The Best Decade for Music

[Ste1969]

The 1920's have been criminally, and predictably, overlooked on this thread.

Dont think de nero's posted yet;)

 

[GratefulDawg]

1970s, without a doubt.

You have peaks in so many genres:
Rock
Soul
Funk
Disco
Country
Reggae
Salsa
Afrobeat
African rhumba
Samba Rock (Brasil)
MPB (Brasil)
Punk
New Wave

Jazz peaked from the mid '50s to the mid '60s (post-bop), although Miles and Herbie Hancock kept it interesting in the '70s.

The '70s had that great organic analog sound on so many recordings. Unfortunately, synthesizers became readily available late in the decade, which caused people to replace musicians with drum machines, etc.

The '80s were a shit decade for music. Too much slickness, not enough soul. At least hip-hop was good towards the end of the decade.

Today, people can't even sing anymore. Just use Auto-Tune, and you've got a track.

 

[hilts]

1970s, without a doubt.

You have peaks in so many genres:
Rock
Soul
Funk
Disco
Country
Reggae
Salsa
Afrobeat
African rhumba
Samba Rock (Brasil)
MPB (Brasil)
Punk
New Wave

Jazz peaked from the mid '50s to the mid '60s (post-bop), although Miles and Herbie Hancock kept it interesting in the '70s.

The '70s had that great organic analog sound on so many recordings. Unfortunately, synthesizers became readily available late in the decade, which caused people to replace musicians with drum machines, etc.

The '80s were a shit decade for music. Too much slickness, not enough soul. At least hip-hop was good towards the end of the decade.

Today, people can't even sing anymore. Just use Auto-Tune, and you've got a track.

Hip hop/Rap and modern day R&B is music's downfall, all decades have there pluses the 70's was the best mixture of the great and the utter shit

 

[unicorn]

The current one is the best. Last year saw more wonderful music than any year I remember (Daughter, Low, Iron and Wine for 3) and listening to the Smoke Fairies just now I think 2014 will almost be as good.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

Every decade bar one. The 80s was a dreadful decade (i should know i was a DJ at the time)Crap music, crap politics, crap football and crap clothes. Began to get better towards the end of the decade before the rebirth of music in the early Ninetees.

On first look, yeah ... but then I discovered some great bands in the 80's ...

The Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, Green On Red, Bangles, Husker Du, REM, Hoodoo Gurus, The Church, Cocteau Twins, Icicle Works, The Stone Roses, Jason & The Scorchers, Let's Active, Del Fuegos, True West, Long Ryders, Jellyfish the list goes on ... so for me the 80's was one of the best decades musically.

Tend to agree but I did say towards the end of the eighties and into the nineties things improved and your list suggests the same. Other Eighties acts that just about past muster are Talk Talk, The The, later Tears for Fears and Simple Minds and Talking Heads. The production values in eighties recordings leave me cold. A cold sound for a cold shoe gazing generation. As I said, I was a club DJ at this time and witnessed the reactions on the dance floor. Basically music for people who could not dance. Thank god for the rave/dance scene that followed.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Late 60's
Late 80's
Middle 90's
You can't get better than that.

 

[Bill Walker]

Late 60's
Late 80's
Middle 90's
You can't get better than that.

what about early March 1981 ?

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Late 60's
Late 80's
Middle 90's
You can't get better than that.

what about early March 1981 ?

What about it???

 

[BlueHammer85]

Love it all !!! My order ....


60s - Dylan, Beatles, Rolling Stones, beach boys , Jimi Hendrix, Elvis

90s - Oasis Oasis Oasis ! REM, Blur, Embrace, Radiohead, Cast.

70s - Led Zepellin, pink floyd, Queen, T Rex, The Doors, eagles, creedance Clearwater revival (only just discovered !) Fleetwood Mac

80s - Michael Jackson, the Jam, the smiths , Guns n roses

OOs - the killers, Coldplay, arctic monkeys, Mumford and sons.

 

[west didsblue]

The 1920's have been criminally, and predictably, overlooked on this thread.

I thought you'd have gone for the 1780s - Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven etc.