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Which has been the best decade for music?

post #1 of 56
2/12/09 at 3:41am
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Which has been the best decade for music?
50's
60's
70's
80's
90's
00's

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post #2 of 56
2/12/09 at 7:05am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

Hands down, the 60's........so many amazing artists came out of that period in music. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Hendrix etc.etc....they changed the musical landscape as we know it.
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post #3 of 56
2/12/09 at 8:06am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

Two hands down, the 80's.
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post #4 of 56
2/12/09 at 8:42am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

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Originally Posted by Ron-P
Two hands down, the 80's.

LOL!!! The eighties.... too funny.
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post #5 of 56
2/12/09 at 10:00am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

Actually, the 80's and the 70's are my two favorite decades. But, all the bands listed by Joseph above, I cannot stand.
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post #6 of 56
2/12/09 at 10:54am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

I subscribe to the Chris Rock theory that whenever you started getting laid, you think that whatever era of music you were listening in that time is the best music ever made.

I don't like most of the bands around today but in 20 years, there will be guys who are teenagers today that will be thinking that 2009 was the high point of music.
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post #7 of 56
2/12/09 at 11:41am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

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Originally Posted by TravisR
I subscribe to the Chris Rock theory that whenever you started getting laid, you think that whatever era of music you were listening in that time is the best music ever made.

Nah, I prefer 80s music to 90s.

But I probably like 50s/60s better because that's what my parents listened to while I was growing up.
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post #8 of 56
2/12/09 at 12:27pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

I'd say from around 72-73 to 88-90, or thereabouts.
The rock of the 70s, punk in the late 70s, new wave 80s, synth and industrial 80s, reggae/ska of 70s, new dance music/techno/acid of late 80s, yeah, that about covers it

Any decade with a Bowie release is fine with me though...
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post #9 of 56
2/12/09 at 12:53pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

The 60s is probably the objectively "correct" answer because of so many influential bands beginning then, but in terms of bands I actually listen to I'd have to say the 80s were best.
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post #10 of 56
2/12/09 at 3:07pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

90s > 60s > 80s > 70s > 00s > 50s
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post #11 of 56
2/12/09 at 5:23pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

The 1960s (1961-1970).
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post #12 of 56
2/12/09 at 5:50pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

I had a couple of different decades in mind when I saw your topic.

Sadly, when I got to the first post my decades of choice were not included.

I loved the best of the 50s and 60s music, I was there.
But having explored a whole lot of recorded music during my life, the 30s would be my choice. No doubt about it.
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post #13 of 56
2/13/09 at 9:36am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

The '80s are best.

The 1780s, that is!

As for my real answer, I'd probably go with the '70s for all the classic and prog rock, although a lot of my favorite stuff came out in the '90s and '00s from more obscure groups (most of that was heavily influenced by '70s music, though).
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post #14 of 56
2/13/09 at 1:54pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

My favourite decade is the 70s. The "best" in terms of influential is the 60s (whether one likes the music and bands from that era or not, they exercised more influence on subsequent music than any other decade in the 20th century). All of this applies to pop/rock in the broad sense of the term.

If we're talking jazz, then I'd say the late 40s to mid-60s were, indisputably the "best" and my favourite. Coltrane, Davis, Brubeck, Baker, Adderley...(I could go on and on and on and...)

If we're talking classical (in the broad sense, not the technical sense), then I'd say late 17th century to early 20th century (I'm a big enough fan to appreciate music from across that span, but not knowledgeable enough to reduce it to a specific decade or two). As for favourites, I'm most partial to mid-to-late 19th and 20th century Russian composers (Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, among others) and early 20th century English composers (Vaughn Williams, Elgar and Bax, among others), though I enjoy music from a wide variety of composers.
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post #15 of 56
2/16/09 at 2:35pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

The 60's for me. I think it has more to do with what decade you were a teen than anything.
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post #16 of 56
2/16/09 at 3:34pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

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Originally Posted by AL KUENSTER
The 60's for me. I think it has more to do with what decade you were a teen than anything.
That may be true to some extent. But I just missed that cutoff, as I wasn't a teen until 1971.
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post #17 of 56
2/18/09 at 4:02am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

