Can anyone convince me that the 1970s were not the greatest decade for music?

Oh, the jingle thing is huge. He's done SO many jingles you know.

So talented.

 

OK, What about Peter Frampton, Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd?

All were big in the 70s.

Where do they fall in?

Frampton experienced a backlash like no other. Everyone had the album and liked it, and then it sucked overnight. The guy is actually a very good guitar player.

Fleetwood Mac used a fair bit of songs for Rumors that had already been recorded by B/N on their album. The followups did not meet the bar that had been set.

Pink Floyd just keeps selling and selling. Saw this. It may interest some:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/pink-floydrsquos-gilmour-to-play-mystery-date-on-the-wall-tour-2029607.html

And yeah, I know they were all active in the 60s. Just going off what they did in the 70s.

 

Junkie, what do you think of Gilmour and Waters playing together?

Think we'll ever see a tour?

 

The song? Recorded on November 9, 1969.

The album? Final cut recorded on November 15.

 

The music that evolved into disco - funky R&B and soul - came right out of the '60s, as did discotheques themselves.

Admit it, JR. Before you were Jive Talkin', you were grooving to the Peppermint Twist.

 

Heck, the album was delayed for a long time because the two could not agree on a 12th song (Garfunkel wanted a Bach chorale, and Simon wanted something he wrote called "Cuba Si Nixon No"). They finally said fuck it and went with 11 songs.

But since we usually don't know exactly when all these songs are first conceived (could be years before) and recorded . . . we pretty much have go to by release date (when we hear them).

 

Someone needs to screen capture this (before you delete it) as the most absurd post in SportsJournalists.com history.

 

Jesus. Only someone born in the 80s would think the 70s were the "greatest decade for music."

The 70s weren't even the greatest decade for "pop", much less rock and roll.

 

The Stones ("Exile on Main Street") and Dylan ("Blood on the Tracks") both did their best work in the '70s.

 

I read somewhere that only people who were 13 in the 70s (born from 1957-67) would think that.

So now . . . only people who are ages 20-30 and 43-53 think that the 70s are best.

Do we have a bid from the people aged 31-42? Or the spnited generation?

 

When we say "music," what are we talking about? Rock? Pop? Soul? Jazz? Classical? Blues? Country? R and B? Ska? Rap? Hip hop? Broadway shows? Movie scores?

When we say "greatest," do we mean best-selling? Most hummable? Easiest to play on Guitar Hero? Best group? Best singer? Best musician? Best songwriter?

"Greatest decade" for American music? For music out of Asia? Europe? South America?

Really good arguments can be made that everything in American music is a footnote to Jelly Roll Morton, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Louis Armstrong.

Or Jimi Hendrix.

The 1970s? Music's "greatest decade?"

C'mon.

 

Of course the 70s ruled. Because I ruled the fucking 70s. The 1770s.

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