Songs that Changed Music: Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
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“Wuthering Heights” launched the nineteen year old Kate Bush into the international spotlight. It not only hit number one in the UK (making Bush the first female artist in the UK to reach number one with a self-written song), it also grabbed the number one spot in Australia, Italy, New Zealand, and Ireland. Further, the song made it into the top ten in Denmark, Belgium, Finland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Spain.
“Wuthering Heights” remains one of Kate Bush’s most successful and beloved tracks. In 2016, Pitchfork named it number five on their list of the best two hundred songs of the 1970s. It was also foundational in helping Bush develop her interest and skills in music production. She has gone on to record ten studio albums, many of which she produced or co-produced herself. She has also received three Grammy nominations and in 2013, she was appointed as a Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.
Bush’s relationship with the track was intensely personal. She had penned the song after discovering Emily Brontë’s famous mid-nineteenth century novel through a television broadcast of the BBC’s 1967 film adaptation. She explained:
“When I first read Wuthering Heights I thought the story was so strong. This young girl in an era when the female role was so inferior and she was coming out with this passionate, heavy stuff. Great subject matter for a song. I loved writing it. It was a real challenge to précis the whole mood of a book into such a short piece of prose. Also when I was a child I was always called Cathy not Kate and I just found myself able to relate to her as a character. It’s so important to put yourself in the role of the person in a song. There’s no half measures. When I sing that song I am Cathy.”
The lyrics tell the story from the point of view of the novel’s protagonist Catherine (“Cathy”) Earnshaw. It captures the destructive passion of Cathy’s relationship with Heathcliff (“I hated you, I loved you too”) and the haunting presence she holds throughout the story. “Heathcliff, it’s me, Cathy. Come home, I’m so cold. Let me in your window,” she wails in the song’s chorus. Bush’s vocals are intoxicating in their originality. She uses the full range of her voice, both enticing and unsettling the listener - somehow managing to condense the essence of Brontë complex character into a few minutes of exquisite songwriting and performance.
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What a moment, this song. In the middle of the punk movement, Kate Bush has millions of teenagers mesmerized by a musical adaptation of a 19th century gothic novel. It's hard now to appreciate how revolutionary that was, and the lasting influence she had on popular music. Genius track, and brilliant songwriter. There is only one Kate Bush.
My dad was _mesmerised_ by her. He should have laboured his decision to marry an invalid without a cause. We all might have done better.
Lots of adults too, I was 28 at the time.
My 6 year old daughter is mesmerised by it right now.
There is nothing quite like that period of creativity! Anything goes! The music just had to be amazing and Kate Bush has always made amazing music!
@@Seaby41 that's lovely to hear!
She also wrote "The Man with the Child in his Eyes" when she was...13 years old. She's a genius.
Yes! Huge fan!!
The emotion that song conveys is simply breathtaking. At 13, I was flat out remembering where I lived, meanwhile Her Majesty here was tapping into some fey world of imagination and writing some of the most vulnerable, touching, profoundly moving music we've ever been blessed to experience.
13???? Ok hold the phone - she must be an alien, surely. 🤣
Kate Bush is arguably the best female songwriter and producer to come out of the UK. Hounds of Love is a masterpiece.
Agreed 1,000,000%!!
My one objection is "arguably." Who else is at her level among women in the UK? If you want to talk about English language, the only one who I can think is on her level is Dolly Parton, and I'm not even sure she did much on the production end of things.
Not “arguably” she is *the best* ....
God bless you ❤️
@@wvu05 I'd say Joni Mitchell is the best female singer/songwriter in the English language.
@@edgeyt1 OP also included producer in that mix, and Kate Bush and Dolly Parton can both claim decades at the top of the game. If you want to talk about the highest highs, Carole King finishes the Mt. Rushmore, but these two did it longer.
The first time I heard this in the 70s, I said to myself "What the hell was that?" I had never heard anything like it in my life and it immediately became one of my favorite songs of all time and she became one of my favorite singers. To this day, there has never been anyone like her.
Agreed 100%! One of the greatest artists of all time!!
I agree as well. For me she's in that rarified collection of female artists unafraid to produce both experimental and beautiful music. It's as if there's been a baton handed along the line to continue the important work of propelling music forward: Joni Mitchell - Kate Bush - Bjork - ?
Yes, indeed. I had the same feeling when I first heard
Me too.: “what did I just hear.”
