Are Beatles stans gonna kill the 60s thread? Sounds like it.
I am on the anti-Beatles squad. Who else is with me

contrarian

been jammin TVZ lately, that might make an appearance on my list

Ok maybe Abbey Road

They say kpop stans are nuts. Dudes actually called in death threats at Dylan shows cause he brought out some amps

not contrarian to post an honest list. Don't think I have ever voted Beatles

Generic sounds meaning corporate rock. I wouldn’t call much of that stuff melodic in the same way. It’s simple and repetitive but doesn’t really capture the bright colorful melodicism of the 60’s. Like even darker sounding music in the 60’s had a particular emphases on melody that I don’t hear as much in what’s going on in the 70’s. Like if you could somehow weigh melody and weigh it against other decades, I’m confident it would come out as the lowest. It’s kind of an ineffable thing, I can’t really put my finger on it. It’s just a feeling.

Theres a 99% I didnt either last time, but I'm gonna jam more Beatles soon. Just to finally hear it all.

Tbh besides The Hag I need to dust up on some 60's country. Just glancing at some of my favs its mostly jazz/soul s*** even over most rock

I did everything from Help! to Abbey Road recently. If any BEatles do make my list, it would be Abbey Road.

top selling rock albums of the 70s:

Eagles Greatest Hits
Eagles - Hotel California
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Led Zeppelin IV
Meat Loaf - bat Out of Hell
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Carole King - Tapestry
Elton John greatest hits
Boston - Boston

top selling of 80s:
ACDC - Back in Black
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Dire Straits - brothers in arms
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Queen greatest hits
Phil Collins - No jacket Required
Prince - Purple Rain
Def Leppard - Hysteria

i cant really put one list over the other in terms of how melodic it is, theyre all melodic af. trying to see what you're saying with the "corporate rock" kind of stuff but I don't see more of that in the 70s compared to the 80s, like some of those in the 80s list are exactly what Id think you mean by that

oh yeah Dark side of the moon didnt make this list, but are we surprised by that

contrarians

better than half the albums on it

Me

good one

except for your white album in top 5 vote

That is surprising tbh

So is Pink Moon breaking the top 10

You haven't been paying attention

fine I wont vote for any if youre gonna be that way

thought you would put White and Rubber Soul on your list for sure

It’s just an opinion though. Other than Fleetwood Mac and Elton John I don’t think much of that is very melodic. I personally just don’t think the 70’s generally is very melodic in the way I particularly enjoy. A lot of bands that became popular in the 80’s seemed to agree hence why I referred to the emergence of New Wave.

That’s how you know he’s not a contrarian. It’s their most popular album. He’s just honest.