Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amd!pesnta!hplabs!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Fuel for Kate Bush haters (really critical silliness) Message-ID: <5614@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 13:50:35 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.5614 Posted: Mon Aug 19 13:50:35 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 07:56:50 EDT References: <4991@mit-eddie.UUCP> Distribution: net.music Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 32 > by Helen Fitzgerald of Melody Maker (Hey, Jim Hofmann, you'll > probably find this review "interesting", but sad...): > > Does Kate buy Beauty Without Cruelty lipgloss? Are her nipples > real? Does she wax or shave her legs? I mean, is this lady > real? What sorcery does she possess that turns normal, > reasoning anti-sexist men into slavering, rampant and primitive > devotees who'd trample their grandmothers for one glimpse of her > nether regions? It's okay Barry, I've turned the record off > now, down boy, down I say. Is it the voice (yeuch), her cute > balletic pirouettes or that little girl lost expression that so > easily stirs this bestial transformation? This woman is either > a witch or a hallelujah merchant, though either way she's > precocious, dated and dull. This record is dismally > uninteresting, she caterwauls something about making a deal with > God -- ho hum. > > In olden times they burned people at the stake for less than > this. > > How could anyone call such an unjustified hateful attack, a review? If it's any comfort to you, Doug, I'm still trying to figure out how someone can be both precocious (~ ahead of her time) and dated (~ behind her time) at the same time. And even if she were, it's hard to imagine such a paradoxical combination being dull. Perhaps Ms. Fitzgerald has a random review generator online. Those who can, do. Those who can't, become critics. who is Kate Bush, anyway? :-) Jeff Winslow