I was listening in the car today to Fiona Apple's "Fetch the Bolt Cutters." I was suddenly struck by these lines: "I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill / Shoes that were not made for running up that hill / And I need to run up that hill / I need to run up that hill / I will I will I will I will I will." Is that an allusion to Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" that I never noticed before? Probably so. I'm sure lots of other listeners caught that immediately. But for me, Matthew, it took reading your essay to open my ears. Thanks!
I think you're right, that must be! Thanks for sharing that, would have made a nice addition to the piece! Also, in a similar moment of inspiration, I finally picked up the Dana Spiotta book I've had my eye on for a while in the bookshop the other day after reading your post about Eat the Document!
I was listening in the car today to Fiona Apple's "Fetch the Bolt Cutters." I was suddenly struck by these lines: "I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill / Shoes that were not made for running up that hill / And I need to run up that hill / I need to run up that hill / I will I will I will I will I will." Is that an allusion to Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" that I never noticed before? Probably so. I'm sure lots of other listeners caught that immediately. But for me, Matthew, it took reading your essay to open my ears. Thanks!
I think you're right, that must be! Thanks for sharing that, would have made a nice addition to the piece! Also, in a similar moment of inspiration, I finally picked up the Dana Spiotta book I've had my eye on for a while in the bookshop the other day after reading your post about Eat the Document!