I suppose most may chose the ten year span of songs popular when they were between age 13 and 22?

I think the span of 1968 to 1977 produced greater hits than any other 10 year time frame.

What says the GB?

90-99

EOT

Your a little to late 64-73

66-75. The Beatles, Jimi, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, the best of the Stones, Floyd and The Who. That era can't be beat.

Depends on your genre. For trance and progressive, 2000-2010. Rock/Alternative, 1989-1999

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66-75. The Beatles, Jimi, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, the best of the Stones, Floyd and The Who. That era can't be beat.

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Every bit of that plus outlaw country.

The problem for rock in the 90s is that it is so heavily front loaded with good stuff up to about 96, but the second half of the 90s was by and large terrible. By that point the 'alternative' sound had just become a copy of a copy of a copy. There were certainly some great albums in the second half of the 90s, but for every 'OK Computer', there were 4-5 'My Own Prisons'.

2006-2016. EOT

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I suppose most may chose the ten year span of songs popular when they were between age 13 and 22?

I think the span of 1968 to 1977 produced greater hits than any other 10 year time frame.

What says the GB?

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68-77 is probably the right call and I didn't live during those years either.

84-94

68-77 looks pretty accurate, with 77 being a hard stop due to disco.

For me, it was the late-80's to late-90s.

Rock: Bands like Guns n Roses, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, etc and Metallica was taking off and becoming more mainstream.

Pop: Michael Jackson released the Bad album and was really transitioning to the King of Pop. You also had Pop/Rock groups like Goo Goo Dolls, Weezer, Oasis, Green Day, etc. For more "true" pop (didn't listen to much of it), there was TLC, Spice Girls, etc.

Rap: Eazy-E releases "Eazy-Duz-It, a couple years later after he and Eazy's dispute, Dr. Dre releases "The Chronic" and Snoop comes on the scene. You also have Biggie and 2Pac. There was also some "pop rap" songs that were massively popular. Songs like "Baby Got Back," "U Can't Touch This," "Ice Ice Baby," "Whoop! There It Is," and "Regulator."

Country: What I consider to be the best of Country music in my time began releasing albums. Artists like Garth, Alan Jackson, Clint Black, Travis Tritt, Brooks & Dunn, etc all dominated the charts. George Strait went from being a popular act to taking over the reigns of country music and cementing his legacy.

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The problem for rock in the 90s is that it is so heavily front loaded with good stuff up to about 96, but the second half of the 90s was by and large terrible. By that point the 'alternative' sound had just become a copy of a copy of a copy. There were certainly some great albums in the second half of the 90s, but for every 'OK Computer', there were 4-5 'My Own Prisons'.

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I often say 95-96 was when music began to suck. Happened to country music as well. That's not to say that some good bands/songs weren't released, but overall, it didn't happen in the amount it did in the early-90's.

For those saying 68-77 instead of 66-75, what 76-77 albums are you looking at that you are willing to leave off albums like Revolver, Aftermath, Pet Sounds, Blonde on Blonde, 5th Dimension, Are You Experienced, Sgt, Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, The Doors, Surrealistic Pillow, Younger Than Yesterday, The Grateful Dead, Disraeli Gears, and The Who Sell Out? 66-67 were monster years for music.

I'm with Bruce here. Or another question, what albums from 76-77 outweigh those great albums of 66-67?

90-2k

Lots of first albums in there that still today sound good and beat the hell out of their current releases (If they are still around)

Hybrid Theory comes to mind. The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP also, which opened up so many eyes to Eminem.


So many good songs in those years.

OP has converted.
The BEST ERA 66 to 75

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I'm with Bruce here. Or another question, what albums from 76-77 outweigh those great albums of 66-67?

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I was just looking at that. Not many. Also didn't realize disco was already sneaking into the charts in '76. Disco Duck? Really?

Edit to add: yeah, 66-75.

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Hybrid Theory comes to mind. The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP also, which opened up so many eyes to Eminem.

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Yes, let's compare hybrid theory, anything from eminem to say...Led Zeppelin I - IV. Clearly slim shady and nu metal has the edge.

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Hybrid Theory comes to mind. The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP also, which opened up so many eyes to Eminem.

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Yes, let's compare hybrid theory, anything from eminem to say...Led Zeppelin I - IV. Clearly slim shady and nu metal has the edge.

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Yall old farts can take your classic rock and enjoy it in the old folks home.

