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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: re: Kate Bush cover versions
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 03:57:54 EDT
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> From:	mit-eddie!nessus	(Doug Alan)
 
> On Pat Benetar's debut album, there is a horribly butchered version of
> KB's "Wuthering Heights".

Oh, give me a break. I really think that your fanaticism for Kate Bush is
interfering with your critical judgement. I will grant that the *music*
for "Wuthering Heights" as played by Kate Bush is superior to that as by
Benetar's band, but I think that Benetar's *singing* of the song is far
superior to Bush's. First of all, Benetar (in my humble opinion) puts far
more emotion into the song than Bush does. Secondly, the lower register
of Benetar's voice is much more palatable. "The Man with the Child in His
Eyes" (which precedes "Wuthering Heights" on THE KICK INSIDE, as you well
know) proves that Bush can sing quite well in a lower register. That she
then chooses to sing "W.H." in a shrill falsetto which is high enough to
give one nosebleeds is especially irritating.
	There's certainly nothing wrong with you preferring Kate Bush's
version over Pat Benetar's, but to call the latter "horribly butchered" is
silly. Besides, it served what you might consider a useful purpose --- it
was one of the reasons that tempted me to try one of Kate Bush's albums. :-)

> there is nothing
> more annoying than when you're playing "Wuthering Heights" on "The Kick
> Inside" and someone walks by and says "Hey, you like Pat Benetar too?"

Yes, I can agree on this point, and I'm willing to bet that this helped
color your opinion on Pat Benetar's cover of "W.H."

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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