I'm from the UK. When you look at how many great solo artists, bands, and albums our small island has produced (the size of Ohio and one-fifth of the US population) I am so proud.
@@ICLight412 And blues has its roots in African music... Sorry I thought we were making irrelevant comments to shoehorn black achievement into any possible crevice of a conversation. Unless you'd like to be disingenuous and claim you hear and undercurrent of African influence in British rock. Imagine if you actually looked around and realised white people created the world you live in. What day is it tomorrow? Thursday? And where did that originated from? 😂😂😂
The United Kingdom have had, and still do, the most influential, inspirational, and iconic bands in the history of music, that this list would be endless, while also being added to year on year, that our nations hold no bounds to who we create next. Not bad for these small little islands is it 😉
I’ve just listened to the 2023 remaster, I sat and just listened to it, mainly with my eyes closed. It is still perfect, and I’m astounded how it sounds like it was recorded just yesterday, not FIFTY years ago!!
@@michaelyoung7802 Yeah, but not everyone knows what's what. The Internet idiots were going like "Pink Floyd have gone woke" after seeing the 🌈 on the cover!! Absolute mor0ns!!
@@monty2005 I'm going to see a PF tribute band in May and another in June. My son absolutely loves them and bought us both tickets. I taught him well. :)
@@elemar5 I saw one called The UK Pink Floyd experiance 4 years ago. They are amazing they all play wonderful and they have a great light and slide show as well.
I don't know if you realise it, but Fleetwood Mac was originally a British band. It became a British/American band when they included Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Stevie and Christine Mc Vie (keyboard player and fellow song writer) became fast friends. Stevie was heart broken when her friend Christine died 💔
Although an excellent selection, this list barely scratches the surface of iconic British bands. Would be really good if you do some more reactions- there is so much,, you'd be spoilt for choice!👍🇬🇧
Of course there are great rock bands and artists around the world and many are certainly American, but in my opinion when it comes to rock, the greatest producer of talent is the UK.
For a small island we definitely punch well above our weight. I could list another hundred UK albums and bands that hold their own and have been copied around the world. Slowthai's latest album, Ugly, is doing it for me at the mo'. Feel Good is a great song/vid'. One album I have to mention, Massive Attack's Blue Lines. It introduced the world to Trip Hop, a Bristol scene like Seattle was to Grunge, and the track Unfinished Sympathy is now a classic.
@@lewilewis3944 The wild bunch were what massive attack called themself before they became massive attack and they had and still have a graffiti artist in the band who was originally called 3D.
I would of had The Clash with London's Calling in there. That album kick started so many other bands all over the world. And songs from it have been covered by so many artists.
I instantly thought what about The Clash and also The Stranglers and Squeeze, T-Rex, and many more great bands not listed. But I suppose if you are only picking 10 you have to miss a lot out.
My wife was lucky enough to interview Mick Jagger when she was a Radio Journalist about 10 years ago. She said he was an utter gent & treated her better than most in her career. What a guy 👌
they neglected to mention The Prodigy, in the early 90s this band just tore up the rulebook and dayum was it good. (edit: i went to this event, it was truly mindbending > The Prodigy Live Milton Keynes Bowl 24.07.2010)
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too. But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect There are so very many to go through) Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
Milton Keynes was the best gig I've ever been to, and probably ever will. Hearing them do Weather Experience was surreal, as they hadn't done it live for about 18 years
King Crimson album In the court Of The Crimson King was very influentual in regards of Progressive music.The opening song was mind blowing at the time. The rest was kind of peaceful but at times frantic jazzy sounds Maybe Cream deserve a mention with their album Disraeli Gears, Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood kind of english Folky but with lotsof inventive lyrics and playing.
stinkpooter ... Yes king Crimson and other bands of similar ilk at that time had some fantastic music, musical poetry much of it, magical/fantasy stories to music.
Manchester had a lot of bands. The Smiths, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Elbow, The Stone Roses, Oasis to name a few. But it is crazy how many amazing bands come from this little Island. Even new bands like Wet Leg are so good.
I agree new bands and definitely Wet Leg are up and coming. Wet Leg having won a couple of Brit Awards and Grammys in 2023, pegs the way for their future, I hope. I watched a few of their videos and liked their music. At over a half century old, I still find that new sounds can be found and enjoyed!
@@PaulOutdoors they split opinion massively, I can't stand them and don't know many under 50 that like them whereas my parents lap it up still! I find them very tedious
@@olly115 We all have our foibles, our likes and dislikes Olly and that is good. I discovered Nightwish with Floor Jansen just over a year ago am deeply immerse in that rabbit hole. 👍😊
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too. But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect There are so very many to go through) Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
@@azzajames7661 I have been a lifelong E.L.O. "fan" Azza but only recently got in to Iron Maiden after watching and listening to an After Forever cover of Maidens "Evil that Men Do" sung by Floor Jansen. I discovered a band called Nightwish just over 12 months ago. They are a symphonic metal band with lead singer Floor Jansen. They blew me away and are now my go to. Phenomenal live band. 👍😊
@@PaulOutdoors That is great. For me Iron Maiden is the best (live) band in the world. With live songs like "Fear Of The Dark" and "the Dance Of Death" and "When The Wild Wind Blows" and "Sign Of The Cross" and "Rime of the ancient mariner" and "Clansman" Oh, wait there are too many lol.
A lot there, but no Deep Purple? No Dire Straits? Gerry and the Pacemakers? Cliff Richard and the Shadows? Cream and Fleetwood Mac? The Who and The Kinks? the Moody Blues? Status Que, Fairport Convention, ELO, Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Coldplay, it is a very deep well.
Def Leppard are indeed from Sheffield, England. Honestly there are too many great British bands to mention, could be listing them for ages. But since I'm from Sheffield, I shall add Arctic Monkeys, Pulp and Human League.
I know Rod Stewart had the Faces. Elton John had his band. Hollies, ..he ain't heavy, symbol of the Vietnam war. Kinks, you really got me. One of the first guitar rock tracks. T,rex with Mark Bolen ,Duran Duran, Genesis,Police. E..L.O , Supertramp , Roxy Music, Fleetwood Mac (half) Deep Purple, Moody Blues ..etc.. can go on forever.
@@grahamheffer6535 Ah, good. We can talk in English then. Lol. I wasn't referring to albums, but as far as singles are concerned, I think the video for Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most important music videos.
@@stuartkseels i completely agree a great video remember watching its first airing my dad came from Cambridge so had to! Lots of videos before it though for example Bowie made a fair few .
Considering how many albums there are to choose from this is a good list. I do think The Bends or OK Computer (Radiohead) should be included on the main list because they came smack in the middle of Britpop & shook things up. They were incredible live - especially when they headlined Glastonbury in the '90s & the monitors went down but noone in the audience realised.
If you can have solo artists like David Bowie, then I would argue that Kate Bush's Hounds of Love was massively influential to a lot of the alternate acts that started out in the late eighties and early nineties. Oasis were extremely popular but I've not really heard many songwriters stating that they were a major influence on their work. So if influence is the measuring stick, I'm not convinced Oasis should make the list.
