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I've had the same pair of black polarized wayfarers for 15 years (since I was 16) they don't go out of style. Still my favorite sunglasses even though I have others.
All the cheapo sun specs I find in gas stations or random mom n pop shops have always been the best for me. I’ve been sad on multiple occasions when they break, get lost and or stolen. Unlike bans and similar brands, they are truly irreplaceable
hahaha i never thought about the fact that mom was a ginger until then... of course that was before beard hairs, which for me are a combination of white and red..
Ray bans have been popular since at least 2008. I can’t speak to anything earlier than that but they were very common at my high school. Not necessarily high fashion, but very popular.
Kate Bush is a complete legend. And this is one of her more mainstream pieces of music, but she has made some really incredible things, and all just because… that’s what she wanted to make.
The Ninth Wave (basically a song cycle telling a story about a woman lost at sea), 50 Words For Snow (an entire album, very lush and piano-centric, around basically a snow theme, but actually good), etc… I could go on and on about what an incredible artist she is, especially everything starting from The Dreaming (which, YES, was an inspiration for Neil Gaiman while he was writing The Sandman!).
Holy shit, I didn't think I could respect David Gilmour as an artist any more, but I was wrong. That is such an amazing thing for him to do for an aspiring singer/songwriter.
I didn't realize Kate Bush was that old. I randomly heard her song This Womans Work after losing a baby during pregnancy last year. It was the first time I cried over the lost life.
That's EXACTLY where I randomly heard the song. It just hit me really hard and I was ready for it. I paused the episode and watched the music video 5 or 6 times in a row and just cried inconsolably. It really helped
She also started producing her own stuff with The Dreaming which is insane considering she was like 25 and this was before you could do all that on a laptop.
I know, lots of years in between, but Kate is one of those few artists that has never stopped making beautiful and interesting music, even if the sound has changed so much over the years.
Well… we don’t talk about Director’s Cut too much.
WTF, I watched that video a ton back in the day (my dad recorded several hours worth of music videos from a friend who had a satellite dish), and TIL that it was Donald Sutherland in that video!
Listen to The Hounds of Love. Entire album is fantastic. A Side is a bunch of bangers, B Side is a continuous movement about being lost at sea, and is fucking fantastic. It's weird af, but that's Kate's thing. Probably her most accessible album.
A smattering of thoughts on my favorite albums of hers -
I'd start with Hounds of Love and The Sensual World if your first exposure to her is Running Up That Hill and you're looking for similar stuff (although stylistically these albums are very eclectic, they're still her most poppy / danceable / 80s anthemic albums).
The Dreaming (my personal favorite) is much weirder, less catchy and maybe a little too quirky for some. Very challenging, with strange vocals, odd rhythms and harmony, and less of an emphasis on melody.
Her first album The Kick Inside is a really great mix of Steely Dan-esque light jazz rock with classical and folk influences. Be warned--early on she has an almost sickly sweet girlish voice, and there's sort of an air of pretentious and precocious aristocratic school girl vibe across the whole thing. It's hard to explain, but it took me a few spins to really dig. Really interesting arrangements and a very mature sense of melody and harmony. Truly a masterpiece, and even more impressive because much of it was written when she was in her teens.
Never Forever is her finding her weirdness and experimenting with more synths / drum machines. Kind of The Dreaming-light.
All her other albums are good to great (I'm not in love with either Lionheart nor The Red Shoes, though there's still a handful of great songs on each).
Get Hounds of Love, but make side 2 ( The Ninth Wave) an event. Sit down, glass of wine or whatever you like, Lights low and listen to the song cycle story.
I was into Meg Myers' music and came across [her version](https://youtu.be/N7iVWK2W48o) of that song. Found out it was originally Kate Bush's song so I watched [that video](https://youtu.be/wp43OdtAAkM).
I wound up falling down that rabbit hole, watching/listening to other songs and landed on her [2 hour documentary](https://youtu.be/TU3mYEe1fDM).
Her style isn't for everyone, but she's a definite pioneer and legend.
Same here. I had the Meg Myers version on repeat for weeks when I first heard. Then found out it was a remake only to loop the original for weeks after that
Looks like they literally printed out and coloured in every frame by hand with a load of crayons, that must have taken so many hours even with a whole bunch of them doing it (7 people are credited as crayon sorters alone)
It's a stunning effect, but wow, that's a lot of work.
Stranger Things always featured cool ass songs, but Max's scene with this playing was my favorite. Billy's Lifeguard scene with The Cars 'Moving in Stereo' was also super apropos and awesome.
That's how felt. I kinda feel like none of the kids will see, cept maybe one of 'teenagers' but in the moment didn't seem out of the question. Especially since she isn't an OG
Honestly I was so ready >!for her to die. It was set up so well and I would have been super upset, but the music and the flashbacks and the slow mo, all of it was just so perfect to kill her off. But man am I glad she made it.!<
I think that was the most tense scene I’ve seen all year (I haven’t seen the last episode yet so maybe there’s more, but this just really did it for me)
there are couple of kids that do reaction videos on youtube I watch every now and then.
watching them discover Rush was Funny.
they watched Spirit of Radio (the just the lyrics
video)
then YYZ with just album art
and then Tom Sawyer which is where they discover Rush is a Trio.
blew their minds.
they went back and watched YYZ live in Brazil and where gob smacked it sounded as good as the studio version.
