Yep. Not hard to see why...
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What are the best years in music?
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5dze_the-undertones-teenage-kicks_music
A much better list than the previous mostly garbage, list. The ones i've highlighted range from good to great. Remember i was bagging your initial list not the year.
And this is why you tend to struggle to understand what constitutes "true greatness" and i have found this with all that tend to lock themselves into certain genres and eras. My music ranges from the great's of the '20's (even further back with the bit of classical),to the present and no particular genre. This is why i fully understand greatness. As i have stated you do have good knowledge of certain eras and genres but you will never be able to have an understanding of greatness with such limited scope.
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Have to say, it's one of my favourites also..
stick your head out of your ass.
just because you listen to all types of genres means nothing.
if your opinion was so valued you would be paid for it and not telling people on bf that they know nothing about music.
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1968-1982. Not much great rock music outside this period 
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Great music is only great if someone like you or me says it's great.
It's then the sum of all people who think that is great that determines how truly great it is.
As for the bolded bit, quite a few of the songs you rated 0 or quite low from 1979 have lasted the test of time.
And as I said while you or I might like them much or at all, they have to be recognised as being a great song because they are still around and still being played.
You mention "Shuddupa Ya Face" as an example of a once popular song but that's not lasted the test of time because it doesn't get played anymore and is only mentioned in music terms in a passing anecdotal jocular way.
You didn't rate a few Police songs, yet they have lasted the test of time and still get played and are very popular still.
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And by providing the highlighted albums just reinforces you don't rate Ska in your musical tastes.
The Specials debut album is one of the best examples of the genre and is highly regarded as one of the best Ska albums of all time.
Which just shows nobody can claim to understand true greatness when they can't understand a whole extremely influential and important genre in the context of music today.
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I would have thought that by the fact I acknowledge songs I don't neccesarily like as deserving a bit of recognition for being great songs means Iv'e more scope in understanding why people liked a song and why that makes it great (even if I don't think it's neccesarily that).
But do the "sum of all people" think that it is great? Not back in early 1980s Britain, but today, worldwide.
What % of the total "sum of all people" must consider a band/album/song to be great for it to be considered as "truly great"? Is the "sum of all people" relative to specific geographic areas?
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The Two Tone movement(of which The Specials are at the forefront) is still very prevalent in Ska and even Punk music today.
So it has quite a large sum of people recognising its work.
And that is part of my point, even though I'm into Ska in a big way, take The Specials out and put them against other artists who are truly the greatest and they don't match up.
And that has something to do with the style of the music and what it requires to deliver it.
And if a song/artist is truly great they will transcend their genre/style and appeal to people of all types.
Which means those people who don't favour one specific type of music.
10,000 BC - 1966. Basically the same old stuff
1967 - Strawberry Fields ( building on the recording revolution of Revolver in August 1966 ) and a certain J. Hendrix blow minds. Took it up about a zillion levels.
And at a music festival, one of the most popular performers was a classical Indian sitar master - welcome to world music. No going back.
1968 - Now. Basically the same old stuff multiplied by 1967
1967 - Strawberry Fields ( building on the recording revolution of Revolver in August 1966 ) and a certain J. Hendrix blow minds. Took it up about a zillion levels.
And at a music festival, one of the most popular performers was a classical Indian sitar master - welcome to world music. No going back.
1968 - Now. Basically the same old stuff multiplied by 1967
In my lifetime thus far, 1994 was the stand out year for me. Was born in 86, and my fav music growing up was rock, alt rock, grunge, metal. 1994 had releases from bands like Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Sound Garden, Korn, all those kinds of bands you love as a teenager.
And that just proves you really are a simpleton.
You're not grasping it. There is a huge difference between popularity and greatness. Anyone can follow popularity.
Agreed - A good friend of mine and I often marvel at the quality of music that came out in that year.
'91 for me too. A couple of other close to '91 give or take a year are:
Faith No More - Real Thing
Rage Against the Machine - Self titled
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Anthrax - Persistance of Time
Wow, just wow
That post leaves me in no doubt you are a w***er.
Love of music is subjective, each to their own.
