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Poll Question: Who do you consider to be the more important figure in music?
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    Posted: July 14 2007 at 23:44
So I've been watching both on youtube and comparing/contrasting.  Which for you? Fish (aka Derek Dick) or Robert Wyatt (aka Bob).

I'd try to write something interesting myself, but I'm taking a break from a big writing project.




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Points: 2459 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 04:47
Fish is a highly talented epigone.
Wyatt is a true original!
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Points: 319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 04:51
Epigone - an excellent description of Fish! Clap
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Fish is fairly well known Smile
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Robert Wyatt is arguably even more well known though.

Oh and he's a damn site more talented than Fish as well.  A true master of music and a one off original.

I'd go so far as call him a genius.
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Points: 1049 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 11:17
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Robert Wyatt is arguably even more well known though.

Oh and he's a damn site more talented than Fish as well.  A true master of music and a one off original.

I'd go so far as call him a genius.
been looking into Robert Wyatt`s body of works its impressive I must give some a listen
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 11:41
Robert Wyatt is the more original and versatile - he's been influential as a drummer in Soft Machine and Matching Mole, as a singer/songwriter, as a vocalist (his voice pretty much defines the Canterbury style), as an interpreter of other people's songs and as a philosopher of jazz and dadaism.
 
Fish isn't to be underestimated - he's a strong vocalist, an interesting lyricist and pretty much spearheaded the resurgence of prog in the 80s, but he's nowhere near as original or versatile as Wyatt.
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Points: 35886 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 13:41
I love Robert Wyatt's work.  Inspirational...
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Points: 18292 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2007 at 14:04
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