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What region/country does in your opinion the best music come from?

(By "modern", I mean the 1950s-today)

I'm about tied for Britain and the US West. So many amazing and extremely influential bands have come from Britain...but I have a big soft spot for grunge and stoner metal that originated in the US West :D

I'd say Britain. Although I am biased. But the greatest bands/artists ever are from Britain - Pink Floyd, Bowie, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Joy Division, The Clash. I could go on. There are great bands from America though - the best probably being The Ramones.

I'd say Britain. Although I am biased. But the greatest bands/artists ever are from Britain - Pink Floyd, Bowie, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Joy Division, The Clash. I could go on

You left out Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. :D

I wasn't sure how "modern" this was meant to be, so I judged it by what's current today (as in, not factoring anything more than ten years old)

edit: man, I'm sort of dull today. Next time I'll remember to read the post before I vote. In that case, I'd say a tie betwixt Canada/East US and the UK.

You left out Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. :D
I did say I could go on, I just couldn't be arsed. Maybe when I've actually finished the 2 essays I should be doing at the moment.

edit: man, I'm sort of dull today. Next time I'll remember to read the post before I vote. In that case, I'd say a tie betwixt Canada/East US and the UK.

Heh, Its not as bad as that time I did this: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=376264 without reading the thread.

I did say I could go on, I just couldn't be arsed. Maybe when I've actually finished the 2 essays I should be doing at the moment.

I know the feeling. Once you open up NS...you won't be able to leave and you'll have to finish them in the morning...but when you sit down to do them you realise that you've got to be in class in an hour... :D Ahh, good thing i'm on holidays :p


And it seems like the UK is waaaay in front.

Heh, Its not as bad as that time I did this: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=376264 without reading the thread.

Heh, I did that as well. :headbang:

I know the feeling. Once you open up NS...you won't be able to leave and you'll have to finish them in the morning...but when you sit down to do them you realise that you've got to be in class in an hour... :D Ahh, good thing i'm on holidays :p


It doesn't matter so much, they don't have to be done 'til Monday. So I'll be busy Sunday night....posting on here.

Canadian music for the most part has always annoyed me. I'll take the UK.

It doesn't matter so much, they don't have to be done 'til Monday. So I'll be busy Sunday night....posting on here.

Oh, so you're one of those people that actually makes a start before the night before it's due? You're a rare breed my friend :D

Canadian music for the most part has always annoyed me. I'll take the UK.

To be honest, I don't actually know any Canadian bands. Except I think Sloan are canucks, but i'm not sure. I just put Canada in so that I wouldn't get someone getting antsy at having it left out.

Oh, I remembered after writing that that Nickelback and Avril Lavigne are Canadian right? In which case...yuck.

Nelly Furtado's half Canadian. I'm not sure whether that's good for Canadian music or not really...

Nelly Furtado's half Canadian. I'm not sure whether that's good for Canadian music or not really...

IMHO, most certainly not.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/nelly_homo1.jpg

Oh, so you're one of those people that actually makes a start before the night before it's due? You're a rare breed my friend :D



To be honest, I don't actually know any Canadian bands. Except I think Sloan are canucks, but i'm not sure. I just put Canada in so that I wouldn't get someone getting antsy at having it left out.

Oh, I remembered after writing that that Nickelback and Avril Lavigne are Canadian right? In which case...yuck.

Yes, the are Canadian, and so is Celine Dion and Shania Twain. My God, I'm glad they don't live here anymore.

A substantial amount of modern music seems to be played on a rather rhythmic version of the anal trumpet, so I don't tend to buy much of it.

I propose that Canada should be taken off the poll. Second, anyone?

Yes, the are Canadian, and so is Celine Dion and Shania Twain. My God, I'm glad they don't live here anymore.

Ugh. I'm branding Canada officially the home of the worst music on the planet.

A substantial amount of modern music seems to be played on a rather rhythmic version of the anal trumpet, so I don't tend to buy much of it.

This is from the 50's to today though. It's a pretty broad slice, unless you only listen to classical.

I propose that Canada should be taken off the poll. Second, anyone?

I can't edit the damn thing :(

Ugh. I'm branding Canada officially the home of the worst music on the planet.




Wow, I'm so patriotic at this moment.

I dunno about Celine being so bad. David Hasselhof is from Germany, and they let him sing there.

