UK vs. USA

I do believe the USA have been markedley far more creative than the UK in recent times. If we are talking mainstream of course and what your intellect defines as progressive/

But it may be argued prog rock was build on the foundation of American underground music, including psychedelia (and much of UK psychedelia was comparatively wishy washy). For instance, Vanilla Fudge, then Touch had their moments and we haven't gone beyond early 1969.

Hard to chose between :

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To Dick Heath:

Gandalff wrote: To Dick Heath: OK, maybe the foundation on Prog Rock is American, but main formers of Prog are from Great Britain.   To Epignosis: OK, I´ll correct my opinion "I mean American bands are always behind."  to "sometimes behind". I have thought just about that:   Byrds - American answer to Beatles, Astra -     -"-               -"-       to Pink Floyd, Tool -      -"-               -"-       to Porcupine Tree, Yezda Urfa -   -"-       -"-       to Gentle Giant, Starcastle -  -"-         -"-       to Yes, Blue Oyster Cult -     -"-      to Black Sabbath,  etc.   Of course, somebody can tell that sometimes American bands were the first , but I mean it´s only exemption.

Gandalff wrote: To Epignosis: Don´t worry!   Yes were influenced by Simon and Garfunkel? Maybe in vocal structures, but the music is quite different. I´ve heard all Porcupine Tree albums and "Aenima" and "10000 Days" of Tool.   As regards Byrds, the label "US answer to Beatles" was given them by some then journalists.   But my another equations are correct, aren´t it?

The only two I didn't comment on was Yezda Urfa because I've not heard them, and Blue Oyster Cult because that was Sandy Pearlman's exact words ("USA's answer to Black Sabbath").

But of what significance is any of this?

 How about The Doors??  Velvet Underground ?? Chicago??Frank Zappa?? Blood Sweet and Tears?? Love?? and many others....

We make better tea.

akamaisondufromage wrote: We make better tea. You make better coffee.   Oh sorry Prog.....oh well.

I thank you for the Earl Grey tea invention from your country but curse you for the BP, which I will not hold you personally responsible for.  Although not all of us are particularly upset:

Joe Barton (R. Moron) Would Like to Apologize to:
England, about that whole Revolution thing. You can totally have the East Coast back now we're pretty much done with it.

Men, for diluting our strong, masculine authority by giving women the vote.

Milli Vanilli. you guys totally deserve another Grammy.

Slovenia, for tying them in the second half of the World Cup match. Completely insensitive on our end to shakedown those two goals, and we deeply regret putting the ball in the net those three times and making you look bad. Let me make it up to you guys, I'll mail you some oil.

England, again, for the war of 1812, and in particular, the battle of New Orleans. We should just have let you guys have North America. You obviously really wanted it.