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Wuthering Heights was composed by Kate Bush for her 1978 album The Kick Inside
Produced by Andrew Powell
Performed by Kate Bush - vocals and piano
Genres: Art pop, art rock, experimental pop, pop rock
Origin: Bexleyheath, England
Date/Location of performance:
1978 Top of the Pops
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The thing about Kate Bush is that she creates all her music, she has total control: lyrics, rhythm, instruments, voice, etc. I love her.
Yes, I agree… I've listened to 'Wuthering Heights' as a tale and almost like a movie… AND as some critics have said… the song is better than any movie.
Dont forget record cover design.
Nellie S I’m pretty sure she’s doing great. I heard a rumour she back in the studio recording. Although given our current virus problem, who knows when that work will surface!
She's the perfect role model for anyone serious about music. You can't be more involved than she is. She even has her own studio at her home and has since her fifth album.
@@razrv3lc I love t listen to Kate Bush. But role model? She smoked for years! Destroying that voice.
I like that Kate Bush really gets into the roleplaying of the story, she's not just singing a bunch of words.
Dude check Angra cover wuthering heights ,is super fcking
Exactly, she's acting a ghost
Indeed, which makes me think Beth should consider judging a video of ‘Pastorale’ by List & Shaffy: ua-cam.com/video/IJsrqyfFOSk/v-deo.html
The best duet ever.
The language is Dutch, but I think the role playing does half of the translation.
He’s the sun. She’s the earth.
Come on, Beth, you can do it. You’ve reacted to weird old Dutch songs before.
Liesbeth List ceased to be a few days ago. Ramses Shaffy died about 9 years ago. They are legends.j
She’s a storyteller with an amazing gift. She wrote this song when she was seventeen!
Watch jacques brel live...
She’s not just a singer. She’s a genuine artist.
Her art is genuinely mid
@@uppercutgrandma4425 what a joke dude
@@uppercutgrandma4425 what do you mean by that? she has had a few number ones and she inspired many artists even heavy mental bands some were inspired by Kate Bush
@@michaelhawkins7389 good for those guys
@@ferencssalvoski3721 you don't have to act like you like this, Kate Bush won't go after you.
What most people forget is that she wrote all these songs and recorded them by the time she was 19. Incredible.
Before she was 19.
The album was released when she was 19, but some songs she wrote before. She wrote Wuthering Heights when she was 18, but she wrote ‘The man with the child in his eyes’ when she was only 13.
Yeah the producers messed about for 2 years by not going with Gilmores recommended guy when she was just 15.
@@erik5374 what the fuck.
@eric5374: she had just turned 14, by two or three weeks, when she started working on ‘The Man With the Child in His Eyes’ - similarly, “Wuthering Heights’ came earlier too. However, she reworked everything, time and again, until finally satisfied - which she seldom ever was!
Most of them she wrote under the age of 15:)
I love everything about Kate. She doesn't just sing this song, she IS Cathy.
Irmeli Strengell right on
This is her very early in her career. She expanded her register quite a bit in the mid 80s and was very creative with her voice especially on The Dreaming and Hounds Of Love.
Was about Catherine ... if you read the book, you'll understand
If you never read the book... you will never understand this
She didn't so much "expand her register" as lose her ability to sing in this high pitch because of her smoking.
@@forgalzz7 To me it seems she truly lost her voice later (the sensual world).
@@nellies You misunderstood my point. I'm not saying this isn't original or distinctive. I'm saying she just use one technique throughout the song (head voice with just a tiny bit of chest voice here and there)
@@kutnersuicide I mean you could just listen to the remake she did in 1985 if you don’t like the original. It’s got a much more rounded sound but still in the same key with the same notes. She belts a supported G5 at the end too which she doesn’t do in the original.
Kate's voice is deliberately distorted here, she's portraying the ghost of Cathy calling for her lover Heathcliff to join her in death.
Steve Hunter Yes, Kate said the spirit of Emily Bronte possessed her as she wrote it. Of course, she could have been having a laugh..
