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What decade of music was the best?

What decade of music was the best?

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Just the other day I was thinking to myself that if I was forced to live with only one of two piles of CDs the rest of my lfe, one pile being from the 1955-1973 time period, and the other pile containing everything done before and after that time period, I would unhesitatingly choose the first. To answer your specific question: Gotta be the 1960s, baby! I wish I had been born earlier so that I could actually enjoy the anticipation of a great new album coming out about every couple of weeks. I discovered that music when it was already on Oldies radio.

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hands down! the 70's

Steely Dan
Stevie Wonder
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Zeppelin
Floyd
Billy Joel
Elton John
Paul Simon
Earth Wind and Fire
Bowie
QUEEN!!
YES!!
TULL!!
Wings
Scaggs
Frampton
Alan Parsons
Carol King
Chuck Manggione
whoever did "Baker Street"
Seals and Crofts
Crosby, Stills & Nash
ABBA
Bee Gee's

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Originally posted by steelydan

hands down! the 70's

Steely Dan
Stevie Wonder
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Zeppelin
Floyd
Billy Joel
Elton John
Paul Simon
Earth Wind and Fire
Bowie
QUEEN!!
YES!!
TULL!!
Wings
Scaggs
Frampton
Alan Parsons
Carol King
Chuck ...[text shortened]... eet"
Seals and Crofts
Crosby, Stills & Nash
ABBA
Bee Gee's
It's a bit difficult to classify properly: most bands in your list were born in late 60s:-)

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Originally posted by eyeqpc
Definitely the 80's

all my favourite bands really started life and dominated from late 70's and throughout the 80's (even still going strong today)
Maiden, Metallica, Van Halen, Megadeth, Anthrax, Jovi, Toy Dolls even was into Adam and the ants when I was growing up
Hey if your talking 80's don't forget Romford'd finest - Five Star 😉

Andrew

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the late sixties era ... with america in turmoil.
the music reflect the era, and therefore was so meaningful.
tiger

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Originally posted by Brother Edwin
I say 80's because of

WHAM
Soft Cell
FGTH
Michal Jackson

also

Vanilla ice
MC Hammer(early 90's but so what).
Argh! You like Micheal Jackson???

You should be kicked off of the Metallica clan and be beaten with a stick.

FNM😲

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Originally posted by Faith No More
Argh! You like Micheal Jackson???

You should be kicked off of the Metallica clan and be beaten with a stick.

FNM😲
Whats wrong with Michal Jackson?

Thriller is the best selling album ever.

Plus best dancer ever.

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Originally posted by Brother Edwin
Whats wrong with Michal Jackson?

Thriller is the best selling album ever.

Plus best dancer ever.
It is dreadful POP music. It is ust as bad as Britney Spears or Backstreet Boys😞

I am disappointed dude.

FNM😕😉

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Originally posted by Faith No More
It is dreadful POP music. It is ust as bad as Britney Spears or Backstreet Boys😞

I am disappointed dude.

FNM😕😉
I admit he is bad, and in some ways dangerous. But he is also off the wall as far as pop music gos, and he's invincible when it comes to back up from fans.

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Whats wrong with Ms Spears?

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Originally posted by Brother Edwin
I admit he is bad, and in some ways dangerous. But he is also off the wall as far as pop music gos, and he's invincible when it comes to back up from fans.
LOL

* groan *

Not a Michael Jackson fan, but had to LOL at that one.

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Originally posted by Brother Edwin
Whats wrong with Ms Spears?
well not ms spears now, got married but i dont know the name now

David

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Originally posted by Brother Edwin
Whats wrong with Ms Spears?
Are you being serious?

Faith, you let this guy into the Metallica clan? Don't you do any screening? 😲

Jacko IS one hell of a dancer though. Even if he is a predatory homosexual pedophile. 😉

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Originally posted by darvlay
Are you being serious?

Faith, you let this guy into the Metallica clan? Don't you do any screening? 😲

Jacko IS one hell of a dancer though. Even if he is a predatory homosexual pedophile. 😉
I am not fans of eather. But I respect them as good artists in there chosen fields.

What do you expect little girls to listen to? Britney Spears is both a role modal and makes music that is appropreate for a young audience.

And Jacko has good music to dance to and is a execlent performer.

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Originally posted by pparrish
The seventies:

Beatles
Stones
Who
Jethro Tull
ELP
Yes
Grateful Dead
Lynard Skynard
Moody Blues
Procol Harem
King Crimson
Black Sabbath
James Taylor
Jackson Browne
David Bowie
etc....
The seventies??????

The Beatles were already famous when they first performed in the US in 1964. (I was too lazy to look up how long before that they started. So shoot me.)

Rolling Stones -- mid 1960's Certainly big by 1965. (same comment as for Beatles)

The Who -- from http://www.thewho.net/index.php?modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1 "The Who began as The Detours ... in the summer of 1961."

Jethro Tull -- first album 1968

ELP -- from http://www.emersonlakepalmer.com/bio.html 1969

Yes -- (very hard to google for "yes" 🙁 )

Grateful Dead -- continuous from 1965

Lynard Skynard -- from http://www.skynyrd.com/faq.html#a 1964

Moody Blues -- 1964

Procol Harum -- 1967

The seventies??????

Paul