Which decade do you think was best for music…?

stargroovin70 · 04-15-2003, 08:41 PM

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?

matt · 04-15-2003, 09:38 PM

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.

Dude111 · 07-09-2017, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by matt

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............

wolf · 04-16-2003, 01:51 AM

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.

Cam · 04-16-2003, 11:41 AM

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.

arz · 04-16-2003, 03:14 PM

February 9, 1964 to December 6, 1969.

Uryoces · 04-16-2003, 03:27 PM

The Beatles? First to last album released?

Griff · 04-16-2003, 04:09 PM

Which century?

Undertoad · 04-16-2003, 05:04 PM

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

juju · 04-16-2003, 05:19 PM

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

Cam · 04-16-2003, 05:20 PM

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.

stargroovin70 · 04-16-2003, 07:00 PM

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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?

Elspode · 04-16-2003, 10:03 PM

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!

alamuhan · 04-17-2003, 09:22 PM

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

ladysycamore · 04-18-2003, 09:00 AM

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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.

*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)

04-15-2003, 08:41 PM	#1
stargroovin70 Resident-in-Training Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 7	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?

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matt At last! A dead star! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: DeKalb, IL Posts: 87	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. __________________ "So I drank one, it became four. And when I fell on the floor, I drank more..."

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	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. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

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Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	The Beatles? First to last album released? __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

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arz Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 137	February 9, 1964 to December 6, 1969.

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Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Which century? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Googling says the first date is the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearance and the last is the Stones at Altamont.

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juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Good music and time have nothing to do with one another!

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Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	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. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

04-16-2003, 10:03 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-17-2003, 09:22 PM	#14
alamuhan Romantic Necromancer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: CN Posts: 29	80's,i think,for there came the Guns'n'Roses

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