@@grantnichols4283 Grimes is your "?"
Perfect that she shares a birthday with Emily Bronte.
Yes, amazing
Its still one of the most unique songs of all time. Nothing else sounds like it. Like Bohemian rhapsody its an eccentric masterpiece.
Agreed 100%!!
"Bohemian Rhapsody" is one of the most irritating, obnoxious, awful piece of crap that ever assaulted my ears! I get the gag reflex every time I hear this piece of shite!!!
@@Producelikeapro
Thank you.
@@joelspringman7748 I cringe with people like you. so desperate to go against the grain cause you think you look cool. Sorry you just look juvenile & ignorant. literally the whole world worships bohemian rhapsody & its genius in creativity. This kate bush song is the one that is polarizing. some hate it. I understand that.
My dad Nick Abson, produced and directed the original video for this song, the ‘red dress’ one on the moors. He has some interesting tales of that scene.
Wow! That's amazing! I would love to talk to him. Thanks ever so much for sharing!
@Mr Jayboo Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, specifically near Tidworth. Google "Baden's Clump"
Wow! How cool! 😁
That's the first video I saw of Kate!!! Even before ghostly white dress version and I loved it with her red dress and flower in her hair, such a mystical atmosphere X felt for once in my life at 15 some one got who I was and I got her X spellbound ever since! Love all her work but 'The Dreaming' saved me at a bad time in my life and the 'kick inside' simply changed my life X she influenced so many and Tori Amos was very influenced you can hear it in her layered vocals which Kate did just using her voice and all the other idiosyncrasies in the songs and lyrics plus bjork ect but one of the most humble and unassuming lovely people for someone so unique and a trail blazer (by the way I love Tori's music too and others she influenced as all mighty unique talent's in their own right)🎶💚🙏
@@M0jibake magical land in Wiltshire 🌳
When she sings the line "I'm so cold", it really brings to life (pardon) the image of that lonely, confused, shivering ghost trying to get back in. It's really powerful.
Agreed 109%!
So very true!
"Genius" is a word that is toted around too easily, but in Kate Bush's case there is no other way to describe her.
Agreed 100%!
The guitar solo that emerges out of seemingly nowhere at the end takes my breath away every time
It’s masterful!
Yep, that's one of the great underrated solos. Overlooked because they support the song rather than showing off the guitarist's chops.
It’s a fascinating solo because it’s so tuneful. Not scales, and totally different to the song tune. Ian Bairnston, if my memory serves me correctly.
But it was too low in the mix!!
Yes, as Michael notes here, the solo on the record is by Ian Bairnson, best known for his work with Pilot and the Alan Parsons Project. Pilot singer David Paton plays bass on this track and numerous others over several albums. On her only tour, it was the late, great Alan Murphy on guitar.
I grew up in the Midwest, and when Wuthering Heights came out it would play on the classic rock station, and at first everyone thought “what the hell is this”, until we finally realized it was brilliant. I’ve loved the song ever since and continue to play it to this day.
I was listening to "Babooshka" while delivering mail last year (I'm in southern Tacoma), when a man walked up to me and asked what I was listening to, commenting that it was unusual and interesting. After gushing to him about how dear Kate Bush's music is to me and how much I appreciate her genius, he nodded and said, "I have heard of her. I'm going to dig into her library."
Another fan made.
I'm 28 years old. I remember as a child seeing her on a re-run of TOTP and it FREAKED me out, she was like a witch or a syren or something with this beautiful wailing voice. I asked my parents who she was and they said "Kate Bush. We reacted the same way when we saw it live on TOTP back in the day".
Kate truly is an amazing artist!
I was listening to the radio, just a background music while writing something, and than this song came and it made me stop and search what song is it, I didn't know it before. So yeah, it immediately stick out, you can't now hear it.
I saw Kate do the red dress Wuthering Heights video on MC Swap Shop when I was a child in 1978, and it stopped me in my tracks and impressed a memory that is still as strong as ever. No web in those days, I listened for it on the radio. The following Monday at school everybody was “did you see that on Saturday morning?” nothing like it has happened since. Any time I hear Wuthering Heights I feel like I’m right there back at that moment again.
Wow! Swap Shop! I remember it very well indeed!
