OT: Singers or Bands That Define a Decade
Happy Sunday everyone. Kinda of a slow morning what with Harbaugh not able to land any new commitments in the past several hours (slacker) and no new developments on the completely idiotic VERY IMPORTANT subject of air pressure in footballs so I thought I'd pose a question to the board.
If I was to play word association with you on which singer or band immediately comes to mind for a particular decade what would you say? For me the 50's - 80's is pretty easy but then in the 90's and beyond it becomes a bit harder to just pick one. Here is my list - what's yours look like?
1950's - Elvis
1960's - The Beatles
1970's - The Bee Gees
1980s - Michael Jackson
1990's - Nirvana (small portfolio-big impact)
2000's - Eminem
2010's - Kanye West, Rihanna, Katy Perry? (This decade has me stumped)
January 25th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
My avatar basically approves of your list, but wonders whether the second entry doesn't deserve a list of its own.
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January 25th, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^
I will just jump in on the 80s and say Michael owned the 80s
90s began a lot of fusion of hip hop/rap and the exlosion of boy bands... sadly, though none of us like them too much the spice girls probably sold more records and made more money touring in the 90s than anyone else...
00s go to kanye for his work with different performers and his albums...
10s I think are Taylor Swifts... which is deppressing, but she is So Hot Right now! and her albums have reflected what was popular in pop music.
just some ideas...
for me I think:
Aerosmith = 70s
Metallica/guns n roses = 80s
Seattle/West coast hip hop (dre, snoop) = 90s
Eminem/kanye = 00s
Roc Nation vs. young money = 10s
again, great topic.
jdon
January 25th, 2015 at 11:37 AM ^
MJ didn't own the 80s I lived in.
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January 25th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
Did you have a radio or MTV? Cause he was wall to wall on everything I had on.
January 25th, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^
Yeah, there were many hours on MTV in its formative years where a significant portion of the hour featured selections from "Off The Wall" (pre-MTV, but videos existed for a few songs), "Thriller" or later on, "Bad". Having grown up being babysat by MTV sometimes (it was one of the few stations my parents knew I would just sit down and watch), Jackson weighs significant on memories of television time for me.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:41 AM ^
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hate him all you want but from his work with Jay to his incorporation to strings, to collabs with Daft Punk, to founding GOOD, the man has been on the forfront of rap/hip hop/pop music for a while now...
not to mention that MBDTF is seen as one of the best, if not the best, albums ever... and that is after late registration changed the game.
you may not like him, but dude is dominant
jdon
January 25th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
I don't understand the hate of him as a musician. He might don the persona of an asshole, but you can't deny that he is at the forefront of music.
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Kanye defined how to slay booty:
January 25th, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
List like these are so subjective but if looking soley at popularity, these singers/bands were the greatest of their decades. It's actually quite fascinating.
1950s
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Miles Davis
Perry Como
1960s
The Beatles
Elvis Presley
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
The Beach Boys
1970s
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Abba
Led Zeppelin
1980s
Prince
Madonna
U2
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
1990s
Mariah Carey
Madonna
Celine Dion
REM
U2
2000s
Eminem
Madonna
Britney Spears
Coldplay
U2
Those these are not my favorite artists of the eras, my personal list is:
1950s - Chuck Berry
1960s - Beatles
1970s- Pink Floyd
1980s - U2
1990s - Nirvana
2000s - Dr. Dre
2010s - ??????
January 25th, 2015 at 4:56 PM ^
I do like the Who a little more than Pink Floyd but that is splitting hairs.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
But don't deny that NIrvana was the band and sound everyone tried to cover or emulate
I heard covers of Smells Like Teen Spirit 100 times more than Jeremy.
January 25th, 2015 at 12:55 PM ^
January 26th, 2015 at 12:58 AM ^
BS, Nirvana was heads and shoulders above PJ, WHEN Kurt was alive. Nirvana gets the nod by everyone because they were the ERA.
January 26th, 2015 at 2:11 AM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 11:49 AM ^
"Define a Decade"
- 50s: Elvis
- 60s: Beatles
- 70s: Zeppelin and Stones
- 80s: Michael, Springsteen, Madonna
- 90s: Garth Brooks
- 00s: Eminem
- 10s: too early...I mean, the decade's only half over, folks. Seriously, if Robin Thicke does one more hit, he could take it over.
Hard to believe that no one put country music in the 90s. Shania Twain had the best-selling album of the decade, and Garth had three of the top ten. Country music exploded into the mainstream, so much so that country artists appeared on SNL at a rate like never before, country-themed restaurants came on board (Lone Star Steakhouse, Cracker Barrel), and CMT/GMT became sustainable cable channels. The yuppies of the day wore cowboy boots and ten-gallon hats and went to country bars. NASCAR might owe some of its popularity to country music. All of this due to NAFTA and outsourcing of manufacturing, as well as Toyota and Honda manufacturing in the south, such that a lot of folks left the rust belt for the sun belt.
