Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/23/89)
Really-From: cbnews!wbt@att.att.com Thanks to Steve Wallis for posting the Radio One interview...or so far at least the first part of it. In that interview Kate talks about _Rocket's_Tail_, a truely awesome piece of work... > KT: About _Rocket's_Tail_? Oh God, you would ask me about that one <laughs>. > I wrote this for the trio, really, musically, in that I wanted a song that > could really show them off. Then after explaining how she crafted the Trio's part in _Rocket's_Tail_... > RS: Rocket is one of your cats. > > KT: Rocket *is* one of my cats, and he was the inspiration for the subject > matter for the song, because he's dead cute <both laugh>. And it's very > strange subject matter because the song isn't exactly about Rocket, it's kind > of inspired by him and for him, but the song, it's about anything. I guess > it's saying there's nothing wrong with being right here at this moment, and > just enjoying this moment to its absolute <something>, and if that's it, > that's OK, you know. And it's kind of using the idea of a rocket that's so > exciting for maybe 3 seconds and then it's gone <phutt!>, you know that's it, > but so what, it had 3 seconds of absolutely wonderful... <both laugh> While in the _New_Musical_Express_ interview, Kate said... > "Rocket's my cat,but it was written for the Bulgarian girls. Ridiculous > collection of images, nothing to do with Rocket, really. He just started it > all off." It sounds like Kate isn't entirely comfortable talking about this song. I can only imagine that this means something to her personally. Could it be about Kate's feelings about her own fame? Once every three years or so she launches herself into the public view once again. Fame can be so wonderful but at the same time it can be a very lonely thing. At the beginning of the song its almost as though she's telling someone else (perhaps one of her collaboraters, Gilmore or Gabriel?) that they must be crazy to go on this rocket ride, it may be great for a short time but you can also end up burnt out and alone. And then Kate knocks us out with the irony, she's about to take that rocket ride again herself. But she tells us in the interview that it's alright now, she can live life for the moment and enjoy it. I've just started working on this idea but I think it may be worth consideration. So am I nuts? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #### This is a borrowed account. Send any email to the address below!! #### "Don't drive too slowly." Richard Caldwell AT&T Network Systems att!cbema!nrc (614) 860-2206
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/28/89)
Really-From: abvax!las@uunet.UU.NET (Lorie A Stull) I have a question about some lyrics on Hounds of Love...In "Hello Earth", there is apparently some German near the end of the cut. To me, it sounds like: "Tiefer, tiefer, lagen vorne tiefer, Gibt es all licht." I'm pretty sure about the "tiefer", which means "deeper". And "Gibt es all licht" means something like "light is everywhere". This makes perfect sense in the context too. But the "lagen vorne" is just a guess with a couple of words that sound like what she's saying. Any German experts out there? Ed Lieser (using a borrowed account!)
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/30/89)
Really-From: well!sommers@cogsci.berkeley.edu (William Sommers)
HEINOUSLY BOLD STATEMENT #1:
CBS would have released _Reaching_Out_ as the U.S. single were it not
so short.
HEINOUSLY BOLD STATEMENT #2:
I have long since deciphered the "message" in _The_Ninth_Wave_'s
_Watching_You_Without_Me_. I shall submit my evidence for inspection
either (a) at the next West Coast Bush Bash I am able to attend, or
(b) at the London hotel we all descend upon the night before Her
first Wembley show (got _my_ fingers crossed!).
HEINOUSLY BOLD STATEMENT #3:
_The_Sensual_World_ is a continuation/follow-up/sequel to _The_
_Ninth_Wave_. I list for you just a few of the "similarities" found
in text and image. Most, but not all, references are of course pulled
completely out of context for the sole purpose of supporting this
heinously bold statement and could not possibly withstand even
the most fleeting of scrutiny. Editorial and commentary are
enclosed in [] brackets. _TNW_ references come first; _TSW_
references follow. Tongue held firmly in cheek, I start with the
obvious:
TNW> Wish I had my radio
TNW> I'd tune into some friendly voices. (_And_Dream_Of_Sheep_)
Just like a station on the radio
I pick you up (_The_Fog_)
TNW> Like poppies, heavy with seed (_And_Dream_Of_Sheep_)
Then I'd taken the kiss of [poppy]seedcake.. (_The_Sensual_World_)
[Both lines ruthlessly taken way out of context.]
TNW> There's something moving under
TNW> Under the ice,
TNW> Moving under ice.. (_Under_Ice_)
It lay buried here, it lay deep inside me (_Love_And_Anger_)
TNW> I should have been home
TNW> Hours ago --- but I'm not here,
TNW> ...
TNW> Here in the room with you now,
TNW> ...
TNW> Just watching you without me
TNW> ...
TNW> You can't hear me, you can't hear what I'm saying
TNW> You didn't hear me come in
TNW> You won't hear me leaving. (_Watching_You_Without_Me_)
I want you as the dream
Not the reality
...
But I'm looking back over my shoulder
At you, happy without me.
...
This is where I want to be
But I know that this will never be mine. (_Never_Be_Mine_)
TNW> I get out of my car,
TNW> Step into the night,
TNW> And look up at the sky
TNW> And there's something bright
TNW> Travelling fast.
TNW> Look at it go
TNW> Look at it go. (_Hello_Earth_)
That November night, looking up into the sky.
...
I saw only a stick on fire
Alone on its journey
...
And now shooting into the night
...
Look at me go with my tail on fire
...
Hey, look at me go, look at me... (_Rocket's_Tail_)
TNW> Go to sleep little earth,
TNW> I was there at the birth. (_Hello_Earth_)
It was '39 before the music started (_Heads_We're_Dancing_)
TNW> Out of the cloud burst the head of the Tempest, (_Hello_Earth_)
You stepped out of a stranger. (_Heads_We're_Dancing_)
TNW> Murderer, Murderer, of calm, (_Hello_Earth_)
[Self-explanatory, and note the capitalization.] (_Heads.._)
TNW> Why did I go?
TNW> Why did I go? (_Hello_Earth_)
[...to the affair the other evening, which prompted me to flee in
near terror, and embark upon this journey that has landed me in the
water? -- Yeah, okay, maybe I've gone entirely too far this time.]
(_Heads.._)
TNW> Tiefer, tiefer,
TNW> Irgendwo in der Tiefe gibt es ein Licht... (_Hello_Earth_)
[German!] (_Heads.._)
TNW> _The_Morning_Fog_
_The_Fog_
[Very subtle similarity in titles.]
[And of course:]
TNW> They take me deeper and deeper. (_And_Dream_Of_Sheep_)
TNW> Under the ice, (_Under_Ice_)
TNW> "... Go down" (_Waking_The_Witch_)
TNW> ... there's a stone around my leg (_Waking_The_Witch_)
TNW> Tiefer, tiefer, irgendwo in der Tiefe.. (_Hello_Earth_)
[Deeper, deeper, somewhere in the deep..]
TNW> I am falling (_The_Morning_Fog_)
Going deep South, go down.. (_The_Sensual_World_)
It lay buried here, it lay deep inside me. (_Love_And_Anger_)
It's so deep.. (_Love_And_Anger_)
Well, if it's so deep.. (_Love_And_Anger_)
_Deeper_Understanding_
For what it's worth, enjoy! (Don't fret, this is my last lengthy
post for a while...) In all seriousness, I _am_ looking
forward to hearing others' opinions on the _WYWM_ message.
- Bill - == UUCP: sommers@well (no .signature yet!) ==
:q!