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| Poll: What was the best decade for pop music? |
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| 1940s |
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0% |
[0] |
| 1950s |
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0% |
[0] |
| 1960s |
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34% |
[18] |
| 1970s |
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13% |
[7] |
| 1980s |
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21% |
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| 1990s |
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7% |
[4] |
| 2000s |
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3% |
[2] |
| 2010s |
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7% |
[4] |
| Other |
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3% |
[2] |
| Psh. I never listen to pop. |
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3% |
[2] |
| I like them all exactly equally. |
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3% |
[2] |
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| Total Votes : 52 |
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- #1
- Posted: 05/28/2014 01:04
- Post subject: The Best Decade for Pop Music
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What was the best decade for pop music? For the purposes of this thread, we'll define pop to be the typical music that would have appeared on a top 40 radio station in your country of origin. If you're feeling ambitious, go ahead and rank them.
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RockyRaccoon
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- #2
- Posted: 05/28/2014 01:19
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I gotta go with the 60s. I mean, Motown on its own could carry that, but there's just some incredible pop music from the decade, some of my absolute personal favorites, that aren't necessarily Motown (e.g. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons)
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- #3
- Posted: 05/28/2014 01:32
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90's because of MMMbop.
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- #4
- Posted: 05/28/2014 01:33
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| RockyRaccoon wrote: | | I gotta go with the 60s. I mean, Motown on its own could carry that ... |
Yeah, between ringers like Motown, Stax & Phil Spector, no other decade really stands a chance.
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AgainstMeAgainstYou
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Location: Ajax, ON 
- #5
- Posted: 05/28/2014 03:15
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I've got to go for the 60's all the way. As far as pop alone goes, we're talking Motown, The Beatles, The Beach Boys... tons of other stuff too, but I mean, The Beatles are probably the ultimate "pop" band.
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- #6
- Posted: 05/28/2014 06:49
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I agree with the 60's however this is regarding singles.Albums wise the first half of the decade didn't have that many consistently great albums.
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AgainstMeAgainstYou
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Age: 30
Location: Ajax, ON
- #7
- Posted: 05/28/2014 06:51
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| newbands1 wrote: | | I agree with the 60's however this is regarding singles.Albums wise the first half of the decade didn't have that many consistently great albums. |
Agreed. I think I'd push for the 90's as far as popular albums go. Although if we mean outright "commercial" albums, then I'd say the 70's win.
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albummaster
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- #8
- Posted: 05/28/2014 08:53
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80s. It was the decade I grew up in, and there was such a great variety of music (even in the mainstream). This was before MTV and the internet, which changed everything. The long tail is now served so well by the internet that people don't need to seek out popular music & the mass market no longer congregates in such big clumps around the same media channels. This new environment has changed the face of popular music, and social media websites are now having more of a bigger role in terms of the marketing of new music. The impact of this new environment almost changes the whole meaning of 'popular' music.
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Jimmy Dread
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- #9
- Posted: 05/28/2014 09:51
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| albummaster wrote: | | 80s. It was the decade I grew up in, and there was such a great variety of music (even in the mainstream). This was before MTV and the internet, which changed everything. The long tail is now served so well by the internet that people don't need to seek out popular music & the mass market no longer congregates in such big clumps around the same media channels. This new environment has changed the face of popular music, and social media websites are now having more of a bigger role in terms of the marketing of new music. The impact of this new environment almost changes the whole meaning of 'popular' music. |
Have to agree - the 80s had everything, from pin-up pop to moody electro pop to gender-bending pop/homo-eroticism (look at Marilyn, Boy George and Divine) to goth pop to the hi-NRG of SAW and way beyond. With the price of synthesisers tumbling down as quickly as a tart's knickers anyone could become a pop star (i.e. A mainstream success story rather than a garage or punk band phenomenon) with relatively little outlay and from pretty much anywhere. This just wasn't the case in the 60s and 70s where instruments were still relatively costly and you needed a lift from a record label or impresario to make it. In the 80s, the consumer could conceivably become the performer with some ease and crucially make it in the mainstream, just as they can today thanks to Bandcamp, Soundcloud, MySpace et al. The difference today is that there is no bullshit filter to differentiate the wheat from the chaff, seeing as the Internet allows anyone to self-release what they want.
Pop was and still is about what's popular with the singles-buying public, which typically consists of early-to-mid teenage girls. I wasn't one of these in the 80s, but I look back at the decade with a great sense of nostalgia. The 70s will always be my favourite decade all-round for music in general, but for the throwaway 3 minutes the 80s can't be beat in my opinion.
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albummaster
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- #10
- Posted: 05/28/2014 10:53
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| noWaxJim wrote: | | The difference today is that there is no bullshit filter to differentiate the wheat from the chaff, seeing as the Internet allows anyone to self-release what they want.. |
Agree, and the bullshit filter is now also largely filled by social media websites with no barriers to entry. This is a bit of a double whammy! 
Last edited by albummaster on 05/28/2014 11:11; edited 2 times in total
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