British bands are better than American bands

Justincombustion · Post by **Justincombustion** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:42 am

Don't shortchange Canada on the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive!!

erik · Post by **erik** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:42 am

tonetripper wrote:
erikb wrote:Yeah, Led Zeppelin does kind of suck, but I was trying to be nice.
Your right Erik Kiss is waaaaayyyyyy better.

Like I said before, it's silly to compare them because they weren't trying to do the same thing.

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:55 am

Leaf wrote:Line 'em up:

. but be warned... I've yet to mention:

SNOW.

Now who's playing with fire????

dude...let's not fo ghet the herban scene in Canada.... Maestro PHRESH Wes??? HUH? Choclair ? Swollen Membahs? Raskalz? Man..I be jess warmin' up!

Don't like hiphop? Let's go opposite side of the field..How about guitar virtuosos? Don Ross (guitar fingerpicking world champion TWICE, Liona Boyd. Both internationally acclaimed. )

Plus, we have LEAF!!! And that pretty much sews it up right there.

Take THAT Caravan Ray!

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:39 am

Leaf wrote: Gordon Lightfoot

We used a Gordon Lightfoot song ("Beautiful") for our first dance at the wedding. Also I'm taking Michelle to see him in concert this summer. Rock!
-bill

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:44 am

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is such a stellar tune.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:48 am

yes, it is, but i was forbidden from using it for the first dance

-bill

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:49 am

Welll... I can understand that... kinda morbid for a wedding!

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:23 pm

Sundown, also a kick ass Lightfoot tune.

He's a truly great songwriter.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:55 pm

I play The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald as part of my 'Death Set' sometimes, which usually also includes Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Country Death Song (Violent Femmes). Seems to go over surprisingly well in the bars.

Slightly More On Topic: Wasn't Autograph from Australia? Tuuuurn up... the raaaadio... or were they from Russia? Ah, I can't remember.
Ben Folds isn't from Australia, but he does have a place there. Oh, and Men At Work. I like those guys.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed May 11, 2005 1:05 pm

ha, back off topic. tyrrell, you have a recording of your version of fitz? i'd like to hear it.
-bill

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:57 pm

Has no one mentioned Leonard Cohen? Or Neil Young? If you're going to fight for Canada, drop some good names.

Freddielove · Post by **Freddielove** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:35 pm

Neil Young is Canadian? Wow, didn't know that one. I love how this has turned into a complete Canada vs. Australia contest. Apparently, that Britain has better bands than the US is in near total agreement.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:48 pm

Freddielove wrote:...Britain has better bands than the US is in near total agreement.

Not from me! Rawr rawr rawr.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:00 am

TheHipCola wrote: Did I already mention Silverchair? .

Now I won't have a bad word said against those young lads. Though I live in Brisbane now - I was born and bred in Newcastle - the home of the 'chair and the mighty Newcastle Knights Rugby League football team.

Us Novocastrians stick together (also I actually think they are (or were?) a pretty good band)

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:15 am

Leaf wrote:Line 'em up:

Leaf then went on to list a variety of 80's hair bands, skanky tarts, middle-of-the-road bland-outs and other various non-entities

how about:
The Saints
The Easybeats
The Go-Betweens
The Triffids
The Birthday Party (and all other subsequent Nick Cave incarnations)
The Living End
Powderfinger
Sleepy Jackson
You Am I
Bee Gees
Midnight Oil
INXS
Yothu Yindi
The Cruel Sea
Hoodoo Gurus
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
AC/DC
Cold Chisel
Crowded House (2/3 Australian anyway)
and, of course
Rolf Harris
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Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:18 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:
Leaf wrote: Gordon Lightfoot
We used a Gordon Lightfoot song ("Beautiful") for our first dance at the wedding.

For my wedding we used "Rock and Roll All Nite" by KISS - that was cool

tonetripper · Post by **tonetripper** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:36 am

The Band

Game, Set and Match.