Rubberband Girl

Kate Newman /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85wZw1O83aE [Accessed Friday 6th February 2015]

 

See those trees
Bend in the wind
I feel they’ve got a lot more sense than me
You see I try to resist

A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the beat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband

I’d be back on my feet
A rubberband hold me trousers up
A rubberband ponytails
If I could learn to twang like a rubberband

I’d be a rubberband girl
A rubberband girl me
A rubberband girl me
Oh I want to be a rubberband girl

When I slip out
Of my catapult
I gotta land with my feet on the ground
And let my body catch up

A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the beat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband

I’d be back on my feet
A rubberband hold me trousers up
A rubberband ponytails
If I could learn to twang like a rubberband

I’d be a rubberband girl
A rubberband girl me
A rubberband girl me
Oh I want to be a rubberband girl

Give like a rubberband
Twang like a rubberband
Snap like a rubberband
Rub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub
Rub-a-dub-a-dub
Rub-a-dub
One rubberband won’t keep you up
Two rubberbands won’t keep you up
Three rubberbands won’t keep you up

Here I go
Yeah!

One rubberband won’t keep you up
Two rubberbands won’t keep you up
Three rubberbands won’t keep you up

My Inspiration.

Kate Newman /

When Charlie in Roald Dahl’s most famous novel discovered he had the golden ticket to go to the chocolate factory, I went through the exact same emotions as that fictitious young boy when I discovered I had beaten millions of fans and got my hands on 2 tickets to see my hero live on stage. The most incredible Kate Bush. Her performance was simply out of this world and I know it was and I believe always will be the best night of my life. I sobbed with happiness the entire night.

There are so many reasons why she is my hero, I could fill this entire blog with words of her beauty, wisdom and music, but I feel I connect with her because if anything Kate Bush is the most fantastic performer. Her music is not just singing a song but the incorporation of dance, mime and high theatricality. She morphs into the characters in her songs.

I can’t say I want to stand on stage for my solo performance and lecture the audience about my love of Miss Bush, nor do I want to attempt to impersonate her like some terrible Stars in their Eyes wannabe, but I know without a doubt whatever work I produce, will 100% be inspired by Kate.