Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (01/03/87)
Really-From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU I is back, folks, and this is not bad grammar. For those who asked about it, the article which Kate wrote on The Dreaming, and which I posted last week in three parts, was copied verbatim, and was not abridged at all. The confusion arose out of the computer-mail system's sequencing of parts I, II and III in reverse order. Sorry, but it's all there somewhere. I will be just as happy to drop the Strad argument as the rest of you, but remember that not everyone thought it was terrifically boring -- Nancy actually called it "interesting". Thanks in the extreme to Mark for his posting of his favourite KT interview, which I, for one, had not seen before. Some very interesting details in it (such as the news about Kate's childhood voice lessons) were much appreciated at this end. For those who have requested more reprints of KT interviews, rejoice! I is shortly going to begin posting the richest, longest and most important (because most revealing and uninhibited) of all interviews with Kate printed to date: the Swales interview of legendary fame. Keep posted. "The Ultimate Melody", Arthur C. Clarke's short story, is remembered with honor; but although it does bear some relation to the theme of "Experiment IV", there is no correlation between specific subject matters. Kate's film and song are very particular, and seem to be drawn primarily from her own nightmare and the French news story. I, for one, has sometimes approached a state similar to that suffered (or enjoyed) by Clarke's protagonist, while listening to a loop-mix of "Under the Ivy", which, as all L-Hs of course agree, remains the single greatest entity in or out of real time (not to be confused with "X4" itself, which, as all will heartily concur, firmly maintains its coveted position as The Universe. In answer to a recent request, I (this new self-reference is really going to start bugging you guys, huh?) herewith explains the deal with KT videos now commercially available. 1.) The earliest is the film of Kate's live show, called "Kate Bush Live at the Hammersmith Odeon". This film features twelve of the nearly thirty performances that comprised most of Kate's live shows of 1979. It has been shown on cable TV often in the States, and will probably show up again. Most of the songs performed are early works, and there is only some indication of the "mature" Kate Bush in the film. Kate's early stuff, however, is second in importance only to her later stuff! By which I means that the very best performance of anything at all by anyone else on earth is, necessarily, weak at best in comparison with this film. The tracks included (not in this order) are, from memory: "Moving", "Feel It", "Hammer Horror", "Wow", "Oh England, My Lionheart", "James and the Cold Gun", "Wuthering Heights", "Violin", "Kite", "Strange Phenomena", "Don't Put Your Foot on the Heartbrake" and "In the Warm Room", I believes. (There may be a confusion here with other songs that appeared in other films of the show.) 2.) "The Single File" This is a compilation of the twelve "official" promotional films and videos that Kate made from 1978 to 1983. These are: "Wuthering Heights", "The Man With the Child in his Eyes", "Hammer Horror", "Wow", "Them Heavy People", "Breathing", "Babooshka", "Army Dreamers", "Sat In Your Lap", "The Dreaming", "There Goes a Tenner", and "Suspended in Gaffa". 3.) "The Hair of the Hound" (NOT AVAILABLE IN NTSC (U.S.) FORMAT) There are four official promotional films on this nineteen-minute video, all obviously from the Hounds of Love album. They are "Running Up That Hill", "Cloudbusting" (the uncut 7-minute version, including one minute of music not available on vinyl), "Hounds of Love" and "The Big Sky". 4.) "The Whole Story" This includes most (not all) of the videos and films from "The Single File", plus some later films. The listings are: "Wuthering Heights" (the original vocal is used), "Cloudbusting" (unedited again), "Breathing", "Babooshka", "The Man With the Child in His Eyes", "Wow", "Hounds of Love", "Running Up That Hill", "The Dreaming", "Sat In Your Lap", "Army Dreamers" and "Experiment IV". NOTE: The U.S. version, which should become available this month, is supposed to include "The Big Sky" film, as well; and this may be included on the UK version, too, although this has not been made clear at this end yet. So if you want all of The Dreaming's videos you'd better get "The Single File" -- it's available on NTSC only as a Japanese import; try Intergalactic Garage or Break-Through for a copy, at a high price. If it's the more recent Hounds of Love stuff you want, wait for the new "Whole Story" video. The best solution, of course, is to buy everything, and to start collecting the hours and hours of bootleg Kate video, too. The official promos are just the tip of the iceberg! -- Andrew Marvick
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (01/05/87)
Really-From: Ed Simpson <dukecdu!evs%duke.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET> IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU writes regarding the Hammersmith video: > The tracks included (not in this order) are, from memory: > "Moving", "Feel It", "Hammer Horror", "Wow", "Oh England, My Lionheart", > "James and the Cold Gun", "Wuthering Heights", "Violin", "Kite", > "Strange Phenomena", "Don't Put Your Foot on the Heartbrake" and > "In the Warm Room", I believes. (There may be a confusion here with > other songs that appeared in other films of the show.) Replace "In the Warm Room" with "Them Heavy People". For the "Single File" video try: Barry Clements Crystal Mountain Products Box 1299 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602 He gave me a much better deal than Intergalactic Garage would have. ------------Ed Simpson