Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (09/17/90)
Really-From: prince@pawl.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire)
Should I get "The Whole Story" as my first Kate Bush album if I want to find out
kind of stuff she does? I liked "Love And Anger" and "The Sensual World" and
"This Woman's Work" fro her last album but that was it. [i heard it didn't buy
it.] Should I buy "The Whole Story"? Is it a good compilation CD?
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Ron Buckmire
prince@rpitsmts.bitnet prince@pawl.rpi.edu uunet!pawl.rpi.edu!prince
"We are in a race between education and catastrophe." - Janet Jackson. ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi) (09/18/90)
Really-From: prince@pawl.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire) >Should I get "The Whole Story" as my first Kate Bush album if I want to find out > kind of stuff she does? I liked "Love And Anger" and "The Sensual World" and >"This Woman's Work" fro her last album but that was it. [i heard it didn't buy >it.] Should I buy "The Whole Story"? Is it a good compilation CD? All of us have our own favorite Kate songs, some of which are sure not to be included on any single compilation album. But _The Whole Story_ is pretty good if you want an overview of Kate's entire career before _The Sensual World_. All her biggest British hits are on it, including her two most famous songs, "Wuthering Heights" (with a new vocal), and "Running Up That Hill". The biggest problem with the compilation is that it takes the songs out of the context of their albums. Because Kate takes so long between albums, each one has a different kind of sound. But for someone who's just getting into Kate, it's probably a very good choice. Ed ed@das.llnl.gov
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (09/18/90)
Really-From: munnari!cs.uow.edu.au!u8706672@uunet.UU.NET (John Quintal) G'day this is my first posting ever so forgive any mistakes! Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes: >Really-From: prince@pawl.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire) >Should I get "The Whole Story" as my first Kate Bush album if I want to find out > kind of stuff she does? I liked "Love And Anger" and "The Sensual World" and >"This Woman's Work" fro her last album but that was it. [i heard it didn't buy >it.] Should I buy "The Whole Story"? Is it a good compilation CD? >-- In answer to this question I would have to say Yes! On TWS is a new vocal version of Wuthering Heights. If you have been reading gaffa for a while you may have noticed some discussion about this particular version. I much prefer the original version found on TKI (The Kick Inside) her first album. Most who have posted to this group have been of the same mind. As far as the songs you mentioned being a good indication of what Kate's music is like, it depends! There was a HUGE discussion a while back on gaffa about this. The general consensus was that If you were introduced to Kate at the early stage of her career the you'd like TSW (no flames please). I take it therefore that if you like TSW then it is possible you probably like her earlier music. First I bought TWS. Having heard Kate way back in '78 with Wuthering Heights and Man With The Child in His Eyes, I immediately fell in love with Kate's music (not to mention Kate as well). But as I was only young I didn't buy any of her stuff (not a good excuse eh!). Until last year with TWS. As an album in its own right it does give you a broad spectrum of Kate's music. Put it this way: If after listening to it you don't fall in love with Kate and her music, you never will! Consequently after buying that album a friend of mine down here in the 'Gong (Wollongong in Australia, If you're reading this, g'day Ogbo) introduced me to HoL (Hounds Of Love) as well as TKI and TSW. Since then I now have The Dreaming on order and once I have that I'll have all of Kate's albums in one form or another. It is from listening to all the songs on TWS in the context of the individual albums that you get the full piKTure. As well, the songs on TWS, IMHO, are a doorway through which you enter a world of extreme (superlatives escape me) beauty and Kate! After TWS get TKI, you won't be disappointed! Her Albums in order if you don't already know: The Kick Inside Lionheart Never Forever The Dreaming Hounds of Love The Whole Story The Sensual World One last note: If ever you get a chance to see the video for Man with The Child in His Eyes, even if you have to give up a part of your anatomy for it, DO SO!!! The beginning is sheer beauty. (It's going through my head now! AHHHH! (sigh of extreme pleasure)). I'm sure most would agree with me on this. > Ron Buckmire Bye! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | John "actually it's Joao with | "Jigging along with the fiddle, | | a '~' on the a" Quintal.| ooh Johnny!" | | u8706672@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au | Kate Bush. | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Disclaimer: I deny ever having said that! - Mother. | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~