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Does anyone agree with me that British bands totally pwn American bands. Or in other words have way more good bands then in America, throughout the century that is. If anyone starts saying a load of shitty emo bands that are american are better then any of the british greats they should be shot:sniper: EMO BECAME POPULAR IN ENGLAND FIRST ANYWAY FOOLS, damn you england for unleashing this horrible music trend.

UK bands best? S Club 7? Ok.

UK bands best? S Club 7? Ok.
Oh please America has much more manufactured pop shit. You could have at least mentioned the spice girls, then you would have a better point.

Oh please America has much more manufactured pop shit. You could have at least mentioned the spice girls, then you would have a better point.
Australian now? Um, yeah, um...

UK bands best? S Club 7? Ok.
You're right. Although S Club 7 represented some of the best musical talent that Britain has ever produced, they didn't really become great until they started doing series in America.

EMO BECAME POPULAR IN ENGLAND FIRST ANYWAY FOOLS,

Moss Icon? Rites Of Spring? Fugazi? Acclaimed in their homeland first, not in England, I think you'll find.

Moss Icon? Rites Of Spring? Fugazi? Acclaimed in their homeland first, not in England, I think you'll find.
Well i dont know much about emo, but ive seen a lot of thigns that say otherwise. Actually by saying what you said, that makes england better.

Japanese > UK Bands. UK > American bands.

Nuff said.

Well i dont know much about emo, but ive seen a lot of thigns that say otherwise. Actually by saying what you said, that makes england better.

You are ignoring the point that emo was ticking away very nicely for slightly under twenty years before it got grabbed by big business and made into a laughable shadow of its former self.

Check out the roots of emo, and you could be pleasently surprised - it has little in common with the cartoon caricature that it has become.

EDIT: aside from which England != UK.

Oh come on, i've heard Soulhead, you can't tell me Japanese bands are perfect... actually i bought a soulhead album when in Tokyo... fantastic cover art.

You are ignoring the point that emo was ticking away very nicely for slightly under twenty years before it got grabbed by big business and made into a laughable shadow of its former self.

Check out the roots of emo, and you could be pleasently surprised - it has little in common with the cartoon caricature that it has become.

Fair point, i am aware of emos humble begginings but lets stop talkin about emos and more about the main topic.

Fair point, i am aware of emos humble begginings but lets stop talkin about emos and more about the main topic.

And as far as 'the century' goes in the main topic, do you mean the last five or so years, or the hundred years that came before that?

Fair point, i am aware of emos humble begginings but lets stop talkin about emos and more about the main topic.
No, Swedish artists are the best.

And as far as 'the century' goes in the main topic, do you mean the last five or so years, or the hundred years that came before that?

From the 60's because before then amarica was probably the best.

From the 60's because before then amarica was probably the best.

So, when you say...

...throughout the century that is.

...you actually mean in either the last 36 or 46 years, yes?

What kind of idiosyncratic calendar do you operate on?

So, when you say...



...you actually mean in either the last 36 or 46 years, yes?

What kind of idiosyncratic calendar do you operate on?

I live in a constant time warp you see.

That, I'm afraid to say, is an awful question...

After all, it comes down to a totally subjective choice, e.g. The Clash or the Ramones? The Beatles or Bob Dylan?

I think we can all agree, apart from Mariehamn, that Sweden is the worst. Who came from Sweden? Abba, the Rasmus...anyone else anyone's ever heard of?

britain- radiohead, queen, led zeppelin, motorhead, joy divison

america- kid rock, staind, alien ant farm, papa roach, bon jovi
(excluding beck)

result: britain especially in relation to teh first two bands

I think we can all agree, apart from Mariehamn, that Sweden is the worst. Who came from Sweden? Abba, the Rasmus...anyone else anyone's ever heard of?
Mötorhead and Carola! :p
However, Kent is actually good.

Well i dont mean better, but what there are more of. And what has more influence, definately the british for punk for example and beatles and stones had a lot of influence too etc..

its all opinion though, but on average i prefer and identify more with british rock. then again its not in such a great state right now with all those nme bands yugh

Ok, Motorhead I'll give you, but (showing my ignorance, possibly) Carola? I've never heard of them so they don't count :p

And what's Kent got to do with it?

britain- radiohead, queen, led zeppelin, motorhead, joy divison

america- kid rock, staind, alien ant farm, papa roach, bon jovi
(excluding beck)

result: britain especially in relation to teh first two bands

Pick five random bands to represent the entire countrys music? I can play that game!

Britain - Steps, Spice Girls, Take That, ...meh, you get my point.

I choose neither. Scandinavian metal! \o/

...Carola?
Its not a band, its a thing! (http://www.melodifestivalen.se/) Watch the Eurovision Sound Contest (or whatever its really called) in Athens (durring the month of May?) and witness: Carola! :p
And what's Kent got to do with it?
I'm thrifty, and therefore, I have more Kent than Mötorhead.

Huh, Take That are much maligned, and remember Robbie Williams started in Take That, so they must have done something right...without Take That, there would have been no Angels:(

Ok, who am I kidding. No-one I hope. Bit late for April Fool's :D

People appreciating rock seem to be a wee bit over-represented here. Is that cos all the R&B chavs can't use computers :p and the pop tarts are tucked up in bed :p or what?

Huh, Take That are much maligned, and remember Robbie Williams started in Take That, so they must have done something right...without Take That, there would have been no Angels:(

Ok, who am I kidding. No-one I hope. Bit late for April Fool's :D

People appreciating rock seem to be a wee bit over-represented here. Is that cos all the R&B chavs can't use computers :p and the pop tarts are tucked up in bed :p or what?

The last few years is nothing compared to what we have acheived.Cummon lets have some good old fashioned nationlism here!

Mariehamn, thanks for the refresher course in how Swedes are weird in a good way. :D

Huh, Take That are much maligned, and remember Robbie Williams started in Take That, so they must have done something right...without Take That, there would have been no Angels:(

Ok, who am I kidding. No-one I hope. Bit late for April Fool's :D


I was unsure whether to mention Take That seeing as I got the "Best Of" cd for my birthday. Ahh my friends are great...

Rockers always seem to be over-represented here. I like to think it's because we're smarter than the other music fans :p haha

Eh, Hydesland, don't get the idea I don't like British music, I think it's great.

And, if anything, I'd say the last few years have been pretty good, certainly in indie, but other stuff as well. Funeral For a Friend, Lost Prophets, GLC just to name some Welsh bands I think have been doing some good stuff.

Yeah you can say it's not classic material, but until we're a few years down the line, who knows eh?

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Radiohead.

Britain wins.

Eh, Hydesland, don't get the idea I don't like British music, I think it's great.

And, if anything, I'd say the last few years have been pretty good, certainly in indie, but other stuff as well. Funeral For a Friend, Lost Prophets, GLC just to name some Welsh bands I think have been doing some good stuff.

Yeah you can say it's not classic material, but until we're a few years down the line, who knows eh?

Sorry lol i missed the second part of your message i dunno how i must have got distracted.

I don't have much British music in my collection, so I'll go for Ameriacan music.

C'mon, you gotta love Take That. If you've ever been to a student night....anywhere....it's not complete until you've had the Baywatch theme tune, Relight My Fire, I Am the One and Only, or Summer of 69.

And Litherai, all due respect, but if out of all the music in the world, you pick radiohead, you're a morbid depressive :cool:
I like em, I just think they should be banned for encouraging suicide:rolleyes:

Of my entire music collection, which has been built up over 6 years now, there are around 12 American artists. Out of 170 in total.

Out of those 12, only 2 (The Dresden Dolls and Kimya Dawson) are still alive and still playing today.

And Litherai, all due respect, but if out of all the music in the world, you pick radiohead, you're a morbid depressive :cool:
I like em, I just think they should be banned for encouraging suicide:rolleyes:
Hey Hey Hey, the great thing about Radiohead is they do what they do. Very creative, and a little arty, a little depressing perhaps, but it's that kind of uplifting depressing. Like, this is how it is, but it's okay.

Pink floyd was another

And Litherai, all due respect, but if out of all the music in the world, you pick radiohead, you're a morbid depressive :cool:
I like em, I just think they should be banned for encouraging suicide:rolleyes:

If you find the lyrics 'It's gonna be a glorious day, I feel my luck could change' morbidly depressing, then you're a strange person.

Radiohead have displayed an unparalleled amount of creativity and variety in their music since their debut in the early 90s. They have dipped into almost all the major genres and still come out with a sound that is entirely their own. And, unlike many other bands, they don't just stick with a formula that works - they continue to play what they feel is good, and not just what the radio stations like to play. Their music evolves with every new song.

Progressive rock - you've gotta love it.

If you find the lyrics 'It's gonna be a glorious day, I feel my luck could change' morbidly depressing, then you're a strange person.
Maybe he's just been listening to Exit Music.

"We hope you choke, we hope you choke, we hope you choke"

:D

Pink Floyd....genius.
Anglo Utopia has it right about Radiohead I think. Be honest, the music is very depressed, but...y'know, I like it all the same.
And I never said they couldn't have lighter patches, just the general...sweep of the thing.

Maybe he's just been listening to Exit Music.

"We hope you choke, we hope you choke, we hope you choke"

:D

Hey, I never said it was ALL sunshine and light.

But it's not all 'OMG I am teh depressorz! :( '

Radiohead, happily, have avoided going all emo on our asses.

I think we can all agree, apart from Mariehamn, that Sweden is the worst. Who came from Sweden? Abba, the Rasmus...anyone else anyone's ever heard of?
Uhhh... this so embarrassing, but the Rasmus is actually Finnish.

Soundtrack of Our Lives is actually a good Swedish band though.

Hey, I never said it was ALL sunshine and light.

But it's not all 'OMG I am teh depressorz! :( '
I think they are my favorite band in all honesty. They are just finishing up their new record for release this summer.This time I hope to see them live

I think they are my favorite band in all honesty. They are just finishing up their new record for release this summer.This time I hope to see them live

My favourite to... though I may never see them live, I can always dream. They always have concerts in cities on the other side of Scotland during the school term when I'm unable to go.

So I'll just get all their music.

