Myself I would rate it.
1950's - 8
1960's - 10
1970's - 9
1980-87 - 9
1988-2022 - Zero
1950's - 8
1960's - 10
1970's - 9
1980-87 - 9
1988-2022 - Zero
On a 1 thru 10 scale. Rate rock music from different decades
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Well the first good rock song ever was this
so I guess literally every day I wake up I'm in the current best decade ever.
so I guess literally every day I wake up I'm in the current best decade ever.
I mean almost every single rock song that has come out since then is better. Sure there are some exceptions but damn.
1950's- 5
1960's- 9
1970's- 10
1980's- 8 (MTV introduction lowers music quality in favor of looks)
1990''s- 7
2000's- 6 (Napster kills profitability of the music industry + widespread use of auto tune)
+2010- 4
1960's- 9
1970's- 10
1980's- 8 (MTV introduction lowers music quality in favor of looks)
1990''s- 7
2000's- 6 (Napster kills profitability of the music industry + widespread use of auto tune)
+2010- 4
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That seems about right. 50s I'd maybe rate a bit higher as Chuck Berry, The Killer, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Elvis, et al were all damn good. Just not enough of them, imo.
2010+ just isn't enough emphasis on the musicality. Either way overboard distortion and feedback or basically no guitars at all. The music scene is so splintered and too reliant on marketability. Whoever invented the drum machine should be shot. I would opine less inspiration from blues which is where most classic and enduring rock music received its inspiration. You go 3+ generations away from the blues and you don't have much in common with the basic structure, rhythm and feeling of the building blocks of good rock music. Just my opinion
I downgraded the 50's due to the quality of the recordings. The recording equipment wasn't up to snuff. Much of the music of that decade was recorded in mono. I liked the artists but the recordings just weren't great due to technology.
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Rock music is a pretty generic term. We going to include stuff like death metal in there too?
50's - 6.2
60's - 8
70's - 9.2
80's - 4.7
90's - 9.25
00's - 5
10-20's - n/a
Added points to the 70s for having killer funk like Parliament & Bootsy - plus launching jazz like George Benson
I would give every decade an 11. There’s still a metric ****-ton of great Blues-based Rock out there, if you know where and how to find it. Hope no one really believes that great Rock stopped when Led Zeppelin stopped touring.
And now I will begin my music listening day by playing my own playlist of stuff I pulled from my personal collection of 20,000+ songs. Today will include songs by The Black Keys, Gov’t Mule, The Blackwater Fever, The Temperance Movement, Royal Blood, The Bonnevilles, Federal Charm, The Blue Stones, The Dirty Streets, Black Country Communion, Black Pistol Fire, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Joe Bonamassa, and Henry’s Funeral Shoe.
And now I will begin my music listening day by playing my own playlist of stuff I pulled from my personal collection of 20,000+ songs. Today will include songs by The Black Keys, Gov’t Mule, The Blackwater Fever, The Temperance Movement, Royal Blood, The Bonnevilles, Federal Charm, The Blue Stones, The Dirty Streets, Black Country Communion, Black Pistol Fire, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Joe Bonamassa, and Henry’s Funeral Shoe.