-=- U.S. vs U.K Who Makes Better Bands?-=-

What with Pink Floyd And The Beatles, U.K. DEFENITLY spat out bwtter bands then the U.S. will ever be able to make.

Pink Floyd is just good, The Beatles are great but not the greatest ever, so you are wrong. And where the hell are Radiohead and Zep who are much better bands than the two you mentioned?

I'd say U.S.

US made Tool. (for sake of argument only, there are great bands from all over the place.)

Beatles are WAY overrated, I would like to say.

Well this is an opiniated thread.

Personally, I prefer 60ies / 70ies / 80ies Bands and The ones out of the U.K appeal more to me.

But it all depends on the person, thus this thread.

Originally posted by Lana
Beatles are WAY overrated, I would like to say.

if you was in the 60's u woudnt say that

Originally posted by Deano
if you was in the 60's u woudnt say that

Yeah I probably would have; I don't like pop music.

u dont like them. doesnt mean they are over rated😄

They are though. Especially with the whole "greatest band ever" that people love to label them with.

I've recently been digging the hell out of "the only true American artform." So I'm going with US as to where my favorite music is. I refuse to accept that either country "makes better bands" though.

And in spirit of further derailing the thread: calling The Beatles overrated to discredit them is sorta ineffective, seeing the unreasonable amount of hype they have to live up to.

Originally posted by Afro Cheese

And in spirit of further derailing the thread: calling The Beatles overrated to discredit them is sorta ineffective, seeing the unreasonable amount of hype they have to live up to.

I don't get what you're saying.

Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove
I don't get what you're saying.

Originally posted by Afro Cheese
Well.. The Beatles can't get mentioned in any thread without someone immediately crying "overrated." Yeah they're overrated, but look the legacy they're supposed to live up to. Hailed as by far the greatest band ever with no competition, and hailed as having the best songwriting duo in music... I personally don't know of a band that could fill the Beatles shoes. So basically what I'm saying is that at some point of hype the term overrated becomes so obvious that it's just irrelevant.

I see what you're saying. I've felt that way about Nirvana. It seems now that whenever Nirvana's mentioned the "overrated" tag is always thrown out. Which was true, considering some of the untrue accolades Nirvana has gotten but I've always thought: How can a band be overrated when everyone nowadays calls them overrated?

Originally posted by Deano
if you was in the 60's u woudnt say that

We're not in the 60's though are we? My dad was and he said that all he thought of them was that they were just a really good band.

Take your argument home. The Beatles, while a very good band, are overrated. Simple as. On the flipside, just because you like them doesn't mean they AREN'T overrated.

US has the higher amount of greatest bands in number, but England have Radiohead, who could easily compete with any of those save for maybe a few.

I'll go with the US just for numbers.

-AC

60's and 70's belong to UK
80's doesnt really matter
90's and 00's probably slip into US territory

The 80's get such a bad rep, there was awesome music in the 80's man. People slate it as the pop years, but if that's the case then why haven't the 90's and 00's been trashed?

-AC

there's nothin i can pluck from the tope of my head that really stands out from the 80's... maybe white zombie

Doesn't mean there wasn't anything great just because you don't know of it.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Doesn't mean there wasn't anything great just because you don't know of it.

-AC

greatness is an opinion... if i don't know of it i can't have an opinion of it, so it can't be great

You mean you can't call it great.

Prince is still great whether you know of him or not, Van Halen, Rush...many other bands who were putting out albums in the 80's. Guns 'N' Roses, The Cure, The Smiths.

-AC