Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 1 | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@jack_the_tripper8952]

got to do WOW by Kate Bush

[@ronaldcardinali2809]

And i suggest you these other's songs from her : "Wow" & "Baboshka"

[@modmary3527]

She was a Ghost. Please watch the movie. Kate came home one night and caught the last half of this movie and wrote this song. It was the first, self penned #1 hit, by a female artist, in the UK. She also took dance and mime classes. David Gilmore, of Pink Floyd, discovered her. She’s one of a kind.

[@losangelesnefastvs]

I recommend "Cloudbusting". It's a sleeper hit, and another song based off of literature. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp3Pg4pvrKqHsNk I also second the suggestions for "This Woman's Work" and "Running Up That Hill". I lastly recommend actually reading the novel. I don't like much in Victorian literature, but Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite novels.

[@jampastone3926]

The chorus that sounds familiar might be "Mandy" by Barry Manilow.

[@MrMikeywilliams]

She trained in dance and mime under Lindsey Kemp, who also taught David Bowie. Pink Floyd's David Gilmore helped her secure a record deal at age 15 , a development deal where she honed her craft for 3 yrs before she released her first record. This song was the FIRST song both written and performed by a female artist to go to #1 in the British charts . She went on to become a MAJOR influence on artists , both male and female . A unique talent famous for being fearlessly original and doing it entirely her own way .

[@deniloubert5348]

Well said - I always wished I could have seen one of her shows but she would not fly and I lived in California. Never had the money for the trip as I was just a poor struggling artist myself. But she choreographed all her stuff and this video is (I have heard from those who did see her) a pretty good representation of what you might get at one of her live shows. Amazing talent.

[@damianmorrison209]

Exactly truly unique

[@paulbryden4006]

@J. C. yeah shes bang on correct

[@lhagiduty]

Amazing

[@garyirvine6401]

@@deniloubert5348 The first time I saw her was December 9, 1978 when she appeared on Saturday Night Live (hosted by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame) :)

[@lucasmoreno5330]

She wrote, sang and helped produce this at the age of 16. Once this song gets under your skin, it’ll never leave.

[@lynne5322]

💃

[@modernpolitics]

I just saw an interview where someone asked her if her singing on Wuthering Heights was her natural voice, and without skipping a beat she said something like "Oh no, it's Kathy's voice."

[@aleanbh3808]

Brilliant

[@walkawaycat431]

Oh. Such a good answer! Heathcliff it's me, Cathy. Love that part of the song.

[@MrClarkkerr]

It’s Kathy’s voice as a ghost.

[@miamontgomery627]

one of the best things I've heard!

[@susannahvernon-hunt722]

I'm with the rest of Your fans! That is such an amazing quote to pass on.

[@mollydooker9636]

Kate reminds me of Bowie, an utterly uncompromising artist who is undefinable. An absolute genius.

[@SigmaSigmaCat333]

Yeah!

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Hear Hear

[@barbarahallowell2613]

Spot on!

[@vtoon64]

She trained under the same person who trained Bowie

[@TheBlackQueen]

She reminds me more of Peter Gabriel

[@ChavvyBrenda]

She is playing a ghost. There’s a part in the book where Cathy has a dream that she dies and fights her way out of Heaven to get back to Wuthering Heights. The song is based on the vision in Cathy’s dream/nightmare and also on a part later on when Heathcliff is sick, older, and about to die and has a nightmare or vision about Cathy coming to take him away, let me grab your soul away, I think in some film versions she smashes her hand through the window and it’s quite a dramatic scene with glass everywhere. Heathcliff is found dead in his bed with the wind blowing through the open or smashed window. Later a child from the village tells a story about seeing two ghosts which Nellie, the novel’s narrator and housekeeper, interprets as being the ghosts of Cathy and Heathcliff. Cathy is 18 when she dies following complications from childbirth after marrying Edgar Linton, but Heathcliff dies towards the end of the book, he always pines for her, even going mad and digging up her grave. It’s a pretty dark book, Emily Bronte was a genius. There’s another song, Sat in your Lap, where Kate Bush writes that ‘some people say Heaven is Hell and some people say Hell is Heaven’. I think this could apply to Wuthering Heights because, to most, Wuthering Heights, her home, would be like Hell, it’s cold and dark, full of dysfunctional relationships et cetera, but yet she rejects Heaven in her bad dream and fights to return.

[@yasminm7157]

Wonderful summary. Sat in Your Lap is another phenomenal piece of art from this truly gifted woman

[@fogzax]

I never realised that!