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Hybrid Theory comes to mind. The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP also, which opened up so many eyes to Eminem.

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Yes, let's compare hybrid theory, anything from eminem to say...Led Zeppelin I - IV. Clearly slim shady and nu metal has the edge.

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Yall old farts can take your classic rock and enjoy it in the old folks home.

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Disco was like eating cotton candy: fun at times but had zero nutritional value. I'm an old but I can barely stomach most songs created lately, and rap .... so embarrassing

But seriously, I get the music in general is pretty subjective but to say that enimem/really any nu metal has some superiority in almost any category beyond your musical preference is just laughable.

I'm just using zeppelin as an example but that band has better musicianship, better technical skills, better lyricists, better vocals, better in any category you can think of.

I associate disco with middle school, where the girls wanted to take over the gym at lunch on Fridays and have a "dance", and the boys couldn't have cared less. We ended up splitting the gym down the middle and found ourselves playing half-court basketball in the dark to disco music.

Hard to argue with 1815-1824.

Decade started off with Beethoven, Chopin and Verdi in their primes. Schubert, Berlioz and Mendelssohn were beginning to make names for themselves.

It all culminated with Beethoven launching a new musical era in 1824 with his 9th Symphony that pulled all these guys into a new form of orchestral music. All very exciting.

Great points but Verdi did trick people by using a playing piano at times during live concerts. Chopin introduced the synthesizer to much chagrin. Berlioz often got so drunk he fell off his stool. Schubert, after some greasy Bavarian food, produced his second movement prematurely. Mendelssohn clearly lifted much music from Beethoven.

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The problem for rock in the 90s is that it is so heavily front loaded with good stuff up to about 96, but the second half of the 90s was by and large terrible. By that point the 'alternative' sound had just become a copy of a copy of a copy. There were certainly some great albums in the second half of the 90s, but for every 'OK Computer', there were 4-5 'My Own Prisons'.

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Easily solution to this, and it's what I was going to say anyway.

86-95. Why? (I've included mostly rock, but some landmark albums of other genres as well)


1986 - Master of Puppets, peace sells, reign in blood, slippery when wet, graceland, true blue, invisible touch

1987 - joshua tree, Bad, appetite, permanent vacation, document, kick, faith, cloud nine, whitney, ocean front property, always and forever

1988 - operation mindcrime, straight outta compton, and justice for all, rattle and hum, wilburys, open up and say ahh, skid row, money for nothing, journey greatest hits, fleetwood mac greatest hits

1989 - like a prayer, full moon fever, Garth, batman, pauls boutique, dr. feelgood, Pump, pretty hate machine, flying in a blue dream

1990 - shake your money maker, violator, mariah, mother love bone, cowboys from hell, facelift, to the extreme, hammer don't hurt em, rust in peace, seasons in abyss, immaculate collection, no fences, livin it up

And then grunge and 90s alternative (and the black album) took over, along with more landmarks in hip hop/rap/pop like dre, snoop, big, tupac, beasties, en vogue, tlc, mariah, etc., so I don't have to list 1991-1995. It leaves out the late 90s which was good at the time, but much of it hasn't held up. It all stemmed from its better early 90s predecessors.



That's a pretty good 10 year span. It includes classic metal, classic 80s/arena rock, classic grunge/alternative, classic hip hop and pop, and a few country landmarks, including the arrival of Garth and 90s country.

That's a lot of 'classic'. No other 10 year span on this board so far has that many classic varieties/genres.

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Depends on your genre. For trance and progressive, 2000-2010. Rock/Alternative, 1989-1999

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Pretty sure 1998 - 2001 were the golden era of trance.

Re: 62strat's timeline:

I think that's a pretty great span, captures quite a variety, and a major overall shift in music. You also get some great 'proto-alternative' albums (what was 'college radio' at the time) like the Pixies and R.E.M.

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The problem for rock in the 90s is that it is so heavily front loaded with good stuff up to about 96, but the second half of the 90s was by and large terrible. By that point the 'alternative' sound had just become a copy of a copy of a copy. There were certainly some great albums in the second half of the 90s, but for every 'OK Computer', there were 4-5 'My Own Prisons'.

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Easily solution to this, and it's what I was going to say anyway.

