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From: Fu-Sheng Tsung <tsung@AEROSPACE.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 85 09:33:59 PST
Subject: chapter 9.4: Pasadena discovers KB?
Here's something I found on the Pasadena Weekly (yes, Pasadena! Not just for little old ladies . . .) Reprinted (of course) without permission: In those English girls school stories there's always one student who's forever lost in elaborate daydreams, equally under the spell of the classics, the mystics, and the romantics. That's Kate Bush, who *was* a schoolgirl when she signed her first record contract at age sixteen in 1976. Her records have always been ambitious and fascinating works, earning her Big Star status in England and a rabid cult following on this side of the pond. But youthful lack of restraint (or something) frequently caused her to go overboard with her unique voice and fondness for heavy thoughts. Now with her fifth album, Hounds of Love (EMI America), Bush has matured. She still deals in High Concepts--side two concerns the levels of consciousness experienced by a person close to drowining at sea, and the first pressings of the album are on vinyl that looks like marble, for crissakes! (??) But this is her first outing without at least one moment to make you cringe at its feyness. The lush music is highly rewarding at any level of listening, and concerted attention reveals much magic stored in its many layers. What's more, *Hounds Of Love* is actually finding a wide audience here in the States! The single "Running Up That Hill" (already a fave in the dance clubs) and the album are climbing the charts even as you read this. Available at Poobah Records and Moby Disc.* -Steve Hochman *two local records stores, known for their used-recollection. p.s. Seeing that she was born in 1958, less than five years older than me, makes me wonder what've ** I ** been doing with my life. (reiterating other people's words . . . :-)