This song is so tragically beautiful and one of Kate's best. Its so honest, raw and emotional and the feeling of resignation makes it seem all the sadder. The Trio Bulgarka just devastate you. The music is so layered and its really quite deep because there are lots of things going on here - loss, despair, yearning, resignation ....as it would be when you still love someone who may or may not have moved on. Heartbreaking. This and the DC version are perfect.
Somewhere from around the time of Hounds of Love onwards, Kate Bush used a new device and created these devastatingly beautiful soundscapes that seemed to tug the heart in to a new level with a bass guitar (example 2.29-2.30).Another example is Watching You Without Me or An Architect's Dream.These songs are not just the 'lifestyle' songs of some female singers that I could name.They are a direct telescopic view to what it is like to be that most precious of gifts to the world, a caring genius.
@Picnic ('... a new level with a bass guitar (example 2.29-2.30) ...')
Ever since she took complete creative control with The Dreaming she has always used fretless bass a lot, often played by Del Palmer, here played by jazz musician Eberhard Weber. He is also on Houdini from The Dreaming and Sunset from Aerial.
What an astoundingly sophisticated artist. I'm in awe of how deftly she captured the profound, conflicting emotions here... and this isn't even one of the 'bigger' gems of her catalogue. Talent to burn.
What a fantastic composer, artist and person she is. The Bulgaria Women's Voices Choir is awful as usual. Always loved and still dancing this one. Just beautiful.
@TheLionheart1012 I do like the new version of this song better. But many of the others fall flat, some of my favorite parts of Song of Solomon and Lilly are gone. The new This Womans Work" is interesting.
@serene23 Thanks for the comment...After a few weeks listening time...I'm taking DC as "live"versions of past trax and not really holding them up for comparison, IMO thats where many Kate fans have stumbled, by considering the trax and wishing a comparison to be made... ALL Kate trax are unique and special and I'll never faulter by not playing them...
One of my very favorite songs of hers <3 I LOVE ALL of her music. I am so happy to hear she is putting out a new album! I never thought she would. She even said in the article that she MIGHT would think about doing a tour again...I fainted! How am I going to get to England?!
@StewAnglais this song has so much meaning for me. I swear he was my soulmate but he did not feel the same way. He introduced me to Kate and it was such a lovely time in my life. Every time I hear this song I think of him <3
@BonnBerlinerIII You bist eine Berliner (yes a real donut) and are the one who belongs in ein kindergarten, simple deutscher mann and who is this UKRod character? I admit I was ElberiverLardarse und Vogelsgang, sure, but not that old rolling stone fanatic, I do have some taste, Mandy!! lol
@BonnBerlinerIII Kate Bush, a lovely singer and composer, I agree. Yes, but surely she is just another 'freckled island monkey', a 'chav from a council estate', Bonn, as you have described all English women on other channels? Get it right, mate! Which way are you swinging now? LOL @ the German hypocrite!!
This touches me deeply as I have been in this sad dreamy situation, where he could never be mine. Still moves me, even though I'm now very happily married!
Reminds me of a dull Sunday aftrenoon walk in the countryside, in a stale period in my marriage before we had kids. I remember how all the scenery and smells were wonderful ,but how our relationship was not so. A beautiful song though, one of my favourites along with Womans work and Dream of sheep.
ctd,,, Field burning is used to clear land of existing crop residue and to kill weeds and weed seeds in preparation for the next crop. This 'destruction' is part of the creative process. So the scene poignantly emphasises her barrenness.
Her frustration, longing, love and anger make her feel that he is happy without her... A sad but beautiful song...
@ceeerrl Wow I wonder if that's right. I know she bases a lot of her songs on books. I just took it at face value. She looked back and saw that he was fine without her, so the kiss no longer fooled her.
I think this song deals with the pain of a woman's infertility, about her being unable to conceive the "life that might have been"; and this is very difficult for her and the relationship to handle... The "thrill and the hurting" of giving birth will never be hers... It can never be... And this reality clashes with the dream, making the relationship too difficult for either of them.
So beautiful, unrequited love and the acceptance of it without bitterness. Or trying to talk oneself out of heartache. It's all for the best. Scorched earth, can't go back.
I suppose she's always composing and recording, but as long suffering Kate fans we know that does not necessarily mean she is going to release an album any time soon.
