What would be your favorite music era?

[chasemac]

Between the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's? What would you say is your favorite music era?:)

[WildCowboy]

80s, hands down. I was a bit young to really appreciate it at the time, but there was such a carefree air about most of the music that actually shines through the cheesiness.

[nightdweller25]

60's OF COURSE!:D

[LeeTom]

'64 - '74

[Loge]

70s. For rock. Other genres it gets more complex.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Anything based on punk and ska after 1976-77 and the following new wave from 1980-ish and later, with some late 60s and 70s progrock and 80s heavy metal mixed in and added some 90s grunge and britpop. :D

[chasemac]

In general, I would say the 70's with a little touch of the 60's! Dang, maybe some early, I say early 80's:)

[Deepdale]

Limiting myself to one decade, I would clearly have to go with the 60s ... although there were plenty of goodies in the 50s as well.

[chasemac]

Limiting myself to one decade, I would clearly have to go with the 60s ... although there were plenty of goodies in the 50s as well.

Yes there were!

[Deepdale]

Yes there were!

Thanks for the image of Buddy Holly. It just made me dip into the iTunes library for a little "Rave On" rockin. Shall I expect a pic of Chuck Berry doing his famous duck walk by 5:45 a.m.? -- I need inspiration! :)

[chasemac]

Thanks for the image of Buddy Holly. It just made me dip into the iTunes library for a little "Rave On" rockin.

Hey! Timeless! :)

[emotion]

Probably the ten year period roughly from 77 to 87. For the spread of disco, electro, detroit techno, chicago house and EBM. Obviously I'm speaking broadly here. It's hard to nail things down that much.

[Deepdale]

Hey! Timeless! :)

Vintage Chuckster ... I love it and you were 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Thanks ... color me inspired.

Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell

[chasemac]

Vintage Chuckster ... I love it and you were 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Thanks ... color me inspired.

Hail! Hail! Rock n' Roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

It all started when:

Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell

Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell

[reburrcca]

90's.. preferably the early years. Hip-hop was actually hip-hop and a-ok back then. ;)

[killuminati]

90's.. preferably the early years. Hip-hop was actually hip-hop and a-ok back then. ;)

Beat me to it.

My favourite years of rap are 93-96. All those years were amazing. Some of the amazing cds released between those years include Illmatice, Ready to Die, Me Against the World, Do You Want More???!!?!, Sun Rises in the East, Ironman, Enter the Wu, All Eyez on Me, KRS-One. Oh my god there are so many I could go on forever. Oh and the score.

[emotion]

90's.. preferably the early years. Hip-hop was actually hip-hop and a-ok back then. ;)


:) early 80s hip-hop for me. 90s a little too commercial at that stage.

[Tanglewood]

I like the music from the 60s and early 70s. I also like the music from about 94 to 00.

[reburrcca]

:) early 80s hip-hop for me. 90s a little too commercial at that stage.

I'll admit; I was torn between the two. But when it comes to The Sugarhill Gang and Run DMC vs. Souls of Mischief and The Pharcyde, I'm more likely to listen to the latter. Don't get me wrong, I love and respect the early stuff.. but perhaps I was just too young to appreciate it back then and never got a chance to. (I was born in late 1980.) Heh.:D

Beat me to it.

My favourite years of rap are 93-96. All those years were amazing. Some of the amazing cds released between those years include Illmatice, Ready to Die, Me Against the World, Do You Want More???!!?!, Sun Rises in the East, Ironman, Enter the Wu, All Eyez on Me, KRS-One. Oh my god there are so many I could go on forever. Oh and the score.

'93 'til Infinity.

Kinda sums it up, doesn't it? ;)

[emotion]

I'll admit; I was torn between the two. But when it comes to The Sugarhill Gang and Run DMC vs. Souls of Mischief and The Pharcyde, I'm more likely to listen to the latter. Don't get me wrong, I love and respect the early stuff.. but perhaps I was just too young to appreciate it back then and never got a chance to. (I was born in late 1980.) Heh.:D


:D yeah showing my age too I'd more or less stopped listening to so much hiphop by 92/3

[viccles]

70s and from about 95-2000 had some GREAT music especially around 97/98 brings back great memories of high school when I listen to it now

[maxrobertson]

I'm a huge fan of the 90's, mainly because that's when I was young and impressionable ;) . I also like the 00's, though I prefer more alternative and rock music in the 00's, pop's going down hill extremely fast.