[@xandrajoplin1470]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@patsykravitz2676]

@@yasminm7157 Agreed!

[@shayleeledevre6401]

Very well explained. Cathy is maddening with her fickle turns on him. He was right what he tells her on her ......

[@Bee-28]

Don't you find it amazing that someone who has no idea about the background story immediately catches the "spirit" of the song!? Says it all about Kate Bush's talent.

[@lesleypercy8424]

I know love he picked that up

[@annacostanzo5307]

“This Woman’s Work” and “Running Up That Hill” probably two of her biggest songs..she’s more than a singer she’s an artist..

[@sentenced03]

love running up that hill

[@lukekelly2892]

yeah and babooska, breathing

[@00negative]

I get emotional virtually every time I hear This Woman's Work, possibly due to how it was used in She's Having a Baby.

[@danic9304]

'This Woman's Work' is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. And the official video for it is so moving.

[@somersetfan1]

I'd pick Cloudbusting and Moments of Pleasure, both have amazing videos too

[@MrDshack]

She's pretty much considered a national treasure in the UK, and kind of an artist's artist. Zero comprimise, always did things her own way and was true to herself.

[@justmechilling...]

I think she was the first to hold onto her creative rights and image...

[@kennethmelnychuk9737]

You can see Peter Gabriel’s influence in her music, very classical, beautiful & talented artist

[@KurtI2525]

Even John Lydon (Rotten) admires her.

[@rabbitscooter]

Context is everything. In the middle of the punk explosion, January 1978, Kate Bush fights her own label to have this released as a single. Imagine this moment, millions of teenagers listening to this musical rendition of the 19th gothic novel, Wuthering Heights. It was truly one of the greatest moments in pop music history. My mind was blown when it happened and I'm still in love with her. Singer, songwriter, choreographer, video director, producer. So many copied her but there is only one Kate Bush.

[@dalegallacher7074]

This was the most amazing debut from a female singer….luckily I was there still goosebumps and I’m 60

[@gymratcarpediem7761]

Kate Bush was 19 years old when she wrote this song. She is singing from the point of view of Cathy's ghost .... begging her lover to let her in.

[@madmark1957]

Actually she performed it aged 19 but wrote the song when she was 14.

[@personalcheeses8073]

@@madmark1957 Nope she wrote Wuthering Heights when she was 18. She wrote Man With The Child In His Eyes when she was 14. I mean Google is available

[@donwest8031]

Pat Benatar & Neil Gerardo wrote this song for Ms Benatars 1981 album Crimes of Passion lp!! Ms Bush DID NOT write this song!!

[@thomaschristian1816]

@@donwest8031 Kate Bush wrote this song. It was the first the first single released on her 1978 debut album "The Kick Inside." Take a look at the writing credits on Pat Benatars Crimes of Passion LP. Written by K.Bush.

[@johntardibuono625]

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[@lindapgolan7070]

Back in the day, she was HUGE in the UK. Recommending her song, This Woman's Work, it will break your heart.

[@okantichrist]

HUGE with schoolboys 👍🏻😍

[@fishboy6143]

True ❤️

[@RICH020669]

This Woman's Work....few songs put me to tears so consistently as that song, and by consistently I mean literally every time I listen to it LOL

[@gentillygirl545]

Not was IS national treasure.

[@gentillygirl545]

She was 18.

[@neldablanco1663]

Wuthering Heights is classic book. Poor boy falls for rich girl. He gets rich, but she married rich guy by time comes back to her. Rejected her, and her love. She dies, but visits him knocking on windows to get him outside, to her in the cold. He finally came to her, dies of cold, and they finally together. You're good at interpretation. PS book doesn't explain if it real ghost, or just in his mind.

[@maricepelletier2107]

Great synopsis! Let's not forget the moors.

[@taniaPBear]

Thank God you did that. Great job. I was trying to think of how to explain it in less than 5 lines, but I couldn't do it. lol

[@chuezo8225]

Yes great book!

[@deniloubert5348]

One of the real powers of that book is that they do not explain if Cath is a ghost or his guilt. In the end it is not even important. This song is such an interesting interpretation of the book, just like when Sting did his song after reading Anne Rice.

[@ericanderson8886]

A good movie too, with Laurence Olivier playing Heathcliff.

[@3ScotsInk]

Yes, she’s a ghost. “Ooh it gets dark it gets lonely on the other side from you.” Literally on “the other side”- she’s dead, he’s still alive. Brilliant reaction to one of my favorite songs. She wrote this when she was only 16. Extremely talented singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer. And gorgeous. Check out her “Oh To Be In Love.” Thanks!

