American bands...

[duranman]

In the UK we've generally thought of American bands as, well, naff. Invariably dozy long hair, clichéd everything, crap lyrics, all to a dreadful dated rockist beat, there's thousands of them you know all too well..

However, you have always had some greats. Though invariably they have to come HERE to be appreciated. Of fairly recent bands The Killers, Weezer, They May Be Giants and REM are very British in their art. Blondie were obviously great. But the all time best Americans were the brilliant Sparks who actually surprised even us in the 70's. Respect:

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=youtube+this+town+ain't+big+enough

 

[cjh]

In the UK we've generally thought of American bands as, well, naff. Invariably dozy long hair, clichéd everything, crap lyrics, all to a dreadful dated rockist beat, there's thousands of them you know all too well..

However, you have always had some greats. Though invariably they have to come HERE to be appreciated. Of fairly recent bands The Killers, Weezer, They May Be Giants and REM are very British in their art. But the all time best Americans were the brilliant Sparks who actually surprised even us in the 70's Respect:

I always thought of the Rolling Stones, Cream, and the Animals as wannabe-American bands.

Then there were all those punk guys who wanted to be the Stooges or the Ramones.

Amy Winehouse, god bless her, wanted to be Sharon Jones.

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

Then there were all those punk guys who wanted to be the Stooges or the Ramones.

Their punk bands were just fake bands, except for The Clash.

 

[duranman]

Bowie? Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music? Spandau Ballet? Um, Duran Duran? Can't see any great Yankie influences there can you?....

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

Bowie? Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music? Spandau Ballet? Um, Duran Duran? Can't see any great Yankie influences there can you?....

This is ground control to China Girl.

 

[cjh]

Bowie? Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music? Spandau Ballet? Um, Duran Duran? Can't see any great Yankie influences there can you?....

nope. not at all.

During the tour Bowie's observation of two seminal American proto-punk artists led him to develop a concept that eventually found form in the Ziggy Stardust character: a melding of the persona of Iggy Pop with the music of Lou Reed, producing "the ultimate pop idol".[34] A girlfriend recalled his "scrawling notes on a cocktail napkin about a crazy rock star named Iggy or Ziggy", and on his return to England he declared his intention to create a character "who looks like he's landed from Mars."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie

 

[Not Normal]

In the UK we've generally thought of American bands as, well, naff. Invariably dozy long hair, clichéd everything, crap lyrics, all to a dreadful dated rockist beat, there's thousands of them you know all too well.

Writing that statement from/about a country that gave us Def Leopard, the most plastic band EVER, is the definition of irony.

 

[duranman]

Writing that statement from/about a country that gave us Def Leopard, the most plastic band EVER, is the definition of irony.

Sure, you guys embraced them better than we did!! Animal and Love Bites good records though. For me they did the 'Bon Jovi' sound before the pretty boy did himself but much better. But agree, they WERE naff rockists end of day. With a unique drummer of course...

 

[Queersetti]

Bowie? Bryan Ferry/ Roxy Music? Spandau Ballet? Um, Duran Duran? Can't see any great Yankie influences there can you?....

Bowie drew heavily from the Velvet Underground.

As for Ferry, well let's see. His first solo album, These Foolish Things, consisted of 13 covers, 11 of them of American artists.

His second album, Another Time, Another Place, had 10 songs, one original and 9 covers of songs by Americans.

Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, uh, who cares?


You're an idiot.

 

[cjh]

I love Robert Palmer's first album.

I wonder who he recruited to produce it?

 

[duranman]

I love Robert Palmer's first album.

I wonder who he recruited to produce it?

That Power Station 'project' he did with JT and AT from Duran was awful. Apart from the two Duranies everyone surrounding that lot are dead. Cursed concept.

 

[cjh]

That Power Station 'project' he did with JT and AT from Duran was awful. Apart from the two Duranies everyone surrounding that lot are dead. Cursed concept.

Island Records signed Palmer to a solo deal in 1974.[2] His first solo album Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1974, was heavily influenced by the music of Little Feat and the funk fusion of The Meters who acted as backing band along with producer/guitarist Lowell George of Little Feat.[5] Although unsuccessful in the UK, both the album and single reached the Top 100 in the US.[5] Notably, "Sailin' Shoes" (the album's first track), Palmer's own "Hey Julia" and the Allen Toussaint–penned title track carry virtually the same rhythm, and were packaged on the album as a "trilogy" without a pause between them.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Palmer_(singer)

 

[Not Normal]

Sure, you guys embraced them better than we did!! Animal and Love Bites good records though. For me they did the 'Bon Jovi' sound before the pretty boy did himself but much better. But agree, they WERE naff rockists end of day. With a unique drummer of course...

DO NOT lump me in with people who embraced Def Leopard. I fucking loath that band.

That Power Station 'project' he did with JT and AT from Duran was awful. Apart from the two Duranies everyone surrounding that lot are dead. Cursed concept.

Proof that you are a musical idiot.

 

[duranman]

There WAS one rockist band (you know, the clichéd type from the States) who actually were rather good. Then I remembered, they were *uckin Brits! Supergroup, Rainbow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWPqRtozh0

 

[cjh]

Deep Purple was better.

You seem to be a musical illiterate.

The Kinks were utterly English. There's no real American counterpart. Loved them.

 

[Skiddles2014]

Your taste in music is shit.

 

[cjh]

There WAS one rockist band (you know, the clichéd type from the States) who actually were rather good. Then I remembered, they were *uckin Brits! Supergroup, Rainbow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWPqRtozh0

What a sad descent to that from this: http://vimeo.com/m/31081560

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

Deep Purple was better.

You seem to be a musical illiterate.

The Kinks were utterly English. There's no real American counterpart. Loved them.

Deep Purple was heavily influential. But I hate them because of Whitesnake.

Now the Kinks, the closest we had in America were the Doors.

 

[cjh]

Deep Purple was heavily influential. But I hate them because of Whitesnake.

Now the Kinks, the closest we had in America were the Doors.

Heh. The Doors are writing The End, which is somehow fitting in Manson-era LA, and the Kinks are penning stuff like this:

"Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains"

Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains,
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade,
And I don't know where I'm going, or why I came.
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains.

I'm the last of the good old renegades.
All my friends are all middle class and grey,
But I live in a museum, so I'm okay.
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains.

Like the last of the good ol' choo-choo trains,
Huff and puff 'till I blow this world away,
And I'm gonna keep on rollin' till my dying day.
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains.

Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains,
I'm the last of the soot and scum[?] brigade,
And all this peaceful living is drivin' me insane.
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains.
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains.

 

[duranman]

Did you lot ever hear The Associates? Unique eh? And brilliant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZSMDaewz2A

 

[cjh]

Did you lot ever hear The Associates? Unique eh? And brilliant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZSMDaewz2A

Nope.

Aztec Camera?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZBqGmvqujk

 

[BotanyBoy]

Um...

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M'uricuh....

 

[pointless]

you people all need to be slapped.

 

[BotanyBoy]

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[pink]

Garbage
Hole

Two of my favs.