Re: Kate and Primus (!)

[whitby@ug.cs.dal.ca (JONATHAN CHARLES WHITBY)]

Ian Blackburn (iblackbn@usit.net) wrote:
: Kate was mentioned in the song (Flight of the Parrot, I think; I don't
: have the CD in front of me) on the new Primus album:

:    I've seen the likes of Kate Bush
:    and Van Morrison
:    teaching the parrots to sing

: (suggesting that Kate and Van Morrison are oft-copied originals)

: IMHO, Primus is one of the handful of bands who are qualified to make
: comments about originality. I wouldn't have thought Les Claypool to be a
: Kate fan, but then again, they're both way out there. :)

: -Ian

As a Primus fan I always thought it would be neat if they did something 
together and the new album reinforced it.  Besides, Tom Waits did a song
with Primus, it's not too much of a stretch for Les to be a Kate Bush fan.