[@SA-oy9pn]

Sorry i have to correct you , She was 18 , she wrote her other number one hit The man with the child in his eyes when she was 16 but it wasnt released until after wuthering heights

[@sexysadie2901]

@@SA-oy9pn Actually, she was 13 when she wrote The Man with the Child in His Eyes.

[@linnymaemullins3319]

😍

[@doolie165]

Based on the book "Wuthering Heights" of course.

[@SA-oy9pn]

@@sexysadie2901 OMG my apologies , I was mistaken between the writing and the recording age . Its too almost impossible to fathom

[@fossy4321]

Can't imagine any modern artist doing anything as good as this by a long long way.

[@marcins2603]

no one

[@sandydennis8380]

Pat Benatar did a wonderful version

[@terpreynolds]

Dude if you can legitimately appreciate this song, you're a real music fan. Most people wouldn't make it through the first 30 seconds but there really is something special about Kate Bush and this song. Game recognize game

[@miamontgomery627]

...to your point, Sid Vicious, whom I did not think I liked until this quote, said about this song: "Many of my friends just couldn't bear the pitch of her voice - but that is what drew me to it."

[@porchstringmusic]

If you want more Kate Bush - “The Man with the Child in His Eyes” is a beautiful, moving song!!!

[@richardburnett6123]

Agree that is my favourite song of hers, always stops me in my tracks.

[@allanunion2709]

App about a crush she had on david gilmour

[@Happyheretic2308]

She wrote TMWTCIHE when she was 13.

[@starry2006]

that one also In Search of Peter Pan Wow The Kick Inside December Will Be Magic Again and others

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

To me it feels like as warm, tantalising dream

[@catherinedonnelly9958]

Wuthering Heights is one of the greatest novels in the English language. If you read the book her interpretation through this song is extraordinary. Cathy is a ghost; haunting her true love Heathcliffe. It's a novel about the very thin line between love, hate and obsession. She is incredible. Her work is unique. Same with the novel. Both are remarkable.

[@downtime86stars17]

And he begged her to haunt him. It was better for him to be haunted than to be alone without her.

[@martine2u]

Agreed, Catherine. When I was a teenager, I read Wuthering Heights once a year. Amazing story and exquisite style. I agree that Kate Bush did a fantastic job conveying the yearning, the struggle to cross the moors, the madness, the love and the hate and everything in between. A little gem I treasure...

[@RS25855]

One of the most astonishing novels in the English language.

[@BobSmith-vo9hv]

Well, it might be a useful gateway to something truly great, like Middlemarch, Vanity Fair, Wings of the Dove . . .

[@juliothom2408]

Running up that Hill from Hounds Of Love is still on my playlist.

[@Mark-zu6oz]

Yes!!!

[@sugarayofsunshine]

Running up that Hill is epic. Every earthing needs to hear this.

[@Shadowace724]

One of my overall favorite songs, I have listened to Running up that Hill thousands of times.

[@2bteachable2]

You mean you're supposed to take it off your playlist?

[@vondefeo8586]

Hounds of Love is an EPIC album and the single of the same name is one of her best

[@mariaschurink9810]

I remember hearing this as a litteken girl and I was totally enchanted by it. It was weird, totally different than anything I was used to and so captivating. I didn’t understand a word because I didn’t know english yet but I regignised the feeling. I had a white dress and tried to dance like Kate,this is just an art piece not only just a good song

[@garryashton7093]

A fantastic artist completely original and never bettered love her

[@hooptuber]

Kate Bush - "This Woman's Work." Hauntingly beautiful. Worth your time Jamel!

[@garycoates4987]

absolutely

[@scottarnest8980]

Makes me cry every time I watch the video

[@brianmiller1077]

@@scottarnest8980 Makes me cry just thinking of it, especially what I call the "regret" portion Of all the things I should've said That I never said All the things we should've done Though we never did All the things I should've given But I didn't

[@scottarnest8980]

@@brianmiller1077 absolutely, a universal emotion/thought

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

that song destroys me. I can't count the number of times I've had to pull off the road when that song came on the radio.

[@NyMyers64]

This is the beginning of her career. She uses dance and mime to help express her music. It would be impossible to summarize what her music is in a few songs. She did some really experimental stuff. Just an amazing artist.

[@mephistosinner2]

you caught on to the difference in her vocal range, she is one of the most unique female vocalists of all time.

[@haroldwhite5761]

Agreed, got nothing but love for Kate Bush, but Happy Rhodes has an even wider range...like two different people.

[@gillianomotoso328]

@@haroldwhite5761 I love Happy Rhodes!

