This is also one of the albums I had selected for you. I am a huge Kate Bush fan and I completely get what Rachel is saying about the album. I thought you would like it because of the Seventh Wave, of the depiction of witch craft, outer body experience and the whole ecological message. I disagree with your comments about her trying to be a poet. Kate Bush is a poet and full of emotion. One of my all time favourite song is This Woman's Work. If you can stand one more Kate Bush song you should give it a try.
I'd be interested in your thoughts on some of the others this week, particularly Graceland, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and another of my all time favourites (but not one I chose for you) Blue.
I have always loved Graceland. My daughters all discovered it in recent years so I’ve heard it a lot lately and it makes me want to sing (when no one else is listening). I love the variety of the music, sounds I’d never heard before I heard this and ones I was just starting to know about.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is … kind of like the music of my soul if that makes any sense. Because we listened to it over and over again when I was a kid it stuck with me and then for years and years I didn’t hear it and then when I did it was so familiar it felt like part of me. Plus there’s the whole Yellow Brick Road thing which was always going to appeal to me.
I’ve only listened to Blue twice. I told Robert to put on a CD he thought I’d like and he put this on. I must have heard it before but I’ve never actually listened (I haven’t been listening!). It really works for me though. What a voice!
Moira I love that appreciate this album as much as I do! Really interesting to read your response Claire. For something that sold so much and had so much exposure, it isn't always an easy listen. And if you're not a fan of Kate Bush's voice then you would never love this record. (And voice is so important and so individual). You touch on something really important with music though, as you say you are exploring what you were listening to in 1986. The context and setting of music is so important and definitely plays a part in how much I love this album. Looking forward to hearing what next week's choice is.
Context is definitely a thing I’ve been thinking about and I expect to come back to.
Thank you for giving me this experience. Even though I say it’s not really for me, I have those words and sounds echoing in my head right now and I can see me coming back to it at some point. I’m interested to see at the end of the year what I come back to and what I leave and whether some things come full circle - will someone send me something that makes me reevaluate my KB response?
This is also one of the albums I had selected for you. I am a huge Kate Bush fan and I completely get what Rachel is saying about the album. I thought you would like it because of the Seventh Wave, of the depiction of witch craft, outer body experience and the whole ecological message. I disagree with your comments about her trying to be a poet. Kate Bush is a poet and full of emotion. One of my all time favourite song is This Woman's Work. If you can stand one more Kate Bush song you should give it a try.
I'd be interested in your thoughts on some of the others this week, particularly Graceland, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and another of my all time favourites (but not one I chose for you) Blue.
I have always loved Graceland. My daughters all discovered it in recent years so I’ve heard it a lot lately and it makes me want to sing (when no one else is listening). I love the variety of the music, sounds I’d never heard before I heard this and ones I was just starting to know about.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is … kind of like the music of my soul if that makes any sense. Because we listened to it over and over again when I was a kid it stuck with me and then for years and years I didn’t hear it and then when I did it was so familiar it felt like part of me. Plus there’s the whole Yellow Brick Road thing which was always going to appeal to me.
I’ve only listened to Blue twice. I told Robert to put on a CD he thought I’d like and he put this on. I must have heard it before but I’ve never actually listened (I haven’t been listening!). It really works for me though. What a voice!
Goodbye Yellow Brick road is one of a tiny handful of vinyl albums I own
Moira I love that appreciate this album as much as I do! Really interesting to read your response Claire. For something that sold so much and had so much exposure, it isn't always an easy listen. And if you're not a fan of Kate Bush's voice then you would never love this record. (And voice is so important and so individual). You touch on something really important with music though, as you say you are exploring what you were listening to in 1986. The context and setting of music is so important and definitely plays a part in how much I love this album. Looking forward to hearing what next week's choice is.
Context is definitely a thing I’ve been thinking about and I expect to come back to.
Thank you for giving me this experience. Even though I say it’s not really for me, I have those words and sounds echoing in my head right now and I can see me coming back to it at some point. I’m interested to see at the end of the year what I come back to and what I leave and whether some things come full circle - will someone send me something that makes me reevaluate my KB response?