Favourite Era For Music?
Discussion
davidc1 said:
80s. Prince george michael madonna michael jackson whitney mariah phil collins all the jimmy jam terry lewis stuff . Plus all the groups u2 tears for fears pet shop boys etc.
Sad the music today for the teens is so crappy.
80's were my favourite too(born 73) and I like all those artists, I thought the 90's was a crap decade for Music other than some of the Dance stuff from the early 90's. Sad the music today for the teens is so crappy.
wormus said:
TheChampers said:
Great album, agreed. I was trying to be quite precise as to what an “era” was for me. The list could be longer, but great, great, music between 1978 and 1990 (not necessarily for the whole period) was produced by (deep breath) : AC/DC, ABC, All About Eve, Frankie, Tubeway Army, Gary Numan, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Talk Talk, The Psychedelic Furs, Spear Of Destiny, Tears For Fears, Yazoo, Patti Smith, Dire Straits, Floyd, Rush, The Skids, Big Country, The Sisters Of Mercy, The Mission, New Order, Echo And The Bunnymen,This Mortal Coil, Carmel, The Sundays, Black, Nick Cave, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Carmel, Ian Dury, Siouxsie And The Banshees..... almost ad infinitum.
Cannot argue with any of those (maybe Dire Straits), sounds like we have very similar music taste 
I would add Joy Division, U2 (up to Joshua Tree) and dare I say it Duran Duran. I also worked with the bloke who skippered the yacht in the Rio video. How cool is that? (Him, not me).
I recall the "best era" question being asked previously; iirc the consensus was "whatever was around between your 13th and 25th birthdays". 1978 to 1990 for me too. Add to the list : Prefab Sprout, Pixies, Killing Joke, Prince, The Cult, Talking Heads, The Smiths, Pretenders, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam. Edited by Crackie on Monday 20th November 00:05
I'd have to say 80s early 90s for me, but I appreciate other eras nearly just as much. Music from Joy Division, Smiths, Cure, Suede, etc. still gets played in our house. Also was into the postpunk scene and still go for old SDRE, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, etc.
Admittedly, the early to mid-80s also provided lots of guilty pleasure stuff that I will not list out of embarassment.
Admittedly, the early to mid-80s also provided lots of guilty pleasure stuff that I will not list out of embarassment.
The 1980s, in my opinion.
I feel it was a most creative era in terms of new wave, punk, new romantics. It was the start of club music, dance music (post disco dance music I mean). Some big global bands were in their heyday, U2, Simple Minds, Queen, INXS. The 80s had some of the biggest solo artists too, Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, George Michael. Then we had Iron Maiden, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Guns n Roses for hairy people. It seemed a quite varied and plentiful decade with many genres allowed in the mainstream.
I feel it was a most creative era in terms of new wave, punk, new romantics. It was the start of club music, dance music (post disco dance music I mean). Some big global bands were in their heyday, U2, Simple Minds, Queen, INXS. The 80s had some of the biggest solo artists too, Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, George Michael. Then we had Iron Maiden, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Guns n Roses for hairy people. It seemed a quite varied and plentiful decade with many genres allowed in the mainstream.
Born in '67 so late 70' early 80's post punk - Ian Dury, British Rock and 80's pop is my go-to era I guess...
davidc1 said:
Sad the music today for the teens is so crappy.
It's a subjective thing I know but I'd suggest the music today is far from crap. There is an abundance of stunningly brilliant stuff out there and original too. The problem is that the way in which people discover and listen to music has become so fractured and disjointed that it's difficult to find it. StevieBee said:
It's a subjective thing I know but I'd suggest the music today is far from crap. There is an abundance of stunningly brilliant stuff out there and original too. The problem is that the way in which people discover and listen to music has become so fractured and disjointed that it's difficult to find it.
Indeed - I can't say I like a LOT of modern stuff, but people have been saying "Today's music is crap" since Beethoven's time (at least!)M
marcosgt said:
StevieBee said:
It's a subjective thing I know but I'd suggest the music today is far from crap. There is an abundance of stunningly brilliant stuff out there and original too. The problem is that the way in which people discover and listen to music has become so fractured and disjointed that it's difficult to find it.
Indeed - I can't say I like a LOT of modern stuff, but people have been saying "Today's music is crap" since Beethoven's time (at least!)M
GetCarter said:
marcosgt said:
StevieBee said:
It's a subjective thing I know but I'd suggest the music today is far from crap. There is an abundance of stunningly brilliant stuff out there and original too. The problem is that the way in which people discover and listen to music has become so fractured and disjointed that it's difficult to find it.
Indeed - I can't say I like a LOT of modern stuff, but people have been saying "Today's music is crap" since Beethoven's time (at least!)M
This year I’ve seen Snarky Puppy, recently Cory Henry and last night the privilege of Jacob Collier. All of these artists are Grammy award winners that remain low key.
Eddie Strohacker said:
Yipper said:
Whatever you're into at ~17yo is usually what people stick with for the rest of their life.