I often get nostalgic for that period of time when a single appearance on TOTP or a children's show could launch an entire career, and everyone would be talking about it in the playground the next day. (e.g. Boy George on TOTP, Frankie on The Tube, Madness on The Young Ones). It's kind of a shame that we have so many TV channels and other entertainments today that if you say "Did you see so-and-so on telly last night?" you'll often be met with a blank look, and most people's favourite bands are so niche that you've usually never heard of them. In the eighties, a single TV appearance could turn you into a household name form the whole decade. I'm so glad Kate Bush went on Swap Shop and the kids gave her the career kickstart she deserved.
Yes Andrew those were big events like the TOTP debuts of Bohemian Rhapsody or Are Friends Electric. To show up at school having missed them was painful. I missed The Sex Pistols helping Bill Grundy getting himself fired - I had to wait decades to see it on CZcams.
Its funny because I never saw the Red Dress version until many many years later
The Dreaming is the best thing ever recorded. Its weird and unique, nothing else like it. You might love it or hate it but it's pure genius
I saw Kate on SNL 1978?.. when I was young... I thought "What a Weirdo!" Now that I have rediscovered her I am overjoyed that I discovered her genius.... Amazing talent.. omg! ❤️ I am a Prince fan and I see a lot of influence in his music from Kate.
The chorus in Wuthering Heights brings tears to my eyes every time. I assume it's because I studied the book in high school four decades ago, and have a very good understanding of what Bush as Cathy, is saying and why. It's not JUST music. It's heartbreaking. I understand that Ms. Bush is alive and comfortable. I'm not sure why, but that important to me.
Agreed! Masterpiece
Weirdly, it makes me cry, too, even though I know nothing about the story. She was able to encode all those feelings into the music, you get all of it.
I totally agree. reading the book then hear this plus dance interpretation is so emotional.
On the radio you rarely hear the full instrumental outro as the DJ starts to prattle and move on once the lyrics are finished. The outro is beautiful and should be heard in full.
Agreed 100%!
First heard this song around '82 in a record store. Asked what it was, bought the album, went home and listened to it over and over. Haunting beauty. So good!
One of the great artists of all time
Absolutely!
To this day, Kate Bush remains one of the most inspiring and original artist of her time. Thank you for paying tribute to her extraodinary work.
Extremely well said!!
She deserves to be inducted into Rock’n Roll Hall of Fame
@@softwaremom agreed 100%!
@@softwaremom The fact that she, and other geniuses, aren't already inducted proves they are too good for that POS bunch
A tribute from Tuscan Italy
For those who don't know; American singer, Pat Benatar was not only inspired by Kate, she went on to record Wuthering Heights on her 1980 album, Crimes of Passion. During her 1988 album; Wide Awake in Dreamland, Benatar, and company would use the line 'Gotta feel the Kick Inside' within the song's lyrics. Once more paying her respects to Bush all over again.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS IS A MASTERPIECE.
Yes it is!!
I've been a metalhead for 55 years, but I'll have nothing said against our Kate!!
A very, very, very rare one of a kind. Truly inimitable.
Beautiful, brilliant... And all Ours!!!
God bless you pet.
Have you ever heard this song covered by brasilian heavy metal band ANGRA? it rocks.
Oh yeah? Well get this. It's horrible. I couldn't get through more than about 10 seconds of it due to her annoying voice. May as well have had Edith Bunker, and "The Nanny", Fran Drescher sing it as a duet.
@@jhandle4196 you probably got a wrong version.... it's a guy singing
@@jhandle4196 ok ...we get it, you don't care for Kate Bush, you may push off now, J handle.
@@DrGodinho Does he wear the red dress or the white one?
Wuthering Heights was my fav until I heard Running UpThat Hill. Love Kate.
Yes, amazing talent
Although I can vaguely remember hearing this song on the radio at the time, back when I was very young, it wasn't until around Christmas '87ish when I receive a double cassette tape called One's on One, which was a compilation of the biggest No1 singles from you each year going back, I think two decades. We were away that Christmas, having arranged a big family get together in this huge rented holiday home in darkest Devon. I'd obviously bought my Walkman with me and after first listening to this tape, hearing Wuthering Heights uninterrupted for the first time I was awestruck. I was probably about 12, and I just thought it was one of the most incredible songs I'd ever heard, and in the week we were away in Devon I must have listed to this song, (as well as a couple of other amazing songs on this compilation), around 30-40 times. Even upon hearing the opening notes from the song now it takes me back 30 years or so. Absolutely fantastic and timeless song, and to think she was just 17 when she wrote this just says it all about Kate's unique musical talent.
