My 90 year old great grandmother passed away a few months ago and I got her MASSIVE record collection. There are a lot of artists that I’ve never heard of and not a lot of popular artists today from those times. I’m really enjoying some of the songs recorded in the 20s-40s. Have any suggestions?
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There’s something good from every decade.
A lot of it depends on what you like. My wife loves grunge, so the 90s was Nirvana, Pearl Jam, that kind of audio wattage. For me, the 90s was the Cowboy Junkies, the Cranberries, Eva Cassidy, the Sundays, etc.
So, of course, the answer is, the 80’s. The 80’s definitely had the best music.
Best music? 1965 to 1975.
1960s
I think 60s- 80s is still the best for Country music. It’s hard for me to choose any particular decade for Rock and Pop, but the 70s was good.
The 90s, from hip hop to grunge to r&b to dance to regeton to reggae to Ska, everything.
I also enjoy the 70s.
1780s
1970s
So far, the 2020s!
What a very cool thing to inherit.
00s for me but it’s because I grew up on punk rock and mainstream rock/metal.
1580s. Greensleeves
There was a real wide variety of music in the 80s. There was one week where Van Halen and Culture Club were neck-to-neck on the charts.
Yes.
Best music is when you were a teen. For me, that’s the 60s and 70s.
60’s
If you’re asking about 1920-1940s
Woody Guthrie, Rudy Vallee, big bands like Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo, Tommy Dorsey. Singers like Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Kay Starr, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee.
“Best” is very subjective. Everyone has different tastes. For me, it’s classic rock from the 70’s (actually late 60’s to early 80’s). I also enjoy alternative rock from the early 90’s and classic outlaw country. I’ve also been known to listen to music from earlier, like some early blues, big band, and swing. I have “Siriusly Sinatra” channel on SiriusXM programmed as a favorite, along with “Classic Vinyl” and “Outlaw Country”.
1980’s. Great hip-hop, rap, metal, hardcore, college rock, MJ, Prince…
Decade? It would have to be the 70’s.
I’d say mid 60’s to the mid 80’s had the best quantity of great music. And not just a generation bias, I’m not even sure anyone could dispute this.
Any decade the Grateful Dead played in.
Early 90s alternative
For me it’s the music from 65 I was about 10 years old till the late 80s when good oll Rock faded away
For me, it was the 1960s – 70s.
60s without a doubt.
Probably best overall was the 1970s but being a teen in the 80s we had a ton of great music. Especially rock/hair bands/heavy metal from that era.
The one where YOU were 12-16.
The is NO ABSOLUTE CORRECT ANSWER.
Best era of music was the Gen X years in my opinion, that would be ’65 to ’80. Once you get into the 80s, it’s a bit iffy for me.
All decades. I’m hung up on the 60’s, 70’s, even some 80’s, because I grew up in those years and my taste was developed. My kid thinks todays music is better and that’s is understandable.
“The decade I was in high school “, of course.
You can’t go wrong with Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong or Glenn Miller.
70s
Whatever decade it was when you started getting laid…that always has the best music.
1980s
The one someone was in when they started thinking about fucking.
Whatever decade that was/is will be that person’s favorite kind of music.
60s, 70s and 80s
Every generation is chronocentric. Our preference goes to whatever made us feel alive in our prime youth.
Nothing can compare to the deeply engrained emotions we felt to the tunes that accompanied our early adulthood, imo.
Every generation has their special energy.
But the mid 60s to mid 70s were truly unique and groundbreaking.
The best music of your life depends on what you liked as a teen I guess. For me it’s 70s…..but that’s just me…..I was a teen then.