The rock acts that are billed as a solo artist are a mixed bag. Some have a steady lineup and even have songwriting credits on the albums, others bring various people on from time to time. Stevie Ray Vaughn got his first big exposure on Bowie's Let's Dance, but wasn't a steady part of his lineup. But the steady ones should qualify like bands.
@@elemar5 Nah, it's a solo Bowie album. Spiders from Mars were the imaginary Ziggy's backing band (though Bowie did of course have a backing band who 'played' the Spiders)
Nobody could argue that all the albums on this list were hugely influential. Nevertheless, if we're listing the albums which made huge novel strides and are claimed by many other bands to have influenced their sound the most, surely 10cc's eponimous first album, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, and Supertramp's Breakfast in America should each be mentioned. Of the Beatles albums, I suggest that The White Album broke more new ground than any other from the Fab Four.
Don't know about 10cc's first, although I do remember a couple of singles off of it. Personally it was 'Sheet Music' for me but if any were influential, surely it would have been 'The original soundtrack'? People seem to have forgotten how big this album and the band were at the time? To be fair, many have forgotten Mike Oldfield too, perhaps they should re-release 'The Exorcist' as a reminder how good it was?
Massive fan of the early 10cc stuff, very ahead of it's time! I think "how Dare you" is probably my favourite LP though (mainly for Mandy)... I recently inherited my dad's vinyl collection and got to listen to them all again as I first heard them when I was a kid. Actually all of the ones you mentioned are in there :) "Yes" deserves a mention too!
I feel like The Cure’s Disintegration was hugely influential to many band and artists around at the moment. I am surprised it didn’t get into the honourable mentions
Absolutely. Well probably have to wait until The Cure finally split up or Robert dies for true appreciation of such a stunning album. Remember this album won many album of the year awards in an extremely sting year for music(Pixies:Doolittle,Stone Roses:S/T, New Order:Technique an so on)
Because we are such a small island musicians were and are constantly crossing paths with each other, so there is a constant mixing of talent. It's quite common to find major artists who have at one time or another played in the same band. So much cross fertilisation is bound to raise the levels.
Loved this, really interesting who they chose and who they left out. I was lucky enough to join the Bristol Police (Anon and Somerset Constabulary UK) in 1975 and in 1976 the Rolling Stones came to the Ashton Gate stadium to do a concert and I was on duty posted behind the band on the stage. It was mind blowing. I now live across the Mersey from Liverpool, home to our amazing and much loved Beatles, and by chance my 'O' Level school exam at 16 for art was partly to do a painting based on Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds! So glad I grew up in an age where music was written and made, not just pumped out of a computer.
While there is plenty of maufactured junk out there, there are still true artists plying their trade. I recommend checking out Ren if you don't think there is any written and made music anymore.
The Beautiful South, Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Skunk Anansie, Kaiser Chiefs, Sleeper, Kasabian, Garbage - the list of epic British bands are endless xxx
Skunk Anansie are so underrated and relatively forgotten 🔥 Garbage were American bar Shirley but great band Massive Attack and The Prodigy were outstanding too
So many missing from this list, but glad Anna pulled up one.... here's just a few that I can think of off the top of my head that were missing from that list..... Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast Faithless - Reverence Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Spice Girls - Spiceworld King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King ELO - Out of the Blue Prodigy - The Prodigy Experience Portishead - Dummy Massive Attack - Blue Lines Fleetwood Mac - Rumours. People always underestimate just how much UK music has changed the world.....
Spice girls was just manufactured drivel. Didn't break any new ground, like muchnof modern pop it was manufactured to be "safe" using paterns already established that people are familiar with to make "instant hits" no different to any of the other manufactured bands (boyzone, take that, five, 5sos, one direction, and so on)
I have been listening to music since the 50s but didn't really get into it until the British Invasion (ca 1964). I recently made a list of my favorite bands or musicians of all time, roughly in order at the top. Of my favorite 15, one is Canadian, one Irish, and the rest British. I owe so much to that country (not to mention the writers).
For impact and getting banned Frankie Goes To Hollywood and RELAX and their first time on The Tube was a moment ! And Jimmy Summerville's Smalltown Boy had some impact, without actually getting banned
To me, the top 5 is Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Sex Pistols! But when it comes to the best Pink Floyd album ever, imo, The Wall (double album) just takes the cake! It was so far ahead of it's time, as an entire experience, that it's honestly wild when i think about it.
Take That lol. Seriously?! I mean they're probably one of the best boy bands to come out of the UK but they shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as those others IMO as they're a band that was manufactured by certain music industry figures, basically to just sell records, not make great music.
@@Steve_W27 TAKE THAT sold over 45,000,000 albums worldwide, including 14,519,000 in the United Kingdom. I'm sure many would agree with me. Girls self harmed themselves and attempted suicide when Robbie Williams left the band. I wasn't a fan personally, but they were virtually worshipped around the world.
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too. But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, 10cc, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect There are so very many to go through) Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
The Who “Who’s next or,Tommy”Peter Frampton “Frampton comes alive”Great bands such as The Kinks,Muse,Yes,Cream,Eric Clapton ,The Police,Elvis Costello,Genesis,etc.A lot great music across the pond.I’ve been into various British music movements for decades.I think the production on many English band albums are superior.
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too. But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect There are so very many to go through) Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
These are just a few mainstream options that barely scratch the surface; Blur - Park Life Pulp - Different Class Dire Straits - Love Over Gold Kate Bush - Hounds of Love Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells OMD - Architecture and Morality Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell ELO - Out of the Blue Genesis - Selling England by the Pound Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One Massive Attack - Blue Lines Gorillaz - Demon Days Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour Wham - Make it Big Japan - Tin Drum Stone Roses - The Stone Roses Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle Duran Duran - Rio Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Talk Talk - Laughing Stock The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld Mark Bolan and T.Rex - The Slider The Clash - London Calling Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Fleetood Mac - Rumours Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap ABC - The Lexicon of Love Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches New Order - Substance Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Supertramp - Breakfast In America Tears for Fears - The Hurting Human League - Dare
Progressive bands like Pink Floyd, their albums are a journey according to the setting of the tracks from start to finish. There's a number of bands that came after Floyd that does this such as Nine Inch Nails and Tool. As for the double guitars, I can see the practicality of them as instrument tuning can change from song to song and for Zeppelin to use one for their Stairway to heaven. They would have to have breaks in the song for the guitarist to swap guitars.
As a Beatles fan I would add all their albums, because all of them were original. The cake on Let It Bleed was the work of a cook, who became one of the most famous British television cooks, Delia Smith. Look for her books, it good basic cookery and she also published books on basic cooking skills and how to save money by using pre prepared ingredients. Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the best selling albums of all time, so many people have a copy, including me.
I've owned probably half these albums in the last 50+ years. Oh, the "that's a long ass song, like 12 minutes". I suggest you look closely at Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, the album cut of "Karn Evil 9" is 29 minutes and 32 seconds. The live cut is over 35. A lot of their stuff was 20 plus minutes. Yes is another band that put out 15 to 30 minute masterpieces.
For such a small country 🇬🇧we have influenced so many bands and we have some great music probably best bands ever come from this little island and there’s loads more that didn’t get a mention 🇬🇧
@@youser1093 yes I was about 300/400 meters away in a hospital called St Andrews which sadly aint there anymore but I'm sure if you googled it you can find out and that is why I call myself true Cockney we're a dieing breed
Not forgetting the many rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s that had some fantastic music and have not had a mention here, King Crimson and Yes being just two such bands.
