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simple fact is that the UK has not only influenced music world wide but we have produced some of the biggest singers/groups EVER .....
Really, the two nations that stand out are UK and Sweden though proportionally Sweden is in its own class entirely to this day. About 50% of all modern day hits are produced or written by Swedes.
If you consider how small our nation is, that's pretty impressive. Yet the UK will forever be the greatest because Motörhead... At least we got a Swedish letter and a Swedish drummer in there. :P
@@michaelmay5453 Really?
@@michaelmay5453 ...and most of them being dance tracks with a female singer it's all a bit dull. Sweden has a proud musical history though! (and I don't mean Abba - although kudos) Also that letter should be ø but yers wanted to be more German. Boo.
@@ajsafc7150 Yes.
@@Stupot2030 LOL, what? No. Most of our music isn't dance music but female singers do tend to do well in our nation for a reason. We don't consider them as lesser humans that shouldn't even have basic human rights like the US.
"They're british?!" Blur is as british as they come 🤣 Damon from Blur is also the singer from the band Gorillaz. 😊
I was looking for a comment like this - Blur being the quintessential Brit-Pop band along with Oasis 😂
I heard that Blur were collectively a little disappointed Song 2 was so successful. It was supposed to be them taking the piss out of lazy rock music.
It was the Iron Maiden "Oh my god, they're British?!" that got me - like the bloody flag didn't give you a clue?
Nice to see more Americans opening their eyes and ears to the fact that there is a rest of the world outside of the US 😂
Not really Americans are the biggest uk rock fans mate. Germany, France, Spain like Euro pop.
Omg!! The Beatles overrated. Are we living on the same planet??
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Americans *made* most of these bands TBF.
Actually, U.S give us a lot of time tbh, they rate us and are always respectful toward us, theres as many successful british bands in the us as there are us bands in the uk, maybe we should cut them some slack, I know we don't like being liked or given compliments and that's in our DNA, but we admire the yanks same as they do us, even if we don't admit it, I think we can give the US some mutual respect, about the only nation on earth that's honest with their opinions without bias... waiting to be shot down for that lol
The Cure, Zepplin, Ozzy, Stones and Beatles especially.
I think the person who compiled this loved the Artic Monkeys and Muse. But leaves out the Kinks, ELO, Genesis, The Hollies. What about The Who - My generation?
It looks like it was done on number of streams on Spotify.
Hollies😂
MUSE the best 🔥🔥
Arctic Donkeys are shite. Muse aren’t much better
....and no Duran Duran, Genesis, Depeche Mode
12:25 Yup.
How many times Arctic Monkeys is played is crazy. No The Kinks or Madness? Crazier though.
I have a feeling we probably share the same record collection... #1 and #2 in my eyes, so thanks for mentioning the Kinks and Madness.
No Genesis either and so many songs by the Arctic Monkees, can't be a real music expert that made that list
It seemed to me as if it was compiled solely on spotify streams, not necessarily the standard of the songs or artist.
I too was surprised there was no Madness in this (they are up there with The Monkees [who wouldn't be on this list since they were only one fourth British] for me).
Kinks, good point that's furry muff, but Madness ain't rock is it now....
Did not realise Connor had such good taste, pleasantly surprised 😅😂
Same taste as me i was glad he was like meh at the same ones and yeees at the same ones as me
People who can listen to just 4 seconds of a song have no taste.
@@philjones45 no, as in he knew most of the songs already and has clearly listened to them in their entirety
Arctic Monkeys were massively over-represented. Where were Snow Patrol, The Kinks, Small Faces?
Still, good to watch. Proud of our music. We are the only nation in Europe that truly embraced rock music. 🤗🇬🇧🤩🇬🇧😍🇬🇧🤗🇬🇧
Arctic Monkeys likely benefited from Spotify coming into existence a few years after they started.
Snow Patrol had one song that ended up being the opening music to an American Medical TV show. Their other songs were blah!
Arctic monkeys are rated highly by their peers
"The Beatles are overrated" proceeds to love every Beatles song. Never change Connor.
he's just jumping on a weirdo bandwagon. Nothing overrated about the beatles.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDereknothing deserves as much praise as they get and Beatles fans axt like their music is perfect and get offended if you even make a criticism so in that way they're overrated but not in terms of how good they are
I rather wish he would. Has a "reactor" ever issued forth with a more ridiculous statement in the history of YT?
