America vs. the world

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do you mind rephrasing that please?

 

And as for literature, the UK has THE highest litrature rate in the world full stop.

 

No one beats britain for comedy
Fawlty Towers,
Monty Python,
Carry ons,
The Young ones,
Blackadder,
Mr Bean,
Morcombe and Wise,
Vic and Bob,
Only fools and horses,
i could go on but that would be boasting.

And we are the best with music aswell.

 

Oh and Jack-of-All-Trades, the USA does tend to stick its armed forces in where there not wanted, a place in south west asia (just incase u dont no where it is ), called vietnam springs to mind, the never asked u to but in.

 

Daevaeron, Vietnam had more to do with preventing the Soviet Union from having access to a warm water port than it did from the Vietnamese personally asking for American assistance. On that count it was successful, I suppose. The climate was different, and Vietnam had played host to more than just Americans battling for control, the French were on thier way out when the US showed up. I'm not an historian and I don't know jack about Vietnam, but most of the things the US becomes involved in involve so much more than a flexing of muscle and dictating terms to the 3rd and 2nd world. Its a little more complicated.

 

oh have to argue there.,..Canadian comedy is WAY better. I find British humor very dry.

Not to mention we have some of the best comedians born here!

Jim Carrey
Howie Mandel
john Candy
Mike Myers
Jerry Lewis
Dan Ackroyd
To mention a few
These are ALL Canadians...!!!!

 

Have you ever seen his stand up!! ROTFL especially when he talks really fast.... omg he's funny!!

 

I think I have to agree with Avooch because i do like dry humor and the bands lead singers usualy sound sweet although i do like Howie Mandel alot. Oh and Daevaeron I said "one" of the top emphisise on one.



[This message has been edited by Psycho. the fanged rabbit (edited August 19, 2001).]

 

What the heck is a literature rate? Are you trying to say literacy? If that's the case then my countrymen don't fare too well. An article in yesterday's Scotsman said that the Moser Report on adult illetaracy suggested one in four Scottish adults were functionally illiterate. The article seemed to be mainly about poor spelling rather than complete inability to read and write. I guess the standards for literacy are higher than I thought.

 

Mike Myers and John Candy are briliant but lets face facts here. Can they really compete with the great John Cleese, Eric Idle and Terry Jones! Sid James the master of sexual inuendo and the reinventor of the spank!!!!!!

Please do not insult my intelligence.

British comedy is very dry. But this means that unlike any other country it is totally unique. Compared to other foreign comedy ours is refreshing and contrasting.
Don't tell me you don't appreciate UK comedy. Monty Python has a huge cult following in USA and Canada.
I belive Holy Grail has just hit the cinemas in America again because of it's great popularity.

As for music:

Beatles
Cliff Richard
Rolling Stones
Led Zep
Pink Floyd
The Who
Oasis
Blur
Radiohead
Eric Clapton
Chris Rea
Phil Collins
Genisis
Police
Spice Girls (not a fan personally)
Madness
Stranglers
T REX
Happy Mondays
Def Leppard
Sex Pistols

and of course the rulers of the pack........Queen!

BTW. Don't try to hide behind Mike Jackson. He has about as much talent as a dead Goldfish and looks like some baby used his nose as a dummy.

 

OMG Micheal Jackson is AMERICAN thank god.

And british musicians usually leave britian and come to North America to make it big

there are alot of good musicians from canada as well:

Tragically Hip
Barenaked Ladies
Brian Adams
alanis Morrisette
Tom Cochrane
The Odds
Neil Young
Pearl Jam
The Watchmen

I am sure there are more!

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For a country with such a low population it is not surprising that most of the bands on your list are not very famous and Alanis is a nutter.

HOWEVER!
I am far too guilty of loving Bare naked ladies and one week is in my top five tunes of all time so i am impressed!

 

Yea....the Brits have had some great bands....but let's be real! Rock n' Roll is a truely AMERICAN musical form. Not to mention that the MAJORITY of the British artists on your list LIVE in the US now!

 

yeah i know.
they are taking advantage of your facilities and weather and using up your best houses so that you can't use them. They are just using you!

 

Ok,there are some hungarian actors, writers, and bands. They're all better than the englis, canadian, american ones!
Kispál és a borz
Sinkovits Imre
Galla Miklós
Edda
Oscar Wilde
kosztolányi Dezsõ
Esterházy Péter
Mihail Gorbacov
Horst Tappert
Franco Nero
Árpád vezér
Gerhard Schröder
They are all hungarians and kick ass!!!
Do you want more?

 

very good. But Britain has the best triple jumper that has ever existed.

 

Yeah, but who said that Rock'n'roll is the only music type, like soul, pop, and ballads, u now Even though i live in the UK Canada does have the best singer in the world (in my opinion) which is Celine Dion.

 

Being an American I am quite proud of the fact that I believe that good music can come from ANYWHERE in the world. (Being a personal fan of QUEEN, how can any self respecting Brit not mention QUEEN j/k ).
Some of my favorite books/bands/musical interests/movie interests come from other countries as well as America. I may not agree with everything my country does but I do not wish to point out the faults of every other nation and country in the world. I also do not wish to exalt America above everywhere else either. I do not believe any single nation to be without any fault.
I don't believe the debate has to turn into a cat fight does it?

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I did mention queen!