The Dreaming

[drukman%UMASS.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu (Jonathan S. Drukman)]

I have been following the debate concerning The Dreaming's "rough edges"
and the relative "smoothness" (if that is the word) of "Houdini"'s string
passage.  To throw in my miserable gutter spawned opinion, let me say
that for some reason, "Get Out Of My House" has more impact on me than
"Houdini".  When I hear "Houdini", I feel myself in the medium's parlor,
and I can see the pain and loss apparent in all concerned, etc... but
"Get Out Of My House" paralyzes my soul with terror!  Maybe it's my
strange love of Kate's "trick" of singing backing vocals with her
voice slightly filtered.  In this case, the screams of "Get out of my
house!"  just blow me away.  Houdini seems a bit calculated in comparison,
although there's obviously genuine feeling in it too.  Still, "Get Out
Of My House" was placed at the very end of the album for a reason - to
shock the listener, to scare him/her and to make him/her ruminate on
the past ten songs... think about the themes brought up, the locales
visited, etc.  We've just taken a trip through Kate's mind (house) and
now she wants us OUT!!  Think about _that_ next time you plunk the
CD in your player.

--Jon