Re: Lionheart's low rating

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j>I must be in the minority of one - I prefer "Lionheart" to all the other
j>albums, probably all the other albums put together. With the exception of
j>"Don't put your foot on the heartbrake", the songs are all non-noisy (cf her
j>later efforts). I suppose that I prefer the under-produced, simpler style of
j>Kate to her more universally popular efforts. I still buy the new albums
j>when they come out, I just don't listen to them...
                 The Dreaming was a shock to you, right ? ;)
j>
I think Lh ist just average in popular music, e.g.
compare her to Mike Oldfield.
MO was praised as a prophet of a new way in (not only)  
popular music, and what did he do in the 80ies?
And not only Oldfield...

Most of TKI and Lh is teenage stuff,
not so far away from the stuff some of us wrote at that age,  
to, or at least is basing on this texts.
Symphony in Blue is better than some other songs, but it  
does describe a typical situation of teenagers.
Now this bores me, except when having my blues (as now).
TKI is better produced and contains better songs and a  
better performance, IMO.

"O England my Lionheart" is childish patriotism to me,
 a piece of Kitsch (I hope IED does not read this),
 but I have no relation to any kind of patriotism or  
nationalism. (O yes, my grandparents exaggerated a bit, and  
you may see a relation between my view of patriotism and  
history)
 I also see that patriotism has a liberal and civil  
tradition in UK, France and many other nations, so I don't
 generalize this.
 But I love *Army* *Dreamers*



j>Sad to think that Lionheart is 15 years old, makes me feel old...
;) I no longer see a future ;)
;) She makes me feel like an old man

;) When I remember back to 85, when they played HoL in the  
Radio, I am feeling old.
In fact, I was a bit to young to get KT addicted, but that  
changed around 1988.
And now there is 1995!




Ralph
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