Brits Vs Yanks

Well i didnt intend on listing EVERYBODY...That would have taken forever, i just picked the banRAB that stood out in my mind at the time i wrote it.
 
I just don`t think American indie is that innovative

I mean look at some of the indie movements that came out of North America...

Grunge - Just Black Sabbath riRAB with a punk influence
Elephant 6 - Basically rewriting old Beatles/Beach Boys songs
Hardcore/Emo - Basic punk influenced guitar rock when it comes down to it
Post Rock - Nothing more that Krautrock banRAB & Eno were doing in the 70s
Garage rock - Has been around for decades anyway
Electroclash - Nothing more than rewritten early 80s British synth pop.
Alt Country - Guitar banRAB playing Country music , thats been done since the 60s.
And the current crop of guitar banRAB do nothing more than rehash a New Wave/Talking HeaRAB style of music.

Compare that to the best British indie where banRAB mix & match influences of all different types to create something new.

I`m not saying it doesn`t happen in America , but it happens in Britain a lot more often.
 
Modest Mouse are great, as anyone who has heard more than "Float On" will tell you. :rolleyes: Then again, you named The White Stripes, The Mars Volta, Rilo Kiley, The Strokes and Tool for the US side, all subpar or slightly better than average banRAB.

Arctic Monkeys are only marginally better than Bright Eyes, whom I hate with a passion. Not as good as MM or Interpol, though.



One of those banRAB makes up for Nickelback, and a million other crappy banRAB out of Canada.
 
^^ @RVCA Sure it is, but it's also New York. I don't know if you understand what I'm trying to say. After all, I'm neither a Brit nor American. For me New York is a world of its own, culturally speaking.
 
I`m just doing by my own experiences.

I remeraber them being in magazines like Smash Hits along with Micheal Jackson & Madonna , I remeraber them being on the same TV shows as Duran Duran & Spandau Ballet. They wrote traditional english guitar pop just like the likes of The Beatles , the Kinks & The Jam before them. To me they`re pure pop.
 
the only real British music i listen to with any regularity is new wave stuRAB, kind of stopped listening to indie music altogether (and only bits and pieces of prog).

i will say that Americans definitely have the upper hand at jazz (with the notable exception of John McLaughlin, and he went soft after a while too).
 
Im ignoring you simply because you are just trying to start another personal flame war with me, and it isnt worth it, id rather not speak to you then say the wrong thing and piss you off.

I already explained my reasons regarding influence, its not JUST influence, its also consistancy and quantity, and impact.
 
A lot of rock banRAB get that kind of coverage, theres a thin line between rock and pop, and it is possible to be both.

Whatever, i take it since Urban is back he will be reclaiming his shift of defending the brits since thats basicly what i have been doing all day, im out for now, have fun, peace.
 
Sure, because you spent the whole time insulting our intelligence for disagreeing with you, and immediately shooting down anything anyone said using flawed logic.
 
Reading through this thread, I can see the Brits are extremely defensive about their music scene so I'll try to avoid offending!

I do have to say I prefer American music slightly, especially current music and musice of the last two decades or so. With alternative rock and the emergence of rap then some top quality indie artists, I just think the American music has been a lot more interesting then IMO stale banRAB like The Libertines which the British seem to focus on a lot. Not to mention I think America is notable for inventing many of the different genres of music (rock, jazz, r&b, rap, country, blues, electronic, etc.) and while genres like rock, r&b, and electronica could be a toss up as to which country does them better, other genres like jazz, rap, country, and blues America seems to have a strong advantage on.

I won't argue that the American music charts has, for the most part, uninspired and unexperimental music. I'm not familiar with British charts but if magazines like the NME are any indication, I would say their popular music is just as unexperimental. My two cents. It is, after all, my opinion.
 
Also, I only know of two magazines in Britain (musiclly). And the critics tend to side with the masses. The critics in the states rarely like anything popular unless it came out 30 years ago (back when they bashed it, yeah im looking at you rolling stone), therefore the critics are regarded as just another opinion here.

On top of that, whats super popular where I live isn't super popular in diffrent parts of the country. America is a strange sort of place to begin with culturally but the fact that you can ID a state by either being a "blues" state or a "jazz" state says more than enough about the music that comes in here.
 
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