sp@OSF.ORG (12/14/89)
Well I don't know about you guys but I was really disappointed with last nights KaTe on VH1. The first problem was that it was only half an hour. The sound quality was dreadful (this might have been my local cable but I doubt it as the commercials sounded fine :-( They only showed short snippets of each video which meant that just as you got into them they stopped. Talk about coitus interruptus! But I have to say the worst thing was Kate herself. I haven't seen her for a while and I don't think she has grown old gracefully! There were signs of quite a few extra pounds compared to the sylph like figure of her youth. Its just as well I still like the music. With all those problems I was glad when it finished and put me out of my misery. Still. I recovered by putting TSW on and listening uninterrupted. Did anyone out there like it? -- Simon Patience Phone: (617) 621-8736 Open Software Foundation FAX: (617) 225-2782 11 Cambridge Center Email: sp@osf.org Cambridge MA 02142 uunet!osf.org!sp
ed@DAS.LLNL.GOV (Edward Suranyi) (12/14/89)
In article <8912131932.AA01920@mysteron.osf.org> sp@mysteron.osf.org (Simon Patience) writes: > > Well I don't know about you guys but I was really disappointed with > last nights KaTe on VH1. The first problem was that it was only half > an hour. The sound quality was dreadful (this might have been my > local cable but I doubt it as the commercials sounded fine :-( > They only showed short snippets of each video which meant that just > as you got into them they stopped. Talk about coitus interruptus! Actually, I liked the special quite a bit. Of course it would have been better to be an hour, and show all of the videos -- it would have been even better at two hours! But obviously, half an hour was the time they were alloted. The editors had three possiblilities: 1) Make the show as it appeared 2) Show all the videos in their entirity, but cut out most of the interview, or 3) Show only a few videos, but those in their entirety. Now, I agree that for we fans who have all her earlier videos, option 3 would have been the best -- especially if we could have seen all the video for "This Woman's Work"! But the show was obviously not meant for us. It was meant for those who have just started to hear about Kate, perhaps from the L&A video. And for them, I'd say it gave a pretty good introduction to her work. Also, there are problems with the sound at some points, but I find it to be no worse than many other things on VH-1. I just listened to the show on headphones, and most of the interview sounds pretty good. > But I have to say the worst thing was Kate herself. I haven't seen > her for a while and I don't think she has grown old gracefully! > There were signs of quite a few extra pounds compared to the sylph > like figure of her youth. Its just as well I still like the music. I don't know. I thought she looked a lot better than she did in the Canadian interview "The Story So Far", which was made in 1986, I think. But the best thing about the show was that we actually got to see Kate directing the video for TWW, as well as some pieces of that video. I just don't see that we will be able to see any more of it in the near future, unless someone gets a copy from Europe and transfers it to the US video standard. > Did anyone out there like it? Obviously, yes. (And I've heard the same from others.) Ed (Edward Suranyi) | Caption: "Kate Bush goes from cult fave to Dept. of Applied Science | chart rave." -- _Billboard_ UC Davis/Livermore | (In "Was It A Hit Or A Miss" in the 1985 ed@das.llnl.gov | year-end special issue.)
nessus@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Alan) (12/14/89)
> From: sp@OSF.ORG > But I have to say the worst thing was Kate herself. I haven't seen > her for a while and I don't think she has grown old gracefully! > There were signs of quite a few extra pounds compared to the sylph > like figure of her youth. Pshaw! So Kate's not an incredible hormone catalyzing nymph anymore. She's grown into a dignified woman. I thought she looked swell. |>oug "Q is for QUENTIN who sank in a mire"
dkrause@ORION.OAC.UCI.EDU (Doug Krause) (12/14/89)
In article <8912131932.AA01920@mysteron.osf.org> sp@mysteron.osf.org (Simon Patience) writes:
# Well I don't know about you guys but I was really disappointed with
# last nights KaTe on VH1. The first problem was that it was only half
# an hour. The sound quality was dreadful (this might have been my
# local cable but I doubt it as the commercials sounded fine :-(
Not unless two systems are fritzed out. I'm glad I taped it because I
kept wondering "what did she just say?" and had to rewind several times.
So where is "The Big Sky" video from? I NEEEEED to see the rest! :-)
Douglas Krause One yuppie can ruin your whole day.
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