Favorite music decade?

edDV · Posted: Jul 18, 2005 15:54

I voted 60's but in reality "the 60's" began with the Beatles in '64 and ended somewhere around '73-75.

It was totally over by the time "disco" hit the world.

PS: I need to revise the start date back to '62 with Bob Dylan's first LP release but he wasn't getting up to full speed until '64.

HatchetMan · Psychopathic Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Location: AZ, USA

Because I listen to pretty much everything...

Mid to late 50's for rock - Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc. Late 80's, early 90's for rap - Ice T, Eazy-E, NWA, etc. Metal starting in '70 with Black Sabbath and continuing up to present day including Danzig and Cradle of Filth. It think pop was best in the 80's w/ Depeche Mode, Erasure, New Order, and too many others to list
_________________
my links

freebird73717 · Posted: Jul 18, 2005 17:10

I like 70's alot and some early 80's stuff.

"wont ya fly high freebird yeah!"
_________________
My Tools

Ready to Learn?

gadgetguy · Contestant Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Location: Michigan, USA

This is a double edged sword. The 70s is my favorite and my least favorite at the same time. Some of the best hard-rock came from that era, but it also had disco, (what an embarassment).
_________________
"Shut up Wesley!"
-- Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Delerious · Member Joined: 22 Aug 2003

I voted 70's. Late 60's to early 70's. i listen mainly to psychedelic, progressive, spacerock. I also like a lot of the rock bands from that time frame - Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Jethro Tull, Ted Nugent, Blue Oyster Cult, Hendrix, Ten Years After, The Who, Cream, The Yardbirds, etc., etc., etc.

J

johns0 · killer muppet Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Location: canada

ashtones · Member Joined: 27 Aug 2001 Location: United States

Probably the 80's. But not Madona and Huey Lewis 80's, more like anything from Camper van Beethoven to U2. 90's were good too or at least the early 90's. There are only a few bands playing currently that I can stomach. Radiohead, Muse, some Coldplay and The Foo Fighters.

burnman99 · Member Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Location: Arkansas/USA

Would have to go 70's then 80's. Grew up with the great Singer/Songwriter period ala Jim Croce in the 70's and listened to a lot of Bighair stuff in the 80's Also like a lot of classical and some other stuff. As far as I'm concerned, good music is good music.

Later!

Roger
_________________
There are many ways to measure success. You just have to find your own yardstick.

budz · Posted: Jul 18, 2005 22:03

Soopafresh · Dismember Joined: 01 Jan 2004 Location: United States

Couldn't stand the music in the 80s, except for The Replacements. The radio played "Karma Chameleon" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" ad nauseum. Oh, and don't forget "Gonna Dress You Up in Mylar" (sic).

Okay, I liked "Safety Dance" and "In a Big Country".

budz · Posted: Jul 19, 2005 00:53

whitejremiah · Member Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Location: USA

im personally a fan of the 90's music.....heck even up till 2000 was good...i still listen to some (not much though) new music im partial to the early 90's rap stuff such as NWA, Westside connection, ect (even though those groups all had the same people in them, changing one or two here and there) I also like the good ol run DMC...that type of stuff, REAL rap music a lot that comes out these days is just kinda blah....ripoffs of ripoffs of ripoffs of GOOD music.

oldfart13 · Member Joined: 09 Nov 2000 Location: Canada

Sirius and other satellite radio channels have spoiled me in the last several years...now I can listen to whatever I want whenever I want, be that big band era, classic rock, 50s Golden Oldies, etc. I'm going to be getting this in my car soon so I can get rid of the local yokel stations forever...

Nelson37 · Member Joined: 14 Aug 2001

Having grown up in a music store, I can listen to almost anything, provided they at least know how to play their instruments.

Mid-60's to mid 70's would probably be my favorite era.

I think MTV damaged music considerably by making bands something you Look At rather than Listen To.

Recently caught myself telling my teenage daughter that what she was listening to was "just noise". Now where have I heard that before?

Read an interesting reprint years ago, some civic leader was complaining about a new music style, told how it was destroying the fabric of our society, causing youth to be rebellious and disrespectful, was the work of the Devil, and on and on.

He was talking about the Waltz.

dipstick · Posted: Jul 19, 2005 10:59

Loved the late 60s early 70s with Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Deep Purple, ect.

Loved the 80's with U2, AC-DC, Rush, Yes, Bruce Springsteen, ect.

Loved the 90s with REM, Pearl Jam, Tonic, Creed, ect.

starwarrior29 · Member Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: US

Loved the 80's the best, hair bands and all. Still listen to music from that time period regularly.

mysts · Member Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Location: United States

It's the 70's for me. Groups like "Little River Band", "Chicago",, but lets not forgt the "Beatles".

zleepy · Posted: Jul 20, 2005 17:09

All decades had fantastic music and I love them all.

