I'm sure that some Americans ask themselves the same sort of questions! They also produce some fantastic yet unheralded sounds.

I think it's purely down to different tastes - bands like Kiss, Motley Crue and Grateful Dead were massive over that side of the pond yet they barely made a ripple over here.  When it came to britpop, they loved Cast but can any brit name a song they did apart from Swallowed?

 

I have to disagree totally.  They like Adele and they like Duffy and also Joss Stone, and they rave about the Beatles and most yanks I know like the stones...  And British music is used a lot in American films and tv programmes.  So I really can't agree at all.  Sorry Mr Mince........

I never expected the depressing Adele to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Stones!

I've given up on a lot of mainstream music, its all sounding the same. Especially the influx of terrible indie bands we've gotten over the last 10 years.

 

I'm more into the soundtrack/background music these days.....oh and also hard-core techno 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Wonderwall is horrendously overrated* 

When you say "wonderwall" do you mean the original gramophone record by George Harrison?

I don’t think we will experience another British Invasion – where America embraced our bands with open arms.- mainly because there is nothing original enough, nor good enough to make such an impact.

 

There's plenty of original stuff happening but less risk taking. Crap programmes like the X Factor are also a factor, they suck all the oxygen out if the industry, or they just suck.

Coldplay are British, not American.

 

I think the trouble these days is that most UK popular music is manufactured X factor-esque crap and rightly the rest of the world doesn't want to know.  We shouldn't either.

 

There are many talented British bands which have been hugely successful in the states.  The who, Led Zep, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Erin Clapton.  To name but a few.

I also suspect that our culture has changed. Music used to be a lot more populeer than it is now. All the serious stuff mentioned ^^^^^ is quite old. Albeit due to unashamed radio plugs Pink Floyd will probably sell more downloads this week than the X Factor lot will in a year.

Totally agree with this 

 

Green Days best song sooo was not Boulevard of Broken Dreams! Pick anything off their Dookie album ...  anything before 2004 ish...  The only recent song of theirs that I really like is Holiday.

 

Personally I think there are great bands both side of the pond..   there is also a hell of a lot of shit on both sides too.

 

 

I was a bit proud today when listening to Zane Lowe's Nirvana Nevermind special 2 hour programme (on iPlayer) to hear the remaining members of Nirvana say how they were most inspired by The Sex Pistols (not The Pixies, as is commonly believed).

 

Financial success and gongs don't equate to quality.

 

But then quality's in the ear of the beholder.

Do you mean Bush, not Cast? I can name more of Bush's songs because I like them. It's definitely a question of taste, and mainstream appeal, and they are bound to be different in the UK and US.

I did mean Bush, I only realised when I was driving home from Chippenham Station and 'Alright' by Cast came on my stereo.  I can't name another of Cast's either tbh lol

Amongst other John Power treasures...

 

Cast were a good band.  Don't really know about Bush, though. 

 

Sandstorm, Tell it like it is, Fine Time - anyone remember those?