Kate was singing as the ghost of Catherine Earnshaw and deliberately pitched her voice at an 'ethereal' level. She had a very full range at this age - three full octaves at least.

@iandixon7641

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think these yanks know the story she is singing mate.

@Dee-JayW

2 жыл бұрын

Studied Wuthering Heights in Grade 12 English Lit. 🇨🇦

@susanwestby1792

2 жыл бұрын

@@iandixon7641 Some of us know this amazing novel. I read WH at age 13. This part of the novel gave me sudden chills up my spine! I remember the moment... So then it was my favorite book, for awhile. I understand why KB had to write this song.

@harr77

2 жыл бұрын

@@iandixon7641 The story is irrelevant and has nothing to do with the vocal analysis.

@KailinaerO1

Жыл бұрын

@@harr77 Actually have to say you are very wrong on this actually. There are several old interviews with everyone from Kate to the band and production team and its pretty consistent, the character in the story being represented by the vocal choices was very important in this song.

Remember hearing a very early interview with Kate she said she never liked the sound of her own voice but acknowledged the fact that she could sing perfectly in tune, naturally. I was one of the very lucky few to see her live in London on her first (and only) tour in 1976. For me, the highlights of the evening were 'The Warm Room' and 'Oh England, my Lionheart' where it was just Kate and her piano without the band. Words would not be adequate for how incredible she sounded, it actually brought tears to your eye's.

The ghost is described as a child and a waif so its voice would be high. "As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear." The full passage is below. The hook was soldered into the staple: a circumstance observed by me when awake, but forgotten. “I must stop it, nevertheless!” I muttered, knocking my knuckles through the glass, and stretching an arm out to seize the importunate branch; instead of which, my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand! The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed, “Let me in-let me in!” “Who are you?” I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself. “Catherine Linton,” it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of Linton? I had read Earnshaw twenty times for Linton)-“I’m come home: I’d lost my way on the moor!” As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window. Terror made me cruel; and, finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes: still it wailed, “Let me in!” and maintained its tenacious gripe, almost maddening me with fear. “How can I!” I said at length. “Let me go, if you want me to let you in!” The fingers relaxed, I snatched mine through the hole, hurriedly piled the books up in a pyramid against it, and stopped my ears to exclude the lamentable prayer. I seemed to keep them closed above a quarter of an hour; yet, the instant I listened again, there was the doleful cry moaning on! “Begone!” I shouted. “I’ll never let you in, not if you beg for twenty years.” “It is twenty years,” mourned the voice: “twenty years. I’ve been a waif for twenty years!” Thereat began a feeble scratching outside, and the pile of books moved as if thrust forward. I tried to jump up; but could not stir a limb; and so yelled aloud, in a frenzy of fright.

The 'vocal coach' seems to underestimate the power of Kate's voice, and is overlooking that she's singing the part of the ghost of Cathy from the novel. A young female ghost (Cathy was very young when she died in childbirth) would probably have a high-pitched ethereal voice.

Thing is cutting through any technical aspects of her voice she may or not have used what comes through is her the tonality/timbre/sound of her voice and her emotion. Not heard any person sing this song as a cover who sounds anything like Kate Bush. It is very vocally unique.

@pennyinspace857

2 жыл бұрын

She's the star. But please, listen to Angra's cover. For real.

I give up on trying to sing it with my flat, boring, non-technical voice, I'll just watch her singing and will feed my soul with every flavoured note she sings in an angelic/ghostly way! Brilliant, effortless, theatrical, multitalented.

I read that Kate wasn't allowed to be accompanied by her own band and she was ill while she's performing. Later she said "It was like watching myself die. It was a bloody awful performance."

I have loved that song since I first saw Kate Bush singing on Top Of The Pops when I was in my teens.... firstly because Wuthering Heights is my favourite novel and secondly someone was singing a pop song in a key I could sing along to!! I still am happiest in high head voice......

