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...I am going to disagree with Kexvu that the 70's was just funk and disco (as much as I do like both of those), there was still a lot of groundbreaking stuff going on then: Along with artists such as Marvin Gaye, Bee Gees, Sugarhill Gang and Chic doing the R & B/disco thing, we had the Clash, Bob Marley, the Police--so many old dinosaurs of today (the Who, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Carole King, Debbie Harry,Springsteen, Stones etc) who were in their prime back then; they produced timeless work...
Somehow I gave the wrong impression, I guess.
I was only indicating the music that has stayed as "the best" from each era for me. That there was much else going on in the 70's (for example) than what I mentioned is for sure; however, for me the other was of far less interest even then, and over time has become largely a matter of a handful of names rather than music memories.
Though white, I was part of the early Fifties vanguard of white teenagers living near big cities that got hooked on the gritty sound of black rhythm n blues before it became the commercial tidal wave dubbed rock n roll a few years later. Since then, decade after decade, my strongest affinity has been for the black music of the current era...which means rock - in its various paramutations - was not something I found entertaining. (Rap has been the exception to that, though when rap came on the scene I had already begun buying my first African pop recordings.)
From my twenties to my forties I lived in a low income, racially and ethnically mixed neighborhood, and my friends were a similarly mixed group - and among blacks and Latinos rock did not have a big draw in those years, which reinforced the preferences I had already developed. In all those years I had one friend, and only one, who preferred and bought rock music.
Bought my first 45 in '62, and the first lp in '63. Went bonkers on buying tunes in the early '70s. Still like a wide variety of music all across the board (well, nearly all genres of music anyway). I only buy maybe a third of new releases as I used to and am always looking for used copies, when age sneaks up on you a person has to decide whether you are going to get your moneys worth out of that $16.98 list price cd you just bought. I love the new release vinyl that has come out, if it is something I really like, I'll buy the cd as well and keep the album sealed.
Probably my favorite era remains 1964 to 1974. All genres. But again, I listen and buy a wide variety of tunes. Tunes forever, that's what I say!
I think the '60's was the healthiest, most prolific, dynamic decade for music. If you care for rock, it's when the Brits took American R&B to an interesting place. It's when Motown came to be. In jazz, BeBop was still happening. Also the standards were still being interpreted in new ways.
I like everything from the 50's through the 90's. 60's and 70's have the best guitar work, IMO. 2000's is hit and miss, but I have some favorites. The only one that breaks that rule is SRV.
Last edited by 2RUGGED4YOU; 12-28-2009 at 09:22 PM..
Reason: EDIT: SRV
mid 60s to late 70s- of course there are some exceptions before and after.
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