Most iconic, hippest and best artist from your country?
Spiritual_Chaos
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ICONIC - ABBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8sHIPPEST - The Knife, First Aid Kit maybe... The Hives once upon a time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeQLO43a2YBEST - Joakim Thåström
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For Canada it is the Tragically Hip on all three counts. I can hardly imagine any Canadian saying anything else.
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Tragically Hip are not relly known outside of Canada. That would take the iconic away.PJ_Soul said:For Canada it is the Tragically Hip on all three counts. I can hardly imagine any Canadian saying anything else.
I don't really know them and I'm Canadian.0 -
i would have thought Rush would be the most iconic from CanadaLongueuil said:
Tragically Hip are not relly known outside of Canada. That would take the iconic away.PJ_Soul said:For Canada it is the Tragically Hip on all three counts. I can hardly imagine any Canadian saying anything else.
I don't really know them and I'm Canadian.
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It could have been Rush as it could be Neil Young or Brian Adams or Céline Dion.
But I would put Leonard Cohen as the most iconic from Canada.0 -
I'll go with Ireland since I'm 1/8th Irish:
Iconic: U2
Hippest: My Bloody Valentine
Best: Thin Lizzy
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Iconic - it has to be Tom Jones!
https://youtu.be/dIDzA0YDso8
Hippest - Super Furry Animals
https://youtu.be/_zxXF0B_SyM
Best - Stereophonics
https://youtu.be/v7okiAuq59c
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I like Ghost from your country!Spiritual_Chaos said:
ICONIC - ABBAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s
HIPPEST - The Knife, First Aid Kit maybe... The Hives once upon a time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeQLO43a2Y
BEST - Joakim Thåströmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjB0UfviG_U0 -
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This is tough...
Iconic
Hippest. Spoon is debatable, lol.
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Since I'm from the US, I'll try to limit mine to my home states of Maryland and West Virginia.
MD most iconic = Clutch
MD hippest = Good Charlotte
MD best = Jimmy's Chicken Shack
WV = Bill Withers for all three
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