Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush cover) | James Gilmour

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Live acoustic cover of Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush.
    One mic, no overdubs.
    A few people have asked me how to play this version of the song. With permission, a viewer (Gerard Montalat) has kindly tabbed out the song based on my interpretation. Here's the link if you want to have a go: • Running Up That Hill
    Also, I wanted to say thanks for the positive response the vid has received. Kate Bush is one of my favourite artists, and though this version obviously can't come close to the original, it's my way of communicating my love of her music. I imagine anyone watching this is also a fan of hers, and I'm stoked you guys approve. Thanks!
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  • @drakocarrion
    @drakocarrion 6 месяцев назад +15

    Easily the best cover I've ever heard of anyone doing this song.

  • @SeanScottColony
    @SeanScottColony 10 лет назад +127

    It's as if every time I listened to the original there was this chest-tightening melancholy hidden inside the the track by Kate Bush and it takes this one man, one mic and a guitar to open the pandora's box and let the hard, fluttering, simple core of the song pour out.

    • @damienkakoschke8506
      @damienkakoschke8506 10 лет назад +10

      Wow Sean, that comment is a Beautiful bit of imagery. Just had to say so, thanks.

    • @FTATRock
      @FTATRock 5 лет назад +1

      Couldn't have said it any better!

  • @brunopinheiro6272
    @brunopinheiro6272 2 года назад +57

    Thank You Stranger Things, for keep this song alive nowadays and for bringing me here! What brilliant cover!

    • @Phil_McAvity
      @Phil_McAvity 2 года назад

      Gay as fark comment!

    • @subs4794
      @subs4794 9 месяцев назад +1

      One of the more stranger things I've read here. This cover is great and this song has been a classic since it was a hit regularly played on MTV in the 1980s. It's never needed to be kept alive, because it never lost any of it's life to music fans. But maybe younger people were not familiar with it until it became used on TV recently.

    • @brunopinheiro6272
      @brunopinheiro6272 9 месяцев назад

      @@subs4794 come on, You know most of young people don’t listen to 80’s music regularly and probably don’t know many of the top hits

  • @demideity8285
    @demideity8285 Год назад +12

    I still come to this songs cover like i did years ago, and your harmonics are still as clean as ever and its still just as hauntingly beautiful. ❤

  • @jeninecurran808
    @jeninecurran808 8 месяцев назад +5

    Wow! What rock was I under when this cover came out!😮
    Brilliant! 👏👏👏.....how good are those harmonics, fantastic cover!
    Yep, I'm one of those original Kate Bush fans from the eighties! Gee there was some good music around then! 😊👌

  • @guysingleton9611
    @guysingleton9611 2 года назад +29

    I love how you have made this your own. Made all the more poignant for me because our 29 year old daughter Paris tragically died in July; not long after having seeing the episode of Stranger Things this song featured in. That line "If I only could I'd make a deal with God and get him to swap our places" takes on a whole new meaning for me now. Thank you.

    • @dylanshadrach2015
      @dylanshadrach2015 2 года назад +4

      I'm so sorry for your loss ❤️

    • @guysingleton9611
      @guysingleton9611 2 года назад +1

      @@dylanshadrach2015 Thank you

    • @billherbert4961
      @billherbert4961 Год назад +3

      I haven't James' nor Kate's talent, but I'm learning to play and sing this song. I am a dad as you are Guy. So when I quietly perform this song for nobody, just into the Universe, I shall hold you and Paris in my heart and hope it brings you and your family and Paris peace somehow. Somehow indeed. I am very sorry for your loss and I shed a tear in hopes I can carry some measure of that loss for you. Even for a second to 'swap places'.

    • @guysingleton9611
      @guysingleton9611 Год назад

      @@billherbert4961 That is so touching, thank you. It means a lot that people care. Bless you. Keep at it with the guitar. It's one of those things where you never stop learning.

    • @maidenseddie1701
      @maidenseddie1701 Год назад +1

      Paris will be in my prayers tonight Guy. Very sorry for your loss.

  • @theaviator3863
    @theaviator3863 9 лет назад +5

    This is what a cover should be: very different to the original but with all the original passion and feeling! Amazing!

  • @tantraman10
    @tantraman10 6 лет назад +2

    There are those who sing songs and then, there are those who sing from the HEART !!! You, sir, are a HEART SINGER!! WOW.....

