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i guess i could give a year or two at the beginning of the 70s to get Exile on Main Street, Ziggy Stardust, DSOTM, Led Zeppelin III. but while there were certainly some great albums released in the mid-70s, in fact some of the greatest albums of all time, as a whole I don't think it was a period of particular creative musical advancement like we saw in the other periods presented.
Off the top of my head 70-72 includes: What's Going On, Tago Mago, After the Gold Rush and Harvest, What's Going On, Hunky Dory, Zeppelin IV, Exile on Main Street, and Paranoid
i guess i could give a year or two at the beginning of the 70s to get Exile on Main Street, Ziggy Stardust, DSOTM, Led Zeppelin III. but while there were certainly some great albums released in the mid-70s, in fact some of the greatest albums of all time, as a whole I don't think it was a period of particular creative musical advancement like we saw in the other periods presented.
it's probably my favorite decade of music so I'm a bit biased but you have Bob Dylan, Neil Young, David Bowie, The Clash, kraftwerk, Zeppelin, Eno, the velvet Underground, the stones, the who, pink Floyd, fleetwood mac, etc etc releasing some of their best albums.
i guess i could give a year or two at the beginning of the 70s to get Exile on Main Street, Ziggy Stardust, DSOTM, Led Zeppelin III. but while there were certainly some great albums released in the mid-70s, in fact some of the greatest albums of all time, as a whole I don't think it was a period of particular creative musical advancement like we saw in the other periods presented.
it's probably my favorite decade of music so I'm a bit biased but you have Bob Dylan, Neil Young, David Bowie, The Clash, kraftwerk, Zeppelin, Eno, the velvet Underground, the stones, the who, pink Floyd, fleetwood mac, etc etc releasing some of their best albums.
shit, you're right. i'm looking at album releases for the 1970s and keep trying to shift my years around, but there is too much dopeness spread throughout the 70s to identify any specific ranges of years. which is bringing me to the conclusion that the 70s were more important to music than the mid to late 60s.
furthermore the late 50s through mid 60s might be more important than the mid to late 60s as well, because i completely forgot to include the birth of hard bop around 1954 through A Love Supreme in 1965. Some of the greatest music of all time was jazz during those years.
it's probably my favorite decade of music so I'm a bit biased but you have Bob Dylan, Neil Young, David Bowie, The Clash, kraftwerk, Zeppelin, Eno, the velvet Underground, the stones, the who, pink Floyd, fleetwood mac, etc etc releasing some of their best albums.
shit, you're right. i'm looking at album releases for the 1970s and keep trying to shift my years around, but there is too much dopeness spread throughout the 70s to identify any specific ranges of years. which is bringing me to the conclusion that the 70s were more important to music than the mid to late 60s.
furthermore the late 50s through mid 60s might be more important than the mid to late 60s as well, because i completely forgot to include the birth of hard bop around 1954 through A Love Supreme in 1965. Some of the greatest music of all time was jazz during those years.
so maybe this is harder than I thought.
You just proved the point that no one decade is better than the other, they are all good in their own way which is why you not diss a decade because of "that generation" bullshit.
Every week I host trivia I get different people of the same age making the same complaints. They are really my only representation of that generation so I'm really only speak from my experience. What I've experienced of them, I don't like. I also don't like 80s culture. Literally all I'm saying. For you to say that there aren't people who grew up in the 80s who say stuff like "real music is dead" or typical stuff, is just not true. They are a type of people who exist.
(And what, exactly, is the difference between the attitude of those people about current music/culture and your attitude about 80s music/culture?)
I'm not an asshole if someone puts on 80s music (the type I'm talking about that is). These people are just flat out dicks if I play anything post-2000 and I even got a complaint from a dude who thought 2pac was "new"
Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about.
80s >>>>>>>>>> everything else
Geez, have you learned nothing today?
If I was just basing it on what I like, it'd probably be 2000s>80s>90s>60s>70s (the placement of the 80s and 90s probably could be reversed) for me, but I couldn't even begin to try to rank what would objectively be the best to worst decade for music.
(And what, exactly, is the difference between the attitude of those people about current music/culture and your attitude about 80s music/culture?)
I'm not an asshole if someone puts on 80s music (the type I'm talking about that is). These people are just flat out dicks if I play anything post-2000 and I even got a complaint from a dude who thought 2pac was "new"
Do you really not see where my problem is with what you are saying? You've said it in so many words. You are making a broad generalization about an entire generation of people based on a few assholes who showed up for your trivia night.
Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about.
80s >>>>>>>>>> everything else
Geez, have you learned nothing today?
If I was just basing it on what I like, it'd probably be 2000s>80s>90s>60s>70s (the placement of the 80s and 90s probably could be reversed) for me, but I couldn't even begin to try to rank what would objectively be the best to worst decade for music.
Other than Prince, Madonna, and MJ, the 80s don't do much for me (but those are admittedly very big exceptions). Most of the other acts I liked from the 80s had better output in the 70s or 90s.
This whole decade thing is so hilarious to me. I listen to a lot of modern new music, but I love a bunch of 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s music and I couldn't tell you which decade I like more than the other. Most people just know that I keep up with music and assume that is all I listen to. When that stupid facebook challenge came to post a great album I posted a Fleetwood Mac album. My bestie's mother-in-law told me she was shocked that was what I posted because she just assumed I only listened to new music.
Oh and there was no real point to this post. Just that all this which decade is best stuff cracks me up.
Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about.
80s >>>>>>>>>> everything else
Geez, have you learned nothing today?
If I was just basing it on what I like, it'd probably be 2000s>80s>90s>60s>70s (the placement of the 80s and 90s probably could be reversed) for me, but I couldn't even begin to try to rank what would objectively be the best to worst decade for music.
Other than Prince, Madonna, and MJ, the 80s don't do much for me (but those are admittedly very big exceptions). Most of the other acts I liked from the 80s had better output in the 70s or 90s.
The Smiths, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, New Order, The Cure, Talk Talk?
Obviously, you don't know what you're talking about.
80s >>>>>>>>>> everything else
Geez, have you learned nothing today?
If I was just basing it on what I like, it'd probably be 2000s>80s>90s>60s>70s (the placement of the 80s and 90s probably could be reversed) for me, but I couldn't even begin to try to rank what would objectively be the best to worst decade for music.
Other than Prince, Madonna, and MJ, the 80s don't do much for me (but those are admittedly very big exceptions). Most of the other acts I liked from the 80s had better output in the 70s or 90s.
I don't find this to be an unreasonable statement.
I loved Prince, but was never really big into Madonna or MJ.
Really, I didn't develop any sort of actual love for 80s music until the early to mid-2000s when I discovered David Byrne (and even now, I prefer his solo work and more recent collaborations to Talking Heads, although I obviously have a love for Talking Heads). In the 80s, I was listening to Debbie Gibson, Cyndi Lauper, Tiffany, and the New Kids on the Block, none of which is in rotation anymore (okay, that's not 100% true - Time After Time is on my go-to Spotify playlist).
Other than Prince, Madonna, and MJ, the 80s don't do much for me (but those are admittedly very big exceptions). Most of the other acts I liked from the 80s had better output in the 70s or 90s.
The Smiths, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, New Order, The Cure, Talk Talk?
Yup. 80s Beastie Boys is straight dumb IMO. Tom Waits is great, but I like Nick Cave's 90s output more fills the same role in my listening. Sonic Youth's 90s output is great, as are Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, and all the other imitators that hit their stride in the 90s. 70s Roxy Music > 80s Talk Talk. Not saying any of this stuff is bad, just, you know, not as good as all the other stuff.
The Smiths, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, New Order, The Cure, Talk Talk?
Yup. 80s Beastie Boys is straight dumb IMO. 70s Roxy Music > 80s Talk Talk. Not saying any of this stuff is bad, just, you know, not as good as all the other stuff.
How can you hate Paul's Boutique? And yeah I thought Laughing Stock came out in the 80s so I agree about Talk Talk.
Also you ignored the Smiths which was your biggest missing band.
I love you disagreeable fucks. And LD...no. :Rolf:
Why no? I can listen to old school (can I still say old school? is that term outdated?) country - Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Sr., Johnny Cash - all day long.
And there are great bands that grew out of that, like Slim Cessna's Auto Club (if you live in Knoxville, they are going to be at the Pilot Light in December - go see them, please!).
I love you disagreeable fucks. And LD...no. :Rolf:
Why no? I can listen to old school (can I still say old school? is that term outdated?) country - Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Sr., Johnny Cash - all day long.
And there are great bands that grew out of that, like Slim Cessna's Auto Club (if you live in Knoxville, they are going to be at the Pilot Light in December - go see them, please!).
And Mojo Nixon!
There are good variants on country.
OK. You are right about those you mentioned and throw in some Dolly. EDIT: and my boyfriend Kenny Rogers.