Christopher said:

I know.


How could I have forgotten her impact on the music scene?

rocknrolldave said:

download all her songs as punishment

Christopher said:

But I have them all, including B-Sides, bootlegs, collaborations...


Just not enough Celine to satiate my need...

rocknrolldave said:

even her metal phase when she hooked up with slash?

rocknrolldave said:

Christopher said:

Oh way past that...I even have the unreleased tracks she did with Max Cavelera before he left Sepultura, and some pretty decent quality demo bootlegs of her scrapped duet which was slated to appear on The Marshall Mathers LP (apparently she decided he wasn't "street" enough for her in the end)

rocknrolldave said:

thats all hot stuff i did enjoy her work with kurt cobian in 1993.then the blur&ocean colour scene demos from 1997

Christopher said:

Celine or Ocean Colour Scene....jeez, dunno which is worse!

rocknrolldave said:

haha

imagine them both headlining ..ALL THE HITS...ONE NITE ONLY!

Christopher said:

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Who gives a crap? Music is music.You don't ever hear people wanting to make comparisons between UK and US politicians, or visual artists (OK maybe every now and then).

How can you chose what is best? What's the point? Just enjoy the difference.

BreddieMercury said:

Give me the Brits.

It all depends on the type of music.

punk/new wave: British
R&B/Hip-Hop/Funk: American
electronica: British
Hard rock/metal: American

oooooh, i'd say british

but why choose?

Who is better?

British


or
American?


Now, tell me again, who is better?

British


or American?


Now repeat after me - "this thread is stupid".

BreddieMercury said:

I'll take the Brits please.

BreddieMercury said:

little richard is awesome. I bought his bow set and it was great. I f you are true to yours roots of rock and roll I suggest u check it out.

sextonseven said:

co-sign of that one!

BreddieMercury said:

Then you didn't have to fucking respond to it.

If you ain't got nothing nice to say, don't post on my thread, buddy.

i am not a fan of labels, so im going 2 say, music is music, yes its a label, but it is generalized so its fine.

Most my collection is american.

Only my now very small amount of brit pop is the only english shit I own (and obvious ones like queen, deff leppard etc)

so I prefer american music.

Occasionally though, u get a huge hit that only the brits would lap up. This year we have had the annoying frog, but also "is this the way to amarillo", which had everyone kids to adults singing



A song like that would never get played in USA, which is why I love british publics sense of humour when it comes to music sometimes. We dont take it seriously.

VoicesCarry said:

Case closed

theAudience said:

Nuff said. I think you summed that one up perfectly

Shiningstarr26 said:

Lets not also forget america is just a wee bit bigger then Britain. Plus, without the blacks coming over, america wouldn't be shit musically and britain would "win"

British, most definitely.

American for me. Even though some of greatest Rock bands of all time (and many of my personal favorites) are british: the beatles, the stones, the who etc., Rock n Roll is an american art form, and All of the brit rockers' idols and inspirations were americans.

Music is the one respect in which I really do believe american culture is ahead of the rest of the world simply because america is a land of immigrants with a heterogenous mixture of several different cultures, and thus its music is a mixture of several different kinds of music. Each different region of the world has produced music that excells in different ways. European music is the most sophisticated harmonically, while middle eastern and indian music are the most melodically advanced and have the most subtle gradations between notes, and african music is the most complex rhythmically. American music has benefited from all these sources. The combination of west african music ring shouts and drum circles with european elements produced blues, gospel and ragtime which led to jazz which led to R&b and then Rock n roll and Soul. Gaelic folk music mixed with the blues helped create american folk and country. Avant-garde jazz and psychedelic rock (as well as soul music: see the scales of many of James Jamerson's basslines) took a lot of inspiration from indian and arabian music. Funk was created when James Brown reverted back to the roots of R&B and adapted the rhythmic dynamic of afro-cuban/west-african music. All in all, american music is very globally eclectic, and while it has often been said that the music the slaves brought with them is what really vitalized american music (and I think it represents a large, perhaps the largest part), one cannot overlook the influence that the music of all the cultural groups of america has had in creating such a rich protean history of music.

jacktheimprovident said:

It is too easy to just say that. Lots of American music was inspired by African music, so if you are going to use that as a rule, you should like African music better.

I just love the fact how both countries inspire eachother. I think they are too closely related to make a seperation,e ven though the American market is maybe somewhat more of a publicity machine than the British.

I myself would never be able to make a distinction between the two; my music collection splits in half if I was to divide it in US/UK.

i'll have to go with American, mainly because Michael jackson is an American

Here are my favourite artists:

American
Prince
Tori Amos
Beck
Madonna
Stevie Nicks
Iggy Pop
Lou Reed
Third Eye Blind
Tom Waits
Sheryl Crow
Bruce Springsteen
The B-52's
The Killers
Grace Jones (Jamaican)
Bob Marley (Jamaican)
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
Marilyn Manson

British
David Bowie
Annie Lennox
Kate Bush
Peter Gabriel
Franz Ferdinand
Moloko
Simple Minds
Adam Ant
Boy George


European
Björk (Icelandic)
U2 (Irish)
ABBA (Swedish)
Sinéad O' Connor (Irish)

Now please, decide it yourselves!!!

The Beatles were the best band ever imo