  • @mikeyraeburn558
    @mikeyraeburn558 3 года назад +2

    I don’t know how this hadn’t reached a million yet. I mean I’ve defo listened to it thousands of times since I first heard it. Mesmerising

  • @eyextacyy
    @eyextacyy 4 года назад +75

    Who's listening in 2020? Great cover James! Stunning!

    • @majakflow
      @majakflow 3 года назад +2

      About to be 2021

    • @cristiankorny2576
      @cristiankorny2576 3 года назад +1

      me too

    • @thedesolateone8260
      @thedesolateone8260 3 года назад

      2021 . Newbie . Will listen allways to this version

    • @eyextacy8412
      @eyextacy8412 3 года назад +1

      @@thedesolateone8260 it's wonderful. Have you listened to the full album by Kate Bush? Timeless!

    • @javpeti
      @javpeti 2 года назад +2

      2022, present

  • @kelly1988
    @kelly1988 3 года назад +12

    Holy shit this is the best cover I ever saw

  • @kastor8274
    @kastor8274 2 года назад +28

    Easily the best cover I've seen !

    • @jameslong9921
      @jameslong9921 2 года назад

      Well in that case you can't have seen "Me and Deboe" cover of this track, also on RUclips check it out you'll be converted, Guaranteed... possibly.

    • @aleksandarpesic1412
      @aleksandarpesic1412 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jameslong9921that one is good too. But this guy is by himself and he just nails every single note

  • @XxDustxDustxX
    @XxDustxDustxX 9 лет назад +37

    I know it will take a while, but this cover makes me so excited to learn how to play guitar. I love this song, and your cover of it is beautiful.

    • @educzn2668
      @educzn2668 2 года назад +3

      Seven years later! Tell us about your journey!

  • @stylestep111
    @stylestep111 Год назад +2

    Every now and then the youtube algorithm strikes gold. This is an incredible interpretation.

  • @austinvon96
    @austinvon96 2 года назад +59

    I hope with the recently popularity of this song you get some more credit! And thank you for the tabs! I'll be playing this by next week!

    • @Swan234
      @Swan234 2 года назад

      Its been 2 weeks, how's your practicing going dude? Imma start learning it now

    • @leeeckert3791
      @leeeckert3791 2 года назад +1

      @@Swan234 Haha same :)

    • @stevenotoole2534
      @stevenotoole2534 2 года назад

      Where tabs ? Ta

    • @jackmccann6527
      @jackmccann6527 2 года назад

      Is there tabs for this james thanks

    • @shumston
      @shumston 2 года назад

      I’d like the tabs too!

  • @Caffeine_Club
    @Caffeine_Club 6 лет назад +19

    Haven't listened to this cover in a long time... out of all the RUclips covers of this song (and there are a lot of them), yours still resonates with me the most. It surpasses them all... I'm sure Kate would be proud. Cheers...

    • @pomegranatesoul
      @pomegranatesoul 6 лет назад +1

      I completely agree. I would imagine that Kate would love such an emotionally honest and personal cover this classic.

  • @ps-uu3ov
    @ps-uu3ov Год назад +2

    8年間聞いています。彼のカバーが一番好き。

  • @hansmolders1066
    @hansmolders1066 2 месяца назад

    Best version I have ever, ever heard! You did it best! No question!

  • @harimathur2191
    @harimathur2191 Год назад +4

    Kate Bush was actually discovered by David Gilmour... now I discover a new Gilmour by Kate Bush. Circle of life

  • @cabecadeacaraje
    @cabecadeacaraje Год назад +3

    Dear James, I'm Brazilian and I don't speak your language yet, but I would like to say that I really like this song and I thought your interpretation was amazing! Congratulations. I'm going to try to learn to play this song, just like you do.

  • @StrawbellyCake
    @StrawbellyCake 7 лет назад +32

    Love this ♥ Awesome work!

    • @5950155
      @5950155 3 года назад

      captured the essesecence

    • @jchan2088
      @jchan2088 2 года назад

      stranger things!

  • @Sparter55
    @Sparter55 8 лет назад +1

    This deserves a spot in a movie or a tv show or something so beautiful.

