The 80s. shrug I like metal.
The classic rock of the 70s.
I can’t possibly pick one decade. I googled top hundred songs of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s and how can I possibly pick one decade as ‘better’ than another? I suppose I would lean toward the 80’s, though, as that was when I was young n’ hot and went out to clubs a lot. If I’m allowed access to the Sirius radio, I listen to the 80’s by default! Gary Neumann, Adam Ant, Duran Duran, Psychedelic Furs, Berlin…all those beautiful, elegant MTV videos had a lot to do with it! I really don’t know much music of the 90s and beyond, though I did like Backstreet Boys and N’Sync to an embarrassing degree! In the car I listen to the oldies station - I mean, OLDIES, 50’s and 60’s.
I seem to recall years ago we faithfully watched The Midnight Special and Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert late at night, good times! But I remember when the 80’s music and 80’s music videos all of a sudden took over, like overnight. Wolfman Jack came on at the beginning of a show and gave a short, serious little explanation of what New Wave was, followed by that primitive “Pop Music” video, and it seemed music just…changed. Learned to like it, though, lol.
I have been wanting to start threads about best albums of the past 15 years, but I’m pretty sure it would just be lost on you guys.
Although I have so many favourites from each era, I find most of the stuff I re-listen to stems from the 70s. I’m a huge Dolls/Pistols/Who/KISS/Cheap Trick/Van Halen fan.
Two of my favourite albums of all time are from the 80s and 90s, respectively, but the majority of what I love stems from the 70s, a decade I didn’t even grow up in.
I tend to agree with the dates sometimes given as 1946-1964 for the sound generally associated with the 50’s. The actual 50’s was where it received its branding. Some of what the Mills Brothers did in the 40’s would have passed for Doo-wop, and The Platters really weren’t a radical shift from what the Ink Spots were doing in the 30’s. There is a clear line of influence that makes it difficult to put a finger on where everything changed, especially when you figure in the continuity of sound with groups like The Orioles and The Larks before the sound was branded Rock ‘n’ Roll by Alan Freed.
This is, as you may guess, my own favorite period of popular music.
Yes, because everyone whose favourite decade was pre-1990 has no appreciation at all for music made in the last 15 years…
(That said, IMHO, OK Computer was shit, so what do I know?)
I would have voted 75-85 if that was an option, but I opted for 1980-1990. Love punk, post punk, and New Wave.