Brits Vs Yanks

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-17-2006, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet Jane

Personally I'd be more proud of SFA and Gorkys. Woo!

cardboard adolescent · 03-15-2006, 03:39 PM

I dig Broken Social Scene.

TrampInaTux · 03-15-2006, 03:43 PM

I don't think we should admit Tom Jones is a part of Britain. That makes us lose something like ten points in this argument.

~~bungalow~~ · 03-15-2006, 06:24 PM

Oh, I put an extra "e".

soundgardenrox · 03-15-2006, 07:52 PM

difficult choice, im not the patriotic type, but i do think america wins this but closely. Someone said earlier that american music isn't as experimental?? And too formulaic? That isn't really true, unless your speaking about our metal, which it sucks, i know. But, listen to Sonic Youth compare to Pink Floyd, then you'll find the answer. I love Pink Floyd, but listen to their music, and you'll find its very structured and formulaic, and not near as experimental as bands like Sonic Youth, Mars Volta, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fugazi, etc. The only english bands that I can think of that are almost as equally experimental are King Crimson, Soft Machine, Allan Holdsworth, and Mahavishnu but Mahavishnu has more Americans than Brits. But Britain has brought us great rock n' roll, so in that dept., they win, Jazz and Blues goes to the America, Folk- Britain wins, Experimental American wins, Country- America wins, Pop- Britain wins, Punk rock- I'm going to say America on this because of the multitude of scenes and great bands coming from that scene, i.e. Black Flag, The Ramones, Minor Threat, etc. So, I believe that America wins this one.

boo boo · 03-17-2006, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by soundgardenrox

difficult choice, im not the patriotic type, but i do think america wins this but closely. Someone said earlier that american music isn't as experimental?? And too formulaic? That isn't really true, unless your speaking about our metal, which it sucks, i know. But, listen to Sonic Youth compare to Pink Floyd, then you'll find the answer. I love Pink Floyd, but listen to their music, and you'll find its very structured and formulaic, and not near as experimental as bands like Sonic Youth, Mars Volta, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fugazi, etc. The only english bands that I can think of that are almost as equally experimental are King Crimson, Soft Machine, Allan Holdsworth, and Mahavishnu but Mahavishnu has more Americans than Brits. But Britain has brought us great rock n' roll, so in that dept., they win, Jazz and Blues goes to the America, Folk- Britain wins, Experimental American wins, Country- America wins, Pop- Britain wins, Punk rock- I'm going to say America on this because of the multitude of scenes and great bands coming from that scene, i.e. Black Flag, The Ramones, Minor Threat, etc. So, I believe that America wins this one.

DSOTM and WYWH dont sound so formulac to me.

Sneer · 03-17-2006, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by soundgardenrox

difficult choice, im not the patriotic type, but i do think america wins this but closely. Someone said earlier that american music isn't as experimental?? And too formulaic? That isn't really true, unless your speaking about our metal, which it sucks, i know. But, listen to Sonic Youth compare to Pink Floyd, then you'll find the answer. I love Pink Floyd, but listen to their music, and you'll find its very structured and formulaic, and not near as experimental as bands like Sonic Youth, Mars Volta, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fugazi, etc. The only english bands that I can think of that are almost as equally experimental are King Crimson, Soft Machine, Allan Holdsworth, and Mahavishnu but Mahavishnu has more Americans than Brits. But Britain has brought us great rock n' roll, so in that dept., they win, Jazz and Blues goes to the America, Folk- Britain wins, Experimental American wins, Country- America wins, Pop- Britain wins, Punk rock- I'm going to say America on this because of the multitude of scenes and great bands coming from that scene, i.e. Black Flag, The Ramones, Minor Threat, etc. So, I believe that America wins this one.

add radiohead, mogwai and my bloody valentine to that list of experimental britrock.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-17-2006, 09:22 AM

Why Compare Sonic Youth to Pink Floyd?

Why not compare Sonic Youth to P.I.L. or Aphex Twin instead.

Vismund Cygnus · 03-17-2006, 10:11 AM

I preffer Brittish music, but that's just me.

DontRunMeOver · 03-17-2006, 11:21 AM

The closeness of this competition must show that, per capita, the Brits are way better than Americans at music! There are five times more Americans than Brits, so they should have five times more good bands than us! But do they? No.

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Vismund Cygnus Meeting People Is Easy Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 34	I preffer Brittish music, but that's just me. __________________ Come on Alex, you can do it. Come on Alex, there's nothin' to it.

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TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,412	I don't think we should admit Tom Jones is a part of Britain. That makes us lose something like ten points in this argument.

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~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,061	Oh, I put an extra "e".

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soundgardenrox Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 166	difficult choice, im not the patriotic type, but i do think america wins this but closely. Someone said earlier that american music isn't as experimental?? And too formulaic? That isn't really true, unless your speaking about our metal, which it sucks, i know. But, listen to Sonic Youth compare to Pink Floyd, then you'll find the answer. I love Pink Floyd, but listen to their music, and you'll find its very structured and formulaic, and not near as experimental as bands like Sonic Youth, Mars Volta, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fugazi, etc. The only english bands that I can think of that are almost as equally experimental are King Crimson, Soft Machine, Allan Holdsworth, and Mahavishnu but Mahavishnu has more Americans than Brits. But Britain has brought us great rock n' roll, so in that dept., they win, Jazz and Blues goes to the America, Folk- Britain wins, Experimental American wins, Country- America wins, Pop- Britain wins, Punk rock- I'm going to say America on this because of the multitude of scenes and great bands coming from that scene, i.e. Black Flag, The Ramones, Minor Threat, etc. So, I believe that America wins this one.