Wuthering Heights

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by Pyewacket

I hope this isn't bad form, but I will paste a link to a discussion about it in another forum because I think Wuthering Heights is the perfect song (literally, I was thinking that the original is one of the most perfectly written and executed songs of all time...and I was thinking this days ago, before I ever entered this thread).

I am not versed in music theory, but clearly some of these participants are and their discussion will give any of us who are laymen some insight into how wildly unique and incredibly constructed this one song is.

Here 'tis: http://thehomegroundandkatebushnewsa...y#reply-342706

Thanks for the interesting read! I wouldn't go as far as to say that it's the perfect song, but the anatomical dissection of the song on that KB forum was definitely an eye-opener. I have to agree that it's a song that truly doesn't have a key, let alone a consistent time signature, yet it's oddly melodic and catchy. It's certainly one of the most unusual pop hit singles in recording history, but I think it's still open to debate whether Kate really was some kind of mad musical prodigy or whether the array of (seemingly conflicting) musical motifs on display in WH was just a happy accident borne of naivety. I am tempted to think it's the latter moreso than the former based on some of the simply dreadful demos she recorded before debut album. Perhaps it was the genius of Andrew Powell (or David Gilmour?), who was able to articulate musically what she was attempting to achieve in those early demos?