About this episode
Happy holidays! Here's a Patreon minisode Kirk published last summer about Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill." See you in 2023! ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES, 6/24/2022: The whole world is talking about Kate Bush's masterful 1985 song "Running Up That Hill," so Kirk figured he might as well talk about it, too. On this bonus Patreon episode, he takes a crack at re-creating the song's iconic sound and digs into some of the digital recording technology that Bush used to make it sound so distinct. FEATURED/DISCUSSED: "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush from The Kick Inside , 1978 "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" by Kate Bush from Hounds of Love , 1985 Audio from Season 4, Episode 4 of Stranger Things Information gleaned from Reverb Machine's excellent breakdown of the tools and techniques used on the song: https://reverbmachine.com/blog/kate-bush-synth-sounds/ ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | Paypal 🏠 HOMEPAGE strongsongspodcast.com 👚 MERCH strongsongspodcast.com/store 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER newsletter.kirkhamilton.com 📷 SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: @Kirk_Hamilton Bluesky: @kirkhamilton.com 💬 STRONG SONGS DISCORD SERVER strongsongspodcast.com/discord 🎧 STRONG SONGS PLAYLISTS Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS kirkhamilton.com/gear 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC kirkhamilton.com/music 🎨 SHOW ART Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics -------------------- DECEMBER 2022 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONS Damon White Kaya Woodall Dan Austin Ed Rankin Jay Swartz Miriam Joy SEAN D WINNIE Rush Daniel Hannon-Barry RR Elliot Rosen Ashley Hoag Mark and Michelle Christopher Miller Jamie White Christopher McConnell David Mascetti Joshua Jarvis Joe Laska Ken Hirsh Jez Melanie Andrich Jenness Gardner Simon Cammell Guinevere Boostrom Narelle Horn Bill Rosinger Erin Aidan Coughlan Jeanneret Manning Family Four Dave Sharpe Sami Samhuri AccessViolation Ryan Torvik Elliot Jay O'Neill Jim Chokey Andre Bremer Mark Schechter Dave Florey DECEMBER 2022 HALF-NOTE PATRONS Robert Granat dave malloy Jason Morrissey Nick Galloway Heather Johnson john halpin Jennifer Kenner Peter Harding David Anthony Mahramus Meghan O'Leary Jeffrey Puzzo John Bauman Dax and Dane Huddleston Martín Salías Tim Howes Steve Martino Dr Arthur A Gray Carolina Gary Pierce Matt Baxter GiantPredatoryMollusk Casey Faubion Luigi Boccia Rob Albright E Margaret Warton Daniel Mosier Charles McGee Catherine Clause Ethan Bauman Renee Downing KenIsWearingAHat Jordan Block Aaron Wade Chad Hivner Travis Pollard Jamie Deebs Portland Eye Care Adam Ray Anupama Raghavan Carrie Schneider Alenka Grealish Richard Sneddon David Judson Julian Roleff Janice Berry Doreen Carlson David McDarby Abigail Duffield Wendy Gilchrist Lisa Turner Paul Wayper Dennis M Edwards Bruno Gaeta Kenneth Jung ben Adam Stofsky Zak Remer Rishi Sahay Jason Reitman Greg Burgess Ailie Fraser Von Paul McGreal Karen Arnold NATALIE MISTILIS Josh Singer Phino DeLeon Amy Lynn Thornsen Adam W Kelli Brockington Stephen Rawlings Ben Machta Victoria Yu Kevin Rivers Brad Clark Michael J. Cunningham mino capossela Steve Paquin Sarah David Joske Emma Sklar Bernard Khoo Robert Heuer Matthew Golden David Noah Geraldine Butler Richard Cambier Madeleine Mader Jason Pratt Stewart Oak Abbie Berg Doug Belew Dermot Crowley Achint Srivastava Ryan Rairigh Michael Berman Olivia Bishop John Gisselquist Elaine Martin Linda Duffy Kouroth Sharon Tree Belinda Mcgrath-steer Liz Seger Eoin de Burca Kevin Potter M Shane Borders Susan Plein Dallas Hockley Jason Gerry Nathan Gouwens Will Dwyer Alethea Lee Lauren Reay Eric Prestemon Cookies250 Damian Brady Angela Livingstone David Friedman Sarah Sulan Diane Hughes Kenneth Tiong Jo Sutherland Michael Casner Jen Small Lowell Meyer Etele Illes Stephen Tsoneff Lorenz Schwarz Wen Jack Sjogren Geoff Golden Robyn Fraser Pascal Rueger Randy Souza JC Clare Holberton Diane Turner Tom Coleman Mark Perry Dhu Wik Mel Eric Helm Jake Roberts Jonathan Daniels Steven Maron Michael Flaherty Caro Field michael bochner Naomi Watson David Cushman Alexander Chris K Gavin Doig Sam Fenn Tanner Morton AJ Schuster Jennifer Bush David Stroud Amanda Furlotti Andrew Baker Matt Gaskell Jules Bailey Andrew Fair L.B. Morse Bill Thornton Brian Amoebas Brett Douville Jeffrey Olson Matt Betzel Mueller Nate from Kalamazoo Melanie Stivers Richard Toller Alexander Polson Earl Lozada Justin McElroy Arjun Sharma James Johnson Kevin Morrell Kevin Pennyfeather Colin Hodo ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | One-Time Donation 🏠 HOMEPAGE 👚 MERCH 💬 DISCORD SERVER 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC 📷 KIRK’S SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram | Bluesky 🎧 EVERY STRONG SONG: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎨 SHOW ART: Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics