Talk:British Invasion

Rename proposal

To me, the term "British Invasion" seems parochial and unnecessarily biased towards America. I would suggest renaming the article "British beat boom".

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.253.36.50 (talk) 19:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Parochial or not it was dubbed "British Invasion" by the media in 1964. With all due respect, it's a bit late to start renaming it. Cheers, Vera, Chuck & Dave 20:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While it undoubtedly WAS parochial - or perhaps more accurately "America-centric" - it became an expression that has stuck. So it is valid as an article. But in that sense the article should make clear that it was a colloquial phrase used (almost exclusively) in the USA. And that was in part because of its history with the British. eg - I'm not sure that Australians referred to that music as "British Invasion" We should also check whether it was described that way by the Canadians - a nation that had a different colonial experience with the British! Davidpatrick 20:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's an article about British bands written primarily from an American perspective. Seems pretty parochial to me. Perhaps we could have two articles: one about the British beat boom, with the early paragraphs about the history and roots of those bands, and a second called British Invasion, specifically about their impact on the American charts.

Missing bands

there are alot of bands missing on that list.................Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.231.167.80 (talk • contribs) .

you're missing —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.31.125.206 (talk • contribs) .

Yeah thats because led zepplin and deep purple wern't around in the early 1960's when the real british invasion happened led zepplin originated from the yarbirds which even then was 3 years later get it right man. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.195.244.67 (talk • contribs) .

Pink Floyd?? BeavisSanchez 08:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think Bowie is also missing... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.178.114.91 (talk • contribs) .

Can't forget Jethro Tull- they were around back then, and contributed at least three albums to the invasion scene, most notably Aqualung and Thick as a Brick. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TullFan2000 (talk • contribs) .

for real they missed stuff —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.225.63.3 (talk • contribs) .

Can someone list examples of the Skiffle type bands and the other guitar driven chuck berry bands? thanks -- Patman2648

Somehow, The Kinks were omitted from the list. How is that possible? What Philistine created said list? Never fear, it has been corrected and all is well in the world.

God Save The Kinks!

Why is there a Beetles window on the damn article?? I am deleting that.

If you read the article it's pretty obvious why there is a 'Beetles' window. Yorkshiresky 10:13, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Numbers don't add up

Quoted from near the start of the page:

"The British Invasion began in 1964, and peaked in 1965. Two decades following the first invasion, the UK based punk movement....... As in 1963, the mainstream music market of 1975 had ....... the punk movement was a ...."

I'd hardly call from 1964/5 to 1975 two decades now. I've fixed this. I know the author meant to say that the "2nd Invasion" didn't occur till 2 decades on, however they don't mention it, instead they go on about punk and the 70's, whereas the 2nd invasion by name isn't mentioned for another 2 paragraphs! It just didn't make much sense.

But then again the author of the list left out the Kinks, tut tut. 81.158.160.129 19:54, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I recently posted on my blog about this subject and think I came up with a decent way of breaking up the various groupings. I think there were also a couple later acts like Queen and Def Leppard that made my list but did not show up here when later acts are discussed: http://ironcity.blogspot.com/2006/07/thank-you-great-britain-had-occasion.html

Article needs fixing

This talks about the main British invasion, rightly credited as being the mid-60's but the first artists we are told about are the Sex Pistols and The Clash? Will fix when I have the time, this thing needs a whole revamp. --Zoso Jade 13:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cilla Black, a British Invader??? Did she even release a single in the US?--Zoso Jade 13:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yardbirds with Eric Clapton?

Clapton left the group before they achieved success in the United States; Jeff Beck was the lead guitarist. Eric Clapton would become famous in the U.S. as a member of Cream.