86-95. Why? (I've included mostly rock, but some landmark albums of other genres as well)


1986 - Master of Puppets, peace sells, reign in blood, slippery when wet, graceland, true blue, invisible touch

1987 - joshua tree, Bad, appetite, permanent vacation, document, kick, faith, cloud nine, whitney, ocean front property, always and forever

1988 - operation mindcrime, straight outta compton, and justice for all, rattle and hum, wilburys, open up and say ahh, skid row, money for nothing, journey greatest hits, fleetwood mac greatest hits

1989 - like a prayer, full moon fever, Garth, batman, pauls boutique, dr. feelgood, Pump, pretty hate machine, flying in a blue dream

1990 - shake your money maker, violator, mariah, mother love bone, cowboys from hell, facelift, to the extreme, hammer don't hurt em, rust in peace, seasons in abyss, immaculate collection, no fences, livin it up

And then grunge and 90s alternative (and the black album) took over, along with more landmarks in hip hop/rap/pop like dre, snoop, big, tupac, beasties, en vogue, tlc, mariah, etc., so I don't have to list 1991-1995. It leaves out the late 90s which was good at the time, but much of it hasn't held up. It all stemmed from its better early 90s predecessors.



That's a pretty good 10 year span. It includes classic metal, classic 80s/arena rock, classic grunge/alternative, classic hip hop and pop, and a few country landmarks, including the arrival of Garth and 90s country.

That's a lot of 'classic'. No other 10 year span on this board so far has that many classic varieties/genres.

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Wrong.

A. Can't include friggin' greatest hits albums with songs that came out prior to the time frame in question.
B. Anything where Skid Row is considered a standout is automatically disqualified.
C. True Blue? Are you serious Clark?

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62strat said:

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Professor Frick said:

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The problem for rock in the 90s is that it is so heavily front loaded with good stuff up to about 96, but the second half of the 90s was by and large terrible. By that point the 'alternative' sound had just become a copy of a copy of a copy. There were certainly some great albums in the second half of the 90s, but for every 'OK Computer', there were 4-5 'My Own Prisons'.

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Easily solution to this, and it's what I was going to say anyway.

86-95. Why? (I've included mostly rock, but some landmark albums of other genres as well)


1986 - Master of Puppets, peace sells, reign in blood, slippery when wet, graceland, true blue, invisible touch

1987 - joshua tree, Bad, appetite, permanent vacation, document, kick, faith, cloud nine, whitney, ocean front property, always and forever

1988 - operation mindcrime, straight outta compton, and justice for all, rattle and hum, wilburys, open up and say ahh, skid row, money for nothing, journey greatest hits, fleetwood mac greatest hits

1989 - like a prayer, full moon fever, Garth, batman, pauls boutique, dr. feelgood, Pump, pretty hate machine, flying in a blue dream

1990 - shake your money maker, violator, mariah, mother love bone, cowboys from hell, facelift, to the extreme, hammer don't hurt em, rust in peace, seasons in abyss, immaculate collection, no fences, livin it up

And then grunge and 90s alternative (and the black album) took over, along with more landmarks in hip hop/rap/pop like dre, snoop, big, tupac, beasties, en vogue, tlc, mariah, etc., so I don't have to list 1991-1995. It leaves out the late 90s which was good at the time, but much of it hasn't held up. It all stemmed from its better early 90s predecessors.



That's a pretty good 10 year span. It includes classic metal, classic 80s/arena rock, classic grunge/alternative, classic hip hop and pop, and a few country landmarks, including the arrival of Garth and 90s country.

That's a lot of 'classic'. No other 10 year span on this board so far has that many classic varieties/genres.

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Wrong.

A. Can't include friggin' greatest hits albums with songs that came out prior to the time frame in question.
B. Anything where Skid Row is considered a standout is automatically disqualified.
C. True Blue? Are you serious Clark?

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OK tough guy, take the THREE greatest hits albums out.. big whoop, they didn't define my list.

yeh yeh skid row.. point of them being there is they were easily top 5 of the hair bands, and that is their biggest album, and would never be left off a list of best 80s hair band albums.
But again, if you insist, take it out.. perhaps it makes my list even stronger.



Now True blue.. uh, that's Madonna's highest selling (25 million) and highest charting (#1 in 28 countries) album. The highest selling album of 1986, highest selling female artist album of the 80s, 34 consecutive weeks on top of EU chart (still a record), 3 #1 songs, 2 others in top 5..

So I don't know what to say to you about that. I'm hardly a madonna fan, but that album's stats are ridiculous.

Hard to choose between 1950-59 and 1960-69.

south side blues vs west side blues

Tough call