The most dire decade for music

[dreaming spires]

Can
Kraftwerk
Neu
Cluster
Iggy and the Stooges
New York Dolls
Tom Waits' first albums
Randy Newman
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
David Ackles
Todd Rundgren
John Cale

A golden age for reggae: Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Augustus Pablo, Mighty Diamonds, Abyssinians, Toots etc ...

Yes, clearly no music at all before 1977 ...

In the industry, 1970 to 1977 are commonly known as the dead years in musical terms. Post punk, new wave, The Ramones/Elvis Costello/The Undertones started to shape what the Eighties became, a decade second only to the Sixties.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

80's was the beginning of shit drum machines, synthesizers and Stock, Aitken & Waterman

Stock, Aitken and Waterman were the end of the 80's and more into the 90's, an era that introduced more and more boy bands, and for that reason the 90's gets my vote every time.

Simply awful.....

 

[gregbrighton]

Stock, Aitken and Waterman were the end of the 80's and more into the 90's, an era that introduced more and more boy bands, and for that reason the 90's gets my vote every time.

Simply awful.....

SAW hits were almost entirely in the 1980's.

The following SAW produced hits made it to the top of the UK pop chart:
1985: "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", Dead or Alive
1987: "Respectable", Mel and Kim
1987: "Let It Be", Ferry Aid, a cover of the 1970 Beatles' hit
1987: "Never Gonna Give You Up", Rick Astley (also hit #1 in the U.S.)
1988: "I Should Be So Lucky", Kylie Minogue
1989: "Especially for You", Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
1989: "Too Many Broken Hearts", Jason Donovan
1989: "Hand on Your Heart", Kylie Minogue
1989: "Ferry Cross the Mersey", Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and SAW, a cover of the Gerry and the Pacemakers' 1964 hit
1989: "Sealed with a Kiss", Jason Donovan, a cover of the Brian Hyland single
1989: "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You", Sonia
1989: "Do They Know It's Christmas", Band Aid II
1990: "Tears on My Pillow", Kylie Minogue's cover of the 1958 song by Little Anthony and the Imperials

Most of the 80's along with the fashions are entirely forgettable. It was a shit era.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

SAW hits were almost entirely in the 1980's.

The following SAW produced hits made it to the top of the UK pop chart:
1985: "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", Dead or Alive
1987: "Respectable", Mel and Kim
1987: "Let It Be", Ferry Aid, a cover of the 1970 Beatles' hit
1987: "Never Gonna Give You Up", Rick Astley (also hit #1 in the U.S.)
1988: "I Should Be So Lucky", Kylie Minogue
1989: "Especially for You", Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
1989: "Too Many Broken Hearts", Jason Donovan
1989: "Hand on Your Heart", Kylie Minogue
1989: "Ferry Cross the Mersey", Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and SAW, a cover of the Gerry and the Pacemakers' 1964 hit
1989: "Sealed with a Kiss", Jason Donovan, a cover of the Brian Hyland single
1989: "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You", Sonia
1989: "Do They Know It's Christmas", Band Aid II
1990: "Tears on My Pillow", Kylie Minogue's cover of the 1958 song by Little Anthony and the Imperials

I stand corrected...... none of it felt like the 80's because as you said the SAW stuff was dire.

Funny how time flies, still preferred the 80's comfortably over the 90's though...... EDIT - particularly 1980 - 85.

I genuinely cannot remember anything of note in the 90's, other than Oasis.

 

[Baldseagull]

I stand corrected...... none of it felt like the 80's because as you said the SAW stuff was dire.

Funny how time flies, still preferred the 80's comfortably over the 90's though...... EDIT - particularly 1980 - 85.

I genuinely cannot remember anything of note in the 90's, other than Oasis.

Surely you must find some of these noteworthy,
Radiohead
Pulp
Manic Street Preachers
Chemical Brothers
Nirvana
Prodigy
Suede
Blur
Ash
Green day
Primal Scream
The Verve
Rage against the Machine
and many more.

 

[sydney]

the sheer volume of inane garbage that is played on commercial radio these days leads me to believe that the more recent years are worse.....lady gaga , nicky minaj , red foo .....i mean what a load of bollocks , sure there is plenty of very good music around but chart or mainstream music is just dire....imho.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Surely you must find some of these noteworthy,
Radiohead
Pulp
Manic Street Preachers
Chemical Brothers
Nirvana
Prodigy
Suede
Blur
Ash
Green day
Primal Scream
The Verve
Rage against the Machine
and many more.

Sorry no, none of those are for me. Pulp arguably the most overrated group of all time, ok, but not great. Arguably you could say the same about the Verve, although its difficult to deny that Ashcroft is a great song writer. Manics, Green Day is every song the same?

Blur lets pretend we're working class but actually went to private schools (or similar), the fact they did so well for me is more a sad indictment of the era.

 

[Baldseagull]

I didn't think you would like them all, but if you can't find a band amongst those I listed that you admire, I suggest you have a very narrow band of appreciation.