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MrBrown wrote:

A lower population isn't a very good excuse, The UK's population has is a 1/5 of the US's population and the amount of classic bands from the UK surpasses the USA, or at least in my opinion it does, in fact I would be interested to see if people think the USA is better or worse than the UK for music.

This has been discussed at length in another thread dedicated to that purpose. I lean towards am infinitely confident that US music is both aesthetically better and more historically important, in general. UK's most prominent music, to me, is its classic rock and hip hop, both of which are rooted in US blues and US hip hop; US hip hop is better than UK hip hop, imo, and though US blues might not quite match up to acts like Zep and Stones, the early US blues recordings have an eerie atmosphere that the UK acts never even considered. However, if your tastes are congruent with Rolling Stone or NME, I can see why people might think UK produces better music. And this isn't even considering jazz, the definitive American art form.

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australia may have the best band of the two (dirty three) but i think canada overall wins out. plus im canadian so who would i be if i didnt vote for them.

on top of that ive been to australia and their beer sucks ass

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Necharsian wrote:

australia may have the best band of the two (dirty three)

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Necharsian wrote:

on top of that ive been to australia and their beer sucks ass

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Robert Anton Wilson, thankyou for your response. I was waiting to see if anyone noticed. I will just continue on my merry way.

Jasonconfused wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Best_Australian_Albums

Solid list for people to refer to for Australian music.

http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=7991

Same list.

Plus I have other Aussie albums lists and New Zealand lists in my custom charts.

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purple wrote:

This has been discussed at length in another thread dedicated to that purpose. I lean towards am infinitely confident that US music is both aesthetically better and more historically important, in general. UK's most prominent music, to me, is its classic rock and hip hop, both of which are rooted in US blues and US hip hop; US hip hop is better than UK hip hop, imo, and though US blues might not quite match up to acts like Zep and Stones, the early US blues recordings have an eerie atmosphere that the UK acts never even considered. However, if your tastes are congruent with Rolling Stone or NME, I can see why people might think UK produces better music. And this isn't even considering jazz, the definitive American art form.

I actually agree that the US is more historically and culturally important with regards to the evolution (and the quality) of popular music, but not for the bizarre reasons you cited. UK hip-hop isn't even prominent to me, and it's a scene I'm familiar with and have been involved in.

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lethalnezzle wrote:

I actually agree that the US is more historically and culturally important with regards to the evolution (and the quality) of popular music, but not for the bizarre reasons you cited. UK hip-hop isn't even prominent to me, and it's a scene I'm familiar with and have been involved in.

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I sure love my AC/DC, but there is a lot of really good Canadian music that is either not well known, or people think the bands are American. Plus the Tragically Hip are awesome.
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Necharsian wrote:

on top of that ive been to australia and their beer sucks ass

... now that is a darn strong argument

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Australia has The Necks. Canada doesn't