Re: Katejism XXXVI.7.xi

[8-Track Maniac <jsd@gaffa.MIT.EDU>]

>Really-From: Larry Spence <csccat!larry@texbell.swbt.com>
>I'm not going to try to "prove" why _TSW_ is only so-so; I'm not going to try
>to make IED fall out of love with the record.  I just think it's pathetic that
>when someone brings up a couple of valid (to me!) points about why they're not 
>too crazy about it, they get a sneer.  Any artist as _great_ as Kate Bush 
>deserves more than a pool o' drool from rabid fans.

Thank you Larry, for articulating (with wonderful clarity)
what I had such trouble saying in my muddled missive of a few days ago.

>Yes, but _HoL has such outstanding songs, playing, and arrangements that 
>it would've seemed picky to gripe about the tape hiss.  _TSW_, on the other
>hand, is so relatively mediocre that the recording defects are yet another
>letdown, not an exception.  This is just my opinion.  I'm not going to try
>to prove anything, I simply insist that my opinion be respected as such, 
>and that IED's opinions be recognized as such.

Ha!  The day that happens on love-hounds, I'll sell my Kate CDs for
the Komplete Kylie Kollection.

>The alternative
>is waiting for a Kate album that sucks _so_ badly that even IED will finally
>admit dissatisfaction with some aspect of it.  That could take a while...

Oh, you mean Kate's upcoming album, which I hear is provisionally
titled
_I'm_Talentless:_Music_Inspired_By_Madonna's_Everpresent_Bustline? 

It'll be hailed as a 'brave new step' for popular music...  I'm
warning you.  The leopards never change their spots, or whatever...

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