Re: Rate Kate

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

In <60.1249.5789.0C1B1FEE@canrem.com> evelyn.beckett@canrem.com (Evelyn Beckett) writes:

>Hmmm... I seem to recall "And Dream of Sheep", "Under Ice" and "Hello
>Earth" are pretty slow, too - but I didn't mention them.  All I meant
>was that Side A is pretty much a collection of pop singles and an
>oddball track like "Mother" stands out like a sore thumb.  You'll also
>note above that I called both of these tracks brilliant.  As for

No need to be so defensive...I didn't mean to sound like I was attacking
you!  I just find both tracks extremely refreshing.

>"Watching You", it comes after one frenzy ("Waking the Witch") and
>before another ("Jig of Life").  Texturally, it is the simplest song on
>the side and just doesn't seem to belong - it also lacks the intense
>drama of all the other songs, which make The Ninth Wave one of Kate's
>finest achievements.

Hmmm...I felt that the whole point was to pause in the middle (which is,
structurally, where WYWM appears) and take a moment of lucidity.  "Intense
drama"...well, maybe not.  But that seems to be the intent of including this
very vital song in The Ninth Wave.  I think it not only belongs but *makes*
the cycle.

>With regards to "Fullhouse" - yes, I consider it a highlight on an album
>that also features "Symphony in Blue" and "In Search of Peter Pan".

Eep.  I liked those much better.

>It's a very good song from someone who's not yet turned 20.

As are the others.

>And "Lily" - oh dear.  It's just something about that stomach-churning
>calculated catchiness.  She sounds tired and uninterested there compared
>to the fine verses.

It *is* a litany, after all...the catchiness is central to the song's
function.  Tired and uninterested?  More like nearly inhuman, transcendent. 
Maybe you were looking for something different...I loved the rawness, the
fieriness of it.

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