I didn't get around to saying this in the 70s thread, but what also makes 1971 so dominant for me is that it was such an incredible year for R&B as well as rock. Arguably the two greatest R&B albums of all time (and certainly the most influential) came out then: What's Going On and There's A Riot Going On. Throw in Maggot Brain and Pieces of a Man and it's the best year for R&B of all time. Not too shabby for a year considered one of rock's best.
Great year for jazz-rock too: The Inner-Mounting Flame, the first Weather Report album (S/T) and (A Tribute to) Jack Johnson.
Bingo! Rock, Fusion, R&B, all peaked right then and there. A perfect musical storm.
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When you say Miles Davis is the co-MVP of American music, who is the other co-MVP?
Fred Durst, duh.
It saddens me nobody laughed at this. So I will. 🤣🤣 :lol:
I caught it but failed to respond. I laughed but immediately thought of his face with the red backwards ball cap and the beard (which Lars Ulrich later sported) on Mount Rushmore along with JB, Miles, and Dylan and cringed a little.
🤣
Wait... is JB, Justin Bieber?[/quote]
Of course! 🤣
James Brown. Fuck even Jackson Browne. Or Jeff Beck although he isn't even American. Yikes perhaps even James Blunt before Justin Bieber. Toss up on that one. _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
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[quote= "sethmadsen"][quot e="AAL2014"]
When you say Miles Davis is the co-MVP of American music, who is the other co-MVP?
Fred Durst, duh.
It saddens me nobody laughed at this. So I will. 🤣🤣 :lol:
I caught it but failed to respond. I laughed but immediately thought of his face with the red backwards ball cap and the beard (which Lars Ulrich later sported) on Mount Rushmore along with JB, Miles, and Dylan and cringed a little.
🤣
Wait... is JB, Justin Bieber?[/quote]
Of course! 🤣
James Brown. Fuck even Jackson Browne. Or Jeff Beck although he isn't even American. Yikes perhaps even James Blunt before Justin Bieber. Toss up on that one.[/quote]
Thanks AAL for all the work in organizing this exciting competition. I would have also made a semifinal with 3 decades per post as you have done. I am glad to see, so far, that the 70's and 60's are beating the 80's, something I deeply think (speaking generally, of course).
Looking at my overall chart, out of the surviving years, I am going to choose 1969 because I have 4 fantastic classic albums from different rock genres in the top 50: In the Court of the Crimson King (landmark of progressive rock), Everybody knows this is nowhere (country rock/hard rock), Abbey Road (innovative pop rock) and Led Zeppelin II (hard rock/blues rock).
It's been my pleasure, I've had a ton of fun and learned a lot with many great recommendations! I do agree with you as well in that the 60's and 70's resonate more with me. _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
The only thing that surprises me here is the poor showing for 1980. I found it to be a great year for albums and easily the best year of the 80s. But I can't argue with all the other front-runners. All were awesome years.
Actually, 0 votes for 1970 is quite surprising too. Considering how good it was.
The only thing that surprises me here is the poor showing for 1980. I found it to be a great year for albums and easily the best year of the 80s. But I can't argue with all the other front-runners. All were awesome years.
Actually, 0 votes for 1970 is quite surprising too. Considering how good it was.
Yup, I'm very surprised at the lack of 1980 votes. I didn't think it would have as many as 71 or 67 at this point but I thought it would have done well. But I've seen a few crazy comebacks in these polls so far. 1984 I believe being one of them coming from 4 or 5 votes back to move on so who knows what will happen.
Still a few more days to vote before the second half of the semifinals featuring the 90s, 00s, and 10s. _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
Tomorrow will be the last day to vote before we get the finalists for the most recent 3 decades. Since 4 will move on, the 4th finalist is still up in the air. _________________ Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control.
The only thing that surprises me here is the poor showing for 1980. I found it to be a great year for albums and easily the best year of the 80s. But I can't argue with all the other front-runners. All were awesome years.
Actually, 0 votes for 1970 is quite surprising too. Considering how good it was.
Maybe it's like people not voting for Bernie Sanders, because they see it as a wasted vote. Instead, they vote for the year they think is going to win, rather than the year they like the most.
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The only thing that surprises me here is the poor showing for 1980. I found it to be a great year for albums and easily the best year of the 80s. But I can't argue with all the other front-runners. All were awesome years.
Actually, 0 votes for 1970 is quite surprising too. Considering how good it was.
Maybe it's like people not voting for Bernie Sanders, because they see it as a wasted vote. Instead, they vote for the year they think is going to win, rather than the year they like the most.
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