British music better than American?

[nathan123]

British:
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Rolling Stone
Phil Collins
Richard O'Brien (Guy who wrote every one of the Rocky Horror Picture Show songs)
Elton John
The Who
Spice Girls

USA:
Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Billy Joel
Aerosmith
Eminem
Bob Dylan
KISS
Eagles
Jimi Hendrix

Who do you think writes better music?
And even in 2013 seems like British artists are becoming more successful, one direction, Adele, Emile sande etc

[Ku53v]

Yes, and you can replace the word music with anything you want, the answer is always yes

[Shpongle]

They both have great artists, two of my favourite bands of all time "The Doors" from the US and "Pink Floyd" from the UK so i can't choose which one is the best

[Alex2012]

British:
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Rolling Stone
Phil Collins
Richard O'Brien (Guy who wrote every one of the Rocky Horror Picture Show songs)
Elton John
The Who
Spice Girls

You can add

Radiohead
Muse
Coldplay
David Bowie
Oasis
The Cure
The Police
Dire Straits
Iron Maiden
Fleetwood Mac
Genesis
Statu Quo
Juda Priest
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Madness
Black Sabbath
The Clash

I don't care where is coming from the music I listen to of course, but i think British music got the best artists, at least some years ago, don't know really now.

[Jason M.]

Forgetting Coldplay and Muse when mentioning British bands should be a crime.

[VINTAGƎ]

Break it down in terms of genres

Who is considered the greatest rock band of all time?: Zeppelin or The Beatles typically, depending on who you ask -- both British.

Rapper?: Eminem, Jay, Nas, Pac, Biggie usually -- all American

Pop?: Michael Jackson, Madonna? -- American

R&B?: Whitney Houston? I don't know, there are a few others -- American

Jazz?: I don't know many big artists from this genre but I would assume American.

Soul/Funk?: James Brown? American

And so on and so forth. As someone mentioned, if we're talking 60s/70s rock, obviously British. But music overall? Where do most of the so called greats hail from? Most British greats all come from the same era. Americans have artists that dominated every era before and after the 60s/70s.

That said, it's not a competition and I love British music.

[yoda you can call me]

We brits have had some giants old and recent, Adele is currently making waves worldwide, however Americans do hiphop the best, they're untouchable in that genre

[shadyblogger]

The British rock when it comes to rock and Americans seem to dominate other genres though not all the time.

[Iris2]

British music is far better than American music even now.

[emin3m_stan]

Obviously British.

[emin3m_stan]

OP you forgot for the British:

Oasis
Adele
Coldplay
Sex Pistols
Dido
Take That
Tom Jones
Rick Astley

When it comes to British music vs American music, British obviously dominates. The British also dominate sports, football(soccer), culture, cars(European).

The only thing America wins are the movies. Plus America was made by immigrants anyway such as British(England, Scotland, Wales), Irish, Mexican, French, German, Polish, Spanish, Italian, Eastern European and Indian. Although American schools don't teach them that with it's poor education system were students carry guns also having to pay for medical care. Lol USA = Land of the free were you get spied on by air drones.

[Shpongle]

When it comes to British music vs American music, British obviously dominates. The British also dominate sports, football(soccer), culture, cars(European).

The only thing America wins are the movies. Plus America was made by immigrants anyway such as British(England, Scotland, Wales), Irish, Mexican, French, German, Polish, Spanish, Italian, Eastern European and Indian. Although American schools don't teach them that with it's poor education system were students carry guns also having to pay for medical care. Lol USA = Land of the free were you get spied on by air drones.

[__EWF]

It's all American music.

[IBasicallyRage]

Drake number 1 so

Canada >>>

You forgot Justin Bieber.

[Guess_Who]

British:
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Rolling Stone
Phil Collins
Richard O'Brien (Guy who wrote every one of the Rocky Horror Picture Show songs)
Elton John
The Who
Spice Girls

It hurts my eyes to see the Spice Girls on that list!! specially with all those names..

You missed some great bands like Oasis, Blur, The verve, Suede....

I love both british and american music...