  • @kasiazbydgoszczy
    @kasiazbydgoszczy 9 лет назад +7

    amazing!!!!! absolutely amazing!!!!!! thankyou so much for tham moments. I'll be here very often!!!! kasia

  • @johnhuffman2993
    @johnhuffman2993 Год назад +2

    Goosebumps man! Beautiful interpretation.

  • @adrianfoyle3251
    @adrianfoyle3251 3 года назад +2

    Kate bushes version of this always sends me into the beauty of the world mode and I thought that was it,but omfg totally amazing and absolutely beautiful thank you. .

  • @FacesbyCorinneDeehan
    @FacesbyCorinneDeehan 10 лет назад +28

    You are a phenomenal musician. In her original discussion on this song she used making a deal with god to emphasize the importance/seriousness of the desire to experience the tribulations of the opposite sex. ))Mars..vs..Venus(( You bring an abundance of gravitas and soulfulness to this song that I think pulls at that central theme. thank you x 100 I love your version.

    • @jamesgilmour2242
      @jamesgilmour2242 10 лет назад

      I hadn't even considered it on that level. Very inciteful! Thanks for the kind words.

  • @Abbaddonna
    @Abbaddonna 2 года назад +2

    Absolutely beautiful!

  • @nicbee8123
    @nicbee8123 10 лет назад +1

    this is really beautiful...one of my favourite Kate Bush tunes...i could listen to this all night...

  • @ryelor
    @ryelor 10 лет назад +6

    James, this is absolutely beautiful. Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.

  • @Anonneemuss
    @Anonneemuss 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely my favourite cover of this song. By far.

  • @adelatieluszecka2146
    @adelatieluszecka2146 2 года назад +3

    So mesmerizing, wow 🤩 phenomenal!

  • @dazerrie
    @dazerrie 2 года назад

    while watching this i was thinking about how humans could be such talented creatures overflowing with pure talent. this cover has got my heart beating fast, i'm in love. thank you for blessing our ears 💙

  • @atalaysezen3391
    @atalaysezen3391 4 года назад

    Thank you for the best cover. I am listening this cover for three years. And everytime its taking me another world thank you again

  • @dspena82
    @dspena82 5 лет назад

    absolutely impressed by this version!! The 18 souless individuals who "disliked" this are neither human nor musicians

  • @KattTaylor
    @KattTaylor 9 лет назад +1

    A song I have loved for a very long time. I did not expect to like this as much as I do, so true to the lyrics, a perfect interpretation instead of a hollow copy. Incredibly impressed!

  • @michaelcobb1559
    @michaelcobb1559 5 лет назад +2

    This is the most stunning cover of this song I have ever heard!

  • @Dcs-Brasil
    @Dcs-Brasil 10 месяцев назад

    I'm happy that young people now listen to quality music.

  • @galgulator
    @galgulator 9 лет назад +4

    I'm in love with this cover!

  • @pruekplant
    @pruekplant 2 года назад +1

    wow amazing cover! Stanger Things Season 4 brought me here :)

  • @thedesolateone8260
    @thedesolateone8260 3 года назад +1

    Just discovered this. Absolutely beautiful rendition 😮 . 2021 till the end will listen to this version

  • @MarcusCowley1970
    @MarcusCowley1970 9 лет назад +4

    Great version, both guitar and vocals - really good, warm and heartfelt. Well done.

  • @swatnutz
    @swatnutz 9 лет назад +8

    A beautiful cover thanks dude

  • @jimg7647
    @jimg7647 9 лет назад +6

    Wow, very impressive. Amazing job.

  • @robjawa5909
    @robjawa5909 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful, moving, brilliant. You caught the deep emotions of the Kate Bush original wonderfully, and added your own no less moving emotion and artistic skill. Somehow I cannot stop watching this again and again. Thank you.

  • @topsecreturl
    @topsecreturl 2 года назад +1

    bro he was here before all the rest of us and i think thats beautiful. good on you for getting ahead of the curve James! New Sub :)

  • @chrisoens
    @chrisoens 5 лет назад +1

    The tears man. Frickin awesome

  • @trippyray6738
    @trippyray6738 9 лет назад +2

    One of the best youtube covers I've seen.

  • @EduardoHenrique-yl4jg
    @EduardoHenrique-yl4jg 5 месяцев назад

    This, to you Who are reading, this is art, the True art... Tks for the amazing cover!

