Re: Which demo ???

[ScottWeb <scwebb@npi.net>]

The Cathy "Phoenix Tape" demos are fantastic because of the intimate, 
personal quality.  Kate's voice is more relaxed and natural than any of 
the studio recordings.

My favorite is "Craft of Love" but equally remarkable are the early 
versions of some of the future album cuts.  For example "Kashka from 
Bagdhad".  We learn in this version that the person singing is debating 
acting on their own gay feelings "what would I do if I was seen/what 
would I do if they knew my true feelings?".  There's also a funny line 
that must have later been revised: "except for the man who takes the 
garbage out..."

The big question that I have about these songs is how a teenager, even 
as intelligent and precocious as Kate, would know so much about life so 
early.  The topics of aging, adultery, marriage boredom, homosexuality, 
etc. are things I am still learning about at age 28.

It's also interesting that on Lionheart, instead of using some of these 
songs, she recorded more immature songs like "In Search of Peter Pan".  

-ScottWeb
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