NationStates Jolt Archive

I personaly enjoy late 60's/70's, mostly the anti-war songs. Face it, War owns all other music.
However, the advent of techno moves me towards the 70's ^_^

70's :

Buzzcocks
Ramones
Pistols
The Clash
Blondie ( I think....)

We already had a contest to decide this some time ago. I think that the 60's came out on top though, which isn't surprising since NS is populated by countless spineless peacenik hippies. ;)

60s: cream, hendrix, sabbath, zeppelin


maybe 80s for the awesome thrash metal bands from the bay area scene

We already had a contest to decide this some time ago. I think that the 60's came out on top though, which isn't surprising since NS is populated by countless spineless peacenik hippies. ;)
*waves stinking hippie hands*

1990s/2000s

If you combine the decades, as the poll has done.

Think...Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Muse, Rage Against The Machine, Beck, Jeff Buckley, QOTSA, Sigur Ros, the White Stripes...

And that's just a few off the top of my head.


60s/70s is a close second though ;)

However, the advent of techno moves me towards the 70's ^_^

Techno, which started in the late 80s, moves you towards the 70s? Are you just working out some kind of average here, or are we involved in some kind of misunderstanding by what is meant by 'techno' or when it happened?

1980s. Hands down.

A world without Duran Duran, a-Ha, Michael Jackson... I shudder to think.

The 1790s. No, that's not a typo.

:p

1980s. Hands down.
A world without Duran Duran, a-Ha, Michael Jackson... I shudder to think.

A world without Baltimora...

1980s. Hands down.

A world without Duran Duran, a-Ha, Michael Jackson... I shudder to think.
Actually, that sounds likea pretty damn good world, (Starts to think of a good song from either of them ... can only think of Micheal jacksons head on fire)

I'll take the 70's. Floyd, The Who, Clapton, Eagles...

Who are the all crazy people voting for the 80s and 90s? What the hell is wrong with you people?

The 70s would have been a good choice except for one thing: disco. Somewhere in the lower circles of hell, people are forced to listen to the Bee Gees and the Village People and nothing else.

A world without Baltimora...

Oh yes, go ahead and mock the poor man. First he dies of AIDS and now he has to put up with your barbs.

Actually, that sounds likea pretty damn good world, (Starts to think of a good song from either of them ... can only think of Micheal jacksons head on fire)

Let us not forget SImon leBon getting marooned on his sinking yacht.

1990s/2000s

If you combine the decades, as the poll has done.

Think...Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Muse, Rage Against The Machine, Beck, Jeff Buckley, QOTSA, Sigur Ros, the White Stripes...

And that's just a few off the top of my head.


60s/70s is a close second though ;)

*drools*

Hehehe.

Yeah, I have to say that most of the bands I listen to are from the 90's, although it's undeniable that most of the rock classics came from the 60's and 70's. Ehh. Too hard to choose.

1980's..

Where would you be without Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Husker Du, Fugazi, Rite of Spring, and the Dead Kennedys?

Probably just fine, I suppose. :p

1980's..

Where would you be without Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Husker Du, Fugazi, Rite of Spring, and the Dead Kennedys?

Probably just fine, I suppose. :p

I think the 80's are underrated, yeah, but not just because of all the good punk and hardcore.

There was also Sonic Youth, the Cure, R.E.M., and a bunch of good metal (that nobody has ever heard of :p).

First I'll give the obligitory snoot at the notion of a 'best decade.'

Snoot.

And one about it being limited to the 20th century (and that the 21sts only has half a decade. And you can't rate a decades worth while you're in it.)

Snoot snoot.

And now, despite my pretentious snooting, I'll actually participate.

I'm going to go with the late 50s to 60s, but not for the reasons people are listing. Nows the Time from Charlie Parker, Kind of Blue from Miles Davis, Giant Steps from John Coltrane, Ah Hum and Mingus Mingus Mingus from Charles Mingus, The Quintet, the other Quintet, Free Jazz from Ornette Coleman, Time Out by the Dave Bruebeck Quartet, Money Jungle with Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach, etc. etc.

Other than that some time in the 20s, 30s or 40s when radio techs started fucking with their machines to make the first electronic music, John Cage started doing things like bolting pieces of wood into pianos to make them a different instrument.

Definately 80's. Hair metal and the harder rock of the time own you. Face it.

Definately 80's. Hair metal and the harder rock of the time own you. Face it.

*shudder*

What about 1988-1998?-Apart from the fact it would be like 11 years any complaints?

What about 1988-1998?-Apart from the fact it would be like 11 years any complaints?
Music has about an 11 year cycle, so I wouldn't object.

80s/90s:

Pearl Jam
Faith No More
Nervana
Sound Garden
Stone Temple Ps
Anthrax
Concrete Blonde
The Rollins Band

Music has about an 11 year cycle, so I wouldn't object.
Which is why i am stuck between saying the 80's and 90's maybe the 80's had more good music but i still think it had more crap but then i think of S Club 7 Back Street Boyz TATU Busted Nirvana and i am back to square one.

What about 1988-1998?-Apart from the fact it would be like 11 years any complaints?

Perfect, actually.

