Who rocks better?

I'm kinda split...

America gave us The Doors and Hendrix, but we got Floyd from the UK...

In the end, it all depends on your tastes. Myself, I hate the Rolling stones, as well as Elvis, so mine are kinda wierd.

In the end, it's a moot point, because both countries are now "Riding the Gravy Train", as Waters put it. Basically, all music has just turned to crap over the course of the past 25 years, even that produced by Floyd. It's sad, but true.

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Originally Posted by Gregoshi

...Rock isn't dead Kukri, it's just resting its eyes. ~;)

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Originally Posted by English assassin

...Nothing is dead in Britain until its been dead at least 150 years.

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I concede the possibilities of both points :bow:

Maybe it's more like day 2 of a 3-day Irish wake, and we're waiting to see if Himself is gonna flutter his eyelids enough to drop the pennies we put on them. Or are we finally gonna put him in the ground tomorrow, he having not taken a perceptible breath in 72 hours (or in realTime: about 20 years).

Meanwhile, we mourners still sing the old songs, re-work the old notes, and try to recapture the old spirit - all in hopes of waking 'him' up. To little avail so far.

I might be premature in my prognosis, but I don't think so. I think Sir Rock died of complications of all the money to be had from its popularity. The sheer level of cash involved made it a mockery of its rebel ex-slave blues-wailing self.

I also think the only chance it has for revival is the discovery of a 'new mississippi', a new source of musical inspiration.

It all started with Frampton comes alive. The real big bucks that is.

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Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny

It all started with Frampton comes alive. The real big bucks that is.

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That would have been '76 or '77? Yeah. I'd say that about coincides with the beginning of the end.

I'd say the downfall truly started at Altamont (or Woodstock, take you pick).
Allow me to illistrate my view of rock as a field of flowers.
During the golden age of Rock (from 1964 to 1968), rock was a field of flowers, with newer and more beatiful flowers growing every day. But around 1969, specifically after Woodstock and Altmont, rock started to fall, crushing the beatiful flowers. By the mid seventies a huge avalanche had fallen, and very few were still alive. Today, a few of the oldies are popping back up out of the avalanche (Allman Brothers for example) and a few new ones are popping up, such as Gov't Mule, Widespread Panic, etc.).

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Originally Posted by English assassin

Great Britain is the name of the largest island off the north west coast of Europe, ie the mainland parts of England Scotland and Wales. I'm not completely sure if it includes the off shore islands, legally yes and geographically no I think. It does not include the Isle of Man, the channel islands and, most importantly, Ireland (including Northern ireland) (the term for all those islands together is the British Isles, though come to think of it the channel islands might not strictly be part of the british isles either).

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Then I made a mistake, sorry folks. :embarassed:

Rock evolved to many different forms. So I guess it lives in different incarnations. :charge: