jtd18848@uxa.cso.uiuc.EDU (Julianne T Dunphy) (03/18/91)
Hi! I'm new to the group (posting that is) and I have a question for you love-hounds. It is: Does "The Morning Fog" have a super-powerful/magical effect on you or is it just me? I cannot get enough of this song. It makes me want to laugh, cry and jump around all at the same time. At times, it is inspirational, at other times, it makes me melancholy. But always, it fills me with an energy that is difficult to channel. Also, how can I get a copy of the lyrics to HoL, The Dreaming and Lionheart?? Bye! -- Julianne Dunphy jtd18848@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu "Mhhm, yes, then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth..." --Kate Bush
spt1@ukc.ac.uk (Stephen Thomas) (03/18/91)
In article <9103180514.AA16558@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jtd18848@uxa.cso.uiuc.EDU (Julianne T Dunphy) writes: >I'm new to the group (posting that is) and I have a question for you >love-hounds. > >It is: > >Does "The Morning Fog" have a super-powerful/magical effect on you or is it >just me? > >I cannot get enough of this song. It makes me want to laugh, cry and jump >around all at the same time. At times, it is inspirational, at other times, >it makes me melancholy. But always, it fills me with an energy that is >difficult to channel. I recall that we had a discussion about a year ago concerning The Ninth Wave, which was initiated by yours truly asking What It Was All About. I find that although individual parts of TNW do not affect me greatly, the piece as a whole causes a very profound response in me. If I am in the right mood to start with, I can come out of TNW feeling reborn, which is perfectly in keeping with what the piece is about. One of the most important factors in creating this effect, I feel, is the careful juxtaposition of contrasting energies in the piece. The franticness of Waking The Witch gives way to the distance feelings of Watching You Without Me - a distance that the person is desparately trying reach across. They seem to fail, but then we come to Jig of Life, which in turn has a totally different feel to it, a kind of exuberant urgency which negates the feelings of helplessness that had gone before. For me, this track is particularly moving, coming where it does. But then the distance returns, in a much more literal sense, as the person finds themselves floating above the earth, in orbit, watching all that has happened from a truly global, but still helpless view. Then, finally, in The Morning Fog, they come to rest in the here and now, awake and recovering (IMHO - there is some controversy about this :-) ). They have been to edge of death and back and on the way have learned to truly love life itself, where beforehand they had perhaps taken it for granted a little. Unless you know the story behind The Ninth Wave, the above discussion may be a little confusing to you, so I shall try to mail you a copy of an article in which Kate talks about Hounds Of Love, and what all the tracks mean. I've said this before, but when you understand what Kate's songs mean, they stop being songs and start being experiences. >Julianne Dunphy Stephen -- | "You've been having a nightmare. | Stephen Thomas -------------------------| | And it's not over yet." | Email: spt1@ukc.ac.uk; Smail: Computing | | -- Roger Waters, "The Pros and | Lab, University of Kent, CT2 7NZ, UK; | | Cons of Hitchhiking" | Tel: +44 (0)227 764000 x 3824 |
ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen) (03/22/91)
In article <9103180514.AA16558@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jtd18848@uxa.cso.uiuc.EDU (Julianne T Dunphy) writes: >Does "The Morning Fog" have a super-powerful/magical effect on you or is it >just me? Yes! It is the culmination of the Ninth Wave. Simply Magic! In fact these days I listen to it very rarely because of this i.e. the effect it has on me. Regards, Timo -- ____/ ___ ___/ / Kivihaantie 8 C 25 / / / SF-00310 HELSINKI, Finland ____ / / / Phone: +358 0 139 9015, +358 49 424 012 Stream Technologies Inc. Fax: +358 0 1399 0154