onenitealone said:

I'll third that! Great album, once you really examine it.

JediMaster said:

Y'all are making me feel like crap for dogging it.

I will give it another chance. But it was just SO difficult. I've never heard anything remotely like it.

GangstaFam said:

Another chance? Man, you'll probably need at least two dozen.

But please, please, PLEASE persevere with it. Trust me, once you "get" it, it'll never leave you.

Cloudbuster said:

Hopefully in a good way. That shit is nightmarish!

I was just surprised, cuz of the other 2 I've given time to - Hounds of Love and Never For Ever, I really became attached to those quite quickly. It's funny cuz The Dreaming was the first one I bought. Good thing it wasn't the first one I listened to or else I might've given up on her right then and there!

GangstaFam - this record is exactly the reason why I made my comment about 'commercial success' earlier. I think the closest Kate has come to chasing commercial trends would be on 'The Red Shoes' - 'Rubberband Girl' anyone? (And I won't even go near the dance remix of the title track ). 'The Dreaming', however, is the complete opposite - you let it envelop you, not the other way around.

I guarantee that, once it clicks, you'll love this album. Mad genius at work all over it.

GangstaFam said:

It's partly the arrangements that get me. It's very cinematic in places (try Pull Out The Pin over headphones to see what I mean) and the vocal work is just astonishing. She tries a different vocal approach for almost every song. Check the title track.... she even tries to sing like a didgeridoo. It's a very brave album in many ways. Art at it's most self-indulgent? Sure. But it's one hell of a trip. If you like Bjork at her most bizarre, I fail to see how you couldn't eventually grasp this one, too.

Good luck.

onenitealone said:

Don't start dissing Rubberband Girl or I'll get mad on your ass.

onenitealone said:

I hope I end up seeing it that way.

It's funny about the trend-chasing thing. Of the songs I know from The Red Shoes - Rubberband Girl and the Prince one - they sound like they would've been more at home on mainstream radio in '87 than '93. They're decent songs, but sound really dated now.

Cloudbuster said:

You and onenitealone really summed it up. Sure, it's wierd as hell, and the first six or seven times I heard it I just couldn't wrap my brain around it. After time, though, I started to see all the subtle layers that are piled on it. It's riveting, to say the least.

Cloudbuster said:

JediMaster said:

GangstaFam said:

Dated? That's some organic shit you're on about. And organic shit don't date.

Cloudbuster said:

Hey! I like 'Rubberband Girl' - I just think it's a bit more commercial than most of her efforts. If you're gonna get rough with me, though... I'll say I hate the WHOLE album.

onenitealone said:

Cloudbuster said:

Yeah, but it rots and molds.

You going to the London Party, Cloudy?

She might have even released her album by then.

GangstaFam said:

And so will you if you're not careful.

onenitealone said:

London? What's that? I've never heard of it.

Cloudbuster said:

I take it that's a 'No', then. Unless you make a 'surprise' appearance. I'll just keep a look-out for Chris Martin in the corner, singing like a didgeridoo.

Cloudbuster said:

Don't get me wrong, I like those songs. But they seem a lot more of their time and less timeless than the other stuff I've heard from her.

onenitealone said:

I may just show up now that you've said that.

GangstaFam said:

Fair enough. But when you hear them in the context of the album then they probably won't sound as dated. She's a pretty timeless artist. And I hope you like The Song Of Solomon. That track makes me damp.

Cloudbuster said:

Just don't turn up dressed like a didgeridoo singing like Chris Martin!

onenitealone said:

No danger of that. My credibility is already shot to fuck, I don't wanna end up a complete pariah.

so gansta, what did you think of red shoes?

Wow. I just discovered this thread.

LoL@ Gangsta for wanting to break Kate's Music from the middle, up, then back. I mean; :kookoo: Try The Kick Inside, will ya!
Heehee@ Cloudy for Ate Bush. There is a band called Kate's Bush, actually.
OneniteAlone, SosGemini & AnckSuNamun; nice to read your comments!

HamsterHuey said:

Aww, thanks Herman. I've noticed before that you're a Kate fan. AND you like Roxy Music - you know they're playing Amerstdam July 05? (Heineken Hall)

onenitealone said:

I am afraid to see old heroes perform. They never live up to my fantasies.

I am going to see Roisin Murphy though!

HamsterHuey said:

I am considering getting her album - everyone here seems to drool over it. And I love Moloko, so...

As for Roxy - I saw them in London 2 or 3 years ago (?) and - honestly - I was blown away! I thought it was gonna be a cringe-fest but I was surprised by how great it was. Very cohesive. The original line-up are recording a new album too. But I understand your trepidation!