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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3w8I8boc_I&t=7s# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3w8I8boc_I&t=7s#)

Good stuff

It's so interesting to watch.

Really enjoyed it (I'm halfway through the 80's now), loved to see some sudden rises (Elton John, Queen, Micheal Jackson), will look those up to see what happend there.
And offcourse whatch the rest of the vid.

Have a point, I'm enjoying this.

With Michael Jackson it was his albums Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous. Wait till you see what happens in the 90s!

Are you watching it stages rather than all in one go?

Agreed. As someone who loves music, I enjoy watch and hearing about music and how it evolves, its history, etc.

True. However, I can't for the life of me understand how Neil Diamond was so popular!  :D :D :D

The only reason you can’t understand his popularity is because your tastes are different.  I’d say you have poor taste, but you do willingly associate with me, so I can’t really afford to cast stones.  LOL

Shots fired, shots fired! Or is it stones? Lol.

I dig Neil Diamond's work myself but then there's quite a bit of music that I listen to that I'm sure not many lot in here would enjoy. (I.e: Hip Hop, EDM, Dubstep, Trap EDM, etc.)

I honestly don't think he was that popular in the UK. I think the first time I even heard a Neil Diamond song was on an episode of Ally McBeal. Also, it was a more a rhetorical not understanding. Obviously I know anyone who appears on this list was because they had a large following around the world at one time or another.

I think that's one of many reasons we get on; we do like a lot of the same kind of music genres outside of rock.

Agreed. I like just about anything (except for country, can't do it and I've tried although there's a few songs I like), if it sounds good, I'll listen to it which is why I like Latin music as well.

I'm with you on the country music. But I know how popular it is with others, which is why Garth Brooks being on this list didn't surprise me. But I just can't get into it. However, I pretty much like every other genre of music. Obviously I like some more than others. I definitely think growing up in the UK and having West Indian parents had a big affect on my musical tastes. But fortunately I got introduced to 60s/70s rock through my friends parents. And that's before we even look at stuff that was being released at the time when I was growing up. It's funny, whenever I hear people at work talking about shows like the X Factor of The Voice it always make me think of this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMqaAI_ebA# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMqaAI_ebA#)

My rock of choice is 60s through 80s but I like modern day rock, not Indie Rock mind you, but the rock that you can hear on Sirius XM Octane.  Now, I like Hip Hop, Golden Era, 80s, 2000s, 90s R&B, and battle rap but it stops there. Can't get with the present mumble rap stuff that's on the radio which I don't listen to. The only thing close to radio is XM.  I like EDM of course but house music is boring, so is trance nowadays, I need vocals but Dubstep and Trap EDM, I'm a fan of. Then there's Latin music like Raggaeton which is always on my playlist. You should see my Shazam with all the genres in it, I like good music to me

I agree with you about Steve Hughes

Now, see, I just don’t get how you guys don’t like country music.  It’s life.  It’s guys and gals telling stories about what’s going on in their lives, and how they’re trying to deal with the good, the bad, the transcendently beautiful, love, grief, teenage heartbreak, young love, loss of freedom, hanging out with the guys (or gals), frustration with the way society is going... life!

Oh, well, maybe you just don’t like the melodies or the voices, I don’t know, but if you stop and listen to the lyrics, whether it’s YOUR life or not, you have to admit the lyrics are about life.

To each their own, I suppose.  The fact that there are so many genres of music just shows that there are AT LEAST that many genres of musical taste, so I won’t make fun of folks (or at least, I won’t make any MORE fun) who like different stuff than I do.   

I'm a native Texan; country music is engrained in our DNA.  Unfortunately, modern "country music" isn't country music.  It's pop and lite rock music with a twang.  Country music stopped being country music in the mid-90's.  Gimmie Willie, Waylon, and George with a side of older Brooks for my country.

BTW,
This isn't just exclusive to country music.  This is part of ALL music.  Like I tell my students: Music is life set to rhythm, pitch, and poetry.  This is why it's the greatest of all the arts.

I understood MJ  ;D
And yes, I didn't have the time yesterday for the entire video. Just watched it now.

I think I understand the 70's and 80's, I'm a bit shocked about the 90', I'm missing my entire grunge and metal puberty, I do not understand what happens in the 00' and 10'.
In the last decade I don't even recognize half of the names, does that make me old, ignorend or just a lover of quality music......

Because my mind instantly made this connection:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNljFtVKL7E# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNljFtVKL7E#)

*shamefully admits* Probably because I just bingewatched the entire 11 seasons last month.

Based on the lyrics I hear, it’s stronger, clearer, and plainer in country music than in anything else I’ve heard.  BUT... I’m not the most adept at hearing lyrics in speed-metal, death-metal, or even rap.  My ears can’t keep up with the speed of the words.  (I’m horrible at understanding what an auctioneer is saying, too.). This opinion of mine that country music is the clearest heart and soul of life probably has something to do with my background and upbringing, and with my tastes in music.  Everyone’s experience in life is different, and that leads to understandably different opinions on a wide range of things, and can explain a whole lot.  Please forgive me for projecting my perceptions of life on the rest of the world; it’s a habit I’m trying to break.

All three!  :D :D :D

That's the thing though, we like what we like as how you like what you like. I'm sure I wonder why you don't like the music I like as well, it's all about musical preference. To each his own

I listen to a lot of music genres and as I've said before, I don't listen to country music and I'm from Texas but I do like a few songs. Just not my thing but I gave it a few chances.

A lot of songs are about life in my opinion, people don't like Hip Hop (real Hip Hop) because they're "too gangsta" but people also need to realize that it's songs made from their perspective, they grew up in violence and are telling a story, life and death. People who don't listen to this genre are quick to judge it and I'm not talking about the modern day mumble rap stuff, I'm talking about actual Hip Hop.

I also listen to a lot of Jazz and neo soul which talks about a lot of life events and tragedy, if you like country, then you'll love those two genres