Finally an actual analysis instead of reaction!

This was one of those Top of the Pops moments for me, seeing and hearing this at the tender age of 10 and remembering hearing it constantly throughout the summer of '78. Similar thing happened with Boy George for the first time in '82. Both very very unique and original.

I started listening her songs by mistake.Many years ago I was looking in music store for a tape with vocalist I just heard ones and no see but I wanted more (there was no KZread then😂)so I was guessing 😅. Later I discovered that I was looking for Jennifer Rush and landed home with Kate Bush 😂.I was so shocked and firstly I wanted go back and get my money back but somehow I couldn’t and was listening and listening and then I saw on “MTV most wanted”her videos.My English was on less than basic level but voice and videos with a bit mystery get me totally.My favourite video till now is Cloudbusting 😍.

Kate is a Goddess

She is amazing! I've sung this song many times. It's in A maj. She has a little tremolo in her voice in the live version, but I don't think this is a signnof instability. I think this is her unique style. Like you said, she is at the beginning of her career here. She would go on to produce incredible work and her voice has matured so beautifully. Thank you for this Freya 😚

@muskndusk

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the tremolo in the live (in concert) version is caused by shaking of the radio microphone attached to her head.

Freya you are a goddess -- and thenks for the analysis of my favourite song of my favourite female-singer.

Would be interesting to hear it sung by you as you seem to be a classical trained soprano, Freya!

A great analysis Freya, of Kate Bush's, "Wuthering Heights!" Spot on review of a great song from a great artist. 😊 👍

Every time I hear Kate bush i stay impressed. it good to see other peoples the feel the same feeling.

Outstanding dissection of Kate Bush's vocals in this classic song. If I were a singer, the world is better off I'm not, Freya would be a wonderful asset to anyone wishing to fulfill their potential. Kate is a global treasure, the kind of performer that appears every fifty years or so. A big wow!!

talking of her breathiness, analyse her " the dreaming " some vocal breath effects in that

Thank you for analyzing Kate Bush, one of my favorite singers. 30 years ago, I was listening to a German radio show in which a voice specialist was analyzing various pop singers. He said Kate Bush's larynx stopped growing at some point. It's a so-called mutation disorder. It would be interesting to analyze Jon Anderson (owner of a lonely heart). I guess he is another person with that kind of mutation disorder. What do you think?

Would love to see you break down some of Eivor's vocals. She has an amazing voice. Kate Bush is just pure magic, love her.

Great video! Kate Bush is a legend... I'd love to see a reaction to Lisa Gerrard doing sacrifice live.

I’ve always been in love with this song and always been singing it thinking it was easy to sing, I used to sing it under the shower, while driving, whenever it came to my mind honestly. I’ve never thought it could be hard to sing till I sang it in front of my mom who studied singing and she stared at my with her mouth open. She told me I sounded exactly like Kate and that it’s one of the most difficult songs to sing. She also reminded me that when I was like 12 or so we went to the theatre and attended Puccini’s Madama Butterlfly in Torre del Lago (where we used to live at that time), the opera singer we met after the event gave me her phone number in order to call her if I ever wanted to start studying opera singing because she said I have the perfect voice for opera singing 🙈

Fascinating video, Freya! Loved your analysis on this. Love, Jonny

Amazing stuff, thanks! It's definitely inspiring for my new solo music project UV 🎤

My daughter and I discovered this song & her video a few years ago, we sing it in the car together still! Loved your analysis & style so I’ve subscribed. Nice to meet you, Freya!

Love Kate and seeing you react and analysis of her voice.

I enjoyed your analysis. Thanks!

Freya. This analysis is illuminating but you are seriously skilled yourself. Seriously good. x

I was so surprised when I heard her voice. Love you Freya.

Great video! The analysis is definitely more interesting and useful than a reaction.

You can copy her voice but can you make me feel like she does? I would guess not because she is who she is and you are who you are. The point is that she is mostly known for her combination of artistry with her craft.

Very good! I am a fan of Kate!

Hello Mrs.Freya Casey. I bought a training course in Persian singing techniques, but it does not have the necessary quality, so in order to learn more from your vocal techniques, I intend to have your singing techniques in full and buy from you. With the thorough research I did, you are undoubtedly the best teacher in the world.The example of a teacher like you makes the world proud

She is brilliant I love her and her music

It’s essential to know that Kate Bush wrote a lot of her early songs when she was a little girl ! So it’s not surprising to hear you say this about her sound . She carried this sound which worked perfectly for her into adulthood .

lovely

Awesome job

You have great taste and such a good analysis!! Will you do Teena Marie?

Thank you !!

Best analysis I've heard of her voice in this song. Here's a suggestion: if you've never heard of her, please react to Kate Bush's evil sister, Nina Hagen. Vocal range G#1 - Bb7. Here's a live performance: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWF6r8mlhKy1Y5M.html

@zaradragonia9863

Жыл бұрын

Oh ha I used to love Nina Hagen 😃

@LightSearch

Жыл бұрын

@@zaradragonia9863 Used to? Why did you stop?

@zaradragonia9863

Жыл бұрын

@@LightSearch I still love her?:)

In your training package bridges between There is voice, head, chest voice, mixed voice and falsetto voice. I will definitely buy this training package from you.

Pls, check out the internationally celebrated annual event: The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever. Kate Bush fans gather across the world to recreate her ‘Wuthering Heights’ video in celebration of the song. Participants dressed in red to re-create the music video for Kate Bush’s 1978 chart-topper hit.

Great

Cara ho una richiesta da farti? Perché non fai tradurre in italiano le tue lezioni on Line? Sarebbe bellissimo!

Interesting analysis of Kate's voice! Would you do the same with John Lennon's voice?

Same Cyndi lauper hahaha. I love cyndi and kate

She has a hyper feminine appearance with the hair and the dancing and the facial expressions, and the voice follows suit with the high and bright (girlish) sound. There is a seductive aspect to this but time marches on as they say, so as an older woman, she has taken this "style" and turned it into some kind of pseudo spiritual persona.

❤👏👏👏👏👏👏

It's a pretty good performance considering the TOTP silly rules of having to sing the vocal live with the playback of the music.

Amazing video ❤️ Can you react to OH SANTA! (Remix) By Mariah Carey (With Ariana Grande and Jennifer hudson) PLEASE 🥺

...... Germany?

She sings 'your Cathy' not 'I'm Cathy'.

She hated this performance btw

Yay first

With the greatest of respect quiet simply its kate bush dont analyse just listen

@lovewalruss

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on

But WHY listen to a live version first??? You should first listen to the STUDIO version of this song.....

Weird, a teacher reacting, who can sing!

Thanks for uploading! If you have a minute, I uploaded a cover of Marvin Gaye. As a fellow music fan, I'd love if you would check it out. It's on my page. Hope you like it!

I really like Hailey Westenra's version of this song.

@Visionery1

3 жыл бұрын

No, although Hailey sings beautifully, her version doesn't do justice to this classic.

I was shocked to find out that the song relates to incest, it links to a traditional English folk song called ‘Lucy Wan’,

@wayne_twentyfive

Жыл бұрын

You're confusing this song ( "Wuthering Heights" ) with "The Kick Inside" .. That is the song that is based on the story of Lucy Wan .. Both songs come from Kate's debut album "The Kick Inside".

It's that head voice sound that drives me nuts. Sounds so fake.

@MingJianYap

Жыл бұрын

kate bush rerecorded it with newer vocals later on. i prefer that 2nd version sometimes

@warrenbridges1891

Ай бұрын

@lorenlash9174 That's because ghosts are fake and Kate is portraying the ghost of Catherine Ernshaw.