What Country Has The Best Music?
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I like looking up bands from different countries so my music library is pretty culturally diverse. Japanese, Polish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, etc. You name a country and I probably have a band from it.
As for my favorite: I'm torn between Norwegian and Japanese. Norway is like the birth of black metal and a lot of amazing bands come from there, but the Japanese's music is just so crazy energetic and catchy. My vote goes Japanese because bands like The Pillows, Maximum the Hormone, and Dir En Grey are played a lot more than my Norwegian stuff.
As for my favorite: I'm torn between Norwegian and Japanese. Norway is like the birth of black metal and a lot of amazing bands come from there, but the Japanese's music is just so crazy energetic and catchy. My vote goes Japanese because bands like The Pillows, Maximum the Hormone, and Dir En Grey are played a lot more than my Norwegian stuff.
I'd say right now, its Scandinavia because their metal scene is still strong.
But the Asian metal scene is catching up pretty quickly. The Japanese (previously known only for visual kei) seem to finally be getting their act together with groups like Blood Stain Child, Arise in Stability and Each of the Days.
But the Asian metal scene is catching up pretty quickly. The Japanese (previously known only for visual kei) seem to finally be getting their act together with groups like Blood Stain Child, Arise in Stability and Each of the Days.
currently I'd have to go with :
Europe (mostly UK) and Japan : their music are timeless, innovative, listening ones from the 90's still sounds awesome!
and worst..America : mostly all pop which sells on sing-a-longs, good looks, and same music. and the 'hip-hop' and RnB are now just spouting on how gangsta or how rich they are, with fail grammars.
no trolling, just my two cents.
if i get to pick the best PERIOD of music, the 90's. where most artists are still 'musicians' instead of 'rock/popstars' like today.
Europe (mostly UK) and Japan : their music are timeless, innovative, listening ones from the 90's still sounds awesome!
and worst..America : mostly all pop which sells on sing-a-longs, good looks, and same music. and the 'hip-hop' and RnB are now just spouting on how gangsta or how rich they are, with fail grammars.
no trolling, just my two cents.
if i get to pick the best PERIOD of music, the 90's. where most artists are still 'musicians' instead of 'rock/popstars' like today.
I'm not really a music person, but I would personally go with Germany for Bach, Beethoven, and Die Ärzte.
Finland and Sweden for me. You seriously can't beat Scandinavian MeloDeath.
Russia's pretty good for it too, but not as good as Scandinavia.
Russia's pretty good for it too, but not as good as Scandinavia.
In my mind its a tie between England and the United States. England started the genre of Metal and has had some of the most influential bands originate from its shores, and the united states took metal and evolved it. Thrash, speed, power metal, death metal etc popped up in the united states. So its a clean tie in my mind. Honorable mention goes to Norway and the other scandanavian countries for black metal.
The US for me. Why? A ton of my favorite bands from many genres come from here:
-Rock and Alternative: Wilco (favorite band ever), Pixies, Spoon, The Replacements, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Pavement, The National, The Black Keys, Nirvana, Tom Petty, The Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend, Smashing Pumpkins, White Stripes, Velvet Underground...
-Punk: Minutemen, Fugazi, Husker Du, Titus Andronicus, Sonic Youth, Bad Religion, No Age, Fucked Up, Surfer Blood...
-Folk and Bluegrass: The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, Bon Iver, Joshua James, Bltizen Trapper, Johnny Cash, The Decemberists, Neutral Milk Hotel, Iron and Wine, Carolina Chocolate Drops...
-Hip Hop and Electronic: LCD Soundsystem, The Roots, Janelle Monae, Girl Talk, Kanye West, Jay-Z, The Fugees, Gil Scot-Heron, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul,
-Baby Making Music (or just Old School style R&B): Bill Withers, Al Green, John Legend, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, (Some) Stevie Wonder...
And last but not least, that genre-spanning devil in my avatar: Tom Waits
-Rock and Alternative: Wilco (favorite band ever), Pixies, Spoon, The Replacements, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, Pavement, The National, The Black Keys, Nirvana, Tom Petty, The Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend, Smashing Pumpkins, White Stripes, Velvet Underground...
-Punk: Minutemen, Fugazi, Husker Du, Titus Andronicus, Sonic Youth, Bad Religion, No Age, Fucked Up, Surfer Blood...
-Folk and Bluegrass: The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, Bon Iver, Joshua James, Bltizen Trapper, Johnny Cash, The Decemberists, Neutral Milk Hotel, Iron and Wine, Carolina Chocolate Drops...
-Hip Hop and Electronic: LCD Soundsystem, The Roots, Janelle Monae, Girl Talk, Kanye West, Jay-Z, The Fugees, Gil Scot-Heron, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul,
-Baby Making Music (or just Old School style R&B): Bill Withers, Al Green, John Legend, Marvin Gaye, Barry White, (Some) Stevie Wonder...
And last but not least, that genre-spanning devil in my avatar: Tom Waits
Germany for these main reasons:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Without these composers, modern music as we know it would not exist.
As far as more modern music, I'm going to have to go with America because
of the evolution of Jazz that happened here.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
Without these composers, modern music as we know it would not exist.
As far as more modern music, I'm going to have to go with America because
of the evolution of Jazz that happened here.