What’s your favourite musical decade? – Poll
Let’s mix things up with a new poll and find out what music “decade” you listen to the most.
You all know of our love for 60s music and we are sure a lot of you share this passion. Many of you have even discovered us because of our covers of music from that time but you might listen to lots of other types of music as well. We’re curious to find out what else you’re into.
Obviously grouping music into “decades” doesn’t specify genre or anything else but it’s a start 🙂 Feel free to elaborate in the comments! It will be interesting to read everyone’s perspective.
You can select up to 3 answers as your result. 🙂
Let’s go …
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Stay groovy,
Mona & Lisa
Although I answered 70s, I would probably select 1964-1973, or thereabouts. So many great albums came out in the late 60s and early 70s that it sort of seems like a separate “decade” in its own right.
As well as Pink Floyd and The Beatles (of course), I’m thinking early Supertramp, early Barclay James Harvest, early Yes, early Genesis among many, many more
In Australia we had such great bands such as the Easybeats which you have covered very nicely, INXS, AC/DC, Zoot, Masters Apprentice’s, John Paul Young, John Farnham, Billy Thorpe, the list goes on and on so much talent the world missed out on as we were such a small player on the world stage. Like Sixto there is a gold mine of hidden gems waiting to be discovered. As much as I love most of MLT originals I also love hearing MLT covers some are just so great. Music came alive in the 60’s and 70’s.
Rex, I’m a big AC/DC fan and also like The Easybeats. I always liked the song Friday On My Mind but thanks to YouTube discovered a lot of their great tunes. Another Aussie I discovered from an AC/DC documentary is Jimmy Barnes from the band Cold Chisel. Man, what a voice that guy has got even today. He has some stuff on YouTube with guys like Keith Urban and Joe Bonamasa that is really good.
Thanks we do have some great Aussie talent but in the sixties and seventies our population was not a big enough player in the world of music and many went unnoticed
Cheers Rex
Yep, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Mostly 60’s. My reason is very simple. I was born in 1952, and grew up in a very close nit family, so I have happy memories of those times. And the music was the soundtrack to it all. My mom and dad loved music, and with two older brothers, I got to hear just about everything being played on the radio. Back then the radio played everything from rock, country, soul. It wasn’t specialized like it is today. Those were great times!
I think each decade has great songs but the decade I like most is the 60s, with of course The Fab Four and all the other Groups but also great females singers and males singers, the list is too long, in the 50s I like the great Rock and Roll singers like Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Everly Brothers etc, in the 70s I like Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Heart, Asia, Alan Parsons Project, Badfinger, Donna Summer, Blondie, etc. I really love Norah Jones, Sade, Kylie Minogue, with French Artists like France Gall, Mireille Mathieu, Francoise Hardy, Leo Ferré, Dick Rivers, Johnny Hallyday, Vicky Leandros , etc..
I can’t decide on a specific decade. Probably the 1970s as that’s when I started to listen to music. The 1980s for the classick rock, then there was the 1940s, 50s & 60s for the blues.
Finally the current times are a great time for the kinds of music I love. So many young, independent blues-based singers.
I’d struggle just as much do pick a single genre too
There is great music in all decades, but when I´m looking my own record collection, most of the albums are from 70s or 60s. 80s went more or less over from me because I found Grateful Dead, Neil Young and few other bands and artists then and most of the decade I bought their old albums.
Ich liebe alle Formen des Old-Time-Jazz, Swing, Rock’n Roll, Boogie-Woogie, Beat, Soul.
I almost selected “Current Music” as MLT qualifies as such, but it’s the only current music I listen to. The 60s is by far my favorite decade, then waning some is the 70’s and then sliding down a bit more is the 80s. Any other decade is slim pickings. The early 1800s with Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin is very interesting. Glad to see the poll results are consistent!
I should add The Mamas and Papas from the 60 ‘s also.
The Beatles and Rolling Stones in the 60 ‘s and 70 ‘s of course the Beatles broke up early in that decade.
I often wonder if they hadn’t broke up. How many more great songs and albums they would of had together.
But they all went on to be very successful on there own for sure
The 80 ‘s. Blondie and Oliva Newton- John were great.
