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Kate's Lyrics/Music (Was elton and bernie)

From: Don <fastslow@idt.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 22:42:03 -0700
Subject: Kate's Lyrics/Music (Was elton and bernie)
To: cbullard@hiwaay.net
Cc: love-hounds@gryphon.com
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At 9:06 PM -0700 9-18-97, len bullard wrote:
>>I doubt that this is true because Bernie writes the lyrics and I don't
>>think he could write lyrics to music he had never heard.
>
>>jOHN
>
>umm.. minor point: in all the interviews
>i've seen or read about their work together,
>they've said that IS how they work.  Bernie
>writes the lyrics first.  That is how
>many songwriting teams work.  It keeps
>the words from being chained to the
>meter of the instrumentation and
>elton likes the challenge.

Okay...let's move this back to Kate Bush.

Does anyone know if she writes the music or lyrics first...or if it varies
by song.

- Don