Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/18/86)
Really-From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Well, Nancy, Doug has already posted a strong and effective answer to your question, but IED's opinion is slightly different. There may be some KT fans who originally disliked her voice, but not many. Certainly alot of first time listeners are "shocked" by it -- and, as in Doug's case, they are likely to be shocked at least twice, once by the late sound, once by the early sound -- but for the most part, the ones who remain KT fans are people who LIKE the shock of the new. If their reaction to the power of Kate's vocal style is initially a sort of contemptuous dislike, it is highly unlikely that they will ever really come around to the see the light. It is also no great loss to the rest of us, since, as Doug says, they probably prefer music that conforms to the worst conventions of pop. To IED's ears, at least, the sound of Kate's voice on "Under the Ivy" is the most profoundly beautiful sound ever created. This is a good test song: if your friend doesn't respond in a positive way to her voice on that track, you might as well give up. IED has been regularly presenting Kate's music to a friend of his (yes, he does have one) for nine years now, and although he doesn't actively dislike it, he has never heard in it what IED hears. Alot of people are just beyond hope. There is an actual still photo from the film for "Experiment IV" in the Dec. 13 issue of "Smash Hits" (or was it "No. 1"?). Kate's hair is blonde. Several British comedians are said to appear in the film, along with Del and Paddy. -- Andrew