Re: The Ninth Wave - the best!

["Alan Chamberlin" <xxxxabckid@ix.netcom.com>]

The context for the Ninth Wave is a woman who has been stranded in the
water and a substantial period of time passes before she is rescued.

The woman's past, present and future come to her in turn to keep her awake.
 In Dream of Sleep she wishes she had a radio to keep her awake.  In Under
Ice she is dreaming asleep in the water of someone falling through ice into
the water.  She wakes up abruptly at the end of this song.  (Imagine being
asleep in the water, rolling over and getting a breathful of water.)  Now
the stage is set for Waking the Witch.

Waking the Witch is her past, Jig of Life is her future, and Watching you
Without Me is her present.

In Morning Fog she has been rescued.

I posted a much longer post on my interpretations of the piece some time
back.

Kate has stated that she was inspired by several WW2 submarine films in
preparing this piece.  


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Alan Chamberlin
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