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David Baker
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire  Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:04 pm |
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These UK versus US topics have me scratching my head over what to do about some of my favorite bands.
So let's skip the decades and just list the five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire. Mine would be:
ABBA
Crowded House
a-ha
Guess Who/Bachman-Turner Overdrive
INXS
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Geff R.
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:47 am |
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I love Music & hate brickwalled audio
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If you hadn't of said "bands", I could have easily come up with 10 great Canadian Singer Songwriters! But since you did.....
Scorpions
Pied Pumkin
Blue Rodeo
Cowboy Junkies
Guess Who
My runners up are Focus, Goanna & Novalis
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Steve
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:27 am |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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Midnight Oil
Men at Work
Men Without Hats
AC/DC
ABBA
If anyone says "Nickelback", I will shoot them in the face.
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GoogaMooga
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:46 am |
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1966 and all that
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ABBA
Kraftwerk
The Band
The Skatalites
The Wailers
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Robert Meagher
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:53 am |
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Easybeats
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Jeff
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:41 am |
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Kraftwerk
KMFDM
Rammstein
Skinny Puppy
Bob Marley and the Wailers
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Greg Carrier
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:03 am |
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Who are those guys?
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Cowboy Junkies
The Guess Who
Crowded House
The Kings of Convenience
The Church
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Steve G
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:51 am |
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The Church
The Saints
Bob marley & The Wailers
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
The Band
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
AC/DC
Rush
Can
Tangerine Dream
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:00 am |
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The Pope of Pop!
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ABBA
Kraftwerk
Tangerine Dream
Bob Marley & the Wailers
AC/DC
Focus
Rush
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Glenn S.
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:28 am |
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ABBA
Kraftwerk
The Sugarcubes
Pizzicato Five
The Cardigans (pre-Gran Turismo)
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Federico
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:55 am |
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Sun Ra Arkestra (off-planet)
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:59 am |
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The Pope of Pop!
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GWAR (Antarctica, reportedly)
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:14 am |
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Oops, forgot Split Enz from New Zeland. Can I change my vote? (Hey, I'm from Florida...)
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:43 pm |
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Bee Gees
ABBA
AC/DC
The Guess Who
BTO
I want to also mention Steppenwolf because I didn't list them anywhere else. Two of the original members were Canadian, and John Kay became a Canadian citizen, so although they may not technically qualify I'm squeezing them into the post.
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:23 pm |
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1. ABBA
2. Crowded House
3. Midnight Oil
4. The Sugarcubes
5. The Chills
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David Baker
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:27 pm |
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Geff R. wrote: If you hadn't of said "bands", I could have easily come up with 10 great Canadian Singer Songwriters! I'm in complete agreement, Geff. I'm not sure I could hold that list to 10. But the other threads specified bands, so thought I'd keep to the same track here. And no "Gran Turismo," Glenn? That's my favorite from the Cardigans...
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:25 am |
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1966 and all that
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Glenn S. wrote: Can I change my vote? (Hey, I'm from Florida...) 
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:53 am |
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Smokin' D'oh !
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Savage Rose (Denmark)
Atomic Swing (Sweden)
Shocking Blue (Holland)
Os Mutantes (Brazil)
Kraftwerk (Germany)
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:22 pm |
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I think I actually put this in one of the polls already but I forget what I put, but these rule:
Rush (Canada)
Golden Earring (Netherlands)
Loudness (Japan)
Men At Work (Australia)
Daft Punk (France)
and so many more!
I cheat-here's a few more I love:
Scorpions (Germany)
King Diamond (Denmark)
AC/DC (Australia)
Midnight Oil (Australia)
Accept (Germany)
Opeth (Sweden)
Triumph (Canada)
Kraftwerk (Germany)
Red Rider (Canada)
Air (France)
Goblin (Italy)
Bjork (Iceland)
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Glenn S.
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:57 pm |
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David Baker wrote:
And no "Gran Turismo," Glenn? That's my favorite from the Cardigans... I liked the earlier stuff better because there was an interesting contrast between the mostly upbeat music and the mostly downbeat lyrics. Gran Turismo simply paired dark lyrics with dark music, and to me that's less interesting. As I said on another thread, my impression was that they were somehow embarassed by the success of "Love Fool" and went to the other extreme musically. Gran Turismo has pages of positive reviews on Amazon, but it just wasn't for me.
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:58 pm |
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ACDC (Australia)
The Band (Canada)
Crowded House (New Zealand)
The Guess Who (Canada)
Rush (Canada)
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Post subject: Five best bands that hail from neither the US nor UK/Eire Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:40 pm |
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Crowded House
Blue Rodeo
AC/DC
Arcade Fire (though they're quasi-American)
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