Rick Beato on two very different things…

Just saw Rick Beato’s take on “Running Up That Hill”, the famous Kate Bush song which was/is becoming even more popular today due to a Netflix series called “Stranger Things”. Just like Rick, I didn’t watch it except that I saw the beginnings of “Stranger Things”, but found their latest season to be only loud, and not to my taste at all¹. But sales numbers for Kate Bush’s song went through the roof because of it, and that’s a good thing as both the song and the artist are simply beautiful. I’m a bit older than Rick and was around 21 when she came out, and who wasn’t in love with “Cathy” (singing to Heathcliff)? Listen to his very nice analysis of Kate’s song:

Kate Bush & Stranger Things Just Made the Impossible Happen

His second video which I saw almost immediately afterwards is something completely different. This time unlike for Kate Bush I had to even look up the artist (Halsey) he’s talking about – never up to now heard anything from her because I’m not following any charts at all (she seems to be active since around ten years only, and radio is really bad since longer than that). But his video is important nonetheless because it clearly shows everything that’s wrong with music as a business these days. Shook my head in disbelief:

Halsey’s Attack on TikTok Culture (Rant)

How good that I’m not in that business, that’s what Rick also said. Unbelievable, isn’t it?

Oh, and as kind of a P.S.: kids, don’t use or even install TikTok

As always, thanks for reading, and for viewing.

¹I *am* currently watching it, and may revise my quick first judgement. In case anyone is interested, I’ll let you know…