Kate Bush - Moments of Pleasure - Official Music Video
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- Official music video for the single "Moments of Pleasure" written and performed by British singer Kate Bush.
"Moments of Pleasure" was released as the second single from Bush's album The Red Shoes on 15 November 1993.
The song reached number 26 in the UK chart.
I'm now 61 and was fortunate to have found Kate when she was 19 and sung Wuthering Heights, I've followed in awe and can say with out any doubt she is the greatest female artist ever. Like millions of others I fell in love and still am in love. Thank you Kate for sharing your talent the world is brighter and sounds better because of you.
I too am almost 61, so glad I was there from the beginning. Of all the bands and artists I've wanted to see over the years, Kate Bush is the only one I never saw live. She really is the perfect package. I don't know of anybody male or female who has all of her artistic skills.
My icon from wuthering heights days till now ❤
Anch'io lo stesso. 61 anni e wuthering heights mi ha fatto innamorare di lei e della sua musica. Mi ha anche stimolato a leggere il libro della Brontë. Grazie cara Kate per tutto quello che hai fatto nascere nella mia mente con il tuo contributo canoro.
She is nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame again in 2021. The fact that she isn't already in is a crime. This woman is a freaking legend. This song wrecks me every time I listen to it. It immediately takes me back to when I was younger and lost people close to me. As you read through the comments here, you notice it does this to a lot of people. That is mastery.
It's the Hall of Fame's loss, not Kate's.
legend indeed -music/artist icon
The hall of fame can eat my clam
Kate's already in the people's hall of fame, loved and cherished by us all. A very special lady who's given us the gift of very special music, year after year. These superficial awards are insignificant in comparison.
who gives a shit, awards and recognitions are a joke
This level is for advanced Kate lovers. Don't f with this track if you're not able to handle crushing beauty.
So true ! Anybody I know who’s heard it thinks it’s terrible like a lot of her songs.
It’s like a strange reassurance for me, to know there are really honest feeling deep people out there. I don’t seem to hear anybody else that plunging deeper than every day
Indeed. I heard this the first time one winter's day. It (the Red Shoes) had just been released (on CD!!!) and I was doing some work on my computer, so I popped it in the drive. I was half-listening... until this came on. I had to pause and listen attentively, enthralled. I knew immediately what it was about intuitively, and still remember the moment I first heard it. There are very few songs about which I can make similar claims - save perhaps "Misty Mountain Hop", which was playing on cassette when I totaled my first car. That was a different kind of experience, certainly not as haunting or beautiful. I think the former left a greater mark on me than the few superficial injuries of the latter. Dame? Sure, she's earned it. I remember her first appearance on SNL, which was widely panned but intriguing, even to a very young me.
I class her in the same company as Shakespeare, Vincent van Gogh and Mozart. We are so privileged to witness this first hand. Thank you.
But better
i agree.
What is your favourite Shakespeare play?
She's up there, along with Maki Mae in my book!! Have you heard her new track Down by the Water? czcams.com/video/IDvzd7xv_qw/video.html
I quite agree. So blessed to be of her age, followed her music, and have witnessed her develop into an extraordinary musical artist where others fall far short of her talent. So very very special. Just a delight, joyful on the ears, beautiful on the eyes.
Why hasn't this woman been made a dame? She is England's greatest female songwriter for goodness sake!
i was just thinking that
She's too unique, probably doesn't want that silly status symbol.
@@SonOfTamriel She's already happily accepted a CBE.
Yes. 100%
She and Annie Lennox
My Dad died today aged 91 this song just hits for me at this moment, Goodbye Dad I miss you.
I know it’s a couple of years ago you commented but sending love ♥️
I'm so sorry. Keep all the wonderful loving memories close to your heart
Impressive age
“Just being alive, it can really hurt..”
I felt that
Same
I've just nodded in agreement.
Utterly, utterly unique. She is strange, beautiful, wonderous, a gift.
At age 46 I now realise how meaningful this song is as we grow older we lose so many people from our lives who we thought would never die
#justwaittillyouhit66
Kate Bush, your music saves. We're a newly-homeless family, and it has gotten us through so much. Even the toddler adores you; your name was one of his first words, and he could pick your face out on our Prime library. This song is my daughter's favorite track on The Red Shoes. She said it makes her cry internally. My eldest loves your Hounds Of Love album. The Jig Of Life always centers me. Before The Dawn was the last thing we bought and it was excellent; we all wished we could have been there! Your art follows us everywhere, since we keep it in the car. Thank you for giving us moments as a family, and individuals, where we can feel whole. I love you. We all do.
Mee Gee This means a lot to me as well. Hope you and your family are safe and well. God bless you.
If you can reply, please let us know where you are. Don’t feel too proud to reach out. I’ve been homeless three or four times during my 51 years, in Florida, California, and other places, displaced as a 3 year old myself - my family packed us all up and moved from Chicago in 19 69... You’ll make it. “Just being alive , it can really hurt ...”
This is what music is really about, touching people’s hearts and minds. Praying you and your family are safe, well and settled since you wrote this post.
Hope you and the family are well 💚👍 Kate Bush forever
Mee Gee family, wherever you are out there, I hope you are all well and have found a new home. God bless you. 💖
Agree she should be made a Dame. Has been consistent for over 45 years and has never pandered to commercialism.
People need to allow this kind of sadness in. The way to overcome hardship is not always (not even often) happiness -- it is allowing yourself to be sad, to truly reflect on life. Happiness doesn't cure cynicism or despair -- sadness does. This song exemplifies why beautiful, poetic sadness heals us.
So much truth and beauty in your words. Thanks for such a precious comment!
You've put into words exactly how I feel when I listen to this song. It's a healing sadness. Thank you.
Beautiful
Well put
So well put.
This song is a masterpiece. She captures brilliantly the impact death has on those left behind. “just being alive it can really hurt.” Plus we British do our crying in the rain.
There will never be anyone like Kate Bush. This song is one of the most beautifully written songs ever. And Kate sure is easy on the eyes. What a beautiful woman.
Agree. I love this song.
I wanna wish a Happy early 66th Birthday 🎂 to Kate Bush
2:19
People who have lost loved ones. I think Kate's music speaks even stronger to souls left behind and missing the spirits departed. She writes like this alot in her music. I feel my mothers spirit everytime I hear Kate's voice.
I felt the same after my mom passed away
Me too
Same for me. I lost my Mam in 2024 and this song has meant a great deal to me.
I'm sitting alone crying at this masterpiece Kate is an amazing artist
I am with you ❤
I thought it was just me x.
why do Kate's songs always make me cry? I'm a former Marine and known to be a tough guy, but listening to one of her songs breaks me down to tears. She touches my heart like no other.
Semper Fi brother, and I agree with you 100%.
Respect. There is no shame in showing the extremes of human emotion.
You should have seen her in concert. I nearly went into hysterics when she did The Morning Fog at the end of The Ninth Wave and pointed to Bertie and said 'I'll tell my son, how much I love him."
you feel that because it is real,it comes straight from her heart. Only a kindred soul can feel that. The fact that you admit this and put it on the internet,means to me that you are a real human being,a real man.
Louie Neira she’s a special, phenomenal talent
Watching this as I always do every year on this day, the day I lost my sister to Cancer 13 years ago. This song always brings me back closer to her again and I play it every 23rd May religiously to remember her. She loved this song. And so do I. It's so beautiful.
I’m sorry for your loss. I’m glad this song helps x
What a beautiful tribute to your sister. I’m so sorry for your loss
So truly sorry for your loss of your dear sister. I also remember my brother with this song-he died nearly 22 years now but this song brings me such comfort as I trust it does you. It as as you say so beautiful.
Such a moving track I have been in love with this woman since I was 18 years old,I am now 58 and totally adore both her and her music.
Join the queue Buddy !! She is simply mesmurising in every sense.
Me too
58 year old males seems to be her demographic!
I can’t love someone I don’t know. I just admire her originality and work it’s truly amazing.
Same here. Same age as you. Kate Bush is a wonder.
One in a billion musical genius! My ears have died and gone to heaven.
I'm now caring for my partner of 34 years who is in hospice and won't survive the year, and this song helped teach me how to handle doing this.
And now, the day after his death, I'm listening to it again.
The older you get the more you understand Kate music
Absolutely true! When I first heard Kate's music in the late 1970s I appreciated the vocals, melody and performance. Now, I adore the true meaning of her lyrics, after having a near lifetime of my own experience. What is incredible is that some of her songs were written when she was 15, including the very dark 'The Kick Inside' (about sibling incest, pregnancy & suicide). A truly remarkable and original artist.
