That one year in music

Great, timeless songs from '66, just off the top of my head:

For What It's Worth/ Buffalo Springfield
Good Vibrations/The Beach Boys
Tomorrow never Knows/The Beatles
Let's Spend the Night Together/Rolling Stones
Don't Bring Me Down/The Animals
Devil With a Blue Dress On/Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Land of 1,000 Dances/Wilson Pickett
Happy Jack/The Who
8 Miles High/The Byrds
You Keep Me Hanging On/The Supremes
Good Lovin'/Young Rascals
96 Tears/? & the Mysterians
Somebody To Love/Jefferson Airplane
Sunny Afternoon/The Kinks
Too Much to Dream/The Electric Prunes
Over Under Sideways Down/The Yardbirds
Standing in the Shadows of Love/The 4 Tops
Mystic Eyes/Them
Sunshine Superman/Donovan
Bus Stop/The Hollies
I Fought the Law/Bobby Fuller 4
Psychotic Reaction/Count 5
Paperback Writer/The Beatles
Get Off Of My Cloud/Rolling Stones
Dedicated Follower of Fashion/The Kinks
California Dreamin'/Mamas & the Papas
Under My Thumb/Rolling Stones
Rainy Day Women/Bob Dylan
So You Want to Be A Rock and Roll Star/The Byrds
Jenny Take a Ride/Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
It's My Life/The Animals
I Am a Rock/Simon & Garfunkel

 

1992

The Chronic
40 Oz. To Freedom
RATM
Dirt

Ten, Use Your Illusion I and II and Nevermind still going strong.

 

I'll go with 1980.

Elvis Costello - "Get Happy!!"
Split Enz - "True Colours"
The English Beat - "I Just Can't Stop It"
The Specials - "More Specials"
U2 - "Boy"
Bruce Springsteen - "The River"
The Jam - "Sound Affects"
AC/DC - "Back in Black"
Squeeze - "Argybargy"
X - "Los Angeles"
Echo & the Bunnymen - "Crocodiles"
Ultravox - "Vienna"
XTC - "Black Sea"
Talking Heads - "Remain in Light"
The Clash - "Sandinista" ("London Calling" came out Dec. 14 of 1979, so it just misses)

 

;D

 

1975, I was a 12 yr old LL all-star with nothing but all-star practice and games and swimming all summer.

1. Love Will Keep Us Together, The Captain and Tennille
2. Rhinestone Cowboy, Glen Campbell
3. Philadelphia Freedom, Elton John
4. Before the Next Teardrop Falls, Freddy Fender
5. My Eyes Adored You, Frankie Valli
6. Shining Star, Wind and Fire
7. Fame, David Bowie
8. Laughter In the Rain, Neil Sedaka
9. One of These Nights, Eagles
10. Thank God I'm a Country Boy, John Denver
11. Jive Talkin', Bee Gees
12. The Best of My Love, Eagles
13. Lovin' You, Minnie Riperton
14. Kung Fu Fighting, Carl Douglas
15. Black Water, Doobie Brothers
16. The Ballroom Blitz, Sweet
17. (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, B.J. Thomas
18. He Don't Love You (Like I Love You), Tony Orlando and Dawn
19. At Seventeen, Janis Ian
20. Pick Up the Pieces, Average White Band
21. The Hustle, Van McCoy and The Soul City Symphony
22. Lady Marmalade, Labelle
23. Why Can't We Be Friends, War
24. Love Won't Let Me Wait, Major Harris
25. Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stevie Wonder
26. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Freddy Fender
27. Fight the Power, Pt. 1, Isley Brothers
28. Angie Baby, Helen Reddy
29. Jackie Blue, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
30. Fire, Ohio Players
31. Magic, Pilot
32. Please Mr Postman, Carpenters
33. Sister Golden Hair, America
34. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds, Elton John
35. Mandy, Barry Manilow
36. Have You Never Been Mellow, Olivia Newton-John
37. Could It Be Magic, Barry Manilow
38. Cat's In the Cradle, Harry Chapin
39. Wildfire, Michael Murphy
40. I'm Not Lisa, Jessi Colter
41. Listen to What the Man Said, Paul Mccartney and Wings
42. I'm Not In Love, 10cc
43. I Can Help, Billy Swan
44. Fallin' In Love, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds

Got to luv Kung Fu Fighting.

 

I knew I missed one...

 

Since it's hard to pick either '93 or '94, I'll go with '89. You could tell that my musical taste would end up being all over the map, but I stick to alternative and rap:

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Janet Jackson - Rythym Nation
The Cure - Love Song
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Pictures of Matchstick Men - Camper Von Beetoven
Roam - B-52s
Girl like you - The Smithereens
Me, Myself and I - De La Soul
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Head like a hole - NIN
Debaser - The Pixies
Here comes your man - The Pixies
Like a Prayer - Madonna
Patience - Gunners
Rockin' In the free world - Neil Young
Bust a Move - Young MC
18 & Live - Skid Row
Love in an elevator - Aerosmith
Express yourself - Madonna
Wind beneath my winds -- Bette Midler [/ducking]
Paradise City -- Gunners
So Alive -- Love & Rockets
What I am -- Edie Brickell
Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
In your room - The Bangles
Angel Eyes - Jeff Healey Band
When the children cry - White Lion
I'll be there for you -- Bon Jovi
Toy Soldier - Martika
Dressed for success -- Roxette
Everlasting Love -- Howard Jones

 

Ten came out Aug. 27, 1991.
UYI 1 & 2 came out Sept. 17, 1991.
Nevermind came out Sept. 24, 1991.

 

Hence why he said they were still going strong in 1992. Am I missing something?

 

That's the problem with this question. It's tough to pin down one year. Is it by release date, or the year it was popular (see the above with UYI and Ten. Most of the hits came from the following year).

For me that year would probably be 1994, but there may only be three or four albums/songs released that year that hold a meaning for me. But it was a time that an ex exposed me to a lot of different artists that I still listen to today, but wouldn't have known otherwise. It was the year I saw Pink Floyd while working at the Vet and really started to get into their music. The Division Bell was released that year, but it was also the year I discovered all of Dark Side and the Wall, etc and not just the songs played on the radio.

 

1984, the cultural apex of that decade. And the best year of my life other than the one I first saw a woman naked.

 

My thread, your rules.

More arguments that way.

But, if we have to draw a line somewhere and I am forced to make a ruling, I'll go with what I had in mind when I started the thread: Songs are limited to the year in which they were released. Or, they had to chart in that year. Otherwise, you could pick 1994 and include "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones because you heard it on the radio that year.