Beautiful too.
It was incredible when it came out. The songwriting was insane. It was the birth of art rock and many uk female acts of the late 80’s and beyond are children of Kate. She is the Joni Mitchell of the Shire.
Very well said!! Thanks ever so much for your great comment!
Well put!
@@GoodSneakers agreed!
The first time I heard this song, a weird feeling overwhelmed me. And then I just keep on listening to this song for 2 weeks straight, everyday nothing but Wuthering Heights. And I can't stop watching the music video too where she did that.....that dance. This song is spiritual.
Thanks for sharing Ken!
Kate passed 10 O levels at school and had just started her A levels planning to become a Vet but suddenly dropped out because her heart was set on making music. To pass 10 O levels in a grammar school shows she was indeed very smart but thank god she left us with all her music which is wonderful. Every interview she has given is so honest and endearing especially with her cute sparkly voice. What amazes me is that she sort of landed on Earth with everything already installed and ready to go. She must have known so much more than her yrs will allow. It's a genius thing I'm convinced:)
She regularly won the prize at school for poetry too and yet later she'd think they weren't very good. So unassuming
I hadn't heard of Kate Bush until I watched this video several months ago. I've since looked up many of her songs, and have become absolutely entranced by her music...in some ways more than any other artist I've ever heard. I can't get her songs out of my head. So beautiful.
Wow! That’s so amazing to hear! Thanks ever so much for sharing!!
A giant of popular music. No one else like her.
Yes not only is she brilliant behind the mixing desk but she has a gift for writing melody that one music journo compared with McCartney I remember
Words fail when it comes to trying to describe Kate. She seems blissfully unaware of her genius; down to earth, girl next door, but if so blessed, you are living next door to a genius that does not stand on the shoulders of giants, she is the giant that others stand on. Every song seems unique and full of musicality that you may not fully appreciate the first time you hear it but like a siren's song it reaches into your brain and calls again and again until you have to respond. She has written songs for eternity that were probably too far ahead of their time since they followed no pattern familiar to us mere mortals. I stand in awe of her seemingly limitless talent and a voice for all time.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
She's so modest and unassuming I think she doesn't understand all the praise she gets she thinks everyones gone slightly mad she doesn't see why people think she's so extraordinary
Gives me chills every time I listen. Her voice, the song structure - beauty and genius all rolled into one amazing work.
A true genius!
Give me a break!
I like Pat Benatar's version as well.
Wuthering Heights (as a book) was on the reading/study list in English Literature 'O' level (GCSE) in the late 1980s. For a particular generation who read the book at school (i.e., me), the song hit a chord. There was nothing quite like Kate at the time (mid-punk, pre New Romantics). She didn't always come out with a hit, but she was always experimental, and it helped that she was hot and even Dads liked her.
I hear you 100%! Loved the book and of course this incredible song!
2022. Stranger Things bring Kate Bush to TOP 2 music played all over the world. Unbelievable!
That's wonderful!
This song is mesmerizing. I don't know how many times I've listened to it. It has a magical quality. And whenever I listen to it I can't believe it was written but such a young lady. It's truly an otherworldly masterpiece.
Agreed 100%!! Amazing song!
I love the 78 original, but i'm most fascinated with the re-record she did in 86, when her voice had fully matured and she had gained so much experience and mastery in singing. The way she bellows and waxes through the song akin to a theater diva while keeping the original feel makes it one of my favorite songs of all time.
Never realised how young she was when she wrote and sang this. She has always been so timeless.
Hugely talented!!
Kate Bush is one of the greatest geniuses of popular culture. She never ceases to amaze me
Agreed 100%!! Thanks ever so much
I'm totally schooled yet again !!!! In America we had Pat Benatar doing It. And its been a favorite of mine for years. I heard a lot about Kate Bush but mostly through Peter Gabriel with "Don't give up", a stunning song. HOW did I not know she was the author of "Wuthering Heights", In 63 years I am reminded that there is so much in music to learn and as much as I think I know, I am ignorant,... and blessed to know you and how much you teach me!!!! Thanks for yet another eye opening event!!!!
I was 4 years old when I first have seen Kate was in Abadan/Iran.
My dad used to distribute foreign press to the rest of Iran and ran the international press agency.
She was the centerfold of Playboy magazine!
Once I had connected the songs that my brothers and sisters listened to, to the lady in Playboy, I was a changed man!
As popular as she is she's still one of the most unappreciated artists the UK has ever produced. How she hasn't won at a Grammy yet has influenced so many artists globally is beyond me. Totally unique song and song writing. Thanks for the this..
I assume you mean outside of the UK? Obviously in the UK she is HUGELY successful and throughout Europe as well!
@@Producelikeapro I did. ha,ha.
Sometimes the best Artists never win a Grammy just like some greats never win a Oscar in film
if you take into account Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick never won a Oscar it really says a
lot about these high profile award ceremonies and how they're judged, there all for pretentious
pr??ks anyway judged by bigger pretentious
pr??ks, the fans are always the most important Award for a Artist and the only opinion that matters in my opinion
@@subconscious.com_usa6691 Agreed but I think Kubrick & Hitchcock were more political decisions because they didn't tow the line and kissed ass.
She deserves to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (by a mile).
No matter how many times you hear the song that chorus still sends chills up ones spine.
Fantastic
When I hear suggestions that today's relatively dead simple pop songwriting is that way because the public can't handle harmonic sophistication, I think of songs like "Wuthering Heights" - completely unorthodox, even strange, with an array of modulations you need a road map to follow, and yet it was a #1 hit.
I agree with what you say but I don't think it's true that people can't handle harmonic sophistication, that to me is just record industry bs. I think it's the industry dumbing down because it then makes it easier for them to sign more artists with less talent, rather than spending time and money to develop very good artists with longevity. It's all about the money, unfortunately! Stay safe! :)
In Kate’s day, you got a hit by sounding different ( and boy, was she different). These days it seems to be about sounding as homogenous as possible.
I love everything I learn about Kate Bush, she so clearly has the spirit of art in her. It goes without saying but her tone of voice and vocal abilities are just awe-inspiring. No matter how many times I listen to her music and especially Wuthering Heights it feels like a breath of fresh air, like being washed over in something never heard before. There's so much emotion that you can sense in the music and singing. Absolutely one of a kind 💟
Thanks for sharing Eri!
I think Kate Bush and Dolores O'Riordan are the most underrated female musicians of last 40 years
Two of the best of the best Artists of all time!
Siouxsie Sioux comes to mind as well
I learned of Kate Bush in high school because of my fascination with Tori Amos and now it all makes sense. Thanks for this fascinating moment in history.
You’re very welcome!
Kate Bush is the greatest female artist in popular music ever. I have all her albums and have played them incessantly. No other female artist has a body of work to compare to Kate's. There's no one even close.
I’m a huge fan!!
Joni Mitchell’s 70s run of classic albums (most notably “Blue”, “Court and Spark”, “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” and “Hejira”) far surpasses whatever “bodies of work” Kate ever released, in my opinion. “Wuthering Heights” is a fine song, though.
I'd say Björk comes close. I'd even say Vespertine surpasses anything KB did.
@Frank Lopez Love the energy and I kinda agree to an extent BUT let's not even pretend they ain't close in quality. When speaking of inventive and creative production, the album "The Dreaming" alone absolutely destroys anything Björk has done, not to mention KB's discography is slightly more consistent as well. That said, YES, Björk is each and every adjective you used, and many more. A true gem of an artiste.
@Frank Lopez Bro, I was gonna say "yeah, opinions" but... Who tf has the gull to even insinuate fucking SIA or Lana are better (any you mentioned, really)? Jesus... Anyway, All is Full of Love is Bjork's most overhyped song.
Thank David Gilmour for discovering her! Also love her collaborations with Peter Gabriel!
This song was also one of the most listened here in Brazil. Which is very odd, since at the time most of the famous songs were american disco, hard and soft rock, and brazilian romantic music. It just shows you how amazing that song is.
That's amazing to hear Yuri!
Then it figures why Angra covered this song on their first album :)
....and in 2022 she's Number 1 all over the world.
Yes!! So amazing
There will only ever be one Kate Bush. Just so incredibly creative.
Agreed 100%! A one of kind massive talent! Huge fan
kate bush is our spirit animal
@@olitomar amazing
@Lalealyn indeed!
In 2009, after being hit hard by the recession in the U.S. I was down on my luck and after having lost pretty much everything, I discovered this song and thought it to be a little strange at first but I got hooked very quickly. I've long known of Kate Bush but knew little of her, I'm a huge fan of hers now! Her music really lifted my spirit at a time when I needed it the most!
