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From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams)
Subject: Love and Anger
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Chris here,


Judi McKernan posted:

>  Well, I picked up my copy of The Sensual World Videos, and have watched it
> about 6 times now. Just wanted to share what I thought/felt about them, and
> am curious to know if anyone else agrees/disagrees with me.
> <deleted>
>  Anyway- while I greatly enjoyed the video for "Love and Anger", as of yet
> I don't find anything truly outstanding about it. Am I missing something?
> I couldn't find any real relationship between the dancers and what I
> perceive the meaning of the song to be. The scepter was a nice touch,
> tho- made "The Great Goddess KaTe" appear very regal, even in the simple 
> black jumpsuit.
> Also, while I greatly enjoyed the appearance by Dave Gilmour (another 
> favorite of mine- coincidence?), I found the scenes of KaTe dancing before > the band to be missing something. Don't get me wrong- the woman has a very > sensual power when she moves. It's just that this video didn't really 
> connect for me. If I'm missing something obvious (or even not-so-obvious), > somebody please clue me in!
> 
>                                    judi

    Last year Vickie and I came up with a theory. Here's what we posted...

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This should stir'em up some. Here is our interpretation of the Video for 
"Love And Anger". Just the video.

The parts in {}'s are from Chris. The Parts in []'s are from Vickie.

Video starts with a:
BLURRY SHOT
    {Not much meaning here. Just a blurry shot of the skirts of the Sufis.}

Next Kate is:
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
     {This is it. The record that's going to "break her" in America. All
eyes are upon her.}  

In her hands are:
JEWELRY
     {Could it be a rosary? She is on her knees, is she praying? For what?}
 
She is:
SHOWERED WITH GOLD
    {As she will be, metaphoricaly, if she succeeds in America, the last
holdout in the "civilized" world. We feel this video is the direct result
of a conversation with CBS record executives.}

She drops her:
JEWELERY
    [Possibly "pearls before swine"?]

She spins with her:
HEAD DOWN, ARMS OUTSTRETCHED
   ["Here I am, do what you will"]

She is handed the:
CROWN JEWELS
    {Not all the crown jewels, just the Orb and Septre, but definitely
the British Crown Jewels, symbolic of her Britishness.} 

In come the:
BALLET DANCERS
     {The Ballet Dancers may represent what CBS thinks of her recent videos,
serious and hoity-toity. They may have told her to "loosen up" and stop
taking herself so seriously.}

And she:
STANDS THERE
   {As everyone knows, in American rock videos, she singer just stands
there while dancers rush around, trying desperatly to create the illusion
that the singer is dancing, as in videos by Kim Karnes, Rod Stewart, Elton
John and others. God forbid that the singer actually try to dance, as in
Sting's "We'll Be Together". Kate, as we all know, can dance very well,
but she tried that with "Running Up That Hill" and that video was bumped
in favor of a TV show in which she was safely behind a podium.} 

Then the ballet dancers:
FADE AWAY

Then Sufi Dancers or:
WHIRLING DEVERISHS 
     {Don't you just love them. I do.} [ditto]

The ballet dancers come back and:
TAKE THE CROWN JEWELS
     {Or her Britishness, as CBS may be trying to do.} 

Causing Kate to:
VIBRATE VIOLENTLY
     [Free & easy, loose, "Americanized"]

And start:
GOING BACKWARDS
     {Being told to pander to the American market would no doubt be a 
[huge] step backwards for Kate at this point in her career.}

The camera pans left to a:
ARCH-TYPICAL "AMERICAN ROCK VIDEO"
     {Dave Guilmor with a wind machine in his face. This video is exclusivly
for the American market. Peter Fitzgerald-Morris tells us it hasn't been
shown in England. Near as we can tell CBS picked this song as the first
single and asked her for "a video for the American market" and she must have
thought "Hmm.. a video for America? Well I guess we'll just have to make an
American video." So she made as American a video as she could.}

Our heroine gets:
CARRIED IN FEET FIRST
      {As she well would have to be. This type of video is known the
well-known, and much dreaded, "Band-in-a-Box"}

And starts to:
GYRATE WILDLY
    {Near as I can tell this is something between The Pony and The Frug.
I think Joey Heatherton invented this one on Hullaballoo.}
[no one has commented on the "hullaballoo" dance moves she made in in the
Dreaming video-same influences at work]

Surrounded by:
CLICHED SHOTS OF BAND MEMBERS
     {Possible award winner for Most-Cliched Visuals on the MTV Music Video
Awards (a hotly contested catagory). The worst lighting I've seen in years.
Par lamps on a straight truss on a chase!! This *cannot* be anything other
than a JOKE, the lighting equivilent of a guitarist running his/her hand up
and down the neck of his/her gee-tar (Kate called this action "obviously
wanking away up there")(see: Heart or any Heavy Metal). Take it from me, the
lighting is dumber than a box of rocks. On purpose. Kate's videos are always
well and subtly lit.}

Until she:
THROWS THE GOLD GLITTER AT THE CAMERA
     {With a manical grin on her face. Watch it in slow motion.}

Thus ends Kate's funniest video. I've broken it down for ease of commenting
by other Love-Hounds. We've run this past Doctor of Katebusholigy Peter
David Fitzgerald-Morris of "Homeground" and he found it amusing and very
likely given Kate's sense of humor. Remember this is Kate we are talking
about, Our Lady of the Oblique Reference, the one who puts lyrics in her
songs that even her most ardent fans cannot decipher, the one who hides
secret symbols on her records, the one who once answered a simple question,
"what kind of makeup do you use?", with, "oh, I don't use makeup anymore,
I use latex!". Comments welcome.


                                  Love, 
                                      Chris'n'Vickie
                                      [or Vickie'n'Chris]

[notice how the title can be turned into Love an' Danger? No special
significance, I just think it's neat]

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    There were a few comments from |>oug and Jon Drukman, but otherwise
folks seemed to like it.

                                Chris Williams of
                                    Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
                                        katefans@chinet.chi.il.us

P.S. Sorry if any of our recent postings are behind the times, and answer
     questions that have already been answered. We have to get our mail else-
     where, create replies at home, and go to still another place to send
     mail.
