Members dewees Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by Steve Matthews I think the best decade was the one from 65 to 75. That was the time of music explosion and creative innocense. The late 70's was a bit too caustic. The 80's were silly, superficial and self-centered with lots of nose candy. But they gave us VCRs, DVD players and leg warmers. The 90's and 00's have been mostly floggin a dead horse. Somewhere in there (around 1986) SRV gave me reason to live. But nothing beats the late 60's for expression, self-exploration, self-endulgence with the unique aspect that everything was going to be all right. Robust economy, cars that burned a {censored} load of gas and you were PROUD OF IT!, because they were BIG and went FAST. The only thing that made the late 60's lame was "The Nam" and to most people, that was just a channel on the dial. And I mean that with all due respect for what was going on for the service men. But to the average Joe/Jane baby boomer, that stuff was surreal at the time. But then you went, "man this is a bad TV show that never ends and it may just suck me through to the other side of the cathode ray tube! (I signed for the draft, but then it ended.) Even the establishment generation got "into" the 60's with cocktail parties and nightclubbing making a huge surge in popularity. PussyCat Cocktails, Harvey Wallbangers, etc. Names of booze was all the adults even needed for themes for their parties. Hefner lead the way to show what being a "suit" and "hip" could be. So it combined a lot of wow man with a lot of WOW MAN! I mean we're talking space ships to the moon! But everyone gravitates toward the music and times of their puberty. Let's see.... 1956? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jyd59 Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Oh God, if only I could go back to the 80's knowing what I know now....CISCO, WALMART, MICROSOFT. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by Steve Matthews I think the best decade was the one from 65 to 75. That was the time of music explosion and creative innocense. The late 70's was a bit too caustic. The 80's were silly, superficial and self-centered with lots of nose candy. But they gave us VCRs, DVD players and leg warmers. The 90's and 00's have been mostly floggin a dead horse. Somewhere in there (around 1986) SRV gave me reason to live. But nothing beats the late 60's for expression, self-exploration, self-endulgence with the unique aspect that everything was going to be all right. Robust economy, cars that burned a {censored} load of gas and you were PROUD OF IT!, because they were BIG and went FAST. The only thing that made the late 60's lame was "The Nam" and to most people, that was just a channel on the dial. And I mean that with all due respect for what was going on for the service men. But to the average Joe/Jane baby boomer, that stuff was surreal at the time. But then you went, "man this is a bad TV show that never ends and it may just suck me through to the other side of the cathode ray tube! (I signed for the draft, but then it ended.) Even the establishment generation got "into" the 60's with cocktail parties and nightclubbing making a huge surge in popularity. PussyCat Cocktails, Harvey Wallbangers, etc. Names of booze was all the adults even needed for themes for their parties. Hefner lead the way to show what being a "suit" and "hip" could be. So it combined a lot of wow man with a lot of WOW MAN! I mean we're talking space ships to the moon! But everyone gravitates toward the music and times of their puberty. Ya,I pretty much everything important in pop/rock music happened from the mid 60's to the mid 70's. Although the beginning of rock and roll could be argued as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by dewees Let's see.... 1956? +1 = early '57Good Job!aka/Steve Matthews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dewees Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by GAS Man +1 = early '57 Good Job! aka/Steve Matthews I saw this: Originally posted by Steve Matthews (I signed for the draft, but then it ended.) I had to register too. I was born in '56. I had a few months to worry about it before the draft ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tubehead Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 I miss my hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Donzi Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by tubehead I miss my hair. Yeah, now I sound like my parents did back then (i.e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Musicianship was better/superior to the 60's, 70's, 90's and the 00's.Think about it guitar players in the 80's did things that would make any Lallapalooser /Punker or any of the past legends like Hendrix, Clapton or Page go "Wow, what's that"?. Sorry just keeping it real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pipedwho Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 I want to relive the 80's!