I recommend a purgative and an enema before you go see him, because the sounds will open the sluice gates at both ends.

I can't edit the damn thing :(



I vote for the motion to be shot down!!!!!!!!

IMHO, most certainly not.

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/images/nelly_homo1.jpg

Except that's not Nelly Furtado

http://www.avguide.com/film_music/music/musicreviews/tas146/pop/Nelly-Furtado-photo.jpg

Germany have redeemed themselves with other acts though and have a really good musical history at least.

Canada, it seems, has nothing. A nation of tone-deafs. :p

Except that's not Nelly Furtado

http://www.avguide.com/film_music/music/musicreviews/tas146/pop/Nelly-Furtado-photo.jpg

Oh, excuse my almost non-existent knowledge of pop :p

Germany have redeemed themselves with other acts though and have a really good musical history at least.

Canada, it seems, has nothing. A nation of tone-deafs. :p
They have Alanis Morissette, even if she doesn't understand the definition of the word, "ironic".

Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones....

I propose that Canada should be taken off the poll. Second, anyone?

Nay. Some good stuff does come out of there like: 'Godspeed You! Black Emperor', Grandaddy, 'Do Say Make Think' erm... that's all.

I voted UK because of The Beatles, although Robbie Williams and his brethen are doing their best to ruin the UK's music reputation.

I can't edit the damn thing :(
Ah, well. Just tell yourself that people are really voting for US East.

Oh, excuse my almost non-existent knowledge of pop :D
You are excused.

They have Alanis Morissette, even if she doesn't understand the definition of the word, "ironic".
Again, that doesn't make Canadian music good.

Thinking about it, there's a lot of good music from Scandinavia - The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Sahara Hotnights, The Hives, Bjork...erm, that's all I can think of right now. And then from Germany there's Rammstein, Atari Teenage Riot...erm, also all I can think of. But I'm sure there's more.

Again, that doesn't make Canadian music good.

Sloan are OK (what i've heard) though. So they're not all bad.

Germany have redeemed themselves with other acts though and have a really good musical history at least.

Canada, it seems, has nothing. A nation of tone-deafs. :p

Canada has one good band!!!!! I swear its true!!!! Get your hands on a copy of any of the albums by The Weakerthans. Its worth it trust me...

sublime, red hot chile peppers, and everclear

my favorite bands, all from the westt coast (this is just off of the top of my head)

Thinking about it, there's a lot of good music from Scandinavia - The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Sahara Hotnights, The Hives, Bjork...erm, that's all I can think of right now. And then from Germany there's Rammstein, Atari Teenage Riot...erm, also all I can think of. But I'm sure there's more.

Throw in Kraftwerk and KMFDM.

Not exactly close to home for me, so I don't know a whole lot of bands from there, but from an outside glance that music scene seems to be pretty good.

Theres also a lot of well-regarded metal bands (Meshuggah and Kreator for example) that come from that region too, but that's not really my thing.

Canada has one good band!!!!! I swear its true!!!! Get your hands on a copy of any of the albums by The Weakerthans. Its worth it trust me...
The Weakerthans are Canadian? Ok, Canada is a good musical country now, forget everything I said in the past.

sublime, red hot chile peppers, and everclear

my favorite bands, all from the westt coast (this is just off of the top of my head)

Heh, I could go on with that one. Those are good bands btw.

Nirvana, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Alice In Chains, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Pearl Jam, Fu Manchu, Metallica etc. etc.

Not sure on any pre-80's bands that came from there though.

Canada has one good band!!!!! I swear its true!!!! Get your hands on a copy of any of the albums by The Weakerthans. Its worth it trust me...

Actually, i'll give you that one. I downloaded some MP3's from their website and they're not bad at first glance.

Canadian Music That is Good. (IMO) There's more than Celine Dion or Avril Lavigne to consider, and a great deal more to consider than the acts I've listed here:

The High Dials
The Deadly Snakes
Mean Red Spiders
Nanochrist

The Tragically Hip
Rush
54 40
Sloan
Ashley MacIsaac

Loreena McKennit
Tim Tamashiro
Oscar Peterson
Gordon Lightfoot

...and of course, the unimitable William Shatner, praise be to the Bill, blessed be the ground upon which his feet have walked.


