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I was a kid and teen in the 70's and love all those Classic Rockers and we all Smoked Dope and Popped Qualudes and watched Cheech and Chong .....but it was a depressing decade. We lost Vietnam, our President (Nixon) resigned from office, we had an oil embargo against us, the Soviet Union and Cuba threatened to Nuke us, Iran took our embassy staff as hostages, awful tv shows like ''The Love Boat''...etc...as no wonder why we smoked so much and listened to Black Sabbath.
So when the 80's came on we had a new sense of purpose and our new Prez Reagan (love him or hate him) gave us hope again and this new style of Music Television Videos MTV came unto the scene along with new Genre's like New Wave, Pop and Glam Metal were so upbeat and fun. Even Country Western changed from 60's/70's Honky Tonk music to a more upbeat fun music style when the movie Urban Cowboy came out in 1980.
I 'll always love the 80's !!!!!!!!
Last edited by Six Foot Three; 09-13-2008 at 10:32 AM..
Without a doubt it was the 70s. Music just seemed to explode in different directions, R&B, funk, Rock, Pop, Disco, Folk, Country there was something for everyone.
Grunge/Seattle scene: Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam
Good quality Hard rock bands that are still favorites started to catch on: Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Placebo, and The Tea Party
Good indie/alternative: Failure, Far, Quicksand, Chavez, Shiner, Jawbox, Afghan Whigs, Slint, Hum, Hayden, Lusk, Blinker The Star, and The Casket Lottery.
I reallly enjoy the 80's and it's my second favorite. Love that timeperiod.
quote=square peg;5244011]For ten good years I would take 1965 - 1975, which covers most of the British invasion through the best of the early prog era. Choosing one decade alone, It's gotta be the 60s with a very honorable mention for the 40s.
The 80s...the era when music went one way, and radio went the other.
On the radio was crap like Whitesnake, Deaf Leopard, Micheal Jackson etc...
Music? Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, Souxsie and the Banshees, KMFDM, Revolting *****, Fields of the Nephilim, Echo and the Bunnymen, the English Beat, Psychedilic Furs, Agnostic Front, Bad Brains, Cocteau Twins, etc etc etc...
A great age for music!...for the record, I'm only 27, and was still in diapers when these bands first came out, but still, a great era is a great era.
Also, I would say the president day should get props too...but like I said, radio has gone one way, music? That's gone another
80s
70s
50s
40s
60s as long as it´s not related to any british invasion type of music.
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