The Red Shoes

[mojzes@tiger.vill.edu (brni)]

hi there,

just thought i'd type up what they said in the City Paper about kate:

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	"Though much of her reputation is still based on her initial
incarnation as precocious '70s artpop princess, Kate Bush didn't really come
into her own until the early '80s, when she discovered synthesizer
technology and began infusing her lyrical flights-of-fancy with 
recognizably adult emotional dynamics.  Notwithstanding a few characteristic
excursions into lyrical preciousness, _the Red Shoes_ (Columbia) is one of 
Bush's most impressive efforts.  Tracks like "Lily" and "The Song of
Solomon" (on which she actuually makes the couplet "Don't want your
bullshit/Just want your sexuality" stick) display an emotional toughness
that's a marked contrast to the flowery fragility of her "Wuthering Heights"
days.  Her seamlessly eclectic musical settings are as evocative as ever,
and herdistinctive vocal trill has matured from gimmicky affectation
into a uniquely expressive instrument."
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brni