[Macaddicttt]

80s, hands down. I was a bit young to really appreciate it at the time, but there was such a carefree air about most of the music that actually shines through the cheesiness.

It's funny. That's exactly why I don't like 80s music (or a lot of pop music). It's just too carefree. Music is emotional, and once you strip any sort of emotion from it, well...

It can be fun sometimes, but I could never call it anywhere near "favorite."

[kristiano]

Early 1990s.

From the United States- Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, The Screaming Trees, etc. Their influence on alternative is still being felt today.

From the UK- Oasis, Suede, Pulp, Blur

Late 70s with The Sex Pistols and Ramones.

I also have (:p) a liking for the pop-punk explosion between 2003-2005 which produced Avril and the Green Day revival.

[dcv]

Probably the Madchester era, late 80s - early 90s.


Call the cops!

[Jaffa Cake]

I'd say the 1980s. I was born in the mid seventies, so 80s music is the earliest stuff I remember, so that's one reason I remember it so fondly. :)

Aside from all the 'guilty pleasure' 80s hits you've also got the likes of Madness, The Police and The Housemartins, as well as the later work of The Jam and The Clash.

[CompUser]

Def the 80's- what funny music.

[Mike Teezie]

Even though I wasn't around - the 60's.

[Foxglove9]

I vote for early 90's. Then backwards 80's then 70's.

[balamw]

Anything based on punk and ska after 1976-77 and the following new wave from 1980-ish and later, with some late 60s and 70s progrock and 80s heavy metal mixed in and added some 90s grunge and britpop. :D
You've just described most of my iTunes library. :p

I'm with you on everything but the 80s heavy metal. I'll substitute some pure 1960s Jamaican ska/rcoksteady instead. ;)

B

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I'm with you on everything but the 80s heavy metal. I'll substitute some pure 1960s Jamaican ska/rcoksteady instead. ;)What, no Iron Maiden...? :eek: Heretic...!!!

:p

[balamw]

What, no Iron Maiden...? :eek: Heretic...!!!

:p
I didn't say no Iron Maiden, it's just not my preference.

Though I'd have to scramble to find my 45 of Run to the Hills. ;)

B

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Couldn't do without Maiden... ;)

Now when I've had a chance to think about it, you might actually appreciate this album (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=124830), which seems to be relatively hard to obtain...

[Reaver]

I was born in the 70s and growning up I was listening to what my parents were listening to Journey, foreigner, and into the 80s with bands like genisis, phil collins but when I was in school from maybe 7 grade to my early college years it was rap and alot of R&B. I have a CD changer in my office and at home and both have the same cds in it and the one that gets the most spins is my JOURNEY GREATEST HITS for some reason I like the sounds of the 70s and early 80s.

I also listen to alot of Indie stuff my friends send me or tell me I should listen to and I end up liking that band and I buy there stuff.

[iSaint]

It would be hard for me to define one era. My favorite artists have crossed decades: Indigo Girls, U2, Elvis Costello, Sting (and the Police), the Replacements (Paul Westerberg), Ricky Lee Jones. Their influences are from the 60s and 70s, as are most lasting artist's. I've gone through phases of the Rolling Stones. Lots of the new artists are really good: Ben Folds, Ben Harper.

My brothers (growing up in the 70s) listened to the 1) Beatles, Heart, Ricky Lee Jones, 2) Pat Metheny, Bob James, George Benson. My dad listened to Jose Feliciano, George Benson, some country (ugh). Mom likes Beatles, John Denver.

I'm old, I like lots of stuff!

[63dot]

1960s decade, hands down

here's my argument

elvis was still relevant as was sinatra, the beatles, the stones, the beach boys, smokey robinson, the temptations, pavarotti and domingo, late bebop, woodstock and monterey, janis joplin, the doors, the dead, jimi hendrix, the jefferson airplane, bacharach, johnny cash, dylan, neil young, early led zep, cream, black sabbath, diana ross and the supremes, instrumental surf music, and many other artists and bands

thi 60s decade, to me, is more influential than even the 50s or the 70s, which had a lot of groundbreaking acts of their own

in the 80s, 90s, and so far this decade, there were some bright spots in music for sure, but the best was in the past...so far, imho

[Killyp]

I would have said 21st Century (this includes 1998 onwards IMO)...