OMG - you MUST listen to Ziggy Stardust - the entire album. And of course, Pink Floyd and Sgt Peppers. Oh, and PLEASE do not mention that girl group in this list - they do not belong anywhere near it.
I have an American friend who is fanatical about British music and regards it as the best. I don't think that there is a single British band or artist that he dislikes. He does seem to have a special obsession about The Clash and The Cure.
Hi, guys. Just found you. Great stuff! The House of the Rising Sun was first sung by Clarence Ashley a US singer way back can you believe in 1933!!! JT...you have GOT to listen to David Bowie's albums. ALL OF THEM!
I am from St Helens which is about 10 miles from Liverpool. One day I was working next door to where Paul McCartney grew up! Lots of tourists where in the street at the time. But the best part about it was, the customer used to date Paul and told us stories all day. She had lived there all her life! Her photos of them where fantastic and John, George , Pete Best then Ringo. The job should of taken 2hrs but we was there for about 5hrs ! 🤣 what brilliant day.
How about the Kinks - a wide range of groundbreaking musical styles (incl. original proto punk over a decade before the sex pistols) - example: "KINKS" You Really Got Me (1964)
I had a contractor from the USA working with me in New Zealand about 30 years ago. "I'm blown away by the number of Americans playing on New Zealand radio" she said. "Who are your favorites?" I asked. She said, "George Michael, Dire Straits, The Rolling Stones, Paul Macartney"............
I enjoyed your reaction thoroughly and was pleasantly surprised with your knowledge and passion. Most of these groups 'hit singles' do not approach doing justice the the breadth and depth of their art over their albums ... Bowie's 70's work, Sabbaths 70's albums , Zeppelin of course. The only fly in the ointment for me was Oasis who i agree had a popular sound, instantly recognizable, but for me there's was a small body of work and that was one dimensional in my view, nothing like the multi dimensional group the Beatles who inspired them. Well done
it annoys me when i hear haters say "Queen are over rated", they obviously have never listened to the first 6 albums, sure if all they've heard is radio gaga and 'break free they would think that but Queen 2, sheer heart attack and a night at the opera has some amazing stuff on it 👑✊🇬🇧
If you’ve ever watched the program ‘Charmed’ which is about three sisters who are witches the theme of that the Original series, which is called ‘How soon is now’ is actually the Smiths.
In my humble opinion one of the best British bands especially live is the fantastic HAWKWIND, They have such a massive back catalogue that there's something for everyone, a good start is their hit SILVER MACHINE, Theres so much to like. All the very best, 😁👍👍👍👍👊🇬🇧🇬🇧🌍.
@@matt01506 Really? Hawkwind have played so many gigs in their time I wouldn't be to surprised, I myself have seen them play many times, the very first time I saw them was as a young teenager in the early eighties at the Leas cliff hall in Folkestone Kent, it was part of their Choose your masks tour, mind blown loved them ever since. Thank you for your reply, all the very best, 👍👊✌️🇬🇧🌍.
Like other commenters, I'd like to see the two of you react to movies, especially Brit-based movies. There are so many to pick from, old and new, and different genres. The original "The Italian Job" is a classic. We do good cop movies, comedies and fantasies. Just a suggestion.
Billy Liar, Goldfinger, Clockwork Orange, Lawrence of Arabia, Third Man, a Fish Called Wanda, A Hard Day's Night, Hamlet (1948), Blow Up, Tom Jones, Bridge On The River Kwai, Monty Python Holy Grail - for starters
In the 'New Wave' category I probably would've picked Eurythmics over The Smiths. I was in High School and College during the 80s and you were WAY more likely to hear and listen to the Eurythmics over The Smiths. I always thought of them as kind of a niche 'weak-goth band,' same with The Cure (as opposed to 'true goth' like Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy). Depeche Mode would also fit the bill better for that time period. Just my opinion though. I do have albums by ALL of those bands and like them quite a lot.
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too. But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, 10cc, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect There are so very many to go through) Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
Joy Division, Blur, Massive Attack, New Order, Prodigy I was also going to say Fleetwood Mac, but their lead singer is American so 🤷♂️ why stretch when there's far more
One of the video clips was from a show called "The Old Grey Whistle Test" which was a very popular late night musice show when I was growing up (LOL - showing my age). The show had all kinds of bands and solo singers on, and you should go look up videos of the show. I think you would be amazed at what around in those days.
Agreed. Electric Warrior is a great album and I actually prefer the b sides and album tracks from T.Rex from Cosmic Dancer, Thunderwing, Rabbit Fighter to Dandy in the Underworld, Cadillac and Rapids. So many great songs. KALMIYH.
They missed Hawkwind, their album A Space Ritual Alive In Liverpool And London is considered by many to be the best live album ever recorded, the six panel fold out cover is hands down the best ever. Johnny Rotten said there would have been no Sex Pistols without Hawkwind's song Brainstorm. Lemmy also started playing bass with them around that time.
It helped that we speak the same language. House of the rising sun was considered to be a Bob Dylan song before the animals did it and after Bob said he couldn't sing it again because it was now an animals song but before Bob used to sing it somebody else did but I can't remember who it was. The beatles were without doubt the most influential group the world has ever seen and I consider Queen to be the best live group thats ever lived. How many Americans thought some of these were american groups? I enjoyed the post and agree that the Spice girls changed the girls music scene... Girl power.
@@azzajames7661 That's certainly the most well known version. Originally an American folk song, it is thought to have been written by Georgia Turner and Bert Martin. Many artists have covered the song over the years with variations on the lyrics.
@meehan666googlemail Even Alan Price, who is credited writing the song, has said it's an old English folk song, which could have been taken to the original 13 colonies, now know as the usa by Great Britain.
The main reason Brit pop made such an impact in the US is because of video in the 80s. Back when music made its way over to video format it became immensely popular all over the western world and at the fore front of that in the US was MTV. In Britain we already had a head start with music videos thanks largely to a show called Top of the Pops and when MTV rolled out there were hardly any US bands with music videos and all of the most popular stuff on MTV was Brit pop. At one point 9/10 of the top songs in the US were by British bands which is testiment to how much a music video sold an artists work.
I'm 56 and have to agree, I've seen them 3 times and at first wasn't a fan till I took my daughter to see them, been a fan since 😂 There is nothing original out there these days and The 1975 cornered that market.
You should react to a British crowd singing bohemian rhapsody at the green day gig warm up in England, this is how you learn how we know from birth how to sing together. Many US artists live playing the UK because our audiences are so different, we are born with a primal live of singing together
Iron Maiden? Brilliant but, did any of their albums change music forever? Probably not as they were just a later part of that new wave of British Heavy metal as band like Judas Priest were earlier and were of the same genre. With The Animals, you're right. At least with the early stuff, much was re-arranged American Blues bought to the masses.
