OLD 55 Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 How about the 80s ? Or the 50s ? We've never had a #1 from either of those eras! No, I suggested to Farin we have another "NO #1s" Top Ten next and he agreed. We know it takes out some of the 'minor players' who had surprise #1s in ourTop Ten, but the idea is to leave out the Super Artists/Groups occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 How about the 80s ? Or the 50s ? We've never had a #1 from either of those eras! Actually, my nomination from the 50's, Johnny B. Goode, came #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 You're right Shadows - sorry ! What IS wrong with the 80s ? I've nominated/seen nominated some great 80s songs that can't even, or barely struggle into the Top Ten. Maybe those FM Jocks don't give them enough airplay ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I think it´s due to the 60s and 70s. If we had a Top Ten with songs just from the 80s, 90s and 2000, I´m sure an 80s song would make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 it's pretty interesting actually - I just did a quick count: up to date we had 38 Top Tens, that means 380 songs... out of these 25 were 80's songs (ca. 7%) and 19 were 90's songs... (5%) 50's and 00's are even below that... so around 320 out of 380 songs are either 60's or 70's (that's 85%) -------------- but please don't take that as a criticism, a great deal of my favourite songs/artists are from the 60's or 70's the only thing I want to do is campaigning for (not demanding or suchlike) songs of a decade that are sometimes terribly underrated, imho and they should compete against songs of all other decades, so I wouldn't want to vote for a "90's only" or "80's +" Top Ten's (unless it's an idea for a "Special Top Ten" in that category everything's possible ) mind you, this is just my personal opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 it's pretty interesting actually - I just did a quick count: up to date we had 38 Top Tens, that means 380 songs... out of these 25 were 80's songs (ca. 7%) and 19 were 90's songs... (5%) 50's and 00's are even below that... so around 320 out of 380 songs are either 60's or 70's (that's 85%) -------------- but please don't take that as a criticism, a great deal of my favourite songs/artists are from the 60's or 70's the only thing I want to do is campaigning for (not demanding or suchlike) songs of a decade that are sometimes terribly underrated, imho and they should compete against songs of all other decades, so I wouldn't want to vote for a "90's only" or "80's +" Top Ten's (unless it's an idea for a "Special Top Ten" in that category everything's possible ) mind you, this is just my personal opinion As amply illustrated in the graphs/] ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 it's pretty interesting actually - I just did a quick count: up to date we had 38 Top Tens, that means 380 songs... out of these 25 were 80's songs (ca. 7%) and 19 were 90's songs... (5%) 50's and 00's are even below that... so around 320 out of 380 songs are either 60's or 70's (that's 85%) -------------- but please don't take that as a criticism, a great deal of my favourite songs/artists are from the 60's or 70's the only thing I want to do is campaigning for (not demanding or suchlike) songs of a decade that are sometimes terribly underrated, imho and they should compete against songs of all other decades, so I wouldn't want to vote for a "90's only" or "80's +" Top Ten's (unless it's an idea for a "Special Top Ten" in that category everything's possible ) mind you, this is just my personal opinion Farin, I am with you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 it's pretty interesting actually - I just did a quick count: up to date we had 38 Top Tens, that means 380 songs... out of these 25 were 80's songs (ca. 7%) and 19 were 90's songs... (5%) 50's and 00's are even below that... so around 320 out of 380 songs are either 60's or 70's (that's 85%) -------------- but please don't take that as a criticism, a great deal of my favourite songs/artists are from the 60's or 70's the only thing I want to do is campaigning for (not demanding or suchlike) songs of a decade that are sometimes terribly underrated, imho and they should compete against songs of all other decades, so I wouldn't want to vote for a "90's only" or "80's +" Top Ten's (unless it's an idea for a "Special Top Ten" in that category everything's possible ) mind you, this is just my personal opinion I bet if you took the age of every voter and broke it down into teens, 20's, 30's 40's 50's60's and beyond.....you would see the average as somewhere in the high 40's to low 50's. Most people, not all people, never change the musical tastes they developed as a kid and will always love, and subsequently vote for, songs they loved when they were 15. Try it...add 15 years to your birth year. Then give yourself a 5 year buffer on either side of that....that's your rock "hot spot". Example: I was born in 1958. Add 15 years = 1973. Five years prior is 1968, five years post is 1978. Most of my favorite songs are from that era 1968-1978. ( I happen to love early British Invasion which i attribute to having a sister 6 years older than me and listening to her records non-stop, that's why there are some exceptions.) Again, this isn't exact and it may not be 100% the same for everyone....but i bet it's close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 RonJon, you´re so right once again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Edna, I've used this theory in many rock discussions and it always holds up pretty well. And now, I'm going to make some french toast for breakfast..