the eighties was the best music decade ever, everone was at their peak, Prince, Michael, Maddonna, Springsteen, beginning of rap, even big hair heavy metal headbanging was at its peak, all of this at once!, even music that I thought sucked back then sounds good to todays new music, apart from a few artists todays music sucks, anything thats good usually has some kind of eigties sample, I cannot believe some of the rap songs are actually on the radio, whispering rap? I cannot remember the last rap song that I liked, any comments?

4nowneway said:

you are so right even the music i didnt like in the 80's (which was very little) sounds great compared to whats out there! if i look at a billboard top 40 chart from 1984 i would say i like maybe 35 of the songs if i look at this weeks top 40 chart i may like 1 if i'm lucky ..man how things have changed

The 90's was the best for Hip-Hop Rakim gave birth to Mc's that made it a art . No cat in the hat rhymes anymore .

Wu-Tang
Nas
Big
Emenem
Snoop

That era gave birth to the best
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Veego said:

wouldnt eminem be considered more of a 2000's artist?

hellomoto said:

He dropped in 1999

70s

i dont think the 2000's are that bad, well at least from 2000 - 2003. and there are a couple of songs here and there from 2004 and 2005 that are pretty good. my biggest problem with this decade is all the sampling. its like 70 per cent of songs these days has a sample of some kind, it really bugs me, shows what lack of creativity there is. id have to agree with cloudy and say 70's is probably the best, with the 80's following, then 90's and 60's tied. i always put 50's bottom of the list, but thats because i havent heard much from the decade, mainly just elvis and some rock n roll songs here and there.

80s best? Sorry, but FUCK NO!

Madonna for example might not be that bad, but even at her peak she ain't got nothing on Bowie, Stevie, James, Sly, The Beatles at their peak. So if she's one of your argument for the 80s, I cannot agree. I think the 80s sucked pretty much. Prince kinda saved that decade for me.

calldapplwondery83 said:

i thought you were an mj fan? maybe i got the wrong guy

4nowneway said:

Oh hell yeah, 80's music rocked (and still does). Shoot, even rap music was better back in the 80's. Why is that?

60's

80's!

psychodelicide said:

Rap wasnt all about killin and sex back then.

My favorites are in this order:

1. 1980-1984 (practically everything, both fast and slow)
2. 1970s (especially the mid to late 1970s)
3. 1985-1989 (fast jams only, the slow songs from this era sucked)
4. 1990-1993 (house music and uptempo "Miami Bass" type rap only)
5. 1960s

The majority of the 1990s and 2000s, they can keep because these years were a damn disgrace.

4nowneway said:

Please. Music being deemed the best at whatever time is all very very much subjective. You will be hard pressed to find anyone who feels music of a different era other then their own formative years being heralded as the best.


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hellomoto said:

I like his stuff, but mainly pre-1980 and Dangerous and some songs from History. Thriller of course is good as well, but it cannot save a whole decade. I haven't listened to Bad in ages.
The main thing that distracts me from the 80s is the sound. Awful.
And one of the worst things to happen to music was the drum machine, IMO. Of course, Prince and some others could work it, but generally, it just made (party/dance) music stiff and dull.

Stax said:

definitely

DiamondGirl said:

I couldn't pick a best decade.
If I had to pick it would either be
the 20's
or
the 60's
or
the 80's.
Those 3 decades were periods of bountiful bursting at the seams music.
I couldn't pick just one.

heartbeatocean said:

Bartender, make that a TRIPLE!


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

I love the 80s even I was a child then and still I remember the songs from the late eighties but later on in the 90s, I was exposed to the music from 1980-86.

The five top reason why I like the 80s

1. 1980-84 mostly funk and also fast r&b like Zapp & Roger, Rick James, Cameo, Evelyn Champaign, George Clinton, Gap Band, and much more.
2. 1980-86 Hey you can't know the 80s culture without know about early hip hop and electro music. I like artist and groups like Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, JImmy Spicer, Afrika Bambataa, WHodini, and Roxanne Shante.
3. 1987-89 early sound of New Jack Swing like Guy and Teddy Riley, Levert's Just Coolin, Al B. Sure, Today, and more.
4. 1985-86 well a lot of slow and r&b songs were out like Atlantic Starr, Ready for the World,
and finally
5. 1980-86? I know Morris Day and the time sang of didn't like New Wave, but well I do. And also I like other artists of the English Pop sound too.

I like the 90s a lot but this topic isn't about it.

The 80's was the best decade, if no other reason than the variety of music that was offered. But IMO, the absolute best in Music came between 1975 and 1985.

The 70s with RnB at its best gets my vote!!!

angela74 said:

Ya know, you're absolutely right. 80's rap was fun back then, now all that's changed (and not for the better, I'm afraid).

Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

Watch out, you might get what you're after
Cool babies, strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight, wait till the party's over
Hold tight, We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

For me...that was the song of the decade...."Talking Heads" were surreal in muscical expression..David Byrne...a true "freakazoid"....

Speaking In Tongues - 1983 Sire
7 (10)
Best song: Burning Down The House

I would have to agree. Here would be my personal pecking order:

1980s
1970s
2000s
1990s
1960s
1950s

80s the best. The whole look and feel to it...

But my favourite rock music was from 70s so it's a close follower

80's

Madonna
Queen
MJ
Prince
Human League
Depeche Mode
PSB
PWL Kylie
Bananarama

It would be a tie with me as far as my favorite decade. I like 70s and 80 as far as R&B music.Particully r&b music from 1980 to 87 in r&b. Rap 85 to 89. every year in the 70s for r & b. The 1990s is okay. 2000 to now is here and there.

80's...NOT!