[Rick and Roll]

You do make a thought-provoking point about what the appeal is - but for me, I like a lot of stuff not prog (I'm not rehashing it here for the 10th time). But - if she's not in the AM genre, what is her music? Hounds Of Love e.g.- why not?

Her sex appeal for me, is incidental to the music. Listen to "Get Out of My House", and let me know if her donkey sounds turn you on. And I think her performance on the the title track of the "Sensual World" is proof there's no wane.

If there's a connection between song length and definition of prog, that's not my standard. Her songs work shorter than others. Take the song "Heavy Horses" (your picture) - that's 2 minutes too long, I think.

Alan Parsons' dudes play with everyone. I think David Paton is on a zillion records.

Did Gilmour really "discover" her? I thought she was established first. Oh well, does it really matter?

To summarize:

Her music (until the "Red Shoes") is bad-ass.
If it appears on AM, fine. If not, I'll put on the CD.
For the younger listeners, the choice should be there.
Sex, lyrics, appearance, image, politics, social commentary mean nothing to me when we discuss if a song rocks or not.

Excuse me, while I tape my ankle - I just fell of the soapbox.