"Uncut" review

[KathyD]

From the review:

Gotta love the woman: on the closing "Goodbye Baby" she sounds like Kate Bush spliced with Victoria Williams

It's funny that they said she sounds like Kate Bush... there's one part of Beautiful Child that I always thought kinda sounded similar to Kate Bush. The verse where she sings " I'm not a child anymore, I'm tall enough to reach for the stars, I'm old enough to love you from afar". The way she sings up and down. Then again, maybe I'm totally off base... anyway...

Who is Victoria Williams? Never heard of her.

[David]

Originally posted by KathyD
From the review:

Gotta love the woman: on the closing "Goodbye Baby" she sounds like Kate Bush spliced with Victoria Williams

It's funny that they said she sounds like Kate Bush... there's one part of Beautiful Child that I always thought kinda sounded similar to Kate Bush. The closest musical connection between Kate Bush & Fleetwood Mac that I can think of is that the song "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (1978) has a Christine McVie-style vocal melody, & the performance itself has little Christine McVieisms in it, to my ears.

Play "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" & "The Way I Feel" (from "Mystery to Me") back to back & listen for the similarity in style.

[strandinthewind]

I agree. I also think KB's vocal on Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up" could have easily been written for SN; I think it is very similar to her style - high harmony, bridge, etc.