Re: A Weird View of The Ninth Wave

["Ronald W. Garrison" <rwgarr@intrex.net>]

Ralph Eisermann wrote:

> > Hi all.
> >
> > I have been amazed by the detail that this newsgroup goes into
> Kate's
> > songs, and I have been somewhat embarrassed about my misconceptions
> > about certain of them.
> >
> > The most striking is the meanings behind The Ninth Wave that I had
> > shortly after it came out.
> >
> > I thought it was about a probable (at the time) disaster with the
> space
> > shuttle. (please don't laugh)
> no it is not ! The Challenger Disaster took place in 1987, I think.

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The Challenger disaster occurred in January 1986 (Monday the 28th, I
believe--and yes, I do recall where I was when I heard about it.)
*Hounds of Love* was released about the end of July (Katemas?) 1985. (I
also remember where and when I first heard it--my first listen to her,
not counting catching a couple of plays of "Running Up That Hill" on the
radio.)
So the album could not have been inspired by Challenger. *However, as
I've commented before in this newsgroup, the event occurred at a time
not long after I bought the album, and I was naturally still listening
to it fairly often, and "Hello Earth" seemed somehow very appropos.

While we're into that area of history, how about another thought: Some
of you may remember that Joni Mitchell released an album called *Dog Eat
Dog* right around that time. I think it came out in the autumn of 1985.
I also remember that it had another "canine" cover motif, but a less
tranquil one. Any connection there?

--Ron Garrison

http://www.intrex.net/rwgarr/