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Music Appreciation
In reply to the discussion: Of these... What's your favorite decade for music? [View all]FuzzyRabbit
(1,982 posts)32. The 1960s!
There was doo wop, girl groups, folk, folk-rock, psychedelic, hard rock, the beginnings of punk, and even country and western music was pretty good. Let's not forget jazz, either.
Music was great in the 1960s. Too bad very little else was as good. We forget the war, the My Lai massacre, anti-war demonstrations, race "riots", and all the other bad things from that era.
But we still have the music.
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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