Decades of Pop and Rock/put in your 2 cents

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After getting a little too concerned about the rock band draft, I have decided to turn my attention to something more light-hearted.

What was your FAVORITE (not greatest, as that is less subjective) rock (Rock to metal) group/performer and pop (bubble gum to gansta rap) group/performer from each of these decades: the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and 00's?

Here is a cut and paste template

POP
50's:
60's:
70's:
80's:
90's:
00's:

ROCK
50's:
60's:
70's:
80's:
90's:
00's:


Here is one link to help jog your memory:

http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/music0.html

Please post more links to lists if you have any.

Let's hear it!
 
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POP
50's: Buddy Holly
60's: Simon and Garfunkel
70's: Bob Marley
80's: The Cure
90's: They Might Be Giants
00's: The Shins

ROCK
50's: Little Richard
60's: Creedence Clearwater Revival
70's: The Clash
80's: Poison
90's: Weezer
00's: The White Stripes
 
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P.S. That's cheating to foist off one of the great rock pioneers (Buddy Holly) as a 50s pop guy. Of course given that pop at that time would involve something like Lawkrence Welk, maybe just as well... ;)
 
Bricklayer said:
P.S. That's cheating to foist off one of the great rock pioneers (Buddy Holly) as a 50s pop guy. Of course given that pop at that time would involve something like Lawkrence Welk, maybe just as well... ;)
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True dat... but this is suggestive...
 
Mr. S£im Citrus said:
Why does rap get lumped in with pop music?
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I would think that since the lists were starting 60's/50's, that it was basically mirroring the rock n' roll era. So almost not so much rock vs. pop as rock, and then anything else. Rap has only been around for the last few decades, so its an anything else. Of course if you are not a rock fan than rock might be the anything else, but then you would have to find a single musical school that had existed for the entire 5 decade period to be the primary list. R & B perhaps. Or country.
 
rather than nitpick your rules, I'll contribute. Although any of these would be easily predictable if you look at my music picks in any of the music drafts

POP
50's: Elvis
60's: The Beach Boys
70's: The Eagles (does country fit under pop? If not, is ELO pop? heh)
80's: NWA
90's: Tupac
00's: Blink 182 (they were basically gods during my middle school years. a lot of nostalgia here)
ROCK
50's: Elvis (he's both, c'mon)
60's: The Beatles
70's: Pink Floyd
80's: Pixies
90's: Nirvana
00's: Muse (listen to them if you haven't. like Radiohead but with less depressing songs. less talented though, of course)

Hastily put together...I'm not really sure about those 00's favorites, obviously. ANyway, let's see some more.
 
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Pop
50s: Beach Boys
60s: The Beatles
70s: Queen/Paul Simon
80s: U2
90s: U2 too
00s: Cold Play

Rock:
50s: Elvis Presley
60s: Rolling Stones
70s: Aerosmith
80s: Tom Petty + The Heartbreakers
90s: Pearl Jam/Nirvana
00s: Sheryl Crow
 
POP
50's: Frank Sinatra
60's: Mamas and the Papas
70's: Partridge Family
80's: Scandal (Patty Smyth)
90's: Public Enemy
00's: Eminem

ROCK
50's: Elvis
60's: Rolling Stones
70's: Rolling Stones
80's: Guns and Roses
90's: U2
00's: U2


I'll update my 00's pick if I can think of anybody - but I don't really like what the kids are doing these days
 
Jespher: heh, please enlighten me to your recordings of the Beach Boys in the 50s. Actually forget me. Put them on eBay where they'd be sure to make hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 
POP
50's: Don't know
60's: Beach Boys
70's: Don't know
80's: NWA
90's: 2pac/Dr. Dre
00's: Eminem

ROCK
50's: Elvis
60's: Rolling Stones
70's: AC/DC / Zeppelin
80's: AC/DC
90's: Soundgarden/Rage/Pearl Jam
00's: Disturbed
 
POP
50's: -
60's: Beatles
70's: -
80's: A-HA
90's: REM
00's: Eminem
ROCK
50's: Elvis
60's: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
70's: Black Sabbath
80's: Ozzy OsBourne
90's: Metallica
00's: Godsmack
 
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