you favorite era for Music

The 60s / early 70s. The Beatles at that time were incredible & some of the stuff they wrote have become standards. I'm a folk fan & bands like Steeleye Span, Fairport & Planxty gave me a huge amount of pleasure. I still listen to them 50 years later.
 
90s for me probably - the albums that formed my taste in music were released around some of the most influential artists in rock. Nirvana, Green Day, Rage Against The Machine, early Manic Street Preachers, The Offspring, Blink 182, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Rancid, Nofx, Refused...
 
Left school in 1981, still reflect back to those days for my playlist music. Yes, there was some trash, but there was a lot of stuff that still resonates today, even if it is just for the memories it brings back. plenty of music I like through all the years of my life, but 80's holds the bulk of it. Particular favourites in no particular order were/ are:


Bowie, The Cure, The Thompson Twins, Simple Minds, INXS, Tears for Fears, Frankie Goes to hollywood, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Police, Dire Straits, Meatloaf, The Smiths, New Order, ACT/ Propaganda/ Claudia Brucken, Prince, Genesis, Blondie, Boston, ZZ Top, Japan, Human League

the list goes on.......
 
Tashyboy said:
Deffo 80's. When you had a choice between, punk, northern soul, new romance, Motown, soft and heavy rock, re emergence of mod and rock and roll music. Forget the music which ever kind you followed. There was the fashion that went hand in hand with it.
For the last 20 years when ave been down town on the beer. Looking around hardly anyone dresses hand in hand with there music. Everyone looks similarly dressed.
Back in the mid eighties I went to me aunties who lived north of Portsmouth
( Horndean) Me and Missis T went shopping in Pompey. I bought some new romance gear and looked the danglies. The fashion was two years ahead of Mansfield. First night out in Mansfield I was stopped more times and asked where I got my gear from. You knew how people dressed what music they liked.
80's all the way.
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Thats a very good point Tashy, you could walk down any high st in the UK and pretty much tell by what people were wearing what sort of music they were into.. not sure you could do that now..
 
patricks148 said:
Had a conversation at work today on this, So what is your fave era for music?

Ironically the consensus was the 80's were the worst, but i disagree.

New wave, goth, Indie, Manchester and Rave, the 80's had it all.

personal faves;
Smiths, New Order, Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses, plus too many others to mention.

so whats yours?
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A man after my own heart !!!! The 80's and early 90's were magnificent . I love all the bands you mention and spent many hours travelling all over the uk to watch others like Pop Will Eat Itself, New Model Army, Fields of the Nephilim, Ghost Dance etc. Bands had proper "followings" back then and folk used to do the whole tour or as many dates as possible rather than just going to the one nearest their hometown.
 
drewster said:
A man after my own heart !!!! The 80's and early 90's were magnificent . I love all the bands you mention and spent many hours travelling all over the uk to watch others like Pop Will Eat Itself, New Model Army, Fields of the Nephilim, Ghost Dance etc. Bands had proper "followings" back then and folk used to do the whole tour or as many dates as possible rather than just going to the one nearest their hometown.
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Stevenage's Finest lol. seen PWEIS...very funny... beaver patrol;)

I used to be in a few Indie bands and we did a few gigs up and down the country. There was a piece on small local venues closing on the news this morning.
 
Anyone get on a coach to go to any gigs in the 80's or when ever?
Me, the future Missis T and her sister went to the NEC in the 80's to watch Spandau Ballet when they were in there prime. A Coach pulls up and Missis T says get on. I got half way down a half full coach which had previously picked up elsewhere and the smell of petulia oil was over powering. I stopped and asked "is this coach going to spandau Ballet", a smelly and greasy leather and denim clad Ming Mong grunts
" does it f ****** look like it". When we got off we were laughing like madman.
Ironically the coach we were coming back on left without us. Happy days.
 