Here's my personal list, I was a teenager in the 90s so there's some big influences from then... 10) Parklife - Blur 09) Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 08) Untrue - Burial 07) Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers 06) Maxinquaye - Tricky 05) Happy Songs for Happy People - Mogwai 04) OK Computer - Radiohead 03) Protection - Massive Attack 02) Low - David Bowie 01) Dummy - Portishead
House of the Rising Sun is a very popular cover song because no one knows who wrote it, so the songwriters royalties go to the person who arranged it for the recording. If you were to record House of the Rising Sun and were down as the performer and arranger, you would be entitled to both the performance and songwriters royalties if it was released and made any money.
Geri Halliwell began dating Christian Horner, the team principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team, in February 2014. They announced their engagement on 11 November 2014 and the couple were married on 15 May 2015 at St Mary's Church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England. Born Geraldine Estelle Halliwell, so almost Adele.
Note about the cover of "Dark side of the moon". The record company commissioned an artist to do it, and he prepared a presentation with several works for the band to choose from. When they arrived, they just siad, "Yeah, that one will do" without a great deal of reflection. The rest, as they say, is history.
Very surprised The Who was not in the list, if anyone has watched any episode of CSI on TV (CSI, CSI Miami, CSI New York, CSI New Orleans, CSI Cyber) then you will have heard a Who song as all the theme tunes are by The Who :-) not that they are only famous for then :-)
'British bands are good' is like 'the sky is blue'. Well done for noticing.
British Bands are the best......................hands down
Don't be so insufferable
Ain’t no way the sky is blue. How long have you been sitting on this information?
as a nocturnalist i beg to differ
as a Brit, not only that but a British musician, I'd say this comment is a bit snarky. reign it in mate!
I'm from the UK. When you look at how many great solo artists, bands, and albums our small island has produced (the size of Ohio and one-fifth of the US population) I am so proud.
Their influence came from blues out the southern US
@@ICLight412 And blues has its roots in African music...
Sorry I thought we were making irrelevant comments to shoehorn black achievement into any possible crevice of a conversation. Unless you'd like to be disingenuous and claim you hear and undercurrent of African influence in British rock.
Imagine if you actually looked around and realised white people created the world you live in. What day is it tomorrow? Thursday? And where did that originated from? 😂😂😂
We done good! But now it's to expensive to tour in Europe! Et merde.
@@ICLight412 yes, every single band from the UK ever, was inspired by the blues 😂
@@Sif3r haha exactly
In Heaven, the British are in charge of the music. And the Pubs...........
And the stand up comedy 😂
with the Austrian south burgenländer
Not nowadays music is shit in uk
The United Kingdom have had, and still do, the most influential, inspirational, and iconic bands in the history of music, that this list would be endless, while also being added to year on year, that our nations hold no bounds to who we create next. Not bad for these small little islands is it 😉
Plus the world's most spoken second language of others comes from the UK too
Well said!
Can you believe Dark Side Of The Moon is 50 years old? Utterly timeless... give another 50 and it will still be as good, absolute masterpiece.
I’ve just listened to the 2023 remaster, I sat and just listened to it, mainly with my eyes closed. It is still perfect, and I’m astounded how it sounds like it was recorded just yesterday, not FIFTY years ago!!
Anniversary box set just released.
@@michaelyoung7802 Yeah, but not everyone knows what's what.
The Internet idiots were going like "Pink Floyd have gone woke" after seeing the 🌈 on the cover!!
Absolute mor0ns!!
@@monty2005 I'm going to see a PF tribute band in May and another in June. My son absolutely loves them and bought us both tickets. I taught him well. :)
@@elemar5 I saw one called The UK Pink Floyd experiance 4 years ago. They are amazing they all play wonderful and they have a great light and slide show as well.
I don't know if you realise it, but Fleetwood Mac was originally a British band. It became a British/American band when they included Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Stevie and Christine Mc Vie (keyboard player and fellow song writer) became fast friends. Stevie was heart broken when her friend Christine died 💔
Peter greens Fleetwood mac
Dont forget the Bob Welch years before the toothsome twosome.
Although an excellent selection, this list barely scratches the surface of iconic British bands. Would be really good if you do some more reactions- there is so much,, you'd be spoilt for choice!👍🇬🇧
facta
Yeah they should have at least included Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.
Oh also AC-DC
@@captainkenzie6873 Australian!
Few do buddy, unfortunately America rules in most things an the iconic things from the UK get pushed to the side
Of course there are great rock bands and artists around the world and many are certainly American, but in my opinion when it comes to rock, the greatest producer of talent is the UK.
For a small island we definitely punch well above our weight. I could list another hundred UK albums and bands that hold their own and have been copied around the world. Slowthai's latest album, Ugly, is doing it for me at the mo'. Feel Good is a great song/vid'. One album I have to mention, Massive Attack's Blue Lines. It introduced the world to Trip Hop, a Bristol scene like Seattle was to Grunge, and the track Unfinished Sympathy is now a classic.
isn't Banksy in massive attack or was that the wild bunch lol
@@markpotter8280 He's from the same city, Bristol. Pretty sure he wasn't in Massive Attack, but who knows? He's anonymous. Who tf are the wild bunch?!
@@lewilewis3944 The wild bunch were what massive attack called themself before they became massive attack and they had and still have a graffiti artist in the band who was originally called 3D.
Unfinished SYMPATHY 🤣🤣🤣
Do you mean symphony?
@@mickk8519 No. Google it and never make assumptions.
just saw this video and my god everytime i see david bowie i cry instantly i still miss him even now 7 years later rest in peace mr bowie
So true , rest easy also Mr Mick Ronson ......
I would of had The Clash with London's Calling in there. That album kick started so many other bands all over the world. And songs from it have been covered by so many artists.
Magnificent Seven
"I would HAVE had ..."
I instantly thought what about The Clash and also The Stranglers and Squeeze, T-Rex, and many more great bands not listed. But I suppose if you are only picking 10 you have to miss a lot out.
Clash paved the way for the Smiths.
@@cihunter4986 omg TRex yes
My wife was lucky enough to interview Mick Jagger when she was a Radio Journalist about 10 years ago. She said he was an utter gent & treated her better than most in her career. What a guy 👌
Mu aunt met the Stones a few times as she worked at the TV company. She said same about Jagger (and Stones as a whole.)
Never heard of The Smiths and barely know Bowie? Wow that's crazy
Yes, that is definitely Patsy Cline!
they neglected to mention The Prodigy, in the early 90s this band just tore up the rulebook and dayum was it good. (edit: i went to this event, it was truly mindbending > The Prodigy Live Milton Keynes Bowl 24.07.2010)
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too.
But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect
There are so very many to go through)
Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
Milton Keynes was the best gig I've ever been to, and probably ever will. Hearing them do Weather Experience was surreal, as they hadn't done it live for about 18 years
True!
King Crimson album In the court Of The Crimson King was very influentual in regards of Progressive music.The opening song was mind blowing at the time. The rest was kind of peaceful but at times frantic jazzy sounds Maybe Cream deserve a mention with their album Disraeli Gears,
Jethro Tull Songs from the Wood kind of english Folky but with lotsof inventive lyrics and playing.
Totally agree! Thanks for recommending these great works ! 🇬🇧👍
stinkpooter ... Yes king Crimson and other bands of similar ilk at that time had some fantastic music, musical poetry much of it, magical/fantasy stories to music.
