Re: Has Kate already peaked?

[as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Andrew David Simchik)]

In <gondola-2201960129250001@ana0015.deltanet.com> gondola@deltanet.com (E.B.) writes:

[friendly criticism of TRS and TSW snipped]
>I'm sorta lukewarm on Tori Amos, who's so pretentious she
>makes Kate seem like the Go-Go's,

As long as Tori keeps making music that I can feel in my muscles
(we're talking, like, I *am* those piano wires), I'll ignore the
fact that she eschews trite lyrical pablum in favor of visceral
tell-it-like-it-is honest-to-Tree *poetry* (circa LITTLE EARTHQUAKES)
or even kaleidoscopic-to-the-point-of-faerie-tongue weird-ass
private-symbolism babble (UNDER THE PINK, and apparently parts of
the new album too).  Tori is welcome to sing the telephone book
to me as long as she keeps producing music like CLOUD ON MY TONGUE
or YES ANASTASIA, and avoids songs she can't cover well (like LOVESONG
and LOSING MY RELIGION), pretentious or no.  I get that muscle thing
from "Song of Solomon," BTW, which is one of TRS's better offerings
in my book.

> but Jane Siberry's When I Was A Boy is a
>much better "Kate Bush record" than either Sensual or Red Shoes. Jes' my
>two cents....

This comparison has always mystified me.  I honestly see no
resemblance between Kate and Jane beyond intelligence and
a high voice.  Oh, and they're both wimmin.

The alleged resemblance between Gene and the Smiths is more 
recognizable to me, though IMO not much closer.

Drewcifer
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