Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/10/89)
Really-From: Randall Knowles Smith <rs5o+@andrew.cmu.edu> OK, now my interest has been piqued. Why is the "There Goes A Tenner" single a Lost Single? Wasn't released? Wasn't released in America? Every single copy simultaneously dropped on a cement floor? Please, don't drop hints like that and not follow them up! After all, I'm pretty sure this hasn't been discussed in at least a year, and, as the Peter Reich/Cloudbusting controversy shows, a six-month attention span is about the best one can hope for on the net. Speaking of which... (nice segue, huh. I'm very proud of it myself.) As stated above, this has been discussed before. My favorite argument was IED's, because, unsurprisingly enough, it had the most documentation. The salient points were, I believe: Reich was a RESPECTED psychologist around the time of Freud. His works in that field were considered very important, at least to other psychologists. So calling him a simple con-artist or fool has some problems. Where he got his interest in Orgone Energy was not explained, as far as I remember, but apparently there was some strong debate about the fairness of the FDA's actions. While I hold Martin Gardner in the highest regard, I feel his attempts at debunking are a waste of time; people will believe as they wish, despite massive evidence to the contrary. (Of course, he may have a better reason; since I can't solve most of his puzzles, I don't feel entirely confident disparaging his motives for anything. He's a smart cookie.) Calling Reich wrong is strong enough. Making him malevolent, as some people seem intent upon (as the FDA did) is unnecessary and, possibly, unfair. Besides, it's a great song. On another tack, I was listening to NFE last night, and was wondering about the people mentioned in "Blow Away (for Bill)." Does anyone know who these people are? Randy Smith rs5o+@andrew.cmu.edu Oh yes, go see SARAH McLACHLAN if she comes within a 50 mile radius of your location. The concert was AMAZING. VERY reminiscint of Kate. Her last song, after being dragged out by an appreciative audience for a third time, was "My Lagan Love", sung a capella. Almost as good as seeing Kate live, which, of course, would be the ultimate experience.
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/10/89)
Really-From: Gary L Dare <gld@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu> Randy Smith wrote: > >Oh yes, go see SARAH McLACHLAN if she comes within a 50 mile radius of >your location. The concert was AMAZING. VERY reminiscint of Kate. >Her last song, after being dragged out by an appreciative audience for a >third time, was "My Lagan Love", sung a capella. Almost as good as seeing >Kate live, which, of course, would be the ultimate experience. When Sarah gave a free show at Toronto's Harbourfront at the end of June, she did one song a capella; I guess this was it! Also, she and her band did a knockout version of Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill", such a personal statement I didn't think anyone would attempt, and a reggae version of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Maker"! (-; Really tight band; I have a crush on the drummer! (-8 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary L. Dare Quebec Elections, 25 Sept.: > gld@cunixd.cc.columbia.EDU Vote for the Rhino Party! > gld@cunixc.BITNET Votons le Parti Rhino!!
dbk@mimsy.UUCP (Dan Kozak) (08/10/89)
> Really-From: Randall Knowles Smith <rs5o+@andrew.cmu.edu> > apparently there was some strong debate about the fairness of the FDA's > actions. > Calling Reich wrong is strong enough. Making him malevolent, as some people > seem intent upon (as the FDA did) is unnecessary and, possibly, unfair. Well, the circumstances surrounding Reich's arrest, death and the banning of his written works are pretty mysterious. How many other FDA/EPA violators actually went to jail? (Unfortunately, I don't have access to my sources on this right now, and it's been a while since I read the book, so I can't give more detail without risking a dinner of shoe leather. Next time I'm at my folks, I'll dig out my Reich biography and see what I can find.) > On another tack, I was listening to NFE last night, and was wondering about > the people mentioned in "Blow Away (for Bill)." Does anyone know who > these people are? Bill is Bill Duffield, (the lighting man who died in an accident right at the beginning of the Tour of Life. The rest are: Minnie Riperton (? I've been told) Keith Moon Sid Vicious (twice) Buddy Holly Sandy Denny (and in the last verse) Marc Bolan All musicians who died premature deaths. #dan Clever: dbk@mimsy.umd.edu | "For I was rolled in water, Not-so-clever: uunet!mimsy!dbk | I was rolled out past the pier" - MoB -- #dan Clever: dbk@mimsy.umd.edu | "For I was rolled in water, Not-so-clever: uunet!mimsy!dbk | I was rolled out past the pier" - MoB
