I played viola on Kate Bush’s last LP, and laughed myself silly at her nonsensical lyrics about snowmen. The obsequious, unquestioning critical acclaim heaped upon this manifestly overrated singer is rather depressing, and summed up by your reviewer (Kate Bush, Hammersmith Apollo, 27 August) when he describes an audience who “spend the first part of the show clapping everything; no gesture is too insignificant to warrant applause”. Enough said.
Bill Hawkes
Canterbury
(Letter in today's Guardian)
I can't understand why she's considered to be so leftfield; she's only leftfield in the context of having chart hits. Her music is really fairly ordinary taken away from that context.Statistics: Posted by milchman — Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:19 pm
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