Ich höre sie seit dem ich geboren bin bis jetzt und der Zauber verliert keine Wirkung vermutlich bis in mein Grab ❤
@@westcountrywanderings She has matured ,and thankfully dropped all that Amdram stuff from the early days. It got her noticed in those days. She is at her best when avoiding gimmicks. I watched her perform James and the Cold Gun live and it was a performance worthy of Meatloaf. She always said that she wanted to write a great Rock Song and James was her effort on Kick and Don’t Push your Foot on the heartbreak on Lionheart both great songs. Violin is a great rock song too but rarely heard. I hope that there is another great Rock song in her.
I fell in love with her at 7 years old. That may strange but I knew that I'd seen something unique and beautiful. Even now there has never been anyone like her because nobody can be like her.
So true!
"Every old sock needs an old shoe"... fabulous song, so loaded with emotion. Kate is the best songwriter we have ever known. She's the Shakespeare of music. So poetic, so beautiful and true. I gather something new on every listen - this is how art and music should be.
precious thoughts of you, Sean
Thank goodness, I thought she said _"Every old fuck needs an old shoe"._ 😅
...meets an old shoe".
Michael Kamen’s orchestra on this song is the cherry on top.
@@TheWaynos73 Indeed. It is an
Orchestral arrangement worthy of Sir Thomas Beecham. She is beyond belief. The video at the end with the snow and the departed loved ones is jaw dropping.
Im 57.... I miss my high school and college friends so much. Yet, as much as it hurts, im grateful for all the wonderful memories 😢
If you're here because of the resurgence in Kate's music at the moment, this is her best song. You're welcome.
I'm still surprised the new fans haven't come across this yet in massive numbers. It's always been my clear favourite from her
I agree. This will always be her masterpiece as far as I’m concerned. That’s because, of all her songs, it speaks to the universal themes of life and death and how we cope with losing those whom we have loved. This is on the same level as Joni Mitchell’s The Circle Game and Both Sides Now. All three songs brilliantly written, deeply moving and written by women who were uncannily beyond their years.
One of her saddest songs, and one of the most moving ones (in my opinion). I rarely cry when listening to music (or doing anything really), but this song has teared me up so much. Kate, you're a true genius.
This is the only song that makes me cry so join the club friend
Possibly the most beautiful song ever written 💛
Agreed
I just went to like this comment when I realised that I already had the last time I visited this wonderful wonderful video
@@WilliamOrgan I’m a regular visitor too 😍
I heard her music for the first time last week. And now I'm mesmerized. She has the ability to bring me to tears...which doesn't happen. I love her work and I'm happy to see there are a lot of people who she has touched too. Thank you Kate Bush! 😂
Welcome to her music! You’re in for a treat. All 10 of her albums are immaculately crafted and filled with so much detail and care.
She's a great artist. A Real important person for the business. But "the red shoes" left me apathetic. The LP can't catch me, means nothing to me... I can't understand it myself.
Me too
All of her albums are superb 👌🏻 but my joint favourites of her earlier albums are ‘the whole story’ & ‘hounds of love’
If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve heard so far check them out 😊
It seems the world has suddenly woken up to Kate....welcome....she will fill your soul with music, melody, joy, and beauty....
Yes.Isnt she just beautifully talented.
I'm a 46 year old man and this song reduces me to tears everytime I hear it. Any other middle aged guys out there that feel the emotion?
Did you go off your lithium again?
Miaow! :)
jrb1802uk I have a sneaking suspicion that mine are just placebos.
+jbooks888 haha!!
I came here to express exactly what you wrote. The woman is a miracle...she makes my life simultaneously magical & hopeless.
Why do the first few bars of Kates songs always choke me up... Beautiful.
Do you all realize how lucky we are to share the Earth with Kate?
Like Bowie, I don't think people will realise until it's too late. x
Fragile and yet so much unbridled strength. I always shed a few tears watching this piece.
This is a wonderful song interpreted by a wonderful woman. She is one of the greatest female artists we have ever haved on earth.❤❤❤
Kate wrote this song so it's not an interpretation if that's what you were thinking. Every word and note and chord is her own. She just shares this incredible beauty with us and it becomes our moments.