Thanks ever so much for sharing your experiences!
One of the greatest songs ever written and one of the greatest records ever made.
Agreed 100%!
Hounds of Love was really the peak for me. An incredible album. Iconic. But she had a lot of amazing music.
@@aquaticborealis4877 absolute masterpiece!
Absolutely
This song come into my life as a 14yo whose mother had just died. The ethereal sound and drama touched my heart and gave me the insight that tragedy can inspire beauty and that there can be light in the darkness. A very confusing and enlightening moment for me.
First - Kate Bush is a singular talent, simultaneously enigmatic and accessible. Other than Prince, I can’t think of another artist who retained complete control of their work throughout their career. It’s all her, and she rewards her listeners each according to their level of attention and absorption.
Second - in the span of one tour as a new artist, she showed that “rock theater” could work. There’s no huge-production Madonna or Michael Jackson live shows [or their numerous successors like Lady Gaga] without the ground Kate Bush broke.
Third - putting my transcriber hat on, I hear the chorus meter of Wuthering Heights being a set of Russian nested dolls: a bar of 5/4, then a bar of 4/4 and a bar of 3/4 finishing the pattern which then repeats. The meter conforms to her vocal phrasing, not the other way around.
This is genius stuff, and we don’t get to say that very often.
excellent. nothing to add, my friend. and you know i don't shut my yapper often ; ) Guinness just named this Best Comment Ever. congratulations.
talk soon.
xo
shaylie
I remember that episode of TOTPs when she came on and live sung this song. In between disco and punk acts. It was so different. Then and even now. The audience there were generally stunned. At home we were in awe.
I remember that too! I was just a kid and was blown away!! Life changing!!
The look on the audience's faces was incredible. They didn't no whether to dance, sway, do whatever. I remember seeing it at the time. Her (unique) (vocal) performance and the song itself was so unlike anything I had ever heard before (not that difficult perhaps when you're 5) and immediately became a fan; special resonance as I originally come from the area of the Brontes .
@@joolz666 wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing that! I agree, such an incredible moment on British TV! It's all that every kid was talking about at School the next day! The power of TOTP was so massive in those days!
I remember it. Been a fan ever since. She had me with that one performance and my first exposure to her music.
@@Producelikeapro Yes, yes the same! Everyone was talking about it!
What a year 1958 was, for the birth of so many amazing musicians: Neil Finn, Kate Bush, Prince and the list goes on. I was late to the Kate Bush party, but I’ll be the last to leave. “December Will Be Magic Again” was the portal to my Kate Bush obsession, soon to be followed by this gem you artfully broke down. It’s the grace and beauty of Kate Bush and her music that overwhelms me with the essence of femininity.
Ian‘s guitar solo is one of the most beautiful ever.
Agreed 109%!
Especially the original version. So light and beautiful!
When I first heard the song, I was floored.
Amazing
I found Kate as a young teen in the seventies, and along with Bowie she is still at the zenith of the musical starscape for me.
- Eolake Stobblehouse
Agreed 100%! Both of them for me too
She's amazing, so astute and aware of everything around her musically. My dad was a rodie for her in 1986 and said she was lovely to him and so down to earth. Hounds of Love is my favourite album but breathing is my favourite song along with Man With A Child In His Eyes. Her music shares a close proximity to Floyd. And she's one hot looking babe!
Thanks ever so much for sharing that! I couldn't imagine her being any other way! Massive talent!
When I bought the record (Hounds of Love) I used to play it for years when I went to sleep. Especially The Ninth Wave.
No one ever mentions the time signatures in the chorus! I think its brilliant how you have that 2/4 bar in there. It's done so well that most people probably don't notice it at all.
"If it sounds good, then it is good," - Duke Ellington
Kate bush and her music along with other artists like her helped save my life. Not an exaggeration in the least. Kate held a special place in my heart though. Her beauty is so otherworldly and her music matched that.
Such an amazing artist and incredible talent
Seems like a really neat lady to have a conversation with. Her music was really mind-blowing IMHO.
Agreed 100%! Thanks for sharing
I was 11 when this song came out. I'm now 54. I can still vividly remember where I was when I first heard it. It mesmerised me. She and Sandy Denny are my favourite female singers. Beautiful voice.
