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Worse/Best Music era: 60s,70s,80s,90s,00s,10s?
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80's pop has been overplayed, in my opinion, but there's some great rock that came out of that period - Metallica, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, U2, and many others either got their start or hit their heyday in the 80's. I know it's not cool to like, but many of the old hair metal bands got their start in the 80's, and I'm still a fan - groups like Cinderella, Poison, Warrant, Skid Row, etc.
The 80's was the last decent decade for pop music. The 90's started to suck, the market became oversaturated with acts who didn't have the talent to put out quality work, and the 00's and 10's have continued that downward trend. Legitimate rock bands and singers are still out there and doing okay, but not like in the 60's and 70's.
Okay, you lose - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Styx, The Who, Bad Company, Queen, Rush, AC/DC, Kiss, Deep Purple, etc. all arguably made their best music in the 70's. For anyone to say it "wasn't great" really confuses the **** out of me.
My favorite era would be the 70's, with the 80's and 60's very close behind. Music started going downhill in the 90's, and it hasn't gotten better over time.
Uhm, no. Not all music is what you said, for there are plenty of talented artists/bands that still exist and continue to produce music currently. Just because pop is more popular than anything else right around now doesn't mean it's the only thing that exists.
I know but thats what mainly gets played. Because it sells to the kids. Most stations are heavily playlisted so you hear the same tracks over and over every hour.
It's less about a decade and more about styles of music for me, but if i had to pick i suppose the best is the 80's, so much of what i listen to is from around that time, got a bit of late 80's Overkill on right now actually.
I don't know what's up with your radio stations but everywhere I've ever lived there are multiple radio stations available, many of which play no pop music whatsoever.
1. 90's
2. 70's
3. 00's
4. 60's
5. 80's
6. 10's
We are only about 1.5 years into the 10's, I already know a few good albums from 2010, but 2011 has been pretty stale. Thats why I have it at the bottom.
2. 70's
3. 00's
4. 60's
5. 80's
6. 10's
We are only about 1.5 years into the 10's, I already know a few good albums from 2010, but 2011 has been pretty stale. Thats why I have it at the bottom.
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Last I heard, Posh was still in denial.
No best decade for me, just good and garbage from all.
Cheers,
OW
No best decade for me, just good and garbage from all.
Cheers,
OW
Electronic is becoming mainstream now, not too sure how I feel about that. I love electronic music and the scene of the 90's-early 2000's but I hate what it has become lately. Still good **** dropping, but still.
I think it's one of those 'damn kids, get off my lawn' type of things.
I think it's one of those 'damn kids, get off my lawn' type of things.
10s is just ****, definitely the worst. At least last year was pretty good, this year is **** so far. Compare 2011's top 40 music and 2009's top 40 music. Huge difference. And music in 10s have ****ty and loud as **** mastering.
Electronic music is trying to be pop, and pop music is trying to be electronic these days.
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60's John Coltrane
70's Weather Report
80's Just think rock!
90's east & west coast rap. Dre, Dogg, Biggie, etc...
00's undecided...
60's John Coltrane
70's Weather Report
80's Just think rock!
90's east & west coast rap. Dre, Dogg, Biggie, etc...
00's undecided...
music's all about individual perception. with that said, i think one of the best eras was the 90s (although the boy groups got hot at this time).
the best music is, and always will be, whatever you were listening to when you were 18/20.
here is my breakdown, with the caveat that some groups/artists could be assigned to different decades, depending on the albums considered:
60s: beatles, stones, dylan, hendrix, beach boys, velvet underground, zappa, simon and garfunkel
70s: pink floyds, clash, genesis, bowie, marley, Queen, Led Zeppelin
80s: Dire Straits, REM, U2, Prince, Police, Talking Heads, Cure, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Springsteen
90s: Nirvana, Smashing pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Cranberries, Red Hot Chili Peppers, radiohead
00s: Eminem, White Stripes, Green Day, Coldplay
here is my breakdown, with the caveat that some groups/artists could be assigned to different decades, depending on the albums considered:
60s: beatles, stones, dylan, hendrix, beach boys, velvet underground, zappa, simon and garfunkel
70s: pink floyds, clash, genesis, bowie, marley, Queen, Led Zeppelin
80s: Dire Straits, REM, U2, Prince, Police, Talking Heads, Cure, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Springsteen
90s: Nirvana, Smashing pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Cranberries, Red Hot Chili Peppers, radiohead
00s: Eminem, White Stripes, Green Day, Coldplay
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I would really like to see a redo on this thread with a qualifier. I'm of the opinion that a preferred music era centers on your high school graduation year plus/minus approximately 4 year. So, someone who graduated in 1995 will strongly defend the music of the 90's and then find the subsequent decade shift in music not to their liking.