[@YesThatNeal]

"Heathcliff, it's me I'm Cathy I've come home now" is one of my favorite song lyrics of all time.

[@gamortie]

“Babushka” is an absolute hoot of a song - still with her divine madness, but like the song is to be sung with a wink to the listener

[@lauraromdeussen864]

So where I'm from, babushka means grandmother so the song takes on a HILARIOUS take if you translate it like that.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

That's a awesome track aswell

[@TheAdeybob]

the story in it is amazing...truly inspired. Man wants to play around on his wife, but he doesn't realise she was on to him, and had honey-trapped him by writing to him as a much younger woman, He falls for it, and ends up telling her that he wants to be with her because her mind reminds him of his wife when she was younger. Very Phaedra in a funny way..

[@andrewrorke2532]

It’s the English version of the piña colada song. Plus to a 15-year-old in the 70s it was unbelievable

[@CeriddwenRising]

This is a song based on the Bronte story of Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is the protagonist and the antagonist in the story. There are reasons to both love and hate him.

[@StephenWestrip]

And to add to the above comment, it is a novel from 1847. Emily Bronte and her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, wrote poetry and novels.

[@haroldwhite5761]

I believe the song describes the last scene of the story, after Cathy has died and is haunting Heathcliff. They were obsessed with each other but also had a toxic relationship and they are bonded beyond death. So yeah Jamel you were right.

[@khesk2680]

Wuthering Heights is my favourite novel of all time and somehow Kate Bush pulled it off with this song, capturing something of the spirit of the story.

[@j-henry7391]

Love to hate him, he is absolutely deplorable but it's easy to sympathize with him

[@nightowl1851]

OMG, Kate Bush time?!? Anything from the Hounds of Love would be great, or listen to the whole thing and you will never be the same.

[@antipyrene]

The Ninth Wave is the greatest suite of music in rock music

[@dlw32]

Agreed

[@scottarnest8980]

I triple that

[@RowlandvilleTexas]

I first saw her Odeon concert in the early 80s. Then in college a girl loaned me The Whole Story. I wasn't feeling well and ended up spending the entire day in my room listening to that single album over and over. But Wuthering Heights was the standout!

[@user-bg2oi4bz3p]

@@antipyrene A genuine masterpiece. Side two: The Ninth Wave And Dream of Sheep Under Ice Waking the Witch Watching You Without Me Jig of Life Hello Earth The Morning Fog

[@RexAlfieLee]

Kate was something else when I was as kid. We loved her.

[@harry75333]

Damn song. I can't stop listening to it over and over.

[@davidhoward2487]

It's "haunting " you?......lol

[@andreasfriedrich7802]

​@@davidhoward2487This song is the best❤

[@toilpainter]

She wrote over 50 songs before her 16th birthday and David Gilmore of Pink Floyd helped her make demos and helped her get an album deal. She was amazing live in concert. Watch her live “Tour of Life” show from 1979. She acts out every song in elaborate dance sequences

[@Esther_In_SoCal]

from her wiki page: In 1978, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. She was a child prodigy, writing music and lyrics at a very young age. Check out the BBC documentary about her.

[@Esther_In_SoCal]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2iQnZSaeJiYd7M Kate Bush docu

[@JonSnow-bc6ro]

Really 1978.... dang now I really feel old. Been a fan and listening to her this long. I love all her works she such a amazing artist

[@trsidn]

She studied dance. Shy in public, she was manic on stage. She's a genius.

[@richardclegg5853]

You are a true music fan. Kate Bush was an "acquired taste" even in her prime, but you really appreciated her talents on your first listen of this amazing song. The closing guitar "solo" always gave me chills... Kate is Great and so is your channel... keep em coming

[@ono1dij]

Angra did a great cover from this song... But nobody can do this so magical as Kate... Love her...

[@kourii]

Bang on homie, she's playing the role of a ghost in this song, Catherine Earnshaw from _Wuthering Heights._ I'm often impressed at how quickly you pick up on stuff like that, coz I don't know if I would have caught that, at least not on first listen, if I weren't familiar with the book

[@markjohnson4217]

Okay, you are ready for" Running Up That Hill"and one of the most amazing music videos ever created "Cloudbusting" This woman is a genius!!

[@mackeydirk8643]

Kate Bush's voice is a siren's call that mesmerizes

[@paulgilson2347]

Oh man, there's never been anyone like Kate Bush...great tune

[@mauriciocastanheira2937]

Kate Bush is a fantastic. My favourite artist. Wonderful voice, very expressive and adorable. I love Kate Bush forever.

[@lynneclarke4866]

One of my top 5 songs...this is musical genius that gets better every time you hear it. Yes shes playing Cathy's ghost.

[@bertieblack5639]

Spiritual is bang on. The song, based on the Bronte back Wuthering Heights, tells the story from the point of view of Kathy, who died through neglect and her spirit torments Heathcliff by banging on his window every night, begging him to let her in from the cold. Heathcliff is both a dashing hero and a cold manipulative villain in the story, hence the constant contradictions in the song (I hated you, I loved you too) and, yes, quite possibly, the mirroring effect in the video! Kate Bush was an absolute genius at songcraft back in her prime, she wrote this by herself when she was only eighteen years old! Also, another classic Kate Bush number for you to hit - Babooshka!

[@bertieblack5639]

Also, the other music video is the exact same song, no alterations in that. She's just performing in the English countryside, the sort of place the eponymous Wuthering Heights estate would have been situated if it were a real location :)

[@SwungOnAStar]

Seconding Babooshka and hoping for The Wedding List, the 1979 xmas special version that’s up.

[@pennypink3759]

She dancing a ghost on the moors, singing to her living love. Amazing song.

[@1mimarin]

Listen to the “Man with the child in his eyes “, I think she was 14 when she wrote it. Incredible artist

[@inkoinfinity2]

Reminds me (the situation not the song) of Janis Ian, she wrote songs at a very young age and had her first hit at about 14

[@CynthiaJFinnegan]

Kate was 14 when she wrote both this and "Man With the Child In His Eyes."

[@deirdremacnamara9885]

And you picked the best version. Thanks Jamel. Kate is a legend. She was only 19 I think when this was recorded, thanks for reacting. 🎶👍

[@danknighton3286]

Kate Bush is an incredible singer and song writer, quite unique, my favourite female artist of all time. Bronte is pronounced Bron-tay , Emily was one of three sisters, all of whom wrote classic literature.

[@packratswhatif.3990]

Dude, all I can say is when she sings, I get goose-bumps !

[@bizzweed]

The guitar outro/instrumental at the end is just phenomenal, wish that on its own went on for longer

[@IgnorancEnArrogance]

This is a song that personally took quite a few listens to "get", but hot damn did it click when it did! Can you believe she did the vocals in one take!

[@kathdavies1220]

Nobody could cover this song and do it justice...I wouldn't even dare to try.

[@thathawaiiandude787]

Yes, Kate Bush is amazing. Very underrated in the U.S. I liked that the song was written with her interpretation of the famous book of “Wuthering Heights”. And how was able to incorporate the names “Heathcliff” and “Cathy” into a awesome melody. In the 70’s when this spent multiple weeks on the UK charts, she was the first female artist to hit number one with a song the artist wrote themselves. And, you are correct, Cathy (in the story) was a ghost in the story. And, Kate, is singing at the POV of Cathy. It’s why I continue to try and catch your reactions. Beside you react to music of my generation 70’s-mid 80’s... but, that you watch AND LISTEN(with headphones, I must add...because many of the other reaction peeps don’t. And, there are SO MANY songs that you won’t get the entire expertise of that piece of art without hearing it through the ear phones... you know!👍🏾) Stay safe, brother! Happy New Year! Aloha 🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@gotham61]

This was Kate Bush's debut single, recorded when she was still a teenager. It was a massive hit in the UK.

[@johnd8892]

Three weeks at number one in the UK. Australia also three weeks at number one top selling single. Gold status in UK and Australia. New Zealand five weeks at number one and so went platinum.

[@kbretro64]

You're going to love the album Hounds of Love from 1985. The whole album kicks ass.

[@RoseNunezSmith]

I've been sooooo looking forward to your reaction to this. Did not disappoint at all. It's a strange song, but brilliant all the same. Btw, Kate wrote this when she was 17 years old after watching a tv production of the classic gothic novel of the same title. And yes, Cathy is a ghost in the story. She did Heathcliffe wrong before she died, and she realized her mistake too late. Heathcliffe longed to see her ghost, but tragically never did. She was visible only to Heathcliffe's houseguest, who narrates the novel.

[@FDzerzhinsky]

Kate Bush didn't write this at all. This song appears on Pat Benatar's second album "Crimes of Passion" released in 1980. I hope she never claimed that she wrote it...

