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Post by jenglisbe on Jun 7, 2020 9:00:50 GMT -5
That's not what the topic question is about, though, is it? I don't think there is any denying 1999 is an iconic year year in general. That doesn't mean anyone has to like the music from that year, but it is the year where that teen pop boom truly went into orbit, where the Latin explosion went into high gear, and where the man-bashing trend of "No Scrubs" and others came in. That is iconic. It says "most iconic". I still vote no.. maybe for pop fans in their 30's.. otherwise everything you mentioned pretty much came and went in a couple years and every generation could point to their "1999". "Most iconic" is different from "favorite."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 9:02:52 GMT -5
It says "most iconic". I still vote no.. maybe for pop fans in their 30's.. otherwise everything you mentioned pretty much came and went in a couple years and every generation could point to their "1999". "Most iconic" is different from "favorite." Correct. Do I think 1999 is the most iconic year in music history? No. Apparently 80% of the poll respondents agree with this opinion. You are arguing it's one of the most iconic when the question asks MOST iconic.
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Post by jenglisbe on Jun 7, 2020 11:06:23 GMT -5
"Most iconic" is different from "favorite." Correct. Do I think 1999 is the most iconic year in music history? No. Apparently 80% of the poll respondents agree with this opinion. You are arguing it's one of the most iconic when the question asks MOST iconic. I'm actually not arguing it's the most iconic and even voted "No" in the poll. I was just trying to get people focused on the actual question being asked since most replies seemed to be about the year with songs like they like, which is not the same thing as an iconic year. I did post some reasons 1999 can be considered iconic, but that doesn't mean I think it's the most iconic.
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Post by nak on Jun 7, 2020 11:20:42 GMT -5
1999 was a great time for TEEN pop. But mainstream radio Top 40 pop? It was lame.
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Post by Dielawn on Jun 19, 2020 2:41:53 GMT -5
Yeah in terms of strictly mainstream pop music, it's one of the least imaginative and uninteresting times. The majority of the works from that period that hold up were from outside the mainstream. It's just that the oldest sizable contingent of this board has major nostalgia for that era because of when they (we) were born. It wasn't until I re-listened as a teenager that it jumped out how nearly identical those Cheiron tracks and their ilk were. I thought this was a forum for people who loved/appreciated pop music, and if you love pop music then 1998-2001 was heaven.
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Post by Private Dancer on Jun 19, 2020 3:41:35 GMT -5
I'd say yes because not only was it the turn of the century but the top ten was very diverse from any other year. We had black, white and latina/o artist take the top spots. Some songs that came out that year are remembered today by the gp and so many memorable moments than any other that year
Baby One More Time: pop culture staple and iconic
No scrubs: pop/urban staple and broke airplay records and still gets play today.
Genie in a bottle:still iconic and remembered
All star:iconic (sadly)
Believe: remembered as cher's comeback hit and iconic
Nobodys supposed to be here: highly revered among the urban community
Living la Vida loca:iconic for a certain time
There just so many that year
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Post by thirddegree50123 on Jun 19, 2020 14:43:40 GMT -5
It's the most iconic year I've witnessed. But you'd have a more than solid case for 1984 or 1967
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Post by Dielawn on Jun 23, 2020 19:58:31 GMT -5
I'd say a close second is 2010.
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Post by thelegends on Jun 29, 2020 9:54:17 GMT -5
2017 is iconic. It went everywhere.
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Post by Marv on Jun 30, 2020 0:25:02 GMT -5
The nineties and the first few years of the 2000s were a total disaster for top 40 radio as dozens of stations either evolved into Hot AC stations or simply left the format altogether starting in the very late eighties so the answer is definitely NO.
