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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
If you talk specifically about rock or pop music and this forum, you'd be right, and in fact I've never been too keen on many rock n roll or pop bands that haven't got an american/anglosaxon blueprint on them, but then there's a huge wealth of electronic music (from early experiments to Industrial, glitch etc) or modern compositional music (something that the English are particularly bad at) that has little to do with rock and pop. Traditional folk, jazz, you name it.It depends on what your tastes are like and more specifically the degree of interest in music that you have in general, simple as that. Personally I find that the Japanese rock out better than both the Americans and the Britsh put together, these days. The Australians or the New Zelanders also come up with interesting variants of the rock formula sometimes. But if push came to shove and I had to choose between UK or USA, the Americans win hands down, if only because the sheer size of the place has made it possible for so much good music to come out of it over the years. There's also the age-old story that way too much British music happened simply because either the press or the sheep that took it too seriously felt that things that haven't changed the musical landscape as much as first thought, HAD to happen, rather than let things happen naturally. Ultimately music can be one those things that can age rapidly or aquire a timeless status like anything of variable quality, but the Americans (with its sheer number of ethnics,traditions and sceneries) have much more to choose from. And let's face it, the Americans don't brag half as much as the English about their own achievements, that's something that I have noticed on a number of occasions, be it on this forum or elsewhere.
edit - Pookie and demonrail666
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excellent post.
This messageboard is interesting because Sonic Youth straddle two worlds: avant-garde/no wave/art rock and garage/punk/early hardcore. Those members with more of an interest in the former are likely to venture into new territories - which inevitably leads to uncovering stuff from all-kinds of countries. Other members, like myself, with a preference for the 60s-70s punk/garage influence, tend to be more conservative: sticking primarily to the already tried and tested. I admire the spirit of exploration that a number of the members have here. But when it comes to actually
listening to most of the records they uncover, I'm often left slightly cold/bemused. Therefore, I tend to stay in my cave, listening to my Cramps albums, waiting for the next ice age.
"OK, which one of you fuckers stole my Ramones Headband?"