I was born in 1959…. So the 60s were the first songs I remember….. of course the 70s probably were more my time! But I certainly remember buying a 45 with a green apple on one side and yellow-ish on the other! Those were the days, my friend!! By the way, I would love to hear Sugarloaf Green Eyed Lady by the MonaLisa Twins!
I was introduced to music in the 60”s , went to high school in the 70’s, and college in the 80’s so those are my decades. I like most of the 60’s. There were a lot of great stuff in the 70’s and a fair amount of garbage too, and not all of it disco. Same with the 80’s.
Being born in 1950 gives me a whole decade of parental guidance as to my musical background…I remember at age age 6 or 7 my parents got me a record player and two 45 RPM records..How Much Is That Doggie In The Window by Patti Page…and Bimbo by Jim Reeves..by 1960 they got me and my brother (as we shared the same room) a radio that was on a table between our beds…it was either an Emerson or Philco…I don’t remember which…during that time period you heard on station WOLF 1390 AM Syracuse NY the songs of the “teen idols”…Ricky Nelson…Annette..Bobby Rydell…Frankie Avalon…Paul Anka…Bobby Vee…Shelley Fabares…Paul Peterson…Brenda Lee…Lesley Gore…and so many more..it was also the time period of the “Surfing Songs”…with Jan and Dean..the Safaris…the Rivieras…the Beach Boys…and how about those “instrumental beach songs” from Duane Eddy …The Ventures..The Marketts…Santo and Johnny…Mr. Acker Bilk…The Tornadoes…Jorgen Ingmann and so many more…..then 1964 happened and darn near everything we were used to went away as the British Invasion was underway led by The Beatles…The Rolling Stones…The Kinks…The Zombies..The Bee Gees…Dave Clark Five..Gerry & The Pacemakers…Peter and Gordon and so many more….the 60s was my time as teenager and so it really was the decade of my musical memories …my favorite groups were Beatles ..Bee Gees…Hollies…Moody Blues…Seekers and as we moved into the 70s The Bee Gees were on the top of my list with Paul McCartneys Wings close behind….and as we moved into the 80s I was a country music radio DJ…what a switch …I was a student at Columbia School of Broadcasting in Dallas and a country music station offered me a job..what could I say…I jumped on it and stayed there for years…..but Rock n Roll of the 60s is where my heart remains….and probably the reason I love The MonaLisa Twins so much❤️🧡
Good music is good music, whatever the decade, but I love late sixties music, such as The Spencer Davis Group and The Kinks, along with The Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans, Beatles and others. Into the Seventies and we got what’s now referred to as classic Rock; UFO, Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, ELO, Jethro Tull and loads more.
I’ve never understood why some genres and styles just seem to disappear. I discovered The MonaLisa Twins on Facebook when the promo posts kept appearing in my feed. I get loads of those sorts of posts, but this one caught my attention, with mentions of melodies, harmonies and sixties- style songwriting (apologies if I’ve remembered it wrong). I watched the video. I listened. It was ‘That’s Life’. I watched/listened again. And again. I was hooked. I now hardly ever listen to anything but MLT in my car, which is where I do most of my music listening.
The MonaLisa Twins now feature as one of the favourite music acts of Jess Plaxton, who’s the protagonist in my novels, along with Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Hamsters and Led Zeppelin and Bad Company. Good company!
My regret is that I was not aware of my own favourite music act until after the Cavern Club residency. I’d love to see MLT live.
The 60s and 70s were the most outstanding musical decades and there will not be any bands, that I know of currently, who will (in 60 years time) be putting out anniversary albums. Having said that, there are many excellent bands around and it is great to see the inclusion of females in bands and female lead bands these days. The days of really new and vibrant and long-lasting are gone as there are too many electronic add ons instead of studio innovation.
Without a doubt my favorite period is 1965 through 1978. Best music in the world. My listening started with the Beatles which oddly led me to find MLT on YouTube, something I am truly grateful for. While it is difficult for me to listen to the music of today, the Wagner family puts out music that is outrageously fantastic and is only getting better with each subsequent release. You girls truly rock.
All I really require for good music is a melody, good harmony, and lyrics that say something. That’s not too much to ask, right?
I’m a child of the 60s and still listened to music in the 70s. The only modern music I like is the twins!
I love some music from all of those times, but if I have to choose, it’s the 60’s.