@@Joemama55122 nah
The problem most don't understand about the beatles is they're listening to em 60 years AFTER they changed music....listen to revolution then music pre beatles....the fact I played beatles in late 90s and my nephew said "oh you're playing oasis says it all" 😅
I was 2/3 through this before I realised it's based on Spotify plays. Explains a lot!
Led Zep just incredible music. Bowie 'Life on Mars' deserved a mention. One band you never hear about but whom I think did some great stuff is Slade.
Connor - Beatles are over-rated. Every Beatles song that comes on - Such A Great Song !
Not all Beatles songs are good but most are great.
At this stage I think he’s trolling us 😂
And then says he loves the Beatles tribute act, who are Oasis!😅
A very inferior tribute act.@@kevanwillis4571
Not only that majority of bands on list worshipped beatles 😅
Blur have the most British accent ever. How can you think otherwise lol
Saying The Beatles are overrated is like saying oxygen is an overrated element. That may sound like hyperbole but every rock group since The Beatles has been influenced by them one way or another. Have better groups come after them? Possibly, but not without that influence, and certainly not on the same cultural level. It's oddly disheartening to hear someone dismiss the Beatles without actually properly listening to them. Then again, there are music acts I think are overrated - Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran, for example - and I've not heard their entire catalogue either. It is what it is, I suppose.
I just subbed this chap. I like that he's not embarassed to say things that Brit's might fall over at. Just being himself. No pretence here. And open to new information. Good stuff I say.
You should realise the Beatles mean nothing to those who don't listen to rock, which is a lot of the population, no matter how popular you think they are.
@@dkinclonberne That's perfectly true. Fans of classical or jazz or blues, for example, may not give the Beatles a second thought. Hip-hop and rap as well, of course. However, the impact the Beatles had on popular music cannot be overstated. To coin a phrase, that's not an opinion, it's just counting. You don't have to like them, but you surely can't deny their importance.
FALSE. @@dkinclonberne The beatles massively influenced pop and folk and hundreds of subgenres. They are not only rock.
Oxygen is OK, but it's no Molybdenum.
i really missed Genesis in this list
Queen bohemian rhapsody is the best song off all time
I enjoyed that, pity the songs weren't a little longer.
Does Queen ever miss?
NO.
Great to see you blissing out, and why not, some of the best music since the 1960's. Loved most of it - the soundtrack of my life after all. I discovered Queen as music played on a ski-lift in Turkey and my life has not been quite the same since then
I agree that stairway to heaven is one of the greatest songs ever made.
Look up the kennedy centre honours for Led Zeppelin, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart did a cover including John Bonhams son on the drums, it was spectacular.
You and your mum have great taste in music 😊
sorry to say mate but if you like every beatles song that comes up i don’t think you can call them overrated 🤣
Indeed
When your mum plays some of her tunes at home, do you say "I'll react to that sure" 😊
Lmao
In one of your previous videos, you said you'd never heard of Radiohead lol! I commented that I bet you would have heard 'Creep'. Seems I was proved right as you said, 'Great song'.
Cheers Connor, I enjoyed that - and it reminded me of some tracks I'd almost forgotten (so immediately went and played them!)
The early Beatles were a revelation even though they look and sound a bit dated now, at the time they were revolutionary, and it was a privilege to be a young teenager when they burst on the scene and just blew our minds. It is said that there was 'music before the Beatles and real rock music after the Beatles'. They set the standard that everyone later had to follow. The Beatles and the Stones inspired a generation of young people to pick up a guitar or drums and make music, experimenting and developing new genres and styles in every city and small town in the country. That's why there are so many Great British acts.
Joke of a list when ELO aren't there.
And The Prodigy. 👍
@@rickb3645 Feck yeah, even Rod Stewart, they missed loads for the sake of the feckin Arctic Monkeys :)
@bitemyshite Spotify does not equal great music, this is whats wrong with the world.
@bitemyshite in one word "censorship" ELO probably don't allow there music to be prostituted, like Prince, but hey ho, you listen to what they tell you is good.
No Elton John, No Rod Stewart, No prodigy , no Madness, no Squeeze., I could go on, but they don't matter as spotify says so ha ha
How on earth can anyone call the Beatles overrated.
Someone who doesn't know his arse from a hole in the ground.
Connor does on every video which includes The Beatles - but then he says every Beatles song he hears is great _&_ then plays that briefest of Yesterday clips to death!! 😮🤔🥺🏴🙂♥️🇬🇧🖖
The Beatles were the most important band of all time. That is a stone cold FACT, whether you like it or not.
