>>>>More seriously, can you name a popular style of music in which the best of it has not been American? OK, classical. That's it.
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>>>You cannot possibly be serious. There has been the occasional piece of influential popular music come out of the UK, you know.
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>>True, and overall there have been more rock supergroups from the UK than the U.S. But as you know, the origins and the early practitioners were all American.
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>Um... direct quote... you said "the best of it", not the earliest.

OK, poor choice of words.