Reverend Jax Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Trying to give everyone one else a chance. Who would vote for anyone but the Beatles if the Beatles were on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Well Jack, why ain't Blur, Oasis, Ash (irish really, but from NI so they are Brits) on this poll!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 17, 2002 Author Share Posted June 17, 2002 Ok, i didn't think that the term british invasion needed a definition, but British Invasion is a special term for all the british bands that got on the US pop charts after the Beatle opened the doors. Before the Beatles, Britian had lots of great bands, but none were ever able to make it big in the US. Many british record labels were trying to find a band that could make it big across the pond because it was such a big untapped market. After the beatles made it big, ther was a huge influx of british bands in the US, and the British Invasion refers to the one that did this before psychadelic made it big (1964-1967). Blur, Oasis, and Ash don't fit the catergory (even Led Zeppelin is too contemporary). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Well excuse my ignorance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 I guess British Invasion is a term that only means something to Americans, since we were the invaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier of fortune Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 For the first time heh!! lol!!! Well it'd have to be The Who for me!! although as an Irish Man i know of British invasion of a different kind!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 Yes well, they (your British invaders) didn't make music that was quite as good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 It's between the kinks and the stones for me but 'cos of their volume of work i gotta go with the stones. p.s. callin' them british does'nt go down well round these parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IguanaDon? Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 The Rolling Stones, no doubt about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 It's between the kinks and the stones for me but 'cos of their volume of work i gotta go with the stones. Shame, the Kinks are way underrated. They put out dozens of albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 really? i thought they were just there for a few years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 Nope. They were active until 1996, and commercial successful in the late 70's and early 80's, recording several hits, including some of my personal favorite Kinks songs: Low Budget, Destroyer and Come Dancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Line Nightmare Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 The Rolling Stones are untouchable (especially with those competitors), in terms of both success AND influence. Jagger is the prototype for what would become the rock & roll frontman, with Keith and Ron Wood serving as the guitar-playing "characters" of the band. Little Steven once said "There are good rock & roll bands and bad rock & roll bands, but they're all trying to be The Stones," and I totally agree with that. It's amazing how much was ripped off of them, like how much rap and hip-hop came from James Brown. But that's another discussion. ...And The Monkees weren't a British Invasion band. They were an American band with a British singer, who didn't even do lead vocals all the time. I still dig their music, and think that their movie HEAD is probably the craziest shit I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 i gotta go with the who on this.... they're fuckin awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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