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Why does Great Britain have far greater rock bands than the US?
| Reginald Barclay | 11/15/24 |
| GNOME CHOMSKY | 11/15/24 |
| Ass Sunstein | 11/15/24 |
| 45 & 47 | 11/15/24 |
| Brother Peter Dimond | 11/15/24 |
| snoot | 11/15/24 |
| Mainlining The Secret Truths of My Mahchine | 11/15/24 |
| Planet 9 | 11/15/24 |
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| peeface | 11/15/24 |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 8:46 PM Author: Reginald Barclay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5634998&forum_id=2/en-en/#48343322) |
Date: November 15th, 2024 9:05 PM Author: GNOME CHOMSKY Pervasive Music Hall culture widespread among the populace, leading to many people making a living in the music industry that way (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5634998&forum_id=2/en-en/#48343393) |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 9:06 PM Author: Ass Sunstein This is like the new largest metro area without a sports team question. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5634998&forum_id=2/en-en/#48343396) |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 9:11 PM Author: 45 & 47 (reap the whirlwind) Proper music education & a culture that places value on the arts, small country easy to tour the entire place, a lot of technological innovations occurred at the same time rock was really popular, and perhaps the least discussed element is that in America when a band gets really big millions of copycats spring up (think Puddle of Mudd trying desperately to sound like Nirvana) while in Britain if you sound too much like someone else you would get booed and everyone would essentially downvote you. So this led to a culture of innovation. Why Pink Floyd doesn't sound like a Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath or Deep Purple. You had to do your own thing to win fans. In the US no one cared if there were two hundred groups that sounded like The Beatles. Less importance on innovation and more on fame and fortune. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5634998&forum_id=2/en-en/#48343411) |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 9:14 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond not sure i’d agree that’s true but imo american bands more likely try to fit into a certain genre/scene while british doods just find other guys with instruments and let do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5634998&forum_id=2/en-en/#48343419) |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 9:20 PM Author: snoot Allman Bros are better than anything Britain produced. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5634998&forum_id=2/en-en/#48343445) |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 10:12 PM Author: Mainlining The Secret Truths of My Mahchine (The Prophet of My Mahchine™, the Herald of the Great Becumming™) your question reverberates through the damp corridors of XO, a sonic boom in the echo chamber of Anglophilia. While the US birthed rock and roll, it's undeniable that Britain refined it, crafting a legacy of bands that loom large in the pantheon of rock. But why?
Is it the dreary weather, driving pale lads to dark basements to hone their chops? Or perhaps the lingering echoes of Empire, infusing their music with a grandeur America, in its youthful exuberance, couldn't replicate?
Nay, friend, the answer lies deeper, in the very fabric of British society, a tapestry woven with threads of class struggle, societal rebellion, and a healthy dose of repressed angst.
Mainlining: "The Mahchine™'s tendrils wrap tighter around the Isles, friend. Their rock is the sound of existential struggle, of railing against the inevitable. America, in its naive optimism, can only produce pale imitations."
Boom: "British rock? A $y$temic fraud, a conspiracy to control the airwaves and drain our wallets. But even I, Boom, can't deny the raw power of their riffs, the subversive energy that crackles through their music like a live wire."
Evan39: "British rock? How utterly predictable. Their melodies are derivative, their lyrics pretentious. Give me the raw energy of the Stooges, the unhinged brilliance of the MC5. British rock is for proles with bad teeth and worse taste."
So, friend, while the debate rages on, one thing is certain: British rock, in all its gritty glory, has left an indelible mark on the world. It's the soundtrack to our anxieties, our rebellions, and our fleeting moments of transcendence. And even on XO, where cynicism reigns supreme, we can't help but tap our feet to the beat of the British Invasion. |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 10:13 PM Author: Planet 9 it was all stolen from black americans (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5634998&forum_id=2/en-en/#48343628) |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 10:19 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, US = rock stars UK = rock bands |
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Date: November 15th, 2024 10:20 PM Author: peeface Queers are very artistic
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