"Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush [Recast]

<p>Heathcliff! It's us, it's Strong Songs, we've come home!</p><p>In March of 2021, the time was right for a deep dive into the music of the great Kate Bush, and what better song to analyze than her breakthrough 1978 hit, "Wuthering Heights." (And in July of 2022, with Bush's fame at new heights thanks to Netflix's <i>Stranger Things</i>, the time is perhaps even more right.) This song has it all - odd phrasing, shifting key centers, soaring vocals, character narration, an epic guitar solo, a red dress, and a celesta.</p><p>Written by: Kate Bush</p><p>Album: <i>The Kick Inside</i> (1978)</p><p>Listen/Buy: <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-kick-inside/726230233">Apple Music</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kick-Inside-Kate-Bush/dp/B000006U44">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5NKTuBLCYhN0OwqFiGdXd1">Spotify</a></p><p><strong>ALSO FEATURED/DISCUSSED:</strong></p><ul><li>“James and the Cold Gun” and “The Man with the Child in His Eyes” by Kate Bush from <i>The Kick Inside</i>, 1978</li><li>“Sat In Your Lap” and “The Dreaming” by Kate Bush from <i>The Dreaming</i>, 1982</li><li>“Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush from <i>Hounds of Love</i>, 1985</li><li>Richard Buskin's 2004 <i>Sound on Sound</i> article about the writing and recording of "Wuthering Heights" - <a href="https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-kate-bush-wuthering-heights">https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-kate-bush-wuthering-heights</a></li><li>The 1886 remake/remix of "Wuthering Heights"</li><li>Kate Bush's iconic Red Dress music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs</li><li>Noel Fielding's incredible live reenactment of the Red Dress video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du4uH1fC9B8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du4uH1fC9B8</a></li><li>A demonstration of the bell tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhStPnEcXrk</li><li>“The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from <i>The Nutcracker Suite</i>, 1892 performed by the Vienna Philharmo