Currently I only stream music, so according Deezer I listen to MonaLisa Twins, number 1 MLT listner in 2022, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and Andrea Motis (born in 1995 so new music). Looking at my playlist with favorites I listen to music from 1960-1985. After that I can not say that I like the music created; see also the post of Jung Roe in the forum “Top 10 songs people listening to today” and you understand why.
i also enjoy country music from 60’s thru the early 2000’s
As I grew up through the 60’s and 70’s (born in ’57), those two decades are imbedded in my soul. The 80’s brought about a bit of a resurgence in my favorite genres, and renewed popularity of some of the incredible groups that were my favorite listen-to’s. Plus some new neames and a couple “supergroups” came together. Faces, Traveling Wilbury’s, Highwaymen…life was so good!
But truth be told, my favorite “time” is right now. Due in large part to discovering MLT, but also since I started playing guitar in 2001. What’s great about now is I can go back and jam along with my old favorite tunes, develop and noodle away on my own flavor of the solos, and share the love of some great music with family and friends at gatherings. There is so much to draw from from those three decades it would be all but impossible to cover them all. But there’s no shame in trying.
Of course, the 50’s is when Rock N Roll started coming in from the Delta Blues, then came the 60’s with the Beatles and the Southern California vibes, I was in 7th Heaven. The 70’s with the Southern California vibe moving into what I call sit down Music with CSN, the Eagles, so I have always played those 3 decades until 2021 came around and I was surfing you tube and came upon 2 lovely ladies singing and playing. Wow, what a moment for me in time!! I have been glued to MLT ever since. Thank you MLT for brightening up the last 2 years. I have been transformed into a fan of MonaLisa and their entire family!!! Stay Groovy and I can’t wait for the Duo sessions to come about!!!
My favorite time period is from roughly 1964 to around 1975. Then in 1990s I like what a bunch of the female artists did, e.g., Sixpence None the Richer, Lisa Loeb, Jewel.
I agree with Tom. Also the 60’s and 70’s were the time that I was growing up so they mean something very special to me.
I love the 60’s & 70’s music,I think it was the most amazing time.So much innovation(led by The Beatles) and pure talent on display.Which is why I LOVE your music,you beautiful ladies bring so much joy to us all,and the incredible talent you bring and showcase on every project you undertake,well it just blows my mind.I am so glad I discovered you ladies(thanks Facebook & You Tube).Life is so much better with The MLT in it.
Love & Hugs to All
Tom
This is tough because aside from MLT, I don’t listen to much music at all. YT has me currently on a rotation of MLT, old Philip Glass, and 1970s Mike Oldfield. So I chose the 60s because I grew up with the Beatles and listen to MLT covering many songs of the 60s, the 70s because of the aforementioned Philip Glass and Mike Oldfield, and current music because of “WHY?”. Two of the three decades are through listening to Mona and Lisa, either covers of old songs or their new originals.
So I picked 60s because of the explosion of fun rock music that far exceeded what was played in the 50’s, but they did set the stage. I also picked the 90’s because of some of the music that had broken away from the super hard rock and hair bands that basically ruined themselves. Not all their music was bad but their image had become something not appealing to the masses. I tried to tell a few good friends that rock music of the day was dying and I was right. Music like Jewel came along in the late 90s for instance and the early fun Rap music started to explode with artist like MC Hammer, Young MC, JayZ, Snoop Dog, Salt N Peppa, 2 Pac, Eminiem, etc. Not my favorite genre, but the new music genre demanded I at least give it a chance and some it was very good.
So that brings us to NOW. Obviously Ive heard it all since the second half of the last century. Along the way I have grown to truly love and appreciate Blues from any time in history…its timeless. But now I look forward to know and hear what is coming next. Im not into extreme genres of music and the longer I live the more I appreciate any good tunes I can relate with on some level. Obviously I get very excited every you two release a new record. I also listed to some folk/bluegrass kind of artist as Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, Maya Devitry and Band,(Maya writes almost all of her songs and they are very different, maybe a collaborations sometime?) something new from Joe Bonamassa and other hard driving guitar players doing the Blues. The softer tunes touch me in a deeper way these days(as many of your last 2 albums has done to me. I listed to any modern Blues simply for the amazing guitarist that comes along with that genre. I hope I didn’t talk too long.
