Quote Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman View Post
I frequently give the good Lord a nod of thanks for the unsurpassable blessing of being born an englishman. But I have to say the only other nationality I could bear to be is american. Rock 'n roll ya see? Without them, we would all still be singing hymns. Imagine being german.
Hang on there. Without us chasing generations of Celts out of the country so they could go and sing their odd nasal music in the Blue Ridge Mountains or wherever and shipping slaves to the colonies in gargantuan numbers, there'd be no rock and roll. The credit ultimately lies with us.