Let's not forget that every country produces the musical equivalent of a turd with breathtaking regularity. I don't think, for example, the US ought not to be included just because of Hilary Duff, or that the UK needs to be excluded because of The Spice Girls. Sweden begat Roxette, Russia Autograf. There's musical turds galore, at every turn - a veritable sewerful of them.

The trick is to hold your nose long enough to find something without so much shit caked all over it.

Rush
Whoops, forgot them.

Let's not forget that every country produces the musical equivalent of a turd with breathtaking regularity. I don't think, for example, the US ought not to be included just because of Hilary Duff, or that the UK needs to be excluded because of The Spice Girls. Sweden begat Roxette, Russia Autograf. There's musical turds galore, at every turn - a veritable sewerful of them.

The trick is to hold your nose long enough to find something without so much shit caked all over it.

Yeah, but the thing is that only two bands (Sloan and Rush) in your list I have heard of. There are proportionally many more bands from other nations of very good quality. Canada appears to deliver only a scant handful of (famous) good bands and a disproportionate amount of crap 'artists'. I like Canada for other things, but the music scene there seems to blow big time.

Yeah, but the thing is that only two bands (Sloan and Rush) in your list I have heard of.

- well, I just gave you a list, so now you've heard of 'em. Look 'em up on Kazaa, and maybe you'll like what you hear. Simply saying 'Canada Sucks' is laaaaazy. Simply relying upon the top 40 charts will deliver unto you a plethora of the aforementioned crap. Look at the top 40 for any given country, and you'll see, it's mostly just...crap. Canada is no better or no worse than any other country, including the US, for producing unlistenable/irritating monkeydung.

There are proportionally many more bands from other nations of very good quality.

- a qualifier would be good here.

Canada appears to deliver only a scant handful of (famous) good bands and a disproportionate amount of crap 'artists'.

- I think what you mean to say here is that you have yet to be presented with good Canadian music, which is hardly surprising. You have to dig for it, you see. What makes it internationally is usually the shittiest stuff going - look at Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton-John or Wham! in the 80s. There's famous international acts for you. Everyone knows them, sure, but they're the butt of jokes worldwide.

Can I ask you, what is your primary source for music?

- well, I just gave you a list, so now you've heard of 'em. Look 'em up on Kazaa, and maybe you'll like what you hear. Simply saying 'Canada Sucks' is laaaaazy. Simply relying upon the top 40 charts will deliver unto you a plethora of the aforementioned crap. Look at the top 40 for any given country, and you'll see, it's mostly just...crap. Canada is no better or no worse than any other country, including the US, for producing unlistenable/irritating monkeydung.

Well, duh. But if the music isn't reaching me down here in Australia (no-one has heard of Sloan, who I still think are a good band, for instance) then you have to forgive the outside impression. I intend on checking out that list, don't worry. (I suppose we have the same problem here...what with Silverchair, Jet, and the Vines being our most famous musical exports at the moment. Actually, those bands aren't that bad and have some OK songs...)

a qualifier would be good here.

Too lazy. It's almost 5AM and i'm going to bed after this. :p

I think what you mean to say here is that you have yet to be presented with good Canadian music, which is hardly surprising. You have to dig for it, you see. What makes it internationally is usually the shittiest stuff going - look at Michael Jackson, Olivia Newton-John or Wham! in the 80s. There's famous international acts for you. Everyone knows them, sure, but they're the butt of jokes worldwide.

Yeah. Its hard though, because its a long way from here, most of it is obscure.

Can I ask you, what is your primary source for music?

The Internet, mostly. When in the mood for something new, I tend to search within styles I like, get told about bands by friends, etc. I don't watch MTV, or listen to much radio, as exemplified by my complete ignorance earlier in this thread on who Nelly Futardo is :p Don't worry, i'm not some top-40 kid.

I don't want to split the US, but I voted for East + Canada because Maynard Ferguson was in it.

Cool. I'm only peripherally aware of Nelly Futado anyway. I've heard she's Canadian, I've heard people gush over her at times - but I think I've only heard half of one of her songs, it sounded like aural saccharine.

I'll no doubt hear more of her when the inevitable happens, and her music is used to shill tampons or skin lotion.

Germany and Scandinavia - because I like metal, and Scandinavia especially produces the best metal. Sure, Germany throws out crap… but luckily you don't hear about that, you just hear about Rammstein. The Scandinavians begat Dimmu Borgir.

