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List your ONE favorite artist or band from each decade in this thread
I'll start it off:
1930-Benny Goodman (I dig the swing )
1940-Frank Sinatra-Like the next guy, can anyone touch this guy? (But the Inkspots were most awesome as well!)
1950's-Geesh, probably Elvis Presley, mainly due to lack of competition
1960's-The Doors (Hands down, these guys just flat-out owned this decade, and given the music of the decade, that says a lot I guess thats what happens when you get a jazz drummer, a delta blues guitarist, a classically trained organist, and a certfiably insane near-genius madman on the vocals)
1970's-Queen (Tough choice between Floyd and Queen, but, I gotta give it to Queen, in a decade of crap, they really took music to the next level and Mercury is just untouchable as a frontman)
1980's-Metallica (Ok, I know Megadeth was 10x's better in every respect, but c'mon, its Metallica!)
1990's-Alice In Chains (Since no one's heard of Mr. Bungle, I'm gonna go with Alice here Staley's voice just give me the shakes everytime I hear it).
2000's-System of a Down-(Well, the decade isn't over yet, but I'm pretty sure no one is going to topple these guys. They just keep releasing album after album of mindblowing, headdbanging experimental yet strangely melodic and catchy material).
Chuck Berry had to be pretty cool for the 50's.
Not to offend, but I kinow I will since they were extremely popular, but if Metalica was the best for the 80's, that must have been an really bad time to be going to concerts. I saw them once backup Raven ,and they were just ok. Kirk was not the right man for the job. Evrybody else did play good enough. Out of hundreds of bands I saw, they were not better than one headliner in the 70's. How sad is that for the 80's. Maybe they got better. Didn't Priest, Iron Maiden, AC/DC,Queensryche, the Scorpions,etc. still tour. Dammn, I know there were better bands...
I must be old, I never even heard of System of a Down.???????
40's - Frank works for me although I think he was at his best with Nelson Riddle's strings which was probably the early 50's
50's - It has to be Presley. Chuck was great too as was Gene Vincent (my personal favourite) but it has to be presley
60's - Dylan & The Band.
70's - There were loads - The Clash for my vote but bands like television where pretty damn cool. Queen did great work too. Van Halen are surely worth a mention.
80's - I agree with Ulny. Metallica absolutely shock the HM scene in the 80's. And for the record I don't recall anyone really knocking kirk until the nineties. He was pretty cool back then. Metallica were one of the tightest bands I had ever heard and live they had a no bullshit attitude which was really refreshing. they have a lot of people knock them these days but that seems to be more personality based than musical. Napster changed all that though - and some of these http://www.campchaos.com/show.php?iID=21 are pretty funny
90's - U2. I think they have done very consistent work and have maintained a pretty credible and popular presence. I can't think of many bands who have not had a line up change in over 20 years that are still pumping out hit after hit.
00's - the Jury is still out on this for me
Cool thread unly
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This is a cool thread and please don't think I don't believe Metallica can jam, but Kirk lags as a guitarist for me. Glenn Tipton would have been a dream replacement, but that is just my style. Went to System web site.... think a dog barking is cooler, but hey, what do I know, I think Randy Rhoads used to jam...
lol I wasn't having a pop at you mate. I just remember metallica back in the day is all. I hated HM at the time and even I bought their first 5lps (on vinyl too )
__________________ "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
You got me good, but you did speak some truth. They did bring tight rhythem to a new level, but all I meant was it was not nothing Priest, Maiden, Rhoads, and Accept did to some form prior to Metalica. Hell, I even like Nirvana now and then as before I could not stand them.
Elvis was king, just meant that Chuck was up there as well.
The 80's has to include Michael Jackson as a top entertainer of, I mean folks.
Chuck Berry had to be pretty cool for the 50's.
Not to offend, but I kinow I will since they were extremely popular, but if Metalica was the best for the 80's, that must have been an really bad time to be going to concerts.
Well I was in high school in the 80's and went to many concerts and yeah I like Metallica but they were far from the best band or concert. The best live bands in the 80's were Van Halen, Judas Priest, Queensryche, Dokken, Ozzy, Ratt, Scorpions, Motley Crue, and many more. Metallica was good live but not the best by any stretch.
I think I'd go for people who changed things dramatically in their time so I wouldn't disagree with a lot of things already mentioned...I'd just mention more.
1930's...I wouldn't have a clue about to be honest but Robert Johnson did stuff with the guitar but I bet there were many more who have never been heard of simply because news didn't travel and if guitarists didn't travel to big cities like Chicago to play in clubs, they'd be invisible and unknown.
1940's...Big Band era, prohibition and all that. Hard times with WWII. No names spring to mind
1950's...Presley started a revolution that maybe had got some ground swing from the likes of Bill Haley but he marketed it on LOOKS as well as talent and the little girls knew what it was all about
1960's...well...Hendrix, The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Jefferson Airplane were doing their thing in SF...How do you choose???
1970's...a strange decade. Disco and Van Halen I sharing the charts!! Early part was Bowie, Elton John, Sweet, Mud, Slade, Gary bloody Glitter! In the US Alice Cooper was bringing stuff that Blackie Lawless and Marilyn Manson would 'borrow' at a distant point. Towards the middle-end Queen and Sex Pistols. Yes and The Damned! Led Zeppelin losing their dominance to The Boomtown Rats? XTC? Elvis Costello? Thin Lizzy? God, don't forget Rush releasing SO many great albums...Caress Of Steel, 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves at the very end of the decade?????
