best rock decade

[shaolin_hendrix]

what's the best rock decade?

[K_Coffin]

Definitely the '70s. Protest rock, the birth of punk, the buildup of metal, and all before the big sellout. Still kept it real and made some damn good music.

[aikiMac]

Hmm. The borders get fuzzy. 60s had good songs, 70s had good songs, 80s had good songs. The 50s and 90s I don't much like.
Ya, overall I'd say the 70s wins. (I like Abba, okay?)

[Kwajman]

Um, the 20's and 30's? Whats with that. I sort of grew up in the 80's so I hate to admit it but that's probably it for me. I mean who does't love songs like "Love Shack" by the B-52's :D Or "Jungle Love" by Morris Day and the Time?

[Infrazael]

Right now.

The age of the heaviest stuff yet, LOTs of good Black/Death/Doom/Industrial/Gothic Metal if you know where to look.

[Athleng Nordic]

Give me KJR greatest hits of the 70's! The 70's Rocked and is still Rocking today. Play the popular songs from the 70's and even the youth know the words! :Alien:

[Johnno]

The sixties by a MILE. It's been downhill ever since. (A bit like me really!)

[alex_000]

Can't descide 70s or 80s (the heavy metal era)

[JohnnyX]

It's got to be the 70's.

[Sever]

It's so tough to choose. The 80's had the most important goth bands like the Cure, the Sisters of Mercy etc, and the 90's had grunge, both of which mean lots to me, and there are some amazing bands around now too... I'm gonna go with the 90's but let it be known that I'm not endorsing the whole "Britpop" thing

[JTiedes]

late 60's early 70's
what can i say i love classic rock like zepplin who eagles beatles floyd EVERYONE!

[Furikuchan]

60's - now.
The 60's really gave rock and roll some momentum and fire that it has never lost. Not to bash the more traditional fans, but I like the direction that rock and roll is headed. Every revolutionary guy who has picked up a guitar from Jimi to Kurdt has the sporit of rock and I love it. Just my opinion.

[aikiMac]

Um, the 20's and 30's? Whats with that.
Obviously a mistake. Rock started in the 50s. But there was some great jazz and blues in those older decades!

[GojuKJoe]

i'd say 90's and maybe 2001/2. i hate all the rock music of this year and last year. except for maybe a few bands.

[iamraisen]

70's

yes, pink floyd, deep purple, queen, zepplin, thin lizzy, sabbath, also prog rock! i grew up with this stuff! i just really wish i had been alive at the time and not listening to my mum and dads record collection :D

[Kinjiro Tsukasa]

I voted for the 80's because I loved new wave music, and all the related genres. But the 50's, 60's and 70's also had great music. Anything after the 80's I'm not interested in -- once the 90's came along, I switched to classical music.

[Tatsumaru]

I voted for the 80's because I loved new wave music, and all the related genres. But the 50's, 60's and 70's also had great music.

i agree, although i never switched to classical music :)

[Dave Rees]

I voted 70's but there was some good stuff in the 80's aswell, LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL!

[shaolin_hendrix]

In the 20's and 30's there were many things that would later be known as rock, such as beebop and blues that were not quite blues. In the 40's rock was not mainstream, but it was fairly large in the african-american community.

[Topher]

Voted 60's.

My music era was the 90's, so i am naturally into the britpop scene., but 60’s… 70’s... 90’s… 80’s is by order.

[merlinmsk]

omg, I can't decide! Zepplin, Metallica, SOAD, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and many more! but I can't pick a decade! So....I wen't 70's! Gooooooo Priest!

[kickass]

omg that was an impossible task for me.
i voted now but only cuz of the variety and the evident effect of old school rock on new bands.

i like the 70's and 80's too though.

[bcullen]

I like Abba, okay?

If a guy were to admit that in public around 1975-79; he'd better know martial arts. :D

This one is really tough: The 50's is where we see the art really take off and the industry becomes radically changed, the concepts of the mass audience hit full bore.

The 60's Produced some great material, but still had a touch of naivete. Some very important groundwork was laid here.

The 70's and the 80's is where we see all of the various genres erupting onto the scence. Some really great work. I'm divided 70's - 80's Hmm... I can't decide.

[Dojo]

The end of the 60's till the end of the 70's. The more I listen to the songs made back then I am amazed with the complexity and beauty of the songs. songs that pass the 10 minute limit, incredible sounds and orchestration. I'm in love with "Stairway to heaven", Kashmir, Since I've been Loving you (Led Zeppelin), The end, Riders on the storm, Light my fire and many other The Doors creations, Black sabbath songs, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Genesis (before Peter Gabriel left the group in '75 ... awesome prog songs), Yes and all the members' creations, Deep Purple, and many many others. They were true musicians. They had ideas, created legendary songs, so beautiful and well thought. I'm sad to see the new musical approach and the fact so many "valid" musicians had to become "prostitutes" because the new generations are not cultivated enough and go with the easy songs that don't require too much sensibility and thoughts to listen to.
I listen to July Morning or Tin Pan Alley (pitty Stevie Ray Vaughn died so young) and feel butterflies in my stomach. I almosr burst into tears when I listen to a Shine on you crazy diamond or The End. Child in time was the song I listened to whenever I was down. When I hear Gillan scream my soul screams with him and after that I feel reborn like The Pheonix bird. I burn and get a new life and chance.
For me music is a proffesion (since I am a radio DJ), but it is a way of life and a pleasant way to get through all the life's problems. A good song for me is the one that makes me think and feel. I have dear songs played by old and new artists. I'm picky with it, but open to all styles that can offer songs that "have something to say". When a song almost gives me physiological reactions (treble, tears, "butterflies"), that it is a good one in my opinion ;)