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Music Appreciation
In reply to the discussion: Of these... What's your favorite decade for music? [View all]BluesRunTheGame
(1,623 posts)46. I don't really have a favorite decade.
The twenties were pretty important with the beginning of commercial recording. Those old country and blues records are amazing but the quality of the recorded sound makes listening a bit difficult sometimes.
Im a BIG fan of great lyrics, and that whole thing got going with the Freewheelin Bob Dylan in 1963 but probably didnt peak till the mid seventies and continues to this day.
Acoustic guitar and string band music spans several decades.
Radio rock, pop, soul, and r&b peaked (for me) in the mid seventies.
If I had to pin it down Id have to say it starts with T for Texas in 1927 and ends with Rhododendron just out last week.
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There isn't one. Mine would be 1964-1974. That gets the first Beatles album in, and what I consider
brewens
Nov 2021
#4
I enjoyed many of their later albums, but with Mick Taylor in the band, they were at their
brewens
Nov 2021
#9
I know, it's difficult. When listening to Sirius/XM, I tend to gravitate mostly to the 70's channel.
NurseJackie
Nov 2021
#6
60's, Some of the 70's (especially punk and soul), 80's and the first half of the nineties.
chowder66
Nov 2021
#14
"Kind of Blue" was recorded in 1959. It changed the world forever. Personally...
NNadir
Nov 2021
#18
Maybe, but Sketches Of Spain is my fave Miles record. Yeah, yeah, Gil Evans.. n/t
TeamProg
Nov 2021
#21
90s without question. The best decade in terms of diversity out there.
Drunken Irishman
Nov 2021
#31
It may be me but, I find few current songs (last 5-10+ years) worth singing along with.
StClone
Nov 2021
#37
It was a difficult choice for me too. I've seen a couple of discussion forums...
NurseJackie
Nov 2021
#49