Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (02/13/87)
Really-From: puccio@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (James Puccio)
In response to the "Kate Bush complexity/artistry" duel, I think it is
rather easy to come up with other musicians who surpass her in both
musical & lyrical quality. To wit:
The perennial genii
Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart), in particular his LPs
Trout Mask Replica
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Doc At The Radar Station
(though many of the other LPs contain rare gems, as well)
Peter Hammill, both solo and with Van Der Graaf Generator
The old-wave experimentalists
Henry Cow
Slapp Happy
The new-wave experimentalists
Lewis & Gilbert (ex-Wire)
The Lemon Kittens
The waveless experimentalists
The Camberwell Now
And the old progressives
Gentle Giant
I'd even go so far as to mention psychedelic classics like
Jimi Hendrix (eg. "Voodoo Chile")
Cream (eg. "Tales of Brave Ulysses")
SO THERE! NYAAH, NYAAH, NYAAH!
EAT THAT, TRUE BELIEVERS!
-- Jim Puccio