Stranger Issues followers are presently caught in one other hiatus, with greater than a 12 months passing because the Season 4 finale and no premiere date in sight for the fifth and closing season. The annual Stranger Issues Day on November 6 dropped some particulars concerning the First Shadow stage play, however nothing like the discharge of a trailer and episode titles that we have gotten earlier than. Nonetheless, the Stranger Issues vacation impressed me to return and rewatch the long-lasting “Operating Up That Hill” sequence from the fourth episode of Season 4 with Max frantically fleeing Vecna, and it jogged my memory of one thing I’ve desperately wanted since Could 2022.
Now, I could be affordable about what I need from Stranger Issues with the WGA writers strike solely just lately ended and the SAG-AFTRA actors strike nonetheless ongoing, with the Duffer Brothers utilizing Funko Pops to plan Season 5. No new footage is on the best way for the foreseeable future, and I am not anticipating any large teases from the writers. However is it an excessive amount of to ask for one thing from Season 4 that has been caught in my head for greater than a 12 months? I simply actually need an official model of the Stranger Issues remix of Kate Bush’s “Operating Up That Hill.”
To be clear – the scene with the tune that I am referring to is the one from the tip of Episode 4, known as “Pricey Billy,” with Max efficiently escaping Vecna after Lucas, Dustin, and Steve had been capable of tether her again to the actual world by way of her Walkman and Kate Bush. I’ve recovered from Season 4 sufficient to rewatch that and yearn for that scene’s remix of the tune; I am positively not recovered sufficient from Max’s destiny within the Season 4 finale to rewatch that scene for a enjoyable Stranger Issues Day throwback, even when that remix can also be epic. Perhaps it’s going to cease being unhappy by the Stranger Issues Season 5 premiere?
However I nonetheless bear in mind taking a break from my binge-watch after ending “Pricey Billy” again in Could 2022 to test Spotify and see if the remix from Stranger Issues Season 4A was obtainable for me to placed on repeat. I used to be already thrilled that the present had gone the additional mile to get the rights for the Kate Bush tune, and wasn’t shocked that the unique model of “Operating Up That Hill” grew to become a chart-topper once more. I used to be actually listening to it once more! However simply rewatch that scene and attempt to inform me that the Stranger Issues remix would not be epic:
The lightning and crashing sound results? The orchestral theme? The echoes because the music begins to achieve Max? Epic! To be honest, there are some remixes to be discovered on companies like Spotify, however nothing official that completely matches what aired on this Season 4 episode. I’ve checked many occasions over the previous 12 months to see if the Stranger Issues model from “Pricey Billy” had someway been launched with out my figuring out, however no luck.
Plus, the scene got here to a contented ending, and I might have the ability to take heed to it with out considering too onerous about what occurs to Max on the finish of “Operating Up That Hill” within the Season 4 finale.
I am not overly optimistic at this level, although, and never simply because I have been wanting the Stranger Issues Season 2 trailer remix of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” since 2017. Nonetheless, it could have been a enjoyable launch on a Stranger Issues Day when there can be no new footage to tease. Evidently I’ll be caught simply replaying the clip at any time when I am within the temper for the present’s remix of Kate Bush as a substitute of the unique “Operating Up That Hill.”
As for whether or not I will revisit the remix that performed over the climax of the Season 4 finale… effectively, I will do it for a rewatch of the total season, however I haven’t got the guts to need to watch Max’s destiny once more for enjoyable. The primary 4 seasons of Stranger Issues can be found streaming with a Netflix subscription now.
