]

This song is stunning ❤️

[@swifty8503]

i prefer The Fog from The Sensual World album, i think its even better!

[@TimothySmiths]

So glad to see a reaction that didn't immediately say isn't this a Maxwell song?

[@stever7732]

Nice reaction. The next two performances from Kate Bush that you should consider reacting to, each with a nice music video, are ‘Babooshka’ and the duet she did with Peter Gabriel on his song ‘Don’t Give Up’.

[@dalee72]

For me this song has helped me get through my tough, emotionally challenging times. So I thank Kate Bush for giving me the emotional encouragement and support for my inner child by telling him "I know you have a little life in you yet. I know you have a lot of strength left." A beautiful and touching song by an incredible artist.

[@shaunsayshey]

Kate Bush English rose!

[@steveb6386]

This has so much meaning to me. My son was born a shade of purple because the cord was around his neck. But that wasn't all, his mother wouldn't stop bleeding. I thought I was going to lose them both. But she was put on a drip and several hours later out of danger and he was revived and I was the spare part in the delivery suite.

[@joannetyndall3625]

Oh this song...its hypnotising.Kate Bush is incredible x

[@gillesprados7505]

So beautiful

[@samguberman2288]

It's criminal this amazing song only got to number 25 in the UK.

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@samguberman2288 I hardly ever bought 45s. The album went to # 2.

[@bushmonster1702]

wtf. That shows how much harder it was to reach high in the charts back then.

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@bushmonster1702 Excellent point, which by most today isn't acknowledged.

[@majfinan]

Everything Kate Bush does is truly beautiful. I grew up listening to Kate all thanks to my Dad, and I've loved her ever since. It's so lovely to see more people discovering her and her talents! 💜

[@leslieturner8276]

I agree with your opinion the nurse is smiling at the end of the video, so I think that she did survive, but the song and the video is open to different interpretations. In terms of follow up Kate Bush there are some excellent singles from Kate's 3rd album "Never For Ever" on which Kate is credited as a co-producer, they are Babooshka, Army Dreamers and Breathing.

[@andyastrand]

Just listen to all of her stuff.. don’t even worry about reacting. Just listen, watch, absorb, whatever.

[@KB-to3lf]

My absolute favourite Beautiful

[@TheFaruk2]

Kate Bush is the queen of pop rock in Europe

[@warrenbridges1891]

Padrig M The high priestess of prog.

[@fredgiles5768]

Captivating.

[@nahcurtis]

Legendary song!

[@yannhollister9091]

kate bush is a genius, one in a trillion

[@richards8107]

Please do Kates song ‘And so is love’ from her album ‘The Red Shoes’ and from the movie she produced and stared in ‘The Line, The Cross and The Curve’ based upon the 1940s British film ‘The Red Shoes’ based upon the European fairytale

[@buntyjoy1800]

This woman’s work, she is giving birth

[@spiderbass65]

True, but Kate wrote this from the man’s point of view. True genius.

[@ropi8739]

This is one of my most adored works by Kate Bush. She's mindblowing and I loved your reaction. I hope you make a video on her Moments of Pleasure.

[@chrissywalls5902]

You clearly don't watch "Handmaid's Tale" because this song would tear you up if you did. Season 2, episode 1 of the series was a jaw dropper. Also this song has been making me cry since like, 1986 in the Kevin Bacon movie 'She's Having A Baby'.

[@dalee72]

1988 for the movie "She's Having A Baby".

[@nimocash3535]

Ah le monde de Kate Bush est mystérieux.

[@hermandobernardes722]

This song is so emotional. - gets me every time

[@danieldeldaniel3919]

one of my favorite song of all time

[@willfromyadkinville]

i loved this song and The Sensual World album!

[@euronick61]

Such a beautiful song

[@EmpressTouch]

A beautiful composition. Well requested. Mature and classy response too. Much praise to you all (and my favourite Kate Bush song).

[@h.c4898]

That's Kate Bush for you. Before social media influencers existed there was Kate Bush.

[@darnell49]

HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL ‼️

[@maureenormston1687]

It’s mesmerising. Such a huge, huge, unique talent.

