MakemineVanilla Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) I would say the 1930s because Son House and Robert Johnson wrote the songs which became the basis for so much ripped off by the white boys in the post-war years. It is notable and characteristic how White Stripes in the example above produce a lot of the power and guitar pyrotechnics but entirely fail to capture the emotion of the original Son House. Edited January 21, 2016 by MakemineVanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Yep, 90's for me too. Most of my favorite genres exploded into during that decade like Hip-hop (!), shoegaze, electronic (IDM), metal (especially extreme metal) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I've probably already posted in this thread that it was the 80's and indeed Absolute 80's is still my radio station of choice .... but lately I'm finding myself on a bit of a 90's journey .. Indeed my gig list for this year is almost a 90's revival ... but saying that I thjink I'd go 80's ,90's,60's ,00's ,70's ,10;s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2016 Isn't the rule of thumb that "The best era for music was your seven teenage years"? For me, that was 1967 through 1973, and absolutely fits the bill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Isn't the rule of thumb that "The best era for music was your seven teenage years"? For me, that was 1967 through 1973, and absolutely fits the bill. Interesting you say that, 83 to 89, and although they were formative, 80's nostalgia and the music of the 80's is horrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) 67 to 73..have you borrowed someone else's teenage years I'd never heard that "rule" before but I think you could be onto something it would be 83 to 89 for me ... Big Country , U2 , Simple Minds , Big Country , The Jam .The Cure , Duran Duran ,The Police , The Housemartins , The Smiths the under rated and often overlooked Tears for Fears actually the first record I remember really "loving" was Save a Prayer ... I find it a bit irritating now , but over playing and familiarity does that I guess Edited January 21, 2016 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 1974 to 1982 just phoned, they'd like The Jam back, thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 23 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Isn't the rule of thumb that "The best era for music was your seven teenage years"? For me, that was 1967 through 1973, and absolutely fits the bill. In my teenage years Britpop was the music of choice, and I very rarely listen to any of it these days. There are a few exceptions, such as Super Furry Animals, Teenage Fanclub, etc, but on the whole it bores the life out of me now. When I think of some of the terrible albums I've got at the back of my CD collection, I shudder. Not to dimiss the entire decade though, there was lots of fantastic music made in the 90s. It's just I was too set in my ways at the time, and very easily influanced by what my friends were listening to (you need to fit in when you're a teenager). As the same time, I always had my own peculiar tastes. Although I'd probably have never told my mates I was listening to Tamla Motown, and old Jamaican Ska. What would Liam and Noel think of that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: 1974 to 1982 just phoned, they'd like The Jam back, thanks. D'oh ....... I could have sworn I was 13 when Town called Malice came out ... well you know what the say if you can remember the 80's you weren't there .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 The Jam were my bit of teenage bliss. The only band where at the time, in that moment, it felt like we were in the same gang. I took it all very seriously back then. Which I guess is fine, when you're young. (in about '85 / '86 John Weller asked me what I thought about the idea of a Jam reunion. I said it was a bad idea, it was over and it would just look like business, to which he said 'is the right answer!' I'm not claiming any consultancy or guru status there, I think he was vox popping, asking anyone and everyone that would listen.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpanishVilla Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Even though I wasn't about, the late 60s and 70s produced some of the best music I've heard to date. I enjoyed a lot of 90s bands as well, so would give the 90s a close second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Im into instrumental music (especially drums ) and my taste ranges from Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa in the 40s to The Shadows and Sandy Nelson in the 60s to Herb Alpert in the 70s etc etc etc. Check out "Stranger on the shore" Acker Bilk."Bongo Bongo bongo" Preston Epps."Tijuans taxi" Herb Alpert.and "Topsy part2" Cozy Cole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 21, 2016 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2016 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Isn't the rule of thumb that "The best era for music was your seven teenage years"? For me, that was 1967 through 1973, and absolutely fits the bill. That rule of thumb gives me 1990 thru '96. Not a bad rule of thumb, but again I think even objectively they were pretty good years. Me thinks we got lucky even allowing for the thumb FWIW if I had to pick a decade I'd go 70s, but I'd rather pick a 10 year span starting around '64 or '65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2016 It gives me 1998 to 2005 ish Doesn't really work for me. I much prefer early to mid 90's in retrospect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 2004-2010 for me Basically the dark ages . The 6 year stretches sandwiching this one are so much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 38 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: The Jam were my bit of teenage bliss. The only band where at the time, in that moment, it felt like we were in the same gang. I took it all very seriously back then. Which I guess is fine, when you're young. (in about '85 / '86 John Weller asked me what I thought about the idea of a Jam reunion. I said it was a bad idea, it was over and it would just look like business, to which he said 'is the right answer!' I'm not claiming any consultancy or guru status there, I think he was vox popping, asking anyone and everyone that would listen.) couple of school mates of mine know his family and I think PW turned up at one of the grand parents surprise parties but alas not any of the functions I've been to so alas never met him I live about 3 miles from Woking and being the observant bloke I am I saw the sign post of " Stanley Road " from the album cover the other week ... I've only gone past it about 388888888888888 times and always known Weller was from Woking , just never really made the link ..D'oh again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 When I actually think about the music I listened to in my teens, It's actually not as bad as I recall. I was a teenager between 1993 and 2000, so it wasn't all Britpop. During that time, I discoved bands like The Who, The Small Faces, The Jam, The Smiths, Joy Division, The Pistols, The Clash, Dylan, Led Zep, Sabbath, as well as 2Tone, which led to Ska and Reggae, and I revisited my parents records, and got into Soul music in a big way. As well as that, there was Nirvana, who kind of changed everything for me. Plus so many great acts that were putting out records at the time. Dance music and Hip Hop came a bit later in my teens too, when I started going to clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2016 Going by some of the responses, I think I just got lucky by being a teenager in the late 60s. I regret that I never saw Hendrix (I have friends who did). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) I'd say the noughties are probably the worst. So much of the electronic/glitch music done on laptops in that decade has aged so badly, so too has most of 'backpack rap' that was popular at the time. All those rubbish NME championed bands like Libertines, Razorlight et al, Nu-Metal, Garage. Not much interesting happened in pop music either except for maybe Beyonce and Lady Gaga towards the end of the decade. Edited January 21, 2016 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I don't think Britpop is all that bad Radiohead and Blur did some alright stuff and others like Oasis, Cast and the Lighting Seeds did some catchy stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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