Yes, as the others have already pointed out, Kate is very skillfully singing out of key for macabre effect. Thanks to Steve, Annette and Keefie for noticing too. Keefie, I cut Beth a little slack just because she is younger, and today's youth really have no real concept of life BEFORE the computerized era. It's kind of like an abstract concept to them. It's kind of sad how we're losing our sense of talent and genius in ALL the arts. Are there ANY new songs that don't have computerized auto-correction of pitch in vocals anymore? I don't know because I can't listen to "modern" music anymore. Our children have lost the capacity to appreciate that someone like David Gilmour can sing a song like "Young Lust", then turn around and sing like "The Show Must Go On", then sing like in "You Know I'm Right." On top of that, he and his bandmates are the actual writers of most all of their songs too! On top of that, David plays guitar quite skillfully and has a signature sound. One his guitar solos is regularly voted as "one of the best ever", sometimes "THE BEST" in rock history. ("Comfortably Numb" -Pulse live version). On top of that, he is very skilled with many other instruments, including steel guitar and saxophone. Of course he also backed Kate Bush for a live performance of "Running Up That Hill." I fear the day may come when our youth CAN'T make music anymore. BTW, here ua-cam.com/video/Ily36PPJmRc/v-deo.html is Pat Benatar singing Wuthering Heights as intended. Peace.
@@7arboreal According to the Kate Bush biography I watched Kate was born 140 years, to the day, after Emilie Bronte. They share the same birthday.
I definitely prefer her 80's version of this song where she sings it in a lower range.
@@leonardowilhelm1029 >>and today's youth really have no real concept of life BEFORE the computerized era
Oh god get off your high horse please
One thing to consider is that this vocal is supposed to mimic the winds of the North Yorkshire moors. Once you get that, it becomes a work of utter genius.
I understand that when Kate Bush was in the school choir she was always made to sing in the lower section and she was jealous of the girls who sang high. So when she got to do her own thing, she damned well did what she wanted!
New Falconer Records Someone on the .gaffa Usenet forum alleged that she’s naturally a mezzo. I think she’s more of a soprano - after all, she can belt up to soprano C and can connect into whistle range - but more of a dramatic one, who feigns a lyric sound. She does tend to have a pulled sound in the upper notes, that sounds almost like her voice has been warped in speed.
@@gillianomotoso328 I watched an interview with her a few years ago; Kate bush was asked if she could still hit the notes in Wuthering Heights. She replied that she still can if she has to.
Musical Neptunian Ooh! Those notes aren’t that high for a soprano (G#3 - F#5). I mean, footage from her first show has loads of passages exploring the fifth octave... heck, “Violin” goes up to F6! And she belts up to C#6 in a performance of “The Wedding List”. But she might have just trained herself into being a soprano for the time and then settled into mezzo by later on in her career. Her melodies became lower and her voice richer and more chest-dominant as time went on.
So when she got to do her own thing, she damned well did what she wanted! And still does.
@@musicalneptunian I figured she could. She did some high notes on Director’s Cut iirc and it made me go “oh she’s still capable of singing high, she’s just choosing not to”
Absolutely love her singing. And it's fascinating how aware of the camera she was. When the one on her right side started to zoom in on her she immediately looked in that direction and started underlining the vocals with her eyes. A damn great vocalist and a complete performer
She had anxiety over performing, if I am not mistaken.
Bush is in her own league, nobody on earth has come sounding anything like her! 🤯
Tiny Tim was singing like that 10 years before her
Blake X really you comparing a comedy act that’s only known now because of sponge bob to Kate Bush? Do you like ear ache? 🤯
@@hanniffydinn6019 God Bless Tiny Tim is a masterpiece of an album. If you can't understand that, get your ears checked.
Blake X obviously you are trolling.
Check Tete Espindola - ua-cam.com/video/LVLgQqO0UUQ/v-deo.html
She was the first female artist in the UK to write and sing her own #1 hit.
For me it’s The Man With The Child In His Eyes, that vocal is heavenly.
Tonight Matthew, listen to Her cover of Rocket man by Elton John.
Yes ...sublime
One of the best songs ever IMO. Amazing to think that she was only 13 when she wrote it.
She's 13 years old when she wrote it and maybe a year or so older when she recorded it... it was one of the demo recordings that David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) paid for and recorded at EMI and it was so good that it was included on the album 'The Kick Inside' and released as a single ... there are other two demo songs that made the album (one of them is Saxophone Song ... can't remember the other one).... the most amazing thing about Man With The Child... apart from the vocal performance is how (HOW???) does a kid write those adult lyrics????
oh yes.....that gets me every time that song
Kate Bush is truly amazing and I love her. When she sang this particular song she was aiming to sound like a ghost. So she’s over playing the high head voice in order to achieve a spooky sound. So much more than a singer, she’s a performer. Her voice is unique but different to this on much of her other material.
It's not just mechanical. It's expressing the intense feelings of Cathy in Emily Bronte's novel, "Wuthering Heights".
Kate Bush, as a teenager, wrote this song after having read this book. She was moved by the story; thus, this masterpiece of a song.
Fun fact: She wrote this after catching the tail end of the movie on the tele. She read the book after this song was done.
This song is so unique. Then you compare it to Hounds of Love era and it’s like she’s a completely different person. So versatile.
I know , she's amazing right? Personally I prefer her earlier art rock/ experimental pop style but she could write and perform bangers in any style.
@@juju-vl7oj she was still pretty damned experimental on Hounds. Everything she’s done is gold IMO.
Love Kate, she's so original, a very wise and intelligent woman.
Good review Beth. I'm old enough to remember this one when it was in the charts and the word I'd use for the reaction many of us had to it is "enchantment." We'd just never heard anything like it.
Kate is a complete one-off IMO, probably a genius.
I remember it as well. She sounded like no one else. Much parodied at the time. Very distinctive and interesting. She was the first female artist to write her own UK number one single btw.
I've always thought of her as an enchanting being
Kate has almost an angelic and ethereal voice. I remember first time I heard her singing back in the 80s. It sent chills down my spine.
You should listen to "Night of the Swallow" by Kate Bush, an absolute masterpiece; especially the way show growls "The night!"
Wow is pretty good as well
One of her most forgotten song. As a kid, I never thought I could ever sing the crescendo… until I did (lower of course.)
Yes! I love her haunting vocals on that song.
Night of the Swallow is incredible ❤️
I love Night of the Swallow. My favourite track on that album
Can still remember when I heard Kate Bush for the first time.
I was shocked, gobsmacked by her singing. It was in 78 and i was a spotty kid more concerned about KISS and Black Sabbath than a pretty girl with a bizarre voice - or so i thought!
Englands finest female artist.
@@nellies All my friends listen to Kate Bush and we're all roughly 20, she's super popular with people into art I suppose. The Kate Bush fanclub is strong aha
Strange, isn't it? A lot of metal-heads (me included) really switched on to Kate back in '78 ...and ever since. I think it's that creativity and uncompromising drive to express herself with scant regard for convention.
@@Luxurious_count_levi it’s great to find out that new generations rediscover Kate Bush and appreciate her work too. ❤️
@@arbonne1805 agreed dude! im rlly into 80s black metal, and 90s thrash metal but kate bush... wow she’s a beautiful talented girl
@@arbonne1805 I love metal and I love Kate Bush
Kate Bush wrote this amazing song on March 5th 1977 when she was 18. That means that this reaction video was released on the song's 43rd birthday
I believe I remember seeing a doco that stated that she actually wrote it when she was 12, saved it and showed/played it to David Gilmour when he first agreed to listen to her, before promoting her...Amazing!
GB Sailing I’m not sure if that’s about “wuthering heights”.
I know she wrote “the man with the child in his eyes” around that age.