Manchester had a lot of bands. The Smiths, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Elbow, The Stone Roses, Oasis to name a few. But it is crazy how many amazing bands come from this little Island. Even new bands like Wet Leg are so good.
do you think the Lead singer of Elbow sounds like Sting
Birmingham has it.
@SvenTviking without a doubt they do. And a couple of the greatest
I agree new bands and definitely Wet Leg are up and coming. Wet Leg having won a couple of Brit Awards and Grammys in 2023, pegs the way for their future, I hope. I watched a few of their videos and liked their music. At over a half century old, I still find that new sounds can be found and enjoyed!
James as well :)
So many great Bands missing of this list as commented on below Especially Iron Maiden, Fleetwood Mac, Duran Duran , ELO etc
Yes agree. E.L.O. are in a genre all on their own 👍😊
Dire straits
@@PaulOutdoors they split opinion massively, I can't stand them and don't know many under 50 that like them whereas my parents lap it up still! I find them very tedious
@@olly115 We all have our foibles, our likes and dislikes Olly and that is good. I discovered Nightwish with Floor Jansen just over a year ago am deeply immerse in that rabbit hole. 👍😊
All of those bands should be ahead of The Smiths
Deep purple,made in Japan. They were with Led Zep & Sabbath known as the the Holy Trinity of British heavy rock.
Great album. And if we're being honest, Sabbath and Zeppelin are pub bands in comparison to Deep Purple.
British bands are the best in the world this list is very good but there missing so many awesome band's that change the world
E.L.O.
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too.
But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect
There are so very many to go through)
Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
@@azzajames7661 I have been a lifelong E.L.O. "fan" Azza but only recently got in to Iron Maiden after watching and listening to an After Forever cover of Maidens "Evil that Men Do" sung by Floor Jansen. I discovered a band called Nightwish just over 12 months ago. They are a symphonic metal band with lead singer Floor Jansen. They blew me away and are now my go to. Phenomenal live band. 👍😊
@@PaulOutdoors That is great.
For me Iron Maiden is the best (live) band in the world. With live songs like "Fear Of The Dark" and "the Dance Of Death" and "When The Wild Wind Blows" and "Sign Of The Cross" and "Rime of the ancient mariner" and "Clansman" Oh, wait there are too many lol.
Dire Straits :)
A lot there, but no Deep Purple? No Dire Straits? Gerry and the Pacemakers? Cliff Richard and the Shadows? Cream and Fleetwood Mac? The Who and The Kinks? the Moody Blues? Status Que, Fairport Convention, ELO, Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Coldplay, it is a very deep well.
The who played at the start
And the Artic Monkeys
Ub40
Fleetwood Mac were 50/50 British/American.😊
There’s only 10 bands that you can fit into a top 10. It’s all subjective but there is probably a reason these were picked, probably album sales etc…
The Clash are an Iconic British Band , The Police by the Police ( Sting was their front Singer )
Def Leppard are indeed from Sheffield, England. Honestly there are too many great British bands to mention, could be listing them for ages. But since I'm from Sheffield, I shall add Arctic Monkeys, Pulp and Human League.
You forgot Richard Hawley.
Whatever people say should’ve been on here
Joe Cocker and the Grease Band with Leon Russell.
Dronfield, shirley?
More honourable mention's Bad Company, Dire Straits, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Simply Red.
Simply red 😂
bad company is way underrated, proper supergroup
@@DavidDavid-ll6ghNot as good as Free, which they grew out of.
I know Rod Stewart had the Faces. Elton John had his band. Hollies, ..he ain't heavy, symbol of the Vietnam war. Kinks, you really got me. One of the first guitar rock tracks. T,rex with Mark Bolen ,Duran Duran, Genesis,Police.
E..L.O , Supertramp , Roxy Music, Fleetwood Mac (half) Deep Purple, Moody Blues ..etc.. can go on forever.
*Marc Bolan
Can't believe the Smiths made his list ? they were not influential at all, not in the same league as the bands you mention.
@@johnmalin1676 The Smtihs embody every reason that I hate of 80's music
To be fair, The Police were one-third American (Stuart Copeland on drums).
QUEEN - Bohemian Rhapsody was the first ever dramatic music video. There have been music videos before, but they were all live performances etc.
No not even close to the first
@@grahamheffer6535 From which nation do you hail?
@@stuartkseels Uk Sir
@@grahamheffer6535 Ah, good. We can talk in English then. Lol. I wasn't referring to albums, but as far as singles are concerned, I think the video for Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most important music videos.
@@stuartkseels i completely agree a great video remember watching its first airing my dad came from Cambridge so had to!
Lots of videos before it though for example Bowie made a fair few .
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, defined the rock guitar sound for a generation.
Considering how many albums there are to choose from this is a good list. I do think The Bends or OK Computer (Radiohead) should be included on the main list because they came smack in the middle of Britpop & shook things up. They were incredible live - especially when they headlined Glastonbury in the '90s & the monitors went down but noone in the audience realised.
Yeh can't believe oasis makes it on the list but Radiohead doesn't. Shocker.
What about Def Leppard's Hysteria? That is a great album, with a one-armed drummer, too;-)
@@azzajames7661 Whitesnake 87.
@@christiantaylor9309 oasis shits all over Radiohead
If you can have solo artists like David Bowie, then I would argue that Kate Bush's Hounds of Love was massively influential to a lot of the alternate acts that started out in the late eighties and early nineties. Oasis were extremely popular but I've not really heard many songwriters stating that they were a major influence on their work. So if influence is the measuring stick, I'm not convinced Oasis should make the list.
It was David Bowie and his backing band, The Spiders From Mars.
I agree regarding oasis. They didn't influence but we're imitators (of the beatles). Imitators bring nothing new so don't influence anything much.
Oasis influenced so much of popular music, Coldplay etc… they might be hated for their attitude but they’re early music was brilliant
The rock acts that are billed as a solo artist are a mixed bag. Some have a steady lineup and even have songwriting credits on the albums, others bring various people on from time to time. Stevie Ray Vaughn got his first big exposure on Bowie's Let's Dance, but wasn't a steady part of his lineup. But the steady ones should qualify like bands.
@@elemar5 Nah, it's a solo Bowie album. Spiders from Mars were the imaginary Ziggy's backing band (though Bowie did of course have a backing band who 'played' the Spiders)
Nobody could argue that all the albums on this list were hugely influential. Nevertheless, if we're listing the albums which made huge novel strides and are claimed by many other bands to have influenced their sound the most, surely 10cc's eponimous first album, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, and Supertramp's Breakfast in America should each be mentioned. Of the Beatles albums, I suggest that The White Album broke more new ground than any other from the Fab Four.
Don't know about 10cc's first, although I do remember a couple of singles off of it. Personally it was 'Sheet Music' for me but if any were influential, surely it would have been 'The original soundtrack'? People seem to have forgotten how big this album and the band were at the time? To be fair, many have forgotten Mike Oldfield too, perhaps they should re-release 'The Exorcist' as a reminder how good it was?
Massive fan of the early 10cc stuff, very ahead of it's time! I think "how Dare you" is probably my favourite LP though (mainly for Mandy)... I recently inherited my dad's vinyl collection and got to listen to them all again as I first heard them when I was a kid. Actually all of the ones you mentioned are in there :)
"Yes" deserves a mention too!
agree with you there
Agree with that 😊
@@njones420 I have to presume you know that the last couple of bars of 'Clockwork Creep' begin the song 'Mandy'?
