Re: Love-Hounds Digest #11.191

[greenpig@interport.net (RoanHorse)]

gwithnel@iglou.com (Geoffrey Withnell) wrote:

>Roan Horse,
>	I am new to this fan club, But have found in real life and on the 
>net that her fans mostly like Kates "odder", Less traditonal music. I on 
>the otherhand enjoy Kates earlier tunes. T.K.I. is my favorite album. So 
>if you like the "speed" of that album I would suggest that you purchase 
>"Lionheart," and "THis Womans Work" (Boxed set of all Kate's mainstreem 
>albums and B sides.) 
>	Most of her early stuff is more romantic and dreamy. After 
>Lionheart I feel her style took a turn. I still enjoy her later works!! 
>But the earliy songs seem to tough me more. 

>"Moving stranger, 
>does it really matter?
>As long as you're not afraid 
>to feel."

> Cheer's Friend
>Be sure to be curtious 
>and write back soon!!!!!m


Thanks very much for the recommendation! I'll pick up Lionheart later this
weekend--can't wait.

It's funny, I don't think of TKI as being exactly "traditional" (I know, you
said *more* traditional :) What I love is the way she packs so much into each
song, like the way the strange beginning of "Strange Phenomena" slips
effortlessly into the more normal second half of the verse, and the chorus, and
that lovely "Om mani padme hum" bit, even though all these parts are so
different from each other. Or the way the "rolling the ball" intro comes back at
the end of the chorus of "Them Heavy People" (the first time). And her lyrics
are so great all the way through. And every song on the record is amazing. I
know, you diehard KateHeads know this all already. I'm still in the first flush
of infatuation I guess :)

Cheers back to you, and thanks again.

RH