I suppose we have the same problem here...what with Silverchair, Jet, and the Vines being our most famous musical exports at the moment. Actually, those bands aren't that bad and have some OK songs...

Silverchair and the Vines are good, well, the Vines are excellent. But I f**king hate Jet.
Having thought even more about this thread, I'd prefer Wales to be separate from Britain, as there's a lot of good music from there - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, the Super Furries, the Manics...again, I could go on.

Just out of curioisity, whats the most influential music to come out of Belgium over the last century?

I have to say Britain mainly because of the last decade or so. Think of acts like Snow Patrol, Keane, Robbie Williams, Oasis, Travis, Franz Ferdinand, Muse etc etc etc. Unbelievable.

I vote Britain.

Canada has a few good bands: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Rush.

Ireland is good too. We have U2, Christy Moore, and My Bloody Valentine, and many others.

Thinking about it, there's a lot of good music from Scandinavia - The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Sahara Hotnights, The Hives, Bjork...erm, that's all I can think of right now. And then from Germany there's Rammstein, Atari Teenage Riot...erm, also all I can think of. But I'm sure there's more.
Remember all the Scandinavian metal bands, especially Opeth!

I have to say Britain mainly because of the last decade or so. Think of acts like Snow Patrol, Keane, Robbie Williams, Oasis, Travis, Franz Ferdinand, Muse etc etc etc. Unbelievable.

Please tell me you're kidding? Muse, yes. F**king great live, and the albums are good as well. But Snow Patrol? Robbie Williams? Travis? FF? Oh dear. If you want to know what I think of Keane and Oasis, check out this: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=379649

Remember all the Scandinavian metal bands, especially Opeth!
I'm not particularly into metal, so I'm sorry, but I don't know many metal bands.

Scandinavia. Mostly Sweden.

Swedish Hardcore 0wnz j00.

can I just say that the best music comes fom individuals who dont care about the corpratist regime ruining the soul of this fading art form today?

I think the best music comes from all over the world, every place has its Bruce Springsteens, Edith Piaf's, Jimmy Page's, Gord Downey's and Jem's

then again, all places seem to have the bad as well, the Britney Spear's, Geri Halliwell's, Hillary Duff's and other similar sellout soul-less musical acts (note the lack of the word artist).

Good music comes from all over the world! :D

Its a simple matter of developing tastes for different brands of bands! :)

Canada also produced Sum 41, let's not forget...

My favourite band are The Blues Explosion, from New York, but I have to say Britain overall, simply because of the number of great bands that are out there these days...As well as the classics...Though ten years ago the US would probably have come out ahead...

My favourite band are The Blues Explosion

the former Jon Spencer Blues Xplosion?

I'm trying to name 10 great bands from the eastern US, but I can only come up with three or four. Can anyone give me some help?

If you ignore all the rap and hip-hop then Britain has totally amazing music (also being english does sway my opinion slighty :p )
Franz ferdinand created the catchiest tune ever...

If you ignore all the rap and hip-hop then Britain has totally amazing music (also being english does sway my opinion slighty :p )
Franz ferdinand created the catchiest tune ever...

You have Led Zeppelin and you bring up Franz Ferdinand?

Silverchair and the Vines are good, well, the Vines are excellent. But I f**king hate Jet.

Actually, yeah, when the Vines first came out, I loved them, aside from Get Free. But they're such a stereotypical hype band it's not funny. I don't think they'll release another album.

I have a love/hate thing going with Silverchair. They have moments of brilliance, and others of pure aural crud.

Jet, I think "meh". I don't think they're terrible, but they do shit me somewhat.

Having thought even more about this thread, I'd prefer Wales to be separate from Britain, as there's a lot of good music from there - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, the Super Furries, the Manics...again, I could go on.

Ash were Welsh, weren't they?


Remember all the Scandinavian metal bands, especially Opeth!

Yeah. Scandinavia has an amazing diversity in the music that comes out of there, and most of it seems to be of good quality, now I think about it I should have given them more credit :)

You have Led Zeppelin and you bring up Franz Ferdinand?

Franz aren't that bad. It's a fun album, but yeah, nothing special.

I'm trying to name 10 great bands from the eastern US, but I can only come up with three or four. Can anyone give me some help?

Fugazi and the Smashing Pumpkins (Who have the strange honour of being simultaneously one of the most hated and loved bands ever)