[@RoseNunezSmith]

@@FDzerzhinsky That's incorrect. Kate recorded Wuthering Heights in 1977 and it was released in 1978. You can read the history of the song here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuthering_Heights_(song)

[@keithlowe7995]

you are spot on with her acting in this video, she is indeed a ghost (Cathy) who has come back to haunt the lover Heathcliffe. She took mime acting classes while she was still a teenager and signed up with EMI who gave her time to perfect her craft before she finally came onto the scene with this introductory song. She is well known for using her talents as a dancer as well as her genius as a singer/songwriter.

[@rosebun6270]

Running up that hill is another fantastic song she wrote. Yes she is a ghost. The book is fantastic.

[@leefertwayne8163]

Jamal, Kate has so many great songs in her catalog. Try The Man With The Child in His Eyes, Cloudbusting, Running Up That Hill, the song "Wow", anything from the Never For Ever album, great stuff you're messin' with!

[@shirazzza]

Even the placebo version of running up that hill has me in tears every time it's such a great song

[@stephcol23]

Totally agree. “Suspended in Gaffa” and “Waking the Witch” and “Watching Me Without You” are great too

[@jamesmiller-gf1dp]

Breathing. Also a good one.

[@lisamcgeeney8972]

I'm so impressed by how much you picked up from just watching the video and reviewing the lyrics! I love how plugged in you are when it comes to music - thank you Jamel - yours is my favourite reaction channel! Watching you from Ireland

[@RobertJohnDavis]

So glad you did this song. To me it’s an all-time classic and David Gilmour’s (Pink Floyd) solo at the end is perfection.

[@dreamerdeceiver6592]

Sorry to correct you, Ian Bairson is the guitar player, who also was the guitarist for The Alan Parsons Project, Andrew Powell from TAPP produced the album, Ian Bairnson is a very tasty, melodic and beautiful player indeed😀

[@RobertJohnDavis]

@@dreamerdeceiver6592 I love a good correction. Still an absolutely perfect bit. Thank you!

[@cuckoofan]

@@RobertJohnDavis David Gilmour played the guitar on 2 other songs by her: "Love & Anger" and "Rocket's Tail" (fantastic performance on this one!) on "the Sensual World" album. He also sang on "Pull out the Pin" on "The Dreaming" album. He played guitar on "Running up That Hill" on a live event and finally, she sang with him on "Comfortably Numb" in one of his live performances. He was the executive producer on 2 of her songs in her debut album "The Kick Inside". They've been long related friends since then. But dreamer receiver was right about "Wuthering Heights".

[@scottarnest8980]

@@RobertJohnDavis Way to take a correction with this being KZbin it is usually followed by a snarky comment. It appears we have adults on this channel. Well done.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

I spent most of my puberty obsessed with Kate Bush and this video. Such a creative soul, great writer, performer and very easy on the eye.

[@s.u.0509]

Kate Bush is not only an artist, she is a phenomenon...She still does music but appears very rare. She protects her creativity like no one else...The song referres to the book "Wuthering Hights" from Emily Bronte

[@johnflynn5044]

As good as it gets. Not one of my mates was without a poster of Kate on their wall in the day.. Kate was a true performer.. . Kate did it all including the choreography and music. Love the guitar solo.. A really haunting and beautiful song based on the Brontes book of the same title.. Thank you for this one Jamel..

[@susanklasinski1805]

I never thought I’d see anyone react to this song. Thank you so much 😊

[@5d512]

There are a few out there but this one hit closest to the mark. Much closer than my first listen to it. I love the red dress version.

[@theotherdogknees]

What you were seeing there was the debut from a teenager who became one of the biggest British performers in the '80s and early '90s. I had the unfortunate experience of seeing this when I was 13, and consequently have been in love ever since, (I'm 56 now). Regardless of hormones, she is still one of the most remarkable performers that has existed in the modern music pantheon.

[@youngbloodk]

If fall down the Kate Bush rabbit-hole, you will never come out. She is incredible. Perhaps the best female artist of the last fifty years.

[@RexAlfieLee]

You're absolutely spot-on Jamel. Kate was very young when she did this. She's singing as if she's the ghost from Wuthering Heights

[@lizhall746]

David Gilmour was responsible for discovering her after record labels turned her down.The received a demo tape of her songs by a mutual friend, and the rest is history.

[@j.k.1963]

Liz, she wasn't let down by record labels. She was 15 years old when a family friend introduced her to Gilmour. She had never played before anyone but her familymembers at that time. Gilmour made sure she made a proper promotional tape to introduce her to EMI. They gave her a recorddeal ánd time to develop her singing and dancing skills before entering the studio for het debutalbum two years later.

[@alexandraaaron9705]

WoW!

[@johnianknox1629]

Liz, just in case you don't know Dave Gilmour also provides the guitar solo on the outro.