Which is why i am stuck between saying the 80's and 90's maybe the 80's had more good music but i still think it had more crap but then i think of S Club 7 Back Street Boyz TATU Busted Nirvana and i am back to square one.

All the decades have just as much crap as good material- we (at least in my generation) only come across it now because we're listening now and thus aware of everything. The crap of the earlier decades got lost in the shuffle, so all that remains is the good stuff, and the same thing will happen in ten, twenty years time to the crap of today.

I believe the best period for music is now, not because there's any more good material than in the past but because we now have more avenues for which to explore music through the Internet. It's a lot easier to release music meaning that we have a lot more choice in what we want to listen to. If only the record companies really realized this...

Perfect, actually.
Excellent.

80s/90s:

Pearl Jam
Faith No More
Nervana
Sound Garden
Stone Temple Ps
Anthrax
Concrete Blonde
The Rollins Band
Bravo for saying Faith No More.:D

It's a lot easier to release music...Which means that bands don't have to try as hard.

I'd say the sixties were the best decade for music. Cream, Hendrix, Bob Dylan, ..
50's and 80's tying for second, followed by the 90's.

The (14)60's.

We already had a contest to decide this some time ago. I think that the 60's came out on top though, which isn't surprising since NS is populated by countless spineless peacenik hippies. ;)
Er? I thought the question was which era had the best music?
I for one have likes and dislikes spanning in excess of 200 years. This does not make me an Elizabethan does it?
I also had fish from the band Marillion sit in with us on a set in an hotel once where we were the resident band. What did he choose to sing? Broadway. Hardly rock now.
I can't see any musician posting to the poll

Music has about an 11 year cycle, so I wouldn't object.

Yeah, but we're still trying to work out what was so important about the 1997-1999 turning point of the cycle, aren't we? 1988 was the last clear point.

Which means that bands don't have to try as hard.

...and lax bands didn't exist before? I'm not arguing even once that there's more good material now than ever before- it's just easier to access. For anyone looking to experiment, now's the best time to do so since we have so many options (Internet, record store, word-of-mouth, etc.).

Yeah, but we're still trying to work out what was so important about the 1997-1999 turning point of the cycle, aren't we? 1988 was the last clear point.

That's when stuff like Nickelback, Creed, New School "Punk" and Pop-Emo started getting popular and smart people everywhere stopped listening to radio. :p

Like I always say: "The Vietnam War may have been a bad idea but the soundtrack they produced for it is the best of the world!"

Blondie
New World Order
Human League
Roxanne (just can't help it, sorry)
Duran Duran
Pearl Jam
Wham

Go 80's!!!!!!!!!!:)

Well, the music I listen to isn't so ephemeral. You really can't call Beethoven a composer of one specific decade. Then again, the high point of music was probably sometime in the late 1800s when composers weren't afraid to break the rules when it suited them, but still recognized their value and used them when appropriate.

That's when stuff like Nickelback, Creed, New School "Punk" and Pop-Emo started getting popular and smart people everywhere stopped listening to radio. :p

My point exactly: what was revolutionary or memorable there?

1990's and 2000's are like one decade when it comes to music, even though they are really two.

The seventies come close, but the sixties (with the Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelein, Hendrix) have to take it.

My point exactly: what was revolutionary or memorable there?

Proof that artificial, premanufactured music can become popular? I mean, we already knew that, but I think it says something about a social climate when stuff like this is the "revolutionary" music.

It has, however, created something of a cult of personality for prog and "classic" rock among dissafected music fans, which is worthy of notice.

My point exactly: what was revolutionary or memorable there?
Well, OK Computer was certainly memorable and it was 1997.

And the White Stripes formed then, and they've done something fairly revolutionary.

Well, OK Computer was certainly memorable and it was 1997.

And the White Stripes formed then, and they've done something fairly revolutionary.

Proof that artificial, premanufactured music can become popular? I mean, we already knew that, but I think it says something about a social climate when stuff like this is the "revolutionary" music.

It has, however, created something of a cult of personality for prog and "classic" rock among dissafected music fans, which is worthy of notice.

And these are equivalent on some level to the social changes which the birth of Rock'n'Roll, The Beatles, Punk and Rave culture gave us, how exactly?

And as far as 'artificial, premanufactured music' becoming popular goes, Berry Gordy and Phil Spector proved that years ago with their assembly line methodologies.

And these are equivalent on some level to the social changes which the birth of Rock'n'Roll, The Beatles, Punk and Rave culture gave us, how exactly?
I never said they were, they're just the closest thing to that that happened.

Well, the music I listen to isn't so ephemeral.

Ah, Letila and music. Have you got round to tracking down any Woody Guthrie yet?

The seventies come close, but the sixties (with the Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelein, Hendrix) have to take it.

What is it with you people? Bob Dylan and Hendrix dominated the 60's, but Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd hit it big right around 1969; meaning that they were big in the 70's... which is why I think the 70's were best. Not to mention the Rolling Stones are still around; but they were huge in the 70's too.


And anyone who thinks duran duran is a great band should be hung, drawn and quartered, then have their eyes gouged out and replaced with lightly salted cashews.