Re: 'Ship': Not (This Time), again

[chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams)]

Chris here,

Peter Manchester writes:
>	The question about whether Kate sings "ship" in "Not This Time" has 
>come up again, generated by the text of the lyrics printed in "Kate Bush 
>Complete."  Vickie voices a view on which there was consensus in late April, 
>1991:  everything about the context and meaning of the song overall--not to 
>mention the entirely clear and explicit enunciation of the line itself in the 
>recording--shows that she sings "shit."

  Although she rarely uses it, Kate isn't afraid of profanity. In the 
Zig-Zag interview she said "...and it really fucks them up." When 
Breakthrough re-printed this interview, Dale was so worried about 
printing "that word" that he wrote to Kate's people and asked if
Kate would want him to print it. Lisa wrote back suggesting the word
"muck" instead.

   Japanese lyric sheets often either censor lyrics or make
hilarious goofs of translation, especially with slang terms and
profanity.

                                    Chris Williams
                                    chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu