A Sense of Doubt blog post #2943 - "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush Live from 1987 with David Gilmour - Music Week 2023 #03

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2943 - "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush Live from 1987 with David Gilmour - Music Week 2023 #03

I remember when Hounds of Love came out. I bought it immediately. It was the summer after I graduated from college. I had tried to work in the K-College summer theatre, but I didn't realize that I was expected to do actual work, ALL DAY. Also, I was salty about painting sets when I felt I should be directing, even acting, but I was not valued much in that way by those in charge.

By August, when this album came out, I had moved back home.

Within a month, I had broken up with my girlfriend from the last quarter at K and had a new girlfriend whom I met at WMU as I finished classes there and started a program to be a secondary ed teacher (which I never finished when I instead entered graduate school and the MFA program).

I remember bonding with the new girlfriend at her apartment over this other albums (such as Suzanne Vega's first album and Jane Sibery's The Speckless Sky). This young woman (I am purposefully avoiding names) had her stereo (or a roommate's) set in front of this big picture window facing southwest, so sun streamed in during the afternoon and early evening. 

I remember our relationship in many ways formed itself in that sunlight to that music, especially this first song on The Hounds of Love: "Running up that Hill (A Deal With God)."

I had forgotten about this segment in which Bush performed the song live with Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour -- who is credited with discovering Bush -- in the Secret Policeman's Third Ball. 

I can still feel the sunlight on my face every time I hear this song.

"Running up that Hill (A Deal With God)" - Wiki

Thanks for tuning in.

Kate Bush & David Gilmour - Running Up That Hill (Live 1987)

Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It doesn't hurt me (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Do you wanna feel how it feels? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Do you wanna know, know that it doesn't hurt me? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Do you wanna hear about the deal that I'm makin'? (Yeah, yeah, yo)

[Pre-Chorus]
You
It's you and me

[Chorus]
And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
Be runnin' up that buildin'
Say, if I only could, oh

[Verse 2]
You don't wanna hurt me (Yeah, yeah, yo)
But see how deep the bullet lies (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Unaware, I'm tearin' you asunder (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Oh, there is thunder in our hearts (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Is there so much hate for the ones we love? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
Oh, tell me, we both matter, don't we? (Yeah, yeah, yo)

[Pre-Chorus]
You
It's you and me
It's you and me, won't be unhappy

[Chorus]
And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
Be runnin' up that buildin' (Yo)
Say, if I only could, oh

[Post-Chorus]
You (Yeah, yeah, yo)
It's you and me
It's you and me, won't be unhappy (Yeah, yeah, yo)

[Bridge]
Oh, come on, baby (Yeah)
Oh, come on, darlin' (Yo)
Let me steal this moment from you now
Oh, come on, angel
Come on, come on, darlin'
Let's exchange the experience (Yo, ooh, ooh)

[Chorus]
And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
I'd be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
With no problems
Say, if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
I'd be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
With no problems
Say, if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
I'd be runnin' up that road
Be runnin' up that hill
With no problems

[Outro]
Say, if I only could
I'd be runnin' up that hill
With no problems
(If I only could, be runnin' up that hill)
(If I only could, be runnin' up that hill)

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