The fifties was my favorite decade. You?

[Little Star]

I get the chills just listening to In the Still of the Night.

What's your favorite decade so far?

[arcane1]

1. I'm partial to the 70's myself.

[RebelOne]

8. I am too, even though I grew up in the '40s and '50s.

The late '60s and '70s was when I had the most fun after I was divorced.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I liked the '60s. Peace, Baby!

[northoftheborder]

3. I grew up in the fifties - it was the era I call the Great Pause - not much happened -

After WWII, and before the huge changes of the 60's; was a kind of quiet, traditional, peaceful era. I didn't identify with the generation before me, the WWII people, but I would have loved the sixties! But by then I was married with a family, so missed all the excitement, except vicariously! A lot of the music in the 50's was pretty dorky: How Much Was That Doggy in the Window, Que Sera, etc... But great Broadway and Hollywood musicals! And there was a revival of Glenn Miller, which I loved. This was BEFORE the Beatles, and Rock and Roll. Western Swing was popular, but not my favorite.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Mmmm - no

I was born in 1946 so, although I love the music of the '50s (especially Doo-wop) I'd like to relive the 60s.

[Little Star]

5. I was born in 1946 too....

but I liked Doo-Wop much more than the Beatles. Not that I didn't like them, just liked Doo-Wop better.

[Stargleamer]

6. It only follows that you would be, Little Star. . .

by the way, Where are You, Little Star?

[Little Star]

16. lol

[SheilaT]

7. Late 60s, early 70's for me.

I graduated high school in 1965, so I was just starting out in life. I got an airline job in 1969 and spent the next ten years travelling as much as possible. It was great.

[blackcrow]

9. fifties! thumbs up!

[williesgirl]

10. Definitely the 50s, although I also loved the 60s

[mainstreetonce]

11. 50's and 60's

I remember the fifties and sixties.when we watched TV,we all watched together.
My grandkids never watch anything their parents watch.

[trof]

12. Yep, I went from 9 to 19 during the 50s.

Good times.
Wonder how many could identify Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in that clip?

[No Vested Interest]

14. Was in high school and college in the 50's, then started working. nt

[raccoon]

14. I guess I'd say '80's. Good stuff happening in my life then.

After that horrible recession of the early 80s, I mean.

[RealityChik]

15. I loved them all except...

Maybe the front half of the 1990's. Born in the 50's, teenage anxiety in the 1960's, but had a successful folk group that made every glorious day worth getting up for. I had a blast at college and met my husband in the 70's. Had kids and owned a successful custom screen printing business in the 80s. Struggled during the 90's recession years, but the 90's were saved by the internet, for which I sold my business and became a web developer. The 2000's were a wild ride of boom and bust but overall it rocked. At the start of the 2010's came my first grandchild, then the second, for whom I am smitten.

Of late, the husband just retired, I continue to freelance and we're building a cabin home on a lake. More ups and downs, but's all good. What's not to love? Spent the first half of my life in Hawaii, and the second half in Seattle. Happily married for almost 43 years, with a few ups and downs there too! Our kids and grandkids are healthy, happy and live nearby, so who could ask for more? I've been blessed.

[zippythepinhead]

17. The 50's

the birth of rock and roll;

But the 60's were great after I smoked my first joint.
















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[Citrus]

18. 60s and 70s

Not interested in revisiting the bigoted 50s. Things are bad enough even now, but it was worse then. Black entertainers had to use back entrances and the covers of albums never reflected the real artists, women teachers had to leave their jobs if they were pregnant, segregation, McCarthyism, and so much more. The reason people think so fondly of certain time frames is because heads were buried in sand.

At least in the 60s and 70s, some of us woke up and worked at changing things. Eyes were opened and so were minds.

[lillypaddle]

19. I would have to say the 1990s

I turned 50 in 1997, and learned a lot about myself during the '90s. Some of it a bit kinky, but I sure had lots of fun. I had nude photos taken before my 50th birthday. I quit an excellent job and moved out of state to be with a man, which didn't work out. But I got to Tortola, the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, and various other places in the process, including Amsterdam, Wales, and Paris. I had no regrets. Still don't. Well, I regret letting myself get fat. My cardiologist today informed me I am NOT morbidly obese. LOL. Thank gawd for small favors.

and so it goes as I head into my 70s later in the year.

[Little Star]

20. I'll turn 70 in October. What month for you?

[lillypaddle]

21. Dec. 18th, to be exact

[Little Star]

22. Gotcha beat. Oct. 3rd for me.

[oppressedproletarian]

23. I like the decade of Now

This decade right now, or whenever the present is. I am not into nostalgia (nothing against those who are!). I am almost 68 yo.

[RKP5637]

24. The 60's and 70's for me. n/t

[Doodley]

25. the 50s were a time when there was still much segregation and discrimination. No it wasn't better.

[Frustratedlady]

26. Absolutely the 50s. After all the rationing and stress of the 40s,

the U.S. was sick and tired of drab colors and dull clothing/furnishings, so the U.S. exploded in color. It was like night and day. Even dinnerware was bright and cheery. Furniture slowly emerged in modern and spiffy designs and cars changed dramatically. Of course, our sacrifices were nothing compared to the loss of life from WWII, but by that time, I don't think we even felt guilty.

[trof]

27. In 1950 I was 9. In 1959 I was 18. Oh yeah.

That was MY decade.
Sock hops.
Drive ins.
Movies AND burger/bbq joints.
Juke boxes.
10 cents a play, 3 for a quarter.

Maybe this was just in the south, but...
The guys' 'uniform' was blue oxford button down shirt, Levis, white socks, black Italian (NOT penny loafer) loafers.
We DID run through the 'pink and black' fad for about a year?

Oh lordy...Doo Wop! Yessss!
The Platters, the Coasters, the Drifters, the Clovers
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[RealityChik]

28. All my decades have been glorious until...

Trump showed up in this one! I was born in the 50s, but my decades are the 60s and beyond. Sure there were ups and downs ( WAY downs sometimes) across all my decades, but there were also so many epic milestones in each one, that I'd have to choose ALL of them!