Which is your favorite music decade?

[BigBallinStalin]

Best-Selling Albums by Year in the U.S. (from wiki)

1965 - Mary Poppins Soundtrack
1966 - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights
1967 - The Monkees - More of the Monkees
1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
1969 - Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1970 - Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971 - Jesus Christ Superstar
1972 - Neil Young - Harvest
1973 - War - The World is a Ghetto
1974 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1975 - Elton John - Elton John's Greatest Hits

1990 - Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythym Nation 1814
1991 - Garth Brooks - Ropin the Wind
1992 - Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
1993 - The Bodyguard Soundtrack
1994 - The Lion King Soundtrack
1995 - Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Review View
1996 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
1997 - Spice Girls - Spice
1998 - Titanic Soundtrack
1999 - Backstreet Boys - Millennium

Whazzat?

It's not that the music got worse, the tastes of the masses did.

Maybe the tastes of the masses were always bad, but the marketers became more efficient over the years
(or the price of music dropped--e.g. compare the tastes of people circa 1700s/1800s v. today; high prices kept the 'riff-raff' out of the Strauss and Beethoven shows).

[mordigan]

music snobbery is so lame

[Gabriel13]

What's so great about the 90s?

Backstreet boys

NOT the Backstreet Boys.. The shortest-lived genre of all time, Grunge, with one of the fastest growing bands of all time, if not fastest, Nirvana. Red Hot Chili Peppers' best albums came out during this time with the exception of By the Way, which came out in 2002. The 90's had some of the best rock bands of all time, and that's what I love about it. But then again, I listen to Dubstep and other music like it(Drumstep/D&B etc.) more than anything, so I could say 2003-2013!

[Lootifer]

What's so great about the 90s?

A lot of people on this board developed their musical identity during that time (I know I did).

I would say 90's for one band alone (Tool). But it was really a great decade for alt rock... From Manson and NIN to Pumpkins to the seattle grunge scene to early Foo's to continuation of punk from the 80's (NOFX, Pennywise etc - I readily admit 70s-80s was the birth of good punk ofc) to heaps of other stuff I have forgotten about... if you were into Alt rock, then the 90's was your decade.

I do love the late 70s and early 80s though, for one that was when Punk really got going, but also had some great music such as Talking Heads, Joy Division/New Order, Lou Reed and of course the early metal onslaught.

[notyou2]

1965 - 1975

Seconded.


The worst is the 80's, that's why I dropped out and followed the Dead for 10 years.

[Phatscotty]

What's so great about the 90s?

A lot of people on this board developed their musical identity during that time (I know I did).

I would say 90's for one band alone (Tool). But it was really a great decade for alt rock... From Manson and NIN to Pumpkins to the seattle grunge scene to early Foo's to continuation of punk from the 80's (NOFX, Pennywise etc - I readily admit 70s-80s was the birth of good punk ofc) to heaps of other stuff I have forgotten about... if you were into Alt rock, then the 90's was your decade.

I do love the late 70s and early 80s though, for one that was when Punk really got going, but also had some great music such as Talking Heads, Joy Division/New Order, Lou Reed and of course the early metal onslaught.

Yup, whatever decade Tool was in. Nine - totes. Alice in Chains, Pantera, STP, Soundgarden.

I have a serious weakness for 80's dance clubs though, and not just cuz of the cougars. Cuz it's easy to look like I know what the hell I'm doing on the dance floor

[Phatscotty]

Best-Selling Albums by Year in the U.S. (from wiki)

1965 - Mary Poppins Soundtrack
1966 - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights
1967 - The Monkees - More of the Monkees
1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
1969 - Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1970 - Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971 - Jesus Christ Superstar
1972 - Neil Young - Harvest
1973 - War - The World is a Ghetto
1974 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1975 - Elton John - Elton John's Greatest Hits

1990 - Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythym Nation 1814
1991 - Garth Brooks - Ropin the Wind
1992 - Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
1993 - The Bodyguard Soundtrack
1994 - The Lion King Soundtrack
1995 - Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Review View
1996 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
1997 - Spice Girls - Spice
1998 - Titanic Soundtrack
1999 - Backstreet Boys - Millennium

Whazzat?

It's not that the music got worse, the tastes of the masses did.

Maybe the tastes of the masses were always bad, but the marketers became more efficient over the years
(or the price of music dropped--e.g. compare the tastes of people circa 1700s/1800s v. today; high prices kept the 'riff-raff' out of the Strauss and Beethoven shows).

