Heights

If I went to pop school for three years I don't think I could create such a pristine piece of pop genius as Wuthering Heights. The spinny around dance gives me the dizzy high.

2002 is the year i investigate Kate Bush records

(Gareth: get "Hounds Of Love" first. There is definitely the "right" way to approach Kate Bush).

I really like "Wuthering Heights", but are you talking about Omni Trio's "Rollin' Heights", Tom? Choosing between those two might be quite difficult - though really early Omni Trio was always like Kate Bush played really fast anyway. Re: Wuthering Heights, I always liked the way that the song sort of captured Cathy as she was in the book while simultaneously drawing on the same swoony romanticism that was the basis of the film but was never at all present in the book - sort of a grand synthesis. Note: re-recorded version from '86 or so is superior - same flighty innocence but slightly less piercing vocals.

I think he'd be better off with 'The Whole Story'. It has all the decent tracks off 'Hounds of Love' anyway.

what, this can't be about the tv show and band of the same name that spawned the early-'90s #1 'how do you talk to an angel'?

I have vivid memories of the promo video for "Wuthering Heights" from my childhood (Im 25) ... and its a song that still gives me goosebumps....

This track, along with "Running Up that Hill", point to a prodigious talent that seems strangely absent these days.... maybe im offside but her etherial detachment and aloofness kinda reminds me somewhat of Bjork.

Didnt she appear from nowhere at the Q Awards recently? Looking just as good as ever ive heard.

D.

I much prefer the original vocal track, not the rerecorded one. That swoopy, swoony singing gives me goosebumps still. "Hounds of Love" is one of her best, but her debut is still my favorite.

David Gilmour's best moment.