It is impossible to overestimate the influence they had on everything that followed.
heroes and boys dont cry and you make a hand gesture like you dont like it, those are the best songs on this list
Call the Beatles overrated then continued replaying Beatles songs😂
No Depeche Mode 😳
Shit list
When you got to "Yesterday" I had to double check my internet wasn't glitching! wtf man!
McCartney playing the Glastonbury Festival here at 80 - for over two hours - and outsinging Dave Grohl - was a look. It would be an interesting reaction video actually. I don't know how he stood out there that long without wanting to pee.
At his age he's probably wearing incontinence pants or has a catheter!
That was an emotional rollercoaster, some truely awesome bands have come from the UK
You may think the Beatles are overrated, young man, but when they started, rock music was nearly dead, Elvis was in the army, and they revolutionised music. It was a bigger upheaval than punk. This happened at the time your parents were born, apparently. Makes me feel very old.
Sounds like you & your mum's got great taste in music 🙂
Your face is so funny when Coldplay come on
Take 1,000 lines, boy!
Write out 500 times:
THE BEATLES ARE NOT OVER-RATED.
and 500 times:
I AM SORRY.
Glad to see two of my fave Pink Floyd numbers are included 'Money' and 'Comfortably Numb'.
Could have done with more Cream.
Btw, did you catch the view of the Belfast street (probably 1971) at no 48 ('Teenage Daydream')?
Your mum sounds great!🙂
Band singing in clear British accents or with massive Union Jacks on their artwork - "They're British?" You are clearly off your face but that is no excuse!
Music is subjective..what one person likes..another doesn't...like everything in life...Some people like coffee...some people don't..some like tea..some people don't..and so on and so on....There are many factors as to why we like what we like and don't like.
i'm surprised no ELO MR Blue Sky, a banger or no Madness, but it's based on spotify listens, or Bee Gees to think of it. (suppose not rock)
Truth is live music is a big thing in Britain - at all levels - I have know loads of people in bands and the grass roots level of pub gigs and open mic's and pub blues jam nights are all over the place. I'm lucky enough to have played with the same guys in my band for years. It's like an adrenaline sport, the buzz is addictive - the rougher the pub the more responsive the audience. It's a knife edge, do a bad gig and you know it... but to end the night with encores and an audience up and dancing is awesome.
I'm not sure but I think you gave a wave of interest on hearing a snippet of radio head if you don't know them but liked what you heard I can highly recommend you take time to look into them.
Btw i love the fact you seem to have knowledge and appreciation of music spanning many years and styles 👍🎶🎵🎸
If it’s a USA v UK battle. Sorry USA, you lose.
iron maiden isnt just british, there the figureheads of the metal revival known as "new wave of british heavy metal" they defined metal for there era
Was nice to see Keane popping up on one of these lists, now that's a band that gives you all the emotions!
The damn British were better than us!!!! I'm okay with that!!!! I LOVE DAVID BOWIE
Some dubious choices in that mix.
No Quo = No Show.
*The Greatest Live Music event the World has ever known was kicked started by the Mighty Quo. (admittedly with their version of a Fogerty song)
They set the scene and set up the play.
*Live Aid - Wembley 1985
And Queen won it hands down 👍🏻
Notable omissions: The Kinks and Elton John.
And don't worry, you'll learn to appreciate The Beatles with age. It took me a while. Always liked them, but it was watching clips from the Get Back documentary that did for me. Just something about seeing their casual genius in the studio was magical.
The Beatles can't be overrated. They did everything, and they did it first. They pioneered new techniques, new instruments, and the one everyone forgets - without them, there wouldn't have been the commercial infrastructure. Without them there wouldn't have been a pop industry, just a few bands gigging in pubs and bars. Pop was dying when they started, but they brought the money back.
Top 20 greatest British songs ever (not based around 5-6 artists)
1. The Beatles - Hey Jude
2. Procul Harem - Whiter Shade Of Pale
3. Blur - The Universal
4. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
5. The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
6. Muse - Uprising
7. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
8. David Bowie - Heroes
9. Pink Floyd - Sheep
10. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
11. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
12. Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
13. The Who - Who Are You?
14. Hazel O'Connor - Will You?
15. Peter Gabriel - Biko
16. Derek And The Dominoes - Layla
17. Deep Purple - Burn
18. Duran Duran - Reflex
19. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
20. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
Terrible list
Yes, you're right about the Keane song 'Somewhere only we know' being the one that has the line "I'm getting old and I need something to rely on". I was really wanting the Queen clip of 'The Show Must Go On' to go on for a little longer.. 😭 no pun intended.
