# Can we agree that the worst decade for popular music was the 1970s? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-agree-that-the-worst-decade-for-popular-music-was-the-1970s/690944 "2014-06-16T23:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-agree-that-the-worst-decade-for-popular-music-was-the-1970s/690944/121 "2014-06-21T20:15:52Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Even the songs that drop derides early in the thread - Afternoon Delight, **Mohammed Ali** , and so forth - are tremendously fun to listen to and sing along with. Goofiness has its place and shouldn’t be brought down. Thanks for putting that particular earworm in my head. ♪ ♪♪ \*Muhammad, Muhammed Ali. He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Muhammad, the black Superman. “I’m Aaa-aaa-li, catch me if you can.” \*♪♪ ♪ ---
**Author:** ![detlep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@detlep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detlep)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-agree-that-the-worst-decade-for-popular-music-was-the-1970s/690944/122 "2014-06-21T20:41:09Z")
Some already mentioned, but 70’s releases by Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, AC/DC, and the Scorpions influenced a genre which came into its own in the early 80’s. Music from the 70’s which still hits my playlist: UFO: Stranger in the Night Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic Allman Brothers Band: Fillmore East, and Eat a Peach Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes Black Sabbath: Paranoid Rolling Stones: Some Girls Skynyrd: Street Survivors The 70’s most definitely had its musical moments. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-agree-that-the-worst-decade-for-popular-music-was-the-1970s/690944/123 "2014-06-21T20:42:36Z")
Hell, it had the development of Rush. And I’ve seen them cited as influences on a godawful number of bands from Dream Theatre to Smashing Pumpkins. ---
**Author:** ![ralfy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ralfy/32/600_2.png) [@ralfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralfy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-agree-that-the-worst-decade-for-popular-music-was-the-1970s/690944/124 "2014-06-22T02:32:47Z")
At least in terms of structure and some lyrics, the music’s relatively the same across several decades. That is, a few minutes and bars, melodies and beats that are easy to follow, etc. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-agree-that-the-worst-decade-for-popular-music-was-the-1970s/690944/125 "2014-06-22T18:13:25Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > LOVED it. Especially how serious Robert Conrad was. No doubt. His rant and race against Gabe Kaplan is immortalized [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqWU9huMMco&feature=kp). You would think that Conrad would win, given how competitive he was, but Mr. Kotter frankly wiped the floor with him. As Bill Simmons said, it was the reality TV equivalent of “USA 4, USSR 3.” 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-agree-that-the-worst-decade-for-popular-music-was-the-1970s/690944.md?page=6)