Songs That Capture/Define a Decade for You

[Surly1]

Recent threads have garnered opinions on who is the GOAT, Paige vs Caitlin, or what will be the starting five for UConn in the upcoming season. Of course, it borders on impossible to reach unanimous consensus. As it is the off-season, I thought it would be interesting to get feedback on songs that people identify with a particular decade. Unlike the above mentioned threads, music speaks differently to each of us.

It is an impossible task to limit a decade to 3 songs, but I'd like to hear what people come up with. I' ll start with the 60's and head up to the 90's. Pick the songs you identify with.

My list:

1960's: Light My Fire, The Doors; White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane, Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones

1970's: From the Beginning, Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Lowdown, Boz Scaggs; Heroes, David Bowie

1980's: This Must Be the Place, Talking Heads, Just Like Heaven, The Cure, Voices Carry, 'Til Tuesday

1990's: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana; Closer, Nine Inch Nails, Missing (Todd Terry Remix(, Everything But The Girl

 

[slepers]

60s- Dylan blowing in the wind
70s- zeppelin stairway to heaven
80s -journey don’t stop believen
90s - Pearl Jam better man

 

[Bigboote]

1960's -- Hard Day's Night by the Beatles; Fortunate Son, Creedence; Purple Haze, Hendrix

70's -- Roundabout, Yes; Stairway to Heaven, Zeppelin; disco (any song, all sounded the same to me)

80's -- Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Tears for Fears; Billie Jean, Michael Jackson; With or Without You, U2

90's -- Smells like Teen Spirit, Nirvana; The Mummers Dance, Loreena McKennitt; My Immortal, Evanescence

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Nice idea.

For R&B:

60's - Motown (My Girl), Delfonics - La La Means I Love you, Isleys Brothers - It's Your Thang, Sly and the Family Stone - Everyday People

70's- War - The World is a Ghetto, Earth, Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World, Shalamar - Second Time Around (the start of SOLAR Records), KC and the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight (Disco), Chuck Brown - Busting Loose (Go Go), Rappers Delight (Hip Hop 1st major song), Jackson 5 - ABC, Quiet Storm, Smokey Robinson (the start of the sub-genre of Quiet Storm music)

80's - Billie Jean - Michael Jackson, Purple Rain - Prince, Give It to Me Baby - Rick James

90's Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg - TLC, Jodeci - Forever My Lady, Erykah Badu - On & On (neo soul),

2000 - Beyonce - Crazy In Love

 

[From France]

60's would be a Jimi Hendrix song "foxy lady" maybe
70's would be a Led Zep song, I would go with "whole lotta love"
80's for me has been much Berurier Noir, I would go withe "Vive le feu" - Special mention to the Beastie Boys
90's is Nirvana "smells ..." or Rage Against The Machine with Nine Inch Nails in the mix, not so mainstream

 

[AzHusky]

60's God only knows - Beach Boys
70's Nights in White Satin/Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues
80's In the Air Tonight - Phil Collin's
90's Black or White - Michael Jackson

 

[BBallF]

60s- Dylan blowing in the wind
70s- zeppelin stairway to heaven
80s -journey don’t stop believen
90s - Pearl Jam better man

These are really good. Not sold on the 90s though. My list is coming.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Released in 1965, went to #1, a prolific year for The Byrds



My fav of theirs Eight Miles High

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[BBallF]

1960s- A Day in the Life
1970s- Bohemian Rhapsody by a hair over Born to Run
1980s- Like a Virgin over Living' on a Prayer
1990s- Whitney Houston Star Spangled Banner

 

[BBallF]

Released in 1965, went to #1, a prolific year for The Byrds



My fav of theirs Eight Miles High

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My fav is My Back Pages, also a Dylan song.

 

[brownale]

60's - White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)
70's - Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepplin)
80's - Money for Nothin (Dire Straits)

 

[Zorro]

As far as defining an era, as opposed to fave songs;
"If you're going to San Francisco" and
For What its Worth.