Favorite Decade of Music
 

Which decade of music do you like the best in why? It might be because you grew up in that period or drift to a sound before or after. I enjoy the sounds of the 60s' the most. Simple songs, great arrangements from rock to folk to the increasingly experimental. Of course there were some sappy and some plain blah like all decades but the sixties had three things I like Beatles, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones. Motown is at its finest and the folk scene gave us Simon & Garfunkel while its Elvis's only full decade. So that is why this 90's kid loves 60s' sounds. What about you all?

80's was the last decade of "good" music. 90's had some great hits definitely, but there were more stinkers there than good ones.

80's was just fantastic, so many new artists and music back then.

I really like music before my time so I've got to go with the mid 70's, and 90's. The 70's had a bunch of punk bands and Goth rock, stuff I really like while the 90's had Grunge another music genre I'm pretty fond of.

The '80s really nailed it across the board. So many genres from rock to rap to metal to punk to pop and electronica all had some of their very best stuff ever produced in that decade, and I don't think that's true of any other decade. So many eras were defined by a particular sound - the "Roaring '20s" jazz era, the Rock N Roll '50s, the "hippie rock" 60s, the Disco days of the 1970s - but the 1980s didn't exactly have a particular style that stood out on its own. There was so much great stuff coming out from every single direction. I'm sure the 80's has more One-Hit Wonders than any other decade, or at least it wouldn't surprise me, because for a while even the crap was good.

Think of each of the genres I mentioned above, and count how many of the very best groups from each genre came out in the 1980s. It's amazing. Just part of why the 1980s were kind of the best pop culture decade ever. Even then, I had a feeling I was living in blessed times that may never be seen again.

Not sure if I have a decade...my parents were into stuff from the 70's and early 80's and I listened to their old records. Also liked things from the 60's. Heck, much like my father I "like" very few artists, and mainly like specific songs...and I'm often shocked to learn that "That song's the Beetles? Cool!"

Do love the ageless Weird Al though. He's been putting out albums since a little before I was born.

I would have to agree with that, the synthesizer of the 1980s, opened up a whole new palette and dimension of generated music which could only be restricted by one's imagination. It accelerated and transformed the sound of every genre of music into what we consider "modern music" today. It's kind of why I created a thread asking if others felt the 1980s was the most dramatic changing decade for Top 40 music.

80s by a long shot. Especially 80s Rock music.

A tie between 80s and 00s, on one hand the 80s brought us bohiemn Rhapsody and other great hits, on the other hand Gorrilaz and Madvillian are probably my favorite musicians of all time

Bohemian Rhapsody was 1975.

I cannot say anything other than the 80s... For me if I could go back in time and experience a decade it would be the 1980s, for the music and for so much more! I loved how so many songs made no real sense but were just magic to listen to (even to this day). There were some songs of the 70s and 60s I feel that way about, but as a decade overall I have to stick with the 1980s.

I just love the huge marketing boom of the 80s that hit everything! From music to toys, to movies, to comic books. I feel like it was such a decade for growth, almost an explosion of the marketability of things we love (and love to buy). If you think of all the huge items in the toy market right now, there are a surprising number of them that are 1980s throwbacks. While I'm not limiting my comments to just music, for me, it was more than just the music- it was a feeling, very much led by the music, that I think I enjoy the most.

90's for sure. The hip-hop of its first half- too good.

Most of the music I listen to is from the 80s and 90s. Everything from "Worlds Apart" by Journey to "Men In Black" by Will Smith. :tlol:

This, absolutely! I grew up in the 80's, and though I often listened to a lot of the stuff my parents did, what I really loved was the music of MY time, the music that defined the decade I remember best growing up. Bands and musicians that are considered legends now, were just getting their start then, or were at the height of their popularity and influence. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Journey, Genesis, and SO many others, all jumbled together in a giant melting pot of musical genius. I still love listening to 80's music from across the genre board. It just saddens me that some people in this decade don't even know who some of those bands were any more (I actually had a young co-worker say she had never heard of Metallica. REALLY?!!)

I know, that's insane. Sometimes I get something like that, and I just rage so hard. Because in 15 years Katy Perry is going to be a Trivial Pursuit answer and people are still going to be buying Guns N Roses records. Even my Freshman year of high school, I got teased by kids my own age for wearing a Motley Crue shirt, not because of who they were, but because a large number of kids my own age literally had no idea who they were at all. Granted, a lot of them were the preppie/yuppie kids who grew up in ritzy neighborhoods and probably only listened to the Top 40 stuff their parents put on the radio, but still, even for one of the lesser rock bands from the 80s Crue was really well-known, and in fact, they'd just put a record out that same year. These kids only knew that Tommy Lee was the guy (at the time) nailing Pamela Anderson, and they thought that was all he was famous for.

But back to topic, yeah, the younger generation won't always "get it" but I've noticed that people still gravitate towards the really good stuff no matter how old they are, the very best stuff stays popular. I still see 13 year old kids with Misfits shirts. It hasn't even been "cool" to admit you like the Misfits for MORE than 13 years! :lol: But somehow these kids find out about the older stuff. The cream always rises.

To this day, I look back on stuff I like in general, and then music I liked (and still like) from the 80s, and it's like, "Sh*t, man, I'm not supposed to like this, this is so not what I'm into," but I do, because as I said before, even the "crap" music from the 80s was better than the "crap" we get now. "Come On Eileen"? Love It. "Safety Dance"? Bet your ass. "Cherish" by Madonna? Hell yes.

And lest we forget how awesome the really great stuff was, I just have three little words: Oingo. F*cking. Boingo. 8)

Anything before the 80's. I've never really gotten into 80's music. There's a couple groups I like but eh.. I prefer 60's and before. Really love big band and rat pack era stuff.

I don't like most modern music. Especially American. My fave modern stuff mostly comes out of Scandanavia, The Netherlands, and Ireland.

Absofu**inglutely! That stuff will always just be epic, period! Couldn't agree more! Might I also add "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"

Of recent stuff, do you like First Aid Kit (I don't really remember where they're from, but I want to say Sweden?). As far as oooooold school music I'll always love the Andrews Sisters. Loved them!

"I'm Gonna Be" was 1993 by the Proclaimers, I think.

I'm pretty sure it was 1988.

*It was in Benny & Joon in 1993.

Ya got me. I didn't know that but a quick search confirms it. Was it not big in America the first time around? It says it hit #1 in Australia in '89 and #3 in the U.S. in '93, but doesn't mention how it did in America on its first run. That could be how I missed that.

And the fact I was a kid. :lol:

My favorite music decade is the 1980s. I also like songs from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s.