I feel like The Cure’s Disintegration was hugely influential to many band and artists around at the moment. I am surprised it didn’t get into the honourable mentions
The cure had some awesome songs
Absolutely.
Well probably have to wait until The Cure finally split up or Robert dies for true appreciation of such a stunning album.
Remember this album won many album of the year awards in an extremely sting year for music(Pixies:Doolittle,Stone Roses:S/T, New Order:Technique an so on)
Because we are such a small island musicians were and are constantly crossing paths with each other, so there is a constant mixing of talent. It's quite common to find major artists who have at one time or another played in the same band. So much cross fertilisation is bound to raise the levels.
The Beatles, as you said the best in the world, still killing it.
Loved this, really interesting who they chose and who they left out. I was lucky enough to join the Bristol Police (Anon and Somerset Constabulary UK) in 1975 and in 1976 the Rolling Stones came to the Ashton Gate stadium to do a concert and I was on duty posted behind the band on the stage. It was mind blowing. I now live across the Mersey from Liverpool, home to our amazing and much loved Beatles, and by chance my 'O' Level school exam at 16 for art was partly to do a painting based on Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds! So glad I grew up in an age where music was written and made, not just pumped out of a computer.
While there is plenty of maufactured junk out there, there are still true artists plying their trade.
I recommend checking out Ren if you don't think there is any written and made music anymore.
It is the music that counts and not the tools used to make it. I play my ukulele just as much as I play my synthesizers.
The Beautiful South, Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Skunk Anansie, Kaiser Chiefs, Sleeper, Kasabian, Garbage - the list of epic British bands are endless xxx
Skunk Anansie are so underrated and relatively forgotten 🔥
Garbage were American bar Shirley but great band
Massive Attack and The Prodigy were outstanding too
Garbage were an American band.
So that's one for America in your top ten 🤣
Garbage is american like others said
@@Coxy-b34 But fronted by a British woman.
So many missing from this list, but glad Anna pulled up one.... here's just a few that I can think of off the top of my head that were missing from that list.....
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Faithless - Reverence
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Spice Girls - Spiceworld
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
ELO - Out of the Blue
Prodigy - The Prodigy Experience
Portishead - Dummy
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours.
People always underestimate just how much UK music has changed the world.....
Maiden were top of my list too :D
what about Judas Priest - British Steel?
@@rubber_duck_85 - I didn't mention it because I prefer Screaming for Vengeance :D
Spice girls, u joking ?
Spice girls was just manufactured drivel.
Didn't break any new ground, like muchnof modern pop it was manufactured to be "safe" using paterns already established that people are familiar with to make "instant hits" no different to any of the other manufactured bands (boyzone, take that, five, 5sos, one direction, and so on)
I have been listening to music since the 50s but didn't really get into it until the British Invasion (ca 1964). I recently made a list of my favorite bands or musicians of all time, roughly in order at the top. Of my favorite 15, one is Canadian, one Irish, and the rest British. I owe so much to that country (not to mention the writers).
For impact and getting banned Frankie Goes To Hollywood and RELAX and their first time on The Tube was a moment ! And Jimmy Summerville's Smalltown Boy had some impact, without actually getting banned
To me, the top 5 is Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Black Sabbath and Sex Pistols! But when it comes to the best Pink Floyd album ever, imo, The Wall (double album) just takes the cake! It was so far ahead of it's time, as an entire experience, that it's honestly wild when i think about it.
I agree with The Wall
100% agree with you!
Also "Echoes" of Meddle.
The Who were way more influential than the Sex Pistols and I'd add The Kinks!
Concur
There was also Take That, Whitesnake, The Who, Madness, The Clash, Blur, The Cure, Joy Division, Arctic Monkeys, The Jam.... The list goes on.
Take That lol. Seriously?! I mean they're probably one of the best boy bands to come out of the UK but they shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as those others IMO as they're a band that was manufactured by certain music industry figures, basically to just sell records, not make great music.
Take That? 🤣 give your head a wobble, mate!
@@Steve_W27 TAKE THAT sold over 45,000,000 albums worldwide, including 14,519,000 in the United Kingdom. I'm sure many would agree with me. Girls self harmed themselves and attempted suicide when Robbie Williams left the band. I wasn't a fan personally, but they were virtually worshipped around the world.
Slayed...
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too.
But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, 10cc, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect
There are so very many to go through)
Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
Really! What do you really really want!
Add Genesis, The Jam, Ultravox, O.M.D. , Slade, Lindisfarne, Judas Priest, etc. (The correct abbreviation for "et cetera")
The Who “Who’s next or,Tommy”Peter Frampton “Frampton comes alive”Great bands such as The Kinks,Muse,Yes,Cream,Eric Clapton ,The Police,Elvis Costello,Genesis,etc.A lot great music across the pond.I’ve been into various British music movements for decades.I think the production on many English band albums are superior.
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too.
But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect
There are so very many to go through)
Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
We are such a small island but we have incredible musicians and our music has shaped the music industry for decades.
These are just a few mainstream options that barely scratch the surface;
Blur - Park Life
Pulp - Different Class
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
OMD - Architecture and Morality
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell
ELO - Out of the Blue
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Wham - Make it Big
Japan - Tin Drum
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Duran Duran - Rio
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
Mark Bolan and T.Rex - The Slider
The Clash - London Calling
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Fleetood Mac - Rumours
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
ABC - The Lexicon of Love
Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
New Order - Substance
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Tears for Fears - The Hurting
Human League - Dare
Replace Speak & Spell with Violator! 😉
It's a good album though 👍
Coldplay
@@AliScotland92 👎👎👎👎 dull dull dull 🤮
You should know David Bowies name especially if you have ever watched LABYRINTH the film as a child or even as an adult, absolute classic
The man who fell to earth too
@@101steel4 The Hunger, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, The Prestige.
How can you not listen to Bowie? Sort that out guys! 😜
Progressive bands like Pink Floyd, their albums are a journey according to the setting of the tracks from start to finish. There's a number of bands that came after Floyd that does this such as Nine Inch Nails and Tool. As for the double guitars, I can see the practicality of them as instrument tuning can change from song to song and for Zeppelin to use one for their Stairway to heaven. They would have to have breaks in the song for the guitarist to swap guitars.
One neck is the normal six string, the other is a twelve string.
The Electric Light Orchestra from the early 70s
You need to hear more. Bless you both for giving it a bash.All the best to you and yours. Rab
As a Beatles fan I would add all their albums, because all of them were original.
The cake on Let It Bleed was the work of a cook, who became one of the most famous British television cooks, Delia Smith. Look for her books, it good basic cookery and she also published books on basic cooking skills and how to save money by using pre prepared ingredients.
Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the best selling albums of all time, so many people have a copy, including me.
♥️ Rubber Soul. ♥️ Revolver. ♥️ALL Beatles
Revolver was genius
@@foghornleghornish definitely my top Beatles album tbh. Got the original.
I bet Delia Smith made the cake on the Dark Side of the Moon as well.
