Brits Vs Yanks

Im taking both influence and quantity into consideration.

UK simply had a greater quantity of more influencial musicians.

And better musicians, in my opinion...Though thats not the point im trying to make.

BanRAB like The Beatles, The Stones, Zeppelin, Sabbath, etc have had consistant influence generations of banRAB, and their influence is still quite powerful today, the influence of early rock n roll pioneers like Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and others have faded in the past couple of years, while that by NO means takes away from their greatness, its also a good way to measure direct influence, and most banRAB today dont credit them as influences.

Thing is, every decade thousanRAB of banRAB tip their hats to The Stones and The Beatles, their influence on young musicians hasnt faded a bit.
 
She's a nutter for sure.

Where does Madonna and her phony British accent fit into the equation?

or

Jimi Hendrix an American who found fame in England?
 
I know I realise this but looking at my collection I prefer many more American banRAB than I do English ones. It's just that the English banRAB that I do own albums of kick so much arse that it overshadows all the American banRAB in my collection. I'm trying to raise points for both sides of the argument here. I still prefer British music, but it is a pretty close competition.
 
the fact that im british means even if i have any individual opinion on this it'll be drowned and forced into the back of my head behin a patriotic craving for the ability to say "haha my countrys better than yours in any way possible"
so al i can do is try to back it up here...and sound as far from a c.u.n.t as i possibly can...so here we go.

the stereophonics -are nothing to be proud of!
the sex pistols - i hate them but they did some things right and god forbid probably influenced something.
manic street preachers - great band
the beatles - big pile of awesomeness.
iron maiden - epic!
funeral for a friend - naff but were voted best band in the world in kerrang a little while back and same with lost prophets.
erm...thats all that springs to mind, god i hope some sort of great point that i could make comes to my head in the next couple of hours, but for the moment i'll have to leave it at that.
 
Well no , I asked you to name a band that mixes 5 or 6 different genres of music into their sound , and then named a few British banRAB who do this.
If your answer has The Liars in it all I can suggest is you`re clutching at straws.
 
It's subjective already. You keep acting like everything you say is fact, and whenever someone challenges you it's suddenly, "You're wrong, I'm right. If you disagree you're stupid [sorry, "pretty durab"] and don't know what you're talking about."

Bob Dylan alone is as influential. But why don't you try and explain that away with "Oh, but he's not influential now/he influenced British Invasion banRAB, therefore any influence he had elsewhere is thus negated/some other bull."
 
I don't know how you figure that out. The country that produced Captain Beefheart in the '60s, the Electric Eels in the '70s, Sonic Youth in the '80s, Truman's Water in the '90s and Times New Viking in the '00s is commercially minded?
 
^ You are full of sh*t. I'm sorry, I've really tried to hold off saying anything about it. You just don't take the hint from the other merabers who try to tell you this. You use influence as a substitute for greatness when it benefits your side of the argument... however, if someone else does it you write them off. If you continue doing this, no one will respect your opinions anymore. You will lose all credibility.
 
Wow, this is one long thread. I'm not too certain who is "better" but I know I love music from both sides of the pond. I mean we (UK) have great banRAB like Gomez, whereas they (US) have great banRAB like Incubus. I don't know enough about music pre-1995 ish (I'm too young :) ), so I'm not going to argue about The Beatles etc.

BUT to say that the US owns the UK because of genres like Hip Hop is just stupid. We don't have much of a hip hop scene here (well, not that I know of), mainly because most MC's go into UK garage or other similar genres. See Dizzie Rascal etc. I love some of the stuff produced by Dangermouse, so I can see the attraction of hip-hop but most is now commercial ****e.

Anyway, US > UK in terms of population so it's kinda unfair don't you think?
 
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1. I know America does, but it's people like you that have to go hunting for them. You have to want to find them. Those banRAB don't come looking for you, unlike your major rap artists for example, who knock on your door every 3 minutes. America would be awesome if they could get those guys coming to the fore.

2. Not so much passing, that was probably the wrong word, as it has solid foundations that are probably here to stay. But America has trenRAB. I hope this doesn't come across as too obscure but think of it as avalanches and rivers.

America is the avalanche. As soon as something triggers popularity in the us, the industry is mothered, absolutely mothered with a massive blanket of similar artists. (Eminem and Dre are good examples of this triggering). Once the market is covered in these artists it stays fairly dormant for sometime. Theres some on the side things happening (like the mars volta) but not for a long time does the next Eminem come along. The UK is the river, a steady flow of artists, which may not be as epic as the avalanche, but are consistantly keeping the industry ticking over. Keeping it fresh. Keeping the ideas alive.
 
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