vitriol said:

Spinlight said:

Wouldn't the last year of a decade be '-9?

When I was in school decades had TEN years. I'm unsure if this has changed now...

Well, they do. But counting begins at zero, not at one. That's why we say 1, 2, 3... and so on rather than 2, 3, 4... and so on.

And Emancipation89 put it more eloquently.

Spinlight said:

vitriol said:

When I was in school decades had TEN years. I'm unsure if this has changed now...

Well, they do. But counting begins at zero, not at one. That's why we say 1, 2, 3... and so on rather than 2, 3, 4... and so on.

And Emancipation89 put it more eloquently.

There's also the point that the 70's are usually distinguished as being years that include the number 7.

electricberet said:

Spinlight said:

Well, they do. But counting begins at zero, not at one. That's why we say 1, 2, 3... and so on rather than 2, 3, 4... and so on.

And Emancipation89 put it more eloquently.

There's also the point that the 70's are usually distinguished as being years that include the number 7.

I didn't think of that, but you're right.

For You 8/10

Prince 8/10

thedance said:

For You 8/10

Prince 8/10

That's a close one.

Adorecream said:

Lol, time to do the millenium stuff.

Here goes

1. Prince B

2. For You C+

3. Minneapolis Genius/94 East/ Symbolic Beginnings/ Whatever its been released as each 5 or 6 years D (Only Just another sucker, one man jam, games and if you feel like dancing are listenable), just another sucker is the best song and I suspect he actually recorded it in Late 1978/early 79 (According to Per Nilsen0, Games and One Mna Jam are much older like late 1975

I'm Sorry, But I have 2 give

"Prince" B+

"For You" A- (only becuz of "So Blue," But i can listen 2 that album backwards y 4wards in my sleep)

"94 East" C

I agree, when you say 70s, you are referring to years with a 7 in their digits preferably the third, theres no 7s in 1980, so its not seventies, its eighties.

Besides Dirty Mind's raw punk funk sound is very different from the poppy discoey fluff of the two 70s albums anyway. Dirty Mind is light years beyond them.

Adorecream said:

Emancipation89 said:

vitriol said:

When I was in school decades had TEN years. I'm unsure if this has changed now...

Is that supposed to be a joke?

TEN years = 120 months

1970 January ~ 1970 December = 12 months

1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

one , two , three, four, five, six , seven, eight, nine, ten

12 months X 10 = 120 months = 10 yrs

Keep up grandpa^_^!!

^Don't be so stupid, stupid!

Time started counting when that fucking Jesus Christ was born. And it started counting from YEAR ONE ONWARDS.

So, JC became 10 in year 10.

That's why 1980 is the LAST year of a decade that started in 1971 and that's why 2000 was the last year of a century that started in 1991 and of a millenium that started in 1901.

S-M-A-R-T-A-S-S...

[Edited 4/22/11 4:35am]

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Adorecream said:

I agree, when you say 70s, you are referring to years with a 7 in their digits preferably the third, theres no 7s in 1980, so its not seventies, its eighties.

Besides Dirty Mind's raw punk funk sound is very different from the poppy discoey fluff of the two 70s albums anyway. Dirty Mind is light years beyond them.

So then 'sign o the times'?

Perhaps a better definition would be: years that, when you say them out loud, require you to say "seventy."

vitriol said:

Emancipation89 said:

Is that supposed to be a joke?

TEN years = 120 months

1970 January ~ 1970 December = 12 months

1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

one , two , three, four, five, six , seven, eight, nine, ten

12 months X 10 = 120 months = 10 yrs

Keep up grandpa^_^!!

^Don't be so stupid, stupid!

Time started counting when that fucking Jesus Christ was born. And it started counting from YEAR ONE ONWARDS.

So, JC became 10 in year 10.

That's why 1980 is the LAST year of a decade that started in 1971 and that's why 2000 was the last year of a century that started in 1991 and of a millenium that started in 1901.

S-M-A-R-T-A-S-S...

[Edited 4/22/11 4:35am]

1991-2000 is a little short of a century! by your definition i'm over 300 years old!!

Oh yes!

I meant century= 1901 to 2000 and millenium= 1001 to 2000

Decades are from, say 1970-1979 because it doesn't make any sense to say that 1980 is part of the 1970's. But centuries are from 1901-2000. Thinking that the 20th century was from 1900 to 1999 is a mistake almost everyone seems to make.

vitriol said:

Emancipation89 said:

Is that supposed to be a joke?

TEN years = 120 months

1970 January ~ 1970 December = 12 months

1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

one , two , three, four, five, six , seven, eight, nine, ten

12 months X 10 = 120 months = 10 yrs

Keep up grandpa^_^!!

^Don't be so stupid, stupid!

Time started counting when that fucking Jesus Christ was born. And it started counting from YEAR ONE ONWARDS.

So, JC became 10 in year 10.

That's why 1980 is the LAST year of a decade that started in 1971 and that's why 2000 was the last year of a century that started in 1991 and of a millenium that started in 1901.

S-M-A-R-T-A-S-S...

