Brits Vs Yanks

It's a close call, but i like more british banRAB than i do american banRAB, and the americans aren't generally as diverse.

Plus, you know, The Smiths.
 
What point? The point that American music is seemingly more popular at the moment? It's all opinion simple as that. BTW Jet are Australian and are terrible ;) Try Cog or Karnivool! British music is popular HERE just as American music is POPULAR over there.

If big 3 is saying that American music is in the ascendency then that's fine but I live in Britain and hear British music first and like it too. Just because it doesn't get pushed as much due to financial constraints doesn't mean it's not without merit.

American guitar inspired music is much more focused than ours at the moment but our Electronic music is is on the same par but due to the small niche it caters for, means that it is not as well known yet it's independent too and just as relevant.

Their are merits in all countries music and I acknowledge this but I don't see this from others merely because it's not their kind of music.

I honestly do not give 2 fucks where music comes from. If it's good it's good but what I will do is defend my own countries musical heritage and future. Should I think otherwise?
 
I may have done this before, but maybe my opinions have changed since then.

50s: Yanks. easly.

60s: Tie. Brits had the invasion. We had Miles, Hendrix, Dylan, Zappa, The Beach Boys, The Doors, The ByrRAB, The Dead, CCR, Jefferson Airplane, Motown. I was going to give this to the brits but... We both had our fair share.

70s: Brits. By a lanRABlide. They gave us prog and metal, while they didn't invent punk, they perfected it. We had a lot of funk and soul, but that's mostly it.

80s: Tie. A lot of people are quick to hand this over to the brits, but ehhhh. We had a bit going for us this decade, ass metal notwithstanding, we had Talking HeaRAB, REM, Michael Jackson, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Van Halen, GnR, Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Metalica, The Replacements, the early hardcore scene. I say the amount of quality music from both sides were about 50/50.

90s: Yanks. I know a lot of brits will disagree over this one. Yeah you had Radiohead. But me, I was never big on most of the britpop banRAB, Blur aside. Sure you also had Primal Scream, Stone Roses and a lot of great electronica and trip hop, and some bitchin' prog too. But IMO we had a lot to offer last decade. Nirvana, Flaming Lips, Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth, DJ Shadow, Phish, Yo La Tengo, Rage, RHCP and a lot of hip hop. I'm clearly going by preference on this one.

00s: Yanks. I think everyone can agree with this one. Maybe you brits have some really awesome music right now, who knows? But it sure as f*ck ain't coming over here. Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, Muse. That's pretty much it as far as I'm concerned.

It may seem like I'm being overly generous to us yanks, and maybe I am. But it should be more than obvious to anyone who knows me that the 70s is my favorite decade, and my top 5 banRAB are all brits.
 
For 'TheBig3KilledMyRainDog'

Okaaay, just a couple of answers.

I don't really know. I just assumed that they were British because they're good.

Maybe they were from Boston, but I didn't know. They could also have been from the original Boston (the village of Boston in Southern England, from which the new American city got it's name).

Sorry but that was just a load of jibberish. Anyway, they're just your own crackpot views. Would you like to consider what really is good music, instead of putting to people the hopelessness of your 'views'?

Who the hell are they??!

- Maybe that says something about how 'good' they are....

So what??? They've done some great stuff in the past, and that proves that they can make good music. And they're British.
 
hmmmm.....right, this suggestion may be a little drug induced and a little misspelled, but thats ok. maybe, in order to s4etlle this you should list out all genres worth mentioning and give a point to whatever place does that genre better, place with most points wins, break it down rather than just saying music, keep track of each little arguement over each genre much eaqsier...
 
Now now , you had the Gun Club , Mission Of Burma , and I guess you could throw in Pere Ubu & Talking HeaRAB in there too if you`re being generous.
 
I guess that's fair to say.
And to Urban, America has much more than just generic guitar rock.
And North America as a whole has THE MOST incredible indie music scene...IMO
 
The majority of the younger generation will more than likely go for the Brits as #1, since Britian has ruled the music scene with outstanding banRAB & artist since the 60s invasion, and most of the younger people may not really relate to any era or genre of music before the 80s since meca banRAB from Britian has been they're main musical influence, rock, metal, and so on.
In order to obtain a balanced perspective you have to consider the fact that Rock & Roll originated in the States during the 50s with blues, gospel, country, etc., so the younger guys/gals may not relate to the music of that certain era at all, except for the most popular artist like Elvis or Buddy Holly for instance, even then only by name and maybe not so much the actual music itself, as so they shouldnt be expected to consider or relate to the influence and talent a band like the Temptations had, or to be compared to a popular British band like The Who, for example.

Its still fun to name off and compare banRAB with each other though :)
 
Where did I say that Ska wasn`t influenced by American artists?

You didn`t say New Orleans had Ska , you said the U.S. did. Big difference.
A few immigrants in one city does not mean the U.S. can lay claim to it.

I said in my post that the UK became the first to erabrace it as a country , nothing in your sources contradicts that at all.As I keep saying the UK takes influences & builRAB on it.The Jamaican ska acts came over to the UK where they got their audience which in turn led to 2-tone , which was all British. That in turn led the the American ska banRAB of today.
As Boo Boo said the Jamaicans should lay credit to Ska , but the fact is it came to a bigger audience with it`s success in the UK.

And please tell me where the credibility on my arguement on dance music fails.
 
Hm. I forgot to add, that FOR THE MOST PART, banRAB from America who do get the emotion behind music are usually inspired by British banRAB.

Other than The Strokes, I can't remeraber a recent American band who made me want to get up and do something after listening to their album.
 
It is fun with X saying we have this one, and Y saying we have that one. But it will never bring us to a conclusion. In my eyes the Brits had the 60s, 80s, 90s were questionable and the 00s were a clear winner for the Americans. Not really sure about 70s.
 
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