If anyone can tell where I can find 'Airbag/How Am I Driving', I'll die happy.

Uhhh... this so embarrassing, but the Rasmus is actually Finnish.

Soundtrack of Our Lives is actually a good Swedish band though.

I am proud to be friends with someone who helped bottle the Rasmus off the stage at Reading :D
Give you Soundtrack of Our Lives. So the all time count of Swedish bands I've ever heard if now runs Abba, Motorhead, Soundtrack of Our Lives.

Well i listen to almost only metal, so i refer to that. By history, England rulz by far, Black Sabbath and the NWOBHM with legnd, iron maiden, judas priest, diamond head an a long etcetera has it right in. USA might approach with the four great of thrash (metallica, megadeth, slayer and anthrax) plus morbid angel, manowar, iced earth and some other. But no comparison anyway, England kicks ass. In the modern scene, england rank among the best metal countries, alongside finland, norway, sweden and germany.

So the all time count of Swedish bands I've ever heard if now runs Abba, Motorhead, Soundtrack of Our Lives.
Ace of Bass? The Cardigans? Europe? HammerFall? Hedningarna? The International Noise Conspiracy? In Flames? The Wannadies? Bodies Without Organs? Väsen? Oh and there's so much more, if only I could think of them.

I am proud to be friends with someone who helped bottle the Rasmus off the stage at Reading :D
Give you Soundtrack of Our Lives. So the all time count of Swedish bands I've ever heard if now runs Abba, Motorhead, Soundtrack of Our Lives.
LOL Well Done!

Give Atomic Swing a try. Another Swedish retro band (old and not operational anymore, but nevertheless).

I wish I could name a Finnish band for you to listen, but I'm afraid those are all hopeless á la Rasmus, HIM, 69 Eyes, Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, etc (metal, metal metal... yuck!)

Im sick of British bands at the moment. Sure theres a lot of them all of a sudden, but they all sound like the Cure. I like the cure but enough is enough. Then theres that band that predict a riot. A whole album of songs that consist of one phrase repeated over and over. Even the Germans hae better music than us right now.

Im sick of British bands at the moment. Sure theres a lot of them all of a sudden, but they all sound like the Cure. I like the cure but enough is enough. Then theres that band that predict a riot. A whole album of songs that consist of one phrase repeated over and over. Even the Germans hae better music than us right now.
You need to look further than the crap on the radio.

Try...
Oceansize
Biffy Clyro
65daysofstatic
Radiohead
Mogwai
Idlewild (well, older stuff)
Funeral For a Friend (stuff before their first album, and some off it)
Gomez
Aereogramme
Hundred Reasons
Rueben
Snow Patrol

And then tell me British music is boring

I must know more than I thought I did :cool:
I know (most) of those bands, Mariehamn, just I couldn't have told you that any of them were Swedish.
And, heh, will keep an eye out for Atomic Swing.

And, Nadkor...nice list. I would make it four times longer, maybe more, but I can't be arsed.

And, Nadkor...nice list. I would make it four times longer, maybe more, but I can't be arsed.
Well, I don't purport to be an expert on the British music scene, but those are all bands I absolutely adore (especially Biffy and Radiohead). There are more, but not ones I like quite as much.

Nor do I...I'd get shown up too fast ;)
I just like a lot of music; and a lot of what I like is recent; so I assume that music can't be too bad at the moment.

UK bands best? S Club 7? Ok.
don't forget Steps and the Spice Girls.

and Westlife! though i suppose technically they're Irish.... *n00ks ireland*


but once upon a time british bands were best. you had cream, sabbath, hendrix (american but made it big in england - rejected in the states first, therefore he counts as british talent damnit!), stones, maiden, floyd.... other ones like bowie and *shudders* elton john...

nowadays, i really don't know where the musical talent lies. mostly in the states i would guess, but i'm generally not that enamoured with modern music anyway, heh.

don't forget Steps and the Spice Girls.

and Westlife! though i suppose technically they're Irish.... *n00ks ireland*


but once upon a time british bands were best. you had cream, sabbath, hendrix (american but made it big in england - rejected in the states first, therefore he counts as british talent damnit!), stones, maiden, floyd.... other ones like bowie and *shudders* elton john...

nowadays, i really don't know where the musical talent lies. mostly in the states i would guess, but i'm generally not that enamoured with modern music anyway, heh.

I would say that both UK and US talent these days is somewhat elusive at present

I would say that both UK and US talent these days is somewhat elusive at present
And I would say that you don't listen to the right stuff ;)

I wish I could name a Finnish band for you to listen, but I'm afraid those are all hopeless á la Rasmus, HIM, 69 Eyes, Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, etc (metal, metal metal... yuck!)

Endstand?

And I would say that you don't listen to the right stuff ;)
I listen to plenty of shit. Shit being the word I should have underlined...lol

Canada FTW.

Endstand?
Ahhh! The obscure ones.

Well, have a taste of Lodger (http://koti.mbnet.fi/reagan/lodger/ilove.html). I adore their videos... the music is so-so...

Hard-Fi all the way...

Oh lord! I haven't addressed the point of this thread yet. Yes. They are the best.