Kate Bush & Tori Amos

My favorite musicians of all time. They truly transport me like very few do.

I liken their styles to Meryl Streep (Bush) and Jessica Lange (Amos). One is more cerebral, the other emotional.

Amos has confessed her love for Kate several times. She even once admitted thst while composing for "Little Earthquakes" she had to ask her boyfriend to take all of her Kate Bush albums because she was feeling an overwhelming influence in her own music.

Kate is more creative, while Tori is a more prodigous piano player.

Thoughts?

Neither one of them is Beyonce.

I love them both, too, OP. For me, Kate is the better artist. Kate's songs are exquisitely crafted. Tori is very good, but Kate is excellent. Tori rightly looks up to Kate, as do many others in the industry. My brother and one of my best friends are both musicians. They both marvel at Kate's songwriting and musical abilities, and both love her voice.

Can't stand them. Bjork is better.

Love both of them. Kate has the better voice, imo, and I prefer her lyrics, too. Tori tries too hard to be mystical or something. Plus she sometimes does these weird accents and affectations. Like at the end of Ruby Through the Looking Glass at the end there is this drawn out "RuPPPEEE", when it's clearly supposed to be Ruby. But she is the superior piano player.

R7 They're more like gay men, actually.

Tori is my goddess, but this Kate Bush song features an epic chorus of "washing machine/washing machine/washing machine." RESPECT.

Haha the B-Hive ransacking a Tori/Kate Bush thread. I really HAVE seen everything here ;) Not bad. Although I could see Alicia Keys fans liking Kate. Their piano riffs are somewhat similar. I was in shock when I found out Tupac and OutKast were big fans of Kate Bush. Prince loved the Cocteau Twins so that really made me respect the mans work even more. It goes the other way around too. Bowie claimed his final album garnered heavy influence from Kendrick Lamar.

R11 Solange likes Kate enough to cover her, and pretty well.

I prefer Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen.

There’s a songwriter named Kristeen Young who’s been compared to both Hagen and Kate Bush.

Kate herself has been called huge a Tori fan as of recently . I don’t know why it’s being made such a big deal now but for some reason it’s really controversial. Who knows why. I guess in Britiain they insist on spelling Tori with a Y. So many odd quirks. Weird!

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