i've tried so hard to ignore the current thread hoping that it would dissipate. but alas it's like the fucking energizer bunny - it just keeps going and going and going... U.S. vs U.K. - who really cares? am i going to change someone's opinion? probably not. we're all here on this list because we're into the same thing. supposedly. the british ripped off the music that america created and turned it into something new and fresh. but no one can deny it's origin. please. if it weren't for american rock and roll, the british would have been strutting around still playing skiffle for christ's sake. mods took levis, r&b and motown from america - and style and scooters from italy. the only thing inherently british about mods is the fact they happen to have originated in britain. i'm not on this list because i'm some anglophile as mr. secular would likely believe. i love british music because it happens to be good not because it's british. and i'm a mod because the style and music suits my taste. that's who i am and i don't really think it matters where you live. now, i don't really like america particularly. i think our foreign policy sucks, the school system is in shambles, red necks and criminals walk around with guns shooting people, the food is nothing to shout about, korn and limp biskit, woodstock - ugh. enough said. i don't consider myself much of an "american" because i live in new york city which is the center of the universe anyway. it's culturally more diverse than any place on earth, put jazz on the map, created punk in turn giving malcom maclaren the idea for the sex pistols, created the velvet underground, warhol, blondie, where john lennon chose to call home (unfortunate for his untimely death), etc.; new york's influence is too far reaching to continue. you can fit all of london into one of our five boroughs. the rest of america is a cultural wasteland in comparison to new york. so i say - it's new york against the world. we're bigger and better than you are... i'm sure i'll get lots of angry responses to this. i just had to shake things up a bit... -chris _________________________________________________________ Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15
