I think some of you guys should check your facts before you start posting--Jethro Tull-American?,surely not,Pink Floyd mmm there is a Cambridge or two in America-but,Fleetwood Mac-originally British and still features 2 Brits,AC/DC???
Rolling Stones-good grief!!!!!!! |
That gig must have been in New York-so good,you posted it twice...........................
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Ben |
I think you'll find Supertramp are British too,Audiophilles sure don't know much about music,the facts anyway-think you've all forgotten a great band,maybe not Rock n,Roll but technically not all listed are...Steely Dan.
Oh and Ginger Baker is British,Jack Bruce was born near me in Glasgow,Scotland as was David Byrne of Talking Heads.......... |
Creeper go to bed with no snacks and no listening to your system for two whole days,buy some monthly music magazines and the next time you feel the need to upgrade your system buy some music instead,some of Supertramp's best music by the way is pre 78.....now bed! |
LOL-now Cream and Bad Company listed both British.
Creeper I was only trying to be ironic and ott on that last post as I knew constantly posting corrections who make me seem like a smart ass-that's why I posted that like I was your dad,I was only 5 years older than you in 1978......Rosttaman-I'm very aware of the Talking Heads story-I do consider them American and a very excellent band,,,I'm only having fun as always ironry doesn't travel too well............ |
It just sruck me you've all forgotten the most obvious one................THE BEATLES |
Paul depending on how you define it I would need to say The Doors although Buddy Holly is a good call..............
It's interesting because I actually think in most era's(in overall terms I mean, obviously it's hard to argue against the Beatles as being no.1 in popular,cultural and musical influence terms )American music tends to shade it against the British but usually the main influence is down to individuals i.e. Dylan,Hendrix,Brian Wilson,Elvis,nearly all the Blues artists-even back as far as Sinatra-of course these individuals did benefit from amazing back up however for some reason Britain did seem to produce more influential bands,in the collective sense.........don't really know why that is........................ |
Trich727 (are you an android?what a name!:-))
Of course the question wasn't who was the most influential group but the greatest-I'm not totally 100% convinced it is the Doors but they would be near the top of my list,The Doors were unique,a one off,and way ahead of their time I think they broke a lot of boundries and like Dylan had an influence that a few generations on that is not totally realised.
For some reason they've gotten forgotten in a way the VU haven't,partly due to the fact that the VU are and always have been pretty much held in universal respect(always big with the music critics)--I do get a bit pissed in recent times that there is a revisionist theory that the Doors weren't very good,they were excellent.
I do NOT think they were more influential than Dylan,Hendrix,Holly,Elvis,Johnson et al but as a bone fide group close to the best America ever produced....... |
Tom,
I agree largely with what you are saying about group dynamics(although I think you misunderstood my point about The VU) however I disagree about The Doors in general,I believe actually collectively they achieved a great sound therefore making them a group or band in the real sense of the word,I believe there was a synergy there and that the whole was more than the sum of the parts,obviously too they had a large part in the songwriting.
Morrison was a great vocalist which tends to get forgotten in the mists of his legend.
Let me put it this way to my mind Morrison was the focal point but you do tend to think of Morrison in terms of The Doors in a way that doesn't happen with Hendrix,Dylan and the Band and as you mentioned Janis Joplin.....to me that proves that they were a great band and not merely the backing group.
The fact that they didn't achieve much after Morrison's death isn't that surprising,even great musicians like The Beatles struggled to produce consistent quality output after their split..................................... |
Tom,
I agree on your assessment also on the early Beatle solo stuff(my favourites too) but they could not do it consistantly......... |
CSN&Y-only two of those are American too...... |
