The Haunting of "Wuthering Heights." Vocal ANALYSIS of Kate Bush's first masterpiece!

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You don't hear Tori Amos influence here. You hear Kate Bush influence when listening to Tori.

I don't think she says ''Wonderful'', I think she says ''Wuthering, Wuthering, Wuthering Heights'' 💜

Kate Bush is nothing less than a national treasure, if you're from the UK. She is so unique, so left-field and so successful with it. A student of theatre, film and dance and it shows in all of her creations. She is a chameleon of the music genre. She fits in regardless of current style or fashion. She is incredible. Man with the child in his eyes was written when she was 14. How can you do that?...

I'm more stunned that you managed to live to 2022 without ever hearing this song before, not even on the radio.

"I hear lots of Tori Amos influence" - No you don't, you hear Kate Bush influence in Tori who started her recording career well over a decade after after Kate! Kate has some incredible songs that cover (or defy) different genres. From the same album as this song you really should try James And The Cold Gun, The Man With the Child in His Eyes, Moving, Them Heavy People and Strange Phenomena (Perhaps one of the most unusual subject matters for a song!)

I feel kind of jealous that people are hearing the genius of Kate Bush, for the very first time! Her catalogue of work is exceptional, and absolutely unique.

Kate said in an interview she sang Cathy in a higher register in order to be more ethereal and ghost like. Her music is magical. Great breakdown 😊

Kate Bush is a freaking legend, most artists could only dream of having her talent!!

Only Kate Bush could make a song about a girl coming back from the grave to steal her former love's soul and have it sound like the sweetest thing ever.

A teenage girl so affected by a book written in the 1850s (ish) she composes and performs a musical and visual masterpiece retelling the story 120(ish) years after the book was written. I mean it’s just unbelievable. Without Emily Brontë, we would have this. I’ve never been so in awe of anything in my entire life and I’m old enough to remember this being released. Love you, Kate

For me you can never beat The Man With The Child In His Eyes. Amazing song, beautifully delivered

She created the songs,dance movements and stage sets for her work. She wasn't just a singer she was accomplished at all aspects of her performance. Very few people would be on her level she had it all.

You should have a lyric sheet for this song. She's not singing 'wonderful', she's singing 'Wuthering, Wuthering, Wuthering Heights' The quality of her voice is just perfect as the voice of the ghost of Cathy haunting Heathcliff. I listened to this for the first time shortly after reading the novel and I was completely shaken. As far as I was concerned, this was the ghost of Cathy.

As a musician and composer myself, there's the time in your career BEFORE you discovered Kate Bush and the time AFTER - You will never be the same. She is one of the greatest solo artists of all-time, a musical genius. She wrote her 1978 debut album "The Kick Inside" when she was only 16. It's so far beyond her years, artists can go an entire lifetime and never reach her level of songwriting ability. I was over the moon when "Stranger Things" featured one of her tracks as the centerpiece of the Season 4 finale. She is finally getting the recognition she deserves - One of the most hauntingly beautiful voices I have ever heard!

Dave Gilmour did us all a huge favour when he persisted in pushing Kate's music. She is a visionary, and so was he for identifying that fact (alongside the small matter of his own band's music, of course).

You cannot explain genius. I am 73 and have loved Kate Bush since wuthering heights.

Kate was the 1st female artist (that I'm aware of) that was considered 'weird'. At the time (along with the Bee Gees) she was the butt of every comedian's joke. But she was not deterred. Prior to her female singers were quite 'straight' and 'pretty'. She deserves far more credit than she gets

Kate's performance is based on Merle Oberon's Catherine Earnshaw from the 1939 movie "Wuthering Heights" with Sir Lawrence Olivier as Heathcliff. Kate often used film as inspiration for many of her songs. Realize that Catherine is dead at this point. Kate's movements shown in the video are indicative of a ghost rising up from the grave. To wit, the visitor, who sought refuge at Wuthering Heights during a storm, (at the opening of the movie), encounters Catherine's ghost peering into the window of his bedroom. Watch the 1939 movie, and the whole song, i.e., its lyrics and performance, will make more sense. Catherine was often on the verge of hysteria and emotional breakdown prior to her death (note how Kate Bush bulges her eyes during close-ups, again, paying tribute to Merle Oberon's magnificent performance in conveying Catherine's madness) throughout most of the 1939 rendition. This "hysteria" is wonderfully conveyed in Kate's vocal delivery too. Kate will often tell you that she can sing in tune, but not much more. The 'interpretive" dance moves, with Kate wearing a white dress, especially with the swinging of the hips, are reflective of Catherine and Heathcliff running and playing as children and then as young adults on the moors surrounding Wuthering Heights. You'll note toward the end of the song, that Kate points her finger to infinity when she sings, "it's me Cathy." This is representative of Catherine and Heathcliff's love enduring beyond the grave, despite Catherine's cruelty to Heathcliff (with all those who lived at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange) casting Healthcliff out because of his orphan status; and then Healthcliff's cruel revenge to all those he encounters at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange when he returns a self-made and wealthy man. Kate Bush certainly matured in her vocal delivery from the album "Never for Ever" and beyond.

It's amazing hearing some say "I just recently discovered Kate Bush". It reached No. 1 because of the depth of the English sensitivity to the arts and their education. Kate's contemporaries were Fleetwood Mac and others.. what a supernova of creativity :-D Kate wrote the song when she was 18. She is completely awesome, like David Bowie. What a legend and a great dancer. I was smitten as a teenager.