https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:55:47 +0000 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:32:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10247 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66943&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66943 Author: Archives Guy
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Posted: 11 June 2025 at 4:32pm

I just realized I never voted. This is what happens when you get older!! For me it is 1964-1973. If I had to pick a decade it would be the 1960's.
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Edited by Archives Guy - 11 June 2025 at 4:38pm]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:32:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66943&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66943 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66936&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66936 Author: Mike28714
Subject: 10247
Posted: 09 June 2025 at 11:22pm

Definitely the 80's]]> Mon, 09 Jun 2025 23:22:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66936&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66936 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66918&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66918 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10247
Posted: 06 June 2025 at 6:35pm

Typo. Glad you caught it. Now fixed. ]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:35:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66918&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66918 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66917&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66917 Author: Jody Thornton
Subject: 10247
Posted: 06 June 2025 at 6:15pm

EdisonLite wrote: Since it's been 5 days since the last post/vote, I'd say the poll is pretty much over. The 1960's came in first place with 49% of the vote; and the 1970s came in second place with 29% of the vote, followed by the 60s', then 90's.

Was it the 60s or 80s that received 49%    ]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:15:50 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66917&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66917 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66915&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66915 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10247
Posted: 06 June 2025 at 1:49pm

Since it's been 5 days since the last post/vote, I'd say the poll is pretty much over. The 1980's came in first place with 49% of the vote; and the 1970s came in second place with 29% of the vote, followed by the 60's, then 90's.

I find it interesting (but maybe not surprising) that the 20's, 10's and 00's got a combined total of 0% of the vote. (This may explain, in part, why Record Research didn't print the weekly charts for the 2010's. I understand there's just less interest from the customer base for more recent decades.)

If this poll was conducted on this site in 2015 and 2005, I wonder how different the results would be. Maybe more votes for the 70's and 60's -as now there are probably newer and younger members of this site than there were 20, and even 10, years ago. :)

Edited by EdisonLite - 06 June 2025 at 6:36pm]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:49:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66915&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66915 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66854&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66854 Author: Ringmaster_D
Subject: 10247
Posted: 01 June 2025 at 9:51am

It's a tie for me between the 1960s and the 1980s, but really it's 1964-1969 and 1980-1985. I would argue that both of those time periods had the most diverse charts we've ever seen. I voted 1960s.]]> Sun, 01 Jun 2025 09:51:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66854&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66854 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66840&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66840 Author: RoknRobnLoxley
Subject: 10247
Posted: 30 May 2025 at 6:58am

My fave time period is 1964 - 1974, but of course there are always great tunes before and after. So I voted for the 60s...]]> Fri, 30 May 2025 06:58:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66840&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66840 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66839&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66839 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 10247
Posted: 29 May 2025 at 9:22pm

I love all decades and keep current with the latest music since I'm a wedding & event DJ. But, my favorite decade in music will always be the 1970s. I was in radio in the mid 70s to the mid 90s and the 1970s takes me back to so many wonderful early memories in radio as well as the music I grew up with from the very early 70s.]]> Thu, 29 May 2025 21:22:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66839&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66839 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66837&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66837 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 10247
Posted: 29 May 2025 at 9:12am

I voted '80s, but it's probably closer to 1975-1985 for me. Every few years, the pop world has brilliant years (1967, 1972, 1979, 1983). I suppose my absolute favorite time frame is stuck right between two of these years, in 1979-1983.

Much of my sweet-spot soul (Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chic, etc.) is mid-to-late '70s.

Much of my melodic rock favorites (38 Special, Squeeze, Martin Briley, Saga, Pretenders) are early '80s.

Much of my *least* favorite pop also is early '80s (the endless Air Supply singles, "Endless Love", the somewhat anonymous songs that seemed to serve no other purpose than filling a spot on a playlist like "Say What" by Jesse Winchester, the Stars On 45 and the other medleys). To me, the innovation of 1982-1983 outweighs the doldrums of 1980-1982.

All just my opinions, of course. All time frames have good and bad, but the 1979-1983 good stuff provokes an emotional response in me that the other time frames don't.]]> Thu, 29 May 2025 09:12:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66837&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66837 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66836&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66836 Author: jebsib
Subject: 10247
Posted: 29 May 2025 at 7:48am

Here's the problem with the early 00s. (And by that I mean from 2001 - 2006 - After the Teen pop / Latin / post Grunge period of 97-00). It's not that the music was bad per se, but if you were a music enthusiast, following the charts and listening to the radio, this was a weird period.

Were there bangers? Absolutely, no question. But actively Radio pulled the plug on pop acts fast in 2001. Retail singles were essentially stopped. Billboard's charts were fueled solely by Airplay which was overwhelmed by post-high-point Hip/Hop at that time, leading to years of any other genre suffering commercially. Never before or since has one genre monopolized the top 20 for so long, leading to no real variety visibility (or marketing / promotion dollars) going to other acts. ]]> Thu, 29 May 2025 07:48:00 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10247&PID=66836&title=favorite-decade-for-music#66836