@@erik5374 I'm sure (could be wrong) that there is a piece of interview footage with David Gilmore about it on YT. See if you can find it...
Nice!
She is brilliantly singing as the character of a ghost in this song. That explains her tone.
Kate Bush is a non-linear singer. A national treasure, to be sure. There is no one like her. The weirdness in her music contains echoes of another world, like being in a fairytale or the afterworld. Whenever anyione mentions Kate Bush, the Beatles song, ‘And I Love Her’ starts playing in my mind. Thank goodness for Kate Bush.
I guess you had to be there. I was into metal in the 70's but I could recognise this as pure talent
She has that high “whistle register” like a lot of the heavy metal legends: Ozzy, Halford, Dickinson, etc.
I had all here records in the day and was also into metal.
Listen to Angra version of this song, its a metal version. I think you will like it
when you realise that the song is about a ghost called cathy trying to get back to her first love...the lyrics "heathcliffe its me its cathy ive come home im so cold let me in through your window" is so haunting but to be written when kate was only 17 shows how much talent she had a such a young age
Kate is a Monster! She is a great composer, songwriter, singer, piano player and even producer! She always tells U stories (picks them put of books or whatever she likes) and does it so well! She is a true artist and almost nobody dares to cover her music.
Amazing analysis. I have listened to KAte Bush for 44 years and only recently investigated why she is so special. Genius composer, singer, musician, and dancer.
Finally u cover Miss Bush- the word Legend is so over used but she is a true legend. Thank you David Gilmour for getting her to EMI
How apt, since it was Gilmour's birthday, hey.
Yes well done David.
I loved her from the first I heard her. Her voice with unique lyrics and captivating music instantly grabbed me. One of my desert island artists for sure.
I’ve been in love with Kate Bush since the release of this. She was my first ever celebrity crush. I still listen to all her work, she has a lot of songs that are pretty much ageless. Thanks for this, Beth!
I still wish I could get away with having posters on the bedroom wall. I think my better half might have a different opinion on that.
When you also factor in she used to sing these lyrics while taking part in huge dance numbers on tour (she also studied and mastered various forms of dance). Then you can fully grasp the total genius of Kate’s technical abilities. A total master at such a young age 💗💗
She's obviously inspired Tori Amos and many other,this woman is an icon.
NOT AT ALL!
Kate released Wuthering Heights in '77, more than a year before Tori Amos hit the scene in '79. If anything, it is Tori who was inspired by Kate.
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@@robingarvin-mack that's what I said! ;)
@@alealejo78 Oh! I beg your pardon. I quickly read your comment and clearly misunderstood what you were saying. Sorry.
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@@robingarvin-mack No problem :)
Robin Garvin-Mack Tori Amos started in the late 80s and didn’t have albums until the 90s, she admits that she is heavily inspired by Kate
The best female artist ever. You should react to "This Woman's Work", an absolute masterpiece.
Yes, it's a brilliant Kate song. Have you heard Maxwell's cover of it? Also wonderful!
@@ckconey4083 Yessss! It's amazing too! He did a great work. It's a very difficult song, even more with a male voice. 👌🏻
@@ckconey4083 There is a spanish singer who make similar music, she is called Virjinia Glück. You should listen to a song called "Si tu quieres". I don't like my country's music, but this artist is in another level.
Saddest song ever, unbeatable. Lol Move over Celine Dion
@@iTeacupPanda Pure emotion and perfect performance.
if you listen to this, then hear Love & Anger, you realize just how much range she has in her music. sooooooo good & so underrated.
Not underrated, I think. Those who know her music rate her incredibly highly. Under-appreciated maybe.
Kate Bush is so pretty... I really love her voice and this song.
Try to imagine when this song was first on tv back in 78. There had been nothing like it before.
There's something forlorn and sad in KB's music. It's like the epitome of a beauty you can understand but never embrace, like a dream world that's behind a glass plate. You can have glimpses of it, but you know you'll never be able to reach. Ah, sod it, I'm not making any sense. Though I'm a thirty-plus years long fan and will be until the day I bloody croak !
