Show me: some great British and Irish musical acts from the 60's to the late 80's.

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
06/08/2018 at 10:36 • Filed to: musiclopnik

Real quick: give me YouTube playlists of some excellent bands and singers from the UK and Ireland in the times I listed in the headline. Help me help my dad, who wants to move away from American rock for a change.

DISCUSSION (36)

fhrblig > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:42

Dire Straits is awesome.

This is one of my favorite songs.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:47

the who

also these guys :p

functionoverfashion > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:47

This is like saying, “show me some good cars from Germany”

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:49

oo... almost forgot the sex pistols

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > functionoverfashion
06/08/2018 at 10:50

ummm... isnt hendrix american?

Wheelerguy > functionoverfashion
06/08/2018 at 10:51

I mean, I want to see a particular vintage, but I can see how a 20-year gap can be broad.

KevlarRx7 > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:52

I could be here all year......

The jam

Thin Lizzy

T-rex

Suzi Quattro

The clash

Along them kinda lines or different?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:52

You could binge on basically all the Shadows ever. If being mellow isn’t a problem.

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Or you could go with the Small Faces:

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Those are for starters.

functionoverfashion > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
06/08/2018 at 10:56

Umm, you’re right. I just associate him with all that 60's stuff and, yeah oops.

Ash78, voting early and often > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:57

The Specials

Stone Roses (unofficical vid)

functionoverfashion > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:58

Don’t get me wrong, I’m just more familiar with the 60's than the 70's or 80's in british rock.

Also, it’s a good thing, right? I mean, it’s broad, but there are LOTS of good bands from the UK in that era. The Who, Eric Clapton, and of course the Beatles are just a few that are almost too obvious to mention. Like giving the 911 as an answer to my other question.

Ash78, voting early and often > functionoverfashion
06/08/2018 at 10:59

Well said. Most of the best rock influencers were British guys who discovered American soul before it was widespread here.

functionoverfashion > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 10:59

Oh yeah also Led Zeppelin. I mean, one of my favorite bands of all time; I still listen to them after all these years.

Ash78, voting early and often > fhrblig
06/08/2018 at 11:01

Can’t miss Sultans of Swing, early stuff that still sounds modern.

functionoverfashion > Ash78, voting early and often
06/08/2018 at 11:02

I have had moments where I wondered how, exactly, the UK produces such amazing music all the time. I think it’s still true, there are lots of successful and/or fantastic music acts coming out of that little island over there. Per capita, it’s gotta be an unusually high concentration of musical talent.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:05

punkgoose17 > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:07

Donovan, The Clash, X-Ray Spex

Here is a crossover, Spanish Garage Rock band playing some American Garage rock songs

I don’t know your dad’s taste and I am sure I could think of better recommendations, but my mind is blanking out.

Wheelerguy > functionoverfashion
06/08/2018 at 11:15

Related: Nordic and Dutch DJs. Lots of the foundations of modern EDM from the 2010's came from Tiesto, van Buuren, Swedish House Mafia, Alesso, and Avicii.

Wheelerguy > punkgoose17
06/08/2018 at 11:16

Guns ‘n’ Roses, Scorpion, Air Supply... generally slow rock.

Thomas Donohue > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:24

Early U2 - Out of Control

The Thinnest of Lizzies (though he might already have this on his ‘American’ rock lists)

Waterboys

Pogues

Virgin Prunes

I have another burner, try to guess it! > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:24

Sham 69, The Hollies, and U2.

Urambo Tauro > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:25

I assume you mean acts that got little-to-no airplay in the States. In which case, I gotta share this one I stumbled upon a few years ago: the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

Catchy? Check. British? Well, Scottish... Occasional instrumental sections? Oh yeah. I’m hooked.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:26

Yes:

Slade:

Oh, forgot, Joe Cocker:

Svend > functionoverfashion
06/08/2018 at 11:26

In the U.K. music has always been important from social to political.

I’d say it’s one of the two main things that define Britain, it’s music and it’s comedy. If we are down, lonely, hard at work, stressed, etc... it’s music and our strange comedy that keeps us going.

During times of war.

To political protest.

Wheelerguy > Urambo Tauro
06/08/2018 at 11:28

States? I’m in the bloody Philippines, mate.

Svend > fhrblig
06/08/2018 at 11:30

For me it’s, Brothers In Arms.

Such a powerful and emotional song.

Urambo Tauro > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:38

Right, I did forget that... So when you say “American rock”, does that mean you’re referring only to bands that were actually from the US? ’Cause our radio stations (including the rock ones) frequently play music from other countries, as long as the lyrics are in English. I’ve gotten so used to hearing a lot of songs that it surprises me sometimes to learn that a particular singer or group is from Canada or England.

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functionoverfashion > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:39

These are facts. I would have named the exact same artists.

functionoverfashion > Svend
06/08/2018 at 11:40

That, and very, very clean cars.

Svend > functionoverfashion
06/08/2018 at 11:41

That’s very very few of us.

fhrblig > Svend
06/08/2018 at 11:43

That’s good too. “Why Worry” is another favorite. I’ve worn out a few copies of this album.

lone_liberal > Wheelerguy
06/08/2018 at 11:51

People have named most of the big bands, though The Kinks should be here somewhere, but it’s a little thin on the Irish side. A little Thin Lizzy will fix that.