Re: O(+> and Kate Bush

[chrisw@miso.wwa.com (Chris Williams)]

>In article <akmonday-1912951844140001@looking-glass.hip.berkeley.edu>,
>akmonday@uclink3.berkeley.edu (Anthony Kyle Monday) wrote:
>
>>Um, Prince doesn't sing on this song. It's Lenny Henry.
>>
  akmonday@uclink3.berkeley.edu     /     with a nicotine patch               
>
>You're quite wrong. Prince does sing on this. You only have to listen to
>it, for God's sake! Lenny's on there too, in the backing vocals. (And a
>good job he does too).

   The 2nd lead vocal ("..the eye of wonder, the eye that sees, the "I"
that loves you...") is, in fact, Lenny Henry. "The Self-Obssesed Wanker 
Formerly Known as Prince" (thanks Stev0!) did background vocals but only 
"...of all the people in the world..." is clearly him. The rest of the 
"...why should I love you..." fade-out is Kate doing a Prince-like call
and response.

  One interesting note: Squiggle is credited simply as "Prince." Nice
to know that he only insists on that nonsense to annoy the press.

  One other thing: personally Lenny Henry isn't (to my ears) imitating 
Prince on this track. He's imitating the sort of chorus that Steely Dan
often used, particulary on the album _Aja_, and in particular the track
_Peg_. The vocal arrangement sounds like a homage to the "...it's
your favorite foreign movie..." chorus. Kate has often mentioned _Peg_
as a one of her favorite songs.

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