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THE UK DOES IT BETTER! At least since 1963!
The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Kinks The Who Cream Eric Clapton Pink Floyd Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Bad Company David Bowie T.Rex Roxy Music Bryan Ferry Brian Eno Yes Genesis Phil Collins Peter Gabriel Paul McCartney John Lennon George Harrison Queen AC/DC (scottish & british blood...) The Police Sting Duran Duran Eurythmics Simple Minds The Human League Wham U2 Depeche Mode George Michael Judas Priest Iron Maiden Ozzy Osbourne Madchester Scene The Stone Roses LFO Techno/Rave acts Primal Scream Suede Blur Jamiroquai Oasis Portishead Robbie Williams Radiohead The Verve The Prodigy Basement Jaxx Coldplay Keane Franz Ferdinand Arctic Monkeys Roisin Murphy Amy Whinehouse Duffy
just to name a few...
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(including Ireland)
All of those people drew their influences whether directly or indirectly from Black American artists who planted their mark ever so firmly on music.
So, its nothing but a rerun. | |
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As of this point I don't give a fuck where it came from, it's all damn good. US, UK, who fucking cares anymore? | |
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did you miss The Smiths or did they not break the US? Eye Was Born & Raised On The Same Plantation In The United States Of The Red, White And Blue Eye Never Knew That Eye Was Different Til Dr. King Was On The Balcony
Lying In A Bloody Pool......Call me a Dreamer 2 - R.I.P - James Brown and Michael Jackson | |
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Meh. We're all human. | |
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Exactly. | |
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But you should.... and the that statement is very true! - hence James Browns last every live TV performance was in the UK and Michael Jackson last ever sold out concert was booked for the UK.....
Big love for US blues, jazz, hip-hop,soul and RnB.... Eye Was Born & Raised On The Same Plantation In The United States Of The Red, White And Blue Eye Never Knew That Eye Was Different Til Dr. King Was On The Balcony
Lying In A Bloody Pool......Call me a Dreamer 2 - R.I.P - James Brown and Michael Jackson | |
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I don't care about countries anymore, it's all kinda baseless now. It's just music and we're gonna like each other if it's good, that's how it is. | |
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Me neither. But the OP asked a question, and I replied | |
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I supposed I should've came up with a PC answer but it wouldn't be honest from my end.
If you love the UK so much, how come you're ashamed of mentioning The Spice Girls, Bananarama, Girls Aloud, & Dead Or Alive/Pete Burns ?!? | |
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I also notice that Heaven 17, Yaz, & Erasure are not on your list neither Joe. What's up with that? [Edited 1/30/11 13:49pm] | |
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My point exactly. | |
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But I'm still calling Joe out for nothing mentioning The Spice Girls. oops, the Smiths & Erasure, I forgot them
and this is not a US vs UK thread
Tony: the Spice Gurls are (were?) cool
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, my fault 
Perhaps he wishes to cling onto the merest thread of respectability, though not seemingly implied by the inclusion of Duffy, Coldplay, and Judas Priest, I'll just about give him that. Just.
Didn't include: Faces & Roderick Stewart, Ronnie Lane, King Crimson, John Martyn, The La's, Sleeper, Kevin Coyne, Joy Division, New Order, Pulp, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Tricky, Massive Attack, The Fall, Nick Drake, Elton John, The Cure...........actually, I don't agree.
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No duh.
I think I have to read the list again but did you forget Them (as in the group Them)? | |
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of course I've forgotten some bands/acts; people, I didn't want to include them all, the list would be too LONG
I should have included Elton though , my bad [Edited 1/30/11 15:26pm] | |
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So you title the post, "THE UK DOES IT BETTER!"? | |
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better than everyone else, including the whole world | |
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[Edited 1/30/11 15:37pm] | |
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sorryThe Clash The Jam/Style Council/Paul Weller Soul II Soul Seal Brand New Heavies Traffic/Steve Winwood Van Morrison The Pogues*
*(Although I'd advise against mentioning to them that you're including Ireland in the UK, particularly if they've had a drink or two.) [Edited 1/30/11 15:36pm] "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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The Animals Buzzcocks X-Ray Spex Small Faces The Jeff Beck Group Eric Burdon in his many incarnations (Animals included) Van Morrison
...yeah you forgot a WHOLE BUNCH! | |
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YES!!!! YES!!!! And yes to the other acts mentioned. Guess you was just going off the top of your head Joe because there's like a hundred of them. | |
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BUT THAT'S WHAT'S FUN! That's why we're adding more!
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Def Leppard
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And black American music drew influence from Scottish and Welsh gospel. So its a re run of a re run.
Whats your point? Good music is good music. Influence is the biggest form of compliment.
It doesn't take away from the fact that the UK is a music powerhouse in creative terms. It was the pre cursor for Amercian black music, and, in the case of the list of artists starting this thread, it has produced all these world leading artitsts, despite only being the size of Florida.
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The few people I have talked to in the UK still assume Def Leppard are American. The "Pyromania" album did nothing in the UK. "Photograph" did nothing either. Not too surprising as the UK generally never got onto the AOR bangwagon. And Leppard were not heavy metal, which was big in the UK and the british music press at thetime just labelled them as sellouts to America. [Edited 1/30/11 17:42pm] | |
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We could go on and on LOL. Blues most likely has early links to country music so there you go.....
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THE CURE | |
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Agree. On the influence thing, we could probably find a trail back the the Egyptians.
The thread asked about the output of the UK. I think its pretty impressive, when you look at its size. On a square footage Vs success, it leaves the rest of the world standing. . |
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