I can't watch this without tears streaming down my face every time...wouldn't it be wonderful to see our loved ones just one more time..😢 xx
Tears streaming down face. A masterpiece. Transcendent.
Me too Thomas.. 😥
Whats this song about
Matthias J'Stona It is about how we live with loss. This is a very personal song and her greatest in my view. Everyone of us can relate to this song. Madonna and Kylie are playing at it.
Me too, every time
'S Murph.
Such a beautiful song. I've been listening to it for almost 30 years but you only really get the full depth of it after you have lost someone very close to you
Wow! This song is so incredibly powerful and meaningful. "Just being alive, it can really hurt. And these moments (of pleasure) given are a gift from time." Truer words were never spoken. As people all we can do is try to pass on moments of pleasure to as many people as possible. I only regret that I've just heard this song today.
Ursine ComicGeek I'm nearly 40 and discovered this gem only today...
better late than never 🖒
Ursine, Im 47 now, so Im old enough to remember wuthering heights playing on the radio in 1978/79. This is the first time hearing this song and it could be from any decade of her career.
But you have heard, thats the main thing
I hope after listening to this beautiful song that you listened to some of her other work....Kate is an absolute one off. ...
I finished listening to this ten minutes ago and I'm still crying! Almost an unbearably beautiful song.
Well.. I've gotta tell ya I'm a die hard English prog rock fan ..but that is the best by far the most emotional song and video I've ever seen!
Kate Bush is a living legend ❤
@petermoran7951 The band on Kate's first album was practically the Alan Parsons Project.
I started listening to Kate Bush when I was 12 years old,I am 54 now. Reading some of the comments below,I think I know why we feel as we do when we listen to her.She translates a longing with her haunting voice and incredible songs.She brings up that feeling of melancholy,romance,love regret and time lost. But also of innocence lost and mystery. She can be an escape from all the harsh things of life,from all the disappointments we face as people every day.It is great to dive into her world and let yourself being carried on a cloud of sensuality,,sensitivity and femininity. Yes,even when you are a man.She brings the truth to us,but does it in such a gentle way. I am still very impressed with her incredible talent and staying power.This is my favorite song of her,together with saxophone song,running up that hill and night of the swallow.Thank you Kate,for making it all a little more beautiful.
Yes.
I could write something longer, but the essence of it is simply "yes." Your comment is spot on. Thanks for writing that, it encapsulates a lot of feelings.
Best comment on here. Im 51 and feel the same
Just sublime, achingly beautiful. Why was Prince so enamored of her? Because he recognized a kindred soul. These are artists who exist in their own galaxies of creativity, who stupefy you with their brilliance. Kate Bush is pure, poetic genius.
Wait what do you mean? Prince loved her??
They produced a song for each other back in the day (early 90's I think) out of mutual admiration.
Why Should I Love You?
Yes., but she i a league of her own....shining.
And My Computer on Prince's Emancipation album, which has a theme similar to Kate's Deeper Understanding.
I don't know why but this song lately has destroyed me every time I listen to it. I'm a 23 year old guy and I literally have tears running down my face by the end of it, without fail. Listening to her name off people she loved that died at the end is usually where it gets me.
I feel you! 28 year old man here and it gets me every time. It usually starts with “I can hear my mother saying....” and it’s all downhill from there, in the best way.
As an artist, she literally HAS NO FEAR. Such a rare talent. Look at this, listen to this, think of what she's doing. Would it have occurred to you? But isn't it great?
+Flo Jo o jes us thee zoo me too e si grande !
+The Scream Que pasa? Nada, e nada! All is fine with me and mine. Right back atcha.
+The Scream Oh, indubitably.
+The Scream Don't do it. Let's forget all the rest of this stuff. Don't do it.
I'm sorry, I do not speak your language.
I understand why you may have put up this comment.
Just step back, calm down. Don't do it.
+The Scream No. Nature is not screaming that at you, and suicide is not cool.
Yes, we all get depressed and things can seem bad. I know. But there is always hope.
Do you want to talk?
I am 43 and I follow psychiatric treatment ever since I was 23. A year ago I remembered there was a singer called Kate Bush whose voice, I thought back in the 80s, was interesting. So I took the time to search for her in YT. And listen to her songs. I thought all this time that nothing could
affect me but she did. She is the only artist-and woman- who put some warmth in me. I actually harbored thoughts of searching for a girl and maybe live like a normal person, you know, get a real life, wash more often, become fitter. People say here she is an angel and other crap that I am sure she does not like but I concur that she is unique, one of a kind.
