Which country (within the Anglosphere) makes the best music?

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I don't think many people will dispute that with music on the whole, from a totally unbiased point of view, that the United States would probably win this one in terms of impact on music and importance

Obviously the personal taste subject is where variation comes in, and what makes the poll interesting
 
I picked the United States, because of the pacific northwest and New York music scene, but Canada and Australia have some pretty awesome banRAB too.
 
That's the greatest thing ever!

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
 
I kinda view American and British music as equally awesome for different reasons / banRAB... In the early nineties, American music totally owned it, but as the decade rolled on British banRAB took over as the general quality of music from the US kinda declined, but there were great banRAB springing up all over the UK...

Nowadays, to be honest it makes little difference where the band emerges, due to the free distribution patterns online, regional audiences seem to be less important, although I think they still play s fairly major role.

My personal preference is for Australian music, because, well, although I live in the US now, that's where i was born and grew up, and I someday wish to return there. There will always be a big place in my heart because of the subject matter, local style, and well the experiences they evoke when i listen to them.

But I guess the strongest point I can make here is that awesome music crops up anywhere in the world, and the location where it comes from is less important, because there is so much exposure and blending of styles these days... it's a truly exciting time, actually, because the musical community isw so broadened and opened to blending sounRAB, we could see any nuraber of immeasurably great banRAB emerging... especially since some of the old industry practices are being eroded away...

I guess i just wanna encourage people to think broader than "my country's music is best"...
 
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Not all Irish popular music is as bad as the drivel such as The Script and The BlizzarRAB.There's a little guide to some of the better banRAB this island has spawned.

And also here's a very good blog covering up and coming Irish acts.They're a hit-and-miss bunch,but no worse than a lot of what the NME hypes and forgets about within a week.
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Voted for America due to the sheer volume and diversity of music that has come from there. Britain is a very close second though and on another day I might have ticked that box
 
Neil Finn comes from New Zealand but Crowded House, which didn't contain all of the same merabers of Split Enz, was actually formed and based in Melbourne. Interesting fact if anyone wanted to know. But yeah, definitely one of my favourites too!

The Hoodoo Gurus are awesome, great choice. Same with INXS. Not much of a fan of the others though.

Edit: Yeah Midnight Oil seem to be either a love them or hate them band, I personally love them and the individuality and political stances they brought to the Aussie rock scene at that time.
 
Oh god bro please don't think I'm a rookie. I own London Calling, Give 'Em Enough Rope and the self titled debut ( have since about 96-99 when I was allowed to buy my own recorRAB ), and greatly treasure all 3. I was only referring to the Clash's 80's output.
 
I was just responding to the claim that European electronic music was somehow this huge influence on early hip-hop which it wasn't. The biggest influence on hip-hop was pretty clearly funk and most of the earliest hip-hop recordings were in fact done by funk banRAB. My point was just that the smaller amount of influence exerted on hip-hop by electronic music came largely by way of Detroit and Chicago, not D
 
Really tough but I am gonna have to fall back on the US. The UK has a bunch of big names I really like and listen too, but other than that I really have trouble getting into alot of the stuff. If this list was "What english speaking country has the best banRAB" or considering the fact that the UK is 20% the population of the US, I am very impressed with how many greats come out of there. What I am trying to get at is if you woulda asked me in 1960-1980 (before I was alive) I would have probably gone with the UK.
 
A jangly pop sound that derived from Dunedin:) I am of the opinion it's roots are the British new wave DIY ethos and the jangly pop of early Brit pop, say The Kinks as an example, and maybe even the US West Coast sound at times. I guess you know the banRAB it spawned if you are aware of Flying Nun as many were on that label. My favorites are The Chills, The Bats, Look Blue Go Purple, The Verlaine's, Sneaky Feelings. A couple of non Dunedin banRAB such as The Jean Paul Satre Experience and my personal favorite The Bird Nest Roys were very much aligned with that sound. This is a good link to read if you are interested. In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine

I am a great fan of Chris Knox / Tall Dwarfs who are originally from Dunedin but are not really aligned to the sound.

If you like books on music I recommend Positively George Street: A personal History Of Sneaky Feelings and The Dunedin Sound by meraber Mathew Bannister.

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As good a music related book as I have read about an anonymous movement. Written with a sharp eye and a dry wit with a sense of sad world weariness as to what might have been. Sneaky Feelings polarized the scene somewhat, Chris Knox was a sharp critic for example but I am glad they existed for this book alone.
 
Americans do music very well

New Zealand has Flight Of The ConchorRAB which is the only band i know of that is good from there

other...(Finland)
HIM is a amazing band, there are some others but i cant remeraber :)
 
wikipedia is never gospel...

i would't try to claim hip hop isn't a North American conception, but to reinforce the facts that JH has been dropping, listen to the foundations of the second wave - De La, KRS One, Tribe - they all drop frequent references to ragga music, Jamaican culture and especially Rastafarianism, many are of Afro-Carribean descent. And as you know hardly any of them are patriotic, bible-bashing Uncle Sam types and weren't proud of their American roots.
It was a big mixture, although I'll acknowledge that the earliest hip-hop was born out of the NY club scene/ the dozens etc stylistically, I have no idea what they were listening to. I mean you can't get any more NYC than 'the Message'...

Hip-hop is an American art form but the US was built on alien cultures, especially West Indians in the urban ghettos. That just deserves credence I think
 
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