Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION
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Shawn, she’s singing in character… the ghost of Cathy coming back to haunt Heathcliff. In the 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights, Catherine Earnshaw falls in love with Heathcliff, whom her family had taken in as a boy, but had shunned and abused him. She felt she could not marry him, but marries a wealthy farmer instead. Heathcliff runs away but returns years later with a fortune, discovering that Cathy is pregnant. She dies after giving birth to a daughter, and he calls on her ghost to haunt him until he dies. That is the basis for the song.
Thank you for that !!! I was coming here to say pretty much the same things.
This song blew me away on release in 1978, and still does today.
Checkout the movie, Wuthering Heights, 1939, with Lawerence Olivier, and Merle Oberon.
Fantastic song. She's astounding.
I'm embarrassed to say that despite being a totally eclectic rocker since the early '60's, with a ton of British rockers filling my playlists, I had never heard of Kate Bush until about 2 years ago. It took me another year to finally listen to her on the internet and this is the song I chose first. Man, I was blown away! First, I had to reacquaint myself with the story and then check the lyrics. After about 5 more listening's of this song, I hit all her other RUclips videos I could find and then just hit Ebay for her CDs. I bought about 7. I'm not surprised that England hid her from me, just that it took so long to find her. Took a lot less time to discover Rory, Camel and some others. This video was from 1978 and I'm pretty sure way ahead of MTV and therefore ahead of her time. I think she was a musical/production genius.
Here in Australia she was an instant hit back in 1978. We all loved her and us girls would copy her dance routines. Have you seen the video showing heaps of women performing this, all dressed in red, doing the choreo? Apparently it's an annual event!
The first video in a white dress was better. This second one was made for the US market.
Wuthering Heights was released as a single in the US in 1978 and radio programmers turned against it.
In Britain she’s always been sorta the female Bowie. Obviously orders of magnitude less famous but throughout my life anyway she’s always been a sorta mythical artist who hardly makes any public appearances but is held in a similar regard. I’m fact I don’t even think I’ve ever seen an interview with her tbh
She did write this at 18, but she had been writing songs for years, Her second single, The Man With The Child In His Eyes, she wrote when she was 12. She later won the prestigious Ivor Novello award for that song.
Heard this in my co-workers truck back in '84. Didn't know her until years later but was and still am captivated by Kate Bush. Beautiful, talented singer, professional dancer. I am sure she was like 16-17 when she recorded this.
She was 19 😁
Kate Not only is a singer songwriter but a composer, music producer, choreographer, dancer, and also co produces some of her video clips a hugely talented woman. Originally her family tried to get her a record deal unsuccessfully a mutual friend of Kate's family and Dave Gillmore of Pink Floyd asked Dave to listen to her demo tape and give some suggestions, Dave must have been impressed he not only suggested she should make a professional demo he paid for the studio session and a producer friend of his to produce the tape. Kate's family took the new tape to EMI they signed her on the spot.
Kate Bush is incredibly talented.
Babooshka
Cloudbusting
Army Dreamers
Wow
Running up that hill
Hounds of love
The big sky
are some of my favorites
I prefer the white dress version and I suggest you check it out. It's much clearer that the character is a ghost.
Kate was a student of the great mime and Interpretive Dance master Lindsay Kemp, as was David Bowie before her. This was the first self written song by a woman to reach number one in the UK charts...and she was only 19.
yes a great song!
This was so unique when it first came out that it blew everything else that was around at the time out of the water. This was the first thing she ever released and was so strange and mesmerizing that it was the only thing I listened to for months ( at least the album it came from The Kick Inside ) so every note of that guitar solo at the end is tattooed on my brain to this day.
Regarding her writing the song at 18, it is amazing but many years later another British female singer who blew me away also, Amy Winehouse released her classic Love Is A Losing Game which she wrote aged 16 and is included on her Back to Black album. It wasn`t such a big hit but was covered by George Michael and Prince and won an Ivor Novello Award for the best song of 2008. This is the famous link to her recording of the demo and although there are many videos of her singing it live and many of them are amazing this is my favorite and well worth watching , if you`re interested
ruclips.net/video/4L9-AvjsB6g/видео.html .
And yes... at the end she asks the technician if that was alright
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Because everyone lives in their headphones & current streaming services, I’ve noticed many don’t know the classic stories, such as Wuthering Heights & Alice In Wonderland when they watch White Rabbit.. So it’s great that via reactions a lot of Gen Z , Alpha, even Zennials, will be exposed & perhaps read the books or watch the movies.
Remember this song was written about the famous classic English novel Wuthering Heights. I loved that book and read it as a young teen.
