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Music Appreciation
In reply to the discussion: Of these... What's your favorite decade for music? [View all]StClone
(11,690 posts)37. It may be me but, I find few current songs (last 5-10+ years) worth singing along with.
They have no catchiness, in beat or lyric, which pulls me into tapping my toes or vocalizing along with. Even featured stars like Taylor Swift, and Adel, and much of rap. They may have caught your ear on some interesting, if not odd, reason but once they were removed I am not left feeling uplifted.
Throw on anything, for instance, by Phil Collins, Carly Simon, The Sundays and there is an instant groove. Is it that music of today is focused to appeal to a few whereas the '70s to 00's music is built for a wider appeal? Built on primal senses of beat, feelings, and tones?
On Edit, I also am partial to a lot of musicians: Doobie Brothers (Michael McDonald), Smashing Pumpkins, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, some old country...
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There isn't one. Mine would be 1964-1974. That gets the first Beatles album in, and what I consider
brewens
Nov 2021
#4
I enjoyed many of their later albums, but with Mick Taylor in the band, they were at their
brewens
Nov 2021
#9
I know, it's difficult. When listening to Sirius/XM, I tend to gravitate mostly to the 70's channel.
NurseJackie
Nov 2021
#6
60's, Some of the 70's (especially punk and soul), 80's and the first half of the nineties.
chowder66
Nov 2021
#14
"Kind of Blue" was recorded in 1959. It changed the world forever. Personally...
NNadir
Nov 2021
#18
Maybe, but Sketches Of Spain is my fave Miles record. Yeah, yeah, Gil Evans.. n/t
TeamProg
Nov 2021
#21
90s without question. The best decade in terms of diversity out there.
Drunken Irishman
Nov 2021
#31
It may be me but, I find few current songs (last 5-10+ years) worth singing along with.
StClone
Nov 2021
#37
It was a difficult choice for me too. I've seen a couple of discussion forums...
NurseJackie
Nov 2021
#49