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Post by Lori on Jul 31, 2003 23:21:48 GMT
See how the child reaches out instinctively To feel how fire will feel
See how the man reaches out instinctively For what he cannot have
The pull and the push of it all
Reaching out for the hand Reaching out for the hand that smacked Reaching out for that hand to hold Reaching out for the Star Reaching out for the Star that explodes Reaching out for Mama
See how the flower leans instinctively Toward the light
See how the heart reaches out instinctively For no reason but to touch
The pull and the push of it all
Reaching out for the hand Reaching out for the hand that smacked Reaching out for that hand to hold Reaching out for the Star Reaching out for the Star that explodes Reaching out for Mama
(Can't we see...)
Reaching out for Mama
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Post by madscientist on Feb 10, 2004 20:04:46 GMT
In february 1987 a star 20 to 25 times larger than the sun, located in the Large Magellanic cloud underwent a type II supernova. It was the most powerful stellar explosion in the local (only 100000ly away!!) neighbourhood for many years. The telescopes of the world peeked out for many months to come studying the event and a great deal was learned about the underlying physics of stella evolution. Even though visually it was nothing to write home about the supernova made headlines in some countries and dominated the science press for ages.
Seeing as The Sensual world was released in 1989 do you think it possible that this was the inspiration to
"Reaching out for the star Reaching out for the star that explodes"
....?
MM
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Post by Lori on Feb 10, 2004 20:38:41 GMT
Maybe. Hey I didn't know about that star. That type of thing fascinates me
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stev0
Moving
He's an utter creep and he drives me 'round the bend
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Post by stev0 on Jul 5, 2005 4:11:06 GMT
Question: Why does this one always rank high in Least Favorite Kate Songs lists? Personall, I think it's another wonderful Kate love song. I'm guessing a lot of folks don't like it because it's about love from a daughter to mother, and they're still in the anti-parent rebellion stage.
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mizzshy
Reaching Out
"Oh darling, Make it go, Make it go away..."
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Post by mizzshy on Apr 29, 2006 17:39:11 GMT
Aww, I think it's good! How could anyone hate it???
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Post by tannis on Jul 17, 2008 11:28:19 GMT
Still, change seems to be constant with Bush, perhaps best evoked by the song Reaching Out, which seems to be about a child leaving the nest. "That's kind of about how you can't hold on to anything," says Bush, "because everything is always changing and we all have such a terrible need to hold onto stuff and to keep it exactly how it is, because this is nice and we don't want it to change. And sometimes even if things aren't nice, people don't want them to change. And things do. Just look at the natural balance of things: how if you reach out for something, chances are it will pull away. And when things reach out for you, the chances are you will pull away. You know everything ebbs and flows, and you know the moon is full and then it's gone: it's just the balance of things." Musician, "Kate Bush's Theater of the Senses", February 1990gaffa.org/reaching/i90_mu.html
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Post by tannis on Sept 18, 2008 7:02:30 GMT
REACHING OUT: A walk in the park...In the International Musician (1989) article, KaTe expresses her concern that TSW might end up "all sort of dark and down". Which is kinda ironic, considering she chose an exceedingly dark (and down) album cover! ... The album [The Sensual World] sounds so optimistic in an era when absolutely everything appears to be falling apart. "Oh, thank you! Thank you so much! That's really how I wanted it to be but, talking to a lot of friends and that, they feel it's a dark album."... However, some come quicker than others, like track four, one of my personal favourites, Reaching Out. "That was really quick, really straightforward. A walk in the park did that one for me. I really needed one more song to kind of lift the album. I was a bit worried that it was all sort of dark and down. I'd been getting into walks at that time, and just came back and sat at the piano and wrote it, words and all. "I had this lovely conversation with someone around the time I was about to start writing it. They were talking about this star that exploded. I thought it was such fantastic imagery. The song was taking the whole idea of how we cling onto things that change - we're always trying to not let things change. I thought it was such a lovely image of people reaching up for a star, and this star explodes. Where's it gone? It seemed to sum it all up really. "We did a really straightforward treatment on the track; did the piano to a clicktrack, got Charlie Morgan (Elton John's drummer) to come in and do the drums, Del did the bass, and Michael Nyman came in to do the strings. I told him it had to have a sense of uplifting, and I really like his stuff - the rawness of his strings. It's a bit like a fuzzbox touch - quite 'punk'. I find that very attractive - he wrote it very quickly. I was very pleased." International Musician, "What Katie Did Next", Tony Horkins, December 1989gaffa.org/reaching/i89_im.html
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