Music eras

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

1979

 

[anjelikaferrett]

80s. Always. Some great Liverpool bands around at that time too. However due to my very fashionable (think beehive hair, mini skirt and wet look boots) auntie who I adored as a small child, I have a massive soft spot for the 60s. She imprinted Roy Orbison, The Beatles and Johnny Cash on my soul.

 

[magicjuan]

I 'grew up' with punk, had listened to soul via my sister as a child, but I dictated my own tastes in the 80s.
The rise of independent labels and a blistering live scene of smaller venues, plus affordability, meant I saw some stunning gigs that just wouldn't happen after the turn of the 90s.
Early house & techno took over mid 80s, warehouses and after parties...I think.
By the time 'brit-pop' hit it overwhelmed the music scene, festivals created an 'experience' above gigs that was more about poor sanitation and less about music.
Obviously there are still some glimpses of real musicians, but jeez look at what is 'mainstream' now...

 

[Bedfordblue]

80’s without doubt, so many genres through that decade and songs that still have longevity today, be they Pop, rock, soul, hip hop or dance music.

 

[daza_1973]

1984/85 - great music - great football

 

[woomy]

90s for me. It took everything that had gone before and evolved.
Trip hop, house, trance, garage, rock, indie, pop etc.
All stuff that even now, most people will recognise instantly.

 

[Martin Alvito]

85-95

Fair. The era of the guitar heroes more or less ends with Vai's Passion and Warfare. Not that they stopped releasing quality, just that people quit buying it in quantity.

 

[davids]

Really torn. Late 60s Cream, Hendrix, Traffic etc mid 60s Motown Stax earlier on Northern Soul. 70s Floyd,Genesis the list is endless. 80s Blue Nile,Echo, Depeche,New Order,Talk Talk...then you have to make spaces for Cohen and Cave. Can I have a bit more time to think?

 

[Barnfred 55]

Best?

80s for me.

I love Motown but the 80s was full on tunes. Music that hasn’t got old yano. Few Stella’s, a splif, few lines of the Colombian, it doesn’t matter as the music is boss.

Not a specific decade for me JJ but an era from 1976 to around 1984. From punk to new wave, two tone, modern romantics, even disco. Electronic and reggae genres became mainstream. There were the very distinctive Merseyside and Scottish sounds, and of course it is the era that introduced the magnificent Kate Bush to the world.

They were downtrodden times economically, but you don't remember any of that growing up. Just the brilliant and totally eclectic music scene.

 

[gonetomorrow]

The 60s and the very latest Carnaby St feshions.
I say! These leggy lovelies look like they're going to a parteh! Mind if we come too?

 

[chrismpw]

70s. Floyd, Tull, Zeppelin, folk revival, prog rock. Bliss.

Anyone who says the 80s and its obsession with timbre less electronic repetition needs their ears syringing.

 

[Drico]

1979

I agree with this. If anybody has been collecting the Now Yearbooks on CD over the last two years, their 1979 compilation (including its 'Extra") makes a very strong case for 1979 being the ultimate year for singles. I was 7 then and heavily into the charts (and the likes of Gary Numan and Blondie). So, perhaps a bias. I drifted out again by the time I was 10. But, in general, I think the singles chart was in rude health from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. From Donna Summer, disco, the Bee Gees, Abba and ELO, through new wave, synthpop, house, and rave, pop culture was omnipotent over that 15 year period or so. But all of this is prefaced by a simple reality: people tend to love the music of their youth and what you like at 14 usually leaves a permanent mark on your tastes.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

By the time 'brit-pop' hit it overwhelmed the music scene, festivals created an 'experience' above gigs that was more about poor sanitation and less about music.

‘Brit pop’ was a horrible label and bar a few talented bands and seminal albums, the whole market was saturated with absolute guff as people tried to cash in on the trend. See so many people talk as though this was a great musical era but it was, by and large, terrible. Far more creative stuff happened in the previous decade. In the mainstream market anyways.

For me, there aren’t many worse periods for popular music than between 95/96 and 2004/5

 

[Alan Whittle]

70s. Floyd, Tull, Zeppelin, folk revival, prog rock. Bliss.

 

[DavidH]

Can’t choose between 60’s 70’s or 80’s to be honest … love music from all eras

2010-20?