re: kate rate

[Lizanne Minerva <lminerva@freenet.scri.fsu.edu>]

We have until November to send these in, right?

I haven't heard NFE or Lionheart, so my list is truncated.  The others
i've listened to repeatedly, devoutedly, etc.

1.  Hounds of Love/Ninth Wave.  Hypnotic, takes me somewhere everytime
I listen to it.  When I got the CD, i couldn't stop playing it, and
find the Ninth Wave side cathartic, sometimes now skipping the Hounds
side to get to it.

2.  The Dreaming.  A very close 2nd, and my first Kate.  I started
listening to it when I was sick and undergoing medical tests, and this
struck a chord.  couldn't listen to "All the Love" bc it was too
intense.  "Houdini" is one of my favorite songs of Kate's.

3.  The Sensual World.  Someone else referred to the atmosphere, the
Bulgarian back-up as highlights--yes.  Another poster panned "Never Be
Mine,' but I love the lushness of this and most of this CD.  Some
clunkers on here, like "heads We're dancing."  The opening of "Sensual
World" makes a good exercise in poetry classes (I haven't tried this,
but a friend has with great results)

4.  The Red Shoes.  This one is too irregular for me.  I skip
Rubberband Girl, but will replay MoP, SoS and others.  "You're the
One" is sad to hear; did she break up with Del?  I read somewhere that
that was the impetus for this song, but haven't seen anything here
(I've only been reading for a month or so.)  The Douglas Fairbanks
line in MoP makes me want to fly into the air.

5.  The Kick Inside.  I have the record and no record player, havent
heard it in a while.  some of this is too frothy-girly for me, lacks
the edge that her more mature work has, but "Wuthering Heights" is a
stand out, another song I can't remember the name of about removing
her stockings, a new man.

Fav songs (this week)
1. Jig of Life
2.  Houdini
3.  Night of the Swallow
4. Moments of Pleasure
5.  Song of Solomon

Lizanne
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