I've owned probably half these albums in the last 50+ years. Oh, the "that's a long ass song, like 12 minutes". I suggest you look closely at Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, the album cut of "Karn Evil 9" is 29 minutes and 32 seconds. The live cut is over 35. A lot of their stuff was 20 plus minutes. Yes is another band that put out 15 to 30 minute masterpieces.
THE BEST.
You could make this a top 100 and still have a multitude upset and albums and bands that were missed!
True. No mention of Ned's Atomic Dustbin here!
@@davidcopson5800 😂 great t-shirt salesman!
David Bowie and the man sold the world and Heroes are awesome songs, too;-)
For such a small country 🇬🇧we have influenced so many bands and we have some great music probably best bands ever come from this little island and there’s loads more that didn’t get a mention 🇬🇧
Were you born were you can hear bo church bells?
Where were you born I will tell you if your a true cockney?
@@youser1093 yes I was about 300/400 meters away in a hospital called St Andrews which sadly aint there anymore but I'm sure if you googled it you can find out and that is why I call myself true Cockney we're a dieing breed
@@truecockney438 yes my grandad is
@@youser1093 where was he born
The Clash's London Calling should've been on this list
Not forgetting the many rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s that had some fantastic music and have not had a mention here, King Crimson and Yes being just two such bands.
Ah, king Crimson - time to go and listen to '21st Century' now.
@@occamraiser Are you a 21st Century Boy?
.........and of course The Nice & ELP !
Think I had to pick up my jaw when you both said you hadn't heard a David Bowie song. 😮
OMG - you MUST listen to Ziggy Stardust - the entire album. And of course, Pink Floyd and Sgt Peppers. Oh, and PLEASE do not mention that girl group in this list - they do not belong anywhere near it.
Yay I'm so glad The Beatles was at number 1 ☺️☺️☺️
I have an American friend who is fanatical about British music and regards it as the best. I don't think that there is a single British band or artist that he dislikes. He does seem to have a special obsession about The Clash and The Cure.
I had Status Quo from Whitehaven to Newcastle and back again a grand total of 180 miles
That's a perfectly reasonable obsession.
Well your American friend sounds like a smart guy ask him what he thinks of Echo And The Bunnymen.
America ruled the music scene before the Beatles. But since then, the UK have always been ahead
Hi, guys. Just found you. Great stuff! The House of the Rising Sun was first sung by Clarence Ashley a US singer way back can you believe in 1933!!! JT...you have GOT to listen to David Bowie's albums. ALL OF THEM!
I think the Animals got their inspiration for HOTRS from Bob Dylan's version on his first album.
I am from St Helens which is about 10 miles from Liverpool. One day I was working next door to where Paul McCartney grew up! Lots of tourists where in the street at the time. But the best part about it was, the customer used to date Paul and told us stories all day. She had lived there all her life! Her photos of them where fantastic and John, George , Pete Best then Ringo. The job should of taken 2hrs but we was there for about 5hrs ! 🤣 what brilliant day.
The Moody Blues is one I can think of.
All these American reactions videos make me laugh so much...I'm not sure if it's American ignorance or education ..but it's an eye opener for sure
How about the Kinks - a wide range of groundbreaking musical styles (incl. original proto punk over a decade before the sex pistols) - example: "KINKS" You Really Got Me (1964)
I had a contractor from the USA working with me in New Zealand about 30 years ago. "I'm blown away by the number of
Americans playing on New Zealand radio" she said. "Who are your favorites?" I asked. She said, "George Michael, Dire Straits, The Rolling Stones, Paul Macartney"............
I enjoyed your reaction thoroughly and was pleasantly surprised with your knowledge and passion. Most of these groups 'hit singles' do not approach doing justice the the breadth and depth of their art over their albums ... Bowie's 70's work, Sabbaths 70's albums , Zeppelin of course. The only fly in the ointment for me was Oasis who i agree had a popular sound, instantly recognizable, but for me there's was a small body of work and that was one dimensional in my view, nothing like the multi dimensional group the Beatles who inspired them. Well done
it annoys me when i hear haters say "Queen are over rated", they obviously have never listened to the first 6 albums, sure if all they've heard is radio gaga and 'break free they would think that but Queen 2, sheer heart attack and a night at the opera has some amazing stuff on it 👑✊🇬🇧
If you’ve ever watched the program ‘Charmed’ which is about three sisters who are witches the theme of that the Original series, which is called ‘How soon is now’ is actually the Smiths.
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In my humble opinion one of the best British bands especially live is the fantastic HAWKWIND, They have such a massive back catalogue that there's something for everyone, a good start is their hit SILVER MACHINE, Theres so much to like. All the very best, 😁👍👍👍👍👊🇬🇧🇬🇧🌍.
@@matt01506 Really? Hawkwind have played so many gigs in their time I wouldn't be to surprised, I myself have seen them play many times, the very first time I saw them was as a young teenager in the early eighties at the Leas cliff hall in Folkestone Kent, it was part of their Choose your masks tour, mind blown loved them ever since. Thank you for your reply, all the very best, 👍👊✌️🇬🇧🌍.
Without a shadow, one of the greatest live albums, the Space Ritual was groundbreaking. Ive seen them many times they are superb.
Space Oddity by David Bowie is one of the best songs of all time, hell its the song playing in the Tesla out in space on repeat
Who could forget the Proclaimers??? I would walk 500 miles to see them live...
And I would would walk 500 more, to buy tickets
@@LordEriolTolkien I'd be the man who walked a thousand miles to avoid being on the same continent as those two rangas ;)
@@michaelcottle6270 I agree
Seeing them again in June; I'm driving though 😉
@@richardlawrence6619 Hiya Richard, The Proclaimers play Sands Centre at Carlisle every year, they say its a very good night
More honorable mentions. Duran Duran, Kasabian and UB40
Love the way you both started nodding at exactly the right time during Bohemian Rhapsody!
Nodding off?
Best bands from the UK. It’s because we rock!!!!
Like other commenters, I'd like to see the two of you react to movies, especially Brit-based movies. There are so many to pick from, old and new, and different genres. The original "The Italian Job" is a classic. We do good cop movies, comedies and fantasies. Just a suggestion.
... but it has to be the original Michael Caine one! 😀
@@margaretnicol3423 That's why I wrote "original" in my comment. The remake is crap, lol!
@@annemariefleming Yes, it was more a commercial for the Mini but lost all the charm of the original.
Full Monty - Lock Stock - Rita, Sue, and Bob Too (although Rita, Sue, and Bob was better )
Billy Liar, Goldfinger, Clockwork Orange, Lawrence of Arabia, Third Man, a Fish Called Wanda, A Hard Day's Night, Hamlet (1948), Blow Up, Tom Jones, Bridge On The River Kwai, Monty Python Holy Grail - for starters
In the 'New Wave' category I probably would've picked Eurythmics over The Smiths. I was in High School and College during the 80s and you were WAY more likely to hear and listen to the Eurythmics over The Smiths. I always thought of them as kind of a niche 'weak-goth band,' same with The Cure (as opposed to 'true goth' like Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy). Depeche Mode would also fit the bill better for that time period. Just my opinion though. I do have albums by ALL of those bands and like them quite a lot.
