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RE: Eat the Music interpretation (as everyone takes cover ;)

From: GRAHAM.G.R.DOMBKINS@BHPMELMSM.BHP.bhpmel04.telememo.au
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1993 00:55:55 +1000
Subject: RE: Eat the Music interpretation (as everyone takes cover ;)
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Hi all,

Ken sez...
>     I've heard ETM on the radio a few times, and I can't help but get
>this interpretation:  Is Kate subtly reprimanding her fans?  From
>memory, "Rip me open / with devotion / stick your hands in / and rip
>my heart out".  Is this really supposed to be a fruit?  Hmm...

    Yes!! This is a thought that came to me a while  back as well! If you look
at it from the point of view that maybe she's asking us to give her the
latitude and freedom other musicians enjoy. What better way to put that message
across then in a song that is quite evidently different for KaTe.

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