That one year in music

The one with most of your favorite songs. The one you feel most at home returning to in your mind when you hear the songs.

The one you'd choose if you could listen to songs only from one particular year for the rest of your life.

What year would it be?

Take your time. I'm thinking it over ...

 

The AV Club has a great series on this:

http://www.avclub.com/features/my-favorite-music-year/

 

Tough one. I'd really have to look at the different years.

Do I go with a year from the mid-80's when I was in high school, or a year from the 60's that might ne deeper and have songs that hold up better over time. (I loved the '80's new wave stuff, but now it's mostly nostalgia for me to listen to it.)

I saw the author of this book on Morning Joe the other morning and he made the case for 1970.




http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Rain-Beatles-Garfunkel-Taylor/dp/0306818507

 

For me, it's no contest: 1966. So many great songs from that year, especially in the rock and soul genres.

1971 would be second, but by several lengths.

 

1999

 

If you're going to list a year, at least list a couple of your favorite songs from that year or a couple of the best albums that were released.

 

1984.

Metallica put out Ride the Lightning
Van Halen released 1984.
Rush put out Grace Under Pressure.
Powerslave was a very good Iron Maiden album.

Born in the U.S.A. came out, Purple Rain and Like a Virgin too.

This might also mean I have to hear the Ghostbusters theme, but that's OK.

 

If you're talking that one TAKE YOU BACK year, for me it would be 1988:
to name a few, in no particular order
Faith, George Michael
Need You Tonight, INXS
Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison
Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
Roll With It, Steve Winwood
Wishing Well, Terence Trent d'Arby
The Flame, Cheap Trick
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, Billy Ocean
Is This Love, Whitesnake
Wild, Wild West, Escape Club
Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard
Simply Irresistible, Robert Palmer
Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin
Red Red Wine, UB40
She's Like the Wind, Patric Swayze
Bad Medicine, Bon Jovi
Kokomo, Beach Boys
Devil Inside, INXS
Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys
Just Like Paradise, David Lee Roth
Nothin' But a Good Time, Poison
Wait, White Lion

 

For me, it was probably 1984. That's when I really started paying attention to music.

Born in the USA -- not Bruce's best album but it was my introduction to him (That album and the occasional airing of the Rosalita concert video).

Self Control by Laura Branigan

Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood -- Much better than Relax, which was good in its own right.

I could go on and on and on about 1984 music, especially soundtracks.

EDIT -- dammit, Rasputin beat me to it.

 

Take you back where? There are some gawdawful songs on that list

 

1977

No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones.

 

there are some great songs on that list. most of them aren't classics, but they were what was on the radio junior/senior year of high school for me, so they are "take you back" songs.