European Music.

[uberd00b]

What can we say about European music? Is there something that defines us? What is the music like in your country? Is it traditional? Is your local music being usurped by the MTV corporate machine?

 

[Allister]

The only European music in my collection, other than British/Eire, is Sigur Ros, Bjork and Royksopp (all Scandinavian). Most of the music I listen to or am aware of is either British/Eire, Canadian or American. I imagine alot of this though is based on the language. I think culturally the UK/Eire has more in common with North America and Australia/NZ than the rest of Europe.

 

[Buttermilk]

Scottish music is very diverse, from rock and pop to folk and traditional and even classical.

 

[soda]

there really is a swiss music scene! it's small, but it's there.

I like the fact that you hear music in diverse languages (mainly english, german, french, italian, spanish) on our radios. but for most of our native bands/musicians it's hard to gain foothold in other european countries.

of course most of todays music is kinda pop or wanna-be-rock, but still hearable. traditional swiss music ... hm, I guess that's something you hear on traditional festivals or on radio stations for older people.....

I'm into christian contemporary music. I order CD on amazon, because it's really hard to find in stores around here. that's why I mostly listen to american or in general english speaking music and not common swiss radio stations.

 

[soda]

I think culturally the UK/Eire has more in common with North America and Australia/NZ than the rest of Europe.

wouldn't say that. history is VERY important to a country, and UK/Eire has a different and own history. but I agree that it's more like an island history... still different from the mainland...

...but this has not much to do with music anymore... culture used to affect music much more, but since globalisation is so global the own culture does affect music much less than it used to.

(haha... I just like my last sentence... but I'll leave it that way)

 

[uberd00b]

I'm an old raver. Gave up on commercial mainstream music about ten years ago. I can never name any songs on the radio. But can name obscure dj's that nobody else has heard of.

A whole generation of people just dropped out of mainstream culture here in order to dance a lot and grin at each other like maniacs.

There's a vibrant folk music scene in the small town I live in, UK and Eire folk mixed with a lot of American bluegrass and stuff like that. Very bizarre for such a small place.

 

[tamtam92]

I don't listen much to french music. But there are a lot of different styles. Only i think our language isn't not adapted to rock (the only one who is good at it would be Johnny Halliday...). I'd rather listen to american music.

I listen to classical music a lot, and we can say this is european music. Chopin was a Pole living in France, Mendelssohn was german and travelled to France and England among others , etc. etc. and Beethoven gave us our anthem.

 

[soda]

is it true that in france radio stations have to play a certain amount of french music?
what happens if they play to much english or other speaking music?

 

[Multi-Elis]

Well you just have to play the French music. I don't know what happens if you don't.

I'd say we have a lot of MTV style music that was adapted to french, like french hip hop.

I find though that things are really diverse here. As Tam Tam says. I hear young people putting on old "Chanson Française", as well as people listening to all sorts of ambiguous rock bands, jazz bands...

The people who only listen to MTV are fairly marginal, maybe teenagers... I don't know.

 

[Tesa]

The only European music in my collection, other than British/Eire, is Sigur Ros, Bjork and Royksopp (all Scandinavian). Most of the music I listen to or am aware of is either British/Eire, Canadian or American. I imagine alot of this though is based on the language. I think culturally the UK/Eire has more in common with North America and Australia/NZ than the rest of Europe.

I'd bet you are listening to more swedish music than you know... Swedish music artists sing mainly in english and are doing really good on the international "music market".

 

[Antigone]

There's plenty of Dutch bands, but I don't really like most of them. I like Blof, but that's about it.

Further down south, I really like Sara Bettens (with or without K's Choice) and Gabriel Rios.

I don't listen much to french music. But there are a lot of different styles. Only i think our language isn't not adapted to rock (the only one who is good at it would be Johnny Halliday...)

I don't know about that. I love Noir Desir.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJXzsAyu5QU

Love the video, too.

 

[schwarzes_schaf]

there are many german bands and they are successful here. some of them are also known outside of germany. dunno if you guys have heard of tokio hotel . i heard the french teenagers love them i don't understand this but ok. maybe i'm to old.
you can find any kind of music here. rock, pop, punk, hip hop and so on.

for me i don't listen to german music that much.


i'm into metal. esp. power (european) and symphonic. we have great metal bands here in germany btw

 

[Pogue]

there are many german bands and they are successful here. some of them are also known outside of germany. dunno if you guys have heard of tokio hotel .

Argh, I've heard of them. Not a fan!

i'm into metal. esp. power (european) and symphonic. we have great metal bands here in germany btw

Yes, you do!

 

[soda]

how about local christian music? anything hearable?

 

[schwarzes_schaf]

never heard of a german christian metal band.
there are some christian bands here in germany but it's not the music i listen too.

 

[soda]

maybe you should start a german christian metal band?

 

[schwarzes_schaf]

yes.

 

[schwarzes_schaf]

but i'm not really in to christian music so. ...

 

[soda]

i hear christian music all the time. especially in times when I feel far away from god, it reminds me that he is closer than I might feel at the moment!

 

[schwarzes_schaf]

i used to listen to christian music some years ago. but nowdays only listen to secular.