Re: Cathy Demos

["bmiller5" <bmiller5@ix.netcom.com>]

>>On topic: a dear friend of mine has promised to send >>me the Cathy
Demos 
>>within the week.  Shall I be jubilant, or is a pained >>expression of 
>>dismay more appropriate? 

Colin,

I listen to the Cathy Demos occasionally, and I would say that a proper
response is is somewhere between jubilaiton and dismay.  Yes, they are
poorly recorded, and her voice while beatiful and haunting (but you knew
that!) sounds a little untrained. The songs are of mixed quality and
include early versions of songs we know well (O To Be in Love, Kashka from
Bagdad, Hammer Horror).   For me, it;s most interesting to listen to
because of the clues it provides to Kate's officially released songs.
There are snippets of musical and lyrical ideas on the demos that have
resurfaced on her albums that add yet another degree of  conceptual
consistancy to her music.