Please pass on my admiration to your Mum!! The first Reactions I started watching were musical ones. And I'd been gobsmacked to see how many of them (the reactors) had never even heard of, let alone heard at all, some of the most iconic tracks in musical history - including Queen! Many first-timers were brought to tears hearing some of them. And a large proportion of them have never heard of all the legends whose music was featured here. And all I could do was watch in stupefaction: were they brought up by wolves?😁
In Oz, and in England, people grow up hearing their parents' music - down the pub - every time you enter a Charity Shop - definitely when working in the kitchen - when you get a sudden urge to shake your booty. I was brought up not only on my parent's music, but my grandmother & great grand mother's music as well. It made me infinitely sad that kids are left to 'fend for themselves' when it comes to music. All they hear is their own genre of music, so they go through their lives not ever understanding how varied and even sublime, music can be.
Your mother gave you a great gift, didn't she?☺
Sorry, can't let it go. This simpleton actually said (twice!!) that The Beatles are overrated.
The Who and Genesis are massive omissions!
Iron Maiden popping is a little reminder of hearing their first album as a child - courtesy of an older brother, 11 years and one day older than me. He had the gear. The hair and the beard and the denim and the patches and basically adhered to that movement until he got older. Now he's almost pipe and slippers....
you're a bit of a Hoot yourself Connor lol. Cheers mate 🤪
I'm assuming this list of rock songs was put together by a member of the Arctic Monkeys.
Emerson Lake & Palmer, Barclay James Harvest, SAHB, Slade, Sweet, Lindisfarne, Jethro Tull, Hawkwind, Billy Fury, Wishbone Ash, Yes, Mott the Hoople, Simple Minds, Tears For Fears, Black, The Christians, Madness, Fairport Convention, The Tain, John Martyn, Nazareth, Billy Idol, Gerry Rafferty, Genesis, Kate Bush, Culture Club, The Pretenders, Pet Shop Boys, Runrig, Silly Wizard and many more. Not all 'rock' (neither are all the 100 on this video) but great music all the same.
When you look at music from the 60s to now so much is british bands it's the best of the best. My favourites are the who .
Surprised that Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help From My Friends" was not included.
For hiccups, take a deep breath and then swallow three times. Sounds weird, but it works.
I saw the Cure in th late 80's at Wembly Arena, funnyest gig ever who knew a arena coild be Hot Boxed???? They also forgot the words for Love Cats, how was that possible???? . It was hilarious, nuts.
Your mum rocks! 🖤🤘
Too much Artic Monkeys, I cannot believe there wasn't any Def Leppard.
And yet YungBlud is on it 🤔🤣
On top of all the Beatles songs on this list, it's worth noting, out of the top 3 songs, Number 3 (The Scientist) was written in Liverpool and based on a George Harrison song, Number 2 (Wonderwall) was sang by a band heavily influenced by The Beatles and Number 1 was brought back into popularity by Wayne's World, starring Mike Myers - whose father is from Liverpool. Proof that Liverpool is probably the greatest musical city in the world
You inflicted Ken Dodd on us too.
How about checking out the original Fleetwood Mac, with Peter Green, completely different vibe, more blues based.
That Blur song I think it’s called “song 2” was actually written to take the mick out of heavy metal for its lack of lyrical ability, the lyrics don’t make a lot of sense if you listen to it
The first line is “I got my head checked…, by a jumbo jet”
Weird compilation because some songs weren't even rock songs. "Yesterday" by The Beatles is a very calm ballad. I wouldn't call songs like that rock songs just because the band is a rock band.
To be honest Arctic Monkeys are very British in their sound, they have that Yorkshire accent. Most of the really over-the-top sounding Brits here, mostly 'Britpop' you seemed to give the 'meh 50/50 hand' haha. I want to suggest some more British bands for you that weren't in (i think) the video: The Stone Roses, The Verve, Peter Gabriel, James, Killing Joke, ELO, Van Morrison, Gerry Rafferty, Supertramp.
Awesome music reaction👍 Some of my favorite bands and songs🎶💖
So whoever compiled this list is an Artic Monkeys fan!
My top 100 would possibly give them one spot 😉
I think it was done on Spotify plays. I didn't know most of their songs to be honest.
@@rikmoran3963 I was wondering about that, TY
AC/DC partly come from Scotland but the band was formed in Australia. They are true Aussies in spirit.
Partly? All three Young brothers, Bon Scott and Brian Johnson, that’s about all of them.
Brain Johnson is from England. The young's moved to Australia when they were around nine.
