When do you think music was at it's best?

When do you think that music was at it's best?

1950s 2
1960s 4
1970s 8
1980s 14
1990s 4
2000s 4
2010s 3
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  • ellnell

    60s, 70s, 90s and 2000s

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  • freakyman69

    The 1910s.

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    • Ah yes, the 1910s. Just before Jazz music came and corrupted the minds of the youth. It was such a lovely, peaceful and innocent time. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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  • RoseIsabella

    I LOVE 80's Punk Punk, and New Wave music!

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  • LloydAsher

    I listen to music from fucking everywhere. Sometimes I wanna chill to some Mongolian throat singing. Or listen to some bhangra.

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    • Trichfuzz

      Medieval chanting is good too

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      • LloydAsher

        Eh depends if I like the melody.

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  • GuvnorsOtherWoman

    1960s.

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  • Mini69

    80’s then 60’s

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  • Somenormie

    I am gonna say 1980's-2000's were good the 2010s and the 2020s just kinda suck to me.

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    • Trichfuzz

      This decade isn’t even over 😆

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  • Meatballsandwich

    In my opinion, 80s > 70s > 60s >>> 00s > 90s > 50s >>>>> 10s

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  • jrbsportz

    The 80's? Long hair beautiful women and spandex.rock and roll baby!!!!

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  • Tommythecaty

    Good and bad in every decade.

    There is no real answer.

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    • SwickDinging

      Don't know why this was downvoted, it is very true

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      • Tommythecaty

        Common sense isn’t specific enough for a lot of people, shits got to be good or bad, no in between lol.

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  • GuvnorsOtherWoman

    I recently made a list of my favourite 1980s songs and was surprised at how many there were because the 1980s sucked although not as badly as the 1990s and beyond.

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  • einexile

    The 1980s benefited from a convergence of general good times, exhaustion from the seriousness of the 1970s, a reaction against punk, and a lot of interesting new equipment. Also plenty of innovation but no snobbery. Imagine hearing Van Halen, Billy Joel, Prince, and The Cure all on the same radio station. It happened. Probably for the last time.

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  • Trichfuzz

    The 1970s for being so diverse and experimental (Genesis P-orridge anyone?)

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  • ThatOneGuyYouNeverWantToMeet

    1920's to 1950's is my favorite.

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  • lukeuser

    As is often noted, there is always good music being created—but the question of what is most popular in any given decade is a very different one. What I mean by that is, there's a lot of bad music today, but also a lot of really good music, that you have to actively seek out.
    The decade whose mainstream music I most like is probably 70s, because I love Dire Straits, Allman Brothers, CCR, Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel.
    But I also love a lot of recent indie music, like Phoebe Bridgers, Torres, Dolorean, Amanda Palmer, Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, Divine Comedy. And other various stuff like Knopfler's solo work, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits (some stuff), Rufus Wainwright.

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  • bbrown95

    '70s and '80s are my favorite. There's a bit of good from each decade, but I think the biggest quantity of good music came from the '70s and '80s.

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  • uglybanter

    Currently. The creativity never stops. If anything, the newer the time period of the music is, the best it is because it has been created with the existence of the music of the past.

    Right now is when music is at it's best. And tomorrow it will be even better

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    • LloydAsher

      I recomend listening to some bhangra. They got the beats nailed down!

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  • 1WeirdGuy

    The 80s?! Why did so many people vote 80s? Refer some good music from the 80s. Because I think the 70s was the best around Vietnam/LSD era

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    • SwickDinging

      I was really into the New Romantic genre (specific examples would be Fiction Factory - Feels Like Heaven, or Tears for Fears - Rule The World) when it first came out, but I don't know if it was popular outside of Britain. That was probably my favourite thing about the 80s.

      I do agree that a lot of 80s music was utter shite.

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      • einexile

        In the second half of the decade you started hearing a lot of R&B made without real instruments and metal made without either fun or sincerity. This was the beginning of the end.

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    • einexile

      Virtually everything that came out of on 4AD and Creation. It was a waterfall of beautiful pop music and surprising rock sounds.

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