Frank Blank Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I recently made a list of my favourite albums, luckily I can stretch my decade back to 1974 to include Kimono My House. Most of my favourite albums are from between 1979-82 so 1974-84 covers me nicely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lownote Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 The radio industry orients its music programming on the theory that we most relate to what was around when we were 14 ish... so my case five years each side of 1968. But that's bulwarks because I also totally relate to numbers /songs from whenever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 The 70s, starting in 1970 as Hendrix was still alive until later that year, through much prog, glam, punk, and new wave. Plus some classic disco and most of Abba's existence, and Queen and Pink Floyd's best albums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, lownote said: The radio industry orients its music programming on the theory that we most relate to what was around when we were 14 ish... so my case five years each side of 1968. But that's bulwarks because I also totally relate to numbers /songs from whenever. Doesn't work for me either as I wasn't really interested in any kind of music until I was almost 11. By the time I reached 14 glam rock which was the music that had got me hooked was very much in decline, and punk was still at least 2 years away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Probably 88 to 98.... the dregs of hair metal and the last decent Iron Maiden stuff, then through the grunge era and the early years of prog metal like Dream Theater and Symphony X, and onwards into more hard core stuff. I was 18 through most of 88 so my musically formative years were during this period... First picked up a bass in 89. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1670s…. Henry Purcell was really kicking it with his baroque concertos around then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I like this decade best because I can listen to anything easily. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Rayman said: 1670s…. Henry Purcell was really kicking it with his baroque concertos around then. His Dido and Aeneas is a cracker.. Late 80s (1680s)... and King Arthur, from the 90s! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 a hard one but if pressed mid 70s to mid 80s... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 6 hours ago, miles'tone said: I like this decade best because I can listen to anything easily. That is certainly a great point in that music has never been so accessible. Plus if it wasn't for YouTube, I wouldn't have discovered half so many bands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I turned 13 in late 1970, so the 70s was definitely my era. Wasn't too interested in music (other than trumpet lessons) until I was about 15 and discovered Gong and that opened the door to a world of non-commercial music for me. I started playing bass then as well, and had various permutations of bands that just jammed, learnt a lot from that. I very rarely listen to music now unless I have a song to learn for a gig, the music of my teens lives in my head and and I can listen to it internally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 9 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: His Dido and Aeneas is a cracker.. Late 80s (1680s)... and King Arthur, from the 90s! A perfect feed-line, but no, this is a family show. 😇 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: A perfect feed-line, but no, this is a family show. 😇 Easy Snorks, it's a bit early for that kind of thing... 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Wouldn't make a claim to a decade, but if you want a ten year period I'd go '73-82. Kicking off as a pre-teen, that ten year period had a profound effect on me musically; The Sweet, Sparks, Mott the Hoople, Kiss, Queen, Rush, Aerosmith, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Heartbreakers, Japan, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Motley Crue. Message ends. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 The 70s. Not necessarily in general, but I’m a big Bowie fan and during that period he had a phenomenal run of brilliant albums and singles. These are just the studio albums: 1970 The Man Who Sold the World 1971 Hunky Dory 1972 Ziggy Stardust 1973 Aladdin Sane 1973 Pin Ups 1974 Diamond Dogs 1975 Young Americans 1976 Station to Station 1977 Low 1977 Heroes 1979 Lodger If those albums were all I could ever listen to I really could not complain. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 57 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: Easy Snorks, it's a bit early for that kind of thing... 😁 It's five o'clock sonewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, snorkie635 said: It's five o'clock sonewhere Crackerjack would've been on for 5 mins then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I love Motown but from 60 thru 70 it didn't really change a huge amount. For me it's the 70's. From 70 thru 80 the linear changes in writing, playing, sound developement and especially in the studio were immense. It started with Bowie, Prog and The Carpenters who all set their very different templates for everything we have today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Probably '76 to '86 for me, and born in '73 so not my teenage years. Just so much great stuff going on. British Punk, second wave of Ska, Mod and Northern Soul revival and the way they all had crossovers. The NY Punk scene centring around CBGB's. The emerging electronic music. New Wave, New Romantics, Post Punk. The beginning of Hip Hop and Rap. NWOBHM, early Thrash, Hair and Glam Metal. Good old early 80's pop music. Styles were changing so fast. Between mid seventies and mid eighties there were huge musical changes. Most mid eighties songs couldn't have even been dreamt of in the mid seventies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Waddo Soqable said: Crackerjack would've been on for 5 mins then.... That's where my Peter Glaze Signature bass came from - free with my Crackerjack pencil. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 hour ago, snorkie635 said: That's where my Peter Glaze Signature bass came from - free with my Crackerjack pencil. I bet you had one of your artistic pics on Vision On too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: I bet you had one of your artistic pics on Vision On too... Yep, Jim fixed it for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 hour ago, snorkie635 said: Yep, Jim fixed it for me. You can probably claim compensation for that now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Bass Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I'd narrow it right down to around 68 - 73. I love music either side of that but for me, everything was at its peak around that time - song writing, recording, production, performance. The absolute peak of modern popular music for me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said: You can probably claim compensation for that now.. How do you think I afforded my Peter Glaze Signature? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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