Which decade of the past century had the best music?

Question

This would include all kinds of music; rock and roll, country jazz, big band, easy listening-- all kinds.

Answer 1

1940's !!!!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It depends on what you think is the best music. Id say though that the 50s had the best romantic music, the 60s had the best experimental music, the 70s had the best dance music, the 80s had the best pop music the 90s had the best rap music and the 00s have the best collaborations

Answer 4

90s-good dance music, rock goes more corporate than over, hip hop becomes regurgitated
80s-good underground sound, pop was bad, hip hop still bearable, rock becomes regurgitated
70s-same as above, disco, rock began to go corporate punk should have overtaken it
60s-Beatles re-invigorate dying rock, then follow the druggies into making it even worse. Beach/Surf music come out in the beginning, motown comes out in the middle.
50s-Rock and Roll/R&B/DooWop, a great decade as the crooners are put out to pasture
40s-pop music starts to become fun, crooners get the babes but bring about boredom, jazz reinvents itself/goes mainstream (orchestras)

Rest is too early, I can't comment on it.

I'd rank them as follows:

1. 90s (ignoring rock & hip hop)
2. 50s
3. 80s (ignoring most of what made the top 40)
4. 40s
5. 60s
6. 70s (would have rated it higher if the punks had been able to overthrow corporate rock, great goal but 30 years later it still hasn't been pulled off)

Answer 5

depends on who you ask, because today's teen would rarely be able to answer who Glen Miller was, or who the Mamas and the papas were. We are paralyzed (for the most part) by our allegiance to the music around while we are growing up.

A good tool to find out what the average person loves... Take the four years prior and the four years after high school graduation, and in there will be their personal favorites of all time

For me, the big band era and the big chill style 60's and 70's are timeless

Answer 6

To me, the 60's had the best music. The Beatles were experimenting with all kinds of sounds, plus you had Jimi Hendrix, Arlo Gutherie, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Fleetwood Mac, Richie Havens-Different styles of music were meshed together to create some great stuff. A lot of musical genius came into that era, and on into the 70's as well.

Answer 7

60's and the 70's and there are some good ones in the 80's

Answer 8

i would say it's a debate for me between the 80s and 90s but i guess everyone's answer would be subjective also because there was some good songs in the 60s and 70s but i never really listened to them because i was born in 86.

Answer 9

country and jazz had a waking revolution of fantabulious music in the late 40's early 50's

Answer 10

well, I love the 50's.
Doo-Wop
Big Band...30-40.
I may not be the one to answer. I love all music. There is a time and place for all music. I love to meditate to the chanting Priests. Soft instrumental for a soothing bath. Music if life!

Answer 11

60's, 70's and 80's. Music pretty much died with the insertion of rap into the mainstream.