Brits Vs Yanks

boo boo · 03-20-2006, 09:42 PM

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A lot of the bands I listen to also cite The Beach Boys, VU, The Stooges and other Proto-Punk bands, early Hardcore bands, etc., etc.

Oh, but wait, none of those bands are famous and most are American, so I guess they don't mean shit.

Now you are just being childish.

sleepy jack · 03-20-2006, 09:44 PM

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And Jimi Hendrix may have been a born american, but he got his big break in England, he lived there for years, plus Mitchell and Redding were british, making JHE essentialy a british act, the UK was where he made his records, thats the place that made him famous, and thats where he first got noticed, if he stayed in the states, its likely nobody would even know who he is, no record company in the US wanted to have a thing to do with him.

I wasn't talking about the band for one, or else I would have said the jimi hendrix expierence instead of just jimi hendrix. He IS an american guitarist (Seattle =D), but yes this is subjective and really aside from the point..

boo boo · 03-20-2006, 09:45 PM

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This is so true. Boo boo's logic only applies when it benefits Britain. I don't even understand how someone can say that The Who, the Kinks, and the Stones are the template of Punk music, and then turn around and say that even though those bands were all influenced by Blues and Rock & Roll, Britain is still more influential. That makes absolutely no sense. If you're going to use that kind of logic, then it has to work both ways.

Because, UK had MORE great bands, and MORE people went to start their own band after hearing The Beatles and The Stones than when people heard Elvis and Chuck Berry.

Plus the british invasion was so huge, no american musical movement has come close since.

Expletive Deleted · 03-20-2006, 09:45 PM

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Now you are just being childish.

It's true, boo boo. You're completely ignoring some of the most influential American artists due to personal preference. At first I didn't really care, but Crowquill and Big3 are right, you're hardly giving America any credit.

boo boo · 03-20-2006, 09:48 PM

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I wasn't talking about the band for one, or else I would have said the jimi hendrix expierence instead of just jimi hendrix. He IS an american guitarist (Seattle =D), but yes this is subjective and really aside from the point..

However it was his band that became one of the hottest bands in the UK, and when people think Jimi Hendrix, they almost always associate him with his JHE hits, Fire, Purple Haze, Voodoo Child, etc.

And he broke through the scene in the UK, he made his music in the UK, and his musical influence has little to do with him being american.

sleepy jack · 03-20-2006, 09:49 PM

I've read jimi hendrix's biography. If he had been born in britian, I really doubt he'd be the same hendrix we know of now.

boo boo · 03-20-2006, 09:51 PM

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It's true, boo boo. You're completely ignoring some of the most influential American artists due to personal preference. At first I didn't really care, but Crowquill and Big3 are right, you're hardly giving America any credit.

Personal preference?

I prefer The Doors, Nirvana, Velvet Underground and The Ramones to The Rolling Stones, im not being biased or going by preference...Hell i dont even like The Stones all that much, but still no american band really touchs them in overall greatness.

boo boo · 03-20-2006, 09:52 PM

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I've read jimi hendrix's biography. If he had been born in britian, I really doubt he'd be the same hendrix we know of now.

So now you are saying his nationality has some kind of genetic effect on his musical talents?

Expletive Deleted · 03-20-2006, 09:54 PM

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So now you are saying his nationality has some kind of genetic effect on his musical talents?

He's saying that the environment he grew up in did, obviously.

sleepy jack · 03-20-2006, 09:54 PM

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So now you are saying his nationality has some kind of genetic effect on his musical talents?

If he grew up in britian, he would've grown up way different. Which could seriously alter his talents.