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From: ccsmh@midge.bath.ac.uk (Mark Harding)
Subject: Re: TRS review - my strong opinion...
Message-ID: <CGBuss.Kx7@midge.bath.ac.uk>
Organization: Bath University Computing Services, UK
References: <931108204314_100276.2176_BHB101-2@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 12:31:40 GMT

In the referenced article, 100276.2176@CompuServe.COM (Marcel Rijs) writes:
>Hello,
>
>Time, as promised, for my Red Shoes review.
>
>#2, 'A gentleman's excuse me' by Fish. But MoP is slowly but surely
>surpassing TWW. I  *L   O   V   E* this song. Anyone criticizing
>this song will have to deal with me! (You're warned...) Rating: 20.

Saw this one when she played it on Mikey Aspel's chat show and wasn't at all
sure about it - now I *like* it - it's slowly growing on me...

>The red shoes: Hey, this is a good song! She really *finished* this
>one! Titletracks of Kate are always very good - this one is no
>exception (mind you, 'The dreaming' was... but that's another
>story) (Rating: 9)

Agreed - I do love it when she 'jigs' :-)

>Why should I love you: Kate showing that she can use literally
>everyone and blending 'em nicely into her own music. I do like
>Prince occasionally ('When doves cry' is probably one of the best
>songs from that year), and here he shows that he can still play
>guitar and keyboards like the best of them, though he has decided
>to make yukky music on his own albums. Like I wrote above, this is
>the happy song the album needed. It works for me - I don't
>understand why it doesn't work for others. Prince-loathers, maybe?
>Look beyond the person, please. (Rating: 8)

I really only replied so that I could make some comments about this last
paragraph... let's get a few things straight :-) Prince is one of the most
gifted Musicians currently working today - he has evolved constantly, 
expoloring different aspects of music over the past 15 years - he has been a
major influence on a lot of people - his latest work is not at all 'yukky',
whatever that was intended to mean. The man is a genius.

So, when pairing two gifted people together I was hoping for something more.
I am *dissapointed* with the song - must be Lenny Henry's input :-) The
lyrics sound like something Prince casted off a couple of albums ago - take a
look at 'Diamonds & Pearls' - which was dredged up for use here. I believe that
they never actually met?? I would have to say that this is one of Prince's 
worst outings with female partners... I just don't think that Kate has got 
what Prince needs - also, do you think they slept together? Prince is known
for his *interaction* with his female counterparts...

The songs doesn't work for me.

Thanks for listening,
Mark.