The 60s one was probably a no-brainer, but I think this one would be more even. Do you prefer the music from 1970-75 or 1975-1980? The early 70s had Heavy metal, Glam Rock, Singer-songwriter AOR, teen fluff, stadium rock, post-psych, funk, soul, early prog rock while the late 70s had late prog rock, Hair metal, Disco, Punk, New Wave.etc. I'm going for the first half for such monumental groups as Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and immortal albums like DSOTM, though the late 70s were also very rich.

Definitely, early 70s for it is non-disco.

I'd go for the late 70s, mainly because I love Disco.
Mind you I also like Glam Rock from the early 70s, but they are more songs that I like from the late 70s.

I voted late 70s.

Early 70's for me.  Biased, I guess - it's the music I "cut my teeth on".  :)

Late '70s in a close one.

I had to choose late 70's because it is what I remember most...That being said, it is a very very close call... The main reason why I chose the late 70's is because, yes, the early 70's had glam rock, metal, singer song writer etc...But the late 1970's had all these (even if not fully, at least you could still hear the music of the early 1970's and still enjoy disco, punk rock and still hear some new Zeppelin and Floyd tunes among others. The Eagles were still releasing music and Cold Chisel (in Australia) were HOT. The Skyhooks and others were bringing their own particular style of rock to audiences Australia wide.

Yeah, now I think about it, the late 70's wins hands down. After all we still had the great music of the early 1970's, and we also had the 'new' music of the late 1970's.




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I go late 70s also. Not only (like the above said) did you have the early 70s music to listen to and appreciate, you had the "new" later 70s music to enjoy too.

Just take a hit of acid and watch an old concert tape of Led Zep on the big screen (since it's not possible to experience the real thing) and you'll be converted...

Back then Trim there was a bunch of little friends to take.
THC,yellow Mes,purple microdot, blotter acid, Window Paine, LSD and Orange sunshine. Many more.:P

Back then Trim there was a bunch of little friends to take.
THC,yellow Mes,purple microdot, blotter acid, Window Paine, LSD and Orange sunshine. Many more.:P


Sadly, most of those have gone out of vogue, and are quite hard to find.  :(

Our old joke know any college kids :). thats where all the real good stuff came from. :-X

I agree, such song writers as Carly Simon, James Taylor, Bread, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, The Doobie Brothers all brought in the 70's the idea of individuality.  I am a firm believer that they are the pioneers of what we listen to today.





The 60s one was probably a no-brainer, but I think this one would be more even. Do you prefer the music from 1970-75 or 1975-1980? The early 70s had Heavy metal, Glam Rock, Singer-songwriter AOR, teen fluff, stadium rock, post-psych, funk, soul, early prog rock while the late 70s had late prog rock, Hair metal, Disco, Punk, New Wave.etc. I'm going for the first half for such monumental groups as Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and immortal albums like DSOTM, though the late 70s were also very rich.

I agree, such song writers as Carly Simon, James Taylor, Bread, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, The Doobie Brothers all brought in the 70's the idea of individuality.  I am a firm believer that they are the pioneers of what we listen to today.





Throw in The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Chicago. But most of those where all Am radio junkies. Pink Floyd got a lot more play on Fm Radio back then.

i went with early 70s because the late 70s are way too much like the early 80s, whereas the early 70s are much more like the preferable late 60s.

i went with early 70s because the late 70s are way too much like the early 80s, whereas the early 70s are much more like the preferable late 60s.


How can the late 70s be like early 80s when the 80s didn't exist? lol

I like both, but I'll vote for late. The early 70s had Glam Rock and the singer/songwriter phenomenon which I love; however, the late 70s had Disco and I like the songs more then.

There are times when my expectations are completely turned on their head. This is one such time...

There are times when my expectations are turned on their head. This is one such time...
did you expect the era of zeppelin IV and dark side of the moon to handily defeat the era of grease and saturday night fever? i did too. oh well, go figure.

did you expect the era of zeppelin IV and dark side of the moon to handily defeat the era of grease and saturday night fever? i did too. oh well, go figure.


:\'( I thought the era of Zep IV and DSOTM was invincible, it couldn't be touched...like the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Rock Covenant...

Gut I guess Disco and Meatloaf seem to have won this battle

i've kinda come around to disco (i'm old enough to remember disco sucks bumper stickers! i wonder if you can get them on ebay...) but meatloaf is and will always be quite perfectly awful.

i've kinda come around to disco (i'm old enough to remember disco sucks bumper stickers! i wonder if you can get them on ebay...) but meatloaf is and will always be quite perfectly awful.


90% of Disco was rubbish, garbage, trifle, crap...ditto for Meatloaf, Foreigner, Journey and their ilk.

90% of Disco was rubbish, garbage, trifle, crap...ditto for Meatloaf, Foreigner, Journey and their ilk.

