[trollbridge]

If anything, it would be nice if a few places were left that didn't have American cultural artifacts everywhere. My experience in the Middle East was often wondering if I were actually in either an American colony or else some place that had dedicated itself to being a kind of museum of American culture, movies, models, advertising, and so forth.

[sojournerc]

100%. I'm excited to find somewhere not playing disco and skater boy, and instead supporting their local music.

Hell, here in the UK I'm happy to hear Sheeran even though he's not really my style typically.

I don't mention that because I like American cultural dominance, merely because it is so ubiquitous.

I was in the middle of South Africa in the oughts and there were bootleg Britney Spears albums... Kind of shocking and I honestly don't exactly understand the appeal of American pop, but it's widespread...

[saulpw]

Avril Lavigne (singer of "Sk8er boi") is Canadian.

[sojournerc]

Fair enough. It popped to mind because I just heard it.

After looking it up, I found it was produced and recorded in California, by an American label.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk8er_Boi

[cobbaut]

My experience here in Antwerp is that a lot of places also play French, Italian, German, Swedish (Abba), Greek, Mexican, Brazilian, and many others, and of course Flemish music mixed with British and American. Never only (or mainly) American for as long as I live (I'm 55).