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Post by wjr15 on Jul 11, 2020 10:34:45 GMT -5
2011 is the definition of iconic (at least for pop music):
- Teenage Dream, Loud, Cannibal, Greatest Hits...So Far (P!nk), Doo-Wops & Hooligans eras were all still going strong
- Born This Way, Femme Fatale, Talk That Talk, Stronger eras all started in 2011
- The debut of 21 (one of the most successful albums of all time)
- Outside of all the albums I mentioned, you have iconic hits like Party Rock Anthem, Give Me Everything, On The Floor, Moves Like Jagger, Forget You, Super Bass, Good Feeling
- Also, they weren’t well-known in 2011 but the 3 biggest hits of 2012 were actually released in 2011: We Are Young, Somebody That I Used To Know, Call Me Maybe
ICONIC
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Post by chanman on Jul 17, 2020 19:56:19 GMT -5
Definitely 1984 ....I still can't get enough of it. It had too many songs that were like WOWWIE...!!!
Stands Out Tracks for each month of '84 - Owner of a Lonely Heart - Karma Chameleon - Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Somebody's Watching Me - Footloose - The Reflex - When Doves Cry - Ghostbusters - Let's Go Crazy - Caribbean Queen - Out Of Touch - Like A Virgin
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Post by Ginger Spice on Jul 17, 2020 20:37:40 GMT -5
It was the year I became obsessed with pop music, so yes.
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Post by degen on Jul 25, 2020 15:35:39 GMT -5
2011 is the definition of iconic (at least for pop music): - Teenage Dream, Loud, Cannibal, Greatest Hits...So Far (P!nk), Doo-Wops & Hooligans eras were all still going strong - Born This Way, Femme Fatale, Talk That Talk, Stronger eras all started in 2011 - The debut of 21 (one of the most successful albums of all time) - Outside of all the albums I mentioned, you have iconic hits like Party Rock Anthem, Give Me Everything, On The Floor, Moves Like Jagger, Forget You, Super Bass, Good Feeling - Also, they weren’t well-known in 2011 but the 3 biggest hits of 2012 were actually released in 2011: We Are Young, Somebody That I Used To Know, Call Me Maybe ICONIC There was a lot going on in 2011, as far as pop divas go. Maybe a little too cluttered. Gaga’s BTW era came and went in between Katys extended TD era, we also had Rihanna in the middle of her album a year streak, we had Britney, Kesha, etc. With all that said none of them really had their iconic or peak moments in 2011, except for maybe Riri with “We Found Love”.
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Post by wjr15 on Jul 25, 2020 15:53:26 GMT -5
2011 is the definition of iconic (at least for pop music): - Teenage Dream, Loud, Cannibal, Greatest Hits...So Far (P!nk), Doo-Wops & Hooligans eras were all still going strong - Born This Way, Femme Fatale, Talk That Talk, Stronger eras all started in 2011 - The debut of 21 (one of the most successful albums of all time) - Outside of all the albums I mentioned, you have iconic hits like Party Rock Anthem, Give Me Everything, On The Floor, Moves Like Jagger, Forget You, Super Bass, Good Feeling - Also, they weren’t well-known in 2011 but the 3 biggest hits of 2012 were actually released in 2011: We Are Young, Somebody That I Used To Know, Call Me Maybe ICONIC There was a lot going on in 2011, as far as pop divas go. Maybe a little too cluttered. Gaga’s BTW era came and went in between Katys extended TD era, we also had Rihanna in the middle of her album a year streak, we had Britney, Kesha, etc. With all that said none of them really had their iconic or peak moments in 2011, except for maybe Riri with “We Found Love”. Teenage Dream and/or 21 aren’t iconic or career peaks? If getting 5 #1’s from a single album or having the highest selling album of the decade isn’t a career peak, then what is???
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Post by degen on Jul 25, 2020 16:36:58 GMT -5
There was a lot going on in 2011, as far as pop divas go. Maybe a little too cluttered. Gaga’s BTW era came and went in between Katys extended TD era, we also had Rihanna in the middle of her album a year streak, we had Britney, Kesha, etc. With all that said none of them really had their iconic or peak moments in 2011, except for maybe Riri with “We Found Love”. Teenage Dream and/or 21 aren’t iconic or career peaks? If getting 5 #1’s from a single album or having the highest selling album of the decade isn’t a career peak, then what is??? Oh I totally forgot about Adele 💀 As far as Katy, I would say TD’s peak was during 2010 with the first 3 singles. “E.T” and “Last Friday Night” were big hits, but today they kinda aren’t compared to the first 3 singles.
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