S03E17 – Kidnapped on a Building Site

Ready to dive into a discussion of a rather obscure and strange little number? We hope so! Kidnapped On a Building Site is one of Kate’s most obscure songs, a raw piano/vocal unreleased demo of a song that was never fleshed out. In fact, we’re not even sure where this song came from, but a few years ago, it ended up on YouTube and, well, once it’s on the Internet, it’s hard to get rid of. Given the style and her vocal, this was probably written around the time of Lionheart and Never For Ever, and was probably not meant for fans or anyone else to hear. But we’ve heard it anyway! To discuss this rather obscure little number, we have Dani Llamas, a fellow American Kate fan from Brooklyn, New York, who, when not working at Mute Records, does music in her spare time. Most notably, she is a huge fan of this song and even sampled the opening chords in one of her own songs! Very cool, we think! We think you’ll agree! Dani joins us on the show to talk about the rather dark lyrics (at least, what we can make out, since it is a demo after all) and to speculate about when this song was probably written. And further speculation about where this song might have come from. We’ll probably never know! But it’s fun to talk about! Song clips used: Kidnapped on a Building Site Harrow Step by Dani Laundry