The Worst Musical Decade?

[Groovy Man]

The 2000's - nothing really great happened.

The 00's made the 80's and 90's look like the 60's and 70's, as far as quality and quantity.

The 50's were great, but nowadays most music fans don't check out that decade anymore, especially the kiddies, which is a shame.

But, I'll be honest, I didn't fully get into the 50's full force until I got older. As a matter a fact, my 50's music collection is still growing. The 50's were a fantastic decade for music.

 

[Death on Credit]

The 50's were a fantastic decade for music.

Yes, they were. It's a shame that Buddy Holly's main claim to fame among the people of my generation is as the title of a Weezer song.

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

It's a shame that Buddy Holly's main claim to fame among the people of my generation is as the title of a Weezer song.

It's a good song though.

 

[gregjohnson1229]

Yes, they were. It's a shame that Buddy Holly's main claim to fame among the people of my generation is as the title of a Weezer song.

I BTW love Buddy Holly.

 

[Gabble Ratchet]

Probably the 50's just edging out the 90's IMO. The 50's were important as the birth of rock n' roll, but to my ears it's all too primitive and low quality, aside from some notable exceptions.

 

[Zombeels]

80's

 

[AboutAGirl]

I went with the 00s. I easily would have gone with the 80s in the past, but they had a couple good things going on, Metallica, Pixies, Mayhem. The 00s give us Immortal Technique, who I'd probably consider the fourth greatest artist of all-time, but besides that they're virtually bone dry. I hope someday I'll discover the Pixies and Mayhem of the 00s but as it stands I can't stomach absolutely any of the musical trends from the 00s, they all exist in stark contrast to everything I dig about music. Other than Technique's, all my favorite albums from the 00s are from bands who formed earlier... many of them having formed 20, 30+ years prior.

The REALLY funny thing is: I own more records from the 00s than any other decade, handily! And I barely like any of them. But during my metal phase I just went completely crazy and bought album after album after album, believing that I would find the magical metal band that would sweep me off my feet, and believing that if I properly nurtured the bands I sort-of-kind-of liked (by buying more and more of their records), they would rise to the magical level. Lo and behold, I DID find that magical band... and, what SHOULD have come as no surprise what-so-ever, they're from the 1990s. Also no surprise, ALL of my favorite metal bands ended up being pre-00s. Although, to be fair, my all-time favorite Death Metal album is from the 00s: Once Was Not by Cryptopsy. But Cryptopsy is a 90s band.

Also, I applied that same ideology to the other things I was getting into at the time, like rap. I was just so desperate to find my next favorite bands.

 

[Magic]

I am like you AAG, I have and still am amassing a huge variety of 00's bands from alternative to death metal, looking for something that really honks my horns. I have found quite a bit of music that sounds really good, but nothing yet that I just want to listen to over and over. Strangely, though, what has appealed to me has come from Belgium or Sweden.

 

[LG]

Whatever decade spawned Rap and Hip-Hop for me, the most banal form of music ever recorded.

 

[The Clairvoyant]

I voted the 90s....the era of depressing ***** and a lot of the bands I love thought they had to cut their hair and grow goatees and shit. To me, Nirvana sucked big time.