1980's...hmmm, I always (and still) thought Metallica were one of the weakest points of a movement I was part of. At the time it would have been Motorhead, Tank, Venom, Raven, Jaguar, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Diamond Head, Maiden, Leppard, Saxon etc in the UK making the noise. In the States I would have thought Anthrax, Megadeth, Armoured Saint, Queensryche early stuff, Voivod, Anvil, Testament...even Riot (the first lot) that were making waves...Metallica just rode in on them but I understand that it's always about lucky breaks that makes a name (think Marillion and why IQ and maybe Pallas didn't get the same breaks).
These bands were around at the same time as Ozzy with Jake E, Y&T, WASP, Dokken in the US as well as Gary Moore, Magnum, UFO, Grand Prix, Terraplane and 100's more were making a pre-'hair' metal melodic sound. Then Crue, Ratt, Warrant, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Winger, Bullet Boys...wow, the list goes on forever!
I couldn't even begin to pick a band from the 80's!
90's...Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden had a profound effect on what kids bought in the '90's but Aerosmith, G 'n R' kept a hard-rock sound flying where others floundered and tried to change their sound to adapt.
00's? Same as Porty, nothing has carried me as much as the 80's in terms of output and nobody is doing anything really 'out there'. Progressive music is more retro-gressive with the likes of Spock's Beard being this decade's Genesis, Dream Theater ruling the genre but I'm starting to think they are treading water. In the UK, the bands that interest me are Porcupine Tree and Muse for thoughtful music. Freak Kitchen do it for me in Swedish!!! Songwriters will always be justified and Kelly Joe Phelps, John Mayer and even Sting is becoming more relevant as I get older. I've been lsitening and loving and playing music since the late 60's and my MP3 player has 7,000+ songs on it...but very little is from this decade.
Great thread that has got me thinking about another one...
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Ray Charles is a good call but he never made an impact until the 50's I believe he was in a band before then .. the Maxims or the Maxims trio and they did have one hit in the 40's but it was 1949 and he never really had an impact on the 40's whatsoever. IIRC he wasn't really known until the mid 50s. The guy is a legend though and he really come of age in his late 20's and never looked back. I actually love the fact he was the first Black Guy to go country. Some of his jazz moments were pretty damn special too.
As I say - good call.
__________________ "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"
Yeah i wasnt sure if he was making it big in the 40's or not. i was born in 1985 so going back that far and recognising names isnt easy for me lol.
but yeah. my dad got a Ray Charles 2CD collection a few years ago and theres some stunning stuff on there. 1 CD of originals and 1 of covers i think. Amazing artist. His genius, creativy and soul will Sadly be missed.
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50's-Elvis -called the KING for a reason
60's-Beatles,Stones,Hendrix
70's-Zeppelin,Black Sabbath
80's-Ozzy & Randy(I'm biased),Van Halen,Maiden,Slayer
90's-one of worst decades for Rock in my opinion. Pantera was shining light though.
2000's-?
I think I'd go for people who changed things dramatically in their time so I wouldn't disagree with a lot of things already mentioned...I'd just mention more.
1930's...I wouldn't have a clue about to be honest but Robert Johnson did stuff with the guitar but I bet there were many more who have never been heard of simply because news didn't travel and if guitarists didn't travel to big cities like Chicago to play in clubs, they'd be invisible and unknown.
1940's...Big Band era, prohibition and all that. Hard times with WWII. No names spring to mind
1950's...Presley started a revolution that maybe had got some ground swing from the likes of Bill Haley but he marketed it on LOOKS as well as talent and the little girls knew what it was all about
1960's...well...Hendrix, The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Jefferson Airplane were doing their thing in SF...How do you choose???
1970's...a strange decade. Disco and Van Halen I sharing the charts!! Early part was Bowie, Elton John, Sweet, Mud, Slade, Gary bloody Glitter! In the US Alice Cooper was bringing stuff that Blackie Lawless and Marilyn Manson would 'borrow' at a distant point. Towards the middle-end Queen and Sex Pistols. Yes and The Damned! Led Zeppelin losing their dominance to The Boomtown Rats? XTC? Elvis Costello? Thin Lizzy? God, don't forget Rush releasing SO many great albums...Caress Of Steel, 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves at the very end of the decade?????
1980's...hmmm, I always (and still) thought Metallica were one of the weakest points of a movement I was part of. At the time it would have been Motorhead, Tank, Venom, Raven, Jaguar, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Diamond Head, Maiden, Leppard, Saxon etc in the UK making the noise. In the States I would have thought Anthrax, Megadeth, Armoured Saint, Queensryche early stuff, Voivod, Anvil, Testament...even Riot (the first lot) that were making waves...Metallica just rode in on them but I understand that it's always about lucky breaks that makes a name (think Marillion and why IQ and maybe Pallas didn't get the same breaks).
These bands were around at the same time as Ozzy with Jake E, Y&T, WASP, Dokken in the US as well as Gary Moore, Magnum, UFO, Grand Prix, Terraplane and 100's more were making a pre-'hair' metal melodic sound. Then Crue, Ratt, Warrant, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Winger, Bullet Boys...wow, the list goes on forever!
I couldn't even begin to pick a band from the 80's!
90's...Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden had a profound effect on what kids bought in the '90's but Aerosmith, G 'n R' kept a hard-rock sound flying where others floundered and tried to change their sound to adapt.
00's? Same as Porty, nothing has carried me as much as the 80's in terms of output and nobody is doing anything really 'out there'. Progressive music is more retro-gressive with the likes of Spock's Beard being this decade's Genesis, Dream Theater ruling the genre but I'm starting to think they are treading water. In the UK, the bands that interest me are Porcupine Tree and Muse for thoughtful music. Freak Kitchen do it for me in Swedish!!! Songwriters will always be justified and Kelly Joe Phelps, John Mayer and even Sting is becoming more relevant as I get older. I've been lsitening and loving and playing music since the late 60's and my MP3 player has 7,000+ songs on it...but very little is from this decade.
Great thread that has got me thinking about another one...
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