  • @icsc87
    @icsc87 Год назад +1

    THIIS IS SO BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!!!!

  • @olliejenkins3251
    @olliejenkins3251 3 года назад +7

    Gilmore is a suited surname. Incredible guitar work.

  • @FeliciaEndersby
    @FeliciaEndersby 2 года назад +1

    So soulful gave me chills. I believed you when you sang it. 🌊✨️

  • @cityandsuburb
    @cityandsuburb 5 лет назад +9

    A sublime harmonic my brother....
    Fuckin' inspired...
    So clean...

  • @bluemchen1245
    @bluemchen1245 10 лет назад +4

    so much emotion in your voice...i started shivering and almost cried! i just think this is so beautiful and inspirational..i think i have to draw something now...thank you for that amazing cover!!!

    • @jamesgilmour2242
      @jamesgilmour2242 10 лет назад

      Thanks so much. And I'd love to see that drawing.

  • @huntercurgenven7268
    @huntercurgenven7268 10 лет назад +1

    This is my favourite cover of this song. Amazing.

  • @charlieburnside5586
    @charlieburnside5586 6 лет назад +2

    My goosebumps are getting goosebumps 🐴

  • @aurelrico
    @aurelrico 2 года назад

    ...out of this world!!!

  • @DelightedDelirium
    @DelightedDelirium 10 лет назад +4

    Gorgeous cover of a beautiful song. I love it. More please. :)

  • @green2850
    @green2850 2 года назад

    How am I just finding this? Love it. I mean really love it!!

  • @brendaweaver7990
    @brendaweaver7990 4 года назад +1

    I heard Kate Bush's version on the radio when it first came out (the 80s) & was literally a fan from that moment on. I love your version also!!!!

  • @amiparkerson337
    @amiparkerson337 3 года назад +1

    Phenomenally beautiful! Seriously, WoW!

  • @oenophile82
    @oenophile82 2 месяца назад

    Artistry plain and simple, reminds me of some of her voice/piano demos, sweet and pure!

  • @Bob20011492
    @Bob20011492 2 года назад +1

    I've been watching a lot of videos today of covers of this song. I think your live cover is one of the better ones. I appreciate the time you must have taken to get it just right. Thanks for an enjoyable listen!

  • @UnholyTriforceDelenn
    @UnholyTriforceDelenn 4 года назад +3

    This cover is really introspective, and not something I really expected, as if you were telling another story between the lines of the original. Well done! :)
    I literally just discovered Kate Bush during this quarantine mess (this exact song actually, and oddly enough via a RUclips suggestion when I watched the video of Falling by Julee Cruise from the Twin Peaks soundtrack), and I've literally been blown away by her. This song came out 2 years before I was even born, but it could seriously have been recorded yesterday. I don't think there's anything dated about it. The number of young artists covering it now definitely attests to that.

  • @resolutehamster
    @resolutehamster 9 лет назад +2

    Superb. Love the pinch harmonics, the melody over the chords and the sparseness of the arrangement. Vocals equally impressive.

  • @keithburgess1567
    @keithburgess1567 10 лет назад +1

    beautiful tender and heartfelt version....i am very impressed...kate will love this...great use of harmonics very melodic but simple and effective...well done james please post more of your gems...x

  • @omarbenitez5944
    @omarbenitez5944 8 месяцев назад

    Brilliant!!!! Beautiful

  • @ailequal
    @ailequal 9 лет назад +5

    Your interpretation of this song is just amazing, I love it so much!! :)

  • @stevej99
    @stevej99 8 лет назад +1

    This is absolutely magical. Thank you sir !!!

  • @maxsmith1475
    @maxsmith1475 4 года назад

    Jesus Christ that was spectacular

  • @odettedimaio3343
    @odettedimaio3343 2 года назад +1

    Amazing, I love this!

  • @panchitosyabsenta
    @panchitosyabsenta 7 лет назад +1

    So beautiful and respectful to the original. Lovely!

  • @laverger1
    @laverger1 9 лет назад

    I absolutely NEEDED to find this today. beautiful, thank you.

  • @Watcher40000
    @Watcher40000 10 лет назад +1

    great skills on display here. very good cover of a timeless track.

  • @dominiqueriosDP
    @dominiqueriosDP 10 лет назад +1

    Man this cover is really amazing! I bet if Kate Bush watch it she'd love it too!! Cheers.

  • @ievapeizuma2741
    @ievapeizuma2741 5 лет назад +2

    thank you for sharing this. Even after all this time it pops up on my RUclips...
    I hope you still play and sing
    Take care :)

  • @garyskelton1404
    @garyskelton1404 7 лет назад

    Class..... perfection

  • @pigdestr0yer1973
    @pigdestr0yer1973 5 лет назад +1

    This is fantastic. Best cover I´ve ever heard. I´m trying to play this version, but I can´t nail those tap-on overtones he does. This is crazy good.

  • @ovisirb470
    @ovisirb470 4 года назад

    Listening to this and getting inspired by it for a couple of years now. Thank you!

  • @JohnDoe-cq2hj
    @JohnDoe-cq2hj 8 лет назад +2

    Favorite cover so far!

  • @dwarfsalad7011
    @dwarfsalad7011 7 лет назад

    Best cover I've ever heard. Captures the feeling I get when I hear the song. This is now on my phone:

  • @stringer-ik1pc
    @stringer-ik1pc 4 года назад

    Mesmerising.

  • @TheAllthegoodstuff
    @TheAllthegoodstuff 2 года назад

    Pitch harmonics are mesmerising. So beautiful. Thanks brosef!

  • @ferrisulf
    @ferrisulf 9 лет назад +7

    Thank you for this. Absolutely beautiful. I started crying, damn it. Been going through a long rough time and this just hit me. So thank you for this. I've always loved the lyrics but hadn't found a version of the music and singing itself that I've really liked. Would totally buy this. Thank you also for nothing fancy added on either. I like to hear a person's actual voice. Acoustic is the best way to go. Thank you again.

    • @jamesgilmour3169
      @jamesgilmour3169  9 лет назад +1

      ferrisulf That's humbling man. Glad you liked it.

  • @siennamassey3034
    @siennamassey3034 9 лет назад +1

    Beautiful my friend - made me want to get back into music after a long 12 years in exile.

  • @audiblecomplex
    @audiblecomplex 10 лет назад +1

    So much natural talent. You're a better singer than most signed to major labels.

    • @jamesgilmour2242
      @jamesgilmour2242 10 лет назад

      That's incredibly sweet of you to say. Glad you liked it! - J

  • @megafckinpixel
    @megafckinpixel 2 года назад +1

    This is a masterpiece 🥲 the way you strum so effortlessly and pick the chords is mwah 🤌 you’re a talented musical gem!

  • @OXYMET
    @OXYMET 4 года назад

    Amazing performance! Thank you James Gilmour!

  • @paulbritton8981
    @paulbritton8981 5 лет назад

    Best cover by far absolutely brilliant

  • @Unplugged70
    @Unplugged70 10 лет назад +1

    Bravo sir - that's one hell of song to get right and you performed it beautifully.

  • @psy9447
    @psy9447 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely beautiful cover, wow!

  • @hybridangel3403
    @hybridangel3403 Год назад

    Beautiful. Kate Bush made me proud to be English. I was just 6 years old when this song came out.

  • @kapellmeister70
    @kapellmeister70 Год назад

    Special cover, special guitar accompaniment. Superbravo!

  • @antidepressant11
    @antidepressant11 2 года назад +1

    Bloody awesome!

  • @jamespgilmour
    @jamespgilmour 6 лет назад +1

    from one James Gilmour to another you make this song make sense

  • @pavelyarema8064
    @pavelyarema8064 9 лет назад +1

    James, this is absolutely stunning!

  • @MarcHenryLachapelle
    @MarcHenryLachapelle 3 года назад

    Woaw… total respect

  • @Yra-139
    @Yra-139 Год назад

    This is one of the best cover versions of one of my favorite songs!

  • @trickortripslao8607
    @trickortripslao8607 6 лет назад +1

    This cover is divine

  • @joanarosemusic
    @joanarosemusic 10 лет назад

    I'm obsessed with the guitar. It's so perfect, peaceful and beautiful.

    • @jamesgilmour2242
      @jamesgilmour2242 10 лет назад

      I was aiming for mellow, so that's really good to hear. Thanks for the kind words.

  • @dbRefixProductions
    @dbRefixProductions 10 лет назад

    Great, Great, Great playing !! and awesome version, the best cover of this song in the web !!!