American Prog?

GaryB wrote: I'm an American (even though some people don't consider California to be part of the U.S.). During my album purchasing days I favored European music over American music and my collection reflects that. But, I'm willing to admit that I may possibly have overlooked some good bands and I expect some of you to correct this oversight. I'll start with bands I did not overlook and you can take it from there. Electromagnets Crack The Sky Ethos Pavlov's Dog Fire Ballet Starcastle Frijid Pink The Flock Kansas

Edited by SergiUriah - June 14 2009 at 16:03

Raff wrote: Unfortunately, here in the US there is this tendency to refer to the country as 'America' , forgetting that we're talking about a much bigger continent. So, I am sure the original intention was to refer to US prog.

Snow Dog wrote: Raff wrote: Unfortunately, here in the US there is this tendency to refer to the country as 'America' , forgetting that we're talking about a much bigger continent. So, I am sure the original intention was to refer to US prog. The country is America......it shares its name with the continent.

The country is called the UNITED STATES of America, not America... Trust me, I live here. It would be like calling Italy or France Europe.

I didn't see that Iluvatar was mentioned. Also, Discipline and Cryptic Vision should mentioned, too.

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Raff wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Raff wrote: Unfortunately, here in the US there is this tendency to refer to the country as 'America' , forgetting that we're talking about a much bigger continent. So, I am sure the original intention was to refer to US prog. The country is America......it shares its name with the continent. The country is called the UNITED STATES of America, not America... Trust me, I live here. It would be like calling Italy or France Europe.

sinkadotentree wrote: Raff wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Raff wrote: Unfortunately, here in the US there is this tendency to refer to the country as 'America' , forgetting that we're talking about a much bigger continent. So, I am sure the original intention was to refer to US prog. The country is America......it shares its name with the continent. The country is called the UNITED STATES of America, not America... Trust me, I live here. It would be like calling Italy or France Europe. In Canada we all refer to people in the U.S. as Americans,maybe it's unique to our country.  We're called Canadians so we have to call you guys Americans 'cause United Statesians just doesn't sound right.

Raff wrote: Unfortunately, here in the US there is this tendency to refer to the country as 'America' , forgetting that we're talking about a much bigger continent. So, I am sure the original intention was to refer to US prog.

Hey, I've always thought it a tad bit arrogant that most of us US Americans go around calling ourselves America.  Just think of it as a nickname.  After all, no other country in this hemisphere has America as part of their country name.  And I'll take no offense if you just refer to us as gringos.   Gringo Norte Americanos anyone?

What's really also kind of funny this hemisphere takes it's name from an Italian, Amerigo Vespucci.  Although according to Wiki, there's some dispute about whether or not that's valid.  But that's what I was taught at some point in history class.




Edited by Slartibartfast - June 15 2009 at 01:56

Take it from a United Statesian, over the years we have been called just about every name in the book.

I agree that America is and has long been top ten oriented. Fortunately, I have enough "non commercial" music to listen to. Although I am out of touch with the music of today, I saw a lot of bands "make it" in the sixties and seventies and that was a tough market. I honestly don't know what it would take for a new band to "break into" todays music scene.

Micky wrote: funny...  I thought I lived in the United States OF America.