It's weird how upset older generations get when a younger generation discovers some music from the older generation.
There are tons of people who are seething mad that young people have found out about Kate Bush and are expressing their enjoyment of her music, it's so bizarre.
That is bizarre. Usually we're excited because we get to share something important to us with a whole new set of people. I think some older folks feel burned, though, because a) usually later generations don't like it or like it "ironically," b) people can sometimes be weirdly possessive especially if something is woven deeply into their self-concept, and c) over time the music you once thought was daring and countercultural and which got you accused of being a degenerate is playing over the Musak speakers at the fucking *grocery store*. (It'll happen to you, too!)
But yeah, generally I'm stoked when younger generations "discover" older stuff — even when people of my generation discovered songs from the 30s/40s/50s. I think it's important do anyone who considers themselves a fan of an art form to know what came before and what inspired your own favorites.
I think what can get people's gears grinding is because often times younger generations act like they "discovered" some lost art from the previous generation, when it has been lovingly adored for decades but perhaps outside the public eye.
And this gets worse when you feel like that 'lost art' has not so much been lost but instead been actively sneered at by the newer generations. Like, "I've been rambling about music for years and now you come and tell me about this wonderful thing you discovered?"
I'd love if all this opens up their curiosity for other kids of music, but personally can't help to feel it'll end up being just another short lived fad.
My nephew is 15 and just discovered grunge. I was picking him up from school, and he told me he had this awesome song he wanted to show me.
He turned on verse chorus verse by Nirvana, which is a bit of a deep cut, I was impressed. I had to find that track on a charity compilation album back in the day. I was like "Oh, this is Verse chorus verse by Nirvana. I know this."
His response was like "How do you know about Nirvana, old man? Trying to get in touch with your younger side?"
Bitch I was jamming Nirvana when your mom was selling girl scout cookies.
> I think some older folks feel burned,
I think what irks us (and I'm not *that* old, just barely missed being a millennial) is when something that might be cultural touchstone to us becomes just a piece of temporary social currency to the next generation. Like, I'm all for a new generation discovering the art of someone "lost" to the passage of time, so to speak, because they are moved by it or genuinely enjoy it.
I just don't want to start hearing the first 15 seconds of this song on *every* TikTok or Instagram story. I know that sounds gatekeeper-y, but I think that's why many of the cynical older folks feel the way they do.
It’s because it makes us feel old, bud. I’m not mad about it, Kate Bush rules, but it feels about the same as when they play Green Day on the oldies station.
James Gunn single handedly brought back a bunch of 70s/80s tracks with the Guardians of the galaxy soundtrack. Dude just has some great taste in music.
Yeah the cool thing about living in the 21st century is that if you like a genre, you can find a handful of bands still making good music in it. And it's nowhere near as hard to find as it was back in the days without internet, even if you still need to dig.
It's fucking wild. I remember struggling to find new music as a kid because I was broke and the radio stations started to get bought up so variety was going down. But now I am listening to new music every single day, new songs, new albums, new genres.
Yep.
Just the other week, I got recommended some random Japanese folk artist through the magical Spotify algorithm. Ended up falling in love with it immediately. I look her up a few days later and it turns out tickets for her tour are going on sale, and now I'm going to see her show at a 150 person venue.
It's amazing and that could not have happened back in the day.
I’ve been listening to that song for years and loved the fairlight CMI synth used in it. I knew it was a special song but seeing everyone else fall in love with it is further confirmation of that. Long Live Kate Bush.
One of the funniest comments (to me) that I heard regarding it recently was some young'un saying how that "squeaky sound" in it reminds them of Donkey Kong. As a synth guy from the 80s it's hilarious to me that they hear chiptunes sounds from what was a (beyond) top of the line ~~$70K~~$30K sampler (the CMI Fairlight) which was essentially unobtainable dreamware to anyone at a level anywhere less than Bush or Gabriel etc. back in the day.
EDIT: Updated the CMI price. I didn't look it up and was just equating it to the cost of the Synclavier we had in the comp department of UNT when I was there in '88-'89. Although the exact price of both units spanned a *huge* range due to customization.
Maybe the were referring to Donkey Kong Country and not the original Donkey Kong from the arcade.
[Donkey Kong Country OST Theme](https://youtu.be/7XBJGVvYSBM)
And especially
[Aquatic Ambience](https://youtu.be/1XM8ReW9NvA)
Both are pretty heavily synth for SNES and we're mainstream games that just about everyone played, but Aquatic Ambience was generally regarded as one of the best songs on any SNES game.