[Edited 4/22/11 4:35am]

from wiki

The way we speak about the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s etc. is a cultural convention and has nothing to do with whether the first year was zero or one. It's just a way to distinguish a period of ten years and is not based on any other mathematical rule than that. It's true that "full decades" would start "one year later", but when we speak of "the 70s" we clearly refer to the cultural convention and it's not by validated by how many "full sets of ten years" there has been. That's irrelevant to the concept.

I like For You more than Prince. It's less vanilla.

electricberet said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Adorecream said: So then 'sign o the times'?

Perhaps a better definition would be: years that, when you say them out loud, require you to say "seventy."

see I make a little joke and the topic derails! (like the one about seeing Prince's "twidder"

oh well... (and we need to do another meet up soon, that was a good time)

OnlyNDaUsa said:

electricberet said:

Perhaps a better definition would be: years that, when you say them out loud, require you to say "seventy."

see I make a little joke and the topic derails! (like the one about seeing Prince's "twidder"

oh well... (and we need to do another meet up soon, that was a good time)

I liked your joke. As org debates go, this one strikes me as particularly inane. Prince needs to release a new album or something so that we have news to discuss instead of debating when the 1970s ended.

Then, saying 'the seventies' means 1970 to 1979 (and on that regard the thread title specifies the 70s) so you're right on this one.

But saying 'the 7th decade of the 20th century' would mean 1971-1980.

Time counting as we know it knowadays (well, for the last 2011 years...) started on year 1, not on year 0. So, the year 10 was the tenth year of the first decade of the former millenium.

So I was right on that.

vitriol said:

Then, saying 'the seventies' means 1970 to 1979 (and on that regard the thread title specifies the 70s) so you're right on this one.

But saying 'the 7th decade of the 20th century' would mean 1971-1980.

Time counting as we know it knowadays (well, for the last 2011 years...) started on year 1, not on year 0. So, the year 10 was the tenth year of the first decade of the former millenium.

So I was right on that.

What a relief to have this settled.

electricberet said:

vitriol said:

Then, saying 'the seventies' means 1970 to 1979 (and on that regard the thread title specifies the 70s) so you're right on this one.

But saying 'the 7th decade of the 20th century' would mean 1971-1980.

Time counting as we know it knowadays (well, for the last 2011 years...) started on year 1, not on year 0. So, the year 10 was the tenth year of the first decade of the former millenium.

So I was right on that.

What a relief to have this settled.

i know right! maybe tonight I will get som sleep!

Emancipation89 said:

vitriol said:

When I was in school decades had TEN years. I'm unsure if this has changed now...

Is that supposed to be a joke?

TEN years = 120 months

1970 January ~ 1970 December = 12 months

1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

one , two , three, four, five, six , seven, eight, nine, ten

12 months X 10 = 120 months = 10 yrs

Keep up grandpa^_^!!

wtf ???????????

so does anyone want to start a 'rate his 2010's albums' thread then?

1) -

2) 20ten

jaawwnn said:

so does anyone want to start a 'rate his 2010's albums' thread then?

1) -

2) 20ten

hhhhdmt said:

jaawwnn said:

so does anyone want to start a 'rate his 2010's albums' thread then?

1) -

2) 20ten

jaawwnn said:

so does anyone want to start a 'rate his 2010's albums' thread then?

1) -

2) 20ten

you've massively overrated 20ten in my humble opinion!!

jaawwnn said:

so does anyone want to start a 'rate his 2010's albums' thread then?

1) -

2) 20ten

You wrong for that.

vitriol said:

As a whole, I also prefer 'For You' to 'Prince'.

The only thing I don't like on 'For You' is 'I'm Yours'.

vitriol said:

!

^Don't be so stupid, stupid!

Time started counting when that fucking Jesus Christ was born. And it started counting from YEAR ONE ONWARDS.

So, JC became 10 in year 10.

That's why 1980 is the LAST year of a decade that started in 1971 and that's why 2000 was the last year of a century that started in 1991 and of a millenium that started in 1901.

S-M-A-R-T-A-S-S...

[Edited 4/22/11 4:35am]

WTF?

That's absolutely true. There's a tendency to consider the last year of a decade as the first one of the next one.

So that makes DM by far his best album of the 70s.

When I was in school decades had TEN years. I'm unsure if this has changed now..

^ This is what you originally said. DM is your favorite album of the 70s. And then you tried to support your claim by saying a decade includes TEN years. I believe all I pointed out was a DECADE still means 10 years, and the fact that 70s has exactly 10 fucking years.

Besides the original question was RANK THE 70s ALBUMS and you said DM is Prince's best album of the 70s. Are you just trying to play dumb and pretend as if you don't understand what '70s' means?

myloveis4ever said:

Emancipation89 said:

Is that supposed to be a joke?

TEN years = 120 months

1970 January ~ 1970 December = 12 months

1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

one , two , three, four, five, six , seven, eight, nine, ten

12 months X 10 = 120 months = 10 yrs

Keep up grandpa^_^!!

wtf ???????????

WTF WHAT?