The 60/70s were also good. There was a lot of great stuff happening, like motown, and Pink Floyd, but modern electronica such as Boards of Canada is really floating my boat at the moment...

[timswim78]

If I had to listen to the music from only one of those decades, I think that I would choose the 1970's. Music from all categories (except Rap of course) was very strong in the 70's.

[63dot]

I would have said 21st Century (this includes 1998 onwards IMO)...

The 60/70s were also good. There was a lot of great stuff happening, like motown, and Pink Floyd, but modern electronica such as Boards of Canada is really floating my boat at the moment...

from 1998 on, and let's give it ten years to 2008, has the possibilily of being as big as any decade

as for pure pop, it's been huge with christina, britney, justin timberlake, the black eyed peas, the reformation of insx, etc

american idol, like it or hate it, is unique in its ability to build a platinim selling star in just a few months

hard rock got back on the charts in a big way led by the darkness to join the already growing nu-metal scene

metallica, arguably the greatest hard rock band of all time, is back on track with a new bassist

their old bassist, jason newsted, is with tommy lee of motley crue and gilby clarke of guns and roses, and as the supergroup "supernova" are on a hit reality show looking for a lead singer from a group of regular, but talented people (similar to american idol)

r and b stars, namely puff daddy, and others, have broken into the clothing market like no other musical stars before them and have made clothing a bigger part of their income than their music

guitar hero antics came back via john mayer (as well as a relevant folk artist)

coldplay is this decade's "rem" or "u2" according to many

beyonce has shown she can top charts alone or with her band, and she can act, too

jennifer lopez is no slouch in that department, either

country music is doing well on its own with toby keith and others, with faith hill and the dixie chicks being able stradle both country and now the rock pop charts...the dixie chicks, who are mainstream, as well as green day, which is punk, yet mainstream, are getting out their political messages out to the usa

bono of u2, who are as good as ever, are getting their message out to the world and bono is fast approaching politician status

green day, while huge in the 90s, are in top form right now...and they are not alone in punk as they are joined by good charlotte, afi, nofx, and pop punker avril lavigne

...and the electronca music you originally mentioned

so the last 8 years have been huge, and the next two to four should stay on course and at least tie, if not surpass the period of music from 1960-1969

and in this modern period, the ipod has won over us mac fans, and then the larger pc crowd and that has to make a difference in popular music being heard by more people

[The Chuckster]

Hard to pin down a decade, per se, since music is SO dependent on when and where you are in life, but for me (a military brat who traveled his whole life), I have to peg the decade between 1965 and 1975; music changed so dramatically during that time relative to its predecessors, and yet still appealed to a wide audience (until disco and grunge came in to either depress or otherwise shake up the populace).

Then again, I've always been a fan of plain old pop and classic rock until the mid-Eighties, when music became either so bland or so 'formula.' Sad...

The Chuckster

[-kritter-]

60s & 70s... seems there was more wide spread talent back then compared to today...there is alot of sucky stuff out there today...but there are some very good bands out there changing things up, my 2 fav of hear and now would be "Nickel Creek, and Andrew Bird!!!<--- True talent IMO"

[A-Dog]

From my collection, it's got to be '66 to '76: mind-blowing evolution; "Eight Miles High", Revolver, Jimi Hendrix--period. Bob Dylan's latter-sixties output (Blonde On Blonde). Motown--Marvin Gaye's What's Going On?, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions; good prog rock: King Crimson, early Genesis; Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon AND Wish You Were Here. Electric jazz/rock fusion (Bitches Brew; Soft Machine's first 4 albums; Mahavishnu Orchestra); psyche-rock and garage; Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and the rest of Bowie's most superior output; definitely most of the relevent Rolling Stones albums (Sticky Fingers, Begger's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Exile On Main St.,) came out in these years as well. Neil Young's Harvest. Iggy Pop and the Stooges. And about a hundred other bands & artists (Cream, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, Syd Barrett, The Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Can, Black Sabbath
Jethro Tull) that were unique and seminal.