Now, I can take really good country in small doses, but by no means am I a fan.
As for the list, I'd like to list my personal influences (that aren't on the list above) from each decade:
- 50s: Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis
- 60s: sorry, can't come up with any others--not into the psychadelic stuff and prefer the early Beatles to the later
- 70s: CCR (nine #2 hits and many other great songs)
- 80s: U2, Mellencamp, Run DMC
- 90s: Bell Biv DeVoe. They started what I consider "hip hop," as the style of dancing had as much to do with it as the style of music--it became so popular that all rap stole the term and is now applied incorrectly, imo. When I think of hip hop, I think of the Live Girls from the TV show "In Living Color."
- 00s and on: turned 30 and by rule stopped listening to current music. If you're over 30 and listening to popular music, grow up (j/k).
January 25th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
Considering his biggest hit was shamelessly reworking a Marvin Gaye song.
January 25th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^
can't believe I had to read 100+ comments before someone mentioned CCR.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:50 AM ^
According to Tsort.info, who take a very statistical approach, the most successful artists on the charts of each decade are:
50s Elvis
60s Beatles
70s Elton John
80s Prince
90s Mariah Carey
00s Eminem
Of note, Madonna is 2nd place and U2 was in the top 5 for 3 decades (80s, 90s, 00s).
January 25th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
How does Michael Jackson not win the 1980's?
I love Prince though
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No Jay-Z for the 90s-2000s? We need a few more years for the 2010s, but I'm leaning on Kanye currently.
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My personal list (not complete by any means, but acts that jump out to me):
80's - Rolling Stones; Ozzy Osbourne; Judas Priest; hardcore (Fugazi, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Flag, etc.); hair metal (Cinderella, Poison, Motley Crue, Night Ranger); Megadeth; Metallica; Depeche Mode; New Order; Bauhaus; Love and Rockets; REM; Grateful Dead; Husker Du; The The; PIL; The Smiths; Duran Duran; Rush; U2
90's - Pearl Jam; Soundgarden; Nirvana; Radiohead; Korn; RATM; Alice in Chains; The Verve; Oasis; Tool; Foo Fighters; NWA
00's - Foo Fighters; Radiohead; Sublime
10's - Things have gone to just listening to the above music. I live in a cave, and new things scare me. Get off my lawn!
January 25th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
Now for some real laughs, who I think were the defining acts of each decade:
50's - Elvis
60's - Beatles
70's - Led Zeppelin
80's - Michael Jackson, Madonna, or U2
90's - U2, Pearl Jam
00's - hell if I know...I was fully rejecting popular culture at this point (meaning, I wasn't listening to the radio)
10's - see 00's above
January 25th, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
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January 25th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
yet they seemed to be a force throughout much of the last half of the 20th Century. But, I'll agree, they didn't define any particular period, per se.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
I love Zeppelin; Jimmy Page just shreds
Probably some love for Bob Dylan in the 1960's, yes? If only for contributing to the musical growth of the Beatles. HIs poetry was amazing too.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
Also, is this just the U.S.? Sex Pistols and the Clash? Before my time, but they seemed to have an impact on later bands. And I'm not a big fan of him, but Bob Dylan. And of course Pink Floyd.
January 25th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
Do you mean the greatest of that era or one that encapsulates it?
If the latter, I have to go with Motley Crue for the 80s b/c that decade was so stupid.
The Beatles are the obvious choice for the 60s. Started out as youthful and energetic, turning psychedelic (and setting back music for 10 years in the process), eventually becoming self-absorbed and then falling a part.
For the 70s I'd go with the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, sex & drugs.
For the 50s I'd go with Buddy Holly. Perfectly wholesome exterior but a bit more real underneath.
January 25th, 2015 at 12:00 PM ^
January 25th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
Nirvana came on to the scene like a damn hurricane, and the way they went out will ensure that they always remain that same wild trio that turned rock on its head.
January 25th, 2015 at 12:19 PM ^
They were a band that made everyone change how they played rock music.
Being Canadian, another band that was the defacto sound fo the 90's was The Tragically Hip.
Their first 4 major albums: Up to Here, Road Apples, Fully Completely and Day for Night defined Canadian music for the decade.
You couldn't avoid tripping over a cover band all through the 90s and early 2000s. Their sound and style seemed so unique when compared to what was on American radio stations, they sort of became the Canadian alternative to all those slickly produced American post grunge bands of the 1990s.
Even right now, I have a mix of them, The Black Keys, Mathew Good Band, Muse and the Killers playing while I type this.
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