Here’s the kicker… every year on Kate’s birthday (and the author’s same birthday) women all across the world meet in fields dressed in red and dance to Wuthering Heights. Check all the great video’s. Women, kids, men, dogs all dancing and having a great time ❤🎉😊
See? This is one of the reasons I like your channel better than other reactors who don't research the songs at all. It can make a HUGE difference, understanding the inspirations for a tune. The whole time I was watching your reaction, I was thinking "Ohhh, I wish he knew that Cathy is supposed to be a ghost!" and then, seconds later...you DID! So satisfying to see how it amplified your feeling about the song. Keep up the great work!
Kate Bush, genius and national treasure
Some of my favourite songs are often songs that I didn't like at the first listen. This one is a perfect example. Kate Bush is a real talent.
She is so good you gotta do more……Babooshka…..Cloudbustin…Them Heavy People….just to name a few
This is her signature and break out song and my personal favorite of hers. When you picked this video you may have seen "Version Two" or "Red Version" somewhere in the description because there are two official videos for this song. Version One, also known as "The White Version" is the original performed in studio and with some stunning effects that bring out the ethereal theme of the song and which somewhat make the song make more sense. You might enjoy watching Version One some time when you get a few minutes - Kate Bush really shows off her interpretive dance and choreography expertise in Version One.
Hi Shawn and thanks for a very enjoyable reaction video. One thing that is worth noting about this song is that the record company didn't agree to have it as her first single because they respected her wishes and were willing trust her. It was because they were convinced that the song would be a flop and once it was a flop it would teach her a lesson about who really knew what they talking about and would force her to depend upon them. As it turned out she was correct - but it was a huge risk, but one she was willing to take because she was convinced it was the right thing to do.
When the first first session of recordings was finished some of the crew went to the local pub to talk about her. They agreed that she was very talented and completely unlike any other new girl at the piano kind of act - she was too daring, bold and creative to fit into that idea. They were convinced that she would either be a complete failure or else 'start a revolution' but none of them were certain as to which it would be. It turned out to be a revolution.
But her career is littered with decisions and choices she made that could have been career ending - she took so many risks, was so experimental, and so completely iron-willed about only doing what she wanted to do, the way she wanted to do it. But she herself has also said that the threat of it being career ending was part of the attraction, part of the thrill of doing what she did.
If you delve into a deep dive of her music, you are in for a ride. As others have said, Babooshka is worth a visit next.
Thanks again.
Been one of my favourites since it came out. Love that solo at the end. She was very young - and a really interesting literary influence from the book Wuthering Heights. She's playing Cathy's ghost as the singer of this song.
Beautiful beautiful Kate Bush! I was a teenager when this album came; still love listen to it! Thanks for this reaction - lots of memories from those days. Really appreciate you giving the backstory to the song.
Yep it's her in the video. Amazing dancer!
Saludos desde Valencia ✌️💚
Metalhead since a kid in the 1980’s here, absolutely love Kate Bush!
Her artistry is incredible.
As a footnote, EMI wanted to issue another song as Kate's debut single. But Kate held out for Wuthering Heights and was proved right when it hit No 1 in the UK and several other countries. Even as a teenager, Kate knew what she wanted and fought for it - not an insignificant victory for a young female in the male dominated music industry of 1978!
Since (as others have mentioned) Kate taught herself to plag the piano (she did polish up her skills in the period from when she was signed by EMI at 16 and when she started on her first album), this also impacts her songwriting. Kate never attended any music school and thus was never introduced to musical theory. Indeed, Wuthering Heights is a prime example of a song that goes against established songwriting patterns, the overall structure of it is very unusual, there are very unusual key changes coupled with changes to timing.
Now, unusual key changes and/or timing changes tend to be a characteristic of the majority of Kate Bush songs, Kate creates songs that sound nice to her and she also uses the music to convey emotions to the listener.
Her songwriting ability is instinctive, not based on musical theory or training, so I can fully understand why some people say that she's a female David Bowie.
When she did this she was 14 years old and got in to rock roll hall fame great live music
Great review. Love how you are liking it more and more as the reading goes on. Kate Bush is a special artist. You are clearly having fun and so are we!
Kate Bush is phenomenal legendary a pioneer for all artists that came after her
the studio vid is the first one i saw.
i would love you to watch it.
it is different.although the one you did gives you the location it stops her being able to do the dance routine to her fullest also the white dress and mist says ghost more than fadeing her in and out at the end of this video.
she has a quite speaking voice and stays out of the showbiz scene.
It's a strange story. We read it in high school. Genesis have an instrumental call Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers In That Quiet Earth which is the past line in the book. The Genesis album is called Wind and Wuthering.
Way back when this song was released; the only version I saw was the first one. The way in webbing the video was done does give you a haunted performance from Bush. This song and "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" were two of my favorites from her. Running Up That Hill, Hounds of Love, and Cloudbusting round out my top 5.
