The 80s will forever be the greatest musical period for me. The New Wave, the Cold Wave, the creation of electronic music (started in the 70s), Kate Bush, The Smiths, Roxy Music, Depeche Mode & The Cure's best works. Also, the most incredible amount of incredible one hit wonders (Visage, Ultravox, Peter Godwin, Musical Youth, Falco, Glass Tiger, Dana Dawson, Kajagoogoo...) and the golden age of popstars.
Only downfall was rock music that wasn't as good as before except for Police, Scorpions, Dire Straits & The Cars.
Then, whe have the glorious 90s or probably the most schizophrenic period. Great pop music, explosion of grunge (Hole, Nirvana, Sponge & Pearl Jam), Dance/Eurodance's reign, r'n'b's allmightiness, one hit wonders almost as good as those from the 80s, Britpop & rock revival (Our Lady Peace,Cranberries, Goo Goo Dolls, Red Hot, R.E.M, Sonic Youth, Placebo, Garbage, No Doubt).
The 70s are often overlooked but it's the peak of rock'n'roll along with the 90s
No one else is ever topping these two:
You also had ABBA, Chaka Khan, Simon & Garfunkel, Donna Summer, Kool & The Gang, Bee Gees, Ozzy Osbourne, Carly Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Olivia Newton John, Diana Ross, Mama Cass, Blondie, T-Rex, Electric Light Orchestra, Al Green, The Clash Funk & Disco music...
After that I would put the 60s because there's many pop songs I love from that decade ("All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"...) but except for the Mama's & The Papas, no bands or artist whose records I liked in their entirety.
There were some great things released in the 00s but saying they pale in comparison to everything released beforehand, bar the 40s and 50s, is an euphemism.
The 80s will forever be the greatest musical period for me. The New Wave, the Cold Wave, the creation of electronic music (started in the 70s), Kate Bush, The Smiths, Roxy Music, Depeche Mode & The Cure's best works. Also, the most incredible amount of incredible one hit wonders (Visage, Ultravox, Peter Godwin, Musical Youth, Falco, Glass Tiger, Dana Dawson, Kajagoogoo...) and the golden age of popstars.
Only downfall was rock music that wasn't as good as before except for Police, Scorpions, Dire Straits & The Cars.
Then, whe have the glorious 90s or probably the most schizophrenic period. Great pop music, explosion of grunge (Hole, Nirvana, Sponge & Pearl Jam), Dance/Eurodance's reign, r'n'b's allmightiness, one hit wonders almost as good as those from the 80s, Britpop & rock's revival (Our Lady Peace,Cranberries, Goo Goo Dolls, Red Hot, R.E.M, Sonic Youth, Placebo, Garbage, No Doubt).
The 70s are often overlooked but it's the peak of rock'n'roll along with the 90s
No one else is ever topping these two:
You also had ABBA, Chaka Khan, Simon & Garfunkel, Donna Summer, Kool & The Gang, Bee Gees, Ozzy Osbourne, Carly Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Olivia Newton John, Diana Ross, Mama Cass, Blondie, T-Rex, Electric Light Orchestra, Al Green, The Clash Funk & Disco music...
After that I would put the 60s because there's many pop songs I love from that decade ("All I Have To Do Is Dream", "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"...) but except for the Mama's & The Papas, no bands or artist whose records I liked in their entirety.
There were some great things released in the 00s but saying they pale in comparison to everything released, bar the 40s and 50s, is an euphemism.
The 90s always confused me with the mix. **** got so heavy, yet so Urban
