Re: Kate in the Philly Inquirer (LONG)

["Robert P. Keefer" <keefer@msmary.edu>]

> /Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday January 9, 1994, Section F, pp. 1, 7/
> 
> [headline] A Return to Innocence
> 
> The notoriously shy composer, vocalist and cult heroine works in a

Is she really notoriously shy, or just reclusive?

> major unblocking."  At various times on 'The Red Shoes,' the usually
> reserved vocalist can be heard scat singing, babbling nonsense syllables
> and screaming with abandon, reacting to the moment rather than to a
> plan.

You can say that again...

> Bush's distinctive Victorian soprano reinforces the impression.  Her
> haunting, mewling vocals have helped her carve her own subgenre,
> somewhere between too-sweet pop ballads and ostentatious art-rock,
> between no-bull and florid love poetry, between the tactile and the
> abstract.

I couldn't have said it better myself. Ahhh, that voice, that voice...

> Whether they focus on grand themes or tiny frailties, her songs are
> wracked with a hovering doubt, wary that fate might rearrange things at
> any moment.

Huh?

> back.  She's investigating past-lives therapy and communicating with her
> angels.

Uhhh...yeah.

> Respectfully, they shuffled by in an orderly line.  Couples with tears
> in their eyes who gave Bush credit for bringing them together.  A woman
> who begged for Bush to sign her arm, so she could go directly to the
> tattoo parlor.  Legions of fans who waited in freezing weather for
> nothing more than an autograph.

I hope she appreciated it!

> When she returned to England, Bush's record company was clamoring for a
> follow-up.  That's when the singer snapped.

Ahh, so that explains "Violin" and "Coffee Homeground" ;-)

> measure, 1985's 'Hounds of Love,' yielded the single "Running Up That
> Hill," but little else -- a three-years-in-the-making disappointment.

Give me a break!

> Included Pictures:

Somebody scan these...

Overall, a really good article. I want a copy.