KATSOURO@UMDD (Mark Katsouros) (11/11/86)
> "'Experiment IV' is the greatest single natural phenomenon in the > history of the universe." Having read this, I slowly lowered the needle onto my new 12". What I heard was beyond description. GO OUT AND GET EXPERIMENT IV! Andy just may have been right with this one. It is absolutely incredible. I only had time to listen to it a couple of times last night and this morning, but I found myself humming the damn thing (in my head, anyway) all day long, today. The 12" also comes with a new vocal of "Wuthering Heights", and, I guess since it's so close to "The Season" already, "December Will Be Magic Again", which Kate first put out in 1980 on a 7". In other words, you get three *great* songs! I don't know how many versions of "Wuthering Heights" I now have (counting bootlegs), but I know I could never get sick of it. And for those of you who have never heard "December Will Be Magic Again", it's really a *very* pretty song. Speaking of pretty, John Carder's photography is getting better and better too. I don't know if it's the unlimited studio time, or what, but "Experiment IV" is one smooth song. Kate has continued to amaze me. By the way, I'm looking for "Sat In Your Lap" sheet music. I've looked everywhere I can think of around here, but have only been successful in establishing that it definitely exists. If anyone has any ideas as to where I might be able to find it, I'd really appreciate the help. Mark Kat(e)souros "We were working secretly for the Military Our experiment in sound was nearly ready to begin We only know in theory what we are doing Music made for pleasure, music made to thrill It was music we were making here until.... They told us all they wanted was a sound that could Kill someone from a distance So we go ahead and the meters are over in the red It's a mistake in the making From the painful cries of mothers to the terrifying scream We recorded it and put it in to our machine.... It could feel like falling in love, it could feel so bad But it could feel so good. It could sing you to sleep- But that dream is your enemy We won't be there to be blamed We won't be there to snitch. I just pray That someone there can hit the switch And the public are warned to stay off...."
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (02/10/87)
Really-From: ranjit%cory.Berkeley.EDU@BERKELEY.EDU (Ranjit Bhatnagar) I put my brand new EP of Experiment IV reverently on the turntable. I press "START." Settle down and listen. And I have to get up and see if I accidentally tuned to a top 40 station by mistake. Experiment IV is absolutely the worst, most insipid Bush song I've ever heard. Could it be a forgery? Maybe commies are trying to discredit Bush by distributing this junk? The lyrics are stupid, the rhythm boring, the melody unoriginal. (DISCLAIMER! Assume the words "I think that" prefixing every inflammatory opinion!) In a word, I'm disappointed. I also bought the new album by XTC, and something by Hitchcock. I hope _they_ won't let me down. Boom-diddy, boom-diddy, secret, boom, boom, music, diddy, boom - GAH! Ranjit -- .......(o o)....... ranjit@cory.berkeley.edu ---vvv---U---vvv--- ucbvax!cory!ranjit "Irrationality is the square root of all evil" - Douglas Hofstadter "Who's interfering? We're taking over." - Capt. James Kirk
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (02/12/87)
Really-From: nessus (Doug Alan) > From: ranjit%cory.Berkeley.EDU@BERKELEY.EDU (Ranjit Bhatnagar) > I put my brand new EP of Experiment IV reverently on the turntable. > I press "START." Settle down and listen. And I have to get up and > see if I accidentally tuned to a top 40 station by mistake. I really don't see how anyone who has listened to *Running Up That Hill*, can be surprised by the level of commerciality of "Experiment IV". "Experiment IV" sounds *much* less commercial and performed much worse commercially in the singles market than "Running Up That Hill", "Hounds of Love", "Cloudbusting", etc. How often do you hear a long violin solo in a top-40 song? > The lyrics are stupid, the rhythm boring, the melody unoriginal. I think you forgot the mention the chilling story line, the subtle and intricate texture, the hynotizing groove, and the haunting violin combined with a suprizingly catchy melody. As I've said before, this song (at least the 12-inch) sounds as close to Klaus Schulze and some Windom Hill as it does to a pop song. |>oug