Decadence
Since I have tributes to all sorts of music from the 20th century on this blog, someone asked me if I have a favorite era. Let me try to break it down by decades.
Music changed throughout the century, but the big break came in the 50s, when rock and roll started taking over. It's hard to compare it to jazz or Tin Pan Alley, but I guess if I had to choose, I'd pick rock, which is what I grew up listening to, and haven't grown tired of yet. So, based on popular tunes of the day, here's how I'd order them:
1. 60s (actually, the 60s alone are three differents eras--60-63 isn't like 64-66 which isn't like 67-69)
2. 50s
3. 70s
4. 30s
5. 20s
6. 80s
7. 90s
8. 40s
9. 10s
10. 00s
posted by LAGuy @ 12:14 AM
3 Comments:
Just to confirm-the 00s and 10s refer to the 1900s and 1910s- although there is some argument that the 2000s nd 2010s (such as it is) deserve the same placement
Yes, it's the 1900s and the 1910s. These don't score well because though there was some decent ragtime around, basically modern American popular music had barely started, and you mostly had imitation European.
Don't tell anyone, but Skynet just became self aware.
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