[@Duci66]

Fan since 1980 !!💗

[@Rosannasfriend]

Thank you for emphasizing how dangerous childbirth actually is. Society takes it for granted as this normalized “good thing“ but it’s actually a very dangerous situation, particularly to the woman.

[@janahcoaching]

This ladies and gentlemen, is Kate Bush. Nearly nobody covers her music cause they usually ruin it completely and she is an incredibly unique composer, singer and producer. And she never gave a shit about what others wanted or thought would sell. Full artistic control. She tells stories like no other, no wonder Dereck is speechless. And no, she dies.

[@lb8822]

You should listen to her whole body of work. All amazing.

[@martinwilliams4759]

She has the greatest female voice of all time

[@barbaraclegg1622]

Lovely reaction to this song always makes me cry such an emotional rollercoaster

[@jericoba]

Oohh, one of my favorite songs by her. Good choice. It is SO good it's silly. You are one of the few KZbin reacting channels I like. You seem like a man who is in touch with his emotions - like me. One of the finest qualities of a person.

[@SpaceCattttt]

One of the top 3 ballads of the 80s. Right up there with Berlin's "Take My Breath Away". It doesn't get any better. This is the high standard for others to follow.

[@KB-to3lf]

It has big personal symbolism for me …

[@davidpurcell9206]

Treat yourself to the tour of life KZbin video (the one with blue background and white writing), then the Kate Bush Christmas Special. Both good videos showing her great talent. Then there's the Eiffling video !!!

[@DanCrowleyNYC]

She's incredible! This song is perfection. Especially the last minute, love that you loved it!!!

[@Concreteowl]

Kate likes to play ghosts.

[@farisle6602]

Deeper Understanding is an amazing song when following the story carefully - The Sensual World album - a lot of great, undiscovered songs on The Red Shoes as well.

[@rk41gator]

I believe she plays the piano on this amazing song.

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@rk41gator Kate's playing even as a young teen on the home demo "Rynfy The Gypsy". Also known as "Playing Canasta". Wonderful.

[@tomoconnor1731]

Nice you let the track play derk, respect✊

[@arsenalmanic]

The live version is even better !

[@alanwhitefield250]

I've been in love with Kate Bush since she first emerged in 1977/78. In Britain we had the punk explosion.....and we had Kate Bush. I liked punk....I love Kate. Even John Lydon thinks Kate is an angel sent down to us. I'm now so so envious of all you young people, especially in the USA, who are just discovering Kate for the first time. A world of untold joy awaits you. I almost wish I could start all over again when I see the reactions her music elicits. I'm not a religious person, (don't believe in heaven and hell even though I was brought up strict Scottish Presbyterian).....but as you are now all finding out, there are ANGELS. .

[@softshallow7435]

I reckon in the first part of video when she was standing behind her boyfriend/ husband in the hospital as a spirit, she probably died for afew seconds then came back to the real world.

[@viddiot]

I knew it....The magic of Kate and her voice...the way she emotes. Was curious to see Dereck check it out, and yep...here I am again with tears just falling out of my eyes. Hahaha! Brilliant song, share it with everyone who's not heard this original version.

[@clout74]

She died! This is from Wikipedia: The music video for "This Woman's Work", which was directed by Bush herself, starts with Bush, spotlighted in an otherwise black room, playing the introductory notes on a piano. In the next scene, a distraught man (played by Tim McInnerny) is pacing in the waiting room of a hospital. It is then revealed through flashbacks that his wife (played by Bush) has collapsed while they were having dinner. The story blurs into a continuous scene where he carries her to the car, a desperate race to the hospital, and his wife being wheeled away on a stretcher as he races in behind her. While waiting, the husband is wracked with fear and imagines his wife in happier times, kissing him in the rain, and even imagines the nurse coming to tell him she has died. The nurse then pulls him out of his reverie, as she reassuringly puts her hand on his shoulder and tells him about his wife's situation, though we cannot hear what she is saying. The final scene of the video returns to Bush as she silently covers the piano keyboard.

[@j.k.1963]

@clout74 no she did not die. The nurse at the end brings good news. Besides the scene in the movie itself has a happy ending.

[@rainerzufall42]

That's just false information. There may have been a controversy, but it's clear, that she did not die - just like in the corresponding movie.

[@nellies]

The nurse wouldn't smile to him if she died so no she did not. She didn't die in the movie either.

[@philipmulville8218]

Dereck, thanks so much for reviewing this song. It’s so, so beautiful.

[@lewismaddox4132]

I suggest you listen one more time and pay attention to Kate's amazing agonized screaming in the background during the closing stanza which so perfectly conveys the agonizing moments of crisis and uncertainty as the wife and mother's life as well as the unborn child hang in the balance. It is so frightening and such a helpless feeling from the man's point of view. My wife and her child were a week overdue and the doctors decided to induce labor. Two days of frustration until they told me she was heading toward pre-eclampsia, shallow breathing, weakened pulse and heart rate, upside down iron in her blood, the whole thing. Two days of strife only to be forced to have a c-section in the end. My wife is Korean and she couldn't pass our child cause he had a big European melon like his Dad. I'm telling you this from my perspective which pales to the agony and terror that she went through. But, of course, that's how Kate produced this song, from the man's perspective. She's an absolutely uncanny empath. The look of stunned and drained oblivion on the face of the man at the end is something I relate to very strongly. He was going through, "All the things I should have said that I never said. All the things I should have done that I never did." To realize it wasn't too late, that he still had the chance to have those moments back must have been overwhelming, draining. A whole new mind-set.

[@lxhobson]

I heard this song for the first time decades ago during a woman's figure skating competition. It was SO beautiful that I went out and found the CD. I played it for both of my sons, who ALSO thought it was the most beautiful song they'd ever heard. Finally having seen the video for the first time about a year ago, I think, frankly, that I preferred watching the beautiful figure skating performance with this song as the backdrop.

[@Tacko14]

I know I’m being mushy but I just gotta tell. Was going through the breakup of my life, had the cd on in the car stereo. I was waiting in the middle of a crossing to get a gap while this was on. I couldn’t see the traffic through the tears. People behind me must’ve honked. That was over two decades ago, but I still can’t stay dry with this song. Wouldn’t you want Kate for your soulmate? She really, really understands

[@swifty8503]

You really need to react to her track The Fog from The Sensual World album, an absolute masterpiece!

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Yes!!! that's my favorite song from The Sensual World.

[@andrewhallam237]

If you like this song look for the video of this song from the movie She's Having a Baby, a John Hughes 80's comedy that gets very sad at the end.

[@pierre-alexandrelapie1726]

Hi derek can you put the subtitle?

[@juliosanti]

ALWAYS MESMERIZING !! JUST LOVE HER !! 😍🥰

[@jilldiaz1016]

I believe that D'Angelo did a cover of this.

[@rainerzufall42]

Every time those wet eyes... ;-)

[@Rainbow-yh6ov]

Whenever I hear this song, and I’ve listened to it for decades, it always brings me to tears. It’s so brilliantly crafted. But my favorite line is “all the things we should’ve said that we never said, all the things we should have done that we never did“. Ever since my boyfriend was murdered when I was in my early 20s I’ve made a point of being sure that those I come in contact with know how much they mean to me. Don’t look back and say “I wish I let them know how special they were.”

[@softshallow7435]

Not sure if you have heard of Maxwell? He did a cover of this.

[@warrenbridges1891]

SOFTSHALLOW Yes. We've heard of Maxwell. He's the one who adds all of the cheesy, gospel R&B inflections.

[@softshallow7435]

@@warrenbridges1891 I know. Just asking, I’m not really fan of that one. 😁

[@warrenbridges1891]

@@softshallow7435 You have good taste.

[@softshallow7435]

@@warrenbridges1891 I’m 50 and remember Original. Same as Jennifer Rush original Power of Love.

[@warrenbridges1891]

@@softshallow7435 Same here. You're 5 years older than my son. I'm 68 this year. About 3 years older than Kate. I love how music brings us all together.

[@billiebob5315]

I'm a huge huge Kate Bush fan, but must tell you that the version by Maxwell always makes me cry. For me it reminds me of the death of my father.

