When was the best music made?
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IMO The 70's.
70's to early-late 80s
Peace,
68-78
68-78
First of all, your "eras" are uneven. At least give us, say 10 or 15 year increments.
That said, I'll say 64 through 84. Covers all of Motown, PIR, and Stax huge hits.
And those 20 years had some of the absolute best songwriters, engineers and producers ever.
Not to mention the badest house bands known to man.
That said, I'll say 64 through 84. Covers all of Motown, PIR, and Stax huge hits.
And those 20 years had some of the absolute best songwriters, engineers and producers ever.
Not to mention the badest house bands known to man.
I'm really curious how you could pick that era, having not being born?
I agree, I would've loved seeing either 10 year increments or be allowed to make multiple choices.
Music overall, 60's and 70's.
Hip Hop, 88 to 95
Hip Hop, 88 to 95
Overall I'd say the late 60s to late 70s.
But I genuinely don't think that there has ever been a bad era of music. Music is dynamic and ever-changing. Good shit might be harder to find in some eras but there is always good music if you're willing to look for it.
But I genuinely don't think that there has ever been a bad era of music. Music is dynamic and ever-changing. Good shit might be harder to find in some eras but there is always good music if you're willing to look for it.
Pops records. Soul music has an extra passion concerning love and the problems they were facing when they stepped onto the street. Disco and good times changed it. Don't get me wrong, I love kool, early Michael, and others, but it wasn't the same.
Take for instance Aretha respect. You know how many women felt empowered by that song? Late 80s was love/lust/materialistic, Riley and the 90s forward lust/let's smash/look what I got Now we get rappers mumbling about taking perc.
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Oh I agree but I want to be specific because I think pre Vietnam, during, and after we're different messages in music. Then disco, dance, funk, new wave, retro and soul, and so on.
Hmm. Well, the messages in the music may have been different, but the people were the same. So, you still had the same creative forces at work. For instance: PIR had plenty of message records along with Disco (although we didn't call it Disco then{in fact Earl Young, drummer for MFSB, is credited with "creating" the 4-on-the-floor Disco beat}) as well as Funk, Blues and some of the sweetest ballads ever recorded.
I guess what I'm saying is maybe you might want to rephrase the question because the best acts could and did play everything.
I wasnt born in the 70s . But the music just speaks to my soul.
R&B was like:
The jams in the club was like:
And rock in roll had the Vietnam war looking wild:
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70s. All that groovy ass shit with live instruments and shit, it had the most soul.
The best part was the lyrics. How about you listening to a song that you used to sing as a child that you had no idea of the depth of the lyrics.Those 70s are so damn crucial. 60s was dope too. Used to sleep as an 80s head, but damn.I'd probably go from 72 to 82. If I had to narrow it down to a 10 year period. Technology and lyricism.
Little Red Corvette was about his penis
And Ray Parker jr. I'm In Love With The Other Woman :
When I get home it's all gone
Makes me wanna grab my guitar
And play with it all night long
(About a woman so freaky and so bad that when you get home you just want to jack off all night thinking about her)
So many other songs the lyrics you didn't get until you were grown. That subtle shit that kids today just don't get it. Everything is said so blatantly
That said this is an impossible Poll
ima go with this
90-99
That's not my old ode to lyrical progression. But OK.
nobodys repping the 50s? no bebop and big band jazz era??
no early "race" music that laid the foundation for all this stuff??
no early "race" music that laid the foundation for all this stuff??
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60s, 70's, 80s, 90s
Sent my cuzz some records and some Charles Mingus and some other joints. His group he started is coming abroad in June they love jazz and Motown.
I've been a Doo-Wop, R&B/Soul music collector since the early 70s and I still collect today. I love it its just that simple. The music from that era offered so much more than today's music.
No electronics or moog type synthesizers, no sampling of another artist's work, just real musicians playing real instruments, real singers and every artist out there had their own style. Just music genius from very skilled singers and musicians. Not many artist today can make that claim.
Jazz, blues, funk, R&B and soul music all remain in rotation with most of my friends. In fact its what they request most often. I often get request for music from friends and family (mixed CDs) and its never for the new stuff. Its crazy to think that this music has almost disappeared from the airways. Excepting radio shows like the Rhythm Review on WBGO in Newark and Youngblood in Atlanta on Kiss FM both airing on Saturday mornings.
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