Re: HoL

[Stan Yunick <s-yunick@uiuc.edu>]

Yeah, for the ditty on the special rerelease of HOL, I hope it does get
mentioned that HOL is what brought Kate to people's attention in the US.

I bought the RUTH single and played it to death, then got the CD.
HOL was actually the first recording in Compact Disc format I ever
bought.  I then slowly worked back through the rest of her collection
(which was great--gave me something to fill in the gaps between
releases).

Stan


John D. Walker wrote:



> 
> Mmmmmmmm.... where to begin?
> 
> HoL was the first Kate Bush I ever heard.  My college roommate was a DJ
> for the college radio station (WFIT in Melbourne, FL), and brought this
> promo disk home one day and said "you've got to hear this stuff, it's
> amazing!"  I, being completely into metal (Maiden, Priest, etc.) said
> "So?"  But the songs stuck in my head, and I was familiar with the name
> due to the heavy press blitz that occurred around the time TKI was
> released, and also from the Benetar cover of "Wurthering Heights".
> 
> 12 years later, I was in a CD store and on a whim, bought HoL (along with
> Black Sabbath's Headless Cross and some other metal disk to cover all the
> bases).  It seemed very familiar, yet new and different.  It's still my
> sentimental favorite KT album, although I think The Dreaming is the best
> she's done so far.  HoL is brilliant because it retains the experimental,
> wild edge of The Dreaming yet makes it accessible without compromising a
> whole lot.  KT's singing is also very strong - somehow "deeper" in a
> spiritual sort of way than what had come before.
> 
> HoL (and The Dreaming) are unique in my record collection in that you
> can't just throw them on and putter around in the house or whatever.
> They demand your undivided attention.  The "special effects" (this isn't
> really the right word) defy description.  How did she come up with this
> stuff?  Somehow I find the existence of these albums strangly comforting
> - just the fact that an artist could create something like this makes me
> feel better about being a human being.
> 
> What an honor, Peter.  Thanks for letting us throw our 2 cents in!
> 
> JW      jdwalker@post.smu.edu
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