Re: Wait for Kate

[Robb McCaffree <nsrjm@nursepo.medctr.ucla.edu>]

mmayo@mindspring.com (Mark Mayo) wrote:
>
> nbuchwa1@ix.netcom.com (Norman Buchwald) wrote:
> 
> >btd@carina.cray.com (Bryan Dongray) wrote:
> 
> >>Just a small piece of advise:
> >>	Wait for Kate
> 
> 
> >Since when was Tori Amos just another Kate Bush, anyway?  When Little
> >Earthquakes came out there were some reminisces of Kate's music that
> >made us rave about this album.  But looking back now, one has to
> >wonder.  Was she ever really in Kate Bush's shadow?    As a big fan of
> >both artists, I certainly am for their similarities, but also their
> >differences
> 
> The problem I have with Amos is that after the release of Little
> Earthquakes she flatly denied ever having heard any of Kate's work.
> IMHO, this may be true!  But in that case, her producer certainly has
> heard and was heavily influenced by Kate's work.
> 
> Personally, I think that credit should be given where credit is due.
> There's no shame in admitting another artist's influence.
> 
> 

THANKYOU! This is a point I've  made numerous times on rec.music.tori-
amos, and no one seems to 'get it.' I like Tori...I think she's very
talented and can see that she's had many influences. But why can't she
simply list Kate right along with Led Zeppelin and the rest? It's
almost as if there's an unwillingness to concede their similarity --
because Kate's too contemporary, or female, maybe? Under The Pink,
indeed!


Robb