There was a quote I saw on the internet a long time ago that has stuck with me over the decades: Fans are interesting things. Rush fans just cant comprehend why the rest of the world doesnt like Rush. REM fans consider the rest of the world beneath their social level to notice. Kate Bush fans love the rest of the world, and the world loves them, but spend long nights plotting to knife one another. Funny quote, but like any aphorism, there is some truth there. Kates music can be full of unmitigated joy one song, and utter darkness the next. Often, she strikes a balance that Id describe as blissful sardonicism. Vitally, shes a consummate storyteller, able to weave just about any tale her fertile imagination comes up with. And as a triple threat (songwriter, composer, and producer) shes able to realize her songs exactly the way she wants to. (Although it may take a decade or so between albums.) Take this, one of my favorite tracks of hers. Its a pop song about a secret government project to develop a sound that can kill people. I mean, come on! Just the premise is enough to make me eat my hat with envy, and its a great song to boot. And she got Dawn French and (a very young and un-craggy) Hugh Laurie to be in the video? Full of jealous awe, am I. I love the world, but Im glad the knives are locked away.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:36:37 +0000