Manchester or Liverpool? and why do some cities produce such great bands? If you can think of any other cities that have a great heritage please say. I can only think of Toronto outside the UK with Rush (aaaahhhhhhh) and Max Webster but please mention any you think worthy, I'd be interested to know.
2006-11-15 04:49:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
forget cities.. try the shetland isles.. more singers and musicians per head of popullation than almost anywhere else.
2006-11-15 04:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably in the UK I would say (as much as I am loated to admit it) that London has the greatest musical heritage. Although places like Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds etc gave us Oasis, the Smiths, the Beatles... It was London that gave Britain all its early music venues and the majority of artists from the seventeenth century right up to the end of the second world war. Without London establishing the beginings of a music industry all the great bands of Britain would basically be local entertainers.
2006-11-15 13:05:27 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's official - Liverpool has had more number ones per head of population than anywhere else. Obviously The Beatles helped enormously, but there were further successes in the 80s from bands like Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
2006-11-15 13:03:52 · answer #3 · answered by Musicol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Manc, I'm slightly biased. We have both created a vast number of great bands and artists from the sixties onwards. Whilst I feel the Beatles are the most over-rated rubbish ever, Liverpool has given us 'Echo & the Bunnymen', 'Teardrop Explodes' and 'Frankie GTH' to name just a few, whilst we had the whole Madchester thing.
Also, the wromg side of the Pennines has produced some decent acts; Sheffield gave us Heaven 17, Human League & Def Leppard, whilst Newcastle/Gateshead area has produced Eric Burden & the Animals, and Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys.
Across the pond, Chicago gave us House (though most of the DJs were from other places), and Philadelphia gave us the great Stax record label, upon which many great Northern Soul bands were published (far better than Motown). Seattle claims to have created Grunge, though we Brits know it was Wales (New Model Army). New York also gave us such emminent stars as 'Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five' & the 'SugarHill Gang'.
2006-11-15 13:33:29 · answer #4 · answered by SteveUK 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Easy one...no question about it...
New Orleans.
The home of Fats Domino and Louis Armstrong.
The birthplace of Jazz.
Home of the annual Jazzfest and Voodoo Musicfest...among others.
A gumbo of Creole, Cajun, Blues, Jazz, and African American music.
Streets there have been filled with music since the 1700's.
funeral processions...blasting music from the Second Line.
Preservation Hall Band...travelling around the world. All abou the music...no a/c, no booze.
Definitely New Orleans.
2006-11-15 12:53:12 · answer #5 · answered by nottashygirl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither London Has the great musical heritage. In the US I'd say Detroit with the Motown Sound.
2006-11-15 17:36:32 · answer #6 · answered by Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the genre, almost all music today has blues heritage, and obviously the blues capital is new orleans, lousiana. Musicians congregate to areas where they feel they will have the best chance to find like-minded bandmates and succeed.
2006-11-15 12:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nashville, TN
Memphis, TN
Birmingham, England!
2006-11-15 13:06:01 · answer #8 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to say Vienna too - that is if we're looking more back in time...
however - Liverpool must be a safe number two
2006-11-15 12:54:13 · answer #9 · answered by heldigfis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nashville has created some legends...lots of good stuff in New Orleans and New York as well...
2006-11-15 13:09:41 · answer #10 · answered by phyllis_neel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