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Pschaw. All this nostalgia "it was better back in the day" is bull{censored}. The best day to live is always - ALWAYS - without fail..... *tomorrow*. That said..... I'd quite possibly sell my soul rather than revisit the 80s - I had to live through that {censored} once, no way in hell am i ever doin' that again. [Edited for typo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Wanker Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 That Iced Earth cover is from 2004 Were they even around in the 80's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walfordr Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by Hudman Dude, it's just a sign of you getting older. Guys in their 30's think the '80's were the best. Guys in their 40's think the '70's were the best. Guys in their 50's....etc, etc.... I'm in my 40's and I think now is the best! If you go back in time then you miss the good things that have happened since whatever time you pick. Sure there's some crap about, but there always was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Big_Mac_AUS Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by Dougy I don't miss any particular decade. The 60's sucked. The 80's sucked. The 90's sucked. The 1720's sucked. Yesterday sucked. Today sucks. Oh, and you know tomorrow, the day that's going to happen after today? Well yesterday, today was tomorrow - and today sucks. Using this logic I can tell you with absolute certainty, that tomorrow will suck donkey balls. Wow... dude... stay away from sharp objects and tall buildings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhall Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 I was a teenager on the cusp between the '70s and '80s ( I turned 18 in 1981). And there's great music from both decades and the '90s and the '00s. Lets throw in the 1960's too I don't long for any era. I do have fond memories of the '80s as these were the years that I was getting my first taste of living on my own and chasing hot babes around. ( Wish I'd gotten more {censored} but at least I got some). There were some great guitarists then though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThomasH Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by Dr Wanker That Iced Earth cover is from 2004 Were they even around in the 80's? Did you read the post? He posted the cover as an example that some bands still make records with beautiful covers. If you can call 30 persons killing each other beautiful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 23miles Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Excuse me! Did I miss something? I thought the '80s were mostly about faggots and pointy guitars. Definitely my least favorite decade. The only good thing about the 80s was Wayne Gretzky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cosmic Ray Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 There were great musical contributions from ALL of those eras (as well as crap), though I agree that the spirit of exploration and expressionism was so powerful in the sixties and seventies. Everything was so new and exciting. It continues to be a source of so much inspiration and influence even today... and the music STILL holds up! True about the nostalgia comment... we tend to be fond of music that reminds us of the "good ol' days." I was born in the 70's and still love a lot of the 80's stuff. Some stuff has gotten better, some hasn't. (Christy Canyon is nice, but I've since developed a taste for Jenna Jameson). What I wanna know is why aren't there anymore Mozarts, Bachs, and Beethovens running around anymore? Was there just something in the water back then? I wonder if anyone will ever want to fondly re-live the Backstreet Boys someday? (besides the Backstreet Boys that is...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walfordr Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Originally posted by RayUSA What I wanna know is why aren't there anymore Mozarts, Bachs, and Beethovens running around anymore? Was there just something in the water back then? Bach died before Mozart was even born. Beethoven and Mozart did overlap, but were roughly 2 decades apart. History goes back a long way and great composers have never been 10 a penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedddy Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 I thought the early 80's was good, up to around 83-84. You had the Police and Van Halen in the top ten, you had Ozzy and Ac/Dc at their peaks, and rap and hair metal hadn't yet completely taken over and saturated everything. The second half of the 80s was what epitomized the worst aspects of the decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chronicinsomnia Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 That album cover was the cover of a history book on the Civil War that I read in college. Nothing new to see here. I do admit it is a great depiction of the hand to hand aspect of the battles of the Civil War. PeAcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 I have fond memories of the 80's but the past is the past and that's that. There were some bad things then as well. I'm more of a live in the moment and look forward to what the future holds kinda guy. I feel that right now we're in a very exciting era and I look forward to what everyday brings. But hey, that's just me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members air guitar Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 I miss 80s guitars. And the musicianship was great. But things change. That's life. And not all of the music was great back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fenderguitar Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Ah yes the 80's. Culture Club, Kajagoogoo, Men Without Hats, Hair Metal, Shred Guitar, Lame Videos, Slasher Movies, awful production on records. Who wouldn't miss all that? I'll agree with a previous poster and say 65-75 was the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members p1701 Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 The 60's were the best. Driving around in NYC during Xmas holidays in a Karman Ghia listening to the Stones' Satifsaction and Beatles' Hello Goodbye was great. Too busy being a father in the 80's to listen to the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kin Corn Karn Posted December 1, 2005 Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 the 80's had Dio. Enough said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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