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Third British Invasion?
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yorkshirebread
06-04-2012
Are we seeing one?

Adele, Mumford and Sons, Wanted, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Calvin Harris...
Eric_Blob
06-04-2012
Yes, I think so. Really started taking of in 2011 I noticed.

You also forgot Jay Sean, La Roux, Taio Cruz and Lauren Bennett.

There were actually a few weeks last year where there were more British artists near the top in the US chart than in the UK chart.
MrMeatAndPotato
06-04-2012
Mumford and sons?
One Direction?
The Wanted?




Hilarious, so crap it's unreal
habanala
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by MrMeatAndPotato:
“Mumford and sons?
One Direction?
The Wanted?




Hilarious, so crap it's unreal”

Mumford and sons are great! agree about direction though
Theshane
06-04-2012
Talk about diminishing returns.
yorkshirebread
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by Theshane:
“Talk about diminishing returns.”

Some of them might not be good, but they're doing well in America
Kanzi
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by MrMeatAndPotato:
“Mumford and sons?
One Direction?
The Wanted?




Hilarious, so crap it's unreal”

The mere fact you group Mumford & Sons with those manufactured piles of steaming shit renders your opinions null.
MrMeatAndPotato
06-04-2012
Well, I think Mark E. Smith just about summed them up...

"We were playing a festival in Dublin the other week. There was this other group, like, warming up in the next sort of chalet, and they were terrible. I said, 'Shut them ***** up!' And they were still warming up, so I threw a bottle at them. The bands said, 'That's the Sons of Mumford' or something. 'They're number five in charts!' I just thought they were a load of retarded Irish folk singers."
Theshane
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by yorkshirebread:
“Some of them might not be good, but they're doing well in America”

There's not one of them that are good, hence 'diminishing returns'
I feel some sympathy for the former colonies.
But they've shipped so much of their crap over here, they probably deserve a British dumping.
Theshane
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by Kanzi:
“The mere fact you group Mumford & Sons with those manufactured piles of steaming shit renders your opinions null.”

This will be Mumford & Son who are all upper middle class who's act is pretending to be a band of pikeys. Nothing manufactured there then.
boysforpele
06-04-2012
Invasion is a horrible word ...and totally the wrong word.... Is the British Music Scene making a current break through in America, yes it is. The good, bad and ugly parts too.

Artists that have made an impact of some scale in the last couple of years -
Taio C
Tinnie Tempah
Jessie J
Florence & Machine
Rumer
Adele
Ellie Goulding
One Direction
The Wanted
Natalia Kills
Birdy
Calvin Harris
La Roux
Mumford & the Sons


Upcoming -
Marina
Ed Sheeran
Rita O
Emile Sande
Rebecca F
Olly Murrs
Band of Skulls

Missed opportunities ( based on UK/Aus Success or underground interest)
Alesha Dixon - the boy does nothing
Cheryl cole - fight for your love/ 3 words
JLS - She Makes Me Wanna
little-monster
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by boysforpele:
“Invasion is a horrible word ...and totally the wrong word.... Is the British Music Scene making a current break through in America, yes it is. The good, bad and ugly parts too.

Artists that have made an impact of some scale in the last couple of years -
Taio C
Tinnie Tempah
Jessie J
Florence & Machine
Rumer
Adele
Ellie Goulding
One Direction
The Wanted
Natalia Kills
Birdy
Calvin Harris
La Roux
Mumford & the Sons


Upcoming -
Marina
Ed Sheeran
Rita O
Emile Sande
Rebecca F
Olly Murrs
Band of Skulls

Missed opportunities ( based on UK/Aus Success or underground interest)
Alesha Dixon - the boy does nothing
Cheryl cole - fight for your love/ 3 words
JLS - She Makes Me Wanna”

Natalie Kills have has flopped everywhere her music has been released. She has hardly made an impact full stop, let alone America
Toy_Hero
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by little-monster:
“Natalie Kills have has flopped everywhere her music has been released. She has hardly made an impact full stop, let alone America”

She's great, but true she's flopped all over.

I'm surprised people haven't added Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield or Dido to the list. They've had a considerable amount of success in US
Cadiva
06-04-2012
There's also bands who are under the "pop" radar like The Dunwells, who've just had a really successful US tour and recorded in Nashville etc, getting good reviews and good sales of their album.
Zack06
06-04-2012
JLS, Alexandra, Leona, Olly and Cher will all be breaking/re-entering the US market in the near future....exciting times for X Factor acts especially...
MrMeatAndPotato
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by Zack06:
“JLS, Alexandra, Leona, Olly and Cher will all be breaking/re-entering the US market in the near future....exciting times for X Factor acts especially...”

Exciting for them and Cowell to make money... rest of the world just has to sit back and watch such sh*te stroll by.


I can't see Olly Murs, JLS or Alexandra ever getting anywhere near the US either.
Zack06
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by MrMeatAndPotato:
“Exciting for them and Cowell to make money... rest of the world just has to sit back and watch such sh*te stroll by.


I can't see Olly Murs, JLS or Alexandra ever getting anywhere near the US either.”

Olly is supporting 1D on their US tour so you're wrong about that one, Alexandra has a US deal and is working on music, JLS are recording a new album but you may be right about them never going near the US....their last attempt flopped. I wouldn't write the other 2 off at all though...
shaunnashines
06-04-2012
Example is also releasing there, he signed a US deal.
Eric_Blob
06-04-2012
I heard a Ludacris remix of Changed the Way You Kiss Me, so maybe that'll be what they promote there.

I think Olly Murs could do well in the US. Heart Skips a Beat recently got #1 in Germany, which proves he can get to #1 without the country knowing him from a popular TV show.
JOEHERE
06-04-2012
Third? I didn't realise there was a second one?
JOEHERE
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by MrMeatAndPotato:
“Mumford and sons?
One Direction?
The Wanted?




Hilarious, so crap it's unreal”

This post needs a 'like' button.
Mick_Swagger
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by Theshane:
“This will be Mumford & Son who are all upper middle class who's act is pretending to be a band of pikeys. Nothing manufactured there then.”

So you have to be the right class to make a certain style of music?
Theshane
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by Mick_Swagger:
“So you have to be the right class to make a certain style of music?”

My point was someone asked why they were lumped with a load of manufactured act and I was pointing out their totally manufactured image of being pikeys.
All though they're absolute shit Keane Make no attempt to class themselves down, even going as far as having a port addiction, Mumfords have this totally false image of mandolins and horse carts, which coupled with their absolute shiteness makes them a bunch of *****, pardon my French.
benana93
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by Eric_Blob:
“I heard a Ludacris remix of Changed the Way You Kiss Me, so maybe that'll be what they promote there.

I think Olly Murs could do well in the US. Heart Skips a Beat recently got #1 in Germany, which proves he can get to #1 without the country knowing him from a popular TV show.”


I remember him tweeting from Germany where he was doing interviews and press etc, so it wasn't like he didn't have any exposure and it was solely on the song, though I do appreciate your point that he didn't have the nationwide hype of a television show in his background.
Scratchy7929
06-04-2012
Originally Posted by Kanzi:
“The mere fact you group Mumford & Sons with those manufactured piles of steaming shit renders your opinions null.”

Churning out third rate Bluegrass / Indie pop fusion is nothing to boast about either .Although agree with you on the rest.
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