KateBushBlog

So this blog is now basically devoted to Kate Bush explainers. Here's today's round:

The Guardian on 'The wonder of Kate Bush – and 10 tracks to delight new listeners':

It’s fair to say that hardly anyone would have predicted Bush becoming such a revered and influential artist, when she emerged in 1978. She was immediately hugely successful – her debut single Wuthering Heights went to No 1, the accompanying album The Kick Inside sold a million copies – but her public image seemed to be that of a dippy-hippy throwback who’s every other word was “wow”, and this image was burnished further by the unbridled outlandishness of her TV performances and videos. Trained in interpretative dance and mime, from the start Bush was not at home to accepted notions of cool. [...]

From the moment that Wuthering Heights appeared – a swooning, swooping ballad sung in a keening soprano, at the height of punk – Bush has always seemed entirely apart from whatever else is going on in the charts. In the long term, that has meant her music has never dated. Running Up That Hill feels completely different from everything else in the Top 10 in 2022, but it felt completely different from everything else in the Top 10 in 1985 as well. In the interim, it hasn’t taken on any patina of age; it resolutely doesn’t sound of its era. (Alexis Petridis)

PopSugar recommends '8 Kate Bush Songs For "Stranger Things" Fans' and one of them is

4 "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush

"Wuthering Heights" was Bush's breakout single, the debut track from her 1978 album "The Kick Inside." Bush wrote the song at the age of 18, but she was a veteran songwriter by then, having written over 100 songs by the time she was discovered by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour after he heard a demo she recorded at the age of 16. The song made history by becoming the first single written and recorded by a female artist to hit the top of the British charts. (Eden Arielle Gordon)

Wuthering Heights is also among the 'Best Kate Bush Songs To Listen To After Stranger Things' recommended by ScreenRant.

"Wuthering Heights"

"Wuthering Heights" is Kate Bush's debut single from her first album, 1978's The Kick Inside. Bush's songwriting inspiration came from the 1967 BBC adaptation of Emily Brontë's tragic Gothic novel. There are references to Wuthering Heights' tragic relationship between Cathy Earnshaw and Heathcliff throughout the lyrics, and the song is sung from Cathy's perspective as she pleads at Heathcliff's window to be allowed in. For those who enjoyed Kate Bush's angelic vocals on "Running Up That Hill," "Wuthering Heights" is an absolute treat. Bush was only 18 when she recorded this song, and the single is an early example of how beautifully haunting her voice can be. There's also a beautiful cover of "Wuthering Heights" recorded by Pat Benatar for her 1980 album Crimes of Passion. (Tiffany Beverley)

And Shondaland has 'A Beginner’s Guide to Singer Kate Bush'.

Bush left school shortly after doing mock A-levels (the equivalent of getting a high school diploma in the United States), but her work has graduate levels of literary references. Reportedly, Bush was so inspired by Emily Brontë’s work that she began writing and recording “Wuthering Heights” before she finished reading Brontë’s iconic novel. (Laura Studarus)

Oh and we have some actual Brontës too as Di Lei (Italy) tells the story of their lives and works.