Yup. Mass marketing as well as the near perfecting of the human nature sciences. As well as disposable income during the 90's where 8 year olds had a serious impact.

[Gabriel13]

Best-Selling Albums by Year in the U.S. (from wiki)

1965 - Mary Poppins Soundtrack
1966 - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights
1967 - The Monkees - More of the Monkees
1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
1969 - Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1970 - Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971 - Jesus Christ Superstar
1972 - Neil Young - Harvest
1973 - War - The World is a Ghetto
1974 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1975 - Elton John - Elton John's Greatest Hits

1990 - Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythym Nation 1814
1991 - Garth Brooks - Ropin the Wind
1992 - Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
1993 - The Bodyguard Soundtrack
1994 - The Lion King Soundtrack
1995 - Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Review View
1996 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
1997 - Spice Girls - Spice
1998 - Titanic Soundtrack
1999 - Backstreet Boys - Millennium

Whazzat?

It's not that the music got worse, the tastes of the masses did.

Maybe the tastes of the masses were always bad, but the marketers became more efficient over the years
(or the price of music dropped--e.g. compare the tastes of people circa 1700s/1800s v. today; high prices kept the 'riff-raff' out of the Strauss and Beethoven shows).

Yup. Mass marketing as well as the near perfecting of the human nature sciences. As well as disposable income during the 90's where 8 year olds had a serious impact.

Makes sense with 8-year olds having an impact. Back in the 60's, they didn't get shit whenever they asked. Now all they have to do is cry, and they get whatever they want.

[thegreekdog]

Here is a partial list of 1990s artists:

- Nirvana
- 2Pac
- Notorious BIG
- Pearl Jam
- Mariah Carey
- U2
- REM
- Dr. Dre
- Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Outkast
- Janet Jackson
- Radiohead
- Green Day
- The Fugees
- Metallica
- Ice Cube
- Oasis
- TLC
- Alice in Chains
- Snoop
- NIN
- Nas Escobar
- Beastie Boys
- Rage Against the Machine
- Jay-Z
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Beck
- Soundgarden
- Public Enemy
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Alanis Morissette (I shuddered a little)
- Guns N Roses
- Bjork
- Dave Matthews Band
- No Doubt
- R. Kelly
- Tori Amos
- Weezer
- Blur
- Tool
- Sonic Youth
- Stone Temple Pilots (f/k/a Shirley Temple's Pussy)
- Jane's Addiction
- Boyz II Men
- Bush
- Fugazi
- Cypress Hill
- The Roots
- The Offspring
- Sublime (not featuring Rome)
- Marilyn Manson
- Pantera
- Pavement
- Korn
- Foo Fighters
- Black Crowes
- Silverchair
- 311
- Hole (yuck)
- Lenny Cravitz
- Faith No More
- Busta Rhymes
- Warren G.
- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (remember that big band/swing phase?)
- Creed (yuck)
- Blind Melon
- Screaming Trees
- Primus
- Wilco

[BigBallinStalin]

Here is a partial list of 1990s artists:

- Wu-Tang Clan
- Pantera

Ah, okay!

[oVo]

The shortest-lived genre of all time, Grunge

Grunge (and garage bands) isn't dead...

Music quality can't be judged by album sales, The Backstreet Boys simply
proves the buying power of teenagers --and daddy's dollars-- as a market
to be exploited for big profit.

The BeeGees had already arrived long before the Saturday Night Fever,
John Travolta and disco.

I've always found Music Videos a curious thing, since they aren't about
music at all, yet every band needed one to promote themselves.

[AndyDufresne]

I was listening to blues from the 1920s and 30s earlier. And then some blues from the 50s and 60s.

Sucks, 1940s blues. You didn't make it into my ears. Yet.


--Andy

[Symmetry]

The shortest-lived genre of all time, Grunge

Grunge (and garage bands) isn't dead...

Music quality can't be judged by album sales, The Backstreet Boys simply
proves the buying power of teenagers --and daddy's dollars-- as a market
to be exploited for big profit.

The BeeGees had already arrived long before the Saturday Night Fever,
John Travolta and disco.

I've always found Music Videos a curious thing, since they aren't about
music at all, yet every band needed one to promote themselves.

To be fair, the Backstreet Boys were pretty good at what they did. The music they produced was, at worst, consistent. At best it acknowledged the weird artificiality of what they were doing.



Now that's a well done pop song- smart, and cynical at the same time.