Howdy,
The 1960’s will always be the best music ever. I like some music from the 50’s, 70’s and 80’s, and maybe some from the 90’s. But the 60’s had the most good bands and good music. To me it was amazing.
It’s also amazing that many of us can remember the lyrics to so many songs from all those years ago. I can probably sing for you a hundred or more songs, off the top of my head, but why can’t we remember a lot of the things we learned in school? LOL. Many times we studied for an exam and then promptly forgot the information.
I like most types of music – Except – Hip Hop and Rap – which I really do not think is really music.
Besides Rock music, I enjoy Blues, good Jazz, some Country, Classical (I played a lot of it with my trumpet for 7 years in my school band), and even some Arias.
The only new music I listen to these days is the MonaLisa Twins.
Thank You for that ladies.
Enjoy the weekend,
Bobby S.
The only decade I voted for was the ’70s. I admit it’s the decade I know the best because it was the first decade that I was old enough to participate in it. I thought about adding the ’60s but didn’t. Maybe I should have. I think there really was a big difference between those two.
The ’70s had music types that didn’t exist earlier. Progressive rock bands like Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull got going. Rock and jazz combined for one of my favorite genres, fusion.
I’m a keyboard player, and some incredible guys influenced me in the 70s, helped by hardware from Bob Moog and Alan R. Pearlman among others. Stevie Wonder had 14 albums before he started one of the most amazing streaks in music history with Talking Book in 1972. And there was Elton John and Billy Joel.
Ok, I talked myself into it. I should have included the ’60s too. I bought an awful lot of ’60s vintage R&B over the years, after I found out it existed. The ’60s could qualify for vintage R&B alone or the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Who, Hendrix, Chuck Berry, blues, jazz, etc., not to mention Motown, where I’m from.
Hi Chris,
A keyboard player can add so much to a band’s sound. I think of some from the 60’s,
like the Doors, the (Young) Rascals, and the Dave Clark 5.
Take Care,
Bobby S.
The 70s was definitely eclectic in the progression of musical genres. I actually grew up in the south but I have a pretty large collection of R&B vinyl that hasn’t been played for many years since i have no turn table. I will have to say that it was quite an experience to go to Charlotte NC and see The Jackson 5 on their first tour!! I was fascinated.
I would have liked that. The only Motown band I ever saw live was The Four Tops. The Detroit Pistons basketball team had them perform after a game one time back in the ’70s. They were great.
I did see Stevie Wonder play in 2003, but of course that’s well after his Motown days. It was at the 300th anniversary of the founding of Detroit. Never seen so many people in downtown Detroit as I did that day, not even close. Over a quarter million people squeezed in; you could barely move – they were all there to see Stevie. And he was playing those same keyboards he used in the ’70s, a Rhodes and a Clavinet.
the 60s through 80s for me, although no disco for the 70s. There are some bands from the 90s and 2000s that I would include like Matchbox 20, Sister Hazel, Toad the West Sprocket, Pink. I’m pretty eclectic.
Hi Claire,
Yes, I love Matchbox 20. I have 3 or 4 or their CDs. I used to play their songs over and over and sing along with them. I was lucky to seem them in concert when a worked at a venue in Northern California. Rob Thomas is a really friendly and nice guy.
Rob Thomas co-wrote the song “Smooth” that he sang with Santana. Santana won a bunch of Grammy Awards for that song and album.
I also like Sister Hazel.
Take Care,
Bobby S.
P.S. Are you new with the MLT Club? If you are – Welcome.
Matchbox 20 was awesome
Loved “Smooth”. When it first came out I was a little skeptical as to how those two artists would mesh, but there is some awesome funk that happened in that recording.
Yes, I am relatively new.
I picked the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s in the poll. I would also put them in that order for my favorites. I always listened to the Beatles channel on XM radio until I discovered the MLT club in late 2020. Since that time, it has been exclusively MonaLisa Twins in my car.
Without a doubt, it would be the 1960s to the 1980s.
I was a kid in the 60’s but all my friends on the block were older so was a Beatles fan and an earlier age, high school and college were the 70’s and listened to all the rockers of the time, and I have admit I was never a disco fan. I did get to see a lot of great concerts at the time, although my favorite concert was in 2005 when I got to see Sir Paul McCartney at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Maybe I missed it, but a poll on favorite concerts might be fun, although I would love to see MLT in concert!
