Re: Kate vs. Tori Debate

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In <v02110102ad342c92a95c@[204.160.136.60]> braitman@sirius.com
(Stephen M. H. Braitman) writes: 
>
>"Mike" prefers Tori Amos because of her presumed work ethic. 
"Patrick"
>simply says Mike has no taste. Although I do think Kate Bush is the
>superior artist, I too think that she does one or two things that are
a
>detriment to her career.
>
>One, she may spend much too much time on recording individual songs
and
>albums, going over material, sound, instruments, so much that she
loses
>perspective on them.  I doubt if she has much critical feedback from
>anybody, and she probably rules the recording studio.  The results
have
>often been disappointing, after such a long wait, to hear material
which
>often seems to be re-treads of older themes and musical explorations.
>Let's face it, Kate Bush does not ALWAYS move forward artistically
(last
>two albums being cases in point).  I, for one, wouldn't mind her being
>challenged to write and record a song very quickly, down and dirty, to
>shake up her artistic process.
>
>Two, she is from a privileged, upper class family and has lived in
>comfortable circumstances all her life.  I am not saying she can't be
a
>great artist because of this, but I think that a comfortable lifestyle
>often works against giving an artist the edge necessary to rise above
>circumstances (whatever those may be) to achieve good works.  Has she
been
>lazy?  Has she taken too many vacations?  Has she simply lived her
live
>away from music for awhile?  These questions can't be answered
>definitively, but there's no reason to assume that Kate Bush lives
with her
>music (and music production) 24 hours a day.  And, I'm suggesting,
because
>of her economic/lifestyle/class situation, she has more options than
just
>working...at her art, or anything else.
>
>So, perhaps Tori Amos is hungrier, leaner, more productive, because
she
>wants more...out of life, out of music, out of art, who can say.  And
no
>record company is going to let an opportunity go by to capitalize on a
>musician's desire to create and produce product.
>
>Faith Lee
>
>
Well, after the 1980 releaes of "Never for Ever," Kate gave us in 2
years an end result called, "The Dreaming."  If that's what Kate writes
when speeding herself up, I'll be the first in line to buy her next LP.