X is a poor mans Y
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X is a poor mans Y
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Chvrches is a poor mans Purity Ring
Coldhead is a poor man's Radioplay.
>>53236613
Both of those bands are garbage
>>53236613
XX is a poot man's XY
Danny Brown is a poor man's Ol' Dirty Bastard.
XTC is a poor man's Talking Heads but XTC is still good.
>>53236667
That's not the point of the thread. Is reading comprehension not taught in school anymore?
Radiohead is a poor mans Kent.
>>53236691
I've honestly never gotten why people compare XTC and Talking Heads. Especially XTC's later stuff (which they're more famous for I'd say) isn't anything like any of Talking Heads' stuff.
Eminem is a poor man's Tyler, the Creator
>>53236613
agreed
Death Grips is a poor man's Xrcism
>>53236735
Probably because they are both grouped up as new-wave/post-punk
I can't really think of any similar XTC and Talking Heads songs, though they might have something comparable to "The Big Country"
Flaming Lips is a poor man's Mercury Rev
Modest Mouse is a poor man's Built to Spill
>>53237101
>Xrcism
literally whom
Music is a poor man's money.
John Fahey is a poor man's Robbie Basho
Muse is a poor man's Radioheads
Current 93 is a poor man's Throbbing Gristle
Anything being a poor man's Purity Ring would require it to be the most shit-tier music of all time.
>>53236767
Odd Future is a poor man's Gravediggaz
>>53238447
CHVRCHES is in that very category coincidentally
Lady Gaga is a poor woman's St. Vincent
iamamiwhoami is a poor man's Fever Ray.
>>53239567
lel
or
iamamiwhoami is a poor mans Zola Jesus
>>53239522
aw get the fuck out of here.
X extracts several consultants
Y imprisons the sigh of the recent amputee
>>53236613
black sabbath is a poor man's metallica
>>53239674
Black Sabbath is a poor mans Electric Wizard
BJORK is a poor man's GOLDFRAPP
>>53239709
You've gone too far
Aphex Twin is the poor man's AFX
>>53239683
kek
MBV are a poor man's Jesus And Mary Chain
bones is a poor mans yung lean
Curtis Mayfield is a poor man's Pharrell Williams
The Microphones are the poor man's Mount Eerie
>tfw Purity Ring go straight shit tier pop
Death Grips is a poor man's Yeezus
Nine inch Nails is a poor mans Skinny Puppy
Mbdtf is a poor man's By The Throat
MBDTF is a poor man's TETSUO & YOUTH
Joy Division were a poor man's U2
Captain Murphy is a poor man's DOOM
Al Green is a poor man's Gil Scott-Heron
Jim White is a poor man's Nick Cave
Sol Invictus is a poor man's Bruce Peninsula
>>53239797
You're an imbecile
>>53239837
simlpy epic ::Y&^)
>>53239981
>Al Green is a poor man's Gil Scott-Heron
???
are we thinking of the same al green?
the reverend al green?
Madlib is a poor man's Quasimoto
>>53240220
shig
>>53237683
>Flaming Lips is a poor man's Mercury Rev
(not true, by the way)
>>53239727
Aphex Twin is a poor man's A7X
>>53236717
>Kent.
this just sounds like generic synth pop wtf are you on about
Tycho is a poor man's Boards of Canada
>>53239846
>mfw hipsters never recognize Mount Eerie and all they ever know is The Glow Pt. 2
Aerosmith is a poor man's Rolling Stones.
Coheed and Cambria is a poor man's Porcupine Tree is a poor man's Pineapple Thief
>>53236624
Keane is a poor man's Coldplay is a poor man's Doves is a poor man's Elbow