okr said:
UK & Ireland. No contest.
Bands:
The Beatles
Roling Stones
The Kinks
The Clash
The Smiths
The LA's
The Police
Echo & the Bunnymen
Belle and Sebastian
Radiohead
The Libertines
Franz Ferdinand
Pulp
Blur
Placebo
Travis
The Cure
Arctic Monkeys
The Who
Joy Division
New Order
Massive Attack
Manic Street Preachers
The The
Talk Talk
Underworld
Heaven 17
Basement Jaxx
XTC
Duos:
Goldfrapp
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
Pet Shop Boys
Solo Artists:
Van Morrison
David Bowie
Brian Eno
Kate Bush
Peter Gabriel
Elton John
The Divine Comedy
Aphex Twin
All off the top of my head (better said: off my CD rack, that's standing right behind me). I could name some dozens more but I don't want to bore you to death.
If we treat 20th century's music as an overall world competition, there's only one thing on this planet that was better than music from UK & Ireland (imo): Black American Music (until late 70s/early 80s).
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how about the allman bros santana lynyrd skynyrd all good usa bands imo.
