There's a lot of musicians who are huge in Europe, but not in the US
Is that true?
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LOL Eurodance.
Country artists. Even Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash are unknown to most of Europe.
Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash certainly are known.
They don't make ridiculous hillbilly garbage.
That is taking it a bit too far. Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash are definitely known, especially because they kinda crossed over into over genres than straight country, but 99% of other country artists aren't.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
they play HUGE venues over there
Grateful Dead
Dave Matthews Band
Phish
Grateful Dead is definitely huge in Europe as well.
I’d heard of them but hadn’t ever heard any of their music before I lived in the US for a bit.
It’s hard to imagine stoner bands not doing well in Europe. Maybe it’s just because they’d start heading across the pond, get distracted, and turn around?
I guess we had enough of our own stoner bands (or stoned-friendly bands) with the likes of Pink Floyd; Yes; Jethro Tull; Hawkwind; Ozric Tentacles; Emerson, Lake & Palmer, etc.
Though American acts like Frank Zappa and Canadian acts like Rush made inroads.
I had never heard of the (frankly horrible) band "Train" until recently.
Im not sure they are still a thing. Their hits were few and 15-20 years ago. As an American I wouldn't call them big here.
What makes this song stink
Train was (is still?) quite big in Netherlands at least. Drops of Jupiter and Hey, Soul Sister topped the charts
I think the U.S. exports a fair amount of media and personalities involved in it, while other countries don't necessarily do as much. RRR or Ne Zha 2 might have been box office monsters in India or China (respectively) but not nearly as much here, while Avengers and the like do absolute numbers the world over. Kpop has started to gain international appeal (e.g. BTS) but thats about it.
I think a fair amount of country likely doesn't escape the states. Or at least I haven't heard of a big chunk of folks rockin out to Shania Twain or whatev.
Unfortunately I can report that Shania Twain scored a couple of big hits this side of the pond
That don't impress me much.
Her ex-husband produced most of Def Leppards albums through the 1990s so he has ties to UK radio.
Hootie and the Blowfish comes to mind.
LOL
They haven't had a hit in a while thoughthe singer Darius Rucker has had some success as a solo country artist.
As a European: I was asked to play wagon wheel for a small party recently. . I didn’t know the song and I learned that would’ve been pretty unlikely in the USA.
In the Netherlands they are well known. They played on Pinkpop festival in the mid 90s.
- Released over 30 albums since the early 1970s, of which nine were multi-platinum
- Worth over $500m when he died in 2023
- To the best of my knowledge, never even on the radar in the UK or Europe.
I grew up in the UK in the 80s & 90s, which seems to be the period he was really becoming huge in the US, and I had never heard of him until he died a couple of years ago.
He's also a good novelist. I dislike his music. I dislike many of his fans as they tend to be the kinds of people who love the Grateful Dead and Reagan at the same time. His books are good.
You aren't missing anything. He made a bunch of really idiotic music.
His books are worth reading.
The UK is Europe...
Not according to them
They are not a part of the European union oké Zwitserland and Norway but they are a part of Europe.
You can't just decide to not be part of a continent.
gestures broadly at Brexit
It’s a joke, mate
According to who? The UK, and I live in Wales btw, is part of the European continent. The myopic, bigoted people of the UK voted to leave the EU which is a political institution not to be confused with Europe as a continent.
literally only know his name because of south park
Same with Willie Nelson.
Know the name, know roughly what he looks like through parodies, no idea about his music
You're probably too young.
Definitely got played here in Europe.
"You Are Always On My Mind" is worth a listen.
Isn't that Elvis?
Elvis covered it. I just found out Nelson never wrote it. Saw Willie Nelson 15 years ago with John Mellencamp and Bob Dylan. Willie and John were great.
Wow, TIL! Thanks for this, I was so sure you were mistaken
I mean I was? I thoughtWillie Nelson wrote it.
Oh right. Well then, shame on you.
Correct. Never heard of him. Sounds like a fat man at a wedding.
You’re not far off. His true draw was getting drunk at the massive tailgate parties in the parking lot. I barely remember the few actual concerts I went into.