**Official Best/Favorite Decade for MUSIC** (rock, 2010, single, concerts)

[Orwelleaut]

Originally Posted by Mekitor

I say early 1992 was the year that music was still interesting like the 80's. Then it went downhill from there. Grunge rock and Gangsta Hip Hop became too big with people. Also MTV and radio stations formats change to accommodate those two styles of music. Or maybe was the other way around. Where I was in the Philadelphia area, the Pop or diverse radio stations just disappear overnight. Like some producers decided to turn off their switch! Then you just had to settle with either Hip Hop stations or some Rock-Alternative-Grunge radio stations with so much repetitions of songs. Agonizing times for me.

I agree 1990-1992 was, looking back, a cool period for music. The eighties lived on until grunge/alternative got big, and rap was still cheesy and fun (M.C. Hammer, C&C Music Factory). What is now called Glam Metal was still huge. A series of bands that put out their first album in 1989 were huge: Winger, Warrant, Extreme, Mr. Big. These bands all had amazingly good musicianship, and were some of the best of the eighties style metal. All four also put out albums in 1991 that sold well, especially Winger and Warrant. Winger and Warrant were big on MTV. Warrant's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a great video, as was Winger's hungry. Winger's 1993 album, "Pull", is excellent, but didn't sell well, thanks to Nirvana and Pearl Jam having everyone's attention. There was also Ugly Kid Joe, who had a huge hit with their cover of Harry Chapin's "Cat's In The Cradle", and their massive hit "Everything About You", which I remember as also being huge in 1991. Poison, of course, was also immensely popular from 1990-1992. In spring of 1992, as many of us watched Wayne's World, we still hadn't heard of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Compared to what was just around the corner, the eighties were still going strong.

[Whyte Byrd]

Mid 60s through the 70s. The 80s was fun but couldn't compare to the 70s. The 90s up had very little worth remembering, imo.

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by CarolinaWoman

It was the late 50's and 60's when the music revolution started ... as a little kid I remember my older sister listening to Patti Page (Tennessee Waltz/How Much Is That Doggie In The Window)... The Andrews sisters ... whoever did Harbor Lights and Dark Moon ... all this was mellow flowing harmony la la la la songs ...

One of the most popular versions of Harbor Lights was done by the Platters in 1960. Dark Moon was by Gale Storm, from 1957.

And then ... yes and then ... the revolution started ... 1955 Bill Haley & His Comets shocked the music world with "Rock Around the Clock" ... in 1956 Elvis appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and the camera was only allowed to show him from the waist up ... he became known then as Elvis the Pelvis (before he became The King) ... in the churches pastors were preaching hell fire and damnation of Rock 'n Roll music ... doom and destruction for the youth of America ... but Rock and Roll was definitely here to stay and the young people loved it!

Chuck Berry's first hit "Maybellene" hit the charts in 1958 ... Buddy Holly and the Crickets 1957 "That'll Be The Day" ... Richie Valens ... Little Richard ... Jerry Lee Lewis ... 1957 Motown's Berry Gordy brought us The Four Tops, Jackie Wilson, The Temptations and so many many more ... all of these pioneers opened the door for the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top ... and so it continued to what we have today thanks to those pioneers of the late '50's and '60's.

I agree... Rock 'n' Roll was true Rock 'n' Roll in the '50s; it evolved into "Rock" by 1963 or 1964.

And '50s Rock 'n' Roll was new and exciting.

[Lakewooder]

60s - most inventive and revolutionary

70s - best listening

80s - the most fun

[rosecitywanderer]

'50s - Goofy but classy. Still love it.
'60s & '70s - The TRUE classics hail from this era.
'80s & '90s - Some really good stuff but some absolute garbage
Now - Mostly garbage...

[Spade]

The 70s was the best. However the 90s was pretty good from my point of view. I think with the golden age of hip hop and R&B still going strong was very good around the mid-90s. Around 1998 is when music started to fall off though.

[Mekitor]

I think that since 90's and 2000's negative style of music like Gansta Rap, EMO/Grunge, Hard Tattoo/bad boy Rock, is staring to get less popular with people these days, popular music to me is starting to actually get more listenable. Seems like Pop, Dance, Electro Pop/rock, New Wave and alternative/indie rock are becoming big hit these days. Maybe 2010's is going to be an interesting time for music! Maybe somewhat like it was in the 80s! With so many different styles and fun music. Can't wait to see what happens.

[JDTH]

Mid 60's to mid 70's.

The Aragon Ballroom in Chicago had some great bands in the mid 70's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragon_Ballroom_(Chicago)

The second picture is of the interior. The clouds would move across the ceiling during shows. At least that is what I saw!!

[cyrusjul]

Originally Posted by Mekitor

I think that since 90's and 2000's negative style of music like Gansta Rap, EMO/Grunge, Hard Tattoo/bad boy Rock, is staring to get less popular with people these days, popular music to me is starting to actually get more listenable. Seems like Pop, Dance, Electro Pop/rock, New Wave and alternative/indie rock are becoming big hit these days. Maybe 2010's is going to be an interesting time for music! Maybe somewhat like it was in the 80s! With so many different styles and fun music. Can't wait to see what happens.

I sort of agree with you. Yet Eminem manages to pull it off once again it seems.

[SlickRick1]

I would go with


some sixties, some seventies, all eighties, early nineties, no two thousands....

this last decade was the worst in history. After viewing this awful decade, I think we've progressed as far as we are going to go with music....

I personally love the eighties..