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From: showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard)
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Subject: Re: Kate-echism I.x.4, Revelations, and Apologia
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Date: Tue, 7-Oct-86 19:10:20 EDT
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>IED may be a minority of one in the HoL/Dreaming debate,
>but surely he is not alone in deploring "Wank"'s brand of gutter-brained
>slop?
>
   Actually, he's not alone on either subject.  I'll take "Hounds of Love"
over "The Dreaming" any day.  Why?  Because "The Dreaming" (along with
"Lionheart" and to a lesser extent "Never For Ever") suffers from two
major flaws:  a.) over-production and b.) over-embellishment.  ("Lion-
heart" also suffers from having no interesting songs and the Dumb Lyric
Syndrome, but that's another debate.)  "Hounds of Love", on the other
hand, shows a bit of restraint and a greater maturity on Bush's part,
as far as knowing when a song is done and doesn't need to be fiddled
with anymore.

   But then, what do I know, I'm from Pueblo. 

-- 
"I don't need a course in self-awareness to find out who I am
 and I'd rather have a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack 
 than all the bean sprouts in Japan"
     
Steve "Blore" Howard, giving Godot just five more minutes to show up
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