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I saw this list posted on the aldaily.com site, and it got me thinking. What is the pinnacle of American culture in each category?
My half-assed picks:
Composer: George Gershwin
Conducter: Leonard Berstein
Music Festival: I'd say Woodstock, but that was a one shot deal (ignoring the lame commercial attempts to duplicate the original). I'll go with the New Orleans Jazz Festival
Writer: J.D. Salinger
Philosopher: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Artist: Bob Ross :thumbs-up:
Fashion Model: Cindy Crawford
Fashion Designer: No idea...
Fashion Mistake: The Mullet
Film Director: Orson Welles
Film Beauty: Marilyn Monroe
Film Wildman: Robert Mitchum
Classic Car: THE CHEVROLET MOTHERFUCKING IMPALA
Football Ambassador: Joe Namath.
Football Export: Doug Flutie
Tennis Star: Jimmy Connors
Pop Group: they're not pop, but, Guns N Roses
Canine Icon: Cujo
Folk Culture: The Blues
Food: Lobster
Drinking Event: New Years Eve
Holiday Essential: Egg Nog
Composer: Billy Joel
Conducter: ??
Music Festival: Lollapalooza
Writer: Bret Easton Ellis
Philosopher: KRS-1
Artist: Keith Haring
Fashion Model: Rebecca Romajiin Stamos
Fashion Designer: Ralph Lauren
Fashion Mistake: Flock Of Seagulls Hair
Film Director: Martin Scorcese
Film Beauty: Ashley Judd
Film Wildman: Steve McQueen
Classic Car: The Mustang Cobra
Football Ambassador: Joe Namath
Football Export: Doug Flutie
Tennis Star: Jimmy Connors
Pop Group: Metallica
Canine Icon: The dog from Fraiser
Folk Culture: Beatniks
Food: Apple Pie
Drinking Event: New Years Eve
Holiday Essential: Christmas Tree
Composer: Billy Joel
Conducter:
Music Festival: Woodstock, the original
Writer: Jack Kerouac, Hunter S Thompson
Philosopher: Sam Kinneson (sp)
Artist: Ansel Adams, Al Hirschfeld
Fashion Model: Cindy Crawford
Fashion Designer: Calvin Klein
Fashion Mistake: lycra
Film Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Film Beauty: Marilyn Monroe
Film Wildman: James Dean
Classic Car: 57 Chevy
Football Ambassador:
Football Export:
Tennis Star: Jimmy Connors
Pop Group: ok, not a group. Jimmy Hendrix
Canine Icon: Lassie
Folk Culture: The Blues
Food: Apple Pie, hot dog, hamburger, tuna noodle salad
Drinking Event: St Patrick's Day
Holiday Essential: Egg Nog, Santa, colored lights
Notice they didn't put greatest inventor/pioneer cause they know no one comes close to Edison.
We also own almost every sport, except hockey and soccer for the most part. Boxing, Baseball, Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Track & Field, Tennis, etc.
Britain owns on pop group and writer though.
Did you mean Edison vs inventors in those two countries or in general?
any country.
don't even try pulling a tesla.
Galileo is greater than Edison
Quote:Notice they didn't put greatest inventor/pioneer cause they know no one comes close to Edison.
Johannes Gutenberg. The Gutenberg press was probably the single most important invention since the wheel. Gutenberg was not as prolific as Edison, but just as noteworthy.
And since you said inventor/pioneer...Albert Einstein. Without him, we wouldn't be able to have this discussion.
Actually without the invention of the telephone we wouldn't have this discussion cause we wouldn't have an internet.
PS. When they say "football" they mean soccer.
Quote:PS. When they say "football" they mean soccer.
Yeah but who cares what "they" say.
America is the 19 year old of the world. We think we know everything, but we don't know shit.
Composer: Sousa,Billy Joel
Conducter: Leonard Berstein
Music Festival: The Jingle Ball
Writer: Steinbeck,Hemingway
Philosopher: Carlin
Artist: Bob Ross
Fashion Model: Stpehanie Seymour
Fashion Designer: Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger
Fashion Mistake: leg warmers
Film Director: Scorscese,Spielberg
Film Beauty: Marilyn Monroe
Film Wildman:John Belushi
Classic Car: Corvette
Football Ambassador: Joe Namath.
Football Export: Doug Flutie
Tennis Star: Mc Enroe
Pop Group: Jackson 5
Canine Icon: Lassie
Folk Culture: Country Music
Food: Fried Chicken
Drinking Event: St Patricks Day
Holiday Essential: Hannukah Bush
Jingle Ball, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
how can anyone put billy joel as composer?!?!?!?! you people are fucking whacked!
Billy Joel has compsed the soundtrack of America, and also the soundtracks of many lives....look beyond the classical music and show tunes. If you want show tunes, Rodgers and Hammerstein.