What is your favorite era of rock/ rock and roll?

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
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Yet another thing I'm curious about.  Which era of rock is you favorite?  It's a bit hard to break these down because, of course, they overlap, but I'll do my best to break it down with as much degree of accuracy as I muster.  Pardon any egregious errors!
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

What is your favorite era of rock/ rock and roll? 34 votes

50's Rock: Early Rock and Roll- Elvis, BIll Haley, Jerry Lee, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc.
0%
60's Rock: British Invasion: Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Who, Yardbirds, etc.
8%
vitoHawk123ComeToTX 3 votes
60's Rock: Psychedelic and 60's: Hendrix, Doors, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Dylan, etc.
5%
KICK7071eddiec 2 votes
70's Rock: Prog, AOR/Classic Rock, Glam: Creedence, Boston, Eagles, Allman Brothers, etc.
2%
MedozK 1 vote
Late 70's/ to mid 80's: Punk/New Wave/ Hard Core era: Sex Pistols, Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Lou Reed, Black Flag, etc.
11%
JOEJOEJOEDukeSpiritST66483tempo_n_groove 4 votes
80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.
5%
g under pbrianlux 2 votes
90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.
47%
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2000's Rock/ Hip Hop/ Emo: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chilli's, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, etc.
5%
mookeywrenchMay 30th 2 votes
Neil Young. OK, haha, but seriously, where do you put Neil?
11%
Yefastatic111OffSheGoes35Thompson172000 4 votes
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  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.
    Probably going to be skewed to whatever age people are.

    I like all kinds of music from all eras, but I’ll always default to the music of my youth
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    My versions of the 70s, 80s, and 90s are  different but I like the idea.
    Gonna think on it...
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.
    With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

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    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.
    goldrush said:
    With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!

    For sure!  I seriously could not decide where to put Neil.  He's covered so much ground for such a long time.  Whenever I'm in the mood to listen to Neil, I have to decide where in time and space do I want to go.  Recently, I've been listening to Trans and getting back into the Live in Berlin DVD with Nils.  Great stuff!
    Tomorrow, Le Noise? Everybody Knows? Broken Arrow?  Who knows!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    edited July 2022
    Neil Young. OK, haha, but seriously, where do you put Neil?
    I would put Neil with the great singer/songwriters of the 70's, which is what I grew up listening to because of my mom. She listened to Cat Stevens, Carly Simon, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Elton John. That's primarily my comfort music. 
    I'm not great with categorizing music though.
    This is what mom listened to in the 80's, she didn't care for the 80's music so much.
    Post edited by OffSheGoes35 on
  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    90's Rock: Grunge, later laternative, rap/ hip hop: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns 'n Roses, WuTang Clan, Tupac, etc.
    goldrush said:
    With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!
    Agreed. 

    90’s Petty as well for me 


  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited July 2022
    brianlux said:
    goldrush said:
    With the caveat that it also includes 90s Neil Young!

    For sure!  I seriously could not decide where to put Neil.  He's covered so much ground for such a long time.  Whenever I'm in the mood to listen to Neil, I have to decide where in time and space do I want to go.  Recently, I've been listening to Trans and getting back into the Live in Berlin DVD with Nils.  Great stuff!
    Tomorrow, Le Noise? Everybody Knows? Broken Arrow?  Who knows!
    Skinny tie era
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    '65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Neil Young. OK, haha, but seriously, where do you put Neil?
    Hobbes said:
    '65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...
    I want to change my era to this one.
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    Hobbes said:
    '65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...
    I want to change my era to this one.
    An era errah?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.
    Hobbes said:
    '65-'75 arguably had the finest output of music in a 10-year span. But that's not an option, so...

    That was an amazing period of time in music, for sure!  And yet not one vote in that time period here- not even from me, and I lived through it. 
    I think I was born 10 years too early.  I relate better to people a half generation younger than myself than I do most of my contemporaries, and certainly not all, but much of my favorite music is post 60's- basically late 70's to pre-2000's.  I have felt like a fish out of water until I heard that Neil Young line, "People my age, they don't do the things I do."  I often wonder if he feels a bit the same way I do.  He certainly didn't get stuck in the 60's.  A lot of boomers never got past all that stuff.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,064
    2000's Rock/ Hip Hop/ Emo: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chilli's, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, etc.
    2000's, but not for any of the bands listed.
    Once Web 2.0 came around the surge of bands who couldn't reach the major labels went their own route and indie music exploded.

    Music also went back to having an emphasis on touring and being able to play live instead of being dependent on all releases.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.
    mookeywrench said:
    2000's, but not for any of the bands listed.
    Once Web 2.0 came around the surge of bands who couldn't reach the major labels went their own route and indie music exploded.

    Music also went back to having an emphasis on touring and being able to play live instead of being dependent on all releases.

    I have to admit to being a bit weak on 2000's bands.  I've sampled many, but nothing much has caught on for me (which is not at all meant to be a criticism of any music).  The only 2000's that I've caught on to a lot are Carlton Melton, La Hell Gang, and Föllakzoid . 
    What are some 2000's favorites of yours?

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,064
    2000's Rock/ Hip Hop/ Emo: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chilli's, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, etc.
    Well for starters I think the thing most up your alley would be the re-imurgance of Dinosaur jr with their 2007 release on Jagjaguwar. They fell of the earth for 10 years after some band turbulence and major label flops.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.
    mookeywrench said:
    Well for starters I think the thing most up your alley would be the re-imurgance of Dinosaur jr with their 2007 release on Jagjaguwar. They fell of the earth for 10 years after some band turbulence and major label flops.

    Dinosaur Jr is a favorite band of mine, for sure (I have 32 Dino/ Mascis LPs, so I guess that would make me a fanatic, lol). 
    But what I was wondering was, what are some of your favorite 200's bands? 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,556
    The era of my life, where I can see live music, is my choice.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • LB260405
    LB260405 Posts: 66
    This poll is too difficult. I will chime in on the 2000s bands discussion, as this would definitely be one of the candidates for me.

    The National
    Spoon
    Band of Horses
    Patrick Watson
    The Strokes
    Arcade Fire
    The Mars Volta
    Sparta
    mewithoutYou
    The White Stripes
    Arctic Monkeys
    Death Cab for Cutie
    Modest Mouse
    The Decemberists
    The Shins
    Bon Iver
    The Black Keys
    Interpol
    The Killers

    I return to all of these bands' discographies quite frequently, and would go as far as saying a handful of them are in my top 10 musical acts of all time. But, of course, that top 10 list changes often.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,064
    2000's Rock/ Hip Hop/ Emo: Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chilli's, Dashboard Confessional, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, etc.
    Building off the post above some, 2000's bands I routinely re-visit:

    Yeah yeah yeahs
    TV on the radio
    My Morning Jacket 
    Black Mountain/Pink Mountaintops
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Reigning Sound
    Beach House
    Thee Oh Sees
    Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
    Karl Blau
    The Walkmen
    LCD soundsystem 
    Wolf Parade
    Of Montreal
    Dungen
    The Hold Steady
    Devendra Banhart
    Broken Social Scene
    Animal Collective 

    Then bands who didn't start in the 2000s, but had their best output in that time:

    Radiohead
    Sigur Ros
    Flaming Lips
    Yo La Tango
    Beck
    Wilco
    Cat Power
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    80's Rock: metal, paisley underground, alternative, early hip hop: R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr, U2, Go Go's, Metalica, etc.
    ^^^ Holy smokes, you two!  I know some of those bands, but I can see I have some homework ahead of me. 
    Well alright!  I like that kind of exercise!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • LB260405
    LB260405 Posts: 66
    Homework:

    The National - Boxer
    Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
    Patrick Watson - Close to Paradise
    Sparta - Threes
    mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
    Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
    Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights

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