For me it's 1963 and 1964
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The Greatest Year In Rock/Pop Music!
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It's very subjective according to when you were born..I was born in 1951..but my sister was born in 1939..so we both grew up in completely different genre's of music..here idea of the best year would in no way come close to mine..which ..if i have to choose only one...would be 1967..that was the year people our age as well as rock lost it's the innocence of the early sixties and the love songs..to a more diverse and harder edge type of music..from the Turtles to Hendrix..all in one year...as an old rock jock..i would have to choose 1972 for personal reasons...just seemed to be the best year in rock if you did it for a living...
deltas69 said:
Same with me, my sister was born in 1948, almost 10 years before me. However, since she was into radio and 45's, I got to hear all the early 60s girl groups that she played on her portable record player day and night. I think she still has most of those 45s today, but only because she's too lazy to go through them and sell or throw them out. In spite of that, I didn't really "dig" radio until I was a teenager in 1970. About that time, I started recording onto cassettes directly from my transistor radio speaker.
That's probably why I chose 1971 as my favorite year in music, but 1972 follows closely behind, then 1970 (in that order). For me, it started going downhill by 1975, and with the later appearance of disco, I pretty much turned off the radio for several years. Only when MTV appeared did I start to like some rodio music again, although it was never the same as the late 60s - early 70s, to me, anyway.
my sister didn't give a hoot about rock and roll..her dream group are the "sons of the pioneers"..i was four when she graduated from high school and went off to collage..then in 1959..she upon graduation she moved from Nashville to New Jersey to teach for the next 15 years..i guess my earliest memory of rock was 1963..and Dead Man's Curve...i don't care for anything much before that date..although there are a handful of 50's songs i like..because they are great songs..Platters, Little Anthony..Drifters..but that would just about cover it for me..but then again..it's so subjective...somewhere there is someone that really digs 'Weasels Rip My Flesh'..by Zappa..lol
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FRR said:
are you 65 yrs old....i am trying to guess peopls ages by the year they pick.
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radioman148 said:
are you 66 ?
For me it would be 1984, but I have only been around since 1970 LOL 1984 was a year that for me had lots of good pop, rock, and some good soul tunes. For me it was all those music soundtracks IE Footloose, Purple Rain along with all the great music videos that MTV was spitting out from the likes of Duran Duran, Madonna and everybody else... CC1
Sorry I'm a little late to this movie, but I'll definitely go with 1965.
You had the British invasion and Motown both in their glory days, with the likes of Dylan, the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel leading folk-rock into the mainstream. And for "frosting on the cake", you needed to look no further than the west coast...including the Beach Boys still going strong.
1st runner up year: 1964. Of course the Beatles and the Stones led the way in this revolutionary year for pop music. But a lot of lightweight stuff came along with the first days of the British invasion. By '65, things had been polished and perfected and the lesser stuff was getting forced out.
2nd runnner-up year 1967. The "summer of love" begat tons of good stuff...and "music with a message" added a welcome dimension to the pop scene. As did the beginnings of the "psychadellic" and "underground" music scenes.
Honorable Mentions:
1966 A good year sandwiched between two great ones.
1968 Still good, but some of the acid/underground stuff was starting to get a little pompous, and basically the greatness of the previous four years was starting to lose its mojo. Nothing lasts forever.
Just my "one man's opinion".
You had the British invasion and Motown both in their glory days, with the likes of Dylan, the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel leading folk-rock into the mainstream. And for "frosting on the cake", you needed to look no further than the west coast...including the Beach Boys still going strong.
1st runner up year: 1964. Of course the Beatles and the Stones led the way in this revolutionary year for pop music. But a lot of lightweight stuff came along with the first days of the British invasion. By '65, things had been polished and perfected and the lesser stuff was getting forced out.
2nd runnner-up year 1967. The "summer of love" begat tons of good stuff...and "music with a message" added a welcome dimension to the pop scene. As did the beginnings of the "psychadellic" and "underground" music scenes.
Honorable Mentions:
1966 A good year sandwiched between two great ones.
1968 Still good, but some of the acid/underground stuff was starting to get a little pompous, and basically the greatness of the previous four years was starting to lose its mojo. Nothing lasts forever.
Just my "one man's opinion".
Interesting to note, with the sole exception of CrazeeCarroll1, everyone here picked a year in the 60s or 70s. It only confirms what I have believed for a long time, there's no music like there was back in those days! Although most likely everyone in this part of the message board trend toward a bit older demo, I still think that if music had continued to be innovative and fun, some of us would have chosen years in the 80s, 90s, or even later.
Sad to think, but it is reality that we will never hear (new) music like the music we grew up with, again.
