Talk:Wuthering Heights (song)

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[edit] Move?

Perhaps this should be moved to the page devoted to the album. Paul Klenk

Maybe, i'm just trying to tidy up the Wuthering Heights from the Brontë novel, I'll think about it after i'm finished. Cokehabit 23:02, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Actually, the song was not inspired by the 1939 film, but rather 1971 Timothy Dalton TV version of the story. Kate has mentioned this several times, and quotes about this are collected hereK8 fan 02:56, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, I think someone with more editing skills than me could add the info about the remake of the song. Ms Bush herself has said that she found the 1978 recording much too old-fashioned by now, and wanted a re-made version: http://children.ofthenight.org/cloudbusting/music/wuthering_heights_new_vocal_.html (BTW, it is indeed MILES better, not so "muffled" in sound anymore) -andy 80.129.73.125 22:06, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

I put all of the text "the novel of the same name" inside the link to Wuthering Heights. I felt that just having the word "novel" in there made it look like it was a link to the page for novel. Hammerite 18:42, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Within Temptation

I am removing Within Temptation as a band which has done a cover of Wuthering Heights. None of their fans seems to know about it, and there are no independent sources on the net confirming that they have indeed recorded the song. They did make a cover of Running Up That Hill, though, which may explain the confusion. I may be wrong, of course, but I doubt it. --Thf1977 08:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps more could be discussed about the two different videos issued for the said track as not many people know about the second video

[edit] Tupac?

Is that bit about Tupac Shakur vandalism? As much as I think its probably total bullsh*t doubt its veracity, I hesitate to delete it on the chance that someone meant it genuinely. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 167.83.10.20 (talk) 18:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

It is true http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcz1yV6vRks --J2 21:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV issue?

"Wuthering Heights eventually lost its crown...". "To lose the crown" ... well I do not think this is a neutral POV? -andy 91.32.76.200 16:22, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

  • It's only really a case of questionable POV if you think it implies that the writer (me) was pleased to see "Wuthering Heights" at No.1 and sad when it was no longer there. Yes I did feel that way although I did not intend the wording of the article to reflect this, and in any case I thought that "Matchstalk Men..." which took over at the top, was a better record. Any No.1 record "loses its crown" when it falls from the top, whether it's a good record or a crap one. It's just an expression. Personally I think many people make too much of the POV issue, and though there are no hard feelings, this has to be one of the pettiest examples I've yet come across.

[edit] Release date

I've actually put this on the Kate Bush discussion, but perhaps feel that it's more appropriate here. The Whole Story album states that the single was released originally in November '77. Does this mean that it was re-released in early '78? I'll look into it a bit more, but if anyone knows right off, then that'd be handy. It would also mean that the song was originally a flop and should be mentioned in the article in some way.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 22:25, 6 April 2008 (UTC)