I would also add The Police, Depeche Mode, The Who, Simple Minds, Coldplay, Genesis, Roxy Music, Level 42, Muse ………… 🎶
The Who are one of my whole time favourites
I think Bryan Ferry is a creep
I'm a massive Maiden fan and The Prodigy, Massive Attack, I would add The Sweet in there, too.
But I do love all these (mostly already mentioned) Bands/Groups, which are great English bands like The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, T-Rex, The Kinks, The Clash, The Cure, Oasis, ELO (Jeff Lynne, who is a musical freak) Radiohead, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, 10cc, The Animals (with) "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and of course with their "The House of the Rising Sun", The Sweet, Sweet "fox on the run, Ballroom Blitz and some of their heavier song, too,....ect
There are so very many to go through)
Okay I do have a soft spot for the Spice Girls, too, lol My favourite Girls band, which isn't hard;-P
Shout out for Genesis. Their line-up changed quite a lot, and this changed their music.
Joy Division, Blur, Massive Attack, New Order, Prodigy
I was also going to say Fleetwood Mac, but their lead singer is American so 🤷♂️ why stretch when there's far more
One of the video clips was from a show called "The Old Grey Whistle Test" which was a very popular late night musice show when I was growing up (LOL - showing my age). The show had all kinds of bands and solo singers on, and you should go look up videos of the show. I think you would be amazed at what around in those days.
So many missed but one that is one of my favourites is T.rex. So many great songs.
Agreed. Electric Warrior is a great album and I actually prefer the b sides and album tracks from T.Rex from Cosmic Dancer, Thunderwing, Rabbit Fighter to Dandy in the Underworld, Cadillac and Rapids. So many great songs. KALMIYH.
Yes, T.Rex were amazing.
Yeah ! The Slider
Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Yes......the list is endless
They missed Hawkwind, their album A Space Ritual Alive In Liverpool And London is considered by many to be the best live album ever recorded, the six panel fold out cover is hands down the best ever. Johnny Rotten said there would have been no Sex Pistols without Hawkwind's song Brainstorm. Lemmy also started playing bass with them around that time.
What about UFO: Strangers in the Night or Motorhead: No Sleep Till Hammersmith!
I had the privilege to see Led Zeppelin in concert it was their last tour. I will never forget
It helped that we speak the same language.
House of the rising sun was considered to be a Bob Dylan song before the animals did it and after Bob said he couldn't sing it again because it was now an animals song but before Bob used to sing it somebody else did but I can't remember who it was.
The beatles were without doubt the most influential group the world has ever seen and I consider Queen to be the best live group thats ever lived.
How many Americans thought some of these were american groups?
I enjoyed the post and agree that the Spice girls changed the girls music scene... Girl power.
Nobody knows who originally wrote House of the Rising Sun. It's why it's such a popular song to cover. Full royalties!
It say it was written by Alan Price of The Animals.
@@azzajames7661 That's certainly the most well known version. Originally an American folk song, it is thought to have been written by Georgia Turner and Bert Martin. Many artists have covered the song over the years with variations on the lyrics.
@meehan666googlemail Even Alan Price, who is credited writing the song, has said it's an old English folk song, which could have been taken to the original 13 colonies, now know as the usa by Great Britain.
@@azzajames7661 Yeah, that's possible I guess. Americans have a habit of claiming British creations.
The main reason Brit pop made such an impact in the US is because of video in the 80s. Back when music made its way over to video format it became immensely popular all over the western world and at the fore front of that in the US was MTV. In Britain we already had a head start with music videos thanks largely to a show called Top of the Pops and when MTV rolled out there were hardly any US bands with music videos and all of the most popular stuff on MTV was Brit pop. At one point 9/10 of the top songs in the US were by British bands which is testiment to how much a music video sold an artists work.
That’s not so what happened in the 60’s was earth shattering music was never the same again.
The best bands in the world come from the UK, that's a fact
"The 1975" is my favourite British band at the moment, even though I am 80 years old. Rock on Dudes!
I'm 56 and have to agree, I've seen them 3 times and at first wasn't a fan till I took my daughter to see them, been a fan since 😂 There is nothing original out there these days and The 1975 cornered that market.
You should react to a British crowd singing bohemian rhapsody at the green day gig warm up in England, this is how you learn how we know from birth how to sing together. Many US artists live playing the UK because our audiences are so different, we are born with a primal live of singing together
How can you get the word love wrong twice in one comment?
@@elemar5 Cocaine!
Also, THUNDER (rock) and DEPECHE MODE (electro rock) - both, still going after 30 odd and 40+ years respectively (as of 2023).
Finally someone mentioned Depeche Mode!! 😃
Iron Maiden? Brilliant but, did any of their albums change music forever? Probably not as they were just a later part of that new wave of British Heavy metal as band like Judas Priest were earlier and were of the same genre. With The Animals, you're right. At least with the early stuff, much was re-arranged American Blues bought to the masses.
Up The Irons \m/, but I fully concur. Great Sound: Influential > within metal
Here's my personal list, I was a teenager in the 90s so there's some big influences from then...
10) Parklife - Blur
09) Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
08) Untrue - Burial
07) Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
06) Maxinquaye - Tricky
05) Happy Songs for Happy People - Mogwai
04) OK Computer - Radiohead
03) Protection - Massive Attack
02) Low - David Bowie
01) Dummy - Portishead
justice for Stereophonics!! my absolute favourite band
Superb
House of the Rising Sun is a very popular cover song because no one knows who wrote it, so the songwriters royalties go to the person who arranged it for the recording.
If you were to record House of the Rising Sun and were down as the performer and arranger, you would be entitled to both the performance and songwriters royalties if it was released and made any money.
It say it was written by Alan Price of The Animals.
@@azzajames7661 It wasn't written by him but arranged by him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
You learn something new every day!🤯
Geri Halliwell began dating Christian Horner, the team principal of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team, in February 2014. They announced their engagement on 11 November 2014 and the couple were married on 15 May 2015 at St Mary's Church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.
Born Geraldine Estelle Halliwell, so almost Adele.
Not even close.
I 100% guarantee you know more Bowie than you realise. Space Oddity, Changes, Hero’s, Lets dance. There are a ton
Heroes
will always be grateful for the brits, music is everything
The Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) led by the genius that is Jeff Lynne are a must having spanned the decades from the early 70s and still 😊
Personally I would have Had ELO Discovery & Deep Purple Machine Head in there.
@@gordonh9258 As great as Discovery is, I would vote Out Of The Blue before it.
Note about the cover of "Dark side of the moon". The record company commissioned an artist to do it, and he prepared a presentation with several works for the band to choose from. When they arrived, they just siad, "Yeah, that one will do" without a great deal of reflection. The rest, as they say, is history.
Thank god for the British music industry because it's about all we have left!
Found you guys last week, love the content! Keep it up 😊
Very surprised The Who was not in the list, if anyone has watched any episode of CSI on TV (CSI, CSI Miami, CSI New York, CSI New Orleans, CSI Cyber) then you will have heard a Who song as all the theme tunes are by The Who :-) not that they are only famous for then :-)
Oh and I almost forgot, Tubular Bells from Mike Oldfield should have an honourable mention too 🙂
The Who was mentioned at the begininng....Who's Next.
the faces and the kinks not get mention in fact there are probably heaps more if you take 5 mins to think about it 😀