Which decade do you think was best for music…?

The 2000’s (so far), the 90s, the 80s (or for the older crowd, the 70s or 60s?)… which decade do you think spawned the best songs overall?

The 80's, but I'm biased.

The Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Cure, .... Sure, some of these bands continued on into the 90's, but they weren't as essential.

I certainly dig 80s tunes, but I think by far the best decade has been the 70s. Led Zepplin, Queen, The Partridge Family ... great decade for music.

;)

For Rock the 70's where the greatest decade hands down IMHO, but since I'm also a huge rap fan I tend to lead towards the 90's as the greatest decade for music.

February 9, 1964 to December 6, 1969.

The Beatles? First to last album released?

Which century?

Googling says the first date is the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearance and the last is the Stones at Altamont.

Good music and time have nothing to do with one another!

It does in some minds, but not those of true music lovers. Anyone who says they hate the music of a generation doesn't appereciate their own generations music. They can't.

Originally posted by juju
Good music and time have nothing to do with one another!

Good point juju. Anyone else agree? What makes good music then. Just the listeners taste? Age? Type? Do musical tastes change as we get older?

I have to agree with the 'good music knows no time period' argument, here. I mean, sure, the 70's kicked ass, and it has the highest density of my favorite music (Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, ELP, much, much more), but then I stop and remember that I think Glenn Miller kicks ass, too, and Mozart, and Gershwin, and Irving Berlin, and Nine Inch Nails and Billie Holliday and Patsy Cline and Nat King Cole...

I can't possibly pick any one time period over the other...its all good!

80's,i think,for there came the Guns'n'Roses:D

Originally posted by mmesker
The 80's, but I'm biased.

The Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Cure, .... Sure, some of these bands continued on into the 90's, but they weren't as essential.

[COLOR=indigo]*sighs, missing those days*. Well, DM IMO was more essential than most of their counterparts during the 90's, but then again, *I'm* biased too. (laughing) :D[/COLOR]

For me, I think I go through phazes. I remember in the eithies I loved stuff like Tears for Fears and Smiths. In the nineties it was a lot of the grunge stuff and now I'm totally into the trip hop Massive Attack, Portishead, Hooverphonic and Weekend Players stuff. Does anyone else like that scene right now?

Good music and time have nothing to do with one another!

I'll buy that, but good music and good times have a strong bond. The music I'm fondest of is directly linked to the times I was happiest. Of course the opposite is true for Country music. LOL:D

Another good point but good music always makes me either happy. Not just in one decade or another. Like I said earlier, the trip hop scene has me happy now. That weekend players CD is just awesome. The girls voice is kinda familiar but I can't figure out who she sounds like. (http://www.ffrr.com/artists/weekendplayers/index.mgi2) Can anyone place it?

Well, the description gives her name as Rachel Foster, which of course means nothing to me.

I think that there's kind of an Annie Lenox quality to her voice. I wonder what it sounds like when it's not overproduced and hidden by all those effects.

I bought this the last time you were selling it, so you've done your job here. (And I appreciate it, thanks!)

I like her voice, except where it's run though one of those pitch correction devices. I'm allergic to those things.

I think what she shares with Annie Lennox is a womanly quality: mature-sounding and has depth.

Originally posted by ladysycamore
[COLOR=indigo][b]*sighs, missing those days*. Well, DM IMO was more essential than most of their counterparts during the 90's, but then again, *I'm* biased too. (laughing) :D[/COLOR] [/B]

That's true though. I only really said that to cover The Cure's 90's blunders (with the exception of "Wish", which is perfectly decent).

Depeche Mode continued to make good records, especially "Songs Of Faith & Devotion".

Googling says the first date is the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearance and the last is the Stones at Altamont.

I am a huge British Invasion fan and an Anglophile in general. For me, if it's English then it's good (I ride a Triumph for goodness sakes!). I picked those dates because it seems to define an era, but ultimately the standout musicians are English in any era.

The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and the like loom larger in my life than The Beach Boys, for example. In the 70's, the decade in which I came of age, I was very much into the progressive rock stuff; Yes and Genesis, mostly. Boston and Aerosmith and Springsteen; not so much. The 80's were when I got rolling with music; The Cure, The Smiths, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, XTC, Crowded House (not English but close, I suppose), U2 (same).

There are musicians still working and still creating compelling music from the 70's and 80's that I still enjoy; Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, Elvis C and XTC are still around and still making creatively vital music. U2 comes and goes but they hit a high point with thier last CD, I suppose.

So, to sum up, I agree that good music isn't really tied to a decade. For me it's connected to a time zone. :)

We're in the same zone here! There's something about the Brit sensibility.

It continues on into today, with Blur, Radiohead, Supergrass, Dido...

matt wrote:

The 80's, but I'm biased.

The Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode, The Cure, .... Sure, some of these bands continued on into the 90's, but they weren't as essential.

In my opinion the 70s and earlier were BEST for music..... In the 80s digital started ruining the sound.....


Not much from the 80s I like............

The '70s were the best.

I have an Amazon tap. At night when Amanda and I sit around playing Yahtzee and drinking beer, we pick music by year. Alexa, play music from 1970. So far we agree that the years of our birth, 1970 and 1978 respectively have the best music of that decade. 1976 is right out.

1978? You cradle robber, child molester! :lol2:

"Alexa, play music from 1978."

"Playing music from 1978."

"Oh. Oh, God! My ears are bleeding. The pain! Alexa, find quick, painless methods of suicide! STAT!!!"

xoxoxoBruce;992141 wrote:

1978? You cradle robber, child molester! :lol2:

nope.

the formula works:

half your age plus 7

I'm 46.
23+7 is 30. she's 39.

Yeah but, she'll stay 39 and beautiful, while you keep going. :p:

lumberjim;992140 wrote:

1976 is right out.

That's some prime 70s music in there.

Blinded by the Light
Fly Like an Eagle
Hotel California

I didn't like the 80's so the 90's were blessed relief. It seems like the 70's had the most straight up talent though, but I refuse to choose, this time we live in has the most access.

glatt;992163 wrote:

That's some prime 70s music in there.

Blinded by the Light
Fly Like an Eagle
Hotel California

just going by what she plays. Amazon doesn't have as extensive a collection as Spotify. There is NO Led Zeppelin, for example, unless you pay some membership....