[@glastonbury4304]

Maxwells cover was done from the man's perspective I guess

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@glastonbury4304 So is Kate's. She's singing from Kevin Bacon's perspective in the movie.

[@glastonbury4304]

@@WarrenBridges-um5cg ..... kind of, but she did speak about this song in an interview and said it was more from the womans point of view and wanting her man to man up and why it was always the womans role to console their husbands and they forget that it's them going through this pain directly ...that's why she called it "this womans work"...

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@@glastonbury4304 That is the message of the movie (for the husband to man up) but the line "I stand outside this woman's work" seems to me, to be sung from his point of view.

[@glastonbury4304]

@WarrenBridges-um5cg ...possibly, only repeating what Kate mentioned in the interview...if I could go back to 1986 I'd ask her as I bought her a drink in a pub in London back then...my only claim to fame...😂

[@hetzelengel5883]

Aragon et Castille - Boby Lapointe

[@tommylundholm9146]

I also are silent even if i heard all Kate Bush all songs since she started out and she is my husbands favorite singer. Here in Europe she is a gay icon and always been played in our house. Our daugthers mother was more Nina Hagen fan.

[@n0w3lly90]

Was an absolutely beautiful song this was, and Kate Bush was such a great songwriter

[@eamonndoyle4753]

Regarding the video I got the impression that he's wife died but the doctors managed to save the baby, that's why he was sad when the nurse first spoke to him and then he showed relief at the end knowing the baby lived. Only my opinion.

[@michellehardman50]

I love Kate Bush I’ve not heard this song in a long time. Thank you for your reaction to this. I’ve added this to my song list.

[@jericoba]

Isn't it wonderful when you rediscover something you love? That puts a smile on my face every time. Music can do that to us.

[@paulhooper610]

Please watch it again knowing that she has died, the Women's work is helping her love to cope. Peace my friend x

[@KB-to3lf]

RIP Luke xx

[@lewisjones2825]

Cognitive dissonance because the words are positive and the sound is defeatist

[@paulhooper610]

Hi. You do realise that the Kate that you see is her spirit? She died but wanted to her love realise that it would be okay.

[@NiallFernie]

I feel like I've had this thought on more than one occasion. A lot of guys read this song exactly as it it was written. Fucking painful. The pull of love and pleasure, pain and togetherness. Whichever wins causes a casualty and a bad one at that. I wish I could decide which narrative was the best to follow.

[@CheLGaZm]

Maxwell does a brilliant R & B cover of this song

[@richardhoyau936]

Toute la chanson a été composé et interprété du piano aux choeurs toute la chanson resume kate Busch c' est aussi simple que ça

[@paulhooper610]

A re reaction would be a unique pretty little thing. 🥰

[@jonsouth1545]

might want to look at Tim Mckinnory's expression again (the Actor) as in the song she's dies.

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@jonsouth1545 If Kate follows the narrative of the movie she originally wrote the song for, Tim's is an expression of relief, as a result of the reassurance expressed by the nurse.

[@avelonavelon1611]

i dont think it charted well because theres not really a chorus/hook

[@WarrenBridges-um5cg]

@avelonavelon1611 A few KB songs were like that. Went to #25 in the U.K. The album went to #2.

[@juliegreenan2244]

This song gets me every time ❤️ she is amazing

[@stephanbateman5410]

she dies, she becomes an angel. her choice she died to let the baby live.

[@warrenbridges1891]

Stephen Bateman Don't know where you get that from. In the movie Kate wrote the song specifically for, no one dies. The nurse in the video is smiling as she delivers the good news.

[@stephanbateman5410]

@@warrenbridges1891 I was always under the impression the song had a dark undertone and when Kate closes the piano it indicates her passing. I am very pleased to be wrong. Thanks you for your information. Seriously thank you .

[@warrenbridges1891]

@@stephanbateman5410 I suppose that (the unresolved music) added to the dramatic tension in the movie. They usually tease you before eventually revealing the happy ending. Closing the piano does look symbolic though.

[@esztervarga7641]

Please please look at Maxwell's version too!!! It is delishhh.

[@warrenbridges1891]

Eszter Varga He can't even get the accent right