More on Gaffa

[Mike Wade <mwade@oxfam.org.uk>]

"Gaffa" tape is a strong "industrial" version of stickty tape, and is 
traditionally used to keep the leads of all the various instruments/machines 
used in music recording in place on the floor.  A nice example of Kate 
working very ptactical aspects of her work into her lyrics. You can just see 
her recording The Dreaming (the first album to be recorded largely at her 
own home studio) with the bloody gaffa tape coming out of her ears. Are the 
songs going anywhere? Does she still have a life in the outside world? Or is 
she, literally, suspended in gaffa? One part "wanting to have it all". One 
part seemingly in suspended animation.


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From: Shelby J Lupi
To: rec-music-gaffa@moderators.uu.net
Subject: Re: Would someone please tell me what "Gaffa" is?
Date:  16 February 1997 22:21

J. De Carli wrote:
>
> I've been a big fan of Kate's since 1980, with her release of "Hounds of
> Love". I quickly picked up her prior works and fell in love with
> "Suspended in Gaffa". Since then, I've never understood what gaffa was.
> Would someone please give me a hint? Thanks!
>
> -Jim
Gaffa is gaffer's tape or rather duct tape!
Michelle