Enigmatic alt-rock artist Meg Myers is back with an empowering cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill,’ the first taste of her next project, slated for release later this summer.
“Growing up, I was never really interested in covering other artist’s music.” Myers explains, “I always wanted to write my own songs because I knew I could only sing music and lyrics that were truly authentic, from my heart (and also would have to make sense with my deep voice). Well, then I discovered Kate Bush’s ‘Running up that Hill,’ which for years has resonated with my soul like nothing ever before. What if we could experience role reversal? What would it be like living in each other’s shoes? I think we would find a lot more compassion for one another and a passion for kindness and truth. This song to me, represents an opening of our hearts and a possibility of acceptance for all. And to me, this is an important message for the world we are living in right now.”
The following quote from Kate Bush about the song really resonated with Myers when deciding to cover ‘Running Up That Hill.’ “This song is very much about two people who are in love and the strength that is created between two people when they’re very much in love. But the strength can also be threatening, violent, dangerous as well as gentle, soothing, loving. The power of love is almost too big for them. It leaves them very insecure and in fear of losing each other.”
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The above version from the summer of 2018 by Swedish Folk Duo First Aid Kit captivates by coming in a little softer on the attack and allowing the vocals of sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg mix with acoustic guitars and a fluttering mandolin tremolo. Lovely.
http://www.firstaidkitband.com/
In the end, there’s no substitute for the original. Here’s Kate Bush in 1987 at the Secret Policeman’s Third Ball backed by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd and Duran Duran. Note how happily David Gilmour joins in on backing vocals and how perfectly his sui generis guitar style makes its’ own statement while at the same time fitting right in. Prior to this clip, I would have assumed that the worlds of Pink Floyd and Duran Duran had never intersected. Yet here they are, gleefully celebrating both K.B. and A.I. (Kate Bush and Amnesty International). Little did they know that in less than ten years, the internet would come along and silently, but aggressively, turn the world into a Pink Floydian dystopia before we could ever figure out what had hit us. Forget about bricks and the wall. All in all, we’re just digits in the web.
https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/
Natasha Hemmings – Wuthering Heights
