under the ivy/cloudbusting/wilhelm reich

["Brian J Dillard" <dillardb@student.msu.edu>]

which song was under the ivy originally the b-side for? cuz i always think of
it as being the flipside (if not the physical b-side) of cloudbusting. the
metaphor of the garden pops up in both, so i guess that's why i relate the two.
the boy in cloudbusting buries his yo-yo in the garden to keep his father from
confiscating it, and later burial in the garden symbolizes the government
hiding his father away like a dirty little secret that is nonetheless dear to
him. so when kate sing "go into the garden, go into the ivy" with that
beautifully restrained intensity, i connect the garden of UTI with that same
garden in CB, i.e. a place where she hides what is dear to her, that part of
her that nobody understands . . . . i guess my interpretation fits in with
several of the other current ones being discussed.

william reich (misspelled probably) update: the second volume of his journals
is just out and got a lengthy review in the NYTimes Review of Books from
yesterday (sun 1/29/95). if anybody is interested, i'd be willing to post them
at least part of the text. it's quite fascinating. evidently, the elder reich
(that is the last name isn't it?) had a bit o trouble with his own parents. he
caught mom in bed with his tutor, and mom committed sucicide shortly thereafter
and dad did some years later . . .  .

brian dillard
dillardb@student.msu.edu