Re: The "Rocket Man" single--some opinions and suppositions

[Desi The Three-Armed Wonder Comic <jondr@sco.COM>]

I am not aruss@oucsace.cs.ohiou.EDU (Andrew Russ).  I didn't say:
>	Sure, you would all typecast KaTe to sing "Rocket Man", and she
>does, but not in the way you would expect, which is what i like about
>the song.  The reggae arrangement is interesting, and works for me, but
>it's not overdone (i.e. no deep space dub mix).

Too bad, that's exactly what this song could've used.  I really object to
the "polite" watered-down reggae thing.  And again, that Sensual World Snare
Drum is horrible.  But for some reason, I find myself humming bits of this
song a lot.  Fascinating.

>The ambient
>backing vocals are particularly nice to me, but the keyboard fills (the little
>cadences similar to those used in "This Woman's Work") are trite--my only
>complaint.

I agree - it's not my only complaint, but it's one of my major ones.

I think the major problem with this whole endeavor, for me, is that I just
don't like the songs.  I never was much of an Elton John fan, and these
songs do not persuade me to change my opinion.  So, I can't really blame it
all on Kate.  If she had covered Skinny Puppy or something it would've been
more appealing, I guess.

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