Right up to to the first Ramones and Sex Pistols albums, which came out I believe in '76. After that, music pretty much crapped itself.

[NickD]

Late 70's to late 80's.

[nnick]

60s & 70s... seems there was more wide spread talent back then compared to today...there is alot of sucky stuff out there today...but there are some very good bands out there changing things up, my 2 fav of hear and now would be "Nickel Creek, and Andrew Bird!!!<--- True talent IMO"

There were also a lot less bands back then.

I would have to say right now is my favorite era. I have been a huge music fan for 25 years and every era has its excellence but I like to live in the present and re-visit the past. After a rough 2006 there are a ton of great records out already in 2007.

[wanderlust4ever]

The sixties and seventies. The flower power era, the begining of the rock era.
There is never going to be a band's like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix. Its hard to think that maybe one of the biggest war monger's the world has ever seen, your george w bush, was maybe into peace and love in the sixties.

[Peterkro]

The sixties and seventies. The flower power era, the begining of the rock era.
There is never going to be a band's like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix. Its hard to think that maybe one of the biggest war monger's the world has ever seen, your george w bush, was maybe into peace and love in the sixties.

No Bush was into alcohol and cocaine and some very dodgy sexual antics.

[wakka092]

from 1998 on, and let's give it ten years to 2008, has the possibilily of being as big as any decade

as for pure pop, it's been huge with christina, britney, justin timberlake, the black eyed peas, the reformation of insx, etc

american idol, like it or hate it, is unique in its ability to build a platinim selling star in just a few months

hard rock got back on the charts in a big way led by the darkness to join the already growing nu-metal scene

metallica, arguably the greatest hard rock band of all time, is back on track with a new bassist

their old bassist, jason newsted, is with tommy lee of motley crue and gilby clarke of guns and roses, and as the supergroup "supernova" are on a hit reality show looking for a lead singer from a group of regular, but talented people (similar to american idol)

r and b stars, namely puff daddy, and others, have broken into the clothing market like no other musical stars before them and have made clothing a bigger part of their income than their music

guitar hero antics came back via john mayer (as well as a relevant folk artist)

coldplay is this decade's "rem" or "u2" according to many

beyonce has shown she can top charts alone or with her band, and she can act, too

jennifer lopez is no slouch in that department, either

country music is doing well on its own with toby keith and others, with faith hill and the dixie chicks being able stradle both country and now the rock pop charts...the dixie chicks, who are mainstream, as well as green day, which is punk, yet mainstream, are getting out their political messages out to the usa

bono of u2, who are as good as ever, are getting their message out to the world and bono is fast approaching politician status

green day, while huge in the 90s, are in top form right now...and they are not alone in punk as they are joined by good charlotte, afi, nofx, and pop punker avril lavigne

...and the electronca music you originally mentioned

so the last 8 years have been huge, and the next two to four should stay on course and at least tie, if not surpass the period of music from 1960-1969

and in this modern period, the ipod has won over us mac fans, and then the larger pc crowd and that has to make a difference in popular music being heard by more people

Wow. Well said.

These years are a transitional phase in music. I am grinning at the rapid decline in mainstream rap music!!

[A-Dog]

from 1998 on, and let's give it ten years to 2008, has the possibilily of being as big as any decade


Not to sound like a dick, but that makes it sound like the worst ever decade for music.

so the last 8 years have been huge, and the next two to four should stay on course and at least tie, if not surpass the period of music from 1960-1969


:rolleyes: IMHO I don't think that's likely..

[OwlsAndApples]

I love 90's Britpop and the bands at that time - Blur, Pulp etc...Also Radiohead were developing during this time :)

[steamboat26]

90s without a question- so many great alternative groups

[imac/cheese]

I really love the early 90s. Everything from late REM, middle U2, grunge, rock/metal... I loved music during this time.

[fistful]

Early 80's Hardcore, notably the DC Hardcore scene. I didn't get into it until 20 some odd years later as I was a toddler when that scene was happening.

The 90's Grunge scene is what got me into music initially.

