S02E08 – Kashka from Baghdad

Travel with us to the Middle East for a discussion of Kashka from Baghdad, an exotic-flavored song about a gay couple. Our guest for the show this week is Zoey P, who you will remember from several other episodes this season! We talk about the Oriental perspectives that Kate uses in this song, the live version from the Ask Aspel show (Zoey’s favorite!), the Tour of Life version, and the multi-layered lyrics. We also discuss the differences between the raw, Cathy demo version of this song (a rough recording done on a tape recorder when Kate was a teenager) and the fleshed-out album version. Song clips used: Kashka from Baghdad, live on Ask Aspel Kashka from Baghdad, live at the Manchester Apollo, 1979 Kashka from Baghdad demo