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Date: 3 Dec 90 04:14:45 GMT
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Really-From: ed@das.llnl.gov (Edward Suranyi)


1. In the December _Q_ magazine, there is a list of "Frighteningly
precocious pop achievements guarenteed to make persons of all ages
feel utterly talentless."  Kate is listed, of course, for "Wuthering
Heights."

2. From the same issue of _Q_, an interview with Sinead O'Connor, talking
about a concert for Amnesty International in which she appeared with
Peter Gabriel:  "He's a weirdo but I think he's lovely.  We sang that
song Don't Give Up with him at the end.  I did the part that Kate Bush
-- who I *love* -- did originally.  I was thrilled to be Kate Bush but
inevitably I made a complete balls of it.  But then I couldn't hope to
do it anywhere near as well as Kate Bush because she is a Goddess."
Isn't that an incredible quote?  And to top it off, this paragraph
is right across from a full page ad for the box set!

3. Selected quotes from some reviews of the box set (all favorable,
by the way):

From the same issue of _Q_:

"'Be kind to my mistakes' she says in the accompanying 26-page book
of colour portraits, 'because I'm not'.  There really isn't any need."

From the Nov. 10 issue of _New Musical Express_:

"She arrived with one of the most extraordinary debut singles ever. . ."

"But several things distinguish her from her male counterparts; her 
vast reservoir of talent for one, and the strangeness and magic of
her best work."

"If you don't know Kate Bush, immerse yourself in this terrific set.
If you do here's your chance to replace all those scratched and
tear-stained mementoes at a stroke."

From the Oct. 27 issue of _Melody Maker_:

"Anybody who has been concerned and involved with pop in its purest
sense over the last 15 years will have favourite Bushy moments . . ."

"Then there's the preposterously good records."

"So Kate free-falls through 'The Kick Inside'. 'Lionheart', 'Never For
Ever', 'The Dreaming', 'Hounds Of Love', and 'The Sensual World', while
the listener crawls along these womb-like air-ducts with a mixture of
fascination, awe, suspense, trauma and profound irritation.  That's more
than we expect from pop music and it's more than we deserve.  Nice,
fantastic, amazing."

Here's a real strange line:  "The elegiac 'Night Of The Swallow' appears
to be a comment on the sense of humour in the female genitals.  Nice one
Kate!"  In fact, this guy seems to have very strange ideas about several
of Kate's songs.  

4. I was browsing in Tower Books in San Mateo today, and the clerk put
on the second side of _The Sensual World_, and played it all the way
through.  Naturally, I congratulated her on her good taste.

Ed
ed@das.llnl.gov