Re:The Ninth Wave: Protagonist's name...

[mikael.jakonen@mailbox.swipnet.se (Mikael Jakonen)]

satyrnband@aol.com (SatyrnBand) (Mike Gallaher) wrote about The Ninth Wave:

>       ...I asssumed, based largely on the fact that a woman sang it,
>that it was about a woman.  That and the Jig Of Life song, which seemed
>to me to be about a woman confronted a future self that wanted to
>be allowed to exist.  Did any of you think it was a man's story related
>by a female singer?  If so, why?  Has Kate said anything to imply the
>sex of the protagonist?  Am I dense for thinking the obvious?  At least
>one of the Waking The Witch intro voices I always interpreted to be
>a male lover.  Then there's the whole "Witch" scene...seems like a female
>nightmare to me.

I agree with Mike Gallaher, that the person in the story is female.
I have always thought so, from the moment I realised The Ninth Wave 
was a story. It has something in it that I can't pinpoint, but all the 
lyrics, in the way it is given, I get the impression that it's supposed
to be a she. And the title of Waking The Witch just confirms my position,
not to mention the lyrics of it.
The accuser in the song poses threatingly, and I can't think of another 
situation in which he will be more intimidating than if the accused was 
an insecure young lady in, shall we say the late teens?
I may be wrong about her age, but then, I have not scrutinised the lyrics.
I just tend to imbibe the whole spirit of the story, or blow my brains
out by playing Waking The Witch in my 400 Watts car stereo 
(now I realise why I'm having trouble keeping my car _on_ the road :-)

Well that's how I see it anyway.

Take care...

//Mike 
(another mike)

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