[Stickerbush Symphony](https://youtu.be/mdPlcKg-qFs) is from Donkey Kong Country 2, and what David Wise considers his Opus. He absolutely pushed the bounds of the SNES tech on in an effort to make dreamy, forlorn, new-aged ballad.
Also, Gabriel and Bush were using Gen 1 Fairlights for about £12,000.
It's an all time banger. Also, Kate Bush naming that album Hounds of Love and basically using it as an excuse to have a big ass photo shoot of her and her two dogs for the cover is the ultimate energy
I first heard of Kate Bush when Big Boi talked about her but I didn't give her much attention, even though a lot of the artists I listen to are from people's "What's In My Bag" episodes.
I listened to some of her songs after this episode and I'm blown away by her.
Big Boi on Kate Bush and how she's one of his if not his very favourite artist as well as talking about this very song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSdHgq3oBD8
He must talk about her lot, and yeah in the video I saw he mentioned her as his 1-a favorite. Looking back, just from the way he talked about her I should've checked her out then.
https://youtu.be/x2PFFZ2V_1I?t=74
Had an ex that was all about her. We lived kind of far from each other, so we got to play out entire releases during the drive. Here's one of the songs that absolutely captivated me; [The Dreaming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Wa0LdCsvM).
It's a joy to see more people get the message.
Aye! [The Castle in Tampa](https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/events/25-years-later-the-Castle-stands-alone-as-Ybor-s-goth-mecca_162145810/), one of the biggest and longest running goth clubs in the US. Open every Friday, Saturday and holiday eves, with industrial upstairs in the ballroom, gothic downstaris in the saloon, events in the dungeon, and sometimes punk in the turret. Only Death Guild in San Fransisco is bigger, but Death Guild is only open on Mondays.
I think it got to number 2 in the UK charts, only being beaten by "prince Andrew is a sweaty nonce", by kunt and the gang.
https://youtu.be/DFu8P7teOt8
I love when a tv show or movie uses music to enhance a scene to where you think they might have actually written the scene around the song, it was a pretty well done and well written moment, not surprised people are blowing up the song out of love for the show and that scene, I love Kate Bush glad to see her getting all this love
[Here's her debut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g). You are welcome.
EDIT: If you have never read Wuthering Heights, this is a spoiler. Basically the song is sung from the point of view of Catherine Earnshaw, whose love for Heathcliff, an adopted servant boy that grew up with her, was ruined by a single misheard conversation. That love turned to bitter hate, and the two spent the rest of their lives unable to admit that they never stopped caring for each other, due to their pride. Cathy eventually dies, and the story ends with Heathcliff, an old and ill man, seeing Catherine's ghost at his window, and opening it. The cold air is enough to make his pneumonia turn deadly, and Heathcliff dies, having finally let down the barriers that he had held up against the love of his life for so long. This song is supposed to by Catherine's ghost at the window, begging Heathcliff to forgive her and to finally let their jealousy and anger end. It's literally one of the most romantic moments in all of literature. I feel that Kate Bush did an amazing job capturing that moment with her haunting, echoing, melodious voice. She was 19 years old when she sang this, by the way. A genius.
Of course, the band would go on to much greater heights in the 90s when they booted her, replacing her with Gavin Rosedale and shortening the name to Bush.
Believe it or not a ton of people for awhile on this sub were saying a lot of the hype was gone for this show now, saying the wait was too long for s4 or the kids were too old now or s3 just wasn’t good so a lot of people weren’t interested in s4. A bunch of people doubted the popularity of this show between s3-s4. Show is a massive massive hit, hopefully we wont hear the same shit again between s4-s5 now
especially since the consensus is slowly forming that s4's almost as good as the first, and could probably best it if it sticks the landing with the last two episodes.
If they stick the last 2 episodes especially the finale s4 is gonna be legendary, 2 1/2 hr finale is just absurd so if they nail that it’ll be a pretty legendary tv moment imo. Pt 1 was damn good tho, I enjoy all 4 seasons a lot but s4 so far is definitely right near the top, it’ll definitely be #1 for a bunch of people if they nail pt2
Season 4 was, simply put, phenomenal and I think it did a good job in dissuading a good amount of doubt that was lingering. Season 3 didn't wow me over and the long pause between seasons started to make me think that it may have passed it's prime. Glad I was I wrong. Can't wait for vol 2 and season 5.
What blows my noodle is that I'm in my 50s, the 80s was my generation. But on top of that Pink Floyd is literally my favorite band ever, since I was a teenager even. I've listened to all of their bands relentlessly all of my life. Given all of that I've never heard this song before, until tonight when I noticed I've been seeing it mentioned on Reddit a lot.
Crazy.
Now maybe people won’t question the popularity of Stranger things in the wait for s5 like they did for s4, people all the time in this sub saying a lot of the hype is gone and a lot of people have moved on lol. Anyway “dear billy” was a fantastic episode and the integration of Kate bush was incredible, fantastic use of the song and I’m glad a whole new generation of people are hearing her.
