Top ten British bands

Urban Hat€monger ? · 11-01-2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

No wonder I can never understand Bjork shes British.

I have trouble understanding northerners too.

Trollheart · 11-01-2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

The Edge (David Evans) is born in Barking, London, England - to parent who are of Welsh decent, Adam Clayton is of English decent - I'm using that as a techincality of being partly British. Dave Edmunds is from Wales and the Rezillos are from Scotland. It's a "Top ten British bands" thread and I didn't want to load my top ten with just English bands - no offense. And as a side note a good amount of the Liverpool populataion have Irish ancestry. And the members of The Beatles are of Irish decent or partly so (I don't know how well known a fact that is) but anyway you can claim them as proudly Irish too if you like.

No, sorry: too many Irish bands are claimed as "British" once they get famous/popular. U2 formed in Dublin (my home town), went to school together in Dublin and were in fact formed while the guys were there. They ALWAYS call themselves an Irish band, and even the Wiki page has them as "an Irish band from Dublin". If you look deeply enough into anyone's ancestry you can probably find reasons to paint them as this or that nationality, but U2 are, and always will be, Irish.

And without getting political, Ireland is NOT part of Britain -- at least, not the south, where I am...

Unknown Soldier · 11-01-2012, 02:43 PM

U2 are an Irish band in every sense, end of.

Bokonon · 11-01-2012, 03:01 PM

I can't decide on who I would put in front of who so my list is in alphabetical order

The Beatles
The Clash
ELO
The Jam
Joy Division
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Pulp
The Who

Honourable Mention goes to

Radiohead
Roxy Music
The Sex Pistols
The Smiths
Squeeze
Teenage Fanclub

**Frownland** · 11-01-2012, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I'll probably end up leaving someone out of my list because I generally don't give two ****s about where the bands that I like are from.

1.) The Fall
2.) Pink Floyd
3.) The Sex Pistols
4.) The Beatles
5.) Iron Maiden
6.) Public Image Ltd.
7.) Yes
9.) King Crimson
10.) Electric Wizard

****, I forgot about This Heat.

Zer0 · 11-01-2012, 04:45 PM

Only ten? You have to be difficult don't you. In no particular order or whatever...

The Cure
The Smiths
Slowdive
Cocteau Twins
The Field Mice
Spacemen 3
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Boards Of Canada
Camera Obscura
Joy Division

By the way Britain can have U2 if they want

Screen13 · 11-01-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Screen13

It's hard to STOP at 10.

I'll get back with a definitive list if at all possible.

1) The Beatles
2) Joy Division
3) Killing Joke
4) The Jam
5) Roxy Music
6) Blur
7) Motorhead
8) The Kinks
9) Siouxsie and the Banshees
10) The Clash

Honorable Mentions
The Rolling Stones
Deep Purple (Originally planned to be in the list, but due to trying to get a Top 10 of who effected my music listening, you know the story)
The Godfathers (plus a mention for The Sid Presley Experience)
King Crimson (LOVE them, but once again...)
Sex Pistols
Pulp
Small Faces
The Damned (Wanted to have them in The 10, but Mid-Late 80's music killed off the momentum)
Talk Talk
The Who

Trollheart · 11-01-2012, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

By the way Britain can have U2 if they want

No they can't...

John M · 11-02-2012, 12:04 AM

The Who
Oasis
The Kinks
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
The Rolling Stones
Traffic
Genesis i think these deserve to be the top on the list

Neapolitan · 11-02-2012, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

No, sorry: too many Irish bands are claimed as "British" once they get famous/popular. U2 formed in Dublin (my home town), went to school together in Dublin and were in fact formed while the guys were there. They ALWAYS call themselves an Irish band, and even the Wiki page has them as "an Irish band from Dublin". If you look deeply enough into anyone's ancestry you can probably find reasons to paint them as this or that nationality, but U2 are, and always will be, Irish.

And without getting political, Ireland is NOT part of Britain -- at least, not the south, where I am...

Well it's not political as it is a question of semantics... of P-Celtic vs Q-Celtic. You can trace the etymology of "Britain/British" to "Briton" and Brythonic language is P-Celtic. And when I see "British" I tend to think of the British Ilses in general. And whenever I over-extend the meaning of "British" I know the Irish are like "Wo wait a minute Irish Gaelic is Q-Celtic not P-Celtic." It's just a matter of watching my P's and Q's.

OK enough excuses, I didn't include them because I think they are British I had to include them because I can't follow the rules.

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Bokonon Groupie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 6	I can't decide on who I would put in front of who so my list is in alphabetical order The Beatles The Clash ELO The Jam Joy Division The Kinks Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Pulp The Who Honourable Mention goes to Radiohead Roxy Music The Sex Pistols The Smiths Squeeze Teenage Fanclub Last edited by Bokonon; 11-01-2012 at 07:57 PM.

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Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	Only ten? You have to be difficult don't you. In no particular order or whatever... The Cure The Smiths Slowdive Cocteau Twins The Field Mice Spacemen 3 The Jesus and Mary Chain Boards Of Canada Camera Obscura Joy Division By the way Britain can have U2 if they want __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

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John M Groupie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: brazil Posts: 10	The Who Oasis The Kinks Pink Floyd Radiohead The Rolling Stones Traffic Genesis i think these deserve to be the top on the list