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changed Queen to david bowie in the opening paragraph as bowie is probably the most credible, influential and succesful solo artist of all time whilst queen are a bit rubbish. (i'm not a bowie fan just felt that he is better example of a succesful musical artist from britain) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.9.9 (talk) 20:04, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


usa is better that you you pigs i am the zapper and you will see me alot!!!!go usa!~

^aah, the calling card of an jealous tard. I'd just like to rub it in his fat ignorant face by saying: The Beatles, David Bowie, Elton John, Cream, Queen, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Stranglers, The Buzzcocks, The Good The Bad And The Queen, Motorhead, Dire Straights, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Pulp, The Cure, The Human League, The Clash, The Smiths, The Police, T-Rex, Rainbow, The Stone Roses, Herman's hermits, Status Quo, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, Tom Jones, Slade, The Jam, Elvis Costello, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers, Lost Prophets, Coldplay, Feeder, Stereophonics, The Feeling, The Automatic, Basement Jaxx, The Streets, Snow Patrol, Travis, Keane, Embrace, Athlete, The Kooks, Kasabian, The Magic Numbers, Bloc Party, The Libertines, The Klaxons, The View, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Placebo ,The Darkness, Razorlight, The Zutons, U2, The Charlatans, The Verve, Maximo Park, Spinal Tap, and The Rutels.

Owned. OWNED.

My computer logged me out, but the original article was written by me. Tuf-Kat

I tried not to overstate my Americocentrism, but I might have accentuated the influence. It was also damn hard to find actual info online about the characteristics of UK folk musics, but I have provided a start here. Tuf-Kat

In reorganizing this article, I don't know what to do with the section on sea shanties. Should they be here or at music of England or what? Tuf-Kat 06:30, Nov 23, 2003 (UTC)

I am in the process of rewriting this and making it into a series. I'm not entirely sure I like I where I'm going with it, so I'm putting it at User:TUF-KAT/Music of the United Kingdom. Comments welcome either here or there. Tuf-Kat 08:24, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)

Done. Known issues include:
  • I probably used almost entirely American spelling. Feel free to fix it.
  • The series table at music of Ireland is perhaps contentious.... The best way to fix it is to make a music of Ireland series, but that may be a long time coming.
  • This article (the parent) could be fleshed out a lot and be more useful as more than a parent page for the others in the series
Tuf-Kat

A suggestion: change the title of the article series to "Music of the United Kingdom and Ireland". This solves the problem with Irish music being included in a series on the UK (which is both factually wrong and politically insensitive), but is better than splitting Ireland off entirely:

  • For better or worse, Ireland and Britain have much shared history, and continue a close relationship today due to shared language, media, etc;
  • It would make no sense whatsoever to divide Irish music into "Music of the Republic of Ireland" and "Music of Northern Ireland" (if you go with the title change you could also change 'Northern Ireland' simply to 'Ireland' in the introduction.)
  • Irish folk music has close relations with folk music from parts of the UK, e.g. Scotland;
  • Modern Irish pop/rock music probably has a close relation to British pop/rock (compared to for example French pop/rock, Spanish pop/rock, etc.).

Blorg 16:18, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I don't understand the objection. In what way is it "factually wrong" to include Irish music as a part of UK music? Nobody disputes that part of Ireland is part of the UK, and thus I don't see why anyone would claim that Irish music is not part of UK music. Yes, the UK and Ireland have many musical connections, which I think are aptly explained by the article texts and the overlap between the Music of the United Kingdom and Celtic music series. Changing the title to "Music of the United Kingdom and Ireland" would falsely imply that there is no significant difference between the two topics, which is both factually wrong and politically insensitive. Tuf-Kat 20:57, Jun 11, 2004 (UTC)

It's a suggestion rather than an objection; you have a good article, I'm just suggesting this as a sensible and sensitive categorisation (I'm an Irishman from Dublin).

Part of Ireland is indeed in the UK but most of it is not. "Ireland" by itself is generally understood to reference the southern state which has not been part of the UK since 1921.

However we have had a common history. Certainly from a folk music point of view Ireland and Scotland are closer for example than Scotland and England. But I don't see that it makes sense to treat North/South Ireland seperately in a musical regard - such a treatment would be politcally artificial.

You (or someone) makes the point in the article that they are not sure of the including of Ireland in the UK series.

So the point is really just about acknowleging Ireland as a seperate entity in the series and not worrying about an irrelevant NI/RoI distinction (musically) which just isn't significant! (Until we get on to the level of detail when we are dealing with the Ulster-Scots tradition !?...)

This is quite a standard approach, c.f. www.yahoo.co.uk ("Yahoo UK & Ireland) etc. etc. We can even vote in each others elections, you know ;-)

-- Blorg 23:12, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Ireland as part of the Music of the United Kingdom series

Naming this series "Music of the United Kingdom" is extremely insensitive. Six counties out of thirty-two on the Island of Ireland of Ireland are part of the state named "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland," the other twenty-six are a completely independent state called the "Republic of Ireland". The term "United Kingdom" is a very political one, and certainly not suitable for labeling a genre of music. In 1998 the Good Friday Agreement was reached establishing the Northern Ireland Assembly with devolved legislative powers. Scotland has achieved Home Rule and Wales has a lesser form of home administration. Even the term Music of the British Isles would be unacceptable to many Irish people, as well as some Scottish and Welsh nationalists. The neutral name for the islands of Ireland, Britain, and other islands in the region is The Islands of the North Atlantic (IONA), as these are the islands in question, the series could be renamed "Music of the North Atlantic Islands" or something along those lines, or else remove Ireland from the series and rename it "Music of Great Britain".

