What's the national music genre in britain? (not a troll)
Posted by urmomtoldmebro@reddit | AskABrit | View on Reddit | 13 comments
Not talking about traditional or native music, but about a music genre that has a lot of presence and resonance in the cultural zeitgeist of the country for one reason or another.
In Spain it's reggaeton due to latin american influence
In France it's rap due to black people from french colonies, principally Algeria.
In Germany and nordic countries it's metal and pop.
In Italy it's techno/eurobeat.
What about England? I can't think of it.
Downtown_Trash_6140@reddit
In France it’s rap due to the influence of American pop culture.
Vicki201x@reddit
I would say Brit Pop, bands like like Blur, Pulp..
In Essex/London there is the Grime music scene, MC’s..
Hatstand82@reddit
Punk started in the UK. Brit pop - Oasis, Blur, Pulp etc. Guitar-based bands have always been popular here - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones. Status Quo etc. Queen started here. Metal - Black Sabbath was originally British. We’ve also been happy to draw on other styles - Northern Soul came out of the kinds of records that were imported through the Liverpool docks and the Asian Network radio stations are really popular here because we have a huge southeast Asian community here. We adopt other bands too - Brits are born knowing all the words to Mr Brightside because The Killers have quite a British sound for an American band and the Grunge scene was big in the 90s because we borrowed Nirvana etc.
The_Ignorant_Sapien@reddit
Punk didn't start in the UK. The Stooges or The Ramones were the first punk bands according to who you ask, both American bands.
Hatstand82@reddit
Point taken. Huge traction over here though and the style/ethos is certainly something us Brits have taken to heart.
NoEmployment5064@reddit
It depends who you ask, where they are from and how old they are but as someone in my mid 20s in an urban area for me it has to be DNB, Jungle or Garage!
Alone-Sky1539@reddit
morris dancing has banging tunes an even the Beatles were followers
No-Agent3916@reddit
There is not one , just like the examples you give are your opinion but not fact . Germans do like metal but they also have a long history with techno and the most popular music is Schlager. I could say jungle or grime for the Uk but it is not definitiv as there is so much other music .
coffeewalnut05@reddit
It’s hard to say, we have so many genres. I don’t think there’s a correct answer to this question
Many-Increase5661@reddit
In a way I'm inclined to say punk rock just going back to the sixtys and seventies it started a revolution in music that started the rock as we know it most eighties singers were inspired by the likes of the sex pistols and the clash even the Ramones tbh I think most of Europe pre Berlin wall being destroyed was punk. 99 red balloons (don't know the German spelling) inspired a revolution in the east that came to the Berlin wall being taken down
Norman_debris@reddit
Whatever Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Harry Styles, and Adele are. Lightly rock-tinged pop?
It's also quite regional. London for grime, drill, etc.
Guitar was king until about 2012. But also look at the hype around the Oasis gigs, so I suppose rock is still very popular, or at least that kind of big chorus, radio friendly rock.
pluk78@reddit
Since the Beatles I'd say it has been consistently guitar bands, very much at the pop end of the rock spectrum. That was until about 10/15 years ago when this seems to have become a bit more of a neiche or nostalgic genre, although still quite popular overall but youll almpst never find a guitar band topping the charts now.
It seems to have been replaced with a vapid style of rap pop with heavy American influence as the predominant popular music.
elementarydrw@reddit
Britpop.