Surprise, surprise… mine also are the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s with the “sweet spot” being the 60’s. I would bet that if you correlated the survey answers with the age of the respondents their favorite 10 year period would be their age group between about 13 and 23. It’s a magical period of “becoming of age”. I’ve always been open to any “good” music, regardless of genre.
At age 72 I find myself listening a lot to; swing jazz performed by young modern groups (like the Saint Andrews Jazz Band), modern flamenco/fusion (like Jesse Cook), anything Tommy Emmanuel (and all his collaborations), incredible vocalists like Andrea Bocelli and Katherine Jenkins (who lives near you in Wales), young classical guitarists (like Ana Vidovic and Stephanie Jones), and all the artists from the 60’s that I have never stopped loving.
Not to pander here, but I can honestly say that the music I listen to the most is everything MLT. They never stop producing incredible songs that capture my soul, lift my spirit, and make each day more enjoyable.
Even though I was a kid in the 60s I still like a lot of the music. It may have been the most creative time for Rock and Pop music and even some of the country music was good then. I still like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. I think a lot of people tend to hold on to the music that they listened to in High School. For me it was the 70’s Rock n Roll bands like Aerosmith, Heart, Rush, Grand Funk, Bad Co. and many more. I still like listening to it. I selected the 80s also because of AC/DC. Their tapes and CDs spent a lot of time in my car stereo to avoid the crap being played on the radio. I could actually pick current music because of The Mona Lisa Twins, Reina Del Cid, Relax Trio, Liliac and a couple others I listen to a lot.
though familiar with the names, didn’t truly “discover” those Bakersfield artists – Merle, Buck, Wynn Stewart, etc – till 30 years after the fact. It’d be a hoot to hear Mona & Lisa dig deep deep deep into the Beatles catalogue for a cover of “Act Naturally”.
Hi Michael, I never liked the Nashville country music but I did like the Bakersfield sound and the Outlaw country of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. I also liked a lot of the country-rock bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band and Pure Prairie league. One of my favorite bands still is Dr. Hook. They were to country to be played on rock radio and too longhaired and too stoned to be considered country but man they could play some stuff that could tear your heart out.
Hey Tim, I liked the west coast country rock bands too (just about all coming out of that Byrds/Buffalo Springfield tree). You right, many of those artists considered too rock for country radio, and too country for rock radio. Those first two PPL albums (with Craig Fuller) among my all-time favorites from that musical genre.
Yeah Michael those were all good bands. Poco and Flying Burrito Brothers were very good too. My brothers named their band Kansas City Southern after the PPL song. I still have a Two Lane Highway cd. Great album.
Gotta have video on this one with Mona playing the drums and doing lead vocal..she is the Ringo and John of MLT while Lisa is the George and Paul….🥁
yeah…….and the ladies could break out their C&W outfits circa the “california dreamin” 2008 days for the vid.
I’d love to see the girls do another Hotel California with their now mature voices…although their current version is pretty darn good !
When The Twins did a WOTT video on the HELP album they totally skipped over Act Naturally. It’s a fun song and think they could do a fun cover.
maybe they’ll surprise us and do it; an opportunity for Lisa to show off her country chops.
60’s for rock, and the 50’s and earlier for jazz.
I would say the music of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. I found the Twins from searching for “The Last Time” by the Stones. In the car, if I’m not listening to MLT, I have the classic rock station on the radio.
I share a lot of what has been said so far. I like some music from all decades but my spotify is full of 60s stuff. Have to confess to being a bit of a glam rocker for a while but I’m fully recovered now. Have a great weekend everyone.
I’m not surprised the 60’s , 70’s , and 80’s were the most popular, so many great songs came out of those era. I still mostly listen to the 60’s in the car except when I play a Mona Lisa CD. I never get tired of the Twin’s music.
The 60s and 70s had the best tunes. There were some groovy ones in the eighties too. Heart comes to mind. Ioved Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses.
I am a 60s fanatic having grown up in that era. I also have a deep love of 50s & early 60s doo-wop vocal groups. I am also a big fan of all folk music.
I love doo-wop too, Gary! It’s my musical comfort food.
