The Worst Musical Decade?

[Hepcat]

Annie:

It somehow seems that post-'50s rock fans have the impression that the rock 'n' roll hits of that era occurred over a long span of time. To understand the importance of this watershed moment in modern history, however, it is necessary to realize that it was only a moment. The great classic rock 'n' roll songs didn't crawl out of the woodwork one at a time, one or two per month; they fell from the sky almost simultaneously. It was, I believe, the relentlessness of this deluge that, in the end, made rock 'n' roll and all that came after it so enduring, so permanent.

The fellow seems to be implying that it came to an end just as quickly. Is this so?

 

[Magic]

I found some neat stuff in the 00's.

Gorillaz
Queens of the Stone Age
Audioslave
Muse
Sigur Ros
Iron & Wine
Staind
Coheed & Cambria
Three Days Grace
Decemberists
Guano Apes

 

[Groovy Man]

All I know is the ''rock'' years of 1956 - 1959 -- Rock & Roll exploded onto the scene....

it was a slow climb, before that...

slowly building, before 1956...

from what I know.

 

[0000]

In response to Annie's post, and the conversation about hte 50s.. I can only speak for myself, but I didn't get the impression that anyone else was taking away the importance of the 50s.. there wouldn't not be these other decades of rock n roll if Buddy Holly or Elvis didn't hop up on the stage, how many covers are there, from the bands we love, of Chuck Berry songs?.. The 50s were definitely pivotal, but they are not the most enjoyable to listen to IMO

 

[AboutAGirl]

I dig the 50s sound. The problem with it is it lacks one crucial innovation: album-oriented recording, and along with it the amount of consideration put into creating an album. Unless you're listening to Jazz, which for the most part I am not. For me the album format is the alpha and omega of music.

 

[0000]

I dig the 50s sound. The problem with it is it lacks one crucial innovation: album-oriented recording, and along with it the amount of consideration put into creating an album. Unless you're listening to Jazz, which for the most part I am not. For me the album format is the alpha and omega of music.

I like the jazz from that decade quite a bit, but I was just referring to rock music, and I too am an album man, but I appreciate singles.. I just have to listen to Side B too

 

[annie]

Annie:

The fellow seems to be implying that it came to an end just as quickly. Is this so?

Yes, it did with the loss of its greats. All that rock 'n' roll is today it owes to a brief window of history: two years, no more than three. After the death of Buddy Holly ("The Day the Music Died") in 1959, rock 'n' roll began declining into a hibernation that left the music nearly dead when compared with the vitality of only a few months earlier. Within little more than a year, Holly, easily the brightest young star of the moment and possibly the wave of the future, was dead, Elvis had been drafted and was stationed in Germany, Chuck Berry was arrested and indicted under the Mann Act for transporting a minor across state lines, Little Richard gave up music to become a preacher, and Jerry Lee Lewis was vilified and ostracized for marrying his underage cousin. And the recording industry was hit with a major scandal over payola schemes between record labels and disc jockeys, a controversy that would bring down some of the most innovative independent studios and revered jockeys, including the legendary Alan Freed himself.

After 1959, the top slots on the charts were handed over to the likes of Paul Anka, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Bobby Rydell, Ricky Nelson, Pat Boone, Bobby Vee, and Frankie Avalon. Rock 'n' roll had crashed and burned.

 

[annie]

All I know is the ''rock'' years of 1956 - 1959 -- Rock & Roll exploded onto the scene....

it was a slow climb, before that...

slowly building, before 1956...

from what I know.

Yes indeed, Bill Haley, Elvis and Chuck Berry were preceded by vital forebears, but 1956 marked the year that first introduced the idea of rock 'n' roll to the world. The R&R big bang was finally accepted by the multitudes and changed the musical world forever.

 

[METALPRIEST]

1990's.....until around the mid to late 90's when metal bands were coming out in full force...and great ones at that. The 2000's have been awesome IMO and in the end...there is something good about every decade but I had to vote.

 

[snakes&ladders]

Def and UNconditionally the 80's.....how can any sane rocker with a little music culture ever get into that dumb and REVOLTING musical decade...I hope the 80s will NEVER happen again....except for as handful of bands like Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Saxon and a few others on the rock and The Knack, Blondie, The Shirts and a few others on the pop side, the 80s were a Reagan/Thatcher - ridden INvolution of music....TOTALLY