[@j.k.1963]

@@johnianknox1629 I am so sorry to have to correct you as well. This was Ian Bairnson.

[@Lumibear.]

Weirdly she hates the original version of this, so like Bowie with Space Oddity she re-sang and re-mixed it (in the mid 80s I think) and replaced it on all subsequent releases on video and CD, basically trying to erase from existence the original single release that made her famous, meaning you’ll usually see the phrase ‘new vocal’ after the song name, now. Essentially she sang it rather affected and theatrical, originally, which got her career started, but also is why she couldn’t bear the original once she had improved her vocal style and got a more relaxed nuance and better range. I get it, but it’s also a bit weird.

[@MrBluesFool]

I prefer the the "Red Dress" version, but damn Jamel, Thanks so much for playing this.

[@Blaize24]

Me, too.

[@notdeadever]

I like this one and the Gothic version more.

[@mephistosinner2]

Jamel, it is rumored the character of Catherine in Wuthering heights (the main love interest) was always a ghost and Heathcliff is haunted and not partaking in real love at all, merely a twisted mirage of it. There is a ton of symbolism for this story, every college english lit. class covers this book. Its never explicitly stated Catherines dead though, its just a theory.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

Crazy theory, I don't see that, specially considering the second part of the novel, which everybody tends to forget because of the usually lame movie adaptations that only covered the first part with the Heathcliff-Cathy storyline

[@sexysadie2901]

That theory just makes no sense. Other people interact with her.

[@alisonanthony1228]

I don't think that theory holds up tbh. She was obviously real - she married Linton, basically to spite Heathcliffe, and had Cathy with him. It's been a few years since I read it so my memory might be a bit shaky but I've never heard a theory that she was never real.

[@bethanyhunt2704]

How is the daugfhter Catherine born to a ghost? Is Linton also a ghost? Nelly? Earnshaw?

[@loisrogers2511]

Her performance is as beautiful as her voice

[@theresenydahl9531]

Beautiful, thank you for sharing your reaction 🌷🌷🌷 Kate Bush is unique and iconic❤

[@aerynsunx]

Hey Jamel! Yes, yes, yes! I've been wanting you to react to Kate Bush for some time. Thank you! When you can, please consider her other works, Running Up That Hill, This Woman's Work, Cloudbusting, Rubberband Girl, Love and Anger, The Dreaming. She's incredibly versatile. And she's trained in music, dance and the arts. This video was made when she was only 19 years old. She wrote the song at 17.

[@cynthiarm253]

HAUNTING-she is a the Ghost of Cathy. She is a spirit calling to her lover. This brings tears-Love seeing you FEEL and ENJOY the beauty

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

she sounded like she was from Mars back then, and still does. My all-time fave music artist and biggest influence; I'm still a musician to this day because I saw her on SNL back in 1978.

[@drkmriggs]

She was impossible to ignore if you had ears!

[@erik5374]

I was only 4 years old back then, and in hospital. Kathy’s ghost haunted me. I was scared of this young lady. But now I admire her.

[@robj8201]

All writing, all singing, all dancing....full package and unique...and beautiful of course.🇬🇧❤️🎶❤️🇬🇧

[@jasongibbins6484]

Great reaction, love Kate Bush’s voice, you should react to Army Dreamers, Moments of Pleasure and This Woman’s Work, absolutely gorgeous 👍👍👍

[@virginiaviola5097]

You called her sister, and my heart melted. Thank you 💕

[@monikabeki6838]

Don’t miss Running up that hill!!! It’s more an uptempo song and you can see her dance cause she’s a professional dancer as well!

[@christinerhodes773]

Live version from '87 with Dave Gilmour and Tony Franklin would be good.

[@ehcmier]

Her "Running Up That Hill", "Hounds of Love", and "Get Out of My House", are really powerful expressions of her emotions.

[@absolutelypositively]

She’s an absolute STAR! Her flame is BRIGHT! You did a great analysis Jamel/Jamal….as usual!

[@ginny1068]

I am shocked you listened to Kate - only because she is so obscure and appeals to a very specific audience-but surprised you had quite a few requests. Unique genre and quite amazing, she is :) And yes, she is almost kind of white witchy / mythical like. Loved her music for 30+ years.

[@holgerschink1341]

Brilliant, pure art and outstanding. There`s no doubt, love her music.

[@VampeyMK]

*Kate Bush starts singing Wuthering Heights...* ... *confused reactors face is showing* ... I LOVE IT! :D

[@deborahk5792]

OMG, takes me back to my 18-yr-old self when my hubby's first air force assignment was in England.

