Your favorite decade for music?

[SlowLX]

Not what decade you think produced the most relevant and talented music, just what decade do you like the most for music?

[paul_376]

80's hands down

[mikec]

Dig that sig!

[jdgregory84]

I've only been alive through half of the 80's, the 90's, and 00's....it's too early to tell for this decade, but I've got to go with the late 00's and some from this decade early. I didn't really get into music until the mid 90's when I was about 12.

This is my own personal opinion of music that I listen to. I listen to mostly metal, progressive metal, and progressive rock and although you'll never hear it on the radio, there's a lot of great music out there. For music in general though, I gotta go with the 90's. Maybe it's just nostalgia but in every major genre I can find something I like for the most part. Popular music right now though is fucking horrible with a few exceptions.

[TENGRAM]

70's, because my two favorite genres are country and punk rock

[46Tbird]

The 60s. Back when actual talented people played actual instruments.

I'll listen to just about anything though.

[Rreemo]

I like stuff from multiple eras...but I believe that the stuff that came out of the 70's (inc late 60's and real early 80's) was most influential and set the stage to define much of the progression we've come to see in more recent years. The simple fact is that you do not see "super groups" like what took place through the 70's....Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Rush, VH, Sabbath, Queen, Boston, etc. Yeah...it's burnout music to most younger guys now-a-days, but it all started a revolution that paved the way for the Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Candlebox and so on that came to be for younger generations.

[Treasure Chest]

You need an "it depends on my mood" option. Overall, I think you could throw a dart in the 90's and hit pretty decent music, but when I'm really feeling reminiscent, I'll default to the stuff my grandfather always played--the WWII swing and boogie woogie, or the classic country and western ballads.

[jdgregory84]

The 60s. Back when actual talented people played actual instruments.

I'll listen to just about anything though.

Are you trying to say that people now don't have instrumental talent? Like I said in my first post, you can't listen to the radio now. Why does the music industry not make as much money as it used to? Piracy? Maybe to an extent, but I think equal blame goes to the people that play the shitty fucking music that you hear on the radio which is obviously the biggest advertisement campaign of the music industry.

[LS1Goat]

70s

[Rreemo]

Are you trying to say that people now don't have instrumental talent? Like I said in my first post, you can't listen to the radio now. Why does the music industry not make as much money as it used to? Piracy? Maybe to an extent, but I think equal blame goes to the people that play the shitty fucking music that you hear on the radio which is obviously the biggest advertisement campaign of the music industry.

Real truth in this....I simply cannot stand to listen to regular radio now-a-days. It's one crappy song after another and it seems they all go on commercial time at the same time too. Satellite radio isn't much better, but at least there is some stuff played there that you wouldn't normally hear on crappy FM....I do find that I am still switching around stations a lot on Sirius too, though.

[jdgregory84]

BTW, the best way to find good music is social networking and adding a band that you like on facebook or whatever because the "good" music network is so tight that they'll promote eachother whether or not they're on the same label. Most good bands are on independent labels anyway.

[Pro88LX]

I like stuff from multiple eras...but I believe that the stuff that came out of the 70's (inc late 60's and real early 80's) was most influential and set the stage to define much of the progression we've come to see in more recent years. The simple fact is that you do not see "super groups" like what took place through the 70's....Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Rush, VH, Sabbath, Queen, Boston, etc. Yeah...it's burnout music to most younger guys now-a-days, but it all started a revolution that paved the way for the Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Candlebox and so on that came to be for younger generations.

Took the words out of my mouth. Im glad i didnt have to type all that out as im wrapped up watching The Wall on Palladia right now.

[idrivea4banger]

The Justin Beiber era.

[SMKR]

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