Your best song from each decade - 1930's to 2020's

[pete9012S]

What is your very best favourite all time song from each of these decades?
Will be interesting to compare our choices..

1. 1930's Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (1939)

2. 1940's Bing Crosby & Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (1942)

3. 1950's Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)

4. 1960's The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)

5. 1970's Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (1978)

6. 1980's Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1983)

7. 1990's Madonna Frozen (1998)

8. 2000's U2 Beautiful Day (2000)

9. 2010's Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper Always Remember Us This Way (2019)

10. 2020's (so far) Adele - Easy On Me (2021)

These are my choices - what about you??

[Lucky Star]

Good choices Pete. I've only just noticed this thread. I'll have to think about it a bit.

[Barnard]

I’m having a think as well. I’ll try to post a list tonight.

[Anita Bensoussane]

A really interesting thread but so difficult to choose! I'll try to come up with an answer at some point but it may take a while!

[John Pickup]

1930s and 1940s. No choices.

1950s. Everly Brothers, Bye Bye Love. 1957.

1960s. Beach Boys, God Only Knows. 1966.

1970s. The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again (album version). 1971.

1980s. Rush, Xanadu (live version). 1981.

1990s. Pink Floyd, Take It Back. 1994.

2000s. Marillion, Fantastic Place. 2004.

2010s. Bears Den, Dew On The Vine. 2016.

2020s. Hollow Coves, Purple. 2021.

[pete9012S]

Great choices John! Rush eh! Did you see the lads without Neal Peart at the Hawkins concert recently?
Very touching.

Take It Back - Superb!!
Marillion's Fantastic Place is a sublime choice John. I expected nothing less from you.


I'm sure you must be able to come up with a good song from the 1930's and 40's - why not ask for help from those 'common' old codgers you knock about with!!!

[jrw]

Difficult but...

1930s - Rodgers & Hart, The heart is quicker than the eye (1936)

1940s - Rodgers & Hammerstein, Out of my dreams (1943)

1950s - Russ Conway, Side saddle (1959)

1960s - The Beatles, She's leaving home (1967)

1970's - Yes, Turn of the century (1977)

1980s - The Stranglers, Skin deep (1984)

1990s - Blur, The universal (1995)

2000s - The Hoosiers, Goodbye Mr A (2007)

2010s - Laura Mvula, Show me love (2016)

2020s - Sourface, Sweet dreams suburbia (2020)

[Barnard]

1930s Shenandoah. Paul Robeson
1940s Lilli Marlene Marlene Dietrich
1950s Danny Boy. Judy Garland
1960s Unchained Melody. Righteous Brothers
1970s The Musical Box. Genesis
1980s Fairytale Of New York. Pogues
1990s Don’t Look Back In Anger. Oasis
2000s Our Changing Skins Musee Mecanique
2010s Picture Me Dave

[Bertie]

1930s - Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (1939)

1940s - Leadbelly "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" (1944)

1950s - Johnny Cash "I Walk The Line" (1956)

1960s - Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want" / "Gimme' Shelter" (1969)

1970's - Eagles "The Last Resort" (1977)

1980s - Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive" (1987)

1990s - REM "Everybody Hurts" (1993)

2000s - Snow Patrol "Run" (2003)

2010s - Rob Thomas "Can't Help Me Now" (2019)

2020s - Counting Crows "Bobby and the Rat-Kings (2021)

[pete9012S]

1970's - Yes, Turn of the century (1977)

1970s The Musical Box. Genesis

1980s - Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive" (1987)

Some absolute crackers being chosen - most impressive lists guys!

[Splodj]

1930s : Love is the sweetest thing - Ray Noble
1940s : Sentimental journey - Doris Day
1950s : Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
1960s : Slow down - Beatles
1970s : Born to be with you - Dave Edmunds
1980s : Blue Monday - New Order
1990s : Common People - Pulp
2000s : Strange Effect - Unloved
2010s : Tough Guy - Billie Eilish
2020s : Oh No - Wet Leg

[Bertie]

It's a great idea for a thread, Pete. But some decades were so incredibly difficult to narrow down to just 1 song - especially 60's-90's for me. Choosing between, for example, The Who's 5.15 and Eagles The Last Resort was so hard. Somehow I was unable to fit in any Who or Bruce Springsteen songs! Also The Cure's 'Pictures of You', which probably has my favourite ever intro to a song, missed out on my selections despite being eligible for two decades - on an album from 1989, but released as a single in 1990. But didn't make either!

[Barnard]

Without doubt, one song per decade was difficult to decide. eg for the 1960s I could have chosen one out of half a dozen song all being as good as each other.

[Moonraker]

I couldn't possibly narrow it down to one song, either!

[Boodi 2]

Same here, especially for the 1960s and '70s. In that regard, I am surprised to see that so far only one song from The Beatles has been mentioned.