Making perfect sense to me.
@@phinehasr Thanks mate !
Fororn is the word i!m looking for
@@GSLC3282 Hey, English is not my first language !
True, Kate Bush "..is not for everyone", she is for the people that really know, understand and appreciate what music is..and that often means musicians with a divisive artist like our Kate. I know of very few people, that are not heavily invested in music production, that see Kate Bush as anything other than a bit weird. Whereas, if you understand music, you still may not like her style but it is far more likely that you will.
She is one of the few things in this land that makes me proud to be British...cos Lord knows, it ain't the royals!!
She's fabulous. Singing and storytelling at it's best. So unique, no one like her.
She is an extremely emotional singer. Loved her music since the 80’s. Chills
This is the most iconic pop song ever
was my first lp i ever bought and one of the best for sure...
@@nellies yes it reminds me of all the movies I watched when I was little. Idk why
You don't know what iconic means.
@@nellies No it's not. If you asked a bunch of people what song comes to mind when you hear the words "pop song" it would not be this song. Not even close. A '"pop" song by definition, has to be popular and well known. This song never even charted in the USA.
@@nellies I can be wherever I want. How am I a hater? Because I disagreed with you? I know the song was popular in Europe and lots of people like it. That's fine - enjoy it. People misuse the word 'hate" as much as they misuse the word 'iconic."
And remember that she was still a teenager when she wrote, performed, and was the first female artist to reach #1 in the UK with a self-written song.
She is fantastic. Beautiful, very talented and adorable. My favourite artist. I love Kate Bush forever...
I actually remember the first time I ever heare Wuthering Heights, lying in bed before going to school, Graham Dene on Captial Radio, saying 'you've never heard anything like this' and I really hadn't. I have to admit, I thought it was weird the first time, but after a while I loved it, and I was so glad I saw her in concert, the Lionheart tour, when I did.
I never had listened to her until Big Boi from OutKast said that Kate Bush and Bob Marley were his favorite artists of all time so I thought I should check her out. Mind blown!!!
Enormous talent ,ethereal voice, poetic gift, dancer and show woman.
The facial expression. She can make the haunting feeling, as she is an exceptionally beautiful interpret of a genuine, unique master piece.
The character is a ghost. When you realise that, the whole thing makes sense.
This Woman's Work by Kate Bush brings me to tears every time.
Would love a review of Joanna Newsom too. Maybe Soft As Chalk or Sapokanikan
I would describe the singing as a fairy dancing, gently touching flowers, sparkling, golden, colorful. The conversation between voice and instruments lifts each other, flowing smoothly and vividly. I just love when I'm carried away, taken into a beautiful landscape. Beautiful piece
React to Nina Hagen, Naturträne - she is an Icon of the 70s, and the singing in the song is as crazy and good as Nina Hagen always was....
Very intersting cover of Ziggy Stardust.
YES!
New York New York by Nina is good too
I think Hagen influenced Janes Addiction, they admit that Siouxsie did.
I love Naturtrane....amazing...saw a live version w/Spliff on Rockpalast and loved when you see the guitar player telling her towards the end higher, higher....hopla!!
KB is so unique. Her voice her dance. So talented. Wonderful artist
Kate Bush is the true Queen of England. Even though she’s 20myears old here, it sounds like her voice isn’t even done developing yet. By the time she gets to the Never Forever album her voice has become even quirkier and slightly deeper.
She actually 19 years old at this time. We won't quibble about year
The most beautiful, confusing, emotional song of my youth. This one made me cry... Many times.
I just discovered Kate Bush about 3 days ago, I`m 67 and I can`t believe I have never heard of her up until this point. I just love her voice and her movements in the ``Wuthering Heights`` video, when she was in the red dress. She is a true artist and a one off at that.
Kate Bush’s emotive haunting voice holds man, woman and child in its thrall. She’s a theatrical Master. Even if you’re listening only for its pulse, Kate Bush’s heartbeat does not disappoint.
