GREINER@UCLASTRO.BITNET (03/29/91)
I was glad to see the challenge to Kate's Godliness and the fact that the
challenge didn't (at least so far) elicit the flames that I expected.
(Hmmm... this chair is starting to feel warm though, and *sniff* *sniff*
where is that smoke coming from?)
I think, though, that for the most part this all must have started out as
kind of a joke. A humourous hyperbole making fun of our own devotion to
this music. I do think it's gone a little beyond that to the point that
and (even constructive) critisism of KB's work is either ignored or looked
upon as insane ramblings. However the list does include enough information
(like about the possibility of a tour, and details about the box set) that
I do enjoy reading it anyway. It's also, of course, nice to know that there
are so many interesting people out there that enjoy Kate's work.
I too, am not all that crazy about Lionheart. It's a good album, I think, but
not great. Much of it seems to me to be very much like the _Kick Inside_ stuff
but just not as well written. In fact, to be honest, it sounds to me like some
of the stuff could have been written for the _Kick Inside_ but just not used
for that album because she had too many songs to fit on one album. Does anyone
know if there's any truth to this?
Whoops running late, have to go....
Wadejburka@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU (03/29/91)
Wade writes: >I too, am not all that crazy about Lionheart. It's a good album, I think, but >not great. Much of it seems to me to be very much like the _Kick Inside_ >stuff but just not as well written. In fact, to be honest, it sounds to me >like someof the stuff could have been written for the _Kick Inside_ but just >not used for that album because she had too many songs to fit on one album. >Does anyone know if there's any truth to this? Um, sort of. I'm sure I have some of the details wrong, and I know that IED and others will correct me, but here goes... By the time TKI came out, KaTe had something like 200 songs she'd written. I dunno how many of these were good enough to be considered for either album. Certainly some of the early songs did show up later, as evidenced by the versions available as the Cathy Demos--"Violin", "Babooshka," and "Kashka" spring to mind (as the only Demos I have, other than a tape of "Organic Acid" and "Scares Me Silly" is the _If You Could See Me Fly_ CD). In any event, EMI was, shall we say, a wee bit pleased with the performance of TKI in the charts, and they wanted to capitalize on KaTe's popularity before she started to fade in the minds of the consumers. They pressured her into releasing _Lionheart_ far earlier than she would have liked. TKI was released in February of '78 ("Wuthering Heights," the first single, came out in late '77). _Lionheart_ was released in December of '78. I can't imagine what it would be like to have two Kate Bush albums come out in one year. Wow. Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka |"I've lost my way through this world of | |jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu | profanities/I thrive on the wind and | |jburka@amber.ucs.indiana.edu | the rain and the cold." --Happy Rhodes|