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A Band/Artist per decade

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ozleicester

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Just had a quick thought... if you had to recommend or say a favourite artist or band from each decade, who would it be....

 

50s - Elvis

60s - Beatles

70s - The Clash

80s - Michael Jackson

90s - Greenday

00s - Eminmem

10s - lol i really dont know, im too old for this shit.

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Alf Bentley

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Gonna be a smartarse here (don't know Bessie Smith well, but love what I've heard)....

 

1910s: John McCormack

20s: Bessie Smith

30s: Woody Guthrie

40s: Hank Williams

50s: Little Richard (+ Edith Piaf, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Blues)

60s: The Dubliners (+ Captain Beefheart, Ronettes, The Drifters, Jacques Brel, Motown, James Brown, R. Dean Taylor, Prince Buster, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Velvet Underground)

70s: Bruce Springsteen (+ Bowie, Sweet, T. Rex, Slade, Sparks, Roxy Music, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Abba, Cockney Rebel, Clash, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Ramones, Damned, Wreckless Eric, Undertones, Skids, X-Ray Spex, Gang of Four, Black Uhuru, Misty in Roots, Blondie, PIL, Ian Dury, My Dad)

80s: The Mekons (+ Dexys, Orange Juice, The Fall, 23 Skidoo, Au Pairs, Specials, Soft Cell, Altered Images, Pogues, Men they couldn't hang, Len Bright Combo, Associates, Jason & Scorchers, 3 Johns, Jesus & Mary Chain, Prince, Public Enemy, Wedding Present, Flatmates, Shop Assistants)

90s: Pulp

00s: Glasvegas/Libertines

10s: Sleaford Mods (+ Nightingales, Leonard Cohen)

 

I started to get old in the 90s, didn't I?

The early and late decades definitely look a bit scrawny there.....

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90s - Red Hot Chilis/Michael Jackson/Green Day

00s - 30 Seconds to Mars/The Killers/Blink 182/Eminem/Muse/Linkin Park/Fall Out Boy/Foo Fighters/Justin Timberlake

10s - Young Guns/30 Seconds to Mars/Paramore/Muse

 

definitely not to everyone's taste lol 

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16 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

Gonna be a smartarse here (don't know Bessie Smith well, but love what I've heard)....

 

1910s: John McCormack

20s: Bessie Smith

30s: Woody Guthrie

40s: Hank Williams

50s: Little Richard (+ Edith Piaf, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Blues)

60s: The Dubliners (+ Captain Beefheart, Ronettes, The Drifters, Jacques Brel, Motown, James Brown, R. Dean Taylor, Prince Buster, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Velvet Underground)

70s: Bruce Springsteen (+ Bowie, Sweet, T. Rex, Slade, Sparks, Roxy Music, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Abba, Cockney Rebel, Clash, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Ramones, Damned, Wreckless Eric, Undertones, Skids, X-Ray Spex, Gang of Four, Black Uhuru, Misty in Roots, Blondie, PIL, Ian Dury, My Dad)

80s: The Mekons (+ Dexys, Orange Juice, The Fall, 23 Skidoo, Au Pairs, Specials, Soft Cell, Altered Images, Pogues, Men they couldn't hang, Len Bright Combo, Associates, Jason & Scorchers, 3 Johns, Jesus & Mary Chain, Prince, Public Enemy, Wedding Present, Flatmates, Shop Assistants)

90s: Pulp

00s: Glasvegas/Libertines

10s: Sleaford Mods (+ Nightingales, Leonard Cohen)

 

I started to get old in the 90s, didn't I?

The early and late decades definitely look a bit scrawny there.....

It could be just me.. but i think you may have named more than one for some decades :thumbup:

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Alf Bentley

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6 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

It could be just me.. but i think you may have named more than one for some decades :thumbup:

 

I selected a first choice for each decade, as instructed......I just have a strong bench for certain decades. :whistle:

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20’s - Mississippi John Hurt

30’s - Big Bill Broonzy

40’s - Hank Williams

50’s - Chuck Berry or Bo Diddley 

60’s - Bob Dylan 

70’s - Neil Young

80’s - Minutemen

90’s - Pantera

00’s - Fvcked up or Dead Meadow 

10’s - Sleaford Mods 

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Trav Le Bleu

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50s - Sinatra

60s - Beach Boys

70s - Neil Young

80s - Pixies

90s - Ash

00s - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

10s - Grimes

 

 

All of which is subject to change on the turn of a whim. (Already edited it once!)

 

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11 hours ago, Line-X said:

1950s - Cliff Richard

1960s - Cliff Richard

1970s - Cliff Richard

1980s - Cliff Richard

1990s - Cliff Richard

2000s - Cliff Richard

2010s - Cliff Richard

 

I bet you want a Cliff-Edge Brexit, too, eh? :rolleyes:

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43 minutes ago, Line-X said:

Congratulations!

 

Will it jeopardise Eurovision?

 

Just making my mind up..... Yep, I reckon it's going to go boom, bang-a-bang and meet its Waterloo.

 

Reckon you'll choose Cliff for the 2020s, too? I think he's a shadow of his former self.

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