gjerawlins%watdaisy.waterloo.edu@RELAY.CS.NET ("Gregory J.E. Rawlins") (09/05/86)
Hello,
I am an old fan of KB (from late 70's) and i just happened to
tumble to the existence of love-hounds. Has anyone compiled a
collection of interpretations of what her songs are about?? I have a
analysed a few of them myself but many are still sealed books to me.
Most of the following classes of songs are easy to decipher: the
literary songs (Wuthering Heights, The Man With the Child in His Eyes
etc.), the anti-war songs (Army Dreamers, Breathing etc.), the famous
females/persons songs (With This Kiss etc.) and political commentary
(The Dreaming etc.). However, i recently saw a note about Cloudbursting
intimating that it was Reich as told by his son ("...your sun's/sons's
coming out..."). Is this true? What other songs have deep (or any)
meanings??
Please help!!
greg.
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gjerawlins%watdaisy@waterloo.csnet 1-519-884-3852 Gregory J. E. Rawlins
gjerawlins%watdaisy%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa CS Dept., U. Waterloo
{allegra,decvax,inhp4,utzoo}!watmath!watdaisy!gjerawlins Waterloo, Ont. N2L3G1nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (09/05/86)
> From: Gregory J.E. Rawlins: > I am an old fan of KB (from late 70's) and i just happened to > tumble to the existence of love-hounds. Has anyone compiled a > collection of interpretations of what her songs are about?? Hey, maybe I should write a book interpretting all of Kate's lyrics! I wonder how big the market would be... Eh, no problem -- just fill it up with lots of sexy photos... I have written essays on some songs: "There Goes A Tenner", "Suspended In Gaffa", "Cloudbusting", "Jig of Life", etc., and something on the common threads throught the album *The Dreaming*. > I have a analysed a few of them myself but many are still sealed > books to me. I've read lots of interviews with Kate and have thought about most of her songs in a bit of detail. I could probably give a reasonable explanation of any of her songs. > i recently saw a note about Cloudbursting intimating that it was > Reich as told by his son ("...your sun's/sons's coming out..."). Is > this true? Absolutely! The song is based on the book *A Book of Dreams*, which is by Peter Reich, the son of Wilhelm Reich. > What other songs have deep (or any) meanings?? I've yet to find a Kate Bush song without depth! -Doug "And if I ever look into your open eyes again I'll remind myself to stare Until I'm looking through your eyes"