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From: Marcel Rijs <100276.2176@compuserve.com>
Date: 17 Nov 94 15:03:59 EST
Subject: KT on TOTP Thoughts
To: <love-hounds@uunet.uu.net>
Hi, Well, I just saw Kate Bush on Top of the Pops tonight. I have waited for this since last Saturday, when i first heard she'd appear in the show. But I'm sorry, I just felt it was disappointing. Some things were still the same: just like in 1978, there was a group of people standing around the stage, gazing at Kate in awe, as they should, and the program was still Top of the Pops, and she was still Kate. My first disappointment was her not singing live, while other very "talented" artists like Suede and Sheryl Crow did. I had expected Kate to sing live, since it would be pretty futile to come on the TV for a lipsynch. She did synch last year at Aspel, but at least there she also did an interview. The second was the rather uneventful stage choreography. Kate was accompanied by two female backing singers, dressed in black. She stood near motionless, also dressed in black. The leather jacket she wore over an undoubtedly beautiful black garment made her look rather pompous, FMFSS. Her face did express great fatigue. It seems to me Kate is very bored with the public side of her career, and so I keep wondering what tempted her to appear on TOTP at all. On the up side: she did sing the song professionally and conveyed the sad emotion of the song very well. But I was probably not waiting for professionalism. Before I have a big verbal fight with some avid fans on this list I will say this: I have long, and probably will always be, a Big Fan of Kate. There's nothing and no-one who can change that. I just feel she has thrown away one important part of her career, that being her PR. She does, besides making and releasing her wonderful music and films, absolutely _nothing_ to please her fans anymore. This appearance on TOTP was like saying: "So, here I am, look at me, I will be gone for three years now, and I don't want to make an effort in singing live or do anything extra. Don't ask me to do more, this is all you're gonna get. I think it's enough." I know, where fans are concerned nothing is ever enough, but only the cynical jokes about her tour in the FAQ say something about the way we perceive Kate these days. It makes me sad to think those questions will also apply to all of her public appearances. "Kate, are you in there?" - "Yes. Go away." Marcel Rijs * "Conan the librarian" * Den Haag * The Netherlands ================================================================ 100276.2176@compuserve.com mfgr@sara.nl PS Yes I did mail this quickly and without much consideration. I just want to know if more people feel the way I do right now. I'm so down about it...