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Ba-Bush-Ka

From: stev0@sti.com (Steve Berlin)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1991 19:18:58 -0800
Subject: Ba-Bush-Ka
To: <love-hounds@WIRETAP.SPIES.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: Software Transformation, Inc.
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Hi there!

Y'know, something has always bothered me... "Babooshka" has always been one of
my favorite KaTe Songs, yet I always wince at the line "Just like his wife
before she freezed on him".  Ignoring the possible sexist connotations of this
line, what bugs me is why didn't she use the correct word, "Froze"?  It does
nothing to the timing of the song; also, I doubt if she picked "freezed" because
it "sounded" better phoentically (Kate is NOT the Cocteau Twins, no insult intended to either KT or CT).  Freezed?  Come ON now!  I know grammer has never
been the top priority of rock (Imagine "I can't get any satifaction") but Kate,
as far as I know, has no other "artistical" mistakes (OK, I'm probably wrong
here).

Thank you, I just needed to get that off my chest.


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