Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/17/86)
Really-From: IED0DXM%UCLAMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU " S I L L Y " ? ! ? ! ? Doug may be right that the line between silliness and greatness is a fine one, but Kate certainly never crossed it! (Oh, o.k., maybe she came close to it once in a while back in the old days...) But anyone who has really studied the dance/mime movements from "Suspended in Gaffa", for example, will want to re-consider. Especially when he/she sees the French TV version, for which Kate has no stage props of any kind. Every movement is meaningful; every word, every syllable, every rhythmic detail in the recording is reflected in her movements. Then go back to "Hammersmith" and you'll see that that kind of detail is there, too, at least in embryonic form. Alot of her movement has been rejected as "self-indulgent", and many have said the same of her music. But actually she is not indulging HERSELF so much as the character in the song and the demands of the music. She enters the song's fantasy world during the performance, and in that world ANYTHING is permitted, so long as it is found in the song. This is not self-indulgence, but an indulgence of the art itself. Incidentally, IED has a question for Doug: During the MTV interviews, Kate was asked how many times she'd been to the States, and she replied that this (the 1985 trip) was her THIRD time here. Can you explain? Welcome back, Sue. IED, for one, is glad to see you making a splash again. I see Wicinski melting away from a stray drop as we speak... To answer Joe Testa's question, no, IED does not consume massive quantities of drugs, although he is frequently in the throes of a recent fix of Kate Bush, and th i s ma y acc ount for th e occas ional la pse into odd-shaped lines of pho sphour. But it's noth ing to get abu sive about, now, is it? -- Andrew
Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/17/86)
Really-From: nessus (Doug Alan)
Okay, okay, Andy. Calm down. I was only talking about in the old
days. "Suspended in Gaffa" is perfection. Maybe she didn't ever
cross the line in the old days and only came close, but one has
gotta admit that you can't take two guys dressed up as voilins
*completely* seriously!
I guess it just depends on where you draw your line....
|>oug
The pain comes and goes
Like arthritis with the rain...