Poll: Which Decade Had the Best Music?

[novon]

Personally, I say the 80's - Depeche Mode, New Order, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys - anything new wave just sounds better than the crap playing today.

 

[falias]

Man I wish it was the 80's forever.

 

[LordMorpheus]

*cough* Grateful Dead *cough*

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
*cough* Grateful Dead *cough*

Bwhaha, I went to about a dozen Dead concerts.

It was a trip

 

[clamum]

Haven't heard a whole lot of anything earlier than the 80s. That being said, I'd say the 60s or 90s.

 

[stormbv]

hehe..this decade will, I think.

 

[Actaeon]

Now! 😀

 

[Kadarin]

Duh! The '80s! 😀

 

[conjur]

60s....hands down.

Dylan, Beatles, Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Zeppelin, Hendrix, etc.

Artists that influenced about 99% of the artists around today.

 

[silverpig]

70s for sure.

 

[Zenmervolt]

1965-1975 inclusive.

ZV

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

I loved the 80's music, but there are songs I hear from the 70's that make me tear up sometimes because of the way they take me back to when I was a kid. You can't hardly beat the folksy feel of the music during that era.. it somehow just feels cleaner and more from the heart than the music the preceeded it in the 60's and synthesized beat of the 80's.

 

[Siddhartha]

I vote for 1801 to 1827. Beethoven wrote his nine symphonie during that period.

 

[PowerMacG5]

I voted 60's, although my favorite music spans the 60's and 70's. My favorite bands now are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Who, AC/DC, and Fleetwood Mac.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: novon
Personally, I say the 80's - Depeche Mode, New Order, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys - anything new wave just sounds better than the crap playing today.

every one of those bands are on my "worst music EVER" list. new wave = ass wave.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: novon
Personally, I say the 80's - Depeche Mode, New Order, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys - anything new wave just sounds better than the crap playing today.

every one of those bands are on my "worst music EVER" list. new wave = ass wave.

 

[kenshorin]

80's. If you look at multiple genres, each and every genre in the 80's was great, from pop and Michael Jackson before he became a weirdo, to rock like Motley Crue and Warrant, heavy metal you had Metallica when they were at their best, etc.

 

[Ornery]

I do like a LOT of music from the '80s, but it didn't have the depth that the '70s artists brought to their works. There were a lot of 'Concept' albums from the '70s. Just seems like a LOT better writing, talent and effort went into them:

• The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
• Berlin by Lou Reed
• The Wall
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
• Quadrophenia
• The Best Years Of Our Lives - Steve Harley
• Diamond Dogs
• Stranded - Roxy Music
• Lynyrd Skynyrd pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd
• Led Zeppelin (Take your pick!)
• Master Of Reality - Black Sabbath
• Solar Fire - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Killer - Alice Cooper

 

[Ryan]

90's - great rock, mariah carey, and great RnB 🙂

 

[matt426malm]

60s-70s previously mentioned bands but the 90's weren't bad either Soundgarden, AiC, nirvana, ect

 

[hdeck]

70s

 

[drum]

Originally posted by: Ornery
I do like a LOT of music from the '80s, but it didn't have the depth that the '70s artists brought to their works. There were a lot of 'Concept' albums from the '70s. Just seems like a LOT better writing, talent and effort went into them:

• The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
• Berlin by Lou Reed
• The Wall
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
• Quadrophenia
• The Best Years Of Our Lives - Steve Harley
• Diamond Dogs
• Stranded - Roxy Music
• Lynyrd Skynyrd pronounced 'leh-'nerd 'skin-'nerd
• Led Zeppelin (Take your pick!)
• Master Of Reality - Black Sabbath
• Solar Fire - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• Killer - Alice Cooper

precisely.
70s beat any decade hands down

 

[sparkyclarky]

Originally posted by: conjur
60s....hands down.

Dylan, Beatles, Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Zeppelin, Hendrix, etc.

Artists that influenced about 99% of the artists around today.

Zeppelin was most influential in the 70s, so that's why I put the 70s down🙂 Overall, it's pretty damn close between the 70s and 60s in my mind, with the 90s running a bit behind and then the rest sorting out after that.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky

Originally posted by: conjur
60s....hands down.

Dylan, Beatles, Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Zeppelin, Hendrix, etc.

Artists that influenced about 99% of the artists around today.

Zeppelin was most influential in the 70s, so that's why I put the 70s down🙂 Overall, it's pretty damn close between the 70s and 60s in my mind, with the 90s running a bit behind and then the rest sorting out after that.

They were just continuing their music. I & II were released in the 60s and I'd bet a lot of III was written in '69, too.

 

[zod]

I voted 90s, but the 60s we're pretty damn good, too.

I enjoy a lot of stuff now, but the same level of quality and experimentation in mainstream music doesn't seem to be there anymore.