Hey,

Why you said 80's is so funny. Whats the reason with eighty? The 60's for me.
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post #18 of 56
2/18/09 at 6:07pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

A lot of the music I listen to doesn't qualify for the answer, but under the clear intentions of the question I have often thought the best music ran roughly from 1967 to about 1976 or 1977. I guess the 70 edge it out then. Since I was born in 1964 I guess I was getting laid at such a young age I can't even remember it. Anyway, in my case I guess that rules out both the sex and teen theories.
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post #19 of 56
2/19/09 at 9:03am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

I am guessing that most people are going to choose the decade that they were teenagers. This seems to be the time when music is the most important part of a person's life, at least it was for me. So, the 60s are the most important and best decade of music for me.
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post #20 of 56
2/20/09 at 2:45pm

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The two most important decades in popular music in the 20th century were the 1920s and the 1960s.

The '20s were the first flowering of jazz, blues and country. It was also time of the Broadway/Tin Pan Alley composers that created the Great American Songbook. These styles dominated music until the '60s.

The '60s, of course, remains the fountainhead for everything that's come afterwards. Every current musical style can be traced back to that era.

Which makes me think that either we are on the verge or in the midst of another cultural shift that we won't recognize until much later.
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post #21 of 56
3/2/09 at 10:36am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

I wouldn't wouldn't pick the decade I was a teen in, which was the '90s. I was listening more to '60s and '70s stuff than to was popular then. I got the mix of the '60s and '70s from my dad and mom.
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post #22 of 56
3/2/09 at 10:47am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

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Originally Posted by JohnRice
I have often thought the best music ran roughly from 1967 to about 1976 or 1977. I guess the 70 edge it out then.
That is the time frame that I was thinking about also.

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Hands down, the 60's........so many amazing artists came out of that period in music. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Hendrix etc.etc....they changed the musical landscape as we know it.
Though they had their roots in the late 60s, groups like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who and even Neil Young did much of their work in the 70s. I tend to think of them as 70s groups. I think most people equate the 70s with Disco that came out in the last 3rd of the 70s.
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post #23 of 56
3/2/09 at 11:22am

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

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Originally Posted by StephenA
I wouldn't wouldn't pick the decade I was a teen in, which was the '90s. I was listening more to '60s and '70s stuff than to was popular then.
My point was that what you were listening to when you were a teen (and for most people, that's about when they started having sex) is what you probably think is the best era of music. Whether you listened to the Grateful Dead in the 1990's or the Spice Girls. What you liked back in high school or college is probably still a favorite of yours.

EDIT: I'm speaking generally and not saying that it's an absolute guarantee for every person.
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post #24 of 56
3/2/09 at 1:19pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

I love the 80's the best! And I find myself enjoying some 20's music.
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post #25 of 56
3/2/09 at 2:56pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

I'll give all of you 3 guesses as to what I think was the best decade for music.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

At least to me, personally.
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post #26 of 56
3/2/09 at 5:30pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

My favorite is probably the 70's overall but with my "critic" pick would be the 60's. Dylan, The Stones and The Beatles are enough to crush any decade of music. With that said, being a die-hard Dylan fan my favorite work of his comes from the 70's.
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post #27 of 56
3/4/09 at 12:46pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

Come on, can't we just agree the 80s was the best decade for music?
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post #28 of 56
3/4/09 at 1:45pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

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Originally Posted by Danny Tse
Come on, can't we just agree the 80s was the best decade for music?
No, no we can't. (my wife would agree with you, but I love her, flawed thinking and all )
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post #29 of 56
3/4/09 at 4:24pm

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Dylan, The Stones and The Beatles are enough to crush any decade of music.

I was just about to post something eerily similar to this sentence.

Jon
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post #30 of 56
3/4/09 at 5:16pm

Re: Which has been the best decade for music?

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Originally Posted by John Kilduff
I'll give all of you 3 guesses as to what I think was the best decade for music.

How's that coming along John and is there a door prize?
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