To be honest, there is now way we are all gonna agree on what period of music is the best. The ones from the 50's, 60's 70's and so on are gonna say theirs is the best. You can say disco stinks all you want. But it still not gonna change the fact that back in the era of the disco age, there where more dance clubs all over the country back then. Compared to now a days. Even after Urban Cowboy you saw the country western dance clubs opened up more in this country.  I think each era had it's good points and bad.

For me I hated the late 50's and early 60's of all that soldier Boy style. That was all my dad played in his car(Bleak). I mean there is only so many times you can hear Where going to the Chapel.... I was so glad that style of music found a direction in the middle 60's period... My mom listened to JJ, Hendricks and many others.

It's not only me...most people are in agreement that, like current dance music, most of disco was crap, but the disco music that was good really stood out and was even brilliant at times...Numberless imitators then tried their hands at it and saturated the airwaves with sub-standard music.

It's not only me...most people are in agreement that, like current dance music, most of disco was crap, but the disco music that was good really stood out and was even brilliant at times...Numberless imitators then tried their hands at it and saturated the airwaves with sub-standard music.


So true but you will get that in all types of music. No matter what time period your in. Look at new wave when it hit you had a flood of crap popping up. The same with the glam of the early 70's more junk came out. Look at the haircut bands of the 80's, a few good groups came out of that age. Not too many but a few. My point is each era of music had it bad along with the good. 

'Just take a hit of acid and watch an old concert tape of Led Zep on the big screen (since it's not possible to experience the real thing) and you'll be converted...'


But Zeppelin were still putting on awsome shows in the late 1970's...So were The Who...Black Sabbath, Kiss, and Pink Floyd.

Personally, I think Led Zeppelin's shows got better as the decade got older. Just look at their Albert Hall and Madison Square Garden performances from 1970 and 1973 respectively and then compare it to their Earls Court and Knebworth performances from 1975 and 1979 respectively from the 2003 double disc DVD release (This is all I have to go on because, as my cousin always points out, I was too young to see them when they came to Australia in 1972...I was only a few months old, and they never returned afterwards). For me, at least, there is absolutely no comparison, the later concerts are better in both sound and performance.

As for disco...I enjoyed it back in the say...Infact I still enjoy much of it today. Sure, there were some that made me want to puke, but the great majority of disco music was amazing.

Funny you mention watching Led Zeppelin on the big screen...My cousin's (not the same cousin who saw Led Zep in Sydney in 1972) girlfriend's family owns a small cinema in Sydney. It used to only show porn, but they refurbished it and converted it into surround sound and fitted a larger screen. They also made it able to project DVD's onto the big screen. Not as big as a projected image, but still pretty huge. My cousin and his girlfriend and their friends are huge Zeppelin fans (like myself) and so before the cinema re-opened after its refurbishments, we were allowed to watch The Song Remains The Same and the Led Zeppelin 2003 DVD concert release...With surround sound and the volume turned up just a little bit more than usual...It was amazing!!! The sound went through you, and it was an experience Ill never forget.





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Hands Down 1970-75

It is my opinion, but I think the best music was written between 1965 and 1978. I like music from all
the decades, from the Classical themes of the 1700 hundreds to the Goth Metal of today but I
still think the best was between '65 and '78.

Disco Sucks was the rally cry of the '70s, why? Because it was synthetic and cheesy with no real
musicianship or exotic stage productions. Just an uppity rhythmic beat produced by drum machines.

Then why was it so popular? Because girls didn't care about musicianship and exotic stage productions.
Girls liked to dance. Girls went to places where they can dance to an uppity rhythmic beat, and where there
are girls shaking what they've got, there are sure to be eager young men hoping to get some.

... the disco music that was good really stood out and was even brilliant at times...Numberless imitators then tried their hands at it and saturated the airwaves with sub-standard music.


Can I get a big AMEN?  ;)



...Girls liked to dance...


Including me.  At the time, I went to dance parties a LOT (of course being a college freshman etc. may have had an influence  ::) ).  I came to know these Disco tunes and ended up buying quite a few.  But after a few months, how much do you think I clamored to hear those records I spent my hard earned nickle on?  Not much.  :-\\

(By contrast, my Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder, Beatles, Chicago, and Elton John records sounded even better with age...)

I couldn't choose between the 2. I love both equally for different reasons.

The early 70's :The Osmonds, The Jackson 5, Tony Defranco & the Defrancos, America, First Class, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods.......
These were Grade school & Jr. High for me. These mean summer to me!!!! Riding my Schwin Lil' Chik around the neighborhood, the days at the swimming pool, playing Kick the Can after dark
Days....people.....memories..... I cherish

The late 70's : REO, Boston, Cheap trick, Cooper, Zepplin, Lynyrd Skynyrd and way too many to list
These are high School for me. Party'in all summer long. Half Barrel parties at Cenntenial Park and then moved under the bridge at 10pm
when the park closed
And, yes, these are stoner years. :D

Days....people.....memories I cherish