Brits Vs Yanks

~~The Unfan~~ · 01-26-2007, 06:44 PM

I think maybe in the past Britain had it over America. However, as I am bias toward punk and metal I'll naturally think the country with the better punk and metal takes it. Currently I think America has it, though a lot of the influence is clearly British.

Sneer · 01-27-2007, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Moon Pix

Id say the States by a long long way and Im British! One thing I can't stand about some British music is the fact that quite a few British songwriters get hung up on their Britishness and feel they have to keep going on about it. Ive always hated Blur for this, this "blimey guvnor, it sure is a lavely mornin'" crap that rears its head in their music. Even the Kinks, one of the seminal British bands, fell victim to this later on. One of the things I like about American music is that a lot of it isnt about mommas apple pie and going to the ball park. Some American songwriters do that like Springsteen but I don't find it as irritating cause I don't think he's reducing the States to a parody of itself when he does it.

Its reared its head again recently with the Libertines and all of these crappy punk revivalist bands. Theres a few British bands I like (Jesus & Mary Chain, Spacemen 3, the Slits plus a few more) and one of the things I like about them is that you wouldnt know they were British from listening to them.

Besides that just about all of my favourite songwriters, bands, comedians, actors, writers and directors are American. American's just tend to have more balls.

so whem americans write about the traditions and staples of their culture its in good taste... yet when british bands do it its a parody... how did you come up with that one? Alot of american music could be, as you say, a parody, Rap - biggest 'parody' in the book, country - ditto, a LOT of rock - again. Music is built upon the artists up-bringing, background, traditions and way of life, i think its what i love about english music.

Mr Sensitive · 03-13-2006, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by hobojesus

Times are a changing people... who knows, maybe tomorrow Mr Sensitive will make an intelligent post and madeinNY will take her head out of sabrinas arse!

Oh get over yourself.

littleknowitall · 03-12-2006, 01:03 PM

the fact that im british means even if i have any individual opinion on this it'll be drowned and forced into the back of my head behin a patriotic craving for the ability to say "haha my countrys better than yours in any way possible"
so al i can do is try to back it up here...and sound as far from a c.u.n.t as i possibly can...so here we go.

the stereophonics -are nothing to be proud of!
the sex pistols - i hate them but they did some things right and god forbid probably influenced something.
manic street preachers - great band
the beatles - big pile of awesomeness.
iron maiden - epic!
funeral for a friend - naff but were voted best band in the world in kerrang a little while back and same with lost prophets.
erm...thats all that springs to mind, god i hope some sort of great point that i could make comes to my head in the next couple of hours, but for the moment i'll have to leave it at that.

Sneer · 03-12-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by moley

the stereophonics -are nothing to be proud of!
the sex pistols - i hate them but they did some things right and god forbid probably influenced something.
manic street preachers - great band
the beatles - big pile of awesomeness.
iron maiden - epic!
funeral for a friend - naff but were voted best band in the world in kerrang a little while back and same with lost prophets.
erm...thats all that springs to mind, god i hope some sort of great point that i could make comes to my head in the next couple of hours, but for the moment i'll have to leave it at that.

love the way most of the bands you've mentioned there are welsh, and im sorry but they arent particulary colossal bands on the grand scale of things with exception to the pistols, beatles and maiden.

littleknowitall · 03-12-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by LedZepStu

love the way most of the bands you've mentioned there are welsh, and im sorry but they arent particulary colossal bands on the grand scale of things with exception to the pistols, beatles and maiden.

hehe i was hoping someone would notice that first part

, i know not collossal, but im not thinking grand influential bands like maiden. i was just listing whatever bands came to my head, they all count for something.

adidasss · 03-12-2006, 04:13 PM

i still say it's croatia....

TheBig3 · 03-12-2006, 07:41 PM

Bob Dylan
Jimi
Robert Johnson
Tom Waits
(if we count Canada as america) Neil Young
Talking Heads
Johnny Cash
Metallica
Dead Kennedys
PJ Harvey
The White Stripes
Queens of the Stone Age

This was just a listing, I think we do a pretty decent job

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-13-2006, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Talking Heads

David Bryne is from Scotland

adidasss · 03-12-2006, 08:17 PM

this thread is biased against croatia...i am vexed..

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~~The Unfan~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Methville Posts: 2,116	I think maybe in the past Britain had it over America. However, as I am bias toward punk and metal I'll naturally think the country with the better punk and metal takes it. Currently I think America has it, though a lot of the influence is clearly British.

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littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,673	the fact that im british means even if i have any individual opinion on this it'll be drowned and forced into the back of my head behin a patriotic craving for the ability to say "haha my countrys better than yours in any way possible" so al i can do is try to back it up here...and sound as far from a c.u.n.t as i possibly can...so here we go. the stereophonics -are nothing to be proud of! the sex pistols - i hate them but they did some things right and god forbid probably influenced something. manic street preachers - great band the beatles - big pile of awesomeness. iron maiden - epic! funeral for a friend - naff but were voted best band in the world in kerrang a little while back and same with lost prophets. erm...thats all that springs to mind, god i hope some sort of great point that i could make comes to my head in the next couple of hours, but for the moment i'll have to leave it at that.