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EliSnow

04-27-2006, 07:38 AM

Yesterday, Ron and Fez were talking about the best decades for the various professional sports leagues.  After thinking about that, I was wondering about which decade was best for Rock and Roll.  Cast your vote above.  I thinking either the '60 or '70s was the best decade, but since I was born in the '70's, I'll go with that.
This message was edited by EliSnow on 4-27-06 @ 11:40 AM

TheMojoPin

04-27-2006, 07:44 AM

For JUST "rock 'n' roll?'  I think it almost has to be the 50's and 60's combined, specifically about 1955 until about 1968.  I think a close follow up would be the punk/post-punk era of about 1977-1981.

Plethora

04-27-2006, 07:59 AM

I voted 60's and thought it was a no-brainer... Now I'm rethinking it. It's a deceptively simple question. Maybe it's the nomenclature which kind of sucks. What is Rock? 4/4 with a strong reliance on 12-bar blues? For me, the Velvet Underground might just be the height of musical expression and I think I have always thought of them in the Rock n' Roll camp.... but are they? What about Talking Heads? Or The Doors? And R.E.M.? Much of the song structures of these bands are removed from the 12-bar blues... is it still rock? I think early punk certainly used obvious blues song structures presented in a new way... But what about all the other terrribly muddy sounding genres -- New Wave, Grunge... A very interesting poll I think.

This message was edited by Plethora on 4-27-06 @ 12:01 PM

EliSnow

04-27-2006, 07:59 AM

TheMojoPin wrote: For JUST "rock 'n' roll?'  I think it almost has to be the 50's and 60's combined, specifically about 1955 until about 1968.  I think a close follow up would be the punk/post-punk era of about 1977-1981.Right now, I'd limit it to rock and roll unless others want to expand it.  If we made it "popular music," we'd have to go back to the 1920's to cover a variety of music that was considered "popular music."   If we made it even broader, we'd have to think about Mozart, Beethoven, etc.

EliSnow

04-27-2006, 08:01 AM

Plethora wrote: For me, the Velvet Underground might just be the height of musical expression and I think I have always thought of them in the Rock n' Roll camp.... but are they?  What about Talking Heads?  Or The Doors?  And R.E.M.?  Much of the song structures of these bands are removed from the 12-bar blues... is it still rock? I think early punk certainly used obvious blues song structures presented in a new way... But what about all the other terribly lacking genres -- New Wave, Grunge... A very interesting poll I think.Good points.  I'd consider all the bands mentioned as playing rock and roll, but maybe I'm slaughtering the meaning of the word.  If the band was voted into, or considered for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I think they are eligible for this poll.

This message was edited by EliSnow on 4-27-06 @ 12:02 PM

A.J.

04-27-2006, 08:08 AM

I'd say the 60s simply for the competition and innovation that occurred in that decade.But we all know rock achieved perfection in 1974.

badorties

04-27-2006, 08:29 AM

TheMojoPin wrote: For JUST "rock 'n' roll?'  I think it almost has to be the 50's and 60's combined, specifically about 1955 until about 1968.  I think a close follow up would be the punk/post-punk era of about 1977-1981.i'd agree with that time period ... before things got all niche, and needlessly complicated

booster11373

04-27-2006, 08:37 AM

Thats a tough call. All decades had merit so I'm picking 1975 to 1985 (I know its cheating) you had a little bit of everything most of it good. Funk was big in the late 70's, Punk was just around the corner in 76/77. even though I was'nt a big fan Arena rock was huge. Post punk and New wave were early 80's