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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.

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The 60's had The Beatles, Stones and the Who, the 70's Aerosmith, and the 80's The Cars and REM.

Personally I think the 80's were best, ever since music has gone downhill.

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1 posted on 06/14/2023 7:36:06 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Music is such a subjective subject, there may be endless discussion here. Musical styles and popularity have changed over the decades.


2 posted on 06/14/2023 7:38:00 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: DallasBiff

The 70s had a lot more than Aerosmith.


3 posted on 06/14/2023 7:38:32 AM PDT by xp38
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To: DallasBiff

The 60’s by a wide margin.


4 posted on 06/14/2023 7:38:47 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: DallasBiff

Every generation thinks their music is the best.

Even the Millennials think that RAP/Hip-Hop is best.....................


5 posted on 06/14/2023 7:40:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

You could listen to it in the 70s and 80s, as well.


6 posted on 06/14/2023 7:41:37 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: DallasBiff

I agree the 70’s were great with the introduction of Southern Rock with Skynard and CCR.


7 posted on 06/14/2023 7:42:01 AM PDT by cnsmom
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70s. Prog rock, and heavy metal, pushing the boundaries and definitions of rock and roll. Plus of course you have 1973. Quadrophenia, Dark Side, Aqualung, Houses...


8 posted on 06/14/2023 7:42:25 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Of the choices offered I eould agree the 60’s, but it was the 50’s that lead to 60’s. I’m most comfortable with a mix of 50’s and 60’s, because it was the time of my youth. Never mess with someone’s music or books of their youth.


9 posted on 06/14/2023 7:42:37 AM PDT by mware
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To: DallasBiff

I’d add there was some decent alternative rock in the early-mid 90’s. But anything since then is uninspired.


10 posted on 06/14/2023 7:42:42 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Early 60s, meh, but 64 onwards, absolutely. Music styles literally changed by the month.


11 posted on 06/14/2023 7:43:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

I prefer 1721. Bach was rocking the charts. :)


12 posted on 06/14/2023 7:43:36 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. )
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‘60s Beatles, Stones, Who, James Brown, Motown, Beach Music, Folk Music, Joplin, Hendrix, Paul Revere and the Raiders. ‘70s had Almond Bros and Southern Rock, and Frank Zappa, and then Disco. Disco was not rock.


13 posted on 06/14/2023 7:44:55 AM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The best music to anyone was what was being played while that person was young and having fun. That’s why I vote for the ‘70s. Plenty of good music before and since (and plenty of crap music in the ‘70s, you bet), but that decade spans the time from age 15 through 25 for me.


14 posted on 06/14/2023 7:44:57 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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The sweet spot for me is the 1975-1985 period.

Latter part of the 70s, early part of the 80s.

1979 probably the best year of all. Everytime I walked into a record store that year, there was something I wanted to buy in the new release section. Just to name a few, you had:

"The Wall" by Pink Floyd.
"In Through The Out Door" by Led Zeppelin
"Damn The Torpedos" by Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
"Breakfast In America" by Supertramp
"Candy-O" by The Cars
"Regatta de Blanc" by The Police
"London Calling" by The Clash
"Armed Forces" by Elvis Costello
"Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac
"Lodger" by David Bowie
"In The Heat Of The Night" by Pat Benatar
"The Pleasure Principle" by Gary Numan

Many others...

15 posted on 06/14/2023 7:46:00 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (5,301,904 Truth | 86,921,174 Twitter)
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It's so hard to tell. I can pick at least half a dozen great hits from every decade you've listed -- and even into the 1990s and early 2000s.

If I had to pick one ten-year period (not necessarily a specific decade) that would be the heyday of rock & roll music, I would go with the time period defined by this iconic album:


16 posted on 06/14/2023 7:46:03 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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17 posted on 06/14/2023 7:46:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

The goodness overlapped but 50’s started it all.


18 posted on 06/14/2023 7:46:19 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: dfwgator

Too funny. LOL.


19 posted on 06/14/2023 7:47:01 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. )
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To: Alberta's Child
And I don't think it's a coincidence that the Allman Brothers album overlaps heavily with this classic one, too (1966-1976):


20 posted on 06/14/2023 7:47:44 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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