Pick 10 Songs...

[ErikCLDR]

Fun little project here...

Pick 10 songs that best represent popular music each of the following music decade

'60s
'70s
'80s
'90s

[Doctor Q]

How's this for a good memory? I remembered that we had a similar thread about artists in 2004!

[A-Dog]

I've got some time to kill right now so I'll try it.

Fun little project here...

Pick 10 songs that best represent popular music each of the following music decade

'60s (in no part. order of release)
1) Satisfaction/ Rolling Stones
2) Mr. Tamborine Man / Byrds (cover)
3) Light My Fire / The Doors
4) Like A Rolling Stone / Bob Dylan
5) I Wanna Hold Your Hand / Beatles
6) Strawberry Fields Forever / Beatles
7) Piece Of My Heart / Janis Joplin
8) Purple Haze / Jimi Hendrix
9) My Generation / The Who
10) Susie Q / Creedence Clearwater Revival

Honorable Mentions: My Generation / The Who; Somebody To Love / Jefferson Airplane; The Times They Are A' Changin' / Bob Dylan; Heroin / The Velvet Underground; Watermelon Man / Herbie Hancock; 21st Century Schizoid Man / King Crimson; House Of The Rising Sun / The Animals; For What It's Worth / Buffalo Springfield;

'70s
1) Breathe / Pink Floyd
2) War Pigs / Black Sabbath
3) Pusherman / Curtis Mayfield
4) Carry On / Crosby Stills & Nash & Young
5) Heart Of Gold / Neil Young
6) Ziggy Stardust / David Bowie
7) No Woman No Cry / Bob Marley
8) God Save The Queen / The Sex Pistols
9) Led Zeppelin / Kashmir
10) Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2 / Pink Floyd (my lone nod to disco :rolleyes: )

HM's: Higher Ground / Stevie Wonder; Bitches Brew / Miles Davis; What's Goin' On/ Marvin Gaye; Imagine / John Lennon; Glad / Traffic; Papa's Got A Brand New Bag pts. 1, 2 & 3/ James Brown; Walk On The Wild Side / Lou Reed; Summer Breeze / Seals & Crofts

'80s
1) Ashes To Ashes / David Bowie
2) The Killing Moon / Echo & The Bunnymen
3) How Soon Is Now? / The Smiths
4) Boys Don't Cry / The Cure
5) Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos / Public Enemy
6) Thriller / Micheal Jackson
7) Sweet Child O' Mine / Guns & Roses
8) Madonna / Vogue
9) Prince / Purple Rain
10) U2 / With Or Without You

HM's: Hot For Teacher / Van Halen; (Wanted) Dead or Alive / Bon Jovi; Born In The USA / Bruce Springsteen; Every Breath You Take / The Police

'90s

1) Smells Like Teen Spirit / Nirvana
2) Creep / Radiohead
3) Loser / Beck
4) Drive / REM
5) Nuthin' But A "G" Thang / Dr. Dre
6) Been Caught Stealing / Jane's Addiction
7) Killing Me Softly / The Fugees
8) Closer / Nine Inch Nails
9) Under The Bridge / Red Hot Chili Peppers
10) Baby One More Time / Britney Spears

HM's: Unsung / Helmet; Sober / Tool; I Miss You / Bjork; Plush / Stone Temple Pilots; Undone (The Sweater Song) / Weezer; Symphony Of Destruction / Megadeth; Teardrop / Massive Attack; Be Quiet & Drive / Deftones;

[spicyapple]

Can I pick 5 songs instead? My brain would get sore... :p

60's
1. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
2. Goin' Up the Country - Canned Heat
3. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
4. La La Means I Love You - Defonics
5. Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic

70's
1. Dancing Queen - ABBA
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. Hurricane - Bob Dylan
4. American Pie - Don McLean
5. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

80's
1. Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls
2. Wild Boys - Duran Duran
3. With or Without You - U2
4. Like a Virgin - Madonna
5. Beat It - Michael Jackson

90's
1. Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
2. Hand in My Pocket - Alanis Morissette
3. Barbie Girl - Aqua
4. Orinoco Flow - Enya
5. Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden

^^ wow, some of these 90's songs bring back so many memories!

[OwlsAndApples]

60's
God Only Knows - The Beach boys
Light My Fire - The Doors
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Bike - Pink Floyd

70's
Money - Pink Floyd
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Pretty Vacant - The Sex Pistols
London's Burning - The Clash
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

80's
Should I Stay or Should I go - The Clash
Hmmm I'm not sure what to pick with the 80's...

90's
Rock n' Roll Star - Oasis
Parklife - Blur
There's No Other Way - Blur
The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve
Rockafella Skank - Fatboy Slim
Just - Radiohead
In Bloom - Nirvana

00's so far...
Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines
Last Nite - The Strokes
Helicopter - Bloc Party
Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I'm tired...but hey, they'll do! :) Oops...kinda misinterpreted 'popular representation' of decades, but I wasn't alive for all of them so give me a break!