Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (02/12/87)
Really-From: seismo!rochester!ritcv!jaw7509 Say, is IED still petitioning requests for an album that competes with anything that Kate Bush has done? I just started reading L-H again since the net rearrangement. I must say that that's quite a broad and sweeping statement to say that there is no album that can stand up to the works of Kate on such merits as cohesiveness, quality, concept, intelligence, etc. I will gladly take on IED in this, my first posting to L-H. My choice for an album that can not only take on Kate, but can bury her, is Quadrophenia by The Who. I'm serious. I wrote a ten page paper about Quadrophenia while in high school. I have yet to find an album to match it. Yes, I do own Kate albums (HoL, TD) and do like them, but do not find them to be increadible acts of genius. I challenge IED, based on HoL or TD, to show how they are superior to Quadrophenia on even one of the aforementioned points. Just to show that I'm serious, I'll show off some of the artillery I'm armed with: Story line: About a guy who's not just schizophrenic, but quadrophenic (having four personalities. ala sqrt(sybil)). Further, each personality is radically different and based on each member of The Who. Musical complexity: A double album which contains songs about each of the four personalities, as well as songs about the whole. Further, there are four distinct themes which weave their way through the story. Once again, one for each personality. Technical quality: One of the first albums to extensively use synthesizers. Quadrophonic recordings were cut. Up to a debate IED? -John White ============================================================ John White 123 Ashland St. Apt.#3 Rochester, N.Y. 14620 !rochester!ritcv!jaw7509