Is it? I was mad soul head at 17, then I taught myself to play guitar and everything changed.More to the point, I've learned to keep an open mind to all kinds of music, to recognise quality wherever i see it.
As for best decade for music, 1920 - 2017 however I do not particularly enjoy the big band sound of the 1940’s era!
technodup said:
90s, obviously. More specifically 91-96 with hardcore, jungle, bouncy techno and gabber being at their peaks pretty much in progression. Throw in some Belgian techno and finish the decade with the big room trance of Tiesto, Ferry Corsten etc, who started out a few years earlier making gabber.
The dance scene now afaik is pretty much on its arse, certainly in the UK re harder stuff. Holland still going strong as ever. RedBull just did a decent documentary on Bonzai if anyone knows wtf I'm talking about.
And to think some weirdos spent the 90s listening to f
king Britpop.
You appear to have wandered into a music thread by mistake. The dance scene now afaik is pretty much on its arse, certainly in the UK re harder stuff. Holland still going strong as ever. RedBull just did a decent documentary on Bonzai if anyone knows wtf I'm talking about.
And to think some weirdos spent the 90s listening to f
king Britpop. I got into music in the 80s but I would still nominate the 70s, it was an incredibly varied decade with a lot of experimentation with new sounds, styles, instruments etc.
There where so many great bands and different types of music, Queen, Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Abba, The Sex Pistols etc etc. There has been a lot of great music since then but I do not think any other decade can compete in terms of variety and quality.
There where so many great bands and different types of music, Queen, Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Abba, The Sex Pistols etc etc. There has been a lot of great music since then but I do not think any other decade can compete in terms of variety and quality.
Simonium said:
technodup said:
90s, obviously. More specifically 91-96 with hardcore, jungle, bouncy techno and gabber being at their peaks pretty much in progression. Throw in some Belgian techno and finish the decade with the big room trance of Tiesto, Ferry Corsten etc, who started out a few years earlier making gabber.
The dance scene now afaik is pretty much on its arse, certainly in the UK re harder stuff. Holland still going strong as ever. RedBull just did a decent documentary on Bonzai if anyone knows wtf I'm talking about.
And to think some weirdos spent the 90s listening to fking Britpop.
You appear to have wandered into a music thread by mistake. The dance scene now afaik is pretty much on its arse, certainly in the UK re harder stuff. Holland still going strong as ever. RedBull just did a decent documentary on Bonzai if anyone knows wtf I'm talking about.
And to think some weirdos spent the 90s listening to f
king Britpop. Raygun said:
Simonium said:
technodup said:
90s, obviously. More specifically 91-96 with hardcore, jungle, bouncy techno and gabber being at their peaks pretty much in progression. Throw in some Belgian techno and finish the decade with the big room trance of Tiesto, Ferry Corsten etc, who started out a few years earlier making gabber.
The dance scene now afaik is pretty much on its arse, certainly in the UK re harder stuff. Holland still going strong as ever. RedBull just did a decent documentary on Bonzai if anyone knows wtf I'm talking about.
And to think some weirdos spent the 90s listening to fking Britpop.
You appear to have wandered into a music thread by mistake. The dance scene now afaik is pretty much on its arse, certainly in the UK re harder stuff. Holland still going strong as ever. RedBull just did a decent documentary on Bonzai if anyone knows wtf I'm talking about.
And to think some weirdos spent the 90s listening to f
king Britpop. I was as kiddie raver into Prodigy, hardcore, jungle, happy hardcore and jumped on the Britpop bandwagon for a while and got my indie mates into Chemical Brothers. My GF in 6thForm was into Offspring & Green Day with a penchant for French house!
Underworld, Orbital, Leftfield, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Curve, Renegade Soundwave, David Holmes, Death in Vegas; trip hop, big beat all managed to crossover and appeal to indie-kids, goths/greebo's.
90s for me, even though I was born in 1986.
My brother is 9 years older than me so Britpop was in its prime when he was in sixth form so that’s pretty much all he listened to at home and it’s rubbed off on me.
Bearing in mind I was between 4 and 14 during the whole decade, I actually know more than I thought, which was evident when we went to see Shed Seven this month in Brixton, Cast were supporting and I knew every one of the songs they played, even though I thought I would know one or two songs of theirs.
I do like some stuff from other eras too but if I could only listen to stuff from one decade til I died, it would be the 90s.
My brother is 9 years older than me so Britpop was in its prime when he was in sixth form so that’s pretty much all he listened to at home and it’s rubbed off on me.
Bearing in mind I was between 4 and 14 during the whole decade, I actually know more than I thought, which was evident when we went to see Shed Seven this month in Brixton, Cast were supporting and I knew every one of the songs they played, even though I thought I would know one or two songs of theirs.
I do like some stuff from other eras too but if I could only listen to stuff from one decade til I died, it would be the 90s.
Gassing Station | Music | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff