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Trans-Atlantic Battle

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tintinnabular:
My favourite bands are a mix of American and British bands, with a few Australian bands thrown in for good measure. I don't like these bands because of (or despite of) where they come from; I like them because I enjoy their music. The only exceptions are the Welsh-language bands I listen to because I both enjoy their music and the language they are singing in.

KharBevNor:
I have never really thought of this, but I have had a look at my last.fm stats and the results are pretty conclusive. Here is a break-down of my top 100 by nation:

British: 31
American: 18
Swedish: 12
Norwegian: 9
German: 6
Finnish: 5
Danish: 3
Australian: 2
Dutch: 2
Italian: 2
Japanese: 2
Belgian: 1
Canadian: 1
Czech: 1
French: 1
Irish: 1
Polish: 1
Slovakian: 1
Slovenian: 1


So I think it's pretty clear which side of the atlantic my loyalties lie. Most of my favourite bands come from the germanic european nations.

De_El:
My tastes are extremely U.S.-centric because I live in the United States and the music I am likely to encounter by chance is much more likely to be from the U.S. than anywhere else.  Out of curiosity I went through my Last.fm top artists, and it turned out about 1 part UK to two parts US with smatterings of Canada,France, Australia, Japan, Germany and Sweden mostly.  Interestingly, my overall top 10 is 5 US artists, 4 UK, and 1 Japan (Boris). My top ten for the last 12 months is 5 UK artists, 4 US artists, and 1 Japan (BORIS).

Country of origin is neither a deciding factor nor something I necessarily know about a band I like, though.  I had to look up a bunch to see where bands were from; for some reason I thought both The Walkmen (US) and Stereolab (UK) were Canadian.  And community is nothing.  I know way more about musical communities from history than current ones.

David_Dovey:
Oh geez I just went back and tagged two years worth of music so I could do this. Anyway, according to last.fm my list is almost embarrasingly American-dominated:

american      138
australian    37
english    36
canadian    21
french    9
swedish    9
welsh    5
german    5
ambient    4
norwegian    3
italian    3
japanese    3
scottish    2
irish    2
belgian    2
dutch    1
russian    1
brazilian    1
new zealand    1
portuguese    1

evilbobthebob:
Oooh I want to visit Ambient, sounds like a cool country  :-P

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