I fall into the 80's category but there was certainly plenty of music I didn't like. I've never cared for the 60's. I was never much for the 70's peace, love and flowers or political tunes. I didn't grow up understanding the Vietnam era so I had no investment in it. It's was the people who were then in their high-schoolish/college age who took up identification with that music and, rightfully so, since they were the ones being drafted.
As has been stated here in this thread, I find less and less talent and too much contrived "bands" in current music which are really just marketing creations to churn dollars. To anyone who defends the 90's, tell me how you could ever defend the marketing mechanism that was the Spice Girls. Even when you consider the "reason" for Gangsta Rap and the like, isn't it all just a different take on the media created "bands"? You still have the promoter looking to make a star.
It used to be an aspiring musician with a message looking for a break. Now, it's the record labels/media companies creating the artist out of a "perfect" profit-center mold. Look at the Hannah Montana types of examples. Granted, she already had a star father but others were put into the role and then they promptly self-destructed.
I fall into the 80's category but there was certainly plenty of music I didn't like. I've never cared for the 60's. I was never much for the 70's peace, love and flowers or political tunes. I didn't grow up understanding the Vietnam era so I had no investment in it. It's was the people who were then in their high-schoolish/college age who took up identification with that music and, rightfully so, since they were the ones being drafted.
As has been stated here in this thread, I find less and less talent and too much contrived "bands" in current music which are really just marketing creations to churn dollars. To anyone who defends the 90's, tell me how you could ever defend the marketing mechanism that was the Spice Girls. Even when you consider the "reason" for Gangsta Rap and the like, isn't it all just a different take on the media created "bands"? You still have the promoter looking to make a star.
It used to be an aspiring musician with a message looking for a break. Now, it's the record labels/media companies creating the artist out of a "perfect" profit-center mold. Look at the Hannah Montana types of examples. Granted, she already had a star father but others were put into the role and then they promptly self-destructed.
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This.
I was born in the mid-70s, so I grew up in the 80s. A lot of these bands wrote absolutely great stuff that still sounds good to this day, let alone the lyrics and music STILL sound good today.
Very true. But let's get something straight here.. let's separate true pop from Bubble Gum Pop. NKOTB, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Pretty Poison, Missing Persons, Dino, Pebbles, Bow Wow Wow.. groups/artists like that (some of which I like) are bubblegum pop. True pop: U2, Crowded House, 80s Genesis, Icehouse, Thompson Twins.. those with a groove and catchy but not fluffy lyrics.. Those would be true pop.
I'd take Laura Branigan, Melissa Manchester, and old school Whitney Houston over Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, and Beyonce any time.
For me, the 80s really ended in '92, with Grunge. The 90s were the absolute WORST time for music. It was then that you could get shot for wearing the wrong colours while mimicking a rapper in a music video, what was good or bad was determined by 2 idiot kids sitting in front of a TV, any band playing more than 3 chords in a song was passe, yet bands like Oasis couldn't hold a note to save their lives.
You're right.. legit bands are holding their own, but it is sad to see how many really have fallen.. But also very cool to see how many of them bucked the trend of MTV, and stuck to their guns. Def Leppard? still around. Journey? still around. Genesis? came back after 15 years and were still around. AC/DC? just completed a tour. Berlin, Scandal, Human League, Crowded House, and a-ha are all still around and touring!
Okay, you lose - Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Styx, The Who, Bad Company, Queen, Rush, AC/DC, Kiss, Deep Purple, etc. all arguably made their best music in the 70's. For anyone to say it "wasn't great" really confuses the **** out of me.
I agree.
Here's where we differ.. For me:
1) 80s
2) 70s
3) 60s
4) 10s (undecided)
5) 00s (undecided)
6) 90s (and this is a VERY DISTANT 6th)
I stopped listening to the radio for the most after 99. I could probably count on 2 hands how many bands or groups really impress me from 2000 forward.
BL.
I disagree, I graduated in 98 and for the most part the music sucked. That was the time when the rock/rap started to get big. Britney broke out then too. It really was the peak of crap music. That was also when the death of MTV really started. Soon after MTV turned into teen channel and then the music stopped all together.
It was because of this that I was glad I started to tape music videos in '89 - '96, with the newest video being in 1991. Three 9-hour tapes of 80s videos has me very happy.
Right now, I have 4 MTV channels with my digital feed; only 1 of them plays music videos, and barely at that. It's even sadder that it took VH1 Classic to play the original videos that aired the day of the 25th anniversary of MTV, and even then they barely played any on the 30th anniversary. Yet they are going to bring back Beavis and Butthead.
Viacom has lost it.
BL.