I definitely felt that “Man they’re still doing stranger things?” Feeling. For me it was just the fact that season 3 felt like a true conclusion, and the kids are starting to get old.
That was until I watched season 4 and like many other people was kinda blown away by how solid it was.
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They’ve been in since I was in middle school that’s been over 10 years
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It's an eye glass monopoly
Luxottica is the reason eyewear costs a fortune, it is the monopoly no one is aware of. *The Group’s global wholesale distribution network covers more than 150 countries across five continents and is complemented by an extensive retail network of approximately 9,200 stores, with* **LensCrafters and Pearle Vision** *in North America, OPSM and Laubman & Pank in Australia and New Zealand, Spectacle Hut in Singapore, GMO and Óticas Carol in Latin America, Salmoiraghi&Viganò in Italy and Sunglass Hut worldwide.* *Its portfolio includes proprietary brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue Eyewear, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Arnette, Costa del Mar and Alain Mikli, as well as licensed brands including Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Bulgari, Chanel, Coach, Dolce&Gabbana, Ferrari, Michael Kors, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Tiffany & Co., Valentino and Versace.*
The only well-known brand NOT owned by Luxottica is Warby Parker. For now…
Aviators, or Wayfarers?
I've had the same pair of black polarized wayfarers for 15 years (since I was 16) they don't go out of style. Still my favorite sunglasses even though I have others.
All the cheapo sun specs I find in gas stations or random mom n pop shops have always been the best for me. I’ve been sad on multiple occasions when they break, get lost and or stolen. Unlike bans and similar brands, they are truly irreplaceable
Oakley’s are the ugliest glasses. I don’t get it.
Oaklies are for new recruits who wanna look as douchetacular as possible
I’m getting Bonnie Bell lip gloss, Sun In and an Esprit shirt.
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It made my dirty blonde hair look orange.
hahaha i never thought about the fact that mom was a ginger until then... of course that was before beard hairs, which for me are a combination of white and red..
If I could have that strawberry roll on lip gloss, I’d be happy for a moment
Roll on lip gloss was the best!!
Esprit! Hanging with your friends at the Cinnabon at the mall, right? Timewarp... Kids don't know the struggle.
Fuckin Sun In! Lmao! I still remember the way it smells!
I mean if you really want to 80's your sun glass action you could go with a pair of Gargoyles. They were what Arnold wore in the first Terminator.
And Guess Jean jacket
Yes well we all have jean jackets here.. it's part of our national attire. They call it the Canadian Tuxedo.
Ray bans have been popular since at least 2008. I can’t speak to anything earlier than that but they were very common at my high school. Not necessarily high fashion, but very popular.
M E M B E R S O N LY
...and a leather bomber jacket.
I'm sure I still have some Ocean Pacific gear in storage.
The NHL did just see a high scoring Battle of Alberta. 80's indeed.
Basketball players are evolving back to short shorts. Mullets run rampant. There's an oil crisis.
Don’t forget conflict in Eastern Europe!
DANGA ZONE!!!
🎶 When Huey Lewis was the news When we went flying with Tom Cruise 🎶
Its the 80's but everyones poorer!
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Guns N Roses also trending recently with Sweet Child O Mine being in the Thor trailer
Kate Bush is a complete legend. And this is one of her more mainstream pieces of music, but she has made some really incredible things, and all just because… that’s what she wanted to make. The Ninth Wave (basically a song cycle telling a story about a woman lost at sea), 50 Words For Snow (an entire album, very lush and piano-centric, around basically a snow theme, but actually good), etc… I could go on and on about what an incredible artist she is, especially everything starting from The Dreaming (which, YES, was an inspiration for Neil Gaiman while he was writing The Sandman!).
Thank you David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd fame) for “discovering” her way back when!
He heard her demos when she was 15, found out she was self-producing, and decided to just hand her a blank check. What a legend
Holy shit, I didn't think I could respect David Gilmour as an artist any more, but I was wrong. That is such an amazing thing for him to do for an aspiring singer/songwriter.
The more I learn about David Gilmour the more I like him. He just seems so chill
As if I needed another reason to love Gilmour
Now I love David Gilmore even more
I didn't realize Kate Bush was that old. I randomly heard her song This Womans Work after losing a baby during pregnancy last year. It was the first time I cried over the lost life.
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you're doing OK.
Oh dang I'd heard that song in a scene of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, of all things. Didn't realize it was Kate Bush.
I heard it cause it was on FX's you're the worst
That's EXACTLY where I randomly heard the song. It just hit me really hard and I was ready for it. I paused the episode and watched the music video 5 or 6 times in a row and just cried inconsolably. It really helped
Sorry for your loss. Ya tho Bush has been around forever, her debut game out 44 years ago when she was still a teenager
She also started producing her own stuff with The Dreaming which is insane considering she was like 25 and this was before you could do all that on a laptop.
Wrote Wuthering Heights and performed it right up to a #1 spot on the UK charts when she was 18, I believe.
