Kate Bush - Wild Man

This song tells the story of sightings of the Wild Man of the Himalayas, and of the efforts by the narrator and others to protect him from discovery.
The Yeti (/ˈjɛti/), also known as Meh-Teh in Himalayan folklore, is an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia.
The Yeti is often described as being a large, bipedal ape-like creature that is covered with brown, gray, or white hair and is said to be muscular, covered with dark grayish or reddish-brown hair, and can weigh between 200 and 400 lbs. (91 to 181 kilograms). It is relatively short compared to North America's Bigfoot, averaging about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in height. Though this is the most common form, reported Yetis have come in a variety of shapes.
Some Soviet Scientists believe The Yeti, or for them the ‘abominable snowmen’ are Neanderthal Survivors
When interviewed about this song in 2011 Kate Bush said:
"Well, the first verse of the song is just quickly going through some of the terms that the Yeti is known by and one of those names is the Kangchenjunga Demon. He’s also known as Wild Man and Abominable Snowman. (...) I don’t refer to the Yeti as a man in the song. But it is meant to be an empathetic view of a creature of great mystery really. And I suppose it’s the idea really that mankind wants to grab hold of something [like the Yeti] and stick it in a cage or a box and make money out of it. And to go back to your question, I think we’re very arrogant in our separation from the animal kingdom and generally as a species we are enormously arrogant and aggressive. Look at the way we treat the planet and animals and it’s pretty terrible isn’t it?"
- Kate Bush Interview - (John Doran, 'A Demon In The Drift: The Quietus, 2011).
Drums: Steve Gadd
Bass: John Giblin
Featured vocals: Andy Fairweather Low
Bells: Del Palmer
Guitars: Dan McIntosh
Keyboards, backing vocals: Kate
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[@paulwild3676]

It really is time Kate was Dame Kate Bush. She is the Godmother of British music and it is time that she was given the same accolade as Paul McCartney, Elton John, Rod Stewart her other male equivalents. Her sheer Britishness alone deserves this recognition.

[@harrybrown8896]

It’s long overdue she’s weird in a good way thankfully

[@paulwild3676]

@@harrybrown8896 No woman apart from Bassey in music has this title but plenty of men. She is the obvious candidate.

[@gaiatalkstheearthspeaks]

Yes, in my opinion, she is one of the most brilliant, magical, inspired, insightful, and even prophetic artists ever...What an amazing gift she is to the world, and to the Earth..

[@paulwild3676]

@@gaiatalkstheearthspeaks I think her fans are the type of people who are very deep and ultra-sensitive. People who don’t just see a tree but see the roots and the hundreds of years of history that tree has. That is how I am and that is how I can relate to Kate so easily.

[@edmundmatthews7600]

And she does just what she likes. By which I mean, she makes music for her own ends, not to satisfy a label - or even us! And that's the way to do it.

[@MrMarrs]

They call you an animal, the Kangchenjunga Demon, Wild Man, Metoh-Kangmi. Lying in my tent, I can hear your cry echoing round the mountainside. You sound lonely. While crossing the Lhakpa-La something jumped down from the rocks. In the remote Garo Hills by Dipu Marak we found footprints in the snow. The schoolmaster of Darjeeling said he saw you by the Tengboche Monastery. You were playing in the snow. You were banging on the doors. You got up on the roof, Roof of the World. You were pulling up the rhodedendrons. Loping down the mountain. They want to know you. They will hunt you down, then they will kill you. Run away, run away, run away... While crossing the Lhakpa-La something jumped down from the rocks. In the remote Garo Hills by Dipu Marak we found footprints in the snow. We found your footprints in the snow. We brushed them all away... From the Sherpas of Annapurna to the Rinpoche of Qinghai. Shepherds from Mount Kailash to Himachal Pradesh found footprints in the snow. You’re not a langur monkey nor a big brown bear - You’re the Wild Man. They say they saw you drowned near the Rongbuk Glacier. They want to hunt you down. You’re not an animal. The Lamas say you’re not an animal.

[@ProphetInPrison]

Hey, MrMarrs!!! Convey my greetings to Veronica!

[@highartalert6927]

Kate is my ultimate goddess of music ;-*

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

[@Nunavuter1]

There are many makers of Kate fan vids, many of which are quite good. She obviously has some very talented fans. I have to say that MrMarrs creates the best of them. I love his Ninth Wave and Aerial suites in particular. Thanks, whoever you are.

[@lobogirl]

Kate is pure genius , She is just mindblowing , Huge Fan ... nobody else but Kate and her odd beautiful brain could think of the wonderous songs and subjects She has written about over the years. And thanks so much for the video !

[@paulwild3676]

She is Boris’ favourite singer so it should be a given.

[@mikeford1273]

I've spent a couple of days listening to Kate..has she ever done anything bad or boring!? If she has, I can't find it..genius!!

[@Chrisamusic1]

So totally other worldly. There is simpy no-one else who could have written this song. Magnificent.

[@basantalamsal8092]

Love from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@simplyron6359]

another example of why she transcends the top 40. her subjects & melodies are so diverse & why her fans are such fanatics. the same way that physics was constantly in the minds of Da Vinci, Tesla & Einstein, so melody & lyrics must swirl nonstop in Kate's marvelous imagination.

[@mvellis3863]

Fanatic here!! I totally agree. Kate transcends all comparisons and stereotypes, she is totally unique in everything she does. A true original and a brilliant, classy, and lovely woman.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

How wonderful that KB's composed a song about the hunt of a "Yeti", has anyone ever written a song about such a subject before? no...................and that is why they have no class.

[@blumarinets]

Non lo so... ma c'è una canzone italiana che si chiama "Il mostro" cantata da Samuele Bersani, che tratta un argomento simile. Lì il "mostro" viene cacciato, ed è lui ad avere paura di noi "umani"...

[@Heartwing37]

Kate Bush is everything

[@AFloridaSon]

Even the sidewalk, that people walk all over?

[@giovannibellini4098]

One thing for sure, though, is that Kate is a musical genius!!!!

[@cliffgreene1675]

One of my top five Kate songs, so evocative and moving.

[@michelebravin2248]

Clifford Green i do agree. The double voice chorus with that bloody outstanding keys on the background ( sounds like a church pipe organ ) is simply “pastorale”... and so soul moving !

[@markjalessian]

I can't get over how good this is.

[@veraboller1532]

Was so happy when Kate released this album! Its fantastically brilliant.

[@valleysofneptune]

Kate is totally a one off, like Hendrix, here to give us messages to decode and love to feel....I long for her next album, I really hope it comes soon.

[@johngerten8869]

Yope...if it takes as much energy than I gain, Kate can wait 200 years

[@carloantonio5408]

Extraordinaire Kate (adore her)

[@RonHeusdens]

valleysofneptune patience:)

[@markglover7829]

Beautiful! A work of art and a song i will hit repeat play over and over through the winter months. Truly beautiful!

[@Myplop]

I never heard words used so beautifully!

[@johnathanlee7141]

Kate Bush is an amazing genius!!!! She simply can do no wrong!

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

Apart from how this is great to watch on a hot, humid July day, it's great to just sit back and marvel about how Kate keeps re-inventing herself over the years. Amazingly, this is the same person who, as a teenager, gave us Wuthering Heights. When this song was new, I once heard Cerys Matthews play it on her show, remarking that Kate made it all seem to easy. Yes, that she does.

[@CatherineElizabethRose]

So many layers of meaning.

[@carloantonio5408]

She's adorable,a queen in music

[@phyein4815]

That guitar line is so hypnotic...

[@carolinebrady4711]

amazing,beautifully talented Kate bush.legend,spiritual and timeless

[@nadianeri6967]

Non ci sono parole..un vero capolavoro.. spiritualità infinita...Kate unica al mondo... rimarrà alla storia...

[@JayneSecker]

Hey Brian, this just popped up in feed. Must have been due to us talking about " Get out of my House" the other night. Love, love the visual 😍

[@aucourant9998]

Beautiful video. This is such an amazing track. Together with the line "The world is so loud" in Snowflake, it makes me think this is a peon to the beauty of the wildness of nature and how we are destroying it with noise and pollution. Or even how the true wildness iof our own inner natures is being lost and must be protected. It also reminds me of Kate herself and her need to be away from the press and the demands and brashness of the music industry (which could 'kill' her), so that she can get in touch with her own wild muse,.

[@ghostpuppet31]

Reminds me of David Bowie's last album 'BlackStar'.

[@yonikeynan]

totally

[@magicovento]

actually the second voice in the chorus sounds like him

[@punchjudy]

came here to say just that

[@coreym162]

@@magicovento It's not. I used to think this was him too. It should have been.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

This was the first track released from 50 Words for Snow. A friend and I were surprised, though we knew we shouldn't be, that it appeared to be a love song to a yeti. Then the album came out featuring "Misty" ....... I've never heard Frosty the Snowman in the same way since.

[@MrMarrs]

:-) yes "Misty" added a whole new meaning to someone making your heart melt ;-)

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

MrMarrs There was an interview in Radio 4 where she had to very carefully explain to the I terviewer that"Misty" wasn't her own personal experience.

[@janaoechsner1430]

wow ❤❤❤❤ was für ein Lied, Wahnsinn.... Hammer

[@simplyron6359]

she sits at the table with the best songwriters of our era. paul simon, joni mitchell, prince & others. you spend 10 minutes with madonna, taylor swift etc, & that's it, you've seen all they have to offer. i visit with kate every day. the most interesting/intriguing person i will ever experience in my lifetime.

[@iiwiiproductions2812]

I liked Madonna's 'Ray Of Light'. That was a cut above her others. But she doesn't match Kate's musical literacy.

[@jaikarin3222]

you visit Kate ?

[@simplyron6359]

listen to a song, watch a video. didn't mean to imply I was in direct contact with her.

[@dougnew5924]

Just adore the way she says, “Rhododendrons”

[@MrMarrs]

Same. Yes I love that also. In England, an expert panel of musical specialists have chosen Wild Man, Kate’s lead single from her 2011 50 Words for Snow album, to be included in a new list of 37 musical works that every primary school child (ages 5-11) should listen to. Ed Watkins, director of music at the West London Free School, who sat on the panel, said: “The list we have ended up with has music from the major world traditions, traces the history of popular music and celebrates British and European art music.” As well as works from ‘the Western Classical tradition’ - including Mozart’s Rondo all Turca, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Mussorgsky’s Night on a Bare Mountain, the list also features music from major world traditions including Brazilian Samba, Bhangra from Punjab and Argentinian Tango, as well as English folk sea shanties.

[@GarthPrice-ej6bt]

@@MrMarrs I just knew Kate, the composer, would be eye-to-eye with Beethoven. This is confirmation of what I've suspected for so long. 🙂

[@Missjunebugfreak]

One of my favorite songs of hers. Love how mystic and moody it sounds. Especially that sensual groove. Plus Kate's smoky vocal delivery is icing on the cake. Love this video too. So well done!

[@meriel5240]

Ah, you've done it again haven't you, MrMarrs? Just gorgeous x

[@iiwiiproductions2812]

When he says 'wild man' in her voice. Brilliant video and song.

[@IanGettings]

I love the mythology of the song and on the album Fifty Words for Snow - probably my favourite ever album.

[@craighicks1765]

brilliant track as ever soothing and sad at same time kate bush just gets better didnt think she could xx

[@lindaleeb6659]

Just want to thank you for your beautiful enhancements of Kate's beautiful music.

[@kate4ever1]

absolutely stunning.

[@davidapkhaidze4201]

Chorus of this song is so much David Bowiesh

[@Mestifi]

I know right? I thought nobody noticed! Thats why I came here to the videos to see if anybody would comment on this. Is great this parallelism

[@samguberman2288]

the Chorus is Andy Fairweather Low (Formerly with Amen Corner)

[@bookowl1775]

It reminds me of Sinead O'Connor, I do not know why.

[@skyheart1495]

Kate Bush so beautiful and versatile with her 🎼 music I love it 💕

[@johnasticot]

Just.Fucking.Perfect.

[@craighicks1765]

it made me sob my heart out 1st time i heard it

[@mrsmiggins81]

Glad I’m not the only one. Kate has always had that effect on me

[@ingoweinard2517]

gorgeous

[@Neptunian65]

So freaking delightful to listen this music.

[@karanfield4229]

Omg this is incredible.

[@angelajames6460]

One of my favourites on 50 words for snow album.

[@moonlit6311]

This song has helped fuel an intense, recent urge to travel to Tibet. I'd never had the inclination before. Now- it consumes me at times...😔☁✈🗻🏯🗻⛺🚩

[@ironhorse6688]

Moonlit maybe u will be the one to locate the Kanchenjunga monster

[@cosmicmauve]

I think it's your sign to go.

[@wvdpanhuysen]

Wonderful! The image sequences in this panoramic video fit perfect with the sound sequences of the song. Congratulations to the uploader! Kate Bush might be very happy to see this video for her imaginative song Wild Man. There is a deeper layer in the song, I guess, where Kate Bush tries to protect the Wild Man (Yeti?): "They want to hunt you down. You're not an animal."

[@ProphetInPrison]

That name, you must be Dutch....However, also in 'King of the Mountain' we find allusions with Yeti. Not in the lyrics, but in the promotional video in the newspaper clippings we encounter the phrase 'Sightings of Elvis in Yeti colony...'.

[@TheSmiler62]

How good is this :)......Kate never fails to thrill me

[@leonardmcateer984]

the song's about the legendary Yeti not a neandrathol which is potrayed in the video, what a gem of an album from one of the best female artist ever long may she roll

[@MrMarrs]

The Yeti (/ˈjɛti/), also known as Meh-Teh in Himalayan folklore, is an ape-like creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia. The Yeti is often described as being a large, bipedal ape-like creature that is covered with brown, gray, or white hair and is said to be muscular, covered with dark grayish or reddish-brown hair, and can weigh between 200 and 400 lbs. (91 to 181 kilograms). It is relatively short compared to North America's Bigfoot, averaging about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in height. Though this is the most common form, reported Yetis have come in a variety of shapes. Some Soviet Scientists believe The Yeti, or for them the ‘abominable snowmen’ are Neanderthal Survivors.

[@neighbourhoodwitch18]

Remember this isn’t her ‘official’ video…she never made one 😊

[@simplyron6359]

To all the Stranger Things crowd, you have no idea what you are missing out on.

[@MargaLilaandPets]

mindblowing ;-) isn't it.

[@louislogie2654]

Was on 50 words then i switched to the dreaming while watching sandman. Ironic that her most played, single made its, way onto a next series. I thought a song from the dreaming at least wld end up on a sandman episode. Anyways cant force your musical inclination down a fans throath pause let them discover, stuff when the time is rightfor them. Peacemaker has a million great songd i never heard on radio. . Xhat is for u ull feel. Basically saying i dont want ppl to try to shoehorn their singles onto shows the wayxcarcompanies shoehorn thrir cars in the avengers movies.. Tarintino n rodriguez started the throwback song revival james gunn did it for starlord. Then came the copycatting in suicide squad n now here we are 80s style shows with80s music. Greatful howzver that my vountless hrs years of playing running up that hill seems vindicated

[@MargaLilaandPets]

You did a great job on the video. Perfect interpretation and captured the spirit of the song

[@simmisaa7905]

Good that our dear blood sister had make this importend song about our beloved vanara sasquatch people..they deserve only the best , because they are totally LOVE 💖

[@vibesinthesky]

Wonderful .... you've certainly achieved the dramatic effect of the "encounter" here, and along with the beautiful landscapes it makes for a work of beauty! I thought your first version was super, but you've actually improved on it with this. Thanks for posting.

[@Adrian_dozr]

@MrMarrs WOW! that is a stunning masterpiece and far better than the original "official video". Shame i just discovered that. I love KAte Bush and i love this clip even more. Great cut, great atmosphere, great concept. i produce clips for money and i think that is AWESOME

[@kaypee1972]

Wow, this is not the official video? I cannot believe any other video could match the great song.

[@dolphiel]

Love this video!

[@michelebravin2248]

Congrats ! Great video which perfectly matches with the magic music of Kate 👍😍

[@davidfarmer9535]

AGAIN A BRILLIANT VIDEO,.GOES WITH THE MUSIC,...AMAZING

[@schlonzschuppe4516]

i thought i heard david bowie singing. but okay kate is a legend too.

[@MrMarrs]

Yes you heard right. The guy on featured vocals is another brilliant artist called Andy Fairweather Low. And he does indeed sound like David Bowie in this song.

[@victormorais1625]

too?????

[@simplyron6359]

On KZbin right now, some of the quotes from Albert Einstein. 'Imagination is everything'.

[@christopherkoumi4461]

Beautiful song.

[@robjames3545]

Brilliant video to a great track

[@lapislazuli455]

What a beautiful and artistically done video! Thank you very much!

[@MrFresh2ful]

Brilliant song. Love it.

[@melmortimer1545]

Cheers u tube crew....some more Kate bush to check out.....nice one.... Melanie..32

[@kaiorenan7008]

FROM THE SHERPAS OF ANNAPURNAAA Kate Bush deepest Voice: ANNAPURNA.....

[@claremccarron3058]

Another superb piece of work Mr Marrs, ☺️ xx

[@jeremygalvagni5737]

Has it been 10 years since this album came out? Maybe we're due for a new one...

[@annamabellaedgley]

I really love this video. I am a massive Kate Bush fan but only recently found this song which I couldnt believe. I think you have done such a fantastic job.

[@PortlandRider]

Magnificent!

[@user-rx4bi1ic4z]

I've only just discovered this (for shame, i know!;). And i LOVE it. The (amazing) parts in this song where several voices are singing together...i thought David Bowie was guest singing. I take it he wasn't?

[@MrMarrs]

Andy Fairweather Low was the voice, and both him and Kate are very inspired by David Bowie. When I first heard this song I could hear, and feel, David Bowie's influence. I love this song x x x

[@warrenbridges1891]

@@MrMarrs First heard of Andy on a cover by Welsh hard rock band Budgie back in '75. "I Ain't No Mountain".

[@jarmyvicious]

Nice work on this video, you are to be commended.

[@wadomunix5404]

This song is absolutely Pinkfloydian

[@adrianrennie4735]

i would disagree ....david bowie more like

[@edmundmatthews7600]

It's pure Bush.

[@historicarchives4841]

It's very progressive

[@victormorais1625]

it's bushian

[@youkyouk7471]

Toutes vos videos sont des merveilles de subtilité , Merci !

[@johncolwell2730]

Mr Marrs you so get it

[@WElRDLY1]

Run run run. We believe in you.

[@metamarkusiamthatiam8983]

"Sasquatch" Big Foot (Awesome : )

[@tonyy5482]

Awesome footage. Is it from a film or the songs music video?

[@FredSkitty]

Anyone feeling this Pink Floyd vibe in the chorus? (Hello David Gilmour!) Magical track. Btw I find her voice oddly sensual.

[@chrislad26]

There is nothing odd about finding Kates voice sensual, it means you are human :)

[@kamalmanzukie]

no, shut up. david bowie

[@angelajames6460]

David Gilmour took her under his wing and helped launch her career

[@iiwiiproductions2812]

This video looks like a Spielberg production. So well done. I love it that she cares so much about the music and the video both. She's still a tenner!

[@giovannibellini4098]

She is absolutely AMAZING

[@jahwobble5214]

amazing

[@TosiaCeglarek]

Oj, piękna jest... Dziękuję

[@MrMarrs]

Dziękuję x

[@dolphiel]

I love your mix and your video!

[@knut-helmutscholz685]

schon das 3.Lied hintereinander vom feinsten 10von10💞😉👯👍

[@rossistephane162]

That is a vision of "A brave new world" by Aldous Huxley

[@MervueMeringue]

This is incredible! It's so atmospheric. Can I ask where you got the clips from? They look like they derive from an excellent story.

[@thisispebe]

always get david bowie vibes when i listen to this

[@haha71687]

What movies or shows are the clips from? I can't fine them anywhere.

[@thomasgeorgantas8502]

apart from this incredible video, think it's a slightly different, lovely mixdown sounds enhaced and so beautiful.. Masterpiece from any point of view ♦♦♦♦♦

[@djouher887]

Hello, chère Kate, À quand un nouvel opus ? Ça ferait vraiment plaisir ! Au fait, Albert me donne des frissons à chaque fois que j'entends Tawny Moon. Ne fait il aucune suite à ce magistral coup d'essai ? ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@martinooo29]

Truly magical!!!

[@Mrdibzahab]

Great song, nice video as well!

[@rutkoff]

great video!

[@DarkVillager]

no dislikes.. lol perfect. no one but kate gets NO dislikes

[@kgbeezr75]

Great!

[@rossistephane162]

with remembering of Aldous Huxley

[@joeyb1107]

Well done

[@giovannibellini4098]

WOW

[@willemaartman2869]

With Andy Fairweather Low

[@angelajames6460]

Always loved his voice. Along with Kate's is pefection

[@Radioco21]

I think this song advances on the meaning of The King of The Mountain. Its about her relatioship with fame, media, charts and ALL those things. Its like she prefers to stay isolated in a top of a mountain or being interpreted like something strange, an outsider, a genius, a legend. As she is!

[@MrMarrs]

Dear Cassio, please take a listen Kate's song " King Of The Mountain" from her live show in 2014. It was awesome.

[@AFloridaSon]

Look it up, it's about Protecting Yetis.