I've said this many times in hopes fans will give it a real listen to; as I think it deserves to be remembered a long side this song. Pat Benatar was a big fan of Kate's. She even covered this song; as well as using the album's title later in her song "All Fired Up." Benatar is a trained singer, and although she doesn't teach the same range as Bush, what she does vocally is great.
Read 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
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Check out other Kate Bush songs like "The man with the child in his eyes", "Babooshka", "Breathing" & then just keep going! LOL
Kate Bush is a lyrical G.O.A.T! She is an amazing performance artist also. You gotta see her later in the video The Sensual World.
Ian Bairnson played many guitar solos on Alan Parsons albums. He recently passed away.
Really love your reactions Shawn one of the best if not the best on you tube I think. Really like how you dig into the lyrics after the song to get a real meaning of tracks like this instead of just playing the track like others do on here. Keep it going man.
Good reaction. I can see the Joy.
The high pitch of the vocals here does take time to get mentally acclimated to. At least, it did for me for the first couple of listens (way back when).
Yeah the vocal choice and slightly macabre dance routine make more sense when you know she is a ghost.
Also in the novel they have a love/hate relationship until Cathy's death where upon Heathcliff is haunted by her.
One of the best things she ever did. Really launched her into the public consciousness, it was so unusual for the time. I love the guitar solo, one of the best in pop history. Didn't know about the broken arm though.
Keep them coming Shaun.
A great video and song is "A Woman's Work"
Every time I see this red dress version of the song now I automatically see Noel Fielding.
Wait until you hear 'The Man with the Child in His Eyes', which Kate wrote when she was 13 and recorded when she was 16. It's on her debut album 'The Kick Inside' and is quite simply a masterpiece.
I love this song 💕
Yeah, as you've figured out, Cathy is a ghost who is trying to get into Heathcliff's house through the window. She beating on the windows and saying,
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in-a-your window
Now, I *_DO_* recommend that you react to the other music video too, or at least watch it. It's pretty frickin' awesome as well.
Imagen David Gilmore from Pink Floyd doing that solo! Wow!
I know it wasn't him that's why I said ..''Imagine''@@group-music
Sorry i'm dyslexic @@group-music
When this song was released there was barely any way to watch a music video. MTV did not exist. The internet was about 20 years off at best. Everyone listened unlike today where a video seems to make a song rather than the reverse.
The song is based on characters from the book "Wuthering Heights". Most people at the time had read the book and loved her interpretation. (No-one reads anything other than comments on Boobtoob these days hence the collapse of contemporary art).
I love the song. I really love Pat Benetar’s version.
Shawn, you MUST try “The Sensual World” (official music video) by Kate Bush. This lady is unique in that she is a audio/visual artist - she combines music with interpretative dance.
the producers biggst regret was mixing the lead guitar abit forward
You should also watch the two official video's to "This Womans Work" ruclips.net/video/UXzx--YefD8/видео.html
and "Cloudbusting" ruclips.net/video/pllRW9wETzw/видео.html
The first was written for the Kevin Bacon film "She's Having a Baby" and if you're not "in bits" by the end of the video well...
The second was inspired by the book about father / son relationship with scientist / inventor Wilhelm Reich and written by his son. Of course when you're Kate Bush you can get an actor of the stature of Donald Sutherland to star in your music video.
This is the video introduction to Kate back when I was in my last year of high school. It bkew our minds! My friend and I would copy Kate's dance routine. To think she was only 19 here. Exceptional distinct talent! Please react to Wow by Kate Bush, official video. Link below,
ruclips.net/video/0ar7vovnH5I/видео.htmlsi=GvAoQLe-RyLvCiXd
Love the song! Not a fan of some of her others because I don't always care for her vocals. She's a performance artist first, and her choices aren't always pleasing to my ears I suppose. She is immensely talented, no question!
The singing was off-putting at first to me too, but, like you, it grew on me. Very infectious that hook!
I never understood why they changed the video - this one looks more like a practice run compared to the production value of the one of her wearing white on a dark background with the ghostly tracing movement effects and the overblown glare of the cinematography.
interesting how young people never heard music over fifty years ago before
Look how it was possible to see a woman in a music video not showing her t and a.
You picked the wrong one lol But the music is the same Love her
This is absolutely the right one.
This is the video I first saw of her with the red dress. It's my favourite one
@@eviekelpie1 The red dress is the offical music clip
You chose right.
A good next video for Kate Bush newcomers might be Babooshka.
Such a weird song. MORE Kate Bush. 'Woman's Work' and 'Army Dreamers' are amazing.
It’s really uncommon to see, and I don’t think you can get it streaming anywhere, but I’m much prefer the updated vocal she did for a compilation album.
ruclips.net/video/4GbSc5MBC40/видео.htmlsi=KF4jatFuM6KtXzzE
Edit: oh wait I think that’s the one you reacted to. So much better than the original!
She destroys me.Shes The Perfect Woman.Oh well.