Re: The Sensual World

[vickie@pilot.njin.net (Vickie Mapes)]

as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (andrew david simchik) writes:

>In <a7400a2f@waltham.columbus.oh.us> scasterg@waltham.columbus.oh.us (Stuart Castergine) writes:

>>I liked Andrew Simchick's comments about the majestic feeling of _The
>>Sensual World_. Thanks, Andrew, that really made things click for me.

>>Sometimes I just need to find the proper groove to enjoy a record.
>>Majesty was the trigger word for TSW!

>>I have finally achieved the proper level of Kateness for that album.
>>:-)

>I'm really happy I helped you out--I think TSW is a consistently underrated
>album, and I wonder if maybe people are just looking for the wrong things
>on it.

Yesyesyesyesyes. It is, truly and IMHO, a wonderful album.

>By the way, something which perhaps helped me to get that majestic feeling
>was the video for "Love and Anger"--that scepter and sphere (isn't there a
>word for it, like "palantir"?), you know?  It remains, as I've said, one of
>my favorite Kate songs, and one of my favorite songs of all time, because of
>that gorgeous uplifting triumph it carries.

Kate may not (so she says) know what the song means, but I do.

Vickie

"It lay buried here, it lay deep inside me. It's so deep I don't
think that I can speak about it..."    KB/LA