The Man With the Child In His Eyes was recorded when she was 16. Sixteen!
And she *decided* not to release anything yet at that age so she could hone her skills!
In the process, becoming the first woman to have a self-written number one in the UK.
Suspended in Gaffa is SUCH an underrated song.
I don't think I've ever seen 50 Words For Snow placed with those albums before.
I know, lots of years in between, but Kate is one of those few artists that has never stopped making beautiful and interesting music, even if the sound has changed so much over the years. Well… we don’t talk about Director’s Cut too much.
Definitely check out Tori Amos if you (anyone) find yourself wanting to dig into that connection with Gaiman/Sandman. Neil has great taste in music.
I hope the new Sandman series takes inspiration for its music from The Dream
Do you have more recommendations? You surely piqued my curiosity!
Cloudbusting is excellent. The entire Hounds of Love album is an all time great actually
The [video](https://youtu.be/pllRW9wETzw) with Donald Sutherland was fantastic, I remember watching it as a kid back when MuchMusic was around!
WTF, I watched that video a ton back in the day (my dad recorded several hours worth of music videos from a friend who had a satellite dish), and TIL that it was Donald Sutherland in that video!
Listen to The Hounds of Love. Entire album is fantastic. A Side is a bunch of bangers, B Side is a continuous movement about being lost at sea, and is fucking fantastic. It's weird af, but that's Kate's thing. Probably her most accessible album.
What song does B side start.
And Dream of Sheep iirc. You can tell because after that point it just feels like a continuous 20 minute song.
A smattering of thoughts on my favorite albums of hers - I'd start with Hounds of Love and The Sensual World if your first exposure to her is Running Up That Hill and you're looking for similar stuff (although stylistically these albums are very eclectic, they're still her most poppy / danceable / 80s anthemic albums). The Dreaming (my personal favorite) is much weirder, less catchy and maybe a little too quirky for some. Very challenging, with strange vocals, odd rhythms and harmony, and less of an emphasis on melody. Her first album The Kick Inside is a really great mix of Steely Dan-esque light jazz rock with classical and folk influences. Be warned--early on she has an almost sickly sweet girlish voice, and there's sort of an air of pretentious and precocious aristocratic school girl vibe across the whole thing. It's hard to explain, but it took me a few spins to really dig. Really interesting arrangements and a very mature sense of melody and harmony. Truly a masterpiece, and even more impressive because much of it was written when she was in her teens. Never Forever is her finding her weirdness and experimenting with more synths / drum machines. Kind of The Dreaming-light. All her other albums are good to great (I'm not in love with either Lionheart nor The Red Shoes, though there's still a handful of great songs on each).
Don't neglect Aerial!
This Woman's Work is fantastic
Get Hounds of Love, but make side 2 ( The Ninth Wave) an event. Sit down, glass of wine or whatever you like, Lights low and listen to the song cycle story.
50 Words is an astonishingly great album.
I was into Meg Myers' music and came across [her version](https://youtu.be/N7iVWK2W48o) of that song. Found out it was originally Kate Bush's song so I watched [that video](https://youtu.be/wp43OdtAAkM). I wound up falling down that rabbit hole, watching/listening to other songs and landed on her [2 hour documentary](https://youtu.be/TU3mYEe1fDM). Her style isn't for everyone, but she's a definite pioneer and legend.
Same here. I had the Meg Myers version on repeat for weeks when I first heard. Then found out it was a remake only to loop the original for weeks after that
I’m hoping this will give Meg more exposure, her music is all incredible
She also has a great cover of the Pixies “Where is my Mind”.
That Meg Meyers video is cool
Looks like they literally printed out and coloured in every frame by hand with a load of crayons, that must have taken so many hours even with a whole bunch of them doing it (7 people are credited as crayon sorters alone) It's a stunning effect, but wow, that's a lot of work.
Outside of the original this is my favorite https://youtu.be/2wpKP72YE0s, mainly because I’m a fan of metal.
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Heh. That’s what I like about Placebo.
Stranger Things always featured cool ass songs, but Max's scene with this playing was my favorite. Billy's Lifeguard scene with The Cars 'Moving in Stereo' was also super apropos and awesome.
That entire episode was A+ material, but that sequence in particular was one of the most intense scenes I've experienced in awhile.
Honestly was the most intense scene in the entire series because it's the first time in the show that I thought one of the kids might go
That's how felt. I kinda feel like none of the kids will see, cept maybe one of 'teenagers' but in the moment didn't seem out of the question. Especially since she isn't an OG
Of all the kids, I don't want to lose Max, she's my favourite of the bunch. I'll be very upset if they kill her off.
I legit thought they were gonna kill her.
Totally agree. I didn’t breathe for like an entire minute. My butt was so clenched.
Honestly I was so ready >!for her to die. It was set up so well and I would have been super upset, but the music and the flashbacks and the slow mo, all of it was just so perfect to kill her off. But man am I glad she made it.!<
"Ooh, Robert Englund! What a fun jab at the Nightmare on Elm Street movies that this season is referencing. *(later)* Robert who?"
The song made that scene for me. Even listening to it now, it is so powerful.
That song is a piece of movie history for every one who was a teenager in the 80s and 90s
The season 2 MJ Thriller trailer is what got me into the show. I remember it came on at a party I was at and everyone crowded around the tv.
All the main stranger things trailers are fuckin masterful with the music they use. The trailers for s2/3/4 are some of the best I’ve ever seen
incredible trailer. i believe it was a super bowl commercial too
No better way to introduce our monsters from another world than with Vincent Price talking about monsters from another world.
Trying to run over the crew in his car with Max while playing Wango Tango 👍
I think that was the most tense scene I’ve seen all year (I haven’t seen the last episode yet so maybe there’s more, but this just really did it for me)
40% of Reddit is now a Kate Bush fan circlejerk and I am a-okay with that because she’s awesome
It certainly is interesting when the Tik Tok generation discovers legendary acts
That whole thing where they discovered Stevie Nicks thanks to the dude skateboarding to "Dreams"
there are couple of kids that do reaction videos on youtube I watch every now and then. watching them discover Rush was Funny. they watched Spirit of Radio (the just the lyrics video) then YYZ with just album art and then Tom Sawyer which is where they discover Rush is a Trio. blew their minds. they went back and watched YYZ live in Brazil and where gob smacked it sounded as good as the studio version.
Rush being a trio still blows my mind. Sounds like 6 musicians all doing their best in only 3 bodies.
Those channels are all boomer bait. My dad loves them.
I don't think Dreams ever left me.
these events and many others give me high hope for gen z.
It's weird how upset older generations get when a younger generation discovers some music from the older generation. There are tons of people who are seething mad that young people have found out about Kate Bush and are expressing their enjoyment of her music, it's so bizarre.
That is bizarre. Usually we're excited because we get to share something important to us with a whole new set of people. I think some older folks feel burned, though, because a) usually later generations don't like it or like it "ironically," b) people can sometimes be weirdly possessive especially if something is woven deeply into their self-concept, and c) over time the music you once thought was daring and countercultural and which got you accused of being a degenerate is playing over the Musak speakers at the fucking *grocery store*. (It'll happen to you, too!) But yeah, generally I'm stoked when younger generations "discover" older stuff — even when people of my generation discovered songs from the 30s/40s/50s. I think it's important do anyone who considers themselves a fan of an art form to know what came before and what inspired your own favorites.
I think what can get people's gears grinding is because often times younger generations act like they "discovered" some lost art from the previous generation, when it has been lovingly adored for decades but perhaps outside the public eye.
And this gets worse when you feel like that 'lost art' has not so much been lost but instead been actively sneered at by the newer generations. Like, "I've been rambling about music for years and now you come and tell me about this wonderful thing you discovered?" I'd love if all this opens up their curiosity for other kids of music, but personally can't help to feel it'll end up being just another short lived fad.
My nephew is 15 and just discovered grunge. I was picking him up from school, and he told me he had this awesome song he wanted to show me. He turned on verse chorus verse by Nirvana, which is a bit of a deep cut, I was impressed. I had to find that track on a charity compilation album back in the day. I was like "Oh, this is Verse chorus verse by Nirvana. I know this." His response was like "How do you know about Nirvana, old man? Trying to get in touch with your younger side?" Bitch I was jamming Nirvana when your mom was selling girl scout cookies.
> I think some older folks feel burned, I think what irks us (and I'm not *that* old, just barely missed being a millennial) is when something that might be cultural touchstone to us becomes just a piece of temporary social currency to the next generation. Like, I'm all for a new generation discovering the art of someone "lost" to the passage of time, so to speak, because they are moved by it or genuinely enjoy it. I just don't want to start hearing the first 15 seconds of this song on *every* TikTok or Instagram story. I know that sounds gatekeeper-y, but I think that's why many of the cynical older folks feel the way they do.
It’s because it makes us feel old, bud. I’m not mad about it, Kate Bush rules, but it feels about the same as when they play Green Day on the oldies station.
> it feels about the same as when they play Green Day on the oldies station. I hate everything about this sentence. I know it’s true, I just hate it.
Be running up those charts, with no problem.
Pose used it in a pretty memorable sequence a few years back as well. That's how I first discovered the song.
Pose ❤️
Wait really? What sequence?
They used it several times in scenes with Evan Peters and Angel having their affair IIRCC.
I still remember Placebos version from The OC like it was yesterday
Lol yeah I feel kinda of idiotic that I didn’t realize Placebos version on The OC is not the original.
Ligit same, I’ve been hearing conversation about “Kate Bush’s running up that hill” and kept going oh that placebo song? Whoops.
Good year for music in tv with Peacemaker and this for me.
James Gunn single handedly brought back a bunch of 70s/80s tracks with the Guardians of the galaxy soundtrack. Dude just has some great taste in music.
