UK music scene better than the US

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:46 pm

Why does everyone call it bassline?
Its bloody garage.

armada · Post by **armada** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:50 pm

mech84 wrote: no competition, its just in music the US and UK get compared a lot.
i get the impression that the US see's its self as the bad ass daddy when it comes to urban culture and music.

some US urban centers are "badass" for the simple fact that if i walk down the wrong street with the wrong color t-shirt i will get shot.

but as i hear this behavior being glamorized in the latest gangster rap booming out of a kiddies' mercedes his dad bought him, i realize that the "badassness" in the urban music scene isnt the same as the badass on the streets.

maybe yall across the pond have experienced this in your own culture?

thump rat · Post by **thump rat** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:50 pm

badger wrote:
Thump Rat wrote:This is all very interesting, but what i wanna know is whats better between Latvian ballroom dancing and Yemenese drum n folk music, both scenes are very similar but so very different at the same time.
i much prefer the grace of the Latvian ballroom dancing scene. Yemenese drum n folk has got the raw energy but it lacks that certain je ne sais quoi

Racist. And French. tnuc.

jah wobble · Post by **jah wobble** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:54 pm

the electronic music "scene" in general is pretty awful all over.

badger · Post by **badger** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:02 pm

Thump Rat wrote:
badger wrote:
Thump Rat wrote:This is all very interesting, but what i wanna know is whats better between Latvian ballroom dancing and Yemenese drum n folk music, both scenes are very similar but so very different at the same time.
i much prefer the grace of the Latvian ballroom dancing scene. Yemenese drum n folk has got the raw energy but it lacks that certain je ne sais quoi
Racist. And French. tnuc.

thank you for turning a serious music discussion into a slanging match you prik. it's people like you keeping Latvian ballroom dancing from making it big

thump rat · Post by **thump rat** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:14 pm

Latvian ballroom is nothing but slowed down Yemenese Drum'n'folk, its a fad and will die along with Ghanian EDM and Scottish Gamalan anyway.

Oh and PRIK.

badger · Post by **badger** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:20 pm

argh it's not slowed down Yemenese drum n folk you tit. it actually derives from Polish tango, do some research before you start making ill formed assumptions. Latvian ballroom is a melting pot of so many different sounds and dances and that's what makes it so special. it's the sound of the future and you know it. Yemenese drum n folk ran out of good ideas years ago

mech84 · Post by **mech84** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:34 pm

some interesting ideas.

so what do you American's think of the UK scene?

consoul · Post by **consoul** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:35 pm

Joe C wrote:uk hip hop scene is dire

what are you on?!?! the uk hip-hop sence is sic! !

in terms of whats better, uk or us hip-hop you cant compare them, totally different kettle of fish, uk has that raw brithish grit that i love and it doesnt take it take itself too seriously, plus theres none (or hardly any) of that gangster bollocks that the us has.
but dont get me wrong, i love us hip-hop.

Thats my rant over...

shook1 · Post by **shook1** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:46 pm

Might just be sticking my oar in here but....................

Japanese Minimal Grunge Core..........Thats the one for me

Nuff said on the matter really

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:50 pm

Consoul wrote:
Joe C wrote:uk hip hop scene is dire
what are you on?!?! the uk hip-hop sence is sic! !

in terms of whats better, uk or us hip-hop you cant compare them, totally different kettle of fish, uk has that raw brithish grit that i love and it doesnt take it take itself too seriously, plus theres none (or hardly any) of that gangster bollocks that the us has.
but dont get me wrong, i love us hip-hop.

Thats my rant over...

there is also no one really pushing it and doing it well on the overground, there is also this total bitchy "past generation will always be better" kinda thing.

pff I used to be well into UKHH when I was at school, I completely fell out of love with it.

ozols man · Post by **ozols man** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:52 pm

oiiiiiiiii. ill have no one taking the piss out of latvians. my dad is latvian and ill have u know that we r a very musical people, unlike the fuckin english who like to do nothing other then football hooliganism or just get stupidly pissed when in a communal situation

badger · Post by **badger** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:54 pm

ozols man wrote:oiiiiiiiii. ill have no one taking the piss out of latvians. my dad is latvian and ill have u know that we r a very musical people, unlike the fuckin english who like to do nothing other then football hooliganism or just get stupidly pissed when in a communal situation

wise words. the Latvians are definitely better at ballroom than the Yemenese are at drum n folk

bunjcore · Post by **bunjcore** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:54 pm

Lots of the time I wish I was dutch. Tis all about stompin GABBA suckers. A world where Neophyte is the equivalent of Eric Prydz, U flatlanded bastards have it the cushest. GABBAAARGH!!

ozols man · Post by **ozols man** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:55 pm

Joe C wrote:
Consoul wrote:
Joe C wrote:uk hip hop scene is dire
what are you on?!?! the uk hip-hop sence is sic! !

in terms of whats better, uk or us hip-hop you cant compare them, totally different kettle of fish, uk has that raw brithish grit that i love and it doesnt take it take itself too seriously, plus theres none (or hardly any) of that gangster bollocks that the us has.
but dont get me wrong, i love us hip-hop.

Thats my rant over...
there is also no one really pushing it and doing it well on the overground, there is also this total bitchy "past generation will always be better" kinda thing.

pff I used to be well into UKHH when I was at school, I completely fell out of love with it.

UKHH is a little bit pants, there r some decent producers which i rate but generaly its contrived... also the only reason there is no "gangster bollocks" in ukhh is cos theres not really any criminal element involved in that scene...

shook1 · Post by **shook1** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:55 pm

What is gabba all about.

It's just not on.

datura · Post by **datura** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:56 pm

it's all about inuit skiffle these days.

badger · Post by **badger** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:58 pm

datura wrote:it's all about inuit skiffle these days.

innuit skiffle is about as creative as romanian knitting

spencertron · Post by **spencertron** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:01 pm

UK music scene better than the US

what?

if you mean the UK are good at exporting good idea's...yeh maybe so. nothing wholly 'american' has ever grabbed me by the balls...but thats just me...

...apart from ...psychedelic west coast country circa 1967 onwards. true story.

datura · Post by **datura** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:02 pm

badger wrote:
datura wrote:it's all about inuit skiffle these days.
innuit skiffle is about as creative as romanian knitting

as you can't even spell inuit you hippo's minge, wtf do you know?

dun know the inuit skiffle myspace fool

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