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The "most" songs

Elder of Ziyon has a departure from his regular fare with The most 60's song and wonders if "Incense and Peppermint" would qualify as the song that's most emblematic of the decade.

I like that pick, though my own preference would probably be for the early Beatles. "I wanna hold your hand" or "She loves you." But in addition the psychedelic sound and the Beatles (or more generally the British invasion) there were a number of other major trends. For example there was folk music (Maybe the most recorded song "Blowin' in the wind" ought to be considered) or Motown (is there a better pop song than "My Girl?").

For the 70's I'd probably go with "More than a feeling" by Boston. But there was also the California sound (Hotel California?) and disco ( Good Times) followed by New Wave and Punk that started at the end of the decade. (London Calling?)

I had originally associated the 80's with the MTV groups like Duran, Duran, Men At Work, Culture Club or Flock of Seagulls. I'd forgotten about Michael Jackson (Billy Jean or Beat it, maybe) or Prince (1999 - how's that for a song that represent the 80's?) And of course the Police, Dire Straits (Money for Nothing) and U2 were becoming huge.

The 90's I know little about. I suppose there was "Grunge." And in the world of Country music Garth Brooks became absolutely super.

So what to you think? Discuss here or at Elder of Ziyon.

A similar exercise from 2 years ago was Gut Music.

UPDATE: Or discuss this on your own blog! (If you do, let me know and I'll link to you!)

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Posted by SoccerDad at July 31, 2007 6:02 AM