Brits Vs Yanks

**Janszoon** · 05-11-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Norg

TBH to yall brits most amercians are not exposed to yall music scene because they dont show yall music over here on TV and we dont know any websites decaded to Brit music either at least i dont

Not true at all.

Norg · 05-11-2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Not true at all.

what Station in america shows cutting edge british music ??????????

not BBC they dont even play music

i bet most americans cant name more then 12 under the radar good british bands

lucifer_sam · 05-11-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Norg

TBH to yall brits most amercians are not exposed to yall music scene because they dont show yall music over here on TV and we dont know any websites decaded to Brit music either at least i dont

if you're going to make blanket generalizations like that at least quit talking like you're from buttfuck nowhere.

**Janszoon** · 05-11-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Norg

what Station in america shows cutting edge british music ??????????

not BBC they dont even play music

i bet most americans cant name more then 12 under the radar good british bands

Now we're talking about "under the radar" bands? That term, by definition, means they are bands that not too many people have heard of. My point is that tons of British bands are very well known over here and have been for literally decades.

TheBig3 · 05-11-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Comus

A good local scene always manages to spread and influence the entire country, and if the scene is good, there will be enough variation to make every band stand out and be great. Look at the Canterbury style bands in the 70's. Soon enough it became a "sound" more than a scene, and such a massive amount of albums came from it. Same with the Black Metal scene in Norway once the influences of Bathory started spreading. Most of the bands there came from the same areas. Although let's not forget that Norway is around four and a half million people, so roughly the size of a metropolitan city in the US in regards to population.

If there was say a massive blues or jazz influenced scene in a large city or area in the US or the UK it could mean massive things for music. The style gets popular, is varied and spreads and eventually creates new and more experimental things, with luck anyways.

Also at the moment I like me a few American bands that are still active but about the same amount of British bands. However that number combined is dwarfed by artists from Scandinavia alone.

I can't read your argument with something like your first line being in there. I won't be able argue without it being "not good" or "not a scene."

Best of luck out there.

Neapolitan · 05-11-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Wait, what?

The one thing that we can't touch the brits on at all is prog, we had Zappa and now we have TMV and Tool but that's pretty much it for American prog, and Canada has Rush and Harmonium. Many of the biggest and best prog bands if not from the UK, come from other European countries like Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden. It's a very European thing.

boo boo,

Don't forget Canada also had Saga - the band that cause a riot in Puerto Rico, and The Musical Box the mind blowing Genesis tribute band.

Even though America didn't have Progressive Rock, I would say our counterpart to Prog which did a lot of jamming would be Southern Rock - The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws, and then there are bands mixed genres like The Grateful Dead, & Chicago. Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying Southern Rock is Prog, it's just the fact they both love the long jam. It's just that US band had other musical territories they wanted to explore. Probably the only time USA and the Uk were on the same page was during the British Invasion. And after The Beatles broke up, the UK had bands the US couldn't touch and the US had bands the UK couldn't touch and maybe it was a good thing they stop touching each.

SATCHMO · 05-11-2009, 08:38 PM

So what everyone is saying is that a country that is roughly 10x smaller than us and respectively has 10x less the population than America, who took OUR music, put their own spin on it, one might even say improved it only marginally competes with the US in music quality and proliferation?
I think when you put things in perspective The UK mops the floor w/ the US! The genre's of music that the UK doesn't excell at are the genre's that they don't really have the cultural foundation for: hip-hop, jazz, and country. Why in the hell would a Brit wanna' produce a country album? They don't wan't the sheep over there to be any more frightened than they already are!

Norg · 05-11-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Now we're talking about "under the radar" bands? That term, by definition, means they are bands that not too many people have heard of. My point is that tons of British bands are very well known over here and have been for literally decades.

Tons not really maybe like a hand full

Name 24 Brit bands right now that people here in america actually care about

SATCHMO · 05-11-2009, 11:30 PM

Here's 44. I threw in an extra 20 because it was that easy:

Rolling Stones
Nine Black Alps
Art Brut
The Beatles
Muse
Souldriver
The LoveGods
Led Zeppelin
Yes
King Crimson
Cream
Eric Clapton
Stone Roses
The Fall
Public Image Ltd.
Nick Cave
Slade
Madness
Massive Attack
Arctic Monkeys
Traffic
Coldplay
The Specials
David Bowie
Belle and Sebastian
Chemical Brothers
Super Furry Animals
Blur
Queen
The Who
Pink Floyd
Stereophonics
The Clash
The Police
The Coral
Radiohead
Black Sabbath
Keane
The Moody Blues
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Sex Pistols
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Elton John

Norg · 05-11-2009, 11:52 PM

still tho my point was there are not alot of British music TV here in america and about 50% of that list never made it really big here in the states

05-11-2009, 08:38 PM	#737 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	So what everyone is saying is that a country that is roughly 10x smaller than us and respectively has 10x less the population than America, who took OUR music, put their own spin on it, one might even say improved it only marginally competes with the US in music quality and proliferation? I think when you put things in perspective The UK mops the floor w/ the US! The genre's of music that the UK doesn't excell at are the genre's that they don't really have the cultural foundation for: hip-hop, jazz, and country. Why in the hell would a Brit wanna' produce a country album? They don't wan't the sheep over there to be any more frightened than they already are!

05-11-2009, 11:30 PM	#739 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Here's 44. I threw in an extra 20 because it was that easy: Rolling Stones Nine Black Alps Art Brut The Beatles Muse Souldriver The LoveGods Led Zeppelin Yes King Crimson Cream Eric Clapton Stone Roses The Fall Public Image Ltd. Nick Cave Slade Madness Massive Attack Arctic Monkeys Traffic Coldplay The Specials David Bowie Belle and Sebastian Chemical Brothers Super Furry Animals Blur Queen The Who Pink Floyd Stereophonics The Clash The Police The Coral Radiohead Black Sabbath Keane The Moody Blues The Jesus and Mary Chain The Sex Pistols Iron Maiden Judas Priest Elton John

05-11-2009, 11:52 PM	#740 (permalink)
Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,344	still tho my point was there are not alot of British music TV here in america and about 50% of that list never made it really big here in the states