Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!jeff From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" Message-ID: <1656@dciem.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 10:59:22 EDT Article-I.D.: dciem.1656 Posted: Wed Aug 7 10:59:22 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 12:08:07 EDT Distribution: net Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 42 I heard Kate Bush's new song, "Running Up That Hill" last Saturday (August 3), so I figured I tell you all what I remember about it, in case you don't have a radio station like CFNY in your neighbourhood. The thing some of you are probably wondering about the most is, is it too commercial? Has she sold out? Well, I'd say it's probably more commercial than pretty well anything on "The Dreaming", judging by the fact that I can still remember a bit of it four days later, after hearing it only once. However, it's not nearly as commercial as her earlier commercial songs like "Babooshka" and "Wuthering Heights". I don't think it's anywhere near commercial enough to break her into the American top 40 charts, probably not the Canadian charts either, but I guess if the record company really goes all out trying to market it, it might get some airplay. Despite the increased commerciality, it's certainly far from your average pop song. To begin with, it seemed pretty long. Also, there are several changes within the song. She used mainly her high voice, but if I remember correctly, she used her low voice in a couple of spots too. The thing I noticed most about it was an apparently stronger Peter Gabriel influence. I don't like to compare it with other songs, but I'd say if you like stuff along the lines of Gabriel's "No Self Control" (which Bush does backing vocals on, by the way) and "I Have The Touch", there's a good chance you'll like "Running Up That Hill". They have some things in common, but there are several differences as well; for example, the role of the drums is not nearly as major on Bush's song. I've tried to avoid saying whether I think the song is good, great, bad or whatever because Bush's songs usually take several plays to decide, or to even hear everything in them, but my initial impression is that it's good but not great, and I was expecting much better. However, don't let my comments affect you too much. It needs repeated listenings to form a really useful opinion, but I figured I should say something since a lot of people in this news group (including me) were very anxious for any information at all, and may not get to hear it for a while. I guess the best news from this is that since I heard the song August 3, we can probably trust the latest release dates that were posted for both the single and the album. -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsri!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff