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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 11:24

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Sometimes I wish I was British.

Why would you wish that? Because we arguably make better prog?

Be proud of where you come from, mate  America is a great country, let down only by it's politicians!

Besides,  a lot of great music has come from the US:

The Doors, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Aerosmith (70's) Van Halen, Kansas, Zappa, The Pixies, Mountain, Talking Heads..etc..

 
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Points: 155 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 11:41

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Sometimes I wish I was British.

An American wishing that??.......anyway, I can understand you...it feels very good...hehe eventhough I wasn't born in the UK..

 

 
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Points: 1383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 11:55

Macan's "Rocking the Classics" really explores at this question well.

But, in my opinion, it partly has to do with the fact that England is an island, and a rather developed one at that. It's like a hot house, where musical ideas reach critical mass quickly, where the competitive pressure is more intense. So out of that bubbling cauldron of musical ideas, energy, egos, and sexuality, out of that emerges a Yes, a Genesis, an ELP, a Led Zeppelin, and then they come over to America and blow away our laid back and slow-witted minds.
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Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 12:36

Originally posted by Paulieg Paulieg wrote:

So many great composers came out of Britians long history and America, in comparison, has far less to be influenced by.  Just my humble thoughts. 

 

Oddly enough with the exception of ?????, the 20th century seems to be the only century of "great " British serious composers, (e.g. Elgar, Holst, Vaughan Williams - who all died in the same year of the 30's - Britten, Tippett (Keith's uncle), Walton), otherwise there was a lot of borrowing from Germany, e.g. Handel, Mendelssohn. There is a temptation is to mention 17th Century Purcell, but having been told as a kid he wrote The Trumpet Voluntary - there now seem to be arguments!
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Points: 340 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 16:09
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Sometimes I wish I was British.

Why would you wish that? Because we arguably make better prog?

Be proud of where you come from, mate  America is a great country, let down only by it's politicians!

Besides,  a lot of great music has come from the US:

The Doors, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Aerosmith (70's) Van Halen, Kansas, Zappa, The Pixies, Mountain, Talking Heads..etc..

 

true, but I also wish I was english.
I mean, they have Led Zeppelin, The Who, Yes, Pink Floyd, ect.

ENGLAND ROCKS! 
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Points: 340 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 16:11
Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Sometimes I wish I was British.
I'm right beside you bro.
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Points: 967 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 16:24
Originally posted by Zepology101 Zepology101 wrote:

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Sometimes I wish I was British.
I'm right beside you bro.


You should never have signed that Declaration of Independence, should you??
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Points: 758 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2006 at 16:32

Originally posted by Machinemessiah Machinemessiah wrote:

I think we might start a sub-topic on this: If you had a cauldron like those of the druids, what ingredients would conform good Progressive music? We already have elegance and forests... Can you think of others?

And like Obelix, Britannia fell in the magic cauldron, only this time, it was the magic caudon of prog-rock, and Britannia became the best at progrock, forever.

So there. Now you have a myth about it all. Myths are funnier than reality.
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:08

Originally posted by Tony Fisher Tony Fisher wrote:

Originally posted by Zepology101 Zepology101 wrote:

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Sometimes I wish I was British.
I'm right beside you bro.


You should never have signed that Declaration of Independence, should you??
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Points: 340 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2006 at 15:20
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Sometimes I wish I was British.

Why would you wish that? Because we arguably make better prog?

Be proud of where you come from, mate  America is a great country, let down only by it's politicians!

Besides,  a lot of great music has come from the US:

The Doors, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Aerosmith (70's) Van Halen, Kansas, Zappa, The Pixies, Mountain, Talking Heads..etc..

 

sure, it's a great country, great and stuck up!!!!!! Most of America is incredibly stuck up. the other day, I heard someone say, god bless america. SURE! Bless america, but not the poverty stricken countries around the world!! GOD! Why only bless the people who don't need it most! 
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