Kate Bush, what a wonderful artist. ❤️❤️❤️
Kate was a performer and her stage performances were phenomenal. Saw her at Hammersmith Odeon and was blown away...plus she is so beautiful
Kate Bush is what u call an artist who is outside the box. She is not like anyone else nor does anyone else copy her. One of those 1 in a million artist out of nowhere. For her to hit big in late 1970s with punk, disco, corporate rock and other crap incredible. She ranks up with influential artists at same time like Elvis Costello
And Kate is singing live!!!! So it just goes to show what a wonderfull singer she is!!!
Her voice is so beautiful and emotive. She is in my top five artists of all time❤💙💚✌
I am a massive Kate Bush fan and remember listening to this when it came out on the radio. It was just so different and I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not.
I bought her album after listening to her second single, 'The man with the child in his eyes' which to this day is one of my favourites.
This is why Kate is a Legend respected by her fans and peers alike. With a long and successful career. Something Beth can only envy and dream of
Music to me is the underutilized language of the soul. Music is truth. As my wife declines with Alzheimer's it's clear that music appreciation is last bastion of the mind.
I will thanks
So sorry about your wife. :( that sounds so sad and so hard.
Aw man, I feel for you 'cos I've seen Alzheimer's up close and it's such a cruel thing. I hope you and your lady wife find peace.
Merle I hope you find peace in music with your wife... it is certain linked to memory. I know it's very hard thank you for sharing ♡
I love her first album, The Kick Inside... the only one on my cellphone!
Kates performance is like a performing theater musical in its uniqueness and at its highest artistic form. She's more than a incredible singer, her expressions and body motion are amazing and as fluid as her music. I've heard several great artists perform this song but they never could reach the depth of her voice resonance and richness. There will never be another artist equal to her.
Aw, I loved this - thank you. my all time favourite singer, and your joyful, almost playful analysis made me smile so much. I'm off to binge on Kate Bush again! Thank you!!
Kate can't hit those notes anymore. She sings in a completely register now. Remember she wrote this when she was a teenager. I love Kate and her music. She makes musical art. Truly a one off. Masterful
One of my dad's fav songs he showed me when I was young and always loved it!
this is so unique even the greatest artist haven't even come close to what Kate has done with this track and to think she was only 18 years old when she created this masterpiece alone puts it on another level. as there will never be another beatles, there will never be another Wuthering Heights
I was a total Kate Bush nerd in the 80s. I'm in the United States so I didn't know any other Kate Bush fans. I played Wuthering Heights once for a girlfriend and she said that was a Pat Benatar song. I thought she was crazy, but she pulled out a Pat Benatar album and sure enough Pat had done a cover of Wuthering Heights. I had no idea. But I had a lot more respect for Pat Benatar after hearing that!
Her voice works well with the ethereal theme of Wuthering Hts. The movies and the book.
I love how Kate bush can change her voice to many different pitches.
I love that even while you're analyzing her vocal technique and color you're enjoying how she performs 💕 Watching Kate sing Wuthering Heights never gets old, it's like being entranced
loved this. Always loved Kate Bush. She never been afraid to just be herself and do her own thing no matter if people think she's strange. She's iconic and as you say has influenced many others. You made some interesting notes about her singing and performance. :)
Yes, she sings almost like a bird 😊
Thank you for reacting to this. Two other wonderful songs of hers are "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (from the same album) and "This Woman's Work," from her album, "The Sensual World."
I was ensorcelled by Kate Bush in December of 1978 when she made an appearance on Saturday Night Live singing "Man with a Child in His Eyes" and was lucky to discover her. She was a cult artist in America and a big star in the rest of the world.
I love when “experts” judge greats like Kate Bush.
Hahaha 😂 true... No expert needed to enjoy Kate Bush's talent. I am doing it since early 1978.
It's all a bit...... composer listens to Mozart........" he's OK, but uses too many notes" isn't it.....
Lmao excatly...
She is not judging anybody, She Is explaining her technique and it's actually interesting.
If you see the video of Wuthering Heights or read the book her voice works well with the ethereal theme.
Angra version of this song with Andre Matos singing will blow your musical mind.
ifyouwantbochin 😴
Thank you. I used to talk to Del Palmer and I realized he never got over losing her in their intimate relationship and never moved on to this day. His bass and sound engineering was critical to her success but she puts her creativity before anything that is for her success. She comes first, second and third. Never last.
It's what a great artist does: approaches things their own way, how they feel is right....not what other people think and want.....how she pronounces "Heathcliff" ..always gets me..so original, creepy, haunting, different, amazing 🙂
Goosebumps when I hear her voice
Her intent was to sound like a ghost, which Cathy was at that point in the story. Also, this was the first female to have a #1 on the UK charts as singer who also wrote the song.
So glad you finally featured Kate, she is an incredible and soulful singer and songwriter. You could do so many videos on her unique vocals
Everytime I listen to kate, or this song espesially I fall in love. Its basically mdma in song form. Its a freecvensy song, more then melody. It hits cells, breath, embraces you then treats you like a three in the wind. Its like a windy day kisses you on the temple.
Pat Benatar covered this song and did very well, I thought. I actually heard the Benatar rendition first. When I encountered Kate's original a bit later, my first thought was that someone at the radio station had accidentally switched a turntable to 45 RPM to play an album cut!
Her producer, engineers and musicians say that in the studio, she focuses a lot on the technical aspects of her voice and experiments a lot, using it as a real instrument. Even when she recorded this track in 1977 at the age of 20-21, she was trying to find ways to express a wider range of emotions and changed her approach from song to song. She went even further when she started producing on her own with The Dreaming: she used the lower range of her voice and distorted it to create surreal effects. This part of her career was full of exciting and innovative ideas, it was an explosion of sounds that had never been heard before. From Hounds of Love, she channeled her energy and creativity into more mature ways of expression. Such an interesting career.
The best "Wuthering Heights" is actually the grown up version with the new vocal, recorded for her 1986 greatest hits album, THE WHOLE STORY.
Oh Lord how much I love this singer... Kate Bush is absolutely the best. Thanks for explaining her tone so well, Beth!
Try to listen to GET OUT OF MY HOUSE from the album THE DREAMING and feel the tension she puts in the song just by her voice. Incredible but not for everyone.
Get out of my house is truly incredible. Will take a few listens for most -- but, wow. Let's face it, most of what Kate does is otherworldy.
I would recommend Sat in Your Lap and Army Dreamers because KB experiments with using different ranges within the same song.
Also, I would check out La India because she usually sings in several octaves!
She was 18 when she wrote this.. HOW does does someone amass the talent to do this in 18 years!!
Thank you so much for this reaction video. Kate Bush is absolutely favorite female vocalist. Two other wonderful but often overlooked female vocalists are Happy Rhodes (she sounds remarkably like Kate, and has performed the most amazing rendition of Yes's "Soon.") The last I heard, Happy was the vocalist with "The Security Project," a solo Peter Gabriel tribute band made up of former PG and King Crimson band members. Another is Deborah Holland of Animal Logic, (Deborah, Stanley Clarke and Stewart Copeland.)
It still sounds so fresh even today, an wonderful song and her voice adds vunerable, everytime I hear it, I want to hug someone and say everything is OK... She has spoiled us with one masterpiece after another over the years!
There`s a couple of things you missed here. Kate`s natural voice is a.contralto. But she chose , especially in this song, to sing in an unnaturally high pitch in order to convey hightened emotion and hysteria, as the song was about a novel from the Romantic, Gothic era. If you listen to her later work you will notice that her pitch is a lot lower.
Army Dreamers....
the 70's was the last decade of pure creativity being allowed into commercial music....at the time we didn't realise how lucky we were...
Beth roars - when you did the 3 puppy cries at 5.37, my dog leapt up looking for the distressed puppy! Very lifelike!