Friday, September 02, 2005

Kate Bush is BACK!!

Kate Bush, my favourite is back with a new album after a decade of absence. Her lyrics, her voice and her music are phenomenal. They are the work of a person who has strong talent, strong intellect, strong emphatetic skills. Just listen to her, and you'll know her work far surpasses those everyday songs about mundane relationships.

I feel true artists needs to have wisdom to see beyond the mundane. As figures that people watch and listen to, it is part of their responsibility to serve as role models, both through their art and their lives. What art that speaks of the mundane will not last when people gain wisdom. This is why older people don't listen much to pop music. We find them simply too mundane and self-indulgent. Although I do like the music, the lyrics are self-indulgent, the artistes are like popular clones. Sometimes, their eyes might even seem convincing enough, to say that they're really true to themselves. But look deeper, and you'll see the emptiness, the fear, the reason why they try so hard to look good, behave "cool" and all other mannerisms.

Anyway, that's generalisation, and not entirely fair.

So Kate Bush's new album, I've been waiting for this for so long... I'm sure fans all over are going feverish with anticipation.

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