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I’ve always felt the UK has an outsize contribution to music, especially in modern electronic/dance music, compared to the US.
by jwagenet 4y ago
I’ve always felt the UK has an outsize contribution to music, especially in modern electronic/dance music, compared to the US.
- TylerE 4y agoArguably at least 3/5 of the greatest rock and roll hands of all time were British (Pick any of: Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Queen, Pink Floyd, Tne Clash…) A very large percentage of the musicians in those bands were graduates of the “Art Schools” of the time, which were like STEM schools, just, well, art.
- dboreham 4y agoExcept Queen, where three of the members have real degrees. <ducks>
- TylerE 4y agoThe arts schools were more like high school/trade school hybrids.
- jwagenet 4y agoYes absolutely. In my mind, the US has had a robust rock and pop history, but name an artist pre 2000 and a good chance they are from the UK. The US slays now with hip hop and r&b, but the UK has their own unique scenes like grime, which aren’t big in the states.