Drukman v. Whitcomb, Round 3

[MTARR@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU]

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> Yo! whitcomb@aurxc3.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb) raps:
>>Folks, keep in mind that I like Kate Bush!  It is not unhealthy to
>>criticise people you admire!
> 
> I'm with you, but there is a serious force of torch-wielding superstitious
> katefans just ready to toast us for daring to use our brains.  Watch
> yourself.

Gee, I guess I shouldn't let any of them watch me watch or read an interview
with Kate, huh?  :)
   
>>It depends on the song, really.  And let's keep this in perspective here, 
>>we're talking pop music here, not fine art.
> 
> Uh oh, I can hear the flame guns being loaded now.  So long Jonathan, nice
> sparring with you.  We'll be sure to send your ashes to the appropriate next
> of kin.

Oh, Goddess... I'm not going anywhere *near* this one!!! 

>>Many great pop songs
>>have been covered using very different arrangements from the original,
>>and yet the songs have stood up to the different styles.
> 
> Yeah, but I would argue that when you cover a song, you create something
> separate.  Few people would seriously compare my version of RutH to the
> original, but you can still appreciate my take on it as "good clean fun" (or
> "sick twisted fun" if you prefer).

Drukman's version of RUTH (indeed, all of KaTeRape) is "sick twisted fun".  The
version I was subjected to at the KonvenTion by that KaTe- Koverband was just
sick and twisted... well, maybe not that.  But it was sure bad!!! (IMHO, natch)
 
>>Why has MTV Unplugged become so popular?
> 
> I don't know, I personally hate it.

Awww, but wouldn't you just *love* to see and hear Kate sitting at a piano,
giving the world a taste of what her songs sound like underneath it all?  I,
for one, would be psyched.
  
> Few would argue that the hummed in the shower version would make a good
> record.  Unless you're Barney Rubble... (anybody remember THAT episode?)

If anybody knows anyone who can sing Katesongs in the shower and do them any
justice at all (= hit the range), that person should have a contract!!!

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Wesleyan University						-Kate Bush
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