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From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Kate Bush's 'The Dreaming', the best
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 18:39:45 EST
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>So, Dougie, is Kate Bush's "The Dreaming" the best album ever made because YOU
>say so, or because it really is?  If it really is, then maybe I'll buy it.  If
>you decide to retract your statement and say "it's the best album I ever heard"
>maybe I'll buy it.  But there's NO WAY I'll buy it if you claim it's the best
>ever made, and feel that is justification for buying it over anything else.
>
>Frankly, I'm tired of people saying "This is the best, because *I* say it is".
>Ever since I started reading net.music, I've seen people over and over again
>claiming that what they like is the only thing that is good, and that 
>everything else is trash.  What pompous, elitist attitudes!
>
>Let's have a little music for music's sake, ok?

Maybe I'm not approaching these news articles in the proper spirit,
but I didn't find `Dougie's' rhapsodizing about "The Dreaming"
offensive at all. The `best album' comment struck me as hyperbole,
albeit without the :-). I thought he was genuinely turned on about
this album, and wanted to share his enthusiasm with the rest of us.

At any rate, I bought the album after reading his review. My initial
reaction was excitement; here was something new, a sound I hadn't
heard before that made my head feel good. My current feeling is that
it's too early for me to tell whether I'll still enjoy the album six
months or a year down the road, after repeated listenings. Some of the
songs seem a bit contrived, quite frankly, but I've only listened to
the album once.

I don't feel I've wasted my money, at any rate. I'd say buy it, if
you're interested in musicians who are at least trying to be
innovative and have a few extra bucks floating around your pocket.