My favourite song of Kate's ! It just takes me back to my childhood, the burning fields of gorse in the evening sky, the someone I wanted to tell how I felt but knew I never could......
Exactly, all my friends havn't got a clue aboutr music, they like jay-z and all that crap, I can't name one song in the top 40 at the moment because I don't care about that crap, we might as well be living in a different world, yet i know more about music than anyone in my school, PINK FLOYD, KATE BUSH, LED ZEPPELIN, THE BEATLES, STEELY DAN, THE WHO, EARLY GENESIS, THE DOORS AND LYNYRYD SKYNYRD ETC are what you need.
and this is where i want to be this is what i need but i know this will never be mine.....so sad because most of us find somethin g that will never be ours
@Symphonyofflowers The last I heard - she was indeed working on an album. Signs are, she is getting close to completing it..don't ask how I know. Peace
8,479 views of this masterpiece- pathetic- the world was never ready for her and doubt ever will be, too ahead of her time,this song was written like 20yrs ago and still they don't see,tell your friends she deserves better. Symphonyofflowers i like how you roll.
OMG! It is awesome to see someone on here who agrees with Kate being waaay ahead of her time! She truly was and it's sad because America has missed the boat! They will continue to until we open our minds! She is probably one of the greatest writers that has ever lived!
Couldn't agree more, a pure conduit between soul and sound she's 'across the bridge the burning bridge' THE greatest the one and only magical Kate a law unto herself!
This is definitely one of my favorite songs by Kate. I think we've all been in situations where we say "It will never be mine" and the thrill and the hurting is as real as anything.....
I agree with you ppzav, stunningly beautiful album indeed. This song makes my heart long for some reason, even at 22 years old when I first heard it, it took me there. She is a singular artist, such an intensely unique woman..love her.
Thank you! Well, I search hard to find pictures. I check every Kate site I can find to see if they have any pictures I don't have. Sometimes I'm lucky and sometimes I'm not.
The thrill and the hurting go hand in hand.
androniki11 6 days ago
That smell reminds me....
JackFox13 2 months ago
Its criminal that this song was not voted by fans in the classic rock prog magazine this month top 25 Kate songs....No 1 in my books !
davidjeffrey1 2 months ago
Ditto MrRIchielew!!! I want to meet Kate on the other side....and write music with her..
freeradt 2 months ago
like a lot of her material,always brings a lump too my throat.such a fantastic talent.i hope i can hear kates music in my next life.
MrRichielew 2 months ago 3
I Love you Still Mitch Hager always have always will...
donnagibson 3 months ago
This song is so tragically beautiful and one of Kate's best. Its so honest, raw and emotional and the feeling of resignation makes it seem all the sadder. The Trio Bulgarka just devastate you. The music is so layered and its really quite deep because there are lots of things going on here - loss, despair, yearning, resignation ....as it would be when you still love someone who may or may not have moved on. Heartbreaking. This and the DC version are perfect.
Kokinoification 4 months ago 6
great artist and so unique, inspiration for such a carrier ! definitly fan
battistinialain 5 months ago
she wrote this song thinking about me
hendokuyaku 5 months ago 2
tori amos copied her? im sad
hendokuyaku 5 months ago
kate bush is amazing!!!!! love this song, and the directors cut version.
pennysparade 5 months ago
I walked in these shoes and the sentiments are so true, the thrill is worth the pain.
ArianaArmy9 7 months ago 3
Somewhere from around the time of Hounds of Love onwards, Kate Bush used a new device and created these devastatingly beautiful soundscapes that seemed to tug the heart in to a new level with a bass guitar (example 2.29-2.30).Another example is Watching You Without Me or An Architect's Dream.These songs are not just the 'lifestyle' songs of some female singers that I could name.They are a direct telescopic view to what it is like to be that most precious of gifts to the world, a caring genius.
Picnicl 8 months ago 3
@Picnic ('... a new level with a bass guitar (example 2.29-2.30) ...')
Ever since she took complete creative control with The Dreaming she has always used fretless bass a lot, often played by Del Palmer, here played by jazz musician Eberhard Weber. He is also on Houdini from The Dreaming and Sunset from Aerial.
modifiedcontent 5 months ago
Heartbreaking song.
MidEasterner 8 months ago
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It's beautifully painful.
dudecosta 8 months ago 2
What an astoundingly sophisticated artist. I'm in awe of how deftly she captured the profound, conflicting emotions here... and this isn't even one of the 'bigger' gems of her catalogue. Talent to burn.
supermaxim109 8 months ago 2
What a fantastic composer, artist and person she is. The Bulgaria Women's Voices Choir is awful as usual. Always loved and still dancing this one. Just beautiful.
pattylibraia 9 months ago
I actually prefer "Director's Cut" over this, it's too dense in arrangements. Trio Bulgarka is overused.
manco82 9 months ago
Listening to the new version & I prefer it to TSW version - love both, though really loving "Directors Cut". Hope is being enjoyed everywhere. :-)
TheLionheart1012 10 months ago
@TheLionheart1012 I do like the new version of this song better. But many of the others fall flat, some of my favorite parts of Song of Solomon and Lilly are gone. The new This Womans Work" is interesting.
serene23 9 months ago
@serene23 Thanks for the comment...After a few weeks listening time...I'm taking DC as "live"versions of past trax and not really holding them up for comparison, IMO thats where many Kate fans have stumbled, by considering the trax and wishing a comparison to be made... ALL Kate trax are unique and special and I'll never faulter by not playing them...
TheLionheart1012 8 months ago
One of my very favorite songs of hers <3 I LOVE ALL of her music. I am so happy to hear she is putting out a new album! I never thought she would. She even said in the article that she MIGHT would think about doing a tour again...I fainted! How am I going to get to England?!
Maralyssa 10 months ago
One dislike rating, which is someone's right, but beyond my comprehension.
supermaxim109 11 months ago 4
i cant sleep there are so many great songs . : )
rainbowsalads 11 months ago 16
@rainbowsalads are you a new Kate fan? I sooo remember discovering her music. What a magical time in my life!
Maralyssa 10 months ago
@Maralyssa nope, not new , i just had a wildly long kate listening session. : )
rainbowsalads 10 months ago
this song is so sad and beautiful
StewAnglais 11 months ago 2
@StewAnglais this song has so much meaning for me. I swear he was my soulmate but he did not feel the same way. He introduced me to Kate and it was such a lovely time in my life. Every time I hear this song I think of him <3
Maralyssa 10 months ago
@Maralyssa I know those moments.
blankchck 10 months ago
"Her songs are poems", indeed.
She is the biggest inspiration!
Vindrag 1 year ago 4
@BonnBerlinerIII You bist eine Berliner (yes a real donut) and are the one who belongs in ein kindergarten, simple deutscher mann and who is this UKRod character? I admit I was ElberiverLardarse und Vogelsgang, sure, but not that old rolling stone fanatic, I do have some taste, Mandy!! lol
DorsetRod 1 year ago
@BonnBerlinerIII Kate Bush, a lovely singer and composer, I agree. Yes, but surely she is just another 'freckled island monkey', a 'chav from a council estate', Bonn, as you have described all English women on other channels? Get it right, mate! Which way are you swinging now? LOL @ the German hypocrite!!
DorsetRod 1 year ago
Her songs are poems.
And poems are not always easy to understand.
TheQuietEye 1 year ago
This touches me deeply as I have been in this sad dreamy situation, where he could never be mine. Still moves me, even though I'm now very happily married!
Penscreen 1 year ago
Reminds me of a dull Sunday aftrenoon walk in the countryside, in a stale period in my marriage before we had kids. I remember how all the scenery and smells were wonderful ,but how our relationship was not so. A beautiful song though, one of my favourites along with Womans work and Dream of sheep.
n0rt0nj4zZ 1 year ago
very sexy
joli78363 1 year ago
my favorite song...
19mikser 1 year ago
ctd,,, Field burning is used to clear land of existing crop residue and to kill weeds and weed seeds in preparation for the next crop. This 'destruction' is part of the creative process. So the scene poignantly emphasises her barrenness.
Her frustration, longing, love and anger make her feel that he is happy without her... A sad but beautiful song...
ceeerrl 1 year ago
@ceeerrl Wow I wonder if that's right. I know she bases a lot of her songs on books. I just took it at face value. She looked back and saw that he was fine without her, so the kiss no longer fooled her.
Anyway, as you say, beautiful song.