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I guess I'm one of the exceptions of the rule, but I agree with you too. This applies to lots of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 that's a pretty interesting little theory there, Ron. You've caused me to think about it, and now I have a headache. } Although it's only been in the past couple of years that I have discovered some music that has become my most-listened to and favorite, I almost always vote for songs on this thread that I can associate childhood/teenage memories with, because it makes me smile. That isn't to say, however, that if one were to nominate a Roger Clyne song it would go un-voted for. Quite the contrary. It would be #1, #2, #3... you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 That's fine, we'll all have exceptions. I just think if we look at the core block of music we really love, it will fall into that "zone". We all know and love 100's if not 1000's of songs. It's great to make a discovery that you just didn't know about, or didn't exist during the core years. If it were possible to list every song you really love/like/appreciate, etc. , most would fall into that 10 year zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Wow, I've never thought of it that way, but it makes perfect sense. That 10 year block holds up for me too. I've always felt the age thing figured in to the top ten voting. Now you've given me something to think about. Shawna, please pass the tylenol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybrown1976 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 it's pretty interesting actually - I just did a quick count: up to date we had 38 Top Tens, that means 380 songs... out of these 25 were 80's songs (ca. 7%) and 19 were 90's songs... (5%) 50's and 00's are even below that... so around 320 out of 380 songs are either 60's or 70's (that's 85%) -------------- but please don't take that as a criticism, a great deal of my favourite songs/artists are from the 60's or 70's the only thing I want to do is campaigning for (not demanding or suchlike) songs of a decade that are sometimes terribly underrated, imho and they should compete against songs of all other decades, so I wouldn't want to vote for a "90's only" or "80's +" Top Ten's (unless it's an idea for a "Special Top Ten" in that category everything's possible ) mind you, this is just my personal opinion That's pretty much been my life story. At this point, the songs I've loved most were from the 60s and 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Darn, Paranoid Android was only 3 points off the Top 10. Poor 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Just as at any point in my life a great new movie could move into my personal all time top ten or a piece of art just completed next week could supplant an old master as my favorite; if I heard a great song just released tomorrow, it could become one of my favorites. Could the fact simply be that the 15 years of 1964 - 1979 were rock's legitimacy years when it moved from obstensibly a faddish pastime for youth, into an acknowledged artform. Rock's thoroughfare, during that period, was paved not only by new experiments in musical technology, but by its proponents ability to correctly define and interpret the emotions of its audience. I don't think the same could be said for as large a percentage of today's music, though the artform most certainly continues to evolve and flourish. Someone born tomorrow, were they so inclined to do the research at some point in the future, very well might come to the same conclusions that our intimate "experiment" is revealing to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 During last night's radio interview, the DJ and our very own Carl were discussing the fact that today's music is so much more diverse - there are so many more genres than there were back in the 60s and 70s - that generations of people don't go home and listen to the same stuff as each other on the radio anymore, like we did when I was a kid. It's appeared to have created a mild crevasse between age groups. And before you all say, "Oh, that existed years ago, too," I agree, it did. But not (at least not in my world) to the degree it does today. It was an interesting interview. One that will be transcribed and made available for all yous kids when I get the CD from the DJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Good theory. I'm another exception though. I'm 15 now, so my rock "hot spot", would be 2001-2011. I hardly know any songs since 2001, and the onces I do know, I don't particuly like. But I guess there are the few of us teens who are an exception tothe theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 But you are much more likely to vote for a song from that era than I am...plus, you'll still like the music you liked now..in 30 years, whether it is current or from 30 years ago. If you like the Beatles now, you'll like them forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadows Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Yeah, I don't think my music taste is ever going to change. It never has, and never will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Mmm ! I was 15 when the 'Rock Era' started in 1955. Whilst I like many songs from 5 years before that, I'd be much more inclined to vote for 60s songs, because I believe that was the Decade that had everything musically (except Rap, Thank The Powers That Be). But we've always had music in our house/s, whether on the radio or on a turntable (or tape recorder when they made them available commercially). I wonder how many hours I spent unravelling tapes ? I used to watch the "Countdown" Top Ten and then the "Rage" Top 50 with my kids right up to the end of the 80s. So I'd say I have a "hot spot" of 40 years, but I was always precocious and have never really grown up. Also I'd call what I like Pop music - I really don't know how to define 'Rock'. Bill Haley, Elvis, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry - they rocked for me. There you are, I just named a heap of old 50s rockers. RonJon is right. But I also like Groups such as GNR, Van Halen, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue; I like to play "Kickstart My Heart" with the volume right up, but my Wife and Children make me turn it down - just like my Mother did with Bill Haley 50 years ago. P.S. Please don't try to define ROCK for me. Maybe it would make a good new Thread if one like it doesn't already exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Great reasoning RonJon, but like Seeker, I'm another exception to your rule. I like your style though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Tell you what, using RonJon's formula, that does explain why we don't get 80s songs in our Top Tens. So it's the fault of people aged around 35 to early 40s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Let´s face it: RonJon is right (as usual). Besides, 60s-70s music is THE BEST!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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