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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat years did we have the "best" music?
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(12,608 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)doc03
(35,378 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Garage Bands,Du-op groups hanging on the comers,Duck Tails and White Bucks.
doc03
(35,378 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)put together a Swing Band in the Mid Fifties. We did only Forties Music trying our darnest to copy Guy Lombardo and The Royal Canadians. Bunch of Farm Kids playing Joints for Beer and Burgers on Saturday Nights.
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brewens
(13,621 posts)huge change. So that would start with The Beatles, Stones and some of the others. Neil Diamond and Carol King had first been just song writers before as well. We learned a singer didn't have to have the prettiest voice to give the most powerful performance, especially if it was his/her own song. That's why I call it for about 1965-the early 80's for my favorites, but it continues.
The Polack MSgt
(13,196 posts)No matter era or genre, 90 percent of it is crap.
There is great music from every decade, but the fidelity and the stability of media from the late 50s on makes us forget how good old music was.
Keep listening and support your local venues.
sl8
(13,888 posts)hlthe2b
(102,373 posts)hlthe2b
(102,373 posts)obviously with some less choice selections in each year as well.
Percentage-wise, we haven't seen that level of quality music in decades.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)B52s, Devo, Blondie, Pretenders, Sex Pistols, Clash, Television, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Ramones, First albums by X and Black Flag
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)edbermac
(15,947 posts)When they rocked, they really rocked!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)My judgement may be clouded as those were my "hippie daze".
Stargleamer
(1,990 posts)Barry Sadler notwithstanding
Iggo
(47,568 posts)(I turned 12 in late 1973.)
edbermac
(15,947 posts)British Invasion, Dylan, Motown, Beach Boys etc.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,858 posts)I'm an early music fan/performer; I love Renaissance and early Baroque music.
Glorfindel
(9,736 posts)n/t