Muzak Kate!

[bigz <bigz@nation.nationgroup.com>]

It is bizarre where and when Kate Bush will pop up. I was waiting for a
friend in the lobby of a five-star hotel in Hat Yai, a town in the South
of Thailand near the Malaysian border last Sunday. Suddenly my senses
alerted me to a familiar tune ... across the lobby came a muzak version
of 'Mna na H-Eirann! I was filled with excitement and confusion and
outrage -- that a Kate song had been chosen to become muzakked, that the
album had even made it this far, and that a Kate song could be
bastardized by those nasty muzak people. Upon returning to my home in
Bangkok, I quickly consulted my Common Ground CD and discovered that in
fact the tune is traditional rather than an original Kate. Still, it was
nice to have the thought of Kate wake me out of my zombie-like state in
that lobby.
	By the way ... just heard the Prince song ''My Computer'' which
features (is that the right word?) Kate on backing tracks. What an
utter, utter waste of This Woman's Work. It may as well be anybody. The
true backing vocal is Prince himself. If I were Kate I'd be bloody
furious.
	Then again, she probably isn't too thrilled about the Muzak people
bastardizing her song either.
	Andrew Biggs