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I seem to be among the exceptions: I generally prefer the music of the last 15 years.

My best shot at my favorite almost 20 songs of all time, broken down by decade:

60’s:
Runaway, Del Shannon
Dancing In The Street, Martha and The Vandellas
Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
Satisfaction, Rolling Stones

70’s: 
None

80’s:
Whole Of The Moon, The Waterboys
Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector (favorite music video)
Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys (choice as best produced single song)

90’s:
Fields of Gold, Sting
My Back Pages (song and favorite live performance, Bob Dylan’s 30th anniversary concert),  Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Roger McGuinn)

00’s:
One More Time, Daft Punk
Fake Empire, The National
Human, The Killers
You’ve Got the Love, Florence + The Machine

10’s:
Video Games, Lana Del Rey
Song for Zula, Phosphorescence
Red Eyes, The War on Drugs
Stay Gold, First Aid Kit

The video of the My Back Pages performance knocks me out every time I watch it, and I have a special affection for McGuinn, who gave his time to me very generously when I was researching creativity for one of my books.  It’s also fair to list this song in the 60’s, too, as I first heard and loved it one its release by The Byrds.  The Byrds also trigger a special memory for me; they co-headline with The Jefferson Airplane for a 1967 concert in which I danced onstage with Grace Slick. 

[Hulk01]

I seem to be among the exceptions: I generally prefer the music of the last 15 years.

My best shot at my favorite almost 20 songs of all time, broken down by decade:

60’s:
Runaway, Del Shannon
Dancing In The Street, Martha and The Vandellas
Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
Satisfaction, Rolling Stones

70’s: 
None

80’s:
Whole Of The Moon, The Waterboys
Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector (favorite music video)
Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys (choice as best produced single song)

90’s:
Fields of Gold, Sting
My Back Pages (song and favorite live performance, Bob Dylan’s 30th anniversary concert),  Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Roger McGuinn)

00’s:
One More Time, Daft Punk
Fake Empire, The National
Human, The Killers
You’ve Got the Love, Florence + The Machine

10’s:
Video Games, Lana Del Rey
Song for Zula, Phosphorescence
Red Eyes, The War on Drugs
Stay Gold, First Aid Kit

The video of the My Back Pages performance knocks me out every time I watch it, and I have a special affection for McGuinn, who gave his time to me very generously when I was researching creativity for one of my books.  It’s also fair to list this song in the 60’s, too, as I first heard and loved it one its release by The Byrds.  The Byrds also trigger a special memory for me; they co-headline with The Jefferson Airplane for a 1967 concert in which I danced onstage with Grace Slick.