gb10@gte.COM (Gregory Bossert) (04/18/91)
judi says: > Thanks for being so patient, understand, and helpful with this "greenie" > love-hound..... thank *you* for your great posts! some thoughts on the videos: WH: i'll grant that the effects look kinda tacky to our MTV-jaded eyes, but there is a sorta teenage Romantic vision that i find charming. (no condescension intended; if KaTe was self-conscious about her dancing -- or singing -- the video and the song would be awkward instead of wonderful...) TMwtCihE: this video (and the Saturday Night Live performance) disturb me. By itself, the song is as innocent as _WH_, but the skin tight (and skin color) suit, along with KaTe's sensual movements (and possible drug reference on SNL) present a very different mood. BREATHING: i have no literal reading for the "emerging from the water" bit, but it does echo the birth imagery (cf baptism), and the odd colors underscore the general theme of pollution... "Truly BRAVE woman," indeed. WOW: am i alone in liking the Singles File video? i recall someone complaining about the dress -- but given that this song is slightly self-mocking, the return to flowing Romanticism is appropriate. on the flip side, the live performance is great. if i wasn't used to being patient with KaTe, i'd be awfully anxious about this up- coming tour. she *is* going to go through with it, right? right?!?! RUTH: devastating. my favorite video, from anyone. it incorporates dance, music, and striking visual imagery, in a fashion unique to the video/film medium. a perfect foil to the "realistic" but equally wonderful CLOUDBUSTING... ARMY DREAMERS: judi finds this a bit "campy". i see her point, but i love the irony between the gentle waltz, slow-mo explosion (wee, there goes KaTe!), and biting lyrics. dream-like, and certainly original. THE DREAMING: "Also- where can I get an outfit like KaTe's..." apparently, these Dune/'stillsuit' outfits came off a rack at some store or wardrobe. i've seen the identical outfit in british science- fiction shows, though i can't remember exactly where... BABOOSHKA: "Again- Man, that chainmail outfit!" so, anyone have an explaination for this outfit. i recall KaTe mentioning that she sometimes has to have a drink or three before singing something out-there (like _Waking the Witch_) -- i have this image of a tipsy KaTe being convinced to wear the chainmail bikini instead of the demure robes she had picked out... THE BIG SKY: as a big production number, i prefer this by far to _Love and Anger_. fits the song perfectly, IMHO; an explosion of giddyness. judi, just wait 'til you see the Live at Hammersmith video! *sigh* footah! -greg