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/10/89)
Really-From: jsd@gaffa.mit.edu (Jon Drukman) "There Goes A Tenner" is known as the "lost" single because it was pretty much abandoned by the record company after its release. According to reports, EMI never really liked "The Dreaming" (cretins!) and thought it wasn't "commercial" or "accessible" (their terminology) or "shitty" (my word) enough for Top 40 Hit Stardom Status, so they didn't spend a lot of money trying to make it a hit. This is known (in the biz) as letting a product "escape." So, they let "The Dreaming" escape and it still got to #3 or something like that. Pretty respectable showing, whatever the number was. Meanwhile, Kate keeps getting the business oriented shitheads to release singles, and she makes videos for them, and all this great cover art, and meanwhile the record company just sort of quietly sends these things out in what Douglas Adams might call "a huge blaze of No Publicity At All." So, "There Goes A Tenner" was released quietly, without fanfare, and probably (I am not sure) vanished without trace, chart-wise. Of course, when "Hounds Of Love" was made, EMI got behind it 100% and it became a phenomenal chartbusting success. BTW, for those interested in seeing "the real" Cloudbuster - don't get too excited. It's a metal tube pointing up at the sky. Stick with the H.R. Giger version. +---------------------- Is there any ESCAPE from NOISE? --------------------+ | | |\ | jsd@gaffa.mit.edu | "I think quotes are very dangerous | | \|on |/rukman | jsd@umass.bitnet | things." -- Kate Bush | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
cotton@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (carol.jean.swanson) (08/12/89)
Hello fellow Love-Hounds... Some random drablings: It's a rainy and dreary Friday in Central NJ. But it is a good Friday because today, as I started to drive home for lunch, the local radio station here, WHTG 106.3 Eatontown, played KaTe...Not just one song, but a triple play. And before KaTe it was Sarah L. What a power line-up. And after the triple play (all from the first album -- yes, Wuthering Heights was one), the DJ came on and said 'That was a Triple PLay of Kate Bush. What a way to start a Friday off. She has a new album coming out. I talked to her new record company..." (he went on to mention the album was supposed to be released in April, then this summer, then Sept. and the current date is Oct. He finished up quipping 'I'll be an old man before her next album gets here.' ) Also, I was up in the Finger Lakes Area and heard Kate on the Cornell Radio Station around 6 pm. They were playing Babashka (please forgive the incorrect spelling) Ears to KaTe on the Radio waves, CJ Swanson cjs\@hotlf.UUCP
brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) (08/16/89)
In article <12403@eddie.MIT.EDU> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes: >Really-From: jsd@gaffa.mit.edu (Jon Drukman) > >BTW, for those interested in seeing "the real" Cloudbuster - don't get >too excited. It's a metal tube pointing up at the sky. Stick with >the H.R. Giger version. Oh! So Giger designed the prop in the video? Where did you hear about that (let me guess). BTW, has anyone seen that book of H.R. Giger's works, titled "Necronomicon" or "Necromancer" or somesuch? I haven't seen it in years, pretty bizarre stuff. At the time I had the choice between it and Roger Dean's collection "Views", should have gotten both. Brian Willoughby UUCP: ...!{tikal, sun, uunet, elwood}!microsoft!brianw InterNet: microsoft!brianw@uunet.UU.NET or: microsoft!brianw@Sun.COM Bitnet brianw@microsoft.UUCP
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/17/89)
Really-From: Alex Ferguson <alex%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK> Gary L Dare writes: >When Sarah gave a free show at Toronto's Harbourfront at the end of >June, she did one song a capella; I guess this was it! Also, she and >her band did a knockout version of Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill", >such a personal statement I didn't think anyone would attempt, Didn't Tom Robinson cover Solsbury Hill live in some kind of TR/PG joint venture? About the most pressing reason for not covering I can think of is the difficulty of getting the average rock band to play something in that time. By all accounts Tom's version was pretty forgettable. -- Alex Ferguson. ARPA: alex%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk USENET: alex@glasgow.uucp BANGNET: ...!mcvax!ukc!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!alex JANET: alex@uk.ac.glasgow.cs "You mean you could have walked the galaxy and you simply never bothered?"