#8

came to say this

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#9

Nick Cave?

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#10

I love Nick Cave…but he doesn’t fit this entirely arbitrary category in my head. I feel like his body of work is more of a gothic exploration of the darker side of humanity…he’s been really inventive but I feel like he works in a narrower palate than Bowie.

I realise this argument is brought down by the fact that I’ve got the likes of Joanna Newsom and Swans in my list…but for me Cave is more an heir to Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits or even Dylan than Bowie.

#11

Possible addition: Bon Iver. Though only if you think 22, A Million is good (I do). If you don’t, just pretend I didn’t write this

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#12

how long until we stop comparing every motherfucker who slightly shakes up their sound to David Bowie?

#13

Yeah…I did try to make it clear that none of these artists are even close to Bowie. Comparisons aren’t helpful in any case, I guess.

#14

It’s obviously Kanye but people never give him that kind of credit for… “reasons”

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#15

Jake bugg

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#16

disqualified forever by Beth/Rest

#17

Don’t get the hate. It just has a few 80s style keys and autotune (like a good number of his songs)

#18

it sounds like the absolute worst song on the soundtrack for the worst film of the 80s. absolutely taking the piss to put out something so obviously and deliberately lame in 2011.

#19

he’s basically trolling. he might as well have ended the album with a rickroll.

#20

I think he really likes that song. It’s no less tasteful than The War on Drugs is it?

#21

never listened to them

#22

Probably wise

#23

Put the van into avant garde.

#24

Dean blunt maybe?

#25

Hmmm, going by the criteria - could you include PJ Harvey? Or would she fall into the same caveat as Nick Cave?

#26

Bradford Cox

#27

My criteria:

  • huge talent
  • varied musical styles
  • creates multiple personas
  • ambiguous sexuality
  • acts in a space-related film

Therefore… Janelle Monae

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