I was 25 when Wuthering Heights came out. I was listening to Zep, ELP, Beatles, all the big stuff back then. Stevie Nicks was a goddess. Then Kate turned up and blew me away. I have been in love with her ever since, and have all her stuff. I think I want Under the Ivy played at my funeral.
Heard this one when it first came out thanks to my brother the vinyl freak and natural born DJ.
Her voice was so high, we thought she was Japanese.
I have all her albums.
She is a goddess.
Yes, such an incredible talent!
Kate Bush is still my celebrity crush. The videos she produced for the song showed an absolute artist who could convey meaning visually as well as through the music. One of a kind!
Agreed 100%! One of kind, one of the greatest artists of all time!!
What have you done!!! Now I'm listening to this song every day, all day!!!
Haha that’s great to hear!!
Tori never recovered after this album. Been in full Kate mode ever since.
Kate Bush still have very special meaning to me. Her music moves me in a very emotional way. I am sure I'm not wrong when I say, her music will live on for many years to come. My one friend said: "it grows on you"
I can still remember exactly where I was when I first heard this in 1978. My world changed that day. Thank you for lifetime of music, Kate.
Kate really came into her own when she did "The Dreaming". She really took control.... brilliant
Agreed Andy! Thanks ever so much!
I remember when they first showed her on TotP singing this. She hypnotised everyone. She was weird and scary but seductive and vulnerable all at once. Amazing!
Hi Warren. Stuart Elliott here! Great review and analysis! Only one small detail. That drummer in the photo isn’t me. I think it might be Preston Heyman who played live with Kate.
Sorry about that Stuart! Would love to chat with you. My email is warren@producelikeppro.com thanks for your lovely message
Omg! Nice to hear from you Stuart. Love your work with Kate so very much. Thank you for the music! 😊
It's been suggested elsewhere in the comments that the photo (9:42) is of Nigel Ollson, but who knows?
Stuart, you are my hero - Cockney Rebel AND Kate Bush!? Two of the very best.
One of my favourite guitar solos ever recorded, Ian Bairnson recorded this totally improvised in one take. But they could have made it slightly louder in the mix. I learnt this solo just before Christmas, just a lovely melodic solo.
Agreed! Such a beautiful guitar solo!!
Somehow there is this myth (?) that D. Gilmour actually played this solo... can it be true?
@@zosmaee I believed that for years but it was Ian Bairnson who played that solo, if you go to his website it’s well documented.
I love David Gilmour, however it doesn’t sound like him.
Yes, Steve, truly beautiful solo
I just discovered this song at 47! OMG! What a chorus! Chills! Thank you, Warren, for what you do.
It’s a masterpiece
Kate Bush - what a treasure! Couldn't get enough of "Never For Ever" and especially, "The Dreaming."
Agreed 100%!!
In 1985 I was working at a record store. A guy I worked with was into Kate Bush and gave me a cassette he had recorded of a bunch of her songs. This song floored me. I've been a fan ever since.
Kate is peerless.
Been meaning to say this for a while. I can't write music, can't play an instrument, have never studied music and have no desire to produce like a pro, but I love your videos, the detail you go into, and the musical terminology I don't understand, everything about how you tell the stories, is so accessible without being dimmed down, thanks
Thanks ever so much! That really means a lot
I love his kids’ art in the background.
Thanks ever so much! Yes, my daughter drew that
I guess many of us have our own Kate Bush story.
I had yet to hear her music when Keyboard Magazine featured Kate on the cover - with a Fairlight! Within a week, I had all of her albums (up to the Dreaming). Sometime later, I decided to go to Tower Records in NYC and and saw "Meet Kate Bush" posters all over the store. She was there signing records, and I had just missed her by fifteen minutes. I JUST MISSED HER! (It was not marvelous timing.) I don't think she's been to New York since, or America, for that matter. Fanboy moment aside, she is a true artist, pure and original in every way. I hope she never retires.
Thank you Warren for this video.
The line was still going around the block when she had to leave to be on a terrible local news program _Live at 5._ She did make another trip to America for _The Sensual World,_ but she didn't do another big signing.
We love seeing that _Keyboard_ magazine cover, because of her glorious smile on the cover.
One of the fascinating aspects of Kate's use of the _Fairlight,_ was that she used it as a drum machine, in little used Page R section.
Kate Bush is my favourite "Solo artist"!!!
