agb@reed.UUCP (Alexander G. Burchell) (10/22/85)
- EAT THIS -
Ok, Guys --
I have been reading Kate Bush articles in net.music for the past, oh,
month or so, and I went out and bought "The Dreaming". I dutifully listened
to it, expecting to hear music from the very mouth of Jesus (judging from the
hype that Doug Alan, and other rabid KateBushians have been dumping in
net.music). Well, I heard *ok* music. Not great, not even something I would
want to listen to again, just *ok*... Technically very good, etc. but
nothing to inflame musical passions in me.
Before I get 100 letters telling me to go back to listening to
Madonna, let me tell you what music I do like: Brian Eno, King Crimson,
Roxy Music, Peter Gabriel, early Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello, etc. etc. etc.
In my room there are 600 records to choose from, and very few mainstream
"pop" music. Not to say that there is nothing worth listening to in that
category, as the KBsnobs (and sadly, too many others) would have us believe.
In ***every*** category of music, from Cajun music to Disco, there is the
good, and there is the bad. In some, I will grant you, the proportions are
different, but there is still some great stuff, and some awful stuff.
So, let me get to the point. There is a mailing list for Kate Bush
and Kate Bush related topics. I believe it is: "love-hounds@mit-eddie", and
to get on it, send to "love-hounds-request@mit-eddie" (correct me if I am
wrong, Doug Alan, as I am sure you will). So please, Bushians, you have a
forum for your endless discussions about who invented the "Kate Bush
microphone", whether Kate Bush has "gone mainstream", etc. etc. ad.
infinitum. ***PLEASE USE IT!!!*** I beg you. I *love* net.music, and I
*don't love* Kate Bush enough to read 20 articles a day about here. Sure,
I can hear it already: "Use your 'n' key! Nobody forces you to read it!"
Well, let me respond to that right now. There is a specifically distributed
mailing list for this. There is no need to send every random BushMusing
to every bloody computer on the net (including Sweden, Japan, Australia,
etc.)! I am sure I speak for many people when I say this.
Please folks, there *is* other good music besides KB,
Alexander G. Burchell
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Funny Graphics have been deleted at the insistance of the USENET Police.nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (10/23/85)
> From: agb@reed.UUCP (Alexander G. Burchell) > I have been reading Kate Bush articles in net.music for the past, oh, > month or so, and I went out and bought "The Dreaming". I dutifully > listened to it, expecting to hear music from the very mouth of Jesus No, it was from a much more important god. > (judging from the hype that Doug Alan, and other rabid KateBushians > have been dumping in net.music). Well, I heard *ok* music. Not > great, not even something I would want to listen to again, just > *ok*... Technically very good, etc. but nothing to inflame musical > passions in me. You're going to dismiss an album on the basis of one listen??? That's rediculous. Even I thought "The Dreaming" was irritating noise the first several times I listened to it. It didn't really start setting in until 7 or 8 listens. Some songs didn't set in for much longer. But the effort was quite worth it! > Before I get 100 letters telling me to go back to listening to > Madonna, let me tell you what music I do like: Brian Eno, King > Crimson, Roxy Music, Peter Gabriel, early Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello, > etc. etc. etc. Well, congratulations on being the first Peter Gabriel fan I have ever met, who didn't like "The Dreaming". > So, let me get to the point. There is a mailing list for Kate Bush > and Kate Bush related topics. I believe it is: "love-hounds@mit-eddie", and > to get on it, send to "love-hounds-request@mit-eddie" (correct me if I am > wrong, Doug Alan, as I am sure you will). No, that is correct, and I run it. But be forewarned that it's bandwidth often exceeds net.music.*. > So please, Bushians, you have a forum for your endless discussions > about who invented the "Kate Bush microphone", whether Kate Bush has > "gone mainstream", etc. etc. ad. infinitum. ***PLEASE USE IT!!!*** I > beg you. So, if you don't want to see anymore about KB in net.music, why did you post something here about her that was sure to incite comment? Also, most of the people involved the the aforementioned discussions either weren't Kate Bush fans or weren't big enough fans that they'd want to be on the mailing list. > Please folks, there *is* other good music besides KB, And I don't recall anyone saying otherwise. (Though I do remember someone implying that about Steve Morse.... maybe you should flame at him?) -Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)
hall@beta.DEC (Dan Hall) (10/24/85)
> 30 lines of complaining.......... > Please folks, there *is* other good music besides KB, > > Alexander G. Burchell These articles don't appear out of thin air. People write them, about music they like and think others might like. If you don't like _THE DREAMING_ that's too bad, but all the KB fans on this net aren't going to leave because of it. Since I haven't seen your name here before (and I've been subscribing for over a year) maybe you should tell us what you like, instead of complaining about what others like. I enjoy reading net.music and the Love-Hounds mailings, and I don't intend to give up either one. Dan Hall Merrimack, N.H. decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-beta!hall
elf@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) (10/26/85)
> > > > > 30 lines of complaining.......... > > > > Please folks, there *is* other good music besides KB, > > > > Alexander G. Burchell > > These articles don't appear out of thin air. People write them, about music > they like and think others might like. If you don't like _THE DREAMING_ that's > too bad, but all the KB fans on this net aren't going to leave because of it. > Since I haven't seen your name here before (and I've been subscribing for over > a year) maybe you should tell us what you like, instead of complaining about > what others like. I enjoy reading net.music and the Love-Hounds mailings, and > I don't intend to give up either one. > > Dan Hall > Merrimack, N.H. > decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-beta!hall Look, the point that was being made was very simple. There are many other interesting things to talk about. I have picked my spots and occasionally contributed something. Now that utscri is about to lose its net.music news feed because it costs too much, I am very sorry I have tolerated you motor mouths/fingers for this long. I don't know who's paying your bills, but you should keep in mind that the "You can hit the 'n' key, jerk" argument is bullshit. Since I've been reading net.music out of habit with little enjoyment for the past few months, I have this feeling that leaving you people to snivel about the diminuitive skills of KB is just the shot in the arm I need to do something more interesting with my time. Good bye and good riddance. -- Eugene Fiume {decvax|allegra}!utcsri!elf