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Post by Barry SR Gowing on Aug 18, 2012 8:17:44 GMT
Interesting thought - that the "man" might be music.
If the man is not just an abstract ideal, but rather an actual person - real or imagined - then what does Kate tell us about the man?
Nobody knows about him "they think he's lost on some horizon", but at the same time she's never known him before. He tells her all about the sea (or at least so she imagines) which makes him sound like quite the traveller (given that he's imagined to be lost on some horizon). Then of course a little later "they" say "No, no, it won't last forever" which is curious if no one knows about him!
He certainly does sound more like an abstraction than an actual person. A lot of Kate's early songs - especially the ones that ended up on "The Kick Inside" do sound like the musings of a young girl who is still on the brink of romance - I'm thinking of songs like "Oh To Be in Love", "L'Amour Looks Something Like You" and "Feel It" in particular. Those songs though seem to deal with a more real and present (if imaginary) lover while "The Man With The Child in His Eyes" is charmingly abstract. Perhaps The Man is a ghost - in which case the song is like Wuthering Heights with the genders reversed.
--Paul--
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Post by Al Truest on Aug 28, 2012 11:37:42 GMT
Kate seems to be much more content with role and gender now. Perhaps the music is less edgy and stirring. Conversely her lyrical endevours now are more informed and confident. Afterall, as a woman, she has achieved power and influence. Yet she has coveted her role as mother and (apparently) happy wife. That is not to say she is not just as iconic and admirable as Annie Lennox or Tori Amos whom have either achieved more fame or the need for attention. Kate provides a model for what real achievement can accomplish...that is peace and happiness.
I miss that Adey will not be here to comment. It is one reason I don't post here much anymore. Thanks Paul for keeping the place afloat...
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