[user13]

The best music era for me are the mid-90s. The time of the blossom of Swedish Melodic Death Metal... Such music is not played often nowadays

[rockosmodurnlif]

I don't see why there is a discussion here. The best era is the current era. You get to listen to all the old crap and all the new crap.

from 1998 on, and let's give it ten years to 2008, has the possibilily of being as big as any decade

as for pure pop, it's been huge with christina, britney, justin timberlake, the black eyed peas, the reformation of insx, etc

american idol, like it or hate it, is unique in its ability to build a platinim selling star in just a few months

hard rock got back on the charts in a big way led by the darkness to join the already growing nu-metal scene

metallica, arguably the greatest hard rock band of all time, is back on track with a new bassist

their old bassist, jason newsted, is with tommy lee of motley crue and gilby clarke of guns and roses, and as the supergroup "supernova" are on a hit reality show looking for a lead singer from a group of regular, but talented people (similar to american idol)

r and b stars, namely puff daddy, and others, have broken into the clothing market like no other musical stars before them and have made clothing a bigger part of their income than their music

guitar hero antics came back via john mayer (as well as a relevant folk artist)

coldplay is this decade's "rem" or "u2" according to many

beyonce has shown she can top charts alone or with her band, and she can act, too

jennifer lopez is no slouch in that department, either

country music is doing well on its own with toby keith and others, with faith hill and the dixie chicks being able stradle both country and now the rock pop charts...the dixie chicks, who are mainstream, as well as green day, which is punk, yet mainstream, are getting out their political messages out to the usa

bono of u2, who are as good as ever, are getting their message out to the world and bono is fast approaching politician status

green day, while huge in the 90s, are in top form right now...and they are not alone in punk as they are joined by good charlotte, afi, nofx, and pop punker avril lavigne

...and the electronca music you originally mentioned

so the last 8 years have been huge, and the next two to four should stay on course and at least tie, if not surpass the period of music from 1960-1969

and in this modern period, the ipod has won over us mac fans, and then the larger pc crowd and that has to make a difference in popular music being heard by more people

I can't argue with pop.

The Darkness? I'm not even going to bother. But I will say this, nu-metal is dead. If it isn't at least I don't hear anymore about it.

METALlica, the greatest hard rock band ever? There is no argument. They fell so hard from so far, the reverberations are still being felt. Back on track? You must've heard the new album or something because I haven't heard anything that leads me to believe they are anywhere near the track they should be on.

"r and b stars, namely puff daddy" I'm going to stop reading right there. I don't believe anything else in that sentence could justify my reading the rest of it.

guitar hero? john mayer? Was he spotted playing the video game? But I think I saw something about this in Rolling Stone, which I am guessing you're quoting, because I don't think anyone else would have come up with that themselves.

Jennifer Lopez can't sing.

Good Charlotte stopped being punk a long time ago, so did AFI. Avril Lavigne never was.

Surpass 1960-69? On what grounds, by what measurement? Certainly not anything you citied.

Why the iPod is mentioned I'm not sure. Do people own more music because of the iPod or because of Napster? I thought the iPod changed how we listened to music (now mostly in lossy destructive audio formats) not what or how much.

The best music era for me are the mid-90s. The time of the blossom of Swedish Melodic Death Metal... Such music is not played often nowadays

It's still played just not as good as it once was though Fiction by Dark Tranquillity just came out this year and I think it's pretty good.

[Counterfit]

Any decade after Louis Armstrong's death fails.

So I pick the 40's. Satch is still alive and kicking, swing's still around, Bird, Dizzy, Monk, and some other guys get together on Monday nights and essentially create bebop, Miles records most of Birth of the Cool ('49/'50), R&B laid the grounds for rock & roll, and such.

So I bite my thumb towards your limitations.

[Doylem]

1967. i was young, good-looking and still had most of my marbles. My first live music was seeing Jimi Hendrix: he was opening the show for the Flowerpot Men and, top of the bill, the Walker Brother. Yes, I know, I'm knocking on a bit... :)

[Bosox3]

Its gotta be the 80's....with a few from early 90's.

[devman]

70s

[true777]

I would have to say 80's post-punk (e.g., The Jesus and Mary Chain, Nick Cave), new wave (e.g., Bauhaus, Joy Division), and industrial (e.g., Psychic TV, Legendary Pink Dots), with EBM (Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, etc.) in the second half of the 80's, and the first wave of evolved, melodic hip hop (e.g., Gang Starr, Stereo MC's), plus early electronic music (Tackhead, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Kraftwerk, etc.).