As a teacher in English I used a lot of music which the pupils liked. I used it mostly in the end of the 90’s until I quit in 2019. Chose a tune – found the lyrics – listened to the tune – group discussions in English about the content of the song – class discussion. As time went by, this took over a lot of time from grammar works, as it’s not giving as much as TALKING English. Songs from artists like M.I.A., Train, Miley Cyrus, James Blunt and Aqua has crossed the desk. When they got used to this type of work, they started to choose tunes themselves to present for the other pupils. They should present the tune and put a question or two to discuss in groups – great success. No grammar? Well when they were writing essays they should do it in this way: Write an essay as is – read it aloud – listening to the recording – spot faults and correct them as good as they could – hand over to me and I would point out the remaining faulty parts – then they should write the essay with corrected lines. After that I would look them through, and the last thing to do was to hand back the essays – not to the writer in the first place, but to one of the other pupils, who then should say something about the essay. Try to imagine this process, I tell you when they were in 9th grade they were good at it.
My own taste is, together with pop, traditional jazz as I had many a night in Jazz clubs in Copenhagen when I studied there back in 1970. The 2010’s music is also a big part of my day. MLT of course and the new girl rock group from Mexico The Warning which consists of 3 sisters: 22 single guitar, 20 drums and bass 18, and they have been playing since 2014. Today they are a top group in rock – just listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVFDJhsjHo0&t=21s
For me it’s the 60’s and 70’s. Some 50’s as well though. Since I was born in 1958 I grew up hearing the 60’s and 70’s and to this day it’s still my favorite music. I really can’t stand music from the 80’s through today. There are not many songs from those decades I like. Not sure I could name 10 I like to be honest.
Good poll girls! Thanks!
Most folks prefer the music they grew up listening to; I think for many MLT fans that’s the 60s. And many favorite artists from that era continued to make great music into the next decade. So 60s & 70s for many of us, including me.
I kept up with music during the 80s, but other matters (job/career!) eventually became top priority. I was musically rejuvenated in the 90s, thanks mostly to the roots rock/alternative country movement (and power pop to a slightly lesser extent). Artists/bands like Steve Earle/Lucinda Williams/Whiskeytown/Jayhawks/Uncle Tupelo (and offshoots Son Volt/Wilco), and others became new favorites. Many dabbled in 60s pop rock, a treasured musical genre I never abandoned. Steve Earle calls “Beatles for Sale” his go to Fab album. Members of the Jayhawks have referred to their music as the Beatles meets Gram Parsons. I could go on…………..
Hello Ladies,
I love the poll this week.
I am old school when it comes to Rock Music. I adore and am fascinated by its roots and how things got started.
Rockabilly, Rock, Southern Fried Rock, name it, and I love it.
As for today’s music, I could care less. I’d much prefer to listen to Elton John, Beach Boys, Chicago, ELO, and of Course, the MonaLisa Twins, to name a few.
Have a lovely Day Ladies
Best always
Rick Ross
60s – The Greatest Era of Music!
80s – hair bands!
Then I only get one more vote. I went with the 50s – but I like the 70s too.
Each decade set the standard from which the next decade launched. (Big bands of the 40s were awesome especially for drumming. Big influences for drummers in the following decades.
Great question!
Splitting into decades make it tricky. Although I know many 60’s bands I didn’t really get into music until the 70’s. Even then it appears I love the Beatles and music which is close to them (and their solo years). In the 70’s it’s Bowie, ELO, Blondie, Genesis, Abba, Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Dire Straits, Roxy Music, Jean Michel Jarre, Elton John, Supertramp, Meat Loaf, Gary Numan, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd and then some bands from the punk rock scene. I see some people don’t like the disco period but I love quite a few such as Donna Summer and the Bee Gees. Early 80’s I love as well with the early synth sounds, like Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Ultravox, Visage, Duran Duran, Eurythmics etc. After the mid 80’s it seems to go downhill until Britpop in 1994 for a short period where guitar based music ruled the airwaves. After that there are only a few people I follow such as Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, Crowded House, Aimee Mann, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Texas….. then comes along the MonaLisa Twins!
I grew up in the 60’s and played in bands in the 70’s. Never liked Disco! Even in the 70’s we were playing mostly 60’s music. And then Mona and Lisa came along! So good! So inspiring! I love all your music.
