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Re: Music: US vs UK

dihansse — Thu, 16 May 2019 10:03:21 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 05/16/2019 14:03

Together these two countries make up 80% of my 2613 scored albums with the UK 31% and the USA 49% so the USA clearly wins but that doesn't really do justice to how much I appreciate music from the British Isles.

Re: Music: US vs UK

craola — Thu, 16 May 2019 02:31:30 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 05/16/2019 06:31

sethmadsen wrote:

Always and forever. But did you need an excuse to begin with?

i'll take what i can get.

as for the discussion, i think that the UK wins the 80s and 90s for me hands down based on my decades charts. but for the rest of it (50s, 60s, 70s, 00s, 10s), it's definitely america. that makes it 50-20 in favor of USA.

Re: Music: US vs UK

RoundTheBend — Wed, 15 May 2019 23:00:03 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 05/16/2019 03:00

craola wrote:

does this get me out of listening to oasis for good?

Always and forever. But did you need an excuse to begin with?

Re: Music: US vs UK

SleepDealer — Wed, 15 May 2019 15:36:14 GMT

Author: SleepDealer

Posted: 05/15/2019 19:36

I have at least twice as many albums in my collection from the USA than the UK.

I'd agree in general that the UK's output has waned, relatively speaking, in the last 20 years or so.

That said, there are so many UK artists I love, including Belle & Sebastian, Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, Broadcast, Cocteau Twins, Saint Etienne, Slowdive, Stereolab.

I'm sure someone is bound to point out that we have the likes of the Beatles, Bowie and Radiohead. Just don't mention Britpop.

Re: Music: US vs UK

craola — Wed, 15 May 2019 13:07:06 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 05/15/2019 17:07

does this get me out of listening to oasis for good?

Re: Music: US vs UK

manurock — Wed, 15 May 2019 12:08:48 GMT

Author: manurock

Posted: 05/15/2019 16:08

UK music may have fallen in the last decade, but if you look overall, IMO, UK is on top of the US. So many legendary bands that are unforgettable. And they are a small country compared to the US...

Re: Music: US vs UK

revolver94 — Wed, 15 May 2019 09:02:57 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 05/15/2019 13:02

if youre looking at older stuff, through like the 80s or so, you'd probably have to give the edge to the UK, but after that (and certainly in the last 10 years) the US has the UK beat handily

just to check and make sure i wasnt overstating, i took a peak at my 2010s chart to see what the skew was, and yeah, canada easily has a better music scene now than the UK does. the only 2 uk albums i have on my 2010s chart are welsh and scottish, in fact, so england is... really lagging! altho now that i thnk about it i should probably include lets eat grandma on my list... hm...[/b]

Re: Music: US vs UK

PurpleHazel — Wed, 15 May 2019 06:25:30 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 05/15/2019 10:25

I love jazz, rock and classic R&B almost equally. Even if I ceded all of my favorite rock to the UK (which I don't: my overall has slightly more US rock than UK), it's still not even close. But since I don't believe in pitting countries' art against each other, I'm abstaining.

Re: Music: US vs UK

RoundTheBend — Wed, 15 May 2019 01:21:08 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 05/15/2019 05:21

The UK often just polishes our turds, and I mean that in a loving way for both sides of the pond.

Re: Music: US vs UK

Fischman — Tue, 14 May 2019 20:16:47 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 05/15/2019 00:16

badseed wrote:

For years and years, I would have said UK. But now its the USA all the way. Even if this country obsession I'm going through fades, I don't think jazz ever will.

Jazz is what keeps me from voting UK. If it was just rock, I'd be inclined to lean UK with the likes of the Moodies, Sabbath, Tull, Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Maiden, Who, Kinks, etc. but theres no way I'm going without Davis, Coltrane, Montgomery, Blakey, Hancock, Hubbard, Morgan, etc.

Re: Music: US vs UK

badseed — Tue, 14 May 2019 14:50:53 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 05/14/2019 18:50

For years and years, I would have said UK. But now its the USA all the way. Even if this country obsession I'm going through fades, I don't think jazz ever will.

Re: Music: US vs UK

Tha1ChiefRocka — Tue, 14 May 2019 14:13:58 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 05/14/2019 18:13

As much as I enjoy music from the UK, if I could only listen to music from there, then I would be out all of my favorite Jazz and Hip Hop albums, so that would kind of suck.

Re: Music: US vs UK

Fischman — Tue, 14 May 2019 12:45:41 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 05/14/2019 16:45

I'm gonna abstain. So much great music from both, that it's impossible to choose.

Within certain genres, I might be able to lean one way or the other, but overall, not a chance.

Music: US vs UK

DommeDamian — Tue, 14 May 2019 12:39:59 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 05/14/2019 16:39

Which country do you think has the best musical history, best musical culture, biggest music-legends/musicians, greatest albums / what do you like the most / if you could only listen to music from either one of the two countries ftrofyl, what would it be? The United States or The United Kingdom?

For me, I would mostly say US, just purely based on how essential it has been for me my entire life. But atm, I'm currently digging some UK artists a lot.

Here's some examples of essentials:

US:
Bob Dylan
Nirvana
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
The Doors
Pixies
Kanye West
Eminem
Nas
Jimi Hendrix
Weezer
Jack White
Queens of The Stone Age
Elliott Smith
OutKast
Captain Beefheart
Wu-Tang Clan

UK:
Radiohead
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
The Prodigy
The Cure
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
The Who
Queen
Gorillaz
Blur
Oasis
Nick Drake
Joy Division
Yes
Van Morrison
The Kinks
Talk Talk
ELO
XTC
Spiritualized