Gordomusic1 1 year ago
I think this song deals with the pain of a woman's infertility, about her being unable to conceive the "life that might have been"; and this is very difficult for her and the relationship to handle... The "thrill and the hurting" of giving birth will never be hers... It can never be... And this reality clashes with the dream, making the relationship too difficult for either of them.
ceeerrl 1 year ago
spot on
lpipmp 1 year ago
one of her best
kirkpatrickhaddock 1 year ago
I .LOOOOOOOOVE THIS SONG !
anatomiiiii 1 year ago
This is my Favourtie Kate bush song...
jamestreet 1 year ago
So beautiful, unrequited love and the acceptance of it without bitterness. Or trying to talk oneself out of heartache. It's all for the best. Scorched earth, can't go back.
Or maybe it's about farming, who knows
avapepper 1 year ago 3
I want you as the dream,
Not the reality.
such a beautiful realistic line
BabyG18 1 year ago
god she's great. playfulness without irony - the perfect combination (obviously less playfulness in this song...)
baboon2525 1 year ago
She IS working on a new album - should be close to the end - can't say how I know - just trust me!!
MidEasterner 1 year ago
I adore this woman.
alocohc 1 year ago
I suppose she's always composing and recording, but as long suffering Kate fans we know that does not necessarily mean she is going to release an album any time soon.
never4everuk 1 year ago
Is she really busy with a new album!?
That would be Great!
I hope it comes out soon ;)!
DebbyTessy 1 year ago
My favourite song of Kate's ! It just takes me back to my childhood, the burning fields of gorse in the evening sky, the someone I wanted to tell how I felt but knew I never could......
Beautiful....
janknuckey 1 year ago
Exactly, all my friends havn't got a clue aboutr music, they like jay-z and all that crap, I can't name one song in the top 40 at the moment because I don't care about that crap, we might as well be living in a different world, yet i know more about music than anyone in my school, PINK FLOYD, KATE BUSH, LED ZEPPELIN, THE BEATLES, STEELY DAN, THE WHO, EARLY GENESIS, THE DOORS AND LYNYRYD SKYNYRD ETC are what you need.
thebiglebowski1993 2 years ago 2
Another place I'm hearing Kate from time to time is internet radio. Certain Soma FM channels play her from time to time.
And so they should as she has influenced so many.
BDKR 2 years ago
One of favourite songs by Kate. Again, right on the mark - amazing lyrics.
brwners 2 years ago
A lovely song.
latania2005 2 years ago
btw, KATE IS GREAT!
DebbyTessy 2 years ago 2
Why don't I hear more of this kind of music on the radio!?
I mean, It's Great!
DebbyTessy 2 years ago 4
beautiful song...gives me goosebumps...kate is lovely...
thetheraine 2 years ago
I just can`t stop listen to this song. And I think she`s awesome artist...
Londongirl666 2 years ago
kate is and always will be the best as far as im concerned..... with this and every song shes done and ever will do
areyoujoking1 2 years ago 3
and this is where i want to be this is what i need but i know this will never be mine.....so sad because most of us find somethin g that will never be ours
areyoujoking1 2 years ago 4
Genius Bas. Genius Choir. Genius Woman.
Lindavalter 2 years ago 4
This song perfectly encapsulates a certain painful time in my life that actually happened 10 years before it came out.
oakborn 2 years ago
The song is so freaking perfect. The vid too
avapepper 2 years ago
what a sweet lovely woman that is
davestany 2 years ago 17
Exquisite.
aemongalatea 2 years ago
"The Thrill & The Hurting" ooooooooh!!!!!!!!! LOVE
AbeokutaCity1 2 years ago 2
'They're setting fire to the cornfields as you're taking me home'
Kate, who always sang about love as joy, starts singing about love as pain.
Heartbreaking, but brilliant.
And how does anyone get that timbre in their voice?????
arosegrowingold 2 years ago 3
amaze.
is she doing an new album soon?
chaijm 2 years ago
Yes, she is working on a new album now.
Symphonyofflowers 2 years ago 5
Where did you read that?
waitforthecrash 2 years ago
Del Palmer said on MySpace some time ago he was in the studio working with Kate. And that has to mean she is working on a new album.
Symphonyofflowers 2 years ago 2
Now,that would be really great news Symphonyofflowers.
sandgrownen 2 years ago
Unless she was working with him on his new CD coming out called The Gift???
