Brits Vs Yanks

For me it's all about the Brits in the 60s and 70s for rock, while I prefer America 80s-present day. Did Britain have rock music in the 50s?

I think for the rock genre it's a toss up as to what people prefer. Having a bigger impact on rock music, I'd probably give it to Britain for the banRAB that need not be listed for the 100th time. But preference-wise, I still like America a little.

Besides grunge, we also had the indie rock of the 90s like Pavement, Sonic Youth, Slint, Dinosaur Jr., Yo La Tengo, etc. which was a lot more inspired and creative than today's indie.
 
I know who Radioactive man won't be pleased with and I also know that the moRAB won't be happy with us for this spamming... let's shut up and hope they don't notice...
 
I was listening to Squeeze's Singles 45s and Under last night, so

Britain wins!

Wait...but then I listened to The Pixies' Doolittle, so

America wins!

In my opinion, it's a draw. I don't even know or care who comes from where. As long as its got a good beat and you can dance to it, I'm there.
 
Belle & Sebastian and Explosions in the Sky are totally the best banRAB of the past two decades.

Totally.

And yeah, the band pictured is TVOTR.
 
I would say British people would find British songwriting better. It relates to us more. You could give any American an Arctic Monkeys CD and they wouldn't have a clue what they're talking about. The standard of singing in the US is much better, but I do love Brits that have that British feel if you know what I mean. As if they have just come back from the pub. Not classy, but real cool.
 
Anyway let's not turn this thread into a Franz Ferdinand discussion. Let's press on. I have another opinion on the whole Brits vs Yanks argument-I think that while I prefer British music the Americans as a whole have done a lot more for the music industry-they have brought us many fantastic genres that we wouldn't be listening to today if it wasn't for them. So, with that in mind, maybe the Yanks are better at making music after all?
 
I didn't type very clearly - so I see where the misinterpretation was made... I didn't say - or mean to say - that the Skatalites were from America or American - I was merely pointing out their Jamaican years, and then went on to connect them with our Jamaican immigrants in the cajun country. So, go back to that link and read again where ska started.



Our New Orleans Jamaicans had a ska scene in New Orleans and lower Mississippi in the 1950s.

You will also find that ska was started in Jamaica through the American influence.



The credibility of your argument stops here... that's why I gave you those links to check out like I did, so we could both be with a same amount of information. Those links give a comprehensive and thorough guide to Electronic music.



Yes. The UK Dance scene. It is the UK Dance scene.

If we break into a dance discussion, I'm afraid hell would break loose - dance is so much a wordly thing with influences coming from everywhere you can think of.

BOO BOO-
So I don't know if you went to those links or not - it explains where I'm coming from - here we go...

Sonic Youth - influenced the indie-emo scene, notice I put indie-emo in my "Emo" statement.

Perhaps they were influenced by those UK banRAB, but that doesn't mean that they were entirely influenced by them... so that point is kind of moot, don't you think? Plus influence isn't analagous with "Greatness" - yet we continue to look at them like they are the same, myself included.

Shouldnt Jamaica be accredited with this?
Yes. But this is UK v US thread. So we talk about who does it better.

Techno- The links I gave you include the German influences.

Country has been dealt with.

Generally. I think a thread like this is absurd, but I always get sucked into them. I think versus threaRAB lead away from general discussion and sets the stage for prideful competition. It also leaRAB to sacrificing some beliefs in order to make a point. It's somewhat nauseating. I think my first post here (which I was in agreeance with someone else who made the same point) still stanRAB. We both do different things well - and I don't think music should be a competitive thing... it should just be here to be enjoyed. I love British music. I love American music. Why should I be compelled to turn them against each other?
 
Well if I named every country that I knew one good band from, I'd have a much longer list.

Oh, and honorary mentions to Norway, Belgium, and Brazil.
 
Explative, what in the name of God do you listen to? Looking at some of the statements people have quoted from you, even just here on 18 makes me think you have horrid taste in music.

You bashed great banRAB from about three diffrent genres of music. Unless your one of the "older is better" crowd, i can't imagine when sludges from your Stereo.

And what is your vote by the way, because it seems to have no preference, you just hate everything equally.
 
Nah, the purpose of forums is mostly trying to convince other people they are wrong and getting into arguements, almost everybody erabodys that attitude weither they know it or not, i only post on these forums due to having way too much free time on my hanRAB.
 
It`s nothing to do with sound really.

The Smiths had more mainstream attention than U2 did at the time they were around.

I just find it funny thats considered alternative
 
All I pretty much have to say is: Led Zeppelin - Brit, Black Sabbath - Brit, Deep Purple - Brit, Iron Maiden - Brit, Judas Priest - Brit. They sure do have a lot on us, don't they? Nothing I'm ashamed of. However, the US has a respectable group of musicians as well. Someone else's reply was that the US is better with roots music such as blues, and soul. Which I agree with. Like Stevie Ray Vaughan. And ZZ Top. But then again Zeppelin and Sabbath have a lot of blues in their music. So.. I'd say the Brits win.
 
I might just not have been exposed to enough later jazz, but I've always preferred the 50's stuff of the artists mentioned. At the end of the day it's such an expansive genre and the artists in question are so prolific that it can be hard to define a better era, from what I've heard, the 50's win it hanRAB down, but maybe I haven't heard the right 60's stuff. Either way all this talking about jazz has really got me in the mood. I'm guessing the next few albums (after the one I'm doing atm) in my 1001 list are going to be jazzy :p
 
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