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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
I think "Under the Ivy" would have fit perfectly within the "Ninth Wave"- perhaps right before "Hello Earth." Now that was a missed opportunity! But still... HoL is perhaps the most brilliant piece of music ever made. And I happen to think Aerial is woefully underrated- perhaps the second best thing she's ever done.
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I think I agree with you.
Under The Ivy fits with the reflective, introspective themes of
The Ninth Wave. It's a beautiful song. Have you ever seen the live performance of it? It's divine.
My favourite Kate Bush album is
The Dreaming, then
Hounds of Love. Both of which I find to be flawless. I think the concept of the latter is more realised though, and it's absolutely magnificent.
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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
So here's a question- as a Kate Bush obsessive, what do you think about Tori Amos? I have to admit that I despise everything about Tori Amos with a passion; she is such a blatant, shameless rip-off of Kate. And I get so pissed off when I see them lumped into the same category. Kate is the real deal. Tori is just a bad Kate Bush drag queen.
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I love Tori Amos, she's my third favourite artist. I hated her for
ages though, for the reasons you said. I also heard she denied knowing who Kate Bush was in an early interview.
The irony in that is too much for my tiny mind to take in. Then, eventually, I thought that I'd listen to her on a blank slate, without the Kate Bush comparisons, and I loved what I heard. There are some definite Kate things she does though; the themes of her work, the nuances in her voice, the
Little Earthquakes cover - blatantly influenced by
The Kick Inside American LP cover.
I think besides the comparisons listed though, Kate and Tori are completely different. Kate uses more literary references, and is more of a "story-teller", in that she has the ability to write a novel with a song. She does write personal songs, but I think she writes through other characters. Tori is intensely forthright with how personal her songs are. She's more of a political writer than Kate (not disregarding
Army Dreamers or
Breathing). She also comes across to me as less polished than Kate generally.
Back on topic!
I Don't Want To Know to me is as deserved of a place on
Rumours as any other song. I've been mulling over which song I think is the weakest on the album, and then realised that the reason it's considered one of the greatest records of all time is
because there's not a weak track on there. I find there are songs I like less than others, but not songs that I don't think should have made the cut.
By the way, I think
Oh Daddy is beautiful!