Re: Wait for Kate

[pmramey@ix.netcom.com (Paul M. Ramey )]

In <4efkji$eqc@saba.info.ucla.edu> nsrjm@nursepo.medctr.ucla.edu (Robb
McCaffree) writes: 
>
>ariel_b@pipeline.com (Ariel Brennan) wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 28, 1996 05:33:03 in article <Re: Wait for Kate>,
>  
>> Nothing Tori does is so uniquely Kate that it couldn't have come
from
>> anyone but her. It's been done by many other people. Perhaps Tori
was
>> simply influenced by someone who was influenced by Kate. Or perhaps
their
>> minds just work in a similar fashion. I wouldn't be surprised either
way.  
>
>	They were both somewhat influenced by Joni Mitchell -- who 
>sounds very little like either. Somehow this equation doesn't work.
>

Tori's style is often strongly reminiscient of Laura Nyro circa "New
York Tendaberry" and "Christmas and the Beads of Sweat"...especially
the solo piano/voice tracks. To my ears, Tori owes as much or more of a
stylistic debt to Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell than to Kate Bush. 

It bugs me (in a small way) that performers like Tori are always
automatically compared to Kate Bush as if she invented the concept of
the female singer/songwriter/pianist. Kate was not the first woman in
pop/rock music to write, sing, and play the piano. Her approach to
doing so was/is incredibly innovative and original, but I can certainly
understand how Tori's music could have evolved without her ever hearing
"The Kick Inside". 

>> >Tori not only denies familiarity with Kate's stuff, she has 
>> >insulted her outright ("I want to tell her to stop
screaming...there's 
>> >no mouse").  

Hmmmm...I've often felt like saying that to Tori (especially on some of
the "Pele" tracks), but never to Kate :-)


Paul (PMRamey@ix.netcom.com)