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What was the best music decade, 60's, 70', or 80's?
Music History ^ | 6/14/23 | Dallasbiff

Posted on 06/14/2023 7:36:06 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Official Music Video for It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) performed by R.E.M.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


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To: Old Retired Army Guy

70’s by a wide margin.


121 posted on 06/14/2023 8:36:23 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: Steely Tom

The early 60s, before the Beatles was the height of prepackaged corporate music.


122 posted on 06/14/2023 8:37:03 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: xp38

“They even had a candy bar named in their honour!”

Funnily enough, they actually recorded some of their early tracks under the name “The Almann Joys”.


123 posted on 06/14/2023 8:38:23 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: DallasBiff

64-74, that’s a decade right?


124 posted on 06/14/2023 8:41:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: wardaddy

I say “Roll ‘Em Pete” by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, but then that takes us back to the ‘30s.


125 posted on 06/14/2023 8:41:21 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: nutmeg

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126 posted on 06/14/2023 8:42:26 AM PDT by nutmeg (My 'pride flag' is the AMERICAN FLAG)
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To: CodeToad

I think it depends on what genre you like.

Bands like Metallica have insane talent but it may not be your cup of tea.

I’ll switch from them to classical music to Duran Duran, then throw in some R.E.M., Geroge Michael, Queensryche, and Dire Straits. ...but also loved some of the 70’s rock.


127 posted on 06/14/2023 8:42:42 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: 1Old Pro

or some could argue 65-75 :)


128 posted on 06/14/2023 8:42:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: DallasBiff
Just looking at one year in the 70's, 1973, there were releases like:
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Quadrophenia -The Who
Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
Raw Power - Iggy Pop & The Stooges
Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top

I think the 60's set the table for an expansion of styles and sounds; the 70's delivered on that exploration; and the 80's sort of left it all behind and a lot of unique sounds disappeared..

129 posted on 06/14/2023 8:51:03 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: discostu

+1

Well said.


130 posted on 06/14/2023 8:51:27 AM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: DallasBiff

IMHO:

70’s
60’s
80’s

YMMV


131 posted on 06/14/2023 8:52:09 AM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: DallasBiff

I would vote for the 60s and 70s both. My iPhone is fully loaded with both.

No question.


132 posted on 06/14/2023 8:52:15 AM PDT by icclearly
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To: DallasBiff

The 60’s have MOTOWN!!!! Almost no need for anything else!!


133 posted on 06/14/2023 8:52:15 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: dfwgator
The early 60s, before the Beatles was the height of prepackaged corporate music.

Yes, ok, but it wasn't prepackaged corporate music pretending to be rebellious and edgy, was it?

Are you saying Buddy Holly and the music produced by Phil Spector was prepackaged corporate music? I'm not sure about that, but admit I could be wrong.

I assume what you mean is Andy Williams, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, etc.

It was plastic, but didn't pretend to be otherwise. For the people who had survived the depression and WWII, plastic was fine. Plastic was modern, reassuring, comfortable. Safe.

134 posted on 06/14/2023 8:52:39 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Ann Archy
The 60’s have MOTOWN!!!!

And Stax!

135 posted on 06/14/2023 8:52:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Pretty sure that 70-80 yr. old Millemnials will NOT be listening to that RAP CRAP!


136 posted on 06/14/2023 8:53:18 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: DallasBiff

Nothing can come close to the 60’s. It just any better than the Motown sound. The Temps, Smoky, Wilson Picket, Otis Redding, Brook Benton, The Supremes, James Brown and so many more. Too many to mention.


137 posted on 06/14/2023 8:53:28 AM PDT by animal172 (This ain't the country I grew up in.)
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To: gundog
I remember that Bowie video from that period. It was before MTV but there were already some late night TV shows featuring music videos.

It wasn't until years later that I realized that the three "women" at the end that strutted onto the stage was actually David Bowie in drag.

He puts all the pretend women of today to shame!

138 posted on 06/14/2023 8:53:55 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (5,301,904 Truth | 86,921,174 Twitter)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

Mid 70s is when it started to slow down, and the video era started, remember, before MTV there were shows like “Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert” and “The Midnight Special”, so now bands were more on TV and the image started to matter more.


139 posted on 06/14/2023 8:54:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Steely Tom

Doris Day, who’s son Terry Melcher produced the The Beach Boys, and who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Charles Manson. Sharon Tate and her friends were murdered because she had the poor fortune to be renting the house that Melcher lived in when he turned Manson down for a recording contract.


140 posted on 06/14/2023 8:55:48 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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