Keep making other people happy Kate.
She’s truly touched by God 💚🎶
Fleeting sights and sounds from childhood. Almost ethereal but simultaneously palpable, but only to be found in the interstices between dreams, the deep, steady eddies of memory.
She saved me as a young person. She made me hang on.
She is good our souls my friend..... but how?... and why?.
She is a one of a kind... So then are you unique, and so are the rest of us, each in our own peculiar way that makes us individuals.🐇
Every time I play this, I cry... 1993 was fine, but my virtually housebound dad dying of terminal cancer in 2006 was so heavy, as I'd forgotten something at his house. He rushed down to the bus to give me the item, and he waved his walking stick to me as the bus left. Gets me all the time, especially as he died on New Year's Day, 2007.
I love this track, so if I cry in public, TOUGH.
I'm reading some of the lovely preceding comments, age and masculinity are no barrier to feeling and loving Kate's voice.....as a 57 year old man, I can't quite quantify what she does to me, an inherent part of my strife torn youth perhaps, I find solace, a quiet and gentle satisfaction nowadays, thank you Kate Bush.
Best part: 3:37
Just being alive, it can really hurt
These moments given are a gift from time
Just let us try to give these moments back
To those we love, to those who will survive
Most beautiful thing I've ever heard.
jubilantsleep I listen to Kate a lot at work. Right before that part (when I came to listen today), I literally stopped what I was doing, closed my eyes, and let the music take over. Goosebumps all over; the most wonderful feeling! The first time I heard this song, it stirred every emotion in my soul and I couldn't help but break out in a dead sob.
eatporknbeans Exactly! Kate is the only person I know of that can do that in her music. :-) She'll always be my favorite.
+eatporknbeans boo
+jubilantsleep It is hard to blink back tears at these lines.
+Sita Dots Kale Rai
Tomorrow, it will be 4 years since my mother passed away. Sometimes it feels like last week, lol. She was a beautiful human being both inside and out. I will love you forever Mom...until we meet again. Thank you for this song Kate, it penetrates my very soul.
Her loneliness can be felt throughout the song. It has a quality and richness of a movie theme.
She is a genius. Beautiful and moving. Made me cry when I first heard it in 1993 - makes me cry now.
The power this woman’s music has makes me feel things I’ve never felt before how have I not known about her I’m 39 and only jus starting to listen to her music and it floors me this song is absolute greatness it moves me shakes me to my core I love it
If all Kate ever did was this one song, she would still be one of the greatest contributors to music the world has known in the last 50 years
Magnificent.
This song reminds me how much i miss my Mum.
I’m with you all the way.
I remember when this came out...I remember it on the radio at Christmas, still had my beautiful parents, reminds me of living at home with them ♥️"these moments given are a gift from time"...they certainly are x
Dear god this song just wipes me out every time I hear it. One of those perfect examples of someone making the personal universal, and the universal personal, and gracefully sweeping us along with her. Thanks for posting, I had never seen the video version before
I think the genius of this song is that although it is personal to KB, we can all relate to it. The end of the video where she is swirling in the snow could be you or me and the people she has lost, could be people we have lost. That is why it makes everyone cry, because it becomes personal to those watching it. A masterpiece is an understatement. I think all this obsession with her we have seen over the last few months, is a fad, You don’t listen to KB like you would Madonna, you either get her or you don’t.
This song came out as my 26 year old partner died, still touches me all these years later...and now all these years later I'm going to see her. Moments of pleasure.
Peace and best wishes to you, Chris.
Chris, very touching! And how you feel now. You must be old by now. When you listen to this song, you actually can hear snow falling. Listen.:-). Cheers
@@hansschmitz3739 you can hear it!
What an immense talent Kate is: this song bought tears to my eyes the first time I heard it! Have been feeling suicidal these last few days and this song came to me. It helped pull me through.
Sending positivity and good vibes your way buddy. Thinking of you and wishing you well. So glad you got strength from this song x
Stay strong, strong as your picture. You have your place in the world xxx
@@ccgreene4144 Thanks, sorry just seen this!
@@swiminthesea6724 thank you!
hope you feel better now..life is a struggle we all have to go through..but in the words of the great buffy the vampire slayer..the hardest thing we have to do in this life is live..hang in there you are loved
Mesmerizing. This woman has talent that cannot be explained. It is other worldly. Her beauty, Voice, Movement is one of a kind. She is the greatest female talent I have ever seen. Bar none.
This woman is a stone cold genius. It’s something to say that I’ve lived my adult life at the same time. Imagine hearing a Beethoven or Mozart symphony or concerto for the first time - you’d surely know that you were a witness to something historic and timeless. Or like my mum as a teenager in Liverpool and seeing the Beatles in ‘63.
Kate's own words about this song:
"It was written in the “old way” where I wrote it on the piano at home and kept it in my head rather than writing it onto tape. It was an attempt for me to get back to my “roots” where I had to see if I could still just sit with myself at the piano and write a song without having the outside influence of “technology”. It was interesting for me.
I feel my dearest memories have been spent with people I love, those things that still make me laugh, the people that have touched me. The song is saying thanks to those friends of mine who were fun to be with, some of whom aren’t alive any more - though they are still alive in my memories.
There was a wonderful moment when I was writing the song. I was working with the memory of visiting Michael Powell in New York when it had started to snow - I looked up while playing the song through and it was starting to snow."
Rosebud.
Every old sock meets an old shoe..
If Kate Bush is off this earth IL show my arse in Debenhams window,my god what a genius.
A shame that so few people realise that Michael Kamen is responsible for so much of the sound in this song and many others.
Dancer, singer, composer, producer , human, amazing artist. Thank you Kate for sharing all these years
"Just being alive .....it can really hurt ..... "
Christ, I'm in bits here.
I'm 28 and I'm french, so I recently discovered her now... But damn it, she's just a genius
One of the best songs ever written for sure.
Kate Bush Moments Of Pleasure is one of my personal favorite song
When the album came out this song was considered one of the album's low-points. To me, it is a moving piece of work.
Toyah Wilcox said that the first time she heard this song she was driving and had to park her car in a layby as she was so moved. It is a breathtaking song.
Paul Wild Oh yes. I've had that; "Pull over or you will wreck this car" moment with music. This is one of those.
Paul Wild Beautiful song
This song bought me to tears
I felt the same when I first head Black Lace and Jive Bunny.
who is toyah wilcox??
Man she’s definitely a national treasure of music!!!
“Just being alive, it can really hurt, and these moments given are a gift from time” beautiful Kate ❤️
Your so right
I could watch her turn and sing like that for hours.
This woman is a pure genius ! Her music speaks to so many of us , she puts every thing into each one of her songs i adore her
You simply can't help falling in love with this enigmatic lady, her words in this song,wrap around your heartstrings and carry you to a world of melancholy sweetness you never knew existed..........................until now.
Wonderful. truly wonderful.
Whenever I play this song I can’t help but tear up, I miss my mother and all those good memories we shared
This song is so beautiful and always makes me cry, and the video is so stunning and out of this world.
I could watch this everyday and I'd still get teary eyed every time her friends pass by her in the snow storm. I love how she actually connects with Michael and they twirl together before he passes by. Thank you Kate for giving us so many works of art that will last for generations to come.
I've only ever cried 3 times in my adult life - when my father died, when my dog died and every time I listen to this. Just sublime
so you've listened to this once.....?
I cant get through A womans work without sobbing haha
@@jamesroney1874 LOL
She is impossibly beautiful. She reduces me to tears, or elevates me to tears rather. Ty you Kate.
already deep into a kate bush phase, thinking she might be one of the greats, and then i click on this song, never heard it before, like 'wonder if its any good'. i had no idea what was coming
it completely wrecked me. i'm still reeling from it. god damn
@@kamalmanzukie Same thing happened to me the first time I heard it. Music can be so powerful. Kate knows this.
Man if this doesn’t pull the heart strings nothing will!
Kate Bush...a gift from time
190 dislikes you have to be kidding me..... One of the most beautiful songs of our time.... I remember seeing this lovely lady at the London Palladium back in 1979...pure class
It is September 11th, and I weep at this video,as I always do. Kate Bush is nothing short of a goddess, her lyrics are heavenly, her videos are masterpieces. Together, a magnificent experience happens. Only Kate can accomplish that.
I came here to just comment as I found this after so many years. Theres is so much about this song is that is brutal about loss, discovery, wasted time and saying goodbye. It is also so beautifully painful. She manages to cut you and reach right inside and connect with your vulnerability. Im sure she will never see this comment but thank you Kate.
