Re: 9th wave

[Dan Star <danstar@execpc.com>]

Ron,

I have to disagree with you on The Red Shoes and The Sensual World. 
Comparing the Cure material to the The Sensual World?  Check out the
vocals on Eat the Music; they are sublime.  I trust Kate's judgement.  I
am at her mercy.

Dan


Ronald W. Garrison wrote:
>
> My own preferences? (Everyone else seems to have a list.):
> 
>   1. Hounds of Love--possibly the most delightful musical surprise I
> ever had (late November 1985). After hearing RUTH on the radio a couple
> of times, I patiently waited until the CD came out, and took a chance on
> it (never heard anything else by Kate).
> 
>   2. The Dreaming--OK, this is not for everybody, I know, but I connect
> to it on a level I can't explain. Funny thing is, the criticisms I've
> heard of TD ("Dark, brooding...") are almost opposite to what people
> said about HOL (from "Rock's eternal kid", as one Rolling Stone reviewer
> called her)
> 
>   3. Never For Ever. The material isn't as moving as on the above two,
> but it certainly has some amazing vocal demo moments ("Violin" is
> nothing if not impressive singing, from a purely stunt/technical
> standpoint).
> 
>   4. TKI, LH These have their moments, but that high, "drunk little
> girl" voice--well, a little goes a long way.
> Some of the lyrics on TKI are pretty obscure too--although I know that,
> with Kate, once you get the idea what a song is about, often it all
> suddenly pops into focus.
> 
>  5. TSW--Again, some really beautiful parts, but I think the influences
> on her were not the best for creating her best music--Why didn't she
> just front for the Cure for a few years, it might've had the same
> effect?
> 
> 6. TRS--I don't get this one at all, except as (1) a reach for
> commercial appeal, and (2) a reaction to themes of despair and death,
> prompted by her mother's death (but only in places).
>