I have pop, jazz, classical CDs of every decade.
Berlin, Bebop, Ornet, Coltrane, Johnny Mathis, 60's-70's acid rock, disco, punk, new wave, New Order, Fish (Marillion), Goa Trance, Tiesto, etc etc

From Corelli, Shostakovitch, Grofe, etc etc

Ethnic music like salsa, flamenco, rap, hip-hop, regae, pansori (Korean folk), etc etc.

Live in the global internet age.

LATM DJ Lorn's mixes (free from his 256-mp3 site), Vgood thru out.

MeDiCo_BrUjO · Voodoo Child Joined: 21 Mar 2002 Location: Tampa, FL

Each decade had its own share of great music, but the 80's will rule forever.

Today's music is mostly garbage.
_________________
1f U c4n r34d 7h1s, U r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d!!!

laspis59 · Tool Addict Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Location: England,UK

My favorite years are 1977-1994.77-80 for the first wave of punk.80-89 for the great electronic sounds of Erasure,Depeche Mode and indie like The Smiths.Duran Duran,HouseMartins ect...
89-94 for the early Rave\Jungle scene.
The stuff in the charts today though I pretty much hate,apart from small selection of bands such as The Killers,Coldplay and The Strokes.

_________________
~Luke~

etcallhome · Member Joined: 20 Oct 2004

I almost chose the present because I'm old enough to remember, or at least be familiar with, rock music (I'm assuming that we are concerned with rock since it is the only novel musical genre to develop in this time frame) since its inception in the early 50's. I can understand how a contemporary band or performer is influenced by previous artists and understand how they have developed to become what they are at the present. As it is, I chose the 70's because rock music had pretty much become in this decade what it ultimately was going to be (various genres and so forth) with a culmination in punk groups like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols. There are even vestiges of hip hop and rap in 60's and 70's music. Also, so many seminal artists, like Led Zeppelin and each of the Beatles, bridged the 60's and 70's and are still vital influences today on various sounds.
_________________
Have you heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight.

TheFamilyMan · Posted: Jul 22, 2005 11:50

The 70's....that was when I was in jr. high and highschool. Loved the major prog bands: Yes, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, etc. Lots of great bands and music also happened in the late 70's, when prog sort of died. I also have a classical collection that is larger than my rock collection, my favorites are the early to mid 20th century composers: Bartok, Rachmoninoff, Ravel, Gerswin, Copland, Stravinsky, etc.

It seems to me that music lovers imprint on the music that they liked in their youth. My wife's grandfather always has us play his Guy Lambardo LP's when he comes to visit. All music is enjoyable (to someone), regardless of the time or means it is created. It's one of the most subjective experiences there is.
_________________
When moving from A to B, it is good to know that you are at A

CBC · Member Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Location: USA

Interesting topic/responses!

For me the late 60s- early 70s was a time when new ideas seemed to flow
the most in musical sounds & ideas. Rock, prog,& jazz all began to expand
in many different directions. Record companies were much more lenient in letting the artists produce their albums to *their* liking, not so much to a pre-determined demographic or some rigid sales goal. The DJs on the radio got to choose what music they wanted to play. People smoked pot & dropped some "L", & people got along pretty well at live shows.
Then came the musician "burnout" of the late 70s, disco, cocaine,cyrstal meth, heroin (seeing a pattern here?). Record companies became greedier, & needed to "push the product" more to cover the costs of their coke habits.
Punk happened, which added a much needed jolt into the vein of popular music (albeit at the expense of actual musical talent in many cases)
MTV ushered in the 80s with pictures to go with the toons, which REALLY changed how we absorbed music. It was an exciting time again for a while, until the new stuff coming out was more about "the look" instead of "the sound". For me watching the old 80s-era vids now is a bit sad.
In the 90s some things improved (the talent), some things sucked (the record companies) We got Nirvana, Aimee Mann, Pearl Jam, the whole grunge thing, NIN, etc. 2000s brought us old faces & new young bucks, and the music industry started sueing it's loyal customers.
I've found music from all eras that I love, but for me the 60-70s was a "magic time"

cujo9999 · Member Joined: 16 Jan 2005

i'd have to say i'm more a fan of the 70's music and then the 60's and then the others progressively less. i'm more a fan of stuff on the fringes rather than the mainstream although my favorite bands are the stones & led zeppelin (you NEED to see their DVD).
i like a lot of the garage bands of the mid to late 60's, many which came out of the detroit area such as the stooges, mc5, amboy dukes. alice cooper also came out of that area.
i also love the glam rock bands of the early 70's, most of whom came from england but never really caught on here in the states such as slade