Brits Vs Yanks

TheBig3 · 03-13-2006, 01:23 PM

Yeah I forgot PJ was a puddle jumper. Anyway, this argument is usually stupid but since the whole first pages was Brits slagging statesmen and one atlantian defector, I figured I'd throw out what we're good for.

America turns out alot of bands in a short period, its sort of like birth, you release a million bands, one has to get pregnant off success.

and to you arrogant folk who said "well we have these guys, so we win" let me just say

Radiohead
The Smiths

America Wins.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-13-2006, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Talking Heads

David Bryne is from Scotland

TheBig3 · 03-13-2006, 01:27 PM

Talkingheads aren't.

right-track · 03-13-2006, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Talkingheads aren't.

David Byrne is Talking Heads.

jr. · 03-13-2006, 07:49 PM

Well, I'm from a different era, so my comment are kept to what I know about. It was mentioned earlier that Yanks wrote about the issues more than the Brits. Well, going back to the time of the British Invasion (yes, that deserves to be capitalized), Yanks were in the midst of Vietnam, so, in all fairness to the Brits, the Yanks had a lot more social issues to write about.

So, anyway, doing a short list of what I listened to in my teens:

Brits:

Queen
Zep
The Who

Yanks:

Aerosmith
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ted Nugent

Hmmm.....sounds to me like I win.

mosesandtherubberducky · 03-13-2006, 08:09 PM

Yanks:

Dead Kennedys
Ramones
The Germs
Robert Johnson
Son House
SRV

Brits:
Sex Pistols
UK Subs
and wait, the Brits have no accomplished bluesmen
but they do have Super Furry Animals

tdoc210 · 03-13-2006, 09:16 PM

ahem norway but yes britain just for jethro tull

TrampInaTux · 03-14-2006, 03:44 AM

As I have said before, to me British music is much more relevant to me personally while American music is probably much more relevant to people from America. I'm not saying I prefer British music just because it's British, but in my record collection there's twice as many British artists as there are American artists.

LukeM_UK · 03-14-2006, 07:06 AM

I think that the British are best at making music too, partly because I'm English.

But why aren't all the Americans supporting their own music??
Even they probably already know that it's crap..........

(I'm only kidding!!)

So here's a few artists (in no particular order of quality or success), that should support the theory that the Brits make fantastic music.

1. Prodigy
2. Pink Floyd
3. The Cars
4. Bruce Hornsby & The Range
5. Chris Rea
6. Franz Ferdinand

That'll be all for now.....

TrampInaTux · 03-14-2006, 07:09 AM

Franz Ferdinand? FRANZ FERDINAND? You have added Franz Ferdinand to that list yet dismissed all of the other, much, MUCH better musicians out there? Are you clinically insane?

03-13-2006, 01:23 PM	#31 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Yeah I forgot PJ was a puddle jumper. Anyway, this argument is usually stupid but since the whole first pages was Brits slagging statesmen and one atlantian defector, I figured I'd throw out what we're good for. America turns out alot of bands in a short period, its sort of like birth, you release a million bands, one has to get pregnant off success. and to you arrogant folk who said "well we have these guys, so we win" let me just say Radiohead The Smiths America Wins. __________________ I've moved to a new address

03-13-2006, 01:27 PM	#33 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Talkingheads aren't. __________________ I've moved to a new address

03-13-2006, 07:49 PM	#35 (permalink)
jr. Seeker of Peace Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newark, De. Posts: 341	Well, I'm from a different era, so my comment are kept to what I know about. It was mentioned earlier that Yanks wrote about the issues more than the Brits. Well, going back to the time of the British Invasion (yes, that deserves to be capitalized), Yanks were in the midst of Vietnam, so, in all fairness to the Brits, the Yanks had a lot more social issues to write about. So, anyway, doing a short list of what I listened to in my teens: Brits: Queen Zep The Who Yanks: Aerosmith Lynyrd Skynyrd Ted Nugent Hmmm.....sounds to me like I win. __________________ Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. ~ Kabir

03-13-2006, 08:09 PM	#36 (permalink)
mosesandtherubberducky butt say x Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: so i read the question as "Where YOU live" which was kinda funny instead of "Where you live" Posts: 1,649	Yanks: Dead Kennedys Ramones The Germs Robert Johnson Son House SRV Brits: Sex Pistols UK Subs and wait, the Brits have no accomplished bluesmen but they do have Super Furry Animals __________________ Can I have a youtube video for a sig? There's a thing that says "Wrap [YOUTUBE] tags around selected text"

03-13-2006, 09:16 PM	#37 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	ahem norway but yes britain just for jethro tull __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

03-14-2006, 03:44 AM	#38 (permalink)
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,418	As I have said before, to me British music is much more relevant to me personally while American music is probably much more relevant to people from America. I'm not saying I prefer British music just because it's British, but in my record collection there's twice as many British artists as there are American artists.

03-14-2006, 07:06 AM	#39 (permalink)
LukeM_UK Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 191	I think that the British are best at making music too, partly because I'm English. But why aren't all the Americans supporting their own music?? Even they probably already know that it's crap.......... (I'm only kidding!!) So here's a few artists (in no particular order of quality or success), that should support the theory that the Brits make fantastic music. 1. Prodigy 2. Pink Floyd 3. The Cars 4. Bruce Hornsby & The Range 5. Chris Rea 6. Franz Ferdinand That'll be all for now.....

03-14-2006, 07:09 AM	#40 (permalink)
TrampInaTux that's my war face. Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,418	Franz Ferdinand? FRANZ FERDINAND? You have added Franz Ferdinand to that list yet dismissed all of the other, much, MUCH better musicians out there? Are you clinically insane?