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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:02 AM Original message |
Why Are British Musicians So Much More Talented Than American Ones? |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Cure, Strokes, Eisley, Sleater-Kinney, Sparrows, Reverend Horton Heat |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Are you suggesting The Cure are American? |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Cure not American |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. the Strokes are American |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's too bad |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sorry SLB, my bad |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. No problem. I'd add Elliot Smith, Janes Addiction, Yo La Tengo, |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Doors, Funkadelic, Sly, Public Enemy... |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Townes Van Zandt, Stan Ridgeway, They Might Be Giants, |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. not to mention entire genres - Blues, Jazz, C&W |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Bluegrass and zydeco (sp?) |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. You say that as if it were a given fact |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. Have you completely lost your mind? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. who cares who influenced them |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Who cares who influenced them? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. yeah...who cares, its pointless to argue over influences |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
86. I think it's pointless to argue over who is more talented... |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Most of modern alternative rock is American. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Coldplay, Radiohead...ect.... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Sorry mate, you've walked into a minefield. America is The Source. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Aren't you canadian? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I've got Neil, Joni, Leonard and the Guess Who ready to kick your ass! |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. kick my ass? With what, a hockey puck? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Yeah, well next time I'll use Rush. Then you'll be shitting it! |
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piece sine (931 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. you took the keys from my strokes |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I am defending America as the source y'know (while goofing around) |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Ugh! The Guess Who never kicked anyone's ass except their own |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. For awful Canuck nonsense, try Our Lady Peace. |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. And you have yet to pay reparations for Anne Murray! |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:24 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. REM, 10,000 Maniacs, etc....yeah we could go on all day. |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Stupid question, simple answer: they're not. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. i disagree...Brit groups learned from american groups and R&B players |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. All roads lead from Johnny Cash. |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. All roads lead from American music |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
16. When it comes to pop music, I'm a huge Anglophile. But.... |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Lou Reed? |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I was thinking more Wayne Coyne. |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. gotta love Wayne |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Jimi Hendrix had to make it in England first |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. filters |
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Robroy (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. A Good Question |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Wrong on the first two accounts. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. umm . . . ever hear of Louis Armstrong? . . . |
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theivoryqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Bird |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I was referring to Rock and Roll, specifically |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
73. Only original American genre? WRONG! |
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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
30. You are all so very misguided. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Nonsense. It's clearly Bachman Turner Overdrive. |
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Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I stand corrected. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That's OK, Just Taking Care of Business. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
31. I don't know about more talent |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
44. They actually take music lessons |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. Great art comes from suffering, |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. More talented or more popular??? |
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MiddleRiverRefugee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
50. IN BRITAIN, IT'S OK TO BE A *&^%$# MUSICIAN |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:39 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Move here to Austin. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:41 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Have to agree with you |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
51. Beatles.......Stones....Who and Zeppelin............. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. which still |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. You're talking about songwriting, not actual musicianship |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I would say that Bob Dylan............... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:14 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. the thing about Dylan is |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. You're entitled to your opinion but............ |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. You do know Blood on the Tracks came out in 1975, right? |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. also ....... |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. As much as I like and respect the music........ |
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TopesJunkie (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 05:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
80. There is no early Beatles without Buddy Holly... |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
61. They aren't. |
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4323Lopez (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
63. one word |
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ACK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. What a load of crap -- guy is stuck in the 60's and 70's and can't get out |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:49 AM Response to Reply #64 |
74. You mention Husker Du in the same post as Dylan and Hendrix??? |
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( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:28 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Buddy Guy |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. Interesting Question..MagicRat.... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
69. That must be news to Howlin' Wolf |
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KFC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
70. Ramones, Talking Heads, Iggy, BLACK FLAG |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
71. You're generalizing |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
72. Excuse me? Since when is classic rock the litmus for musicianship? |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:33 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. It isn't but there are people that think. ........ |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 05:11 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. All Roads Lead from American Music? |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 06:51 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. If you read any of my posts........... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I Have |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 05:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Well |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
79. You = on crack |
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Red_Storm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 06:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Nope.......... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 06:51 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Indeed. |
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corarose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
81. I have to agree with you! |
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T Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
87. You mean like Tiny Tim ? |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
88. Two words: Art School |
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