I take up the challenge!

[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