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Which country (within the Anglosphere) makes the best music?
I had to limit the options to English-speaking countries to get some kind of structure to the poll.
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A tie between UK and Sweden for me.
So...ya holding vote for now. |
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The Rolling Stones The Beatles The Who Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Deep Purple Black Sabbath Yes David Bowie Jethro Tull Sex Pistols Joy Division Iron Maiden Judas Priest The Smiths New Order Blur Oasis Arctic Monkeys. Not a bad list is it? U.K for me! |
Sweden is DQ'd on a count of ABBA
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Thats why i'd pick the U.S. /rimshot If I have to make a list though: Beck TV on the Radio Bruce Waits Dylan White Stripes Any rapper who mattered 99% of the Jazz that matters Johnny Cash Metallica Edit: New Zealand? |
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for sheer volume of great artists I would plumb with our rain-sodden little island (whilst acknowledging that all popular music can ultimately be traced back to North America)
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Sh!t. I forgot Van Morrison was Irish.
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The Brits and Americans will probably vote for their respective countries, so I think we will probably lose!
America provided the foundations and Britain built the house. My list is not a personal preference list. It is merely a list of artists that garnered success worldwide. Big 3's list has some great names and probably more influential or original (Waits etc) artists but for a small island our stamp on modern music is undeniable and indelible. |
I'm an American, but all of my favorite bands are British. The only American acts I really like are Dylan, Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Townes Van Zandt, Phil Ochs, and John Prine. Apart from the VU and the Dead Kennedys, I can't think of a single American band to get excited about.
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OT: Clearly America, the sheer scope of bands it keeps churning out it is incredible....(oh and yeah, not a big fan of anything older than 1990 so most classic British bands don't do much for me). |
In terms of by population... Ireland of course! :D
U2 Thin Lizzy Cranberries Bell X1 Sinead O'Connor Damien Rice The Corrs Westlife Rory Gallagher Van Morrison The Undertones The Frames Glen Hansard My Bloody Valentine The Pogues Snow Patrol Ash Divine Comedy Saw Doctors Gemma Hayes Something for everybody! |
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and you missed out the Virgin Prunes & The High Llamas. |
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Which country produces simple present, as in right now?
I like to think Canada might actually have an indie edge, but I'd have to think that decision over. Def. approve of jackhammer's comment. Who the heck thinks Sweden is an English speaking country??!? :nono: |
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America does folk, hardcore and mathrock better and that's 90% of what I give 2 shits on.
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I voted America because that's where ALL modern music spawned from. Rock n' roll was in full sway before the Big Four came along, from the Chicago Delta blues origins and the works of Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. Motown singers in the sixties spawned generations of R&B hits. The hip-hop revolution in the eighties was largely the work of Rick Rubin's Def Jam productions (and certainly remains a heavy influence upon current rap artists). I could go on for hours.
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you certainly could, but we're talking about the proportional output of quality artists; and ofcourse it's all subjective to what everyone here considers to be good/relevant in their personal canon. it's the sort of petty and divisive poll that's pointless.
having said that, i wouldn't overstate Rick Rubin's importance in hip hop, at least not in a creative sense. hip hop was a grassroots revolution first and foremost. but then if it wasn't commodified by some fat white guy then would someone like me thousands of miles away have ever heard Ultramagnetic MC's or whoever? probably not. |
In terms of quality, UK definitely wins in my book.
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Genesis King Crimson Porcupine Tree The Moody Blues Radiohead The Fall Coldplay Placebo Motorhead The Clash Wire Nick Drake Muse Emerson, Lake & Palmer Camel Gentle Giant Caravan Venom Actually, ill take UK just for its 70s prog. alone :D I much prefer the popular music there as well than the ones in the US. And not to forget sweden along, just for its quality in terms of modern metal. Meshuggah Opeth Pain Of Salvation Dismember Dissection Sacramentum At the Gates Dark Tranquility InFlames Soilwork Bathory Bloodbath Katatonia Candlemass Amon Amarth Marduk Diabolical Masquerade Arckanum I could just go on, but ill stop for now. US comes in 3rd i guess. |
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hmmm the UK has Joy Division Radiohead Stone Roses Blur New Order Echo & The Bunnymen Clash Sex Pistols Bowie Coldplay Fall Jam Pink Floyd Nick Drake Patrick Wolf Syd Barrett America has Elliott Smith Sonic Youth Pixies Dead Kennedys Black Flag Bad Brains Minor Threat Emily Haines Cat Power Iggy Pop Velvet Underground Wu Tang Clan Swim is right America seems to have better Folk, Hardcore, and also Rap. But im voting for the UK cause I like more English artist then American |
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The UK rules the 60s, the 70s, the 80s and the 90s
The US rules the 50s and the 00s The UK wins. |
I think the US ruled most of the 90's, well half until grunge died with Kurt Cobain and Britpop became huge
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I'll stick up for New Zealand as they did give us Flying Nun Records , one of the most awesome indie labels ever.
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And dont forget Flight of the Conchords
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NZ also gave us Split Enz and some insane prog. i'm changing my vote!
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This is kinda tough, in terms of preference it's pretty close, prog should be enough to sway me though, the brits owned us in the 70s and thats my favorite decade, but from the 90s and present I find myself enjoying a lot more American music, not a big britpop fan. If we went by the decade.
50s = Easly the US, I don't know if the brits even had anything other than Skiffle. 60s = Goddamn close, the british invasion should be enough, but we had an explosion of talented American bands as well, primarly through the garage and psychedelic scenes, and lets not forget Motown. I'd call it a tie. 70s = Easly the brits, they had Zep, Floyd, Who, Bowie, Queen, Sabbath, and of course the prog. We didn't have much to compete with that. 80s = IMO the punk rock scene was better on the American side, I find a lot more out of early hardcore bands than the mopey post punk the brits were dishing out. Overall I would call it a tie. 90s = I know Urban is not gonna agree with this, but I greatly prefer American music from this decade. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Janes Addiction, Flaming Lips, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, RATM, Sonic Youth, and hip hop was just reaching it's peak. I never cared for britpop, save Blur. At this point the best thing to come out of the UK was the electronic music. 00s = Well, the UK have the best band right now, Radiohead of course, but they hardly have anything else. Theres Muse and Porcupine Tree and thats essentially all the British music from this decade that I'm interested in. We have The Flaming Lips, The White Stripes, The Mars Volta, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Beck. Thats enough to sway me for the states. So the way I see it, I would give America the edge in variety and quantity (as in music in general, not just rock music), though if I wayed down my favorite artists there would be more brits. I still can't choose. |
---80s = IMO the punk rock scene was better on the American side, I find a lot more out of early hardcore bands than the mopey post punk the brits were dishing out. Overall I would call it a tie.---
The British second wave of Punk was just as good as the U.S versions but it is not as well known. G.B.H, Discharge, Broken Bones, Amebix and Conflict are all excellent bands whom I actually prefer. |
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I more meant what have they produced |
U.S. for Soul, U.K. for everything else.
Can't choose between the two. |
Currently, the US is much, much, much better. Overall it's a tie. But the US obviously has more good, but also more bad...
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the uk? wow.
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UK has made the coolest music - it's not even close. All the music I like was made by the brits, except for a couple indie bands. America beats UK in rap, and that's about it.
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You're forgetting a few genres Double X.
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My vote is for the US, for the sheer diversity of the genres produced.
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Its hard I cant decide between UK and USA
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You know those genres that are the basis for all modern music. Forgetting those? Blues...Jazz...
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