Tashyboy said:
Anyone get on a coach to go to any gigs in the 80's or when ever?
Me, the future Missis T and her sister went to the NEC in the 80's to watch Spandau Ballet when they were in there prime. A Coach pulls up and Missis T says get on. I got half way down a half full coach which had previously picked up elsewhere and the smell of petulia oil was over powering. I stopped and asked "is this coach going to spandau Ballet", a smelly and greasy leather and denim clad Ming Mong grunts
" does it f ****** look like it". When we got off we were laughing like madman.
Ironically the coach we were coming back on left without us. Happy days.
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I did, to the NEC to see New Order (Technique era) supported by Happy Mondays and Primal Scream, Pogues at Brighton Centre (bloody National Express thing broke down but we made it in the end, U2 - Wembley, June 1987, Cult - Wembley Arena (Electric era). Great times !!!!
 
patricks148 said:
Stevenage's Finest lol. seen PWEIS...very funny... beaver patrol;)

I used to be in a few Indie bands and we did a few gigs up and down the country. There was a piece on small local venues closing on the news this morning.
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Man , I hope our paths cross one day , I love a good natter !!! The poppies were brilliant fun back in the day. ON a side note , have you seen what Clint Mansell of PWEI has gone on to do ???? Wikipedia him if not, you couldn't make it up !!!!
 
Best era for me was from my clubbing and dj days. From 93 to 99 were my best years for music but love House music from 87 onwards to present day and still play it all now.

I do enjoy the 80's groove years plus bits of soul, funk, disco but have to be in that kind of mood to listen to it on Spotify etc.
 
drewster said:
Man , I hope our paths cross one day , I love a good natter !!! The poppies were brilliant fun back in the day. ON a side note , have you seen what Clint Mansell of PWEI has gone on to do ???? Wikipedia him if not, you couldn't make it up !!!!
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just did, good for him had more talent than i thought;)

some of the people i used to hang around with went on the far better things as well. one is a former Turner prize winner, chief of acquisitions at a top Investment bank, head of the Oxford dictionary and they were all in the same twee indie band

I was friendly with the Soup Dragons back in the mid 80, lost touch, but recently was friended by the ex singer on facebook. he used to be a skinny wee guy who married young... check him out Sean Dickinson;)
 
Tashyboy said:
Anyone get on a coach to go to any gigs in the 80's or when ever?
Me, the future Missis T and her sister went to the NEC in the 80's to watch Spandau Ballet when they were in there prime. A Coach pulls up and Missis T says get on. I got half way down a half full coach which had previously picked up elsewhere and the smell of petulia oil was over powering. I stopped and asked "is this coach going to spandau Ballet", a smelly and greasy leather and denim clad Ming Mong grunts
" does it f ****** look like it". When we got off we were laughing like madman.
Ironically the coach we were coming back on left without us. Happy days.
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The best times. Me and a few mates used to work in a sport shop on a Sat. We always went clubbing locally on Friday night so was still a little 'hazy' on a Sat and guys that we got to know through clubbing would come in the shop and say someone is putting a coach on to Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield tonight, meet at 7pm, £15 - see you there. You didn't have a clue which club you were going, who was djing but knew it would be a house club and that you'd get home - at some point.
 
so much music from all decades but the 70`s for me as Glam rock was a huge influence on my music choice .the sixties a very close second as there was so many iconic bands around then ,THE BEATLES ,THE STONES ,THE WHO ,THE KINKS , HENDRIX and many more.
 
Love the late 70s and early 80 era, bring back disco and the big hair. More into disco, Pop and euro rubbish but do like quite a bit of soul and dance music.

Also really enjoying the current era of music(last 5 years).
 
Too much I like in every era of music to narrow it down to any particular one as I it all really depends on what mood I'm in on any given day.

60's were great for prog, rock, folk and pop
70's for the huge contrasts between synth, prog, punk and pop. Plus the real growth in metal and heavier rock
80's were a fantastic era that was a bridge between analogue and digital music. So much hair. And stadium rock.
90's for indie and dance culture
00's for when hip-hop got good
10's for... Oh, now it's tricky... So far I'd say the 10's for when people realised how good the 80's were and rediscovered electro.

And through it all there was Bob Dylan - the single greatest influence in music IMO.
 
Love a bit of Absolute 80's myself but will also listen to their Classic Rock station, the 90's station & the 00's station as well - like a mix of music.
Will also enjoy my 7th straight year at Download this year - don't do the camping though, too old for that.
 
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