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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:29 PM Original message |
Poll question: What Era of Rock was the best? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. If I had to choose, I'd say punk/post-punk, late '70s/early '80s. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Correct! |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. As a geezer who said mid 60's, I gotta agree that any era that gave us The Clash |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Goddamn right. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Never saw them, dammit, but did see Joe and The Mescaleros |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Saw them twice; I was at the Atlanta gig pictured on the back of "London Calling"... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. That's the era I would also go for (and of course the "proto" bands) |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. +1 |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Jazz Era in the 20's and 30's. Midlo turned me onto that music! |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm always amazed at how pissed adults were when Rock & Roll became popular in the 50's - early 60's |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Makes you wonder what Richard Rodgers thought |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. That reaction was mostly just racism. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I had preachers calling it "Music from the pit" in the early 80s. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mesozoic |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Lol! |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm going with classic 1970's. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. None of the above---mid- 60's but definitely not extending into the early 70's |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. I couldn't vote - I like a lot of different music, although I am |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. Precambrian |
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Jetboy (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. Guess I am the only person who voted for the Golden Age of |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. 50s Rock oozed of sex and rebellion |
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Jetboy (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The good Rev is playing my local rock club in August. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Are you familiar with The Cramps? The real originators of "psycho-billy" |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Some members of the Cramps worked with Wanda Jackson |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. didn't know that---how cool---thanks ( and again, so sad about Lux being gone way too soon) |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. R.I.P. Lux. nt |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Thanks for info |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I recently turned on to Wanda Jackson! Yowza!! |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Actually she's been a dedicated christian for many years, |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I'd said mid 60's ( and NOT extending to 70's) ,but seeing this list of artists, |
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Jetboy (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I love when Springsteen does a Golden Age tune like And Then |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. To respectfully disagree (only a little--we're mostly on the same wavelength here) |
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Jetboy (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Yes Steve Van Zandt perhaps more than any human alive, |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I've actually done all sorts of Blasters stuff, in fact our version of Buzz Buzz Buzz |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
13. 1964 through 1974 |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. + 1 |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. I think the early/mid 90's is overlooked at how good it was |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. PROG! |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
57. Yep Yep. |
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Raffi Ella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. Classic Rock 1970s |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. New Wave, followed by the 1960s |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Underground industrial, 70's to present. nt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I also like that genre and maybe you will enjoy this "joke"... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I think you need to update your joke to PTV. Are PTV still together? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Throbbing Gristle just played gigs in NYC in April... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Really! With the original members? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Yes, all four of them |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. What star in the sky shines the prettiest? |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Beatles were in their prime mid-60s, so I'd say.. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. Santana to the Moody Blues |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. 1964 through 1974 |
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JimWis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. 1950's through early 60's. When rock really started. The voting |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
52. Metal: from Beethoven forward. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. Classic Rock of the 70s to me. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's all about the fucking Metal. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-16-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'd say every era had it's good and bad |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
56. All have their good points. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
58. The granites of MN from the Precambrian. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
59. Last weekend! |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
60. Toss up between the Late 60s to Early 70s and most of the 90s. |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
61. The 70's, but not just classic rock.... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
62. Rock took a big hit with the introduction of the music video |
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