Re: Rate Kate

[as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tree of Schnopia)]

In <60.1240.5789.0C1B177F@canrem.com> evelyn.beckett@canrem.com (Evelyn Beckett) writes:

>this album and the attention it received.  Again, every track here is
>brilliant, but I find "Mother Stands For Comfort" and "Watching You
>Without Me", though terrific, spoil the flow of their respective sides.

If by "spoil the flow" you mean "go slow", sure they do.  But I love them
both, and they fit perfectly for me.

>tracks here (Violin), but the final four songs are a tour-de-force to

I suppose I can understand why people dislike "Violin"...I just don't happen
to agree.  Gleeful madness.

> 6) Lionheart.  Is "In the Warm Room" the worst Kate song ever? I think

Nope.  "You Want Alchemy" and "Passing Through Air" would be my picks for
that award, or possibly some of the Cathy demos (which, out of fairness, I
usually ignore).  ITWR isn't too far behind them, though.

>"Fullhouse" and "Coffee Homeground") make it better than...

"Fullhouse" a highlight?  Even minus the ghastly accidental TV associations
conjured by the name for me, I consider it much more of a "dud" than Violin.

>classic if she had rewritten the lyrics substantially.  The chorus of
>"Lily" makes me grate my teeth every time I hear it.

That's what I love about it!

Drewcifer
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Andrew D. Simchik, as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu, simchik@cs.rochester.edu
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