So we've just entered another corona lockdown. I started browsing youtube looking for comfort, distraction, anything to stop me feeling. I'm worried about my job and how I'll get my kids through this.
I don't know how I came by this song, haven't heard it in many years. I've always loved Kate's work. But today, after listening to it again 'Moments of Pleasure' makes so much more sense. And yeah, I didn't want to feel, but oh boy, I don't have a choice. I'm a big grown man, but it's nice to have a cry, it's been many years. Suddenly I feel some hope, I think I can get my family through this after all.
I've no doubt Kate wrote this for herself, and herself only. But looking at the comments, it's deeply affected so many. And I didn't realise until today, I really needed to connect with this song again.
As an artist, she should be proud.
' I think I can get my family through this after all.' Good for you buddy :)
Your post made me choke up, hope you’re well
Might never be able to stop watching this....sheer perfection!!!
I am now 67 and loved Kate from the first time I saw her singing Wuthering heights on Top of the Pops, I had so many posters and stuff that my girlfriend who is now my wife wouldn’t come into my bedroom, saw Kate live in Manchester in 1978 and was walking on air for weeks after, I’ve never lost my love and admiration for her and she still causes controversy between my wife and I 😂 the only thing that has made me upset is her last concert ‘Before the Dawn’ was never released on blueway or dvd as I wasn’t able to get her shows as they were all in London and as a big fan of Kate I would have thought she would have let one be made 😢
Thought I was the only one who watched this with a few tears in my eyes. It's so beautiful and really hit a nerve in me. What's amazing too is that it shows you don't have to have a huge production with a bunch of "featured artists" to make a great video. This is such a simple, wonderful video that connects.
Jesus H Christ...this is beautiful I cannot believe I have never heard this song until now !!!!
You won't improve on this, absolute quality. Love her from 1977.
I start to cry when she reaches out to her beautiful friends: "Hey there Maureen, Smurf, spinning in the chair at Abbey Road..."
It seems that whenever I fancy a couple of hours winding down and letting my wonder, bottle of wine in hand, I always end up back with Kate!
Have to congratulate the superb musicians who provide the exquisite orchestration to a lot of Kate's recordings. Well done.
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Isn't that a great saying? 👌 ♥️♥️♥️
What do you think that means exactly?
I love Hounds Of Love,. but THIS has to be Kate's finest moment 💜
I love her! She was and is classy in all what she does. The way she sings, the way she moves. She is unique.
The emotions she evokes through her music are truely human 💞
The list of people at the end are all people who were dear to Kate in some way and who had died in the years preceding 'The Red Shoes' :
Hey there Maureen, (her aunt Maureen)
Hey there Bubba,
Dancing down the aisle of a plane, (Dancer Gary Hurst)
'S Murph, playing his guitar refrain, (Guitarist Alan Murphy)
Hey there Teddy,
Spinning in the chair at Abbey Road, (Abbey Road engineer John Barratt)
Hey there Michael,
Do you really love me? (Film director Michael Powell)
Hey there Bill,
Could you turn the lights up? (Bill Duffield who died when he fell down a theatre-pit in the dark. He had gone back to check the lights were off after a performance of the 'Tour Of Life).
You're welcome. Incidentally, 'George The Wipe' whom she laughs about in the lyrics, refers to a tape operative called George who accidentally wiped a song she had just recorded for The Dreaming album.
friggin brilliant......reminds me of when I dream of my friends and family who have passed on......
aucourant You're so knowledgeable .
aucourant Thank you aucourant !
Not true. She's spoken about this in interviews. Her mother was even still alive when she recorded this. Funny how assumptions take hold.
In these last few weeks, I have found myself returning to these records. She is keeping me grounded, just as she did in the turmoil of my teens. The greatest gift I have given my daughters, were these songs. They comfort them in the dark, just as they have me, for so many years. ❤
Thank you, God, for making Kate Bush.
This song and video are heartbreaking works of a genius. It made me sad upon first release when I was in my 20s but now...oh dear.
One of the most incredible tracks every written.Pure genius.
One of Kate's quiet classics. If it had been in a Broadway musical it would be regarded as a classic, but it is a 'minor' song from a niche artiste. A supreme emotional sonnet.