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    British is best?

    Taking the past 50 years in popular music as a whole, overall I believe British and British influenced music is by far the most innovative and influential on a worldwide scale.

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    totally cnvinced that UK is the ultimate in music.....and without the UK music scene......we'd be in hell!

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    Only us or the Yanks who ever seem to make any decent music. Modern music at least.

    Depends if you are an Elvis or a Beatles man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stewart View Post
    Depends if you are an Elvis or a Beatles man.
    The Stones FTW
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    British music all the way. Dont agree with decent American music, But thats my own personal taste

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    Popular music...for sure.

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    British music .

    But I had a thought the other day. There are bands that were formed in the 60's still around today (status quo, rolling stones and remaining queen and who members). However, I don't know of any bands that are still around today that were formed after the 60's (except singers like madonna/kylie), or especially not recently anyway.

    Are there any bands today that could last a while longer yet?

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    Marillion.

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    Music wise, yes id say we kick arse, however i'd say america also kicks major arse. When you look at the size of us in comparison though .
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    You forgot to add the "Lots of countries have really innovative music today"... I love listening to stuff from all over the world. Especially when you hear international influence in their music, and genre clashing, creates very interesting stuff that you are suprised that you enjoy.

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    we are the birth of the punk movement - without us there'd be no dead kennedys, NOFX, D.O.A., Bad Brains etc

    we birthed teh goth movement on the arse end of the punk years) - so you'd have no decent german goth bands like merry thoughts etc

    With bands like Sabbath, Hawkwind, Stones, Led Zep, Deep Purple, you wouldn't have your metallica, mega****e, sorry megadeth, SOD, Anthrax, NiN, Ministry et all.

    So yes,

    WE FOOKN ROCK

    However, we are pish when it comes to Chinese Drums, they really rock
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    Quote Originally Posted by 0iD View Post
    Taking the past 50 years in popular music as a whole, overall I believe British and British influenced music is by far the most innovative and influential on a worldwide scale.

    Discuss
    "innovative and influential"? The UK is up there, but then again we didn't have Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, or Lee "Scratch" Perry---three of the most influential producers of all time. Nor did we invent hip-hop, which I believe is now the world's biggest selling genre (and which is now influencing just about everything). House music is predominantly American, and that was VERY influential. Bob Dylan is american, and his influence is beyond measure. Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, and the likes of Yngwie Malmsteen have totally redefined what people think of the electric guitar!

    Yes, the UK has produced a huuuuuuge amount of influential stuff but "by far" the most influential? No.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunwitch View Post
    we are the birth of the punk movement - without us there'd be no dead kennedys, NOFX, D.O.A., Bad Brains etc
    That would be fine, but the early british punks were influenced by American bands like the Ramones, Television, The New York Dolls, etc. Punk is not just a British invention; the Americans have almost as much right to claim it as their own, especially in this context of "who was the most influential?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunwitch View Post
    we are the birth of the punk movement - without us there'd be no dead kennedys, NOFX, D.O.A., Bad Brains etc

    we birthed teh goth movement on the arse end of the punk years) - so you'd have no decent german goth bands like merry thoughts etc

    With bands like Sabbath, Hawkwind, Stones, Led Zep, Deep Purple, you wouldn't have your metallica, mega****e, sorry megadeth, SOD, Anthrax, NiN, Ministry et all.

    So yes,

    WE FOOKN ROCK

    However, we are pish when it comes to Chinese Drums, they really rock
    Isn't sabbath, and the stones at least all american (although ozzy is a brummy...)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajbrun View Post
    Isn't sabbath, and the stones at least all american (although ozzy is a brummy...)?
    No, and, erm, No

    At least the original line ups were English. God knows now though
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Psychosis View Post
    That would be fine, but the early british punks were influenced by American bands like the Ramones, Television, The New York Dolls, etc. Punk is not just a British invention; the Americans have almost as much right to claim it as their own, especially in this context of "who was the most influential?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajbrun View Post
    Isn't sabbath, and the stones at least all american (although ozzy is a brummy...)?
    shush again! Stones are british, and so are sabbath!!!!

    I'm off back to me little world where the dead kennedys are british and so is NiN
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