The 60s were an obvious choice for me – most of my favorite artists and songs are associated with that decade; the Beatles, Beach Boys, Association, Lesley Gore, Zombies, Monkees…. I could go on. 🙂
The 70s for a runner up for me: ELO, the Eagles, America, Supertramp… and some that I love more than I might have admitted at the time; the Carpenters, the Osmonds, the Partridge Family, John Denver…
I’d put the 50s in third place if only for Nat ‘King’ Cole and Frank Sinatra.
I grew up in the 60’s and the 70’s music. I remember seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 and remember songs when they first came out for example I remember hearing Let’s hang on by the 4 seasons in 1965, Hard Day’s night in 1964, Sunny by Bobby Hebb in 1966. But then I remember Take it Easy by the Eagles in 1972, Brown Sugar by the Stones in May of 1971 and Maggie May by Rod Stewart in October of 1971. My kids laugh at me for remembering these songs and others and when they first came out and year…LOL..But I feel the greatest time was between 1968 and 1974 for music. Just my opinion and that does not take away all the other years before and after but great music from that time period. Elvis in 1968 made his come back and the Beatles had the white cover album, The Stones did Jumpin Jack Flash and so on that pushed us into Woodstock. And A lot of songs from the early 1970’s I feel was a spill over from the 1960’s.
I grew up in the 60s and 70s so this is my favourite musical time period. Having said that, with the ‘Twins’ covering so may songs from that era, they have my highest praise for their renditions. Also, they write and perform their original music in the same style, which makes me like them even more. Love ya M&L
Hands down the 70’s minus a majority of disco. My sweet spot is ’65 – ’84
Though I do enjoy some 70s-90s stuff too, and very rare present day stuff …. with exception being newer stuff done by folks I ‘ve always liked mysic of back in 70-90s…lol…tha is, only if
it resonates with me …. but what I chose in the poll, pretty much sums up my ideals/mudic taste palette preferences ….🤘🏻💜☮️
For me the sixties were very important because it was a time of changes in music, Thatcher decade has formed the music scène dramatically, never the less the 70s music I love the most, soul music was very danceable and I was no musician, but a dancer I was!!! Dancing was and still is my was to react to and feel the music and rythm. I must say I like the music from thuis time too, a lot of music nowadays is lessen industrial and thee are great singer/ songwriter nowadays.
No contest, for me the 60’s would be number 1. I’ve heard it said, the 60s decade was one of the most creative decades for humanity in modern times. For me the 60s’ launched the Beach Boys, Beatles in music, the Mustang, my favourite car of all time in 1964/65, and it was in the 60s humanity went into space and the moon in 1969. There were also a lot of great TV shows from the 60s, Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart, Gilligan’s Island, Rifleman, Bonanza, Twilight Zone/Outer Limits, Star Trek!!!! just to name a few, and movies too like Steve McQueen’s Bullitt flying through the streets of San Francisco in a 68 Mustang (the greatest car chase scene of all time)
Second and third place musically would be the 80s and then the 90s. I know a lot of people don’t like 80’s music, but I have a lot of memories and feelings to the 80s decade and the music of that time that resonated with me like the Police, Bananarama, The Cars, Falco (Rock Me Amadeus), Tears For Fears etc…. Music videos were launched in the 80s, but the pioneer of music videos actually date to the Beatles.
The third decade would be the 90s, for similar reasons as the 80s. There were bands like U2, Enigma for example that had a big impact on me musically.
A fun poll Mona and Lisa, thanks! and groovy greetings and wishes to you both. 💛 ❤
Jung…I once owned a 1964 1/2 white mustang convertable. Had to adjust the points constantly and got a few tickets driving to fast. Too bad I don’t still have it!! I may have a picture of it and will post if I find it. The ’60s and early 70’s are without question my favorite decade and half for music. I mentioned before and as you state also it was a truly creative time for music and all the arts. There really isn’t a whole lot of music between 1962-1972 that I don’t like. Some of my favorites were The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, The Lovin Spoonful, Procol Harum, Dylan, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Led Zeppelin, The Byrds, CSN&Y, The Beachboys, Dave Clark Five, Traffic, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Cream/Blind Faith/Clapton , Soft Machine, Jimi, Donovan, Jethro Tull and on and on and on…..There was a ton of great Folk and Jazz as well. Thanks MLT for bringing back some of that wonderful music in both your covers and originals!!!
