William D. Drake and Robert Wyatt - Sea Horse Song

Wyatt

Two great tracks but why put them to a poll?

Drake gets the nod.

Sea Song, though I also like Sea Horse.

Very nice, although expected in this case, to see various people who shared that they like both. I love to see that when I really care about both (and even when I sometimes don't).

I have long considered Rock Bottom to be one of my favourite albums, "Sea Song' has been a very important song to me, and had listened to and liked Drake*, but last night I became particularly infatuated with his music, and this song which I thought of because of the word "Sea" -- sea started a little voyage of discovery and re-discovery. That is another reason I do polls, not only to expose people to music I like that I hope they will appreciate, but also to deepen my appreciation for music. This happens to me when I go into other people's polls too, and I do like those ones which are more specific (say on the song level) so it is easier to be more comparative and discover and re-discover music. I don't think that it would be easy to appreciate "Sea Song" more than I already have considering how important it has been to me, not to mention my infatuation with the whole of Rock Bottom and general love of Wyatt, but my appreciation of "Sea Horse" and William D Drake increased and is at a very high level now. I'll be re-visiting and visiting more of his material now, as well as related projects such as The Sea Nymphs.

* William D Drake in this case, not Nick nor Bob, although I like those too, and not Drake the rapper from Toronto, nor Sir Francis -- I once read that a student had written of Sir Francis Drake that he had circumsized the world with a 100 foot clipper.

Thanks to all for taking the time to listen if they didn't know both and to respond. I love both, and while Wyatt has been more important to me, for my new fixation and grater appreciation, I will vote Drake this time (I quite often do favour the newer or less listened to me in polls if both are very much appreciated -- as is common with people in the Interactive polls).

^ Thanks for taking the time to explain your thinking behind the question, Rick. That can help me to formulate an answer and lead to a more interesting conversation.

That's interesting, and while I sometimes deliberately do polls of contrast, in this case the commonalities between the two artists music go beyond the fact that they both have "Sea" in the title of the tracks for me. Bu t we all associate differently. I actually had started on a longer "Sea" list, but decided to keep it simple to make listening easier for each other. Whenever I make a poll there is an associative process going on. It might seem mad, but there's always a certain method to it. Sometimes I explain that in the OP, but often I think such exposition would not be that interesting to people, take away a sense of mystery, or add value to the conversation. A lot of steps often take me somewhere and I'm not always that aware of it. But yeah, exposure and me re-valuating music is important to me. I also do like to see music that I find exciting and appealing away from the some of the usual suspects in the polls (whether by me or another). I am tired of seeing certain names getting pitted up again and again, and would rather do something different to what most do. A lot of the polls have been done before.

Once you get to see enough of my polls and topics, you'll probably get a better feel for how I go about things and think, and the same for me with you. I am fascinated by people's motivations and thinking processes generally. I do love to see how people react to new-to-them music and how they will approach their responses in topics (I tend to treat polls as an accessory to discussion as well as means of discovery and re-discovery -- and for me me polls can help me to re-evaluate music in much the same way perhaps that some doo so by writing reviews. Writing reviews, however, can kill my appreciation as I generally don't enjoy that writing process and often prefer to let music and film wash over me than deeply analyse it.

I do often wonder why people decided to approach a topic as they did-- like what was one's motivation for doing a Foxtrot vs. Close to the Edge poll as an example. I commonly like those where I might discover something new or gain some new insights into music (if not deeply analytical, but emotional).

Glad you appreciate both and it was an interesting question to consider and delve into.

Love both artist and both songs

i would love to hear Wyatt{s voice on the song "Me Fish Bring" by William Drake

Edited by Logan - September 22 2021 at 07:14