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Old 06-09-2015, 11:54 AM   #636 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Plankton View Post
Listening now, I'm getting a Dylan meets The Eagles vibe. Really not my thing, but I won't say anymore about it. Another thread, another time. I was just curious as to why TH always uses Waits as a point of reference.
We touched on it a bit earlier and my theory is that Waits is the most experimental artist that TH is familiar with so he always uses him as a reference point when he reviews experimental music. If he liked Zappa a lot more than Waits, I imagine we'd be hearing 'sounds like Zappa's instead.
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