At least we have our tapes, records, CDs, and MP3s to listen to. As for me, I have a copy of pretty much every song I ever wanted or liked in my lifetime in one of these formats. I doubt I will ever spend money on purchasing music again for the rest of my life...unless somehow new artists come along that have some talent beyond their hype. I'm still waiting.
Sad to think, but it is reality that we will never hear (new) music like the music we grew up with, again.
At least we have our tapes, records, CDs, and MP3s to listen to. As for me, I have a copy of pretty much every song I ever wanted or liked in my lifetime in one of these formats. I doubt I will ever spend money on purchasing music again for the rest of my life...unless somehow new artists come along that have some talent beyond their hype. I'm still waiting.
SolidGold16 said:
Good points, and I landed squarely in the mid-60s myself. And while my personal preference is for pop music of that era, I do think it can be a little tricky comparing eras. I think the reason the mid 60s (and for that matter the mid 50s) stands out was the sudden emergence of something fresh and new.
I remember reading an article in Rolling Stone in the mid 70s expecting something similar to happen then. But it never did. Instead music evolved. Evolution instead of revolution. IMHO what was once "fresh" eventually morphed ito "routine". Sure there were changes. I'm not going to debate whether for worse or better....but the same level of excitement that was there in the middle of rock era pop music was missing.
1963 is my personal favorite year for music with 1964 & 65 following closely. If any of you had the chance to follow the UK charts in 1963 you would've had the opportunity to hear the British Invasion music as it formed over there well before it hit the US.
For example, "Please Please Me" was #1 in England in March of 1963. "She Loves You" was #1 in Sept, way before "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was recorded. Gerry & The Pacemakers also had big hits in the UK in 1963 just to name a few.
The order of many of the "British" hits that we heard over here for the first time in 64 was really quite different in England.
For example, "Please Please Me" was #1 in England in March of 1963. "She Loves You" was #1 in Sept, way before "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was recorded. Gerry & The Pacemakers also had big hits in the UK in 1963 just to name a few.
The order of many of the "British" hits that we heard over here for the first time in 64 was really quite different in England.
I think '63 was a very underrated year for pop music. I guess that's because it came just before a truly spectacular year. For my personal taste, on balance, I'd rate it as right up there with the other years I listed. However, I think most music critics and historians would probably put it at least a notch or two below. Certainly in terms of innovations and record sales.
Still, 1963 produced its share of good stuff....much of which provided the basis for the even better stuff that came later.
Still, 1963 produced its share of good stuff....much of which provided the basis for the even better stuff that came later.
It is interesting, and telling, that no one has picked anything later than 1980 as the "best" year.
Regardless of the specific year picked out of the two decades of 60-70 we all seem to agree that nothing later comes close. I would only add that 1957-1959 set the stage and without those years the British Invasion and rock and roll as we know it now would not have existed. Personally, I think late 50's RnR beats the hell out of the BI, especially the early BI.
Regardless of the specific year picked out of the two decades of 60-70 we all seem to agree that nothing later comes close. I would only add that 1957-1959 set the stage and without those years the British Invasion and rock and roll as we know it now would not have existed. Personally, I think late 50's RnR beats the hell out of the BI, especially the early BI.
My little internet station plays '63 through '88 as a rule..although I have a selected handful from the fifties that I deem 'airworthy"..Little Anthony, Platters,..a few others that are truly great melodic wise..and I have selected cuts past '88 that I like as well..some I had to ask younger folk who did them as I had no clue..for instance Pink..Get This party Started..I think is one..lol...Just like the funkiness of it..and I play a lot of live cuts I find..if they are well mixed and from the 60's and 70's..as Cara Mia by Jay and the Americans..he absolutely kills that song live from a PBS special..and he is over 70..Doobie Brothers live at "Wolftrap' IS SMOKIN'..I stopped playing in bands and DJ gigs back in '93..so what came after that..couldn't tell ya much...but from what I've heard..I haven't missed anything...good to be old and set in your ways..lol
I would say the best CHR year was 1991.
The best decade was the 70s, followed by the 60s.
I didn't care for the mainstream pop of the 80s.
and I was born in 1980
The best decade for Dance and R&B tunes was the 80s followed by the early 90s.
The best decade was the 70s, followed by the 60s.
I didn't care for the mainstream pop of the 80s.
and I was born in 1980
The best decade for Dance and R&B tunes was the 80s followed by the early 90s.
landtuna said:
Totally agree on the late 50s. 1958 is the year that I started listening to Rock & Roll on a regular basis. How can you top stuff like "Sweet Little Sixteen" & "Johnny B Goode", Chuck Berry, plus "Get A Job, At The Hop" and so much more that came out at that time.
Lennon & McCartney often mentioned what a tremendous influence Chuck Berry had on them.
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