operative451 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Just heard Ed flipping Sheeran on the radio and the UK lost all its points... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) On 30/03/2019 at 21:06, Cuzzie said: I know we shouldn’t mention it, but Ze Germans did bring us Boney M, Mili Vanili, Hadaway, popularised Hasselhoff and now Rammstein. They are on our tails Boney M and Milli Vanili were both created and managed by the same guy, Frank Farrian. Most of the 'official' line up of Boney M never appeared on the recordings which used session performers and Farrian himself to complete the vocal tracks. This was not a secret nor particularly unusual for disco 'bands' who were often just the public face of tracks performed by various session musicians and the public at the time didn't care. Fast forwards a few years and Farrian put together Milli Vanilli, based on a similar principle of being the public face of music recorded by other people. This time all hell broke loose, which must have come as bit of shock to Frank after he'd done pretty much exactly the same thing before for years and nobody gave a rats backside. Edited April 2, 2019 by Cato 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 25 minutes ago, operative451 said: Just heard Ed flipping Sheeran on the radio and the UK lost all its points... I think Ginger is a separate country. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said: I think Ginger is a separate country species. 👍 Fixed (but controversial) Edited April 2, 2019 by TheGreek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 At least we simply have band/act names. We don't try to big them up and make them sound more important than they are, like the US. For instance; "The King", "The Boss", "The King of Pop", "The Queen of Soul" etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 hour ago, mikel said: At least we simply have band/act names. We don't try to big them up and make them sound more important than they are, like the US. For instance; "The King", "The Boss", "The King of Pop", "The Queen of Soul" etc etc. The UK has "God" and "The Prince of Darkness" who trump earthly rulers:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 48 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: The UK has "God" and "The Prince of Darkness" who trump earthly rulers:-) Get it right, please "The Prince of F****n Darkness" Ha. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 The thread for "Reggae Bass" was below this one...prompted a thought. Can't say I know of one American Reggae band while the UK churned out such great bands as Aswad and Steel Pulse as well as it's own creation, Lovers Rock. Gregory Isaacs and Freddy McGregor were regular visitors to these shores. I appreciate that the spiritual home for Reggae is Jamaica but the UK helped it evolve, AFAIK US didn't do anything for the genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 A fan of none of these but... Pink Floyd, Queen and David Bowie... All massive sellers, with huge followings/ fan bass and creators of cover bands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 (edited) On 02/04/2019 at 16:48, operative451 said: Just heard Ed flipping Sheeran on the radio and the UK lost all its points... then again the US loses points for bands like Journey, Boston, Foreigner etc, 80s hair metal, Emo and punk pop. But I do wonder about the UK' public's love of utterly mediocre performers whether Ed, Robbie Williams, Dido, Oasis, Adele, Coldplay, Spice Girls... Edited April 10, 2019 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 On 02/04/2019 at 10:37, Stub Mandrel said: A lot of carefully argued points of view. But the UK has Hawkwind. 😎 The UK boasts some of the highest highs... On 02/04/2019 at 16:48, operative451 said: Just heard Ed flipping Sheeran on the radio and the UK lost all its points... ...but also some of the lowest lows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 If like me you've seen Showaddywaddy ripping it up at The Wyvern in Swindon circa 2016, you soon realise what a bit player Elvis Presley actually was! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: If like me you've seen Showaddywaddy ripping it up at The Wyvern in Swindon circa 2016, you soon realise what a bit player Elvis Presley actually was! If Aerosmith had come not from Boston, MA, but from Leicester, UK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Cat Burrito said: I can imagine the awkward conversation... "OK, we've sorted out red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. That's leaves you with, err... pink?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJpullchord Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I prefer my acid techno from the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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