Kate is an incredible talent! She's in my Top 5 Artists of all time!!
The bass playing on this record is phenomenal too. So melodic, and it weaves around everything else so well.
It’s amazing! The playing is wonderful
I think it was played by Dave Paton the ex-Pilot singer and bassist
@@busking6292 Andrew Powell played the bass on WH didn’t he?
@@paulwild3676 Possibly,I was just going on the asumption that Alan Parsons has a small team of musicians that he uses on almost all of his 'projects' two of the regulars being ex-Pilots Ian Bairnson and Dave Paton so I could be wrong on this particular track.
I've always thought the same thing !!
There's just something so flowing and perfect about it,obviously Kate's voice is incredible but i keep finding myself isolating that bass guitar.
It cannot be denied: THIS FELLA DOES HIS RESEARCH!
I love this sort of stuff.
Thanks ever so much!
Kate Bush . Hammersmith Odeon. Most amazing concert I ever saw. 👍🏻👍🏻
Wow! That would have been amazing
I can remember being a kid thinking Kate Bush was the most beutiful artist I had ever seen 😎🤘
Many would agree with you!
In my opinion one of the most popular yet underrated artists and is incredibly overlooked as a producer. She always takes a truly artistic direction with her music!
Every detail of a Kate Bush music is crafted down to the finest precision. In one documentary, there is an interview with a trained professional orchestral cello player who was hired for a recording session. She notes ruefully that she came to the job with a superior and contemptuous attitude to mere pop music, but left thoroughly intimidated and in awe of Kate Bush's exacting requirements, and how perfectly they worked.
She speaks almost as sublimely as she sings in this clip.
Kate Bush is an amazing talent.
Insane talent!!
The Dreaming was the 4th album. Great video-loved it.
I know! That was a mistake
when this song reached #1 on Capitol Radio's weekly charts, #'s 2 & 3 were Blondie's Oh Dennie & Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street. I remember because I taped the chart songs off the radio, as we all did lol! what a time for great music.
Amazing! What a great time for music!
I was researching this song a few weeks ago and was amused to see that when it hit number 1 in the UK, Blondie had their first top ten hit. The most shocking thing was the age difference between Bush and Harry. The former was a teenager, but Deborah was finally having a pop hit aged 32!
Yep, UK top three, in fact, remember it well. March 1978 and the best top three of all time, as far as I'm concerned.
@@greigmartin9148 As a lover of female vocalists and a hater of saxophones, I favour the week earlier with Abba's 'Take A Chance on Me' separating Kate Bush and Blondie for an entirely female-fronted top 3.
@@greigmartin9148 I thought it was no.4? Oh well doesn't matter.
One of the most unique compositions
Ever written
I was already a fan of the novel and the film with Olivier and Oberon when I heard Kate Bush's song. Blown away.
Amazing
I never forget hearing the opening piano in my local record shop, after only having heard Wuthering Heights once on the radio, and recognising it instantly, with shiver of love tingling down from the nape of the neck.
A wonderful assessment of a truly great song.
Thanks ever so much!!
Yep it's one of the great instantly recognisable intros like Hard Days Night and Bennie And The Jets.
She was and always will be the greatest. I saw her in 2014 and could not believe the incredible experience I witnessed. Love this woman and her art beyond words ❤️
That’s absolutely amazing! I never seen her live! I wish I had!!
I selfishly wish she was more comfortable performing live and had toured more. I wasn't able to go to the UK for her return to the stage. But in a way it just adds to her mystery, that she keeps herself out of the public eye.
I am so envious that you was lucky enough to see her live, I loved her since my early teens and at 48 I still do, nobody comes close to her
Hear hear Sophie 🙌. I was lucky enough to be there too and can only describe it as an ‘experience’, so far beyond a gig or show. The whole audience were transfixed and not a single phone out recording as we all wanted to absorb as much of this ethereal woman as possible. No Artist has moved me as much as Kate has. I’ve always said her voice and music are specifically tuned to my soul.
Thank you for these musical insights. I’ve recently been diving back into another favourite from my youth, Siouxsie and the Banshees and your Hong Kong Garden video bought me here. The more I am learning about Siouxsie now the more I see she was cast from the same mould as Kate. Totally focused on creating Art, musically. ❤️
I've told my husband numerous times that I want "Wuthering Heights" and "Running Up That Hill" played at my funeral
Thanks ever so much for sharing