Which decade produced the best Soul music?
April 15, 2009 by admin
Filed under Your Opinions Do Matter
The 60’s, 70’s, 80’s or 90’s, which decade produced the best Soul music?
Every generation believes that current Soul music is never as good as when they were growing up. No doubt this current new millennium generation of Soul and R&B fans will be telling their kids 20 years from now just how great the Soul music of the years 2000 – 2010 was. So if we were really to be honest and unbiased what decade really produced the BEST Soul music? Was it the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s or the 90’s?
The soul muisc of 60s are my all time favorite. i always found something which touched my soul in these music. The predecessors of Soul music belongs to the 60s . I have never said that the soul muic of the lter years are not impressivebut I think the best music were produced around 60s.
the genre of soul Music itself is awesome. You can’t categorised it like 60s, 70s or 80s. i think both the predecessors and the modern artists who are carrying out the tradition till date both are fantastic.
The genre of soul music is a composite one. i agree with allenhooper. but I am a great fan of the old goldies, the predecessors of the Soul Music and for me the soul of 60s are the best songs ever done in industry.
I grew up listening to the Soul Music of the great Soul artists of the 70s. May be for this reason I have grown up an adherence to the artists and music of the 70s. Even now I look for the soul tunes of this decade. But recent Soul tunes also attract me.
The genre of the Soul Music is beyond comment. To categorise it into different decades means to degrade its standard. It’s an asset and the soul artrists are rare talent. i can only say that soul music produced in every ages just transports your soul to another world.
i would say, it’s not being measured on specific decades it has become known. i mean, for me, every decade Soul music has always been a part of the industry’s success.
I used to enjoy the Soul tracks of the illustrious artists when I was in my college in 70s. Hence I have developed an attachment with the muisc of the 60s to 70s. Till date I also found these tracks more soothing than the latest one. I do not want to degrade the standard of the latest tunes however, I myself do not found these that much interesting.
I love the latest Soul tracks. since i am not that familiar with the opredecessors of the Soul music I develop an attachment with the soul tracks of this generation. I always feel the new soul artists have given the industry more refined version of soul music. With my due respect to the Soul predecessors, I am saying that this decade have produced the best ever Soul tracks
The Genre of soul music is very extensive and yes it is a composite one. You cannot categorise it into sections because dividing it into 60s, 70s , 80s or 90s means to degrade the standard and quality of this music. Every ages have produced music and all of which are really ecstatic.
I have always found the music of 90s enticing. May be it is due to the fact I belong to that generation but I think as the days pass the genre has become more refined. The predecessors of the Soul music were the initiator but they were not so refined as far as I feel.
I agree with Jim. Like him I also find a sheer touch of refinement in the tracks produced in the later years. However that does not mean that i am ignoring the contribution of the Soul predecessors of 60s and 70s.
fantastic era for music the best
My youth was this area and I have been fortunate to sing three times with My favorites the The temptations,thats Me with Mr Tyson ,Ali ,,Otis,Melvin,and Richard Street
I am a die heart of soul predecessor. The rare tunes of those artists just entice me. But I don’t find those rereshment in the soul tracks produced in the 90s or after that
I won’t say that the soul tracks of 60s and 70s are not good, rather the soul predecessors set the pathway for the present artists but according to me, Soul tracks of 90s and post 90s ca draw more listeners because these are somehow refined than the older ones
am a die-heart fan of Soul music. i love all of them and I don’t think it is possible to categorise soul genre into 60s 70s 80s and so on. Because it is a composite whole to categorise it means to demean it.
I love the Soul Music of all ages. It’s very difficult to say which of the ages have produced good music.
Wat say guys? Is it very easy to point out, which one is the best decade for producing soul music. i find the Soul music interesting always, be it of the past or present
The Sixties
As a 12 year old listening to 12 year old Little Stevie Wonder doing Fingertips Pt.1 I became a lover of Soul Music. I was teenager who grew up with 60s Soul, fell in love with 70s Soul but missed out on the 80s only to get in tune with 90s and 00s again. These days I listen to it all… 60s thru to 00s and Soulful House. It’s a continuum, an evolution and a a progressing revolution. Soul for life in all its guises.
Soul Music is a compound and hence it cannot be said correctly that which of the decade has produced the best Soul music. Actually I find interest in all of them
i have rarely listened to the old goldies of 60s and 70s and therefore I hardly have developed adherence to those tracks. but yes the songs o 90s nd pot 90s really attract me and I am jut mesmerized with those tracks. hence for me the tracks of the later years sound best
Well, this is really a debtable tpic. Perspective differs and according to this people love songs. but do you really think that soul music can be categorised into different decades and the to be judged that which one has produced best music? don;t you think that it would mean to degrade the status and prestige of Soul Music?
Always the 60s . I know modern people will talk about refinement and something like that but I believe that unless the predecessors were there, the forerunners would not be there to create refined music. Anyways, for me the 60s music are always the best, I feel a sense of oneness with those tracks.
Although I think the music produced in the later years sound cool but yes, the genre of Soul music cannot be divided into decades. it’s a rare creation and every decades created it in its own way . hence nothing can be said exactly, which of the decade has produced the best.
Since i am not that much familiar with the 60s and 70s soul music, i do not have that much idea of that. but yes, I have heard it and it really sounds good. however, personally I feel more interested in the music of the present generation.
It’ really a stupid question that which of the age has produced good music. How can you categorize a composite genre into several categories? For me categorizing a genre means to denigrate it
it’s always the music of 60s , which enticed me. th soul predecessors just soothe my soul
You have rightly said that every generation believe that the current decade is the best one. However, keeping this in mind I am saying that Soul predecessors in the 60s are always best.
Being a part of current generation I should have said that this decade is the best one , but no. I agree with Julia. She has rightly said that soul predecessors are the best. Those tracks have soething which soothe soul.
I think that the soul music produced in late 90s have a different vibe, which the predecessors did, although it is the predecessors who laid the foundation of Soul music strongly. I love the late 90s more
Well, According to me nothing can be said exactly regarding this debatable topic. It depends upon the perspective wholly. Young people will like the music of their ages, and it is equally unexpected from a man living in 60s to like the Soul music of the recent years.
Well! its a debatable topic and depends upon the perspective of the person , who is listening. Although I am a die-heart fan of the soul tracks of 90s, yet I respect the contribution of the Soul predecessors.
I find the music of 60s always impressive. Although some people find refinement in the current generation tracks, yet t here was something different in the tracks of the 60s, it touch the soul.
Although Soul music genre is a composite one , it is not impossible to categorise. I am pretty sure that one cannot like the genre as a composite one, everyone has different choice. Well, I always think the 90s music best, while my mother thinks the 60s best.
For me , its always the 90s. May be it is more refined , or the reason may be something else for which I always feel attached to these tracks.
the soul tracks of the 90s attract me most. I don’t feel that much interested in the old tracks of 60s and 70s
Well, its a debatable topic although, still i would say that being born up and brought up in a family where music was practised highly, I have developed an attachment with the soul predecessors. Although I am a moden day man, still I adore those of the past.
The Soul music of the 90s attract me most. I was in college those times, may be that time was the best one to develop an attachment with music and for that reason I find it interesting
i have learnt music from my mother and she is attached with the Soul muisc of the 60s . for that reason my attachment with the soul of 60s is quite natural. So for m it’s always the 60s , which has produced the bet music ever.
Nothing can be said so predictably about the Soul music. I think both the ages have produced exceptional music of good quality in its own way. Hence saying something specifically would be a stupidity
i think the 90s music are good enough. I think soul tracks of these era has more popular appeal than the predecessors.
Please help me to identify this song … (rare soul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q08EFiDwg80
Help me to identify these 2 songs
1) You can call me what you wanna. Baby just call. Call me Call me. You can call me what you wanna any ol time at all. Pick up the telephone baby. Just call.
(song by a guy)
2) Being with you . That’s what he told me. Thats what he Said.
another verse- knowing his love is there to guide me.
it’s a song sounds like contemporary jazz. A female & a male (sounds like Howard Hewitt. sings it.
help if you can
I believe that late 1970’s through to 1985 were huge for the music. Soul music took the best elements of Disco and Jazz Funk that were attracting huge new followers to their own music genders at the time, and then incorporated it into the music of Soul.
Tracks by Patrice Rushen, Cameo, Mtume, Change, Loose Ends (Uk), the early Michael Jackson stuff (Yes some of the ballards from Michael, and the Jackson 5 from this period were wonderfully Soulful), Roy Ayers (The soulful side of him), Maze, Luther Vandross (What a singer), Chaka Khan and with Rufus, Bobby Caldwell, saw us not being able to keep up with the scene at one stage. And there were many more artists that fall into the category as well.
It was wonderful time for music. As not only from the point of the view that I have mentioned above (Disco and Jazz/Funk Influences); but also the inclusion of electronic instruments that took the music even further with its new sounds and vibes; but in doing so they still managed to put a firm Soul edge on side to it on these recordings.
The only other period that can beat and better this period in my opinion would the early 1970’s with groups such as the Chlites, The Stylistics, The Delfonics, Blue Magic and Al Green. All of these groups had lead singers in them that would put a lot of singers today to shame within the area of Soul and Rn’b music of today.
There is no such thing as “the decade that had the best soul music”. It’s too subjective. Of course I love the music of the 60s and 70s. But that’s because those were my youth and young adult days. Likewise, I would expect the same reaction from each generation for the music of their generation.
An valid argument could be made that every generation had it “good” and “bad” music - it depends on the listeners and the culture of that time.
And, finally, we oftentimes have certain cuts from past generations that strike a chord in our soul, no matter what the age group.
Eddie
The 70’s decade of music does it for me, no question..
Jerry
I think the predecessor, pioneers for the sixties deserve high respects for the things that they have done for music. Being a person with enough musical talent to begin a new musical genius of emotion is quite a feat. Artists like eddie kendricks, stevie wonder, marvin gaye, roy ayers, marvin and all the other isley bros., groups like the supremes, the temptations; and many more ground breaking musicians deserve your acknowledgement for they’re tremendous moves in tunes that captured a groove, that we can all relate to in one way or another.
As for the era that produced the “BEST” music, that would be a matter of opinion, based on your personal preferance. But for me I can only say that when it comes down to my personal preferance, I always try to get to the roots of everything, i think that’s where most of the soul and heart is at! and that’s where my soul and heart are at!
In my opinion, i would suggest the 60’s. I am 23 and im addicted to Soul/Blues/RnB/Rap. My mother was born in 1960. I think the Sounds being made at the time were perfect for it and the artists are probably the most talented to walk the earth.
I have been listening to soul music since the 60″s and every era has it|”s defining moments but for me 1970 to 1985 has been the greatest period specifically philly and the beverley glenn label and also had the best funk bands.
Quitte on July 8th, 2009 10:13 pm
Help me to identify these 2 songs
1) You can call me what you wanna. Baby just call. Call me Call me. You can call me what you wanna any ol time at all. Pick up the telephone baby. Just call.
(song by a guy)
*This song has been found* I know this is late but I was looking for the same song.
The artists name is Sherrick. You can find a copy of that MP3 here:
http://qualitysites.com/sherrick/