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From: jeand@ihlpg.UUCP (AMBAR)
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Subject: Re: Kate Bush
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 01:48:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 01:48:02 1985
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>  Since I wasn't sure that I had ever heard Kate's music I went out to
> get a copy of "The Dreaming". Boy, nobody up here in the north woods had
> a copy. 

Neither did they have a copy here in Naperville, 1/2 hour from Chicago!
Neither did they have a copy in the record stores on the Loop!  Moral
of the story is:  if you want to try it, you're going to have to order it.
I did. (I don't regret it.)

> However, I heard "Running up the hill" the other night on the radio.
> Nice song, but I guess I'm not cut out to be a Kate Bush fanatic. 
> I have no specific criticisms of what I heard and it's probably not
> representative of her total musical output. Seems to me it is just another
> synthed up song with a female singer. (I have nothing against synths, I own
> one) Have I missed something important? Please be honest, flames and 
> sarcasm are not constructive.
> 
> Dave Bottom

I have not yet heard "Running Up That Hill." However, as Doug Alan has
pointed out various times, and I concur, it is very difficult to hear all
the neat things that Kate Bush manages to put into a tune in only a few
listens.  It took me three solid days of playing THE DREAMING over and over
and over and over again, before my musical comprehension hit 80%.  Not until
Doug so kindly sent me a copy of the lyrics (thanks again!) (the lyrics
are *not* included in the cassette version.  And you *need* them. So, be
warned!) did I really begin to appreciate the gestalt of music and words.

Summary: to really give her a fair chance, give the album a few listens.
If you`re reluctant to go to all the trouble of ordering an album you`re
afraid you may not like, tape 'Running' and play it until you're really
sure that you know what it is you're deciding to ignore....

NOT a drooling KB fan....

				AMBAR       
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