Spiritinthesky Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Which has been the best decade for music? 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's 00's If you fancy having a vote go to http://www.thisdayinmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 To me its two...the 60's and 70's. Amazing music made in those times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Hehe.. I was going to create a topic like this myself. I agree with deepblue, 60's and 70's. But primarily the early to mid 70's. So much good music in that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 The 70's and 80s for me.. Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Late 60's to mid 70's. Can't count the entire 70's decade becasue of disco - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 For me it'd be the late 50's through late 70's. Later I think I became more selective in what I liked...or everything started sounding the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_randy Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Late 60's thru mid 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I don't think there ever was a bad decade for music. Ever. I've been alive since the first half of the last century but have heard music from centuries ago. It's all been good. I think the focus of this question is pop-rock music and that limits your perspective. Many "classic rock" fans decry the state of music today but to me much of that criticism sounds like the criticism I heard from "older" folks back in the 50's and 60's. "You call that music" they said, and we said yes. We may be too old for today's music but that doesn't make it bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 60s-80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 60's-70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 70s and 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 70s... I love 80s music but I gotta admit some of the worst music ever was made in the 80s too... so I go with the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevezapp Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 70's - Zeppelin and Pink Floyd in their prime. Free get an honourable mention also in that decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 70s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 70's I hated disco and was part of WLUP's and Steve Dahls anti-disco movement but now I can actually listen to a lot of it and not be turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonicchaos Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 70's and 90's I typically favor odd numbered decades... I'm hopeful for the decade of 2010! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdclmn7 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 You can cite the 50's, but taking into account that the world as a whole didn't have what we know as pop until the 60's, its not enough. The 50's attest to a good deal of music making its way to and from Europe, an undeniable cause/effect relationship that continues to this day. First its Elvis, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Then its the Beatles as part of the first British Invasion. It comes and goes. Hendrix crosses the atlantic. Then the guitar gods make their way. The 60's begin with Les Paul's studio magic as a matter of record. The Beatles demonstrate what a competent group of musicians can achieve. They also take studio production magic to the next level. The first generation synthesizer is recorded by the Beatles. The amount of gigs the Beatles played around the world, to include non-english speaking nations, attest to the creation of world music in its earliest form. Ritchie Valens had already began to explore the use of Latin rythyms just before he died. Something that a former violinist named Carlos Santana would later explore successfully. Fusion was also a phenomenon that in the popular view was already present. So, going beyond what most people assumed as being exclusive to the 50's, you have a good number of reasons to consider the 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Pop music is much older than the 60's. Stephen Foster is considered by many to be the first "popular music" writer. After the invention of the phonograph and radio there was "pop" music. Lots of it. Elecrified rock is more of a 60's thing but "pop" music has been around for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Player Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Easy..... Late 60's to early 70's no question. Only a few good bands since then. My 14 year old daughter just asked me the other day why so many "Old" bands are getting back together. I just said, because they played together when music was good and they realize that there has been very little good music since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Late 60's to mid 70's. Can't count the entire 70's decade becasue of disco - +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I don't think there ever was a bad decade for music. Ever. I've been alive since the first half of the last century but have heard music from centuries ago. It's all been good. I think the focus of this question is pop-rock music and that limits your perspective. Many "classic rock" fans decry the state of music today but to me much of that criticism sounds like the criticism I heard from "older" folks back in the 50's and 60's. "You call that music" they said' date=' and we said yes. We may be too old for today's music but that doesn't make it bad.[/quote'] +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 60's and early 70's Lived it loved it. And yes Disco did suck. Got to Mess up more then one Poly suit in disagreement. But you must agree those dresses the ladies wore were hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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