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Frazzled wrote:You're right. The Brits invented everything, because some farmer sang a song back in 1750. Ok, you win.

RAAAAWWWWR!!!


I'M NOT SAYING THAT BRITAIN INVENTED EVERYTHING!

What I said was this:

The UK has a dominant position in terms of the best bands/artists of all time, though blues and jazz are absolutely indispensable to the development of modern popular music. Even so, American music has it's roots in British Music Hall and the folk traditons of England, Ireland and Scotland.

Note the section in bold. I never said we invented everything, just that a lot of it springs from our culture.

I think Frazzled is doing the old sly duck and dive out of what your actually rebutting here and trying to make out he's being argued against about something rather different. I believe the original statement was...

Frazzled wrote:Respectfully, Bull fu ing gak.

Without the Beetles, David Bowie, UT, and the Police, you aint got gak.

Fairly sure a disagreement with the above doesn't imply "The Brits invented everything"

whatwhat wrote:I think Frazzled is doing the old sly duck and dive out of what your actually rebutting here and trying to make out he's being argued against about something rather different. I believe the original statement was...

Frazzled wrote:Respectfully, Bull fu ing gak.

Without the Beetles, David Bowie, UT, and the Police, you aint got gak.

Fairly sure a disagreement with the above doesn't imply "The Brits invented everything"

Y'all started it. After you took one for the team and claimed New Wave I just can't fight with you any more, that was such a self sacrifice.

Frazz....don't forget, you guts definately invented Country and Western.

Either that or no one else will admit to it.

And Line Dancing. You weirdos.

Frazzled wrote:Y'all started it. After you took one for the team and claimed New Wave I just can't fight with you any more, that was such a self sacrifice.

That might have hurt if you're own dislike of new wave was mutual. It's by the same principle I'm not slinging one back about your claim country and western, I mean to me that's like supporting an argument against capital punishment by calling for law makers deaths.

Here's a proper country band.





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whatwhat wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Y'all started it. After you took one for the team and claimed New Wave I just can't fight with you any more, that was such a self sacrifice.

That might have hurt if you're own dislike of new wave was mutual. It's by the same principle I'm not slinging one back about your claim country and western, I mean to me that's like supporting an argument against capital punishment by calling for law makers deaths.

Wait you like New Wave? Thats like, liking France.

You youngins.

Frazzled wrote:

whatwhat wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Y'all started it. After you took one for the team and claimed New Wave I just can't fight with you any more, that was such a self sacrifice.

That might have hurt if you're own dislike of new wave was mutual. It's by the same principle I'm not slinging one back about your claim country and western, I mean to me that's like supporting an argument against capital punishment by calling for law makers deaths.

Wait you like New Wave? Thats like, liking France.

You youngins.

Maybe in backwater texas old man. New order and Depeche Mode are welcome on my ipod anytime.

whatwhat wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

whatwhat wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Y'all started it. After you took one for the team and claimed New Wave I just can't fight with you any more, that was such a self sacrifice.

That might have hurt if you're own dislike of new wave was mutual. It's by the same principle I'm not slinging one back about your claim country and western, I mean to me that's like supporting an argument against capital punishment by calling for law makers deaths.

Wait you like New Wave? Thats like, liking France.

You youngins.

Maybe in backwater texas old man. New order and Depeche Mode are welcome on my ipod anytime.

Dear God make it stop! how do fight the urge to slit your wrists everye time you hear it. Please tell me you don't like Petshop Boys too?
Get the man some Los Lobos, U2, or Alicia Keyes stat!

Frazzled wrote:

whatwhat wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

whatwhat wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Y'all started it. After you took one for the team and claimed New Wave I just can't fight with you any more, that was such a self sacrifice.

That might have hurt if you're own dislike of new wave was mutual. It's by the same principle I'm not slinging one back about your claim country and western, I mean to me that's like supporting an argument against capital punishment by calling for law makers deaths.

Wait you like New Wave? Thats like, liking France.

You youngins.

Maybe in backwater texas old man. New order and Depeche Mode are welcome on my ipod anytime.

Dear God make it stop! how do fight the urge to slit your wrists everye time you hear it. Please tell me you don't like Petshop Boys too?
Get the man some Los Lobos, U2, or Alicia Keyes stat!

Pet shop boys have maybe one half decent song, the rest is poor. They don't represent the enitre genre.

And you can keep that shyte to yourself. Aswell as the kinda stuff Billy ray Cyrus puts out, including his offspring.

(you do know none of those were country right?)

You don't like U2? What are you some sort of godless commie pinko?

You don't like the soulfull ballads of Alica Keyes? Dude you do know that thats like hyper chick mood music right?

You don't like Los Lobos? All the cholas loved me a good Lobos song on the victrola. Gringo!

Yes i am aware that Alicia Keys isn't country...

You are aware that David Bowie, the guy you threw up as one of the good things in british music a page back, had a lot to do with creating new wave?

So I like a bit of new wave. You don't have to try and cure me with U2 and los lobos.


Anyway, on topic.

This isn't my overall fave native band but since we're talking about new wave...




Fun starts at 1:50 midwest america.

Frazzled wrote:

You don't like U2? What are you some sort of godless commie pinko?

I'll pass this one to Snr Bailey.

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'New Wave' is a maddeningly broad definition - it encompasses everything from Blondie to Elvis Costello, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads....

They're all good bands.


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Also, U2 started life as a new wave band.

Albatross wrote:'New Wave' is a maddeningly broad definition - it encompasses everything from Blondie to Elvis Costello, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads....

They're all good bands.


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Also, U2 started life as a new wave band.

Sinner! Blasphemer! Heretic! God shalt smote thee for angering him by besmirching the greatness that is U2.

Sunday bloody Sunday is new wave?

"Why is Dallas stadium open to the sky? So God can watch his team play."
-God

"What did he say? U2 was a new wave band? Boil him in linguini!!!"
-The All knowing All Powerful Speghetti Being

Well, post-punk is part of that whole 'new-wave' bunfight, and early U2 is most assuredly post-punk.


Exhibit A:



Incidentally, I quite like early-to-mid period U2 - around the time of War and The Unforgettable Fire. Obviously The Joshua Tree is also an exceptionally good album.

There is still not enough Led Zepplin in this thread.

Frazzled wrote:Here's a proper country band.

Fixed?

Yes. Fixed.

I think this thread just proves not to get into musical debates with Albatross, he knows his gak when it comes to music history.

The Devil Wears Prada from good ol' Dayton, Ohio...saw them in concert in Baltimore. Show was amazing...moshed so hard I broke a guys nose.



And, of course, Death...possibly the most influential bands in Death Metal and I was born in the same country as them .



USA BABY!

KingCracker wrote:

Murray wrote:Damn Americans, you have metallica.

Your kidding right? Was I just trolled?

what? they have made great songs and im stoked that im watching them this November.

Metallica is about as relevant as Nirvana. Neither of them has made a good song since I was in high school.

Many moons ago, I was issued a 48 page pamphlet with Canadurr on every page. Despite my efforts to renounce my citizenship and all ties to Tim Horton's, I am unable to break the abstract bonds which bind me to an arctic wasteland of fat chicks and chicken fingers. So, for you all, unfamiliar with true talent, I give you Sons of Butcher. Canuckistan' answer to popular music...Plug your ears. feth the gak. Feth the fethin gak.

Cheesecat wrote:I think this thread just proves not to get into musical debates with Albatross, he knows his gak when it comes to music history.

I HAVE to! Well, if I want to finish my degree, anyway....


It's alright though - I know precious little about American politics. And there's a lot of threads about that sort of thing!