AC/DC are australian although half of them were born in britain
Again, you've never listened to iron maiden if you didn't know they were british.
Top 100 means Number 1 all greats and legends.
Yep Iron Maiden are from the East End of London.
This is as good a place to explain it as anywhere, but I was taught a good way to kill hiccups...
*Apparatus* : Glass of water; your fingers and thumbs.
*Method* : 1. Practice using your fingers to close your ears and nostrils at the same time (you need to make your head airtight for this to work). I find the middle fingers can reach my ears while my thumbs can reach my nose, but whatever works for you.
2. Take a mouthful of water. This is going to act like a physical plunger to force the trapped air pocket out of your gullet.
3. Close your ears and nose (see 1), then swallow the water as hard as you can.
4. Repeat 3 as required (I've never needed more than three shots).
5. Once the trapped air is below the sphincter at the bottom of your oesophagus you can get on with your life, hiccup free.
You're welcome.
I like how you just said not the best song from Queen to my favourite Queen song and one of my favourite songs of all time lol
You've obviously never heard much led zeppelin if you couldn't believe they were british, same goes from most british artists here.
This is not the top 100 British songs ... This is just 100 British songs
The Beatles are not overrated mate 👍
I was puzzled by the inclusion of the three Fleetwood Mac songs, which were all sung by American Stevie Nicks and at a time after FM moved to the States and had become Americanised. I always think of FM as two different bands - the Britsh R&B band from the 1960s led for most of that time by Peter Green, and then the ‘Americanised’ west-coast sound band after they brought in Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. I like both FMs btw.
Still a majority British band though. Mick, Christine, John... all British.
Mick Fleetwood , John McVie & Christine McVie all from the UK as was original guitarist Peter Green.
@@philipmccarthy6175 Yes, I know that. But by then the band was mostly driven by the Americans and their sound was very definitely American.
Coldplay Adventure of a lifetime is a happy song...also good video.
Holding your breath and breathing slowly and deeply should help with hiccups. Good reaction.
😂 Ha ha!! "I think the Beatles are overrated" , ...... 🎵🎶 Yesterday,🎵 ....Yesterday🎶 ..Yesterday🎶🎵 😂 We" hate you too". Only joking.✌ Love you really.
So much great music here. But you're right, Coldplay are depressing and as for the surfeit of Arctic Monkeys tracks, I can only assume that their management must have slept with someone.
you were brought up with impeccable music taste , that was a mix tape of my life ,, ac/dc could technically be included as British as most of the band are either British born or in brians case British but I'm happy for the ausies to claim that one as they were young when they emigrated ,,, get it , young when they emigrated again bon scotts name is a clue to his origins
More Scottish bands/singers to check out... Dire Straits, The Average White Band, The Blue Nile, Nazareth, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, KT Tunstall, Annie Lennox, Hipsway, the list is endless.....
Hi Connor, great to listen 2 your review over this very fast top 100. Top 20 & longer clips wld be better. Not your fault though. Nice to see your reactions as i feel the same as far as music inffluencing my whole persona. It's true that even if awesome group, sometimes their music can be a downward spiral so quickly that i have to turn away. Plenty of awesome music still out there. And so many different genres. Try out 'Two Cellos' for epic cross-over. Take care. 😊💕👍🏻
I'm somewhat disappointed. Because these aren't necessarily good, they seem to just be the ones with the most Spotify plays.
Although I'm from the UK, I would never include Fleetwood Mac (post Peter Green era) as a British band, because two of the key members are American. Good video tho.
I love The Beatles and know that here in the UK, just a few years ago Hey Jude was ranked as the best record of all time!
Cannot understand why so many artic monkey songs, yet they failed to do even one Def Leppard one, when def leopard is far superior. Criminal.
Im sorry but, Who wants to live Forever is my favorite
It's very hard to judge songs on these small clips, if you don't know them. The Artics have some amazing tunes, with great lyrics. But it takes you to listen to them fully. And yeah, I've never got the hate Coldplay gets.
"Is ACDC British" made me laugh out loud so hard
Late to this but Fleetwood Mac should have been the original band formed by Pete Green and Mick Fleetwood truly British
The Green Manalishi with the two pronged crown, Man of the World, Albatross etc
Also check out Free
Paul Rodgers lead singer was great (still is)and then started Bad Company a song with the same name is brilliant. He also sang for a time with Queen after Freddie died
Iron Maiden only ranked in the 90s.. WTF
Moody Blues nights in white satin is my favourite