[ToTheLeft]

Pretty simple question... which decade produced the best music?

There is no criteria for "best", just pick which one you think is best, and tell us why...

[LUconn]

70s and its not even close. And this coming from someone who loves 80s music.

Lol @ whoever voted for 2000s. Had to be dom.

[ToTheLeft]

Weezy wasn't around in the 70's, after all.

[blwall1416]

I'm torn between the 90's, since that's when I was in high school, & the 70's, because they rocked that decade.

[flamesbball84]

80's without a doubt. The 70's had disco, so it's automatically eliminated regardless of whatever other good music came out during the decade - 70's didn't start getting really good until the tail end when the Ramones, Sex Pistols, and the Clash started off.

[Liberty4Life]

The problem is that the music we associate with "decades" didn't really take effect until the middle of each decade. I mean, the number one song of 1963 was the campy "Surfin' USA" by the Beach Boys. You would say the 70s, because that'd include many of the sounds that we associated with the 60s (Iron Butterfly, Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd), but the 70s was weighed down because of what we remember it by -- Disco.

If you wanted to go by ten year periods, then unquestionably it'd probably be between 1966 and 1975.

If you want to go by decades... Hmmm... All of them (except 2000) offer great things. But you'd have to go with the sixties. You're looking at Hendrix, Clapton, the Rolling Stones at their height, CCR, and of course, the Beatles.

[RubberMallet]

70's
90's
80's
60's







00's.

[ALUmnus]

This poll directly relates to the other poll about what kind of music you listen to. Each decade has it's merit depending on what genre you're talking about, so you're really judging what genre you think is the strongest.

[blwall1416]

70's
90's
80's
60's







00's.

This is perfection.

[adam42381]

As much as I love the music from the 90's I went with the '60s. You had acts like the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Hendrix, Cream, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys, Dylan, the Doors, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, CCR, Janis Joplin, etc. I can't justify picking any other decade when all of these influential artists made it big during the '60s.

[BJWilliams]

For me it was the 1990s (mostly because that was when I could actually understand music enough to appreciate it) but I got to hear music from the 1980s once I got older and I really liked it so Id say 1990s, 1980s, 1960s is my top 3 but I voted for 1990s

[TDDance234]

90's for me.

[Sly Fox]

The '70s hands down ... a decade that began with the Beatles' 'Let It Be' & Zep's Zofo and included the unmatched debuts from Boston & Van Halen can't be matched. Trying to dismiss the decade because of a fad that reached its peak in the next decade is faulty thinking.

[belcherboy]

For me the 80's and 90's are tied!

Both had TERRIBLE starts IMO (i.e. early 80's=crappy disco and terrible new wave...early 90's=terrible rap songs, terrible grunge songs, and junk hair band song)

84-89 is GREAT for the 80's
93-99 is GREAT for the 90's

The other years are pretty weak IMO!

[Cider Jim]

The 1970s--the best country, rock, & disco decade. You had Willie Nelson & Neil Diamond in their prime as well as Elvis way past his prime, and disco duck. KISS was still wearing makeup, and Michael Jackson was still black.

[RubberMallet]

As much as I love the music from the 90's I went with the '60s. You had acts like the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Hendrix, Cream, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys, Dylan, the Doors, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, CCR, Janis Joplin, etc. I can't justify picking any other decade when all of these influential artists made it big during the '60s.

but most of their primes were in the 70's. floyd, zep, sabbath, young, all were better in teh 70's.

[LUconn]

man, disco is getting hammered here. It's not that bad. It has some redeeming qualities. But really, it wasbasically the "pop" of that day.

[01LUGrad]

As much as I love the music from the 90's I went with the '60s. You had acts like the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Hendrix, Cream, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Velvet Underground, Beach Boys, Dylan, the Doors, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, CCR, Janis Joplin, etc. I can't justify picking any other decade when all of these influential artists made it big during the '60s.

My thinking exactly.

[Purple Haize]

You are all wrong if you did not vote for the 80's. Granted the 70's had disco, but for the most part the music was depressing. The 80's had a British Invasion (like the 70's) Punk, New Wave, Syth Pop and Rap. Everything that is happening now came from the 80's. What bands out now will have the longevity of the bands who flourished in the 80's. The 80's paid homage to the 50's (how many times in HS did you have 50's day?) and the 60's, Platoon Soundtrack anyone? Finally, the 80's gave us MTV. And the was then MTV actually played VIDEO's. We all remember, JJ Jackson, Nina Blackwood etc.
As for the 90's talk about depressing, just ask Kurt Cobain!!
I will give the 70's second place, because the bands and music were the starting point for so much greatness. Plus, disco lives on in all the R and B mixes!!

[bigsmooth]

80's because of the british invasion and music videos. friday night videos on NBC or night tracks on TBS anyone??

[belcherboy]

man, disco is getting hammered here. It's not that bad. It has some redeeming qualities. But really, it wasbasically the "pop" of that day.

I like disco, but it should have ended in the late 70's. I was just entering school in the early 80's so I don't remember it first hand, but looking back, early 80's disco was just BAD!

[RubberMallet]

chickfla and now this ....lol

[LUconn]

Come on you 2000s voters. Fess up. We'll go easy on you. I just need some kind of reasoning.

[ToTheLeft]

Fall Out Boy, Anberlin, and Brand New peaked in the 2000's.

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner.

(Seriously, I picked the 2000's)

[Rooster Cogburn]

NO COMPETITION. 80's all the way. Best collection of music from many different genres EVER!