Hi Dave. Wow a 64.5 Classic Mustang, how cool is that, and a convertible! Who knows, maybe someone restored your old Mustang and it’s still driving around somewhere today. Wouldn’t that be something. Yeah the list of great bands from the 60s is just endless indeed.
My first car was a 66 Mustang and while at college at Paul Smiths in the Saranac Lake / Lake Placid area in the Adirondacks I started racking up some speeding tickets but soon found out that just ONE more and I’d be traveling by “shoeleather express “😂
I ended up actually having to go to Driving School!!!
The Beverly Hillbillies: Favorite Beverly Hillbillies episode ever: When Jethro went to Business School and done graduated in one day!
The Rifleman: Lucas McCain was the greatest television father ever! If the show went one more year, they had it planned that he was going to marry Miss Lou Mallory. She was the only woman (other than his wife) for him.
Best television show of the 1960s??? Green Acres! “Hi, I’m Fred Ziffel. This is my wife, Doris and our son, Arnold!”
Yes Christopher, Lucas was a very good father to his son, Mark. But for me, it would be very hard to pick just one – to name a few programs with good dads –
Father Knows Best, the Brady Bunch, My Three Sons, Bachelor Father.
Bobby S.
Hi Christopher, there were so many hilarious Beverly Hillbillies episodes, loved that show. Granny was my favourite, if we could only all age so gracefully and feisty. Yeah, Green Acres how can I forget that one, and that reminds me of Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie. Jeannie was cute.
I’m not impressed by car chase scenes. I think I’ve seen too many – like drum solos I think they get boring after a while. When I was working at a venue in CA, the Charlie Daniels Band was performing. They play Country Music. But their drummer had a ten minute solo, while Charlie went off stage for a while (to rest I guess).
Yes, the car chase scene in Bullitt is well praised. But also the car chase in the French Connection is very well liked. Gene Hackman played “Popeye Doyle” in the film. The Popeye fast food restaurants are named after Popeye Doyle (not Popeye the sailor man lol).
Take care,
Bobby S.
Hi Bobby, that French Connection car chase scene was great, and there has been many great car chase scenes produced, but for me there is something special and very artistic with the first great car chase scene Steve McQueen made legendary, all others that came after pale in comparison. I remember watching this scene on a big screen, maybe it was the drive in, I can’t remember, but it had the same impact on me as when I saw Star Wars for the first time, and the cockpit view from the X-Wing fighters as they dove down to destroy the Death Star. Top Gun was pretty good with the same effect from the cockpit of the F16, but the first Star Wars scene is incomparable. It was the first, and out of this world (excuse the pun). 🙂
Despite my earliest childhood memories being from 1970, I have to go with the 60’s. I couldn’t stand most of the contemporary music (primarily disco) that I heard when I was growing up, and I thought my peers who enjoyed it were fools.
However, I was strongly drawn to the little snippets of songs from the 50’s and 60’s that I heard on TV shows and record album commercials, but had no way of following up on those nuggets until I found an oldies radio station when I was in college that played pretty much all the American hits from the late 50’s through the early 70’s. And that’s been my musical home ever since.
70s –my childhood years…and I did like/still do some but not all disco stuff …lol
Since my University years were in the 1980s, I have to admit that the 80s were my favorite decade. From the one-hit-wonders such as “Take On Me’ by A-Ha, and “Come On Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners to standards such as “Limelight” by Rush and “Strange Animal” by Gowan, the 80s were the soundtrack to my growing up period.
Ironically, in High School, The Beatles were my favorite, especially the late stuff like “The White Album” and “Abbey Road”. Despite graduating in 1982, the sixties dominated my soundtrack.
Also have to mention Live Aid in 1985. Awesome stuff…awesome performers: Rick Springfield (State of the Heart!); Power Station (Get it On!); Spandau Ballet (Only When You Leave!); Duran Duran (The Reflex!).
The day that the MULLETS RULED THE UNIVERSE!
Aside from a few performers that day such as the Led Zeppelin/Tony Thompson/Phil Collins fiasco, it was like the 1970s never existed.
80s were my teen yrs ….lol