The greatest rock song thread got me thinking, what is everyone's favorite decade as far as their favorite music goes? Personally, I love the 90s tunes.
Best Music-Which Decade?
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80s music is just so complicated. Personally, I am a HUGE 80s metal/arena metal/hair metal fan, but even a lot of that sucks. I realize that most 80s music is juvenile and too often about perverted sex backstage at rock concerts, but I still appreciate it.
For those of you who are Chuck Klosterman fans, I would recommend that you read "Fargo Rock City". I absolutely love that book and it deepened my knowledge and appreciation for 80s rock.
For those of you who are Chuck Klosterman fans, I would recommend that you read "Fargo Rock City". I absolutely love that book and it deepened my knowledge and appreciation for 80s rock.
I'm gonna say that the 60's, 70's, 90's and 00's are all about equal. The 80's are weaker, but there is still plenty of good stuff to be found. My problem w/the 80's is that the decade is full of good music buried under god awful production. From a production standpoint, the other decades have a lot of commonality, and the 80's were a big aberration. My favorite albums by decade:
60's: Rolling Stones, "Let it Bleed"
70's: Rolling Stones, "Sticky Fingers"
80's: Guns 'N Roses, "Appetite for Destruction"
90's: Pearl Jam, "Vs."
00's: (tie) Raconteurs, "Consoler of the Lonely"/Drive-By Truckers, "Decoration Day"
60's: Rolling Stones, "Let it Bleed"
70's: Rolling Stones, "Sticky Fingers"
80's: Guns 'N Roses, "Appetite for Destruction"
90's: Pearl Jam, "Vs."
00's: (tie) Raconteurs, "Consoler of the Lonely"/Drive-By Truckers, "Decoration Day"
Hands down it is the 60's. Practically every genre of music came from or exploded coming out of the 50's. Rhythm and blues, rockabilly, rock and roll (guitar), folk, flower power, acid, heavy metal beginnings, Motown, doo wop, and your ever present pop. There were also significant contributions to blues and jazz.
The 60's were king.
The 60's had it easy though. Nothing had been done. The doors were wide open. Now a days in rock, it's really, REALLY difficult to make music that doesn't in some way get compared to something that came before it. In the 60's that wasn't an issue. That's why I have a TON of respect for artists that can still put an original spin on the music they write...
I totally agree with this point. Music is so saturated these days that it's increasingly tough to create something new and unique. I often wonder what songs and what bands are going to be considered "classics" 30-40 years from now. I'm just praying that my kids and grandkids never refer to anything by Hinder or Nickleback as a "classic".
My brother and I often discuss this point. Here are some names we agree on:
Pearl Jam
RHCP
Dave Matthews Band
Phish
Rage Against the Machine
Soundgarden
Nirvana
Foo Fighters
White Stripes/Raconteurs/Anything Jack White touches
Alice In Chains
Green Day
Wilco
I think people will look back on bands like Hinder and Nickleback the same way they look back at the Monkees now...
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definitely the 70s, love the bagpipe music. yeah, 1770s...
AC/DC was rocking the bagpipes in the 1970's on "It's A Long Way to the Top (if you wanna rock and roll)"
Forgot about that song - love it! What other time will you hear bagpipes and wana mosh at the same time?!:notworthy:
That's a pretty good list. Unfortunately, I really feel that Lil Jon's historical significance is going to be greater than some of those bands. MOTHER OF GOD!
Everything coming out of the 60's was compared (by the establishment) to what went before it -- and not favorably at that. Remember this was when payola was legal so getting something new out to the market was really tough. Production values were limited because the typical speakers were extremely poor and stereo was just coming in.
I, too, have to respect artists that put an original spin on music they write and/or perform. The thing I think was most important was delivering a product that spoke to the listener. With the shattering of many social mores, the 60's did have a more diverse environment. Admittedly that did give the artists more opportunities. I think they responded admirably.
Even though Lil Jon is more popular than many of the bands I mentioned, I wouldn't worry about history looking back on it kindly. As Wayne Campbell said, "Led Zeppelin didn't write songs everybody liked. The left that for the BeeGees." Only people who were alive when the BeeGees were popular like the BeeGees. There are 15 year old kids today who worship Zeppelin.
