Thanks to its appearance on Stranger Things, Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" has seen a resurgence in popularity. And now the song, which peaked at #30 in its original run in 1985-1986, has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at Number 8.

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103445453/running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-stranger-things

Strangely, Bush was never really big in America. "Hill" was (and is) her only US Top 40 hit. Elsewhere she was just as big as other British acts such as Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Genesis, and The Eurythmics. It took Kate 45 years to truly conquer America, but stranger things have happened.

It also recently entered the Canadian chart at #4 and in the UK at #8.  It makes sense to me now why it's back in the chart.  I have not watched Stranger Things yet

I will never watch that stupid show.

It also recently entered the Canadian chart at #4 and in the UK at #8.  It makes sense to me now why it's back in the chart.  I have not watched Stranger Things yet

Me neither.

I will never watch that stupid show.


How do you know it's stupid if you've never watched it?

How do you know it's stupid if you've never watched it?

Maybe he's heard of it/seen previews, and it didn't interest him?

Thanks to its appearance on Stranger Things, Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" has seen a resurgence in popularity. And now the song, which peaked at #30 in its original run in 1985-1986, has re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at Number 8.

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103445453/running-up-that-hill-kate-bush-stranger-things

Strangely, Bush was never really big in America. "Hill" was (and is) her only US Top 40 hit. Elsewhere she was just as big as other British acts such as Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Genesis, and The Eurythmics. It took Kate 45 years to truly conquer America, but stranger things have happened.


Is it because people have never heard of her before?

Probably the best thing David Gilmore ever did was to discover her. 

https://img.ifunny.co/images/b0da27af0666ff5f03ef13577311cb50103c88c20c27ff9e29d3d55f1b51f289_1.webp

Maybe he's heard of it/seen previews, and it didn't interest him?

This

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I feel similarly about certain things of a similar nature.

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You're missing out. It's a great show. I just started season 2.
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https://www.npr.org/2022/06/11/1103972132/kate-bush-songs-that-deserve-the-stranger-things-treatment

I nominate "Wuthering Heights" and "Don't Give Up." "Cloudbusting" could work.

I finally started watching that show. I've been binge watching it and already halfway through Season 4. I recommend it if you're an 80's pop-culture fan as it has a lot of references.

I was just thinking about how the song "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by the Clash didn't have the same type of chart revival success even though it was a big part of Season 1.

Gen Z seems to only revive the best old music: Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Mariya Takeuchi

Meanwhile millenials are the generation that rehabilitated Journey and Guns N Roses

Gen Z seems to only revive the best old music: Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Mariya Takeuchi

Meanwhile millenials are the generation that rehabilitated Journey and Guns N Roses


Is "reviving" old music supposed to be a point of pride for a generation now? Why isn't said generation creating or at least aspiring to create, new music that is on a par with, or surpasses, what you are calling the best? Yet again it is clear to me that the "end of history" theory is being fulfilled. Instead of boldly moving forward into new ideas there is simply an endless, looplike, museum-like caretaking and curating of the old.

And mind you, I COME from the generation of the great music you speak of, and, as such, feel somewhat vindicated that it prevails today. Yet that still doesn't mean I don't want to see younger generations moving boldly forward into new ideas all of their own.

Is "reviving" old music supposed to be a point of pride for a generation now? Why isn't said generation creating or at least aspiring to create, new music that is on a par with, or surpasses, what you are calling the best? Yet again it is clear to me that the "end of history" theory is being fulfilled. Instead of boldly moving forward into new ideas there is simply an endless, looplike, museum-like caretaking and curating of the old.

And mind you, I COME from the generation of the great music you speak of, and, as such, feel somewhat vindicated that it prevails today. Yet that still doesn't mean I don't want to see younger generations moving boldly forward into new ideas all of their own.


It does sound like the kind of thing someone on here would boast about, but not me, I was talking in jest.

Society is really reminding me of the movie "Ready Player One", the 2018 film which no one has seen about life in the 2040's when people spend most of their time in VR (much like the Metaverse) and are only into pop-culture that is by then dated 50+ years, focused heavily on the 1980's.