No way should Irish music be part of this series.


Eh? What? Are you serious? "The Islands of the North Atlantic (IONA)" - Does this make us IONA-ians then? PC rubbish! With no real widespread love or use. Its offensive to me that by using this acronym it infers you are ashamed to be Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh or Manx etc!

Scottish and Welsh Nationalists: Both deluded minorities who are fantasists. Canny Scots know when the're onto a good thing and as for the Welsh, well there's probably more chance of Yorkshire becoming an independent socialist republic!

[edit] Renaming

Does anyone else think that 2004 in music (UK), and its fellows, would be better named 2004 in British music or 2004 in United Kingdom music. We are currently involved in a discussion of a similar issue at Talk:1976 in television/Temp on developing national subpages for the years in television series and this issue has arisen. I feel that it is always best to use actual phrases for article names. The current titles also seem to violate the "do not use an article name that suggests a hierarchy of articles" part of the naming convention. Most similar pages do not append the country name in brackets. We have 2003 in Canadian politics, not 2003 in Canada (politics), 1978 British leaders, not 1978 leaders (Britain) etc. - SimonP 21:27, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

I agree that these should be moved to something else; 2004 in British music seems fine to me, but the important thing is to remove the parenthetical disambiguator. Tuf-Kat 23:53, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Miscellaneous

I'm not sure if overseas territories should be included under Music of the UK; strictly speaking Turks and Caicos and the other dependencies are not part of the UK. Also the phrase British invasion is extremely US-centric, maybe it could be re-phrased somehow because it assumes the reader is American and knows this phrase. Also there are several music festials other than Glastonbury - V2, Isle of Wight, Reading, WOMAD, etc, and various awards especially the infamous Brit Awards. JW 00:34, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Regarding British Invasion, I agree it shouldn't be the primary term (it's worth a mention though). I would like to point out that it isn't really all that US-centric, as I know the term is used in Australia and the British Invasion occurred in many parts of the world, at least including South America and Japan, even if they didn't call it that (I don't know what they called it). That's pedantic though, as I agree it shouldn't be the primary term used in this article. Regarding overseas territories, I think a link in the box is appropriate, though the article itself shouldn't discuss the music of those places. Even if it's strictly not part of the "United Kingdom", its still an overseas territory, all the others of which are considered a part of a "music of" for their respective countries. Tuf-Kat 02:05, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

It's just my opinion that the overseas territories should be kept separate, but if that's the standard format then I suppose they should be included. I shouldn't think "British invasion" was a phrase used in Australia & other Commonwealth countries as they were constantly exposed to British films, TV, culture, etc, so listening to British music was probably no big deal. They may have followed British usage; in the UK The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, etc were known as Merseybeat as they came from Liverpool. In other countries like Japan, they may not know the difference between British and American bands. I could have a go at re-phrasing the intro, but it might be better if you do it. As for festivals, awards, etc, how many should be included? JW 00:11, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

On awards and stuff, I'd recommend no more than about five of each, preferably only two or three. I'll see if I can think of a rephrasing for the lead. Tuf-Kat 04:46, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 in British Music

Well I've created the above page, but I'm not srue how to alter all the templates to include it; if someone knows how it'd be a kind thing to do! Robdurbar 17:28, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grindcore

Why is there no reference to grindocre music in this page (or the page on 80s British music)? It was one of the most original, notable and influencial new sub-genres to come about in the 80s and deserves a mention.

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Music of the United Kingdom

Could anyone who is interested in helping sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music_of_the_United_Kingdom#Participants. Thanks! Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 12:38, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Music in the 50's.

Having just read the chapter on the 50's I felt I should add the comments inserted. The 50's were two distinct periods and are often discussed as just one. Those of us who were around at the time clearly remember the Haley influence and Blackboard Jungle which seemed to split the decade into 2 distinct parts. My National Service started with playing Guy Mitchell's 'Singing The Blues' but soon saw Elvis take over. I really believe that the rubbish produced by British Recording companies trying to compete with American RCA , Columbia, Decca, Capitol and MGM and slavishly copying their output was eventually seen through by the young generation and that the first UK record chart (Top 10 - although 12 entries) was dominated by US offerings which was just too much and something had to change. Haley and Presley were the catalysts and although the UK Decca output 'London American' label was dominant, it was a source for new talent and new ideas which led to the Stones and The Beatles in the 60's. If that idea is to be challenged I suggest you look at the early catalogues of most emerging UK acts and see how many original London label titles are in there. The unbalance - despite the worst efforts of the Musicians Union who held UK music back for years - was to be redressed in the mid 60's and both UK and US industries are now regarded with equal respect - the day the music changed.... daddyp

--- "Music of the United Kingdom, along with that of the United States, arguably has one of the greatest effects on modern music worldwide."

The music of the united kingdom alone has arguably one of the greatest effects on modern music worldwide. America does aswell, but it doesn't need mentioning here.

[edit] The British Top 100 Singles

Two problems with this: Only 5 are listed. The figures appear to be complete nonsense, where did they come from? Stutley (talk) 09:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)