70's music ... best shit ever?

[inextrem]

Point is...

Is 80's Priest or 80's Scorpions dumbed down versions of their 70's output? Or if not, dumbed down, is it a more formulaic offer?

And the answer is...

I enjoy listening "Rocka rolla" more than any 80's Priest (as good as it is), but that 70's music had peaks and valleys, lights and shadows and was way richer.

Opinions?

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

No.

1984 was the greatest year for music … All genres.

[inextrem]

Priest perhaps isn’t a good example. Their mid 80s stuff is more nuanced than most of the simplistic shit on Unleashed In The East. Yeah they had some more prog stuff as well, but mostly dumb shit like The Ripper and Exciter.

Have you just realized "British Steel" was 8released in the 80's?

Anyways, have you ever really listened to "Rocka Rolla"? The "Winter Suite" for example?

[Rocker4Real]

Most of 70s Scorpions is a hookless noodling borefest. I tried to give it a chance and only the "In Trance" song sticks out.

[DangerZone]

No

[Love_Industry]

Point is...

Is 80's Priest or 80's Scorpions dumbed down versions of their 70's output? Or if not, dumbed down, is it a more formulaic offer?

Priest dumbed down and became formulaic with Ram It Down. There were songs on Defenders and Turbo but mostly they kept growing and exploring different directions with every album up to that.

Maybe for the best. They tried something new with Demolition and Nostradamus and those are among their very worst albums. They can still do a solid retro metal album though.

[Psychobolia.com]

No.

1984 was the greatest year for music … All genres.

I actually came to the same conclusion, 1984 is my favourite year too...with 1983 a very close 2nd.

As for the 70's music being the best shit ever, there's a lot of great stuff from that era... I just watched the Grateful Dead's Sunshine Daydream DVD - a live show from 1972 on some sort of milk farm; that's gotta be my favourite live show ever: tits/boobs/great tunes/no security anywhere!

[Bono Nettencourt]

Priest perhaps isn’t a good example.

Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.

[pieceofme]

Priest perhaps isn’t a good example.

Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.

Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive

[Tommy2Tone84]

Point is...

Is 80's Priest or 80's Scorpions dumbed down versions of their 70's output? Or if not, dumbed down, is it a more formulaic offer?

And the answer is...

I enjoy listening "Rocka rolla" more than any 80's Priest (as good as it is), but that 70's music had peaks and valleys, lights and shadows and was way richer.

Opinions?

I was never a big Priest fan.

Scorpions I am an unwavering Matthias Jabs fan. You can keep Uli

[Love_Industry]

Priest perhaps isn’t a good example.

Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.

Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive

Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.

[pieceofme]

Love priest and their 70s stuff. But that early to mid 80s run had even better stuff!

Also zz tops best album is eliminator

[Bono Nettencourt]

Love priest and their 70s stuff. But that early to mid 80s run had even better stuff!

Also zz tops best album is eliminator

Now that's just wrong. Tres Hombres shits all over it.

[inextrem]

Ok, stop the world.

[daveg]

70's music is awesome. Just not 70's hard rock music

[Dyslexicheart]

Neither is the Scorpions. Granted, Lovedrive came out in 79, but it's far more representative of what came after it than what came before.

Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive

Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.

Two of my fave Scorps songs are Animal Magnetism and The Zoo. Does not suck!

[pieceofme]

Correct. Scorpions didn't get good until lovedrive

Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.

Two of my fave Scorps songs are Animal Magnetism and The Zoo. Does not suck!

Yeah both brilliant songs. I like Animal Magnetism. That run from lovedrive to love at first sting is great!

[exitflagger]

Their mid 80s stuff is more nuanced than most of the simplistic shit on Unleashed In The East.

Dumb.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Scorpions peaked with Lovedrive. Even the filler like Can't Get Enough is decent. Too bad Animal Magnetism sucked.

Two of my fave Scorps songs are Animal Magnetism and The Zoo. Does not suck!

Yeah both brilliant songs. I like Animal Magnetism. That run from lovedrive to love at first sting is great!

Make It Real, Falling In Love, Only a Man... good record.

[Kerry67]

The 70's RULED. KISS, Angel, Starz, Piper, Rex, Roadmaster, UFO, Moxy.....Man, the list goes on and on.

[Black Stuff]

Yes, without a doubt. Timeless, classic music.

[inextrem]

Queen in the 70's... another good example.

[Love_Industry]

The 70's RULED. KISS, Angel, Starz, Piper, Rex, Roadmaster, UFO, Moxy.....Man, the list goes on and on.

Yeah. Purple, Sabbath, Rush, Priest, Scorps, Motörhead and VH too. Most of my favorites started and / or had some of their biggest classics in the 70s.

Technically Maiden, Ratt, Dokken and Saxon started in the 70s too even if they didn't make much impact in that decade.

[Kajsa]

It was mostly shit

1492 was the greatest year for music … All genres.

[DemonFilth2001]

The 70's RULED. KISS, Angel, Starz, Piper, Rex, Roadmaster, UFO, Moxy.....Man, the list goes on and on.

Yeah. Purple, Sabbath, Rush, Priest, Scorps, Motörhead and VH too. Most of my favorites started and / or had some of their biggest classics in the 70s.

Technically Maiden, Ratt, Dokken and Saxon started in the 70s too even if they didn't make much impact in that decade.

Remove Scorps (pre Lovedrive) and Motörhead from your list. Add KISS from the list above (none of those other bands) and you have a pretty good 70’s list.