OT - Worst decade for music?

[dare2be]

Can't rag on a decade with Coasters and Platters.

 

[quoipourquoi]

I'll see your natural talents in the 2000s and raise you all-in with the Disney-whored-whore "talent", plus the Black Eyed Peas.

Don't go playa-hatin' on my Disney whores.

Fair point on BEP. I don't see the appeal that has led to all of that Billboard magic. Even lyrically, they're awful to another level most of the time, and trite when they're at their very best. Critically, they've regressed since acquiring Fergie at the beginning of the 00s. It's not that Fergie is bad - she's just not great, and I don't think they've incorporated her well outside of "Meet Me Halfway." Maybe if she was half as inspired as Gwen Stefani, she could actually contribute positively to the argument.

 

[Comeds]

I'd also like to add that the true alternative rock, the stuff that fed the 90s mainstream alternative music, was better in the mid-late 80s while it was still underground and didn't even have a name.

I agree 100%.

Musically for me the 90s was rough. I was not a fan of rap-rock and for every good Seattle band (or Seattle sounding grunge band) there were a bunch of bad ones. The main radio station I listened to at the time (hfs) was bought and reduced its playlist by a ton and became a 'just play the hits' station. I really didn't want to hear "Right Hear Right Now" every 45 minutes. Thats not uncommon but it was so unlike what the station was before. In fact while it made the station more profitable in the short run, in the long run it killed it.

Then factor in things like Mtv playing the same 5 videos over and over then no videos and even shows like 120 Minutes switched to mainly playing the same big hits of the week.

 

[dare2be]

All your points aside on the BEP, they helped make the stupid auto-tune vogue.

 

[sportfan09]

this is easy everything today and in the past 3 years

 

[sportfan09]

but since thats not a choice have to go with the 80s alot of dumb shit

 

[sportfan09]

walk the dinosaur" was the gayest video in the 80s

 

[KillerVee]

Nobody's hating on the 50s, eh? Guess you have to respect the King.

You mean Chuck Berry right?

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Nobody's hating on the 50s, eh? Guess you have to respect the King.

If by king you mean Buddy Holly, then absolutely!

And anybody who voted for the 70s should be reminded that the greatest rock 'n roll song ever was released in 1971. Even if you somehow thought ever other song was crap, American Pie saves the entire decade.

 

[dare2be]

You mean Chuck Berry right?

I thought he meant Little Richard.

 

[SLY]

Elvis Presley was the shit.

 

[elocomotive]

If by king you mean Buddy Holly, then absolutely!

And anybody who voted for the 70s should be reminded that the greatest rock 'n roll song ever was released in 1971. Even if you somehow thought ever other song was crap, American Pie saves the entire decade.

Disco + Fat Elvis > American Pie

 

[sportfan09]

If by king you mean Buddy Holly, then absolutely!

And anybody who voted for the 70s should be reminded that the greatest rock 'n roll song ever was released in 1971. Even if you somehow thought ever other song was crap, American Pie saves the entire decade.

The Thrill is Gone - B.B. King
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Instant Karma - John Lennon
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
After Midnight - Eric Clapton
Share the Land - The Guess Who
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
Let it Be - The Beatles
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
All Right Now - Free
Lola - The Kinks
Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) - Led Zeppelin
Carolina in My Mind - James Taylor



just 70 alone had some great songs

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Disco + Fat Elvis > American Pie

Don't try to take me to a disco
You'll never even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door
I like that old time rock n' roll

 

[sportfan09]

Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
You Can�t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Stir It Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Daniel - Elton John
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley & The Wailers
You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Rambling Man - Allman Brothers Band
Mind Games - John Lennon
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
Cum on Feel the Noize - Slade
Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Love, Reign O'er Me - The Who
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Hello Hurray - Alice Cooper
Woman From Tokyo - Deep Purple
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye


year i was born great tunes..who the hell voted for the 70s lol

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Now a second person voted for the 70s.

 

[sportfan09]

i would take tuesdays gone over american pie...70s had a billion great songs

 

[SLY]

The 1890's were horrible.

 

[sportfan09]

Now a second person voted for the 70s.

i am with ya

 

[SLY]

American Pie sucked, Tuesdays Gone is waaaaaaay better.