is Cyndi Lauper the Ramones of Kate Bush?
no and no.
maybe this would be true if you were someone who had never ever ever heard cyndi lauper sing. wait, no it wouldn’t.
I got Dave Q to back me up on the Iron Maiden = Ramones of prog thing, dammit. (Not that I gave the original idea much serious thought.)
dave queen is insane
He is a man of passion.
He is an insane man of passion. And a Canadian. He is an insane Canadian man of passion.
He is so many things.
you should ask dave q. who the GG Allin of prog was.

phil collins?
Igor Stravinski be the Ramones of Classical Music
i thought that was philip glass
I thought to be the Ramones of anything you had to wear tight jeans and tennis shoes.
The Knack are the Ramones of the Beatles.
No, perhaps not.
(fwiw, The Ramones are the ramones of the Beatles)
I need to scan and post that Great Pop Things which featured “Lost Ramone Brothers” (John Cage, Steve Reich, Sun Ra...)
G.G. Allin is the Motley Crue of prog
The Frogs are The Ramones of Elton John
EPMD are the Ramones of Run-DMC
QED
seconded:
dave q as the canadian man of insane passion
motioned:
ramones as the zz top of bubblegum