Back then even semi-mainstream stuff was of reasonably good quality (e.g., Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Soft Cell).

However, I believe that every era has its own musical gems and interesting movements if you bother to spend the time and effort to look beneath the surface.

[noodle654]

80's and 90's. RHCP during the 80's and 90's is sick along with all the early Punk Rock groups (Bad religion, The Offspring, Pennywise and others)

[verybadgnome]

From my collection, it's got to be '66 to '76: mind-blowing evolution; "Eight Miles High", Revolver, Jimi Hendrix--period. Bob Dylan's latter-sixties output (Blonde On Blonde). Motown--Marvin Gaye's What's Going On?, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions; good prog rock: King Crimson, early Genesis; Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon AND Wish You Were Here. Electric jazz/rock fusion (Bitches Brew; Soft Machine's first 4 albums; Mahavishnu Orchestra); psyche-rock and garage; Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and the rest of Bowie's most superior output; definitely most of the relevent Rolling Stones albums (Sticky Fingers, Begger's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Exile On Main St.,) came out in these years as well. Neil Young's Harvest. Iggy Pop and the Stooges. And about a hundred other bands & artists (Cream, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, Syd Barrett, The Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Can, Black Sabbath
Jethro Tull) that were unique and seminal.

Right up to to the first Ramones and Sex Pistols albums, which came out I believe in '76. After that, music pretty much crapped itself.

This is very close to what I would pick myself. Still I would add some others and make it more of a 69-80 concentration:

Progressive: Van Der Graaf Generator & King Crimson
Krautrock: Amon Duul, Can, and Neu
Space Rock: Hawkwind
Glam/Art Rock: Roxy Music, Cockney Rebel, early Split Enz, Sparks, and Brian Eno
New Wavers: Talking Heads, Police, Peter Gabriel, Patti Smith

[Neil321]

89-92 spent most of it loved up at a illegal rave somewhere

[LizKat]

Right now ---> the digital music era has made available a lot of music that most of us otherwise would never have had a chance to hear.

Plus, rap is almost dead.

[danny_w]

Between the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's? What would you say is your favorite music era?:)
You don't go back far enough. 30's-40's for me.

[tonyshucraft]

for me it's the 90's with some of the 80's. say what you will old people but at least our favorite bands aren't distributing out drugs to the masses

[pkoch1]

00s orchestral stuff
10s orchestral stuff
20s orchestral stuff
60s film scores
70s film scores
80s Metal
80s pop
80s film scores
90s alternative (not grunge)
90s ska
90s film scores
00s film scores

[Oirectine]

I'm throwing my hat in with the "1998-2008" folks. Least favorite is the 80s. I am pretty sure I would not mind if I never heard a single song from the 80s again.

[priji]

the heavy metal era. i'm pretty sure that's the 80s, the best. i was born in the late 80s, but grew up with it

[scotty96LSC]

80's without a doubt.

[protozoa]

It would have to be the '80s for me. That was when the Dead Kennedys did most of their work.

Early in 1980 is when The Clash's London Calling was released here in the States {best album ever}... so that kicked the decade off right.

There was also some goofy fun stuff going on in music around then. Early in the '80s Devo, the Talking Heads and the B-52's were all in their prime.

I was discovering some more mellow music in the early '80s, like Jimmy Buffett (even though his best albums were all from the '70s). Speaking of mellow, about half of Dead Can Dance's work was produced in the '80s.

Just hearing any of that (mid-to-late) '70s or '80s Punk and New Wave really takes me back to high school days.

[riscy]

Has to be the 80s for me, it was a great time for music, just before the boy bands turned up (were manufactured) and everyone suddenly liked vanilla pop.

Prior to that there was a sense of anything goes - The Smiths (with Morissey being ridiculously over the top) on Top of the Pops, fantastic! KLF, brilliant, taking the mickey out of pop itself etc etc

[ryannel2003]

Since I was born in the 90's, I grew up listening to mainly 90's music. A lot of is great, and I'm mainly talking about this:

[harcosparky]

Some 50's

Lots of 60's

Some 70's

Wasn't any good music written after the 1970's! :eek::p :D

[Benjamindaines]

Mid 60's to Pre-Disco 70's