Which has been the best decade for music?

[Spiritinthesky]

50's / Elvis, Chuck Berry and Rock & Roll

60's / The Beatles and The British Invasion, Motown, Psychedelia and the beginnings of Heavy Metal

70's / Arena Rock, FM Radio, Punk, Drugs and Rock & Roll. And disco

80's / New Wave, House, Hair Metal and MTV

90's / Grunge, Alternative, RockCountryPop and Boy Groups

00's / Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol, everybody reforms and every possible Genre and subgenre imaginable

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[Tux]

50s and the 60s fer sure

[Sparhawk]

I prefer all music from 50's to mid 90's, but most of all I prefer jazz no matter what the year

[syntax]

60's or late 80's early 90's.

[jarrodr]

Seeing that I was born in 1985. I'd say 90's, the music shifted from the catchy 80's feel to something more mature.

Rock: Live, Bush, Nirvana...
Rap & RnB: Blackstreet, Dru Hill, Biggie...
And only Daft Punk stood out for me.

[Alan]

Certainly this decade has been the worst. I'd say 60s and early 90s are the best

[JustAsk]

60's or late 80's early 90's.

Agreed.

This is/was the decade of the remakes.

[eek]

That's a tough one as I like certain stuff out of each era! But the top 3 in no particular order would definitely be 60's, 70's and 90's!

To me the 00's up to current must be the worst era! They just don't write music like they used to, it's lost it's soul, it's personality and fallen into a category of mass-production! It's like everyone's just out there to make a quick buck!

The close of the 90's saw the close of an era!

(This is all just my own opinion)

[syntax]

That's a tough one as I like certain stuff out of each era! But the top 3 in no particular order would definitely be 60's, 70's and 90's!

To me the 00's up to current must be the worst era! They just don't write music like they used to, it's lost it's soul, it's personality and fallen into a category of mass-production! It's like everyone's just out there to make a quick buck!

The close of the 90's saw the close of an era!

(This is all just my own opinion)

the 70's was worse than now, not by much, but definitely worse....

[Pitbull]

+1 for 80's early 90's

[Garyvdh]

60's were the most influential!

But I am partial to the 80's! :p

[OhGats]

70's and 80's... and the the least said about 00's the better.

[Good Life]

60's to 80's.

[noswal]

I grew up listening to the Beatles (yes, I'm that old) and in each decade there was some real crap music that topped the charts.. granddad... birddance... are a couple that I can recall. I listen on the internet to Absolute classic rock when at home and that caters for most of my musical taste.

[eek]

the 70's was worse than now, not by much, but definitely worse....

No it wasn't! I'm not talking Abba and Bee Gees here! I'm talking in the lines of Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Lynard Skynard (to name but a few) and a whole entourage of great rock bands to come from the 70's!

[Alan]

I grew up listening to the Beatles (yes, I'm that old) .

So did I and I'm only [-]85[/-] 23.

[scotty777]

well honestly, I'd say each decade had it's ups and downs, the 00's is no different, however, in saying that, i think the 00's just had more *** music playing(the was a huge explosion of music that seemed to have happened in the 00)

[pos(t)er]

It's just about impossible to say, especially if you're asking about music in general. For pop, probably the 60's and 80's.

[DJ...]

It's just about impossible to say, especially if you're asking about music in general. For pop, probably the 60's and 80's.

Yip, it's an impossible question to answer. Boils down to personal preference which 99% of the time is based on age...

[Alan]

I downloaded a vid of an old tape of Aircraft incidents (crashes, close calls and such) and it has a 37 minute 80's rock soundtrack. I've myself loading the vid just to listen to the music. Gotta try found out the names of the songs though

[waynegohl]

80's by far.

[zeridine]

somewhere in the early to mid nineties the focus of the record companies shifted even more towards marketing a product and making a quick buck than sourcing talent. there are a few exceptions here and there, but the past 15 or so years of commercial music is awful tripe.

[genetic]

80's by far.

+1

You've got to love the 80's music video's!! :D

[waynegohl]

+1

You've got to love the 80's music video's!! :D

hey man my mp4 is full of them.

[windowlicker]

50's / Elvis, Chuck Berry and Rock & Roll

60's / The Beatles and The British Invasion, Motown, Psychedelia and the beginnings of Heavy Metal

70's / Arena Rock, FM Radio, Punk, Drugs and Rock & Roll. And disco

80's / New Wave, House, Hair Metal and MTV

90's / Grunge, Alternative, RockCountryPop and Boy Groups

00's / Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol, everybody reforms and every possible Genre and subgenre imaginable

If you fancy having a vote go to
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

I will tell you when mankind destroys itself :eek:

There are too many good tracks from ALL era's! So you are making it hard! :mad:

[chiskop]

Boils down to personal preference which 99% of the time is based on age...

Yip. So far the major exception here is Alan, and he's weird.


I downloaded a vid of an old tape of Aircraft incidents (crashes, close calls and such) and it has a 37 minute 80's rock soundtrack. I've myself loading the vid just to listen to the music. Gotta try found out the names of the songs though

You're weird.

[skoob]

It depends on my mood. Each decade brought some really cool music.

[DJ...]

Each decade brought some really cool music.

Thirties swing music evoke a feeling of nostalgia for you? That Benny Goodman was a legend...:D

[waynegohl]

i think it was the late 80's that i got into rap music and went through that phase for about 10 yrs.

[waynegohl]

some Big Band sounds are great and also some jazz.

[skoob]

Thirties swing music evoke a feeling of nostalgia for you? That Benny Goodman was a legend...:D

Pssst, he didn't have the 30's listed only from 50's :p

[Kilgore_Trout_Redux]

I enjoy rock, so take it from that.

Another vote for the 60's. It's the decade in which rock was born.

The 70's were just the 60's++

MTV killed the 80's.

I disagree with people who say the 90's though. Except for a few shining beacons of awsomeness the 90's were a wasteland of weakassed alternate rock, dance music, nu metal, bubblegum and boy/girl bands.

The 00's are also just the 90's++.

[Submolecule]

I'd say 60's or 70's. Anything but the 80's,there are only a few good things that came from the 80's - I would be one of the good thing,but other than that not much else :P .

[Picard]

My music collection is small. About 4 GB. But it has music from each of the mention eras in the OP.

I have a very eclectic taste in music and I've listened to numerous gems from all the eras. I cannot single one out.

[Alan]

You're weird.

Hey it had footage of a XB-70 Valkyrie. It had to be downloaded :mad:

Maybe you could identify the songs for me. 80s were good times for you no doubt, having hair and all :D

[Lord Anubis]

80's when I had all my hair and was in the Army:). That said I love todays hip hop, trance and even some R&B. Whats better than Kat de Luna and Busta or Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Rihanna or Pink, Pu55ycat dolls..

[Picard]

80's when I had all my hair and was in the Army:). That said I love todays hip hop, trance and even some R&B. Whats better than Kat de Luna and Busta or Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Rihanna or Pink, Pu55ycat dolls..

I like Katy Perry. As a matter of fact I'm listening to Katy Perry right now. Hot n Cold.

[waynegohl]

80's when I had all my hair and was in the Army:). That said I love todays hip hop, trance and even some R&B. Whats better than Kat de Luna and Busta or Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Rihanna or Pink, Pu55ycat dolls..

+1

[Kim_Webchick]

I think each decade was as good as the other they brought something unique in each time.