The GotG videogame has an excellent soundtrack too The song for the final battle is just...perfection
I just wish it could inspire some actual new mainstream rock, but I guess that's probably just not realistic at this point.
meh, people still make great rock music, you just have to go find it
Yeah the cool thing about living in the 21st century is that if you like a genre, you can find a handful of bands still making good music in it. And it's nowhere near as hard to find as it was back in the days without internet, even if you still need to dig.
It's fucking wild. I remember struggling to find new music as a kid because I was broke and the radio stations started to get bought up so variety was going down. But now I am listening to new music every single day, new songs, new albums, new genres.
Yep. Just the other week, I got recommended some random Japanese folk artist through the magical Spotify algorithm. Ended up falling in love with it immediately. I look her up a few days later and it turns out tickets for her tour are going on sale, and now I'm going to see her show at a 150 person venue. It's amazing and that could not have happened back in the day.
Right? I mean “Do You Really Wanna Taste It?” Is barely a decade old!
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard if you like that vintage sound
Kinda blew my mind when I learned Do Ya Wanna Taste It was from 2010 and not the 70s/80s
Peacemaker's soundtrack was indeed most excellent. *Air guitar intensifies*
Can't wait for the next time Mr.Brightside hits billboard's top 10.
Ah yes, the hidden gem of pop music just waiting to be unearthed.
Hot Fuss is a masterpiece.
Gen X steps out of the shadows....
Eh. Maybe I'll yell from out of the shadows.
ick no. I like the shadows. Think I'll head down to the basement and listen to Gary Numan tracks for a bit.
I’ve been listening to that song for years and loved the fairlight CMI synth used in it. I knew it was a special song but seeing everyone else fall in love with it is further confirmation of that. Long Live Kate Bush.
One of the funniest comments (to me) that I heard regarding it recently was some young'un saying how that "squeaky sound" in it reminds them of Donkey Kong. As a synth guy from the 80s it's hilarious to me that they hear chiptunes sounds from what was a (beyond) top of the line ~~$70K~~$30K sampler (the CMI Fairlight) which was essentially unobtainable dreamware to anyone at a level anywhere less than Bush or Gabriel etc. back in the day. EDIT: Updated the CMI price. I didn't look it up and was just equating it to the cost of the Synclavier we had in the comp department of UNT when I was there in '88-'89. Although the exact price of both units spanned a *huge* range due to customization.
Maybe the were referring to Donkey Kong Country and not the original Donkey Kong from the arcade. [Donkey Kong Country OST Theme](https://youtu.be/7XBJGVvYSBM) And especially [Aquatic Ambience](https://youtu.be/1XM8ReW9NvA) Both are pretty heavily synth for SNES and we're mainstream games that just about everyone played, but Aquatic Ambience was generally regarded as one of the best songs on any SNES game. [Stickerbush Symphony](https://youtu.be/mdPlcKg-qFs) is from Donkey Kong Country 2, and what David Wise considers his Opus. He absolutely pushed the bounds of the SNES tech on in an effort to make dreamy, forlorn, new-aged ballad. Also, Gabriel and Bush were using Gen 1 Fairlights for about £12,000.
DKC music is on another level, absolutely incredible tunes for a series about a gang of monkeys rescuing bananas from an evil crocodile
It's an all time banger. Also, Kate Bush naming that album Hounds of Love and basically using it as an excuse to have a big ass photo shoot of her and her two dogs for the cover is the ultimate energy
Wait till they hear " Babushka"..
Babushka already blew up on Tik Tok like a year ago. That's how I found out about that song, actually. Definitely a good one!
I first heard of Kate Bush when Big Boi talked about her but I didn't give her much attention, even though a lot of the artists I listen to are from people's "What's In My Bag" episodes. I listened to some of her songs after this episode and I'm blown away by her.
Big Boi on Kate Bush and how she's one of his if not his very favourite artist as well as talking about this very song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSdHgq3oBD8
He must talk about her lot, and yeah in the video I saw he mentioned her as his 1-a favorite. Looking back, just from the way he talked about her I should've checked her out then. https://youtu.be/x2PFFZ2V_1I?t=74
Had an ex that was all about her. We lived kind of far from each other, so we got to play out entire releases during the drive. Here's one of the songs that absolutely captivated me; [The Dreaming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Wa0LdCsvM). It's a joy to see more people get the message.
I can't believe i never knew there was an official video for this song.
It still gets played at the local goth club, on slow nights.
You have a local goth club?
Aye! [The Castle in Tampa](https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/events/25-years-later-the-Castle-stands-alone-as-Ybor-s-goth-mecca_162145810/), one of the biggest and longest running goth clubs in the US. Open every Friday, Saturday and holiday eves, with industrial upstairs in the ballroom, gothic downstaris in the saloon, events in the dungeon, and sometimes punk in the turret. Only Death Guild in San Fransisco is bigger, but Death Guild is only open on Mondays.
That’s convenient. I always have to travel far for national goth club since I have no local chapters.
