{"id":113936,"date":"2023-11-18T09:47:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T09:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/18\/matthew-sweets-sweet-cover-of-kate-bushs-wuthering-heights\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T09:47:33","slug":"matthew-sweets-candy-cowl-of-kate-bushs-wuthering-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/18\/matthew-sweets-candy-cowl-of-kate-bushs-wuthering-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Sweet&#8217;s candy cowl of Kate Bush&#8217;s &#8220;Wuthering Heights&#8221; &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"605\" alt=\"credit: Evan Carter\" class=\"wp-image-207091 jetpack-lazy-image\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C704&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C528&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=880%2C605&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\"\/><noscript><img data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"880\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=880%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"credit: Evan Carter\" class=\"wp-image-207091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C704&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C528&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MatthewSweet_EvanCarter-1.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption>Power pop god Matthew Sweet covers Kate Bush\u2019s iconic traditional \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Many artists have tried to cowl Kate Bush\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-1pMMIe4hb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wuthering Heights<\/a>,\u201d however the it\u2019s such a uniquely iconic tune with an equally distinctive construction that <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6o96bRMJ7z4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">makes an attempt<\/a>, whereas <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Pdd4xqZP8rY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">valiant<\/a>, have largely failed from being too <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9SBlldqCvbw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over-the-top<\/a>, too <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bzBThio4R0M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formidable<\/a>, or simply plain <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jHO3ry12UWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">horrible<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Potentially flirting with catastrophe, <strong>Matthew Sweet<\/strong> took up that problem and fortunately walked away with a prize.  Instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tcPrv_6jhRk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deconstructing it<\/a> or turning it right into a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8kdQWx3UAGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dramatic retelling<\/a>, he tackled it somewhat faithfully, retaining the piano, bass and guitar somewhat note-for-note, however pushing the drums a bit farther up within the combine.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet may by no means obtain the identical heights that her preternatural vocals soared to, so he dropped it comfortably one octave decrease and stored the intonations just about equivalent.  His cowl merges her excessive idea artwork rock along with his down-to-earth aww-shucks model of powerpop, and it really works (although it is best to let your foot off the gasoline pedal a wee bit on the finish there, fella).<\/p>\n<p>A forgotten demo that lay dormant for who-knows-how-long, the impulse to mud off his demo of \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d was almost definitely spurred by her most up-to-date surge of consideration<em>. <\/em> \u201cAs the latest season of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bV0RAcuG2Ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Stranger Things<\/em> <\/a>(Netflix) came and went this year, it was hard not to notice the resurgence of Kate Bush\u2019s song \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wp43OdtAAkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Running Up That Hill<\/a>\u2018 in this COVID recovering world of 2022,\u201d Sweet says. \u201cI do love that song, but this got me thinking about a piano and vocal demo I once made of \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019\u2026 My wife recently urged me to dig up that demo of mine, and although I couldn\u2019t find a multitrack of it, I did locate a rough of the song I had bounced down many years ago. And so it is I came to overdub some guitars and other instruments and produce this single track for release in tribute to Kate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Matthew Sweet\u2019s trustworthy cowl of Kate Bush\u2019s \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/matthewsweet\/wuthering-heights\/s-VwAWzs6bD6z?si=8112085aea06417d878dd4a0af694288&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">right here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"pp-multiple-authors-wrapper multiple-authors-target-the-content pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"author_index_1\">\n<div>\n                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"80\" alt=\"Rey Roldan\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-80 alignnone photo jetpack-lazy-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A9E3DB91-4550-4DCE-8448-62E2F88418AC-1.jpeg?fit=60%2C80&amp;is-pending-load=1#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-fallback=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popwrapped.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A9E3DB91-4550-4DCE-8448-62E2F88418AC-1.jpeg?fit=60%2C80&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"60\" height=\"80\" alt=\"Rey Roldan\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-80 alignnone photo\"\/><\/noscript>\n                                    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"multiple-authors-description\">Rey Roldan has been writing about music and popular culture as early as 1988 and has been revealed in American Songwriter, The Aquarian, Boston Rock, Cake Magazine, Improper Bostonian, Country Queer, Meanstreet, and plenty of others. 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