katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams) (04/26/91)
Chris here,
Ocasionally we are able to find a bottle to stuff our mail in, and
toss it out into the electronic ocean.
In re: The "Kate Message" played at the convention. Did it sound any
thing like this?
"Hello. This is Kate Bush."
"Firstly, I think I should say that I am really honoured indeed
that this event is taking place here to-night. I believe that some
of you have come a long way, too, and that means a lot to me. I
hope that none of you will feel that you journey's been wasted."
"I'm talking to you from my studio and we've just started recording
the next album. It's due to be released in the autumn and I'll be
working throughout the summer to get it finished. It's almost to
talk about music before it's been recorded properly, but I could
say that this album is different again from the last one. Perhaps
it's more positive, but that's for all of you to say really when
you hear it."
"Several of the musicians featured on the last album will be playing
on this one and we're recording out in the country so we'll have
a good atmosphere - relaxed. When we know the actual release date
I'll obviously let you know."
"And thank-you, again. Good-bye."
This message was sent by Kate to the 1984 Canadian Bush-Con. I edited
out the references to Dale Sommerville. I'd hope that they didn't play this
message, trying to give the impression that Kate sent it to them. I fear
that this may be the case. A couple of undisputable facts about Kate:
She doesn't respond to people trying to commercialize her.
She doesn't usually respond when she is working on an album.
As I said, I hope I'm wrong.
Chris Williams of
Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
katefans@chinet.chi.il.us