OfraHaza 2 years ago
@Symphonyofflowers The last I heard - she was indeed working on an album. Signs are, she is getting close to completing it..don't ask how I know. Peace
MidEasterner 1 year ago
@Symphonyofflowers This is the best thing I ever heard this month!!!
werafonas 1 year ago
So beautiful. Her music is true art.
I can still remember the overwhelming feeling of awe when I heard her single on the radio for the first time. It was "Running Up That Hill."
Thank you for posting!
ovoomusic 2 years ago 4
Her Irish celtic roots shineing through here. As with many of her tracks.
cloverfield911 2 years ago
8,479 views of this masterpiece- pathetic- the world was never ready for her and doubt ever will be, too ahead of her time,this song was written like 20yrs ago and still they don't see,tell your friends she deserves better. Symphonyofflowers i like how you roll.
Calmacangus 2 years ago 2
OMG! It is awesome to see someone on here who agrees with Kate being waaay ahead of her time! She truly was and it's sad because America has missed the boat! They will continue to until we open our minds! She is probably one of the greatest writers that has ever lived!
OfraHaza 2 years ago
Couldn't agree more, a pure conduit between soul and sound she's 'across the bridge the burning bridge' THE greatest the one and only magical Kate a law unto herself!
Calmacangus 2 years ago
I know I missed Kate on her last tour of the US.
nydirk 2 years ago
Umm...Kate's never toured in the US nor has she toured since 1978.
OfraHaza 2 years ago
@nydirk If she ever tours the US can I come with you to her concert and crash on your couch?
alocohc 1 year ago
You're welcome! I'm glad that you like it.
Symphonyofflowers 2 years ago
'Ooh the thrill and the hurting, the thrill and the hurting. I know that this will never be mine'.
The Sensual World is arguably Kate Bush's most consistently goosebump inspiring album.
Picnicl 2 years ago 2
I don't know. There has been some discussion at the Homeground forum about this. You could take a look at that.
Symphonyofflowers 3 years ago
how can I get to the homeground forum?
By the way, my fav KB song ever - just love this and the album so much!
TheLoulabelle71 2 years ago
Beautiful pix of a naturally beautiful woman and a truly magical song:)
chelpydog 3 years ago
This is where I want to be,
But I know that this will never be mine....
Absolutely love this song - it's beauty and sentiments have certainly helped me through some pretty bleak times in the past...
Kesran 3 years ago
..... the smell of burning fields will now mean you and here..... purely beautiful :((((
aphexxx77 3 years ago 4
PS Great pic at the end!
OfraHaza 3 years ago
there is not a bad pic of kate bush anywhere..... try to find one......
aphexxx77 3 years ago
I would agree....did you know I was serious! The picture at the end was awesome!
OfraHaza 3 years ago
Thank you! That picture is from the recording of the video for "The Sensual World".
Symphonyofflowers 3 years ago
This is definitely one of my favorite songs by Kate. I think we've all been in situations where we say "It will never be mine" and the thrill and the hurting is as real as anything.....
OfraHaza 3 years ago 2
Yes. And the most hurting thing is always "looking back over my shoulder at you happy without me".
dunkelfalke 2 years ago 19
Amen!
OfraHaza 2 years ago
Thank you. This is one of the most beautiful songs on "The Sesnual World" so I really wanted to do a video for this song.
Symphonyofflowers 3 years ago
Kate so tutta bella with so many masks:):):) loamo chin chin chente anni salute caio:):):)!!
WithMyLittleSpoon 3 years ago
I agree with you ppzav, stunningly beautiful album indeed. This song makes my heart long for some reason, even at 22 years old when I first heard it, it took me there. She is a singular artist, such an intensely unique woman..love her.
Chailove727 3 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this one - it's one of my favorites...
Shali1FTH 3 years ago 2
Superb video love it.
Dreaming32 3 years ago
one of the most best songs she's ever written...the whole album was (is) stunningly beautiful
ppzav 3 years ago 3
This is so beautiful,great song my friend!
Fantastic pictures of Kate!
How you find so many photos,your amazing!!
Well done!!
shum65 3 years ago
Thank you! Well, I search hard to find pictures. I check every Kate site I can find to see if they have any pictures I don't have. Sometimes I'm lucky and sometimes I'm not.
Symphonyofflowers 3 years ago