bobby12 0 Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 In my opinion UK beats USA 2-1 in the following catagories: Best Groups = UK Best Solo acts = USA Best Guitarists = UK Best groups. The beatles, The rolling stones, Pink Floyd, Queen, the list goes on and on and on. What does USA have to offer? The Doors? Nirvana? This one is no contest. Best Solo Acts. Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Elvis, Madonna, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra. Who do the UK have? Tom Jones? David Bowie? No contest again, this time in the USA's favour. Best Guitarists. A very close one. USA has Jimi Hendrix, but all the other US greats are actually crap (Van Halen etc). The UK has Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, which I think is enough to beat Jimi Hendrix, without having to mention people like George Harrison, Brian May, Bernard Butler etc. I am sure I have forgotten some people so feel free to flame away. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I do like your taste in music It is almost as good as mine Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I think you will find that Jimi Hendrix mother was Scottish. Log on to radio 2 I cannot remember the name of the programme .But it was on at 9 pm on Thursday night 9 Dec. If you click on play it again you will get A little history lesson in modern rock music. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Recent music - I don't know (or care of course) where people are from. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I got best of Bowie 1969-1974 That cd ****ing rules So many good songs on it Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 UK Band - Led Zeppelin! wow how did that not go to the top of the list! U2! (they are only half Irish people! - the Edge was born in Essex antd Adam Clayton was born in Oxford) so you can include them in with UK) I like Rock so Zep for me personally, The Beatles were bigger and greater but I never really got into their style. Dire Straits - also British My British picks for bands Old school - Zep Timeless - U2 new school - coldplay US Bands - Dont forget the Eagles, Creedence, Pearl Jam, Red Hot chili Peppers. US Solo acts - Bob Dylan, Paul Simon you can add to that great list. UK Guitarist - Mark Knopfler - Scottish Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Mark Knopfler is from Newcastle. It's in England! I don't listen to rock music so much any more, but you're missing lots of great US rock bands. Velvet Underground Stooges Beach Boys (esp. Pet Sounds-era) Television Suicide Pixies Dylan with The Band Steely Dan Talking Heads Byrds Of course, if you widen the radar and you've got loads of great soul, funk and jazz acts. There are great British acts, but on the whole, US music beats UK music hands down. It's only really a contest if you focus on rock and even then, a lot of the British stuff people bring up (Zep, the Stones) sounds American. I think the best British stuff has a different sound. Maybe stuff like the Smiths, Kate Bush, Barrett-era Floyd, the Beatles once Lennon hit stride. Eric Clapton might as well be American for the way he sounds. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Not that it matters at all where a band is from, if I look at my cd collection probably 80% or more is UK in origin. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Mr Wiggles: Mark Knopfler is from Newcastle. It's in England! He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and moved with his family to Newcastle upon Tyne in the mid 1950s. I think the Scots will claim him Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 A minor detail He talks like a Geordie, supports the toon, and the toon run out to Local Hero. That's a lot of Geordie points. Anyway, the Scots have got the Minds, Rod, and the Proclaimers! "I said La La-la-la" Jim Kerr, the world's greatest pub singer! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 The image I had of US music when growing up was Heart, Toto stuff like that. That image kinda stuck until I became a big scouser, then I found real music. Having said that, most of my music is probably uk bands artists. I suppose lots of it is what you grow up listening to. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 Man i cant believe i forgot my favourite band Led Zeppelin :-( Its true that most british rock groups ripped off their stuff from US acts, but I think the US acts ripped that stuff off too from the deep south bluesmen. There isn't much difference between Mr Whitey in Kent from Mr Whitey in Chicago. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 What about Canadian, Oz and NZ music. What do you recommend chaps? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Doesn't everyone "ripoff" someone else to a greater or lesser extent. And call that kind of thing "influences"? Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Oz music, of course there is AC/DC, Nick Cave (The Birthday Party), Midnight Oil, Radio Birdman, The Saints, to name a few. There are plenty of great 'newer' bands Regurgitater, Grinspoon, The Porkers, Madison Avenue But this is just a few I can remember at the moment! Link to post Share on other sites
connackers 0 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 If we add up all the good music and then substract all the bad music then the UK will definitely come out ahead of the USA, or at least not as far behind. probably Link to post Share on other sites
A lawyer 0 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 It would definitely be one or the other, I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 The "deep south bluesmen" were also American. The Oz band the Hoodoo Gurus put out a couple of good albums back in the 1980s. I quite like Connackers theory. Huey Lewis alone is enough to wipe out Dylan, Hendrix and Miles Davis Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Dire Straits. I used to really hate them with passion, especially that "comes with a cd player" album they did. Are they still going? Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I've never really thought of where music comes from. If I like it, I like it, ya dig? Man, that UK scene in the 70's rocked though! The 60's (not that I was there) was such a mish-mash of stuff that was incredible. How bout throwing a little bit of punk into this debate Early on, UK all they way. AC/DC - grew up with that. Been listening to The Living End recently (not that it matches up, but good) Music is just good. For God's sake, I even enjoy bopping my head to the Tragically Hip and Bare Naked Ladies every 9 months or so, eh? Link to post Share on other sites
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