[@skatter44]

This was from 1978, Don't Give up was from 1986. Her voice was higher when she started out. Some really great songs by her are: The Fog (very emotional) Never be Mine Running Up That Hill Hounds of Love Cloud busting Under Ice Waking the Witch Watching You Without Me Jig of Life

[@rgwebb5165]

I first found Kate in college on her best of, "the Whole Story". This is the song that jumped right out at me and grabbed my attention. Such a beautiful chorus. At the time, I was in my first serious relationship. Anyway, the relationship dissolved and the memories of said relationship have as well. Anyway, I never expected to see her again. By chance, I saw her, for the first time in 23 years, just the other day. It hit me like a ton of bricks, like seeing a ghost, which it what this song is about. This song sends me back to that time. It's amazing how songs can transport us back to a place in our subconscious memory.

[@joanmduncan]

"Wuthering" is an old Yorkshire word meaning cold and windy and bleak, which it is up on the moors where the book is set.

[@elmoelms2743]

She done a concert a couple of years ago and it sold out within hours. She’s a legend and just doesn’t sing her songs but acts out the part. Great choice sir

[@MikeCarvin]

And pretty much the luminaries in music biz were there. Even some from Hollywood as well.

[@kristie9144]

Oh I would have loved to have been there! She is absolutely beyond compare.

[@Alex_Karas]

"What you saying lady?!" Pure genius. Loved this. Kate is one in a million.

[@absolutelypositively]

Love how she choreographs stabbing a knife in as she sings ‘I hated you!’

[@vondefeo8586]

Kate Bush is the No. 1 female genius artist of the UK, she can sing, dance, write, produce and is so unique. My favourite tracks are 'Sat in Your Lap' and 'Hounds of Love'

[@tedlewis392]

Dude, it's Christmastime. You gotta do "December Will Be Magical Again." Specifically the TV special version where she's sitting at the piano. Unbelievable.

[@janinebedfordl]

I prefer the mid-eighties re-worked version but it's fantastic in either form. One of very few xmas songs I have any time for!

[@bungopony]

She was 16 when she recorded this. Just about every female singer has tried to cover this song. It's really hard to do it.

[@peterflynn2111]

19 i thought

[@jonlate4581]

18

[@gigantor62]

19. She was born July 1958. Recorded the song in early '78.

[@Derry_Aire]

I think she was 16 when she wrote it, not recorded it.

[@TheGlassman63]

@@Derry_Aire She was apparently only 13 when she wrote the spine tingling song `Man With The Child In His Eyes`. If that fact is correct, then she's a frikkin' genius.

[@terryengland1880]

This is why we oldies say with out conviction when freedom of expression was allowed. Bearing in mind that this was a state of the art camera work for it's time. Yes we lived through the best era in music, so much to choose from and so much we missed. It's great to see someone like you going through the process of discovery just like we did when it first came out

[@gwenjackson8583]

Wuthering Heights, the book, IS amazing! You are right, she is a ghost haunting Heathcliff in the song. Great reaction to one of my favorite songs!

[@nickyd6457]

Kate Bush has a huge back catalogue. Some of it way out there it has to be said 😊. She is one of a kind, and I was lucky enough to see her live show in London a few years ago. Try THIS WOMAN’S WORK, or DON’T GIVE UP with Peter Gabriel. But soooo many hits to choose from xxx

[@funjuror]

Emily Brontes only novel, forever captured, by another enigmatic talent. I think Emily and Kate would be kindred souls, separated by 170 odd years.

[@thomassmith7608]

If you like this song, I think that you will love "Rocket's Tail" from the album _The Sensual World_ . David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (who recommended her to be signed to Epic Records) plays guitar on "Rocket's Tail." The song shows clearly the genius of Kate Bush: her incredible vocal range, her poetically beautiful lyrics. In my view, _The Sensual World_ is Kate Bush's masterwork--sheer genius. She also designed all of the videos for her music, another testimony to her genius.

[@brianmiller1077]

"Running up that Hill" - even Big Boi from Outkast loves that song

[@jarls5890]

..and John Lydon aka. Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols. He holds KT in high regard. And that man is not easily impressed. To say the least!

[@cremetangerine82]

“Wuthering Heights” was also one of Tupac’s favorite songs.

[@michellewilkins8206]

Ooooooo you got this song so right in you analysis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I love this song, when I first saw this video & heard the song back when I was a kid in the late 70s I was totally mesmerized by the whole thing. You should watch the old black & white film of Wuthering Heights. (I forget which actors are in it, sorry) So glad this song found you 🤗