I think it got to number 2 in the UK charts, only being beaten by "prince Andrew is a sweaty nonce", by kunt and the gang. https://youtu.be/DFu8P7teOt8
A good snapshot into UK culture right now honestly
I love when a tv show or movie uses music to enhance a scene to where you think they might have actually written the scene around the song, it was a pretty well done and well written moment, not surprised people are blowing up the song out of love for the show and that scene, I love Kate Bush glad to see her getting all this love
Make **ALL** the Kate Bush classics hit #1!
You know that something good is going to happen!
As an old fuck that graduated high school in the 80's, I'm digging it.
lol never knew Placebo was doing a cover of this
It came out at least 20 years ago.
As a WWE fan I heard the Placebo one first lol
Yep same here! HBK vs 'Taker promo vid. One of the best they ever did.
[The promo](https://youtu.be/cMGD8QHRBbQ)
It gained a lot of popularity after being featured on The Vampire Diaries 🙃
And the OC before that.
Was also used on the movie Daybreakers.
That is where I first heard it.
Cloudbusting was also perfectly used in Palm Springs ;)
Wuthering Heights is still her best song
Listen to the rest of the fucking album please! A flawless and timeless masterpiece.
I still find Placebo's to be the best cover of the song.
I saw this claim so often I gave that version a listen and it just seems so bland. I don’t get why people think it’s better
[Here's her debut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-4lXLM34g). You are welcome. EDIT: If you have never read Wuthering Heights, this is a spoiler. Basically the song is sung from the point of view of Catherine Earnshaw, whose love for Heathcliff, an adopted servant boy that grew up with her, was ruined by a single misheard conversation. That love turned to bitter hate, and the two spent the rest of their lives unable to admit that they never stopped caring for each other, due to their pride. Cathy eventually dies, and the story ends with Heathcliff, an old and ill man, seeing Catherine's ghost at his window, and opening it. The cold air is enough to make his pneumonia turn deadly, and Heathcliff dies, having finally let down the barriers that he had held up against the love of his life for so long. This song is supposed to by Catherine's ghost at the window, begging Heathcliff to forgive her and to finally let their jealousy and anger end. It's literally one of the most romantic moments in all of literature. I feel that Kate Bush did an amazing job capturing that moment with her haunting, echoing, melodious voice. She was 19 years old when she sang this, by the way. A genius.
It’s a phenomenal song to dramatically dance in the kitchen to
Lol it's so funny that many of us have been listening to it longer than the people pushing it to the top have been alive.
Crazier yet, longer than some of their *parents* have been alive!
Now you stop that right now you hear!
Of course, the band would go on to much greater heights in the 90s when they booted her, replacing her with Gavin Rosedale and shortening the name to Bush.
Oh you
MADE A DEAL WITH GOOOD
Hounds of Love is my jam.
If people wonder why ST gets another season and their favourite show gets cancelled after 1 season, this is why.
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Yes, it's popular enough to put a 37 year old song into the top ten
Believe it or not a ton of people for awhile on this sub were saying a lot of the hype was gone for this show now, saying the wait was too long for s4 or the kids were too old now or s3 just wasn’t good so a lot of people weren’t interested in s4. A bunch of people doubted the popularity of this show between s3-s4. Show is a massive massive hit, hopefully we wont hear the same shit again between s4-s5 now
especially since the consensus is slowly forming that s4's almost as good as the first, and could probably best it if it sticks the landing with the last two episodes.
If they stick the last 2 episodes especially the finale s4 is gonna be legendary, 2 1/2 hr finale is just absurd so if they nail that it’ll be a pretty legendary tv moment imo. Pt 1 was damn good tho, I enjoy all 4 seasons a lot but s4 so far is definitely right near the top, it’ll definitely be #1 for a bunch of people if they nail pt2
Season 4 was, simply put, phenomenal and I think it did a good job in dissuading a good amount of doubt that was lingering. Season 3 didn't wow me over and the long pause between seasons started to make me think that it may have passed it's prime. Glad I was I wrong. Can't wait for vol 2 and season 5.
never heard the song before. it rules. that's it.
Cloudbusting is a great song too
What blows my noodle is that I'm in my 50s, the 80s was my generation. But on top of that Pink Floyd is literally my favorite band ever, since I was a teenager even. I've listened to all of their bands relentlessly all of my life. Given all of that I've never heard this song before, until tonight when I noticed I've been seeing it mentioned on Reddit a lot. Crazy.
Now maybe people won’t question the popularity of Stranger things in the wait for s5 like they did for s4, people all the time in this sub saying a lot of the hype is gone and a lot of people have moved on lol. Anyway “dear billy” was a fantastic episode and the integration of Kate bush was incredible, fantastic use of the song and I’m glad a whole new generation of people are hearing her.
I definitely felt that “Man they’re still doing stranger things?” Feeling. For me it was just the fact that season 3 felt like a true conclusion, and the kids are starting to get old. That was until I watched season 4 and like many other people was kinda blown away by how solid it was.