Which decade do you think had the best music?

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00's

Now, because all the music from the other decades is still around.

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90's for sure. Best EVERYTHING. Games, Music, Food, Anything!

The 2020's, trust me.

Really there's good music from any decade if you take into account the entire world and all genres.  In terms of the music that was played on the radio during these decades I have to say the 60's was the only decade where less than half of the music played was utter crap.  Maybe 49 percent.

" The 2020's, trust me. "

The 1700's. Modern music, on the other hand, would be in this decade. I like where all of this metal and experimental stuff is going.

I say all of them really, there are songs I love that is pre 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's. 90's and 00's and while it is heavily focused on modern music that is only because this when I was born and I feel more "involved" the music since its coming from now with the same sort of issues as the world im in (though of course earlier music can still relate to now its just that modern music can relate more). So I could never say any period is better, its all awesome in its own way.

More things came from the 80s then Glam Rock and New Wave. It also had it's equally hated rival Thrash Metal. 
 
These bands all started in the 80s:
   
Metallica  
Megadeth 
Slayer  
Anthrax 
Sepultura 
D.R.I. 
Annihilator 
Sodom 
Kreator
 
It wins.

Bollocks to the 80's! The 90's is where it's at:
 
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Soundgarden
The Spice Girls
 
It's impossible to disagree frankly.

00's 
 
Not really a fan of anything before the 90's.

2000's... Just sayin' its an obvious decade for me because I grew up with Music from it. I have good knowledge of all the decades of Music as I'm a music student, but I just prefer the 2000's music.

Being a Thrash metal fan definately the 80's but 00's comes close

" The 80's gave birth to The Smiths, who are the best band ever. SO therefore, using maths and many kinds of science, I have deduced that the 80's is the  best decade for music. "

I guess the 80s are too close to me to like most of the music from that decade.  Having experienced it all first hand, I disliked 90% of it then and still have little use for much of it outside of late 80s alternative.  I much prefer the 90s to the 80s for rock, alternative, college-rock and independent. 
 
But, I was the one who voted for 40s and below because much of the very best jazz music written was created during that time.  Popular standards, swing music, bebop as well as the  orchestral influenced work of Duke Ellington and Ira Gershwin.  And if I really wanted to be a stickler for the poll's wordage, "and below" could include all the classical music written including Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Puccini, Stravinsky, and the list goes on and on.  That catalog alone would outshine anything written in the 20th Century.

Its hilarious that no one has given the 50's a vote.

" The 2020's, trust me. "

70's, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd to name but two, although Led did their best stuff in the late 60's.

60's easily. I am concerned that there are so few people who voted for it.

" Its hilarious that no one has given the 50's a vote. "

Chuck Berry,Jerry Lee Lewis,Elvis.
 
People need to divorce their notions of cool from  their notions of good.I voted for the 60s myself,anything 50,60,70s is acceptable dont understand 80s, pop music from the 80s onwards is horrific.

The 80's.

the 90's! there were alot of awesome alternative, grunge, punk, ska, hip-hop groups, like nirvana, smashing pumpkins, nofx (3 of my favorite bands), less than jake, assorted jelly beans, afi (when they played hardcore punk, but they're still awesome), nas, 2pac, foo fighters, alice in chains, beck, goldfinger, the list goes on and on....

70's had the best music.

"80's Nowadays it's nothing but horrible emo bands and shitty rap, but rap means shitty so shitty rap makes no since "

90's 
 
let's see: 
 
Rage Against the Machine 
Pearl Jam 
Nirvana 
Alice in Chains 
Smashing Pumpkins 
Counting Crows 
Blind Melon 
Tool 
Hootie & the Blowfish 
Oasis 
Screaming Trees 
Sublime  
Ben Harper 
Bush 
Cake 
Deftones 
Dinosaur Jr. 
Kyuss 
Radiohead 
Stone Temple Pilots 
Third Eye Blind 
 
 
Yea, definitely the 90's

The 70's had so many classic disco hits that you hear now adays...The sixties had the beatles and they were kinda big i guess...

"90's  let's see:  Rage Against the Machine Pearl Jam Nirvana Alice in Chains Smashing Pumpkins Counting Crows Blind Melon Tool Hootie & the Blowfish Oasis Screaming Trees Sublime  Ben Harper Bush Cake Deftones Dinosaur Jr. Kyuss Radiohead Stone Temple Pilots Third Eye Blind   Yea, definitely the 90's "

no thanks

I wish you had put a None of the Above.  Lot of music I listened to rolled into other Decades.
 
For example, Rush started in the 70's but they produced a new, awesome album just
two years ago that I also enjoy.  Bowie also spanned from the 60's to the early 2000's.
How do you categorize that into this rigid decade structure that doesn't actually work?
 
So far I'd have to say that most music that came out in 2000, at least on the top 100 charts
etc, has been the worst music I've ever heard in my life. The masses must be morons.

" @Asurastrike said:

" The 2020's, trust me. "

2020 hasn't come yet. "

The 60's,with the 90's close behind.I dont understand why there are so many votes for the 00's.

I don't understand why so many people are saying, I don't understand why "insert year here" has votes.
 
I'll tell you why. It's an opinion that differs from yours.

I say the 1970s. It was this decade that saw the peak of most of my favorite bands, like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd

I think 80's was pretty bad for music. I like 90's best, then 70's/00's followed by 60's (mainly because of the Beatles).

" I don't understand why so many people are saying, I don't understand why "insert year here" has votes.  I'll tell you why. It's an opinion that differs from yours. "

" @CL60 said:

" I don't understand why so many people are saying, I don't understand why "insert year here" has votes.  I'll tell you why. It's an opinion that differs from yours. "

Well yes but The Beatles are surely better than 80's pop, people who like the 80's and others for grunge etc I'll let that go.Music is not entirely a matter of taste.Theres science to it as well. For example I know that Pink Floyd are great, I dont like them but I know they are great just not to my taste. "

" Wow I'm surprised so many people are voting the 80's. I assume that's because it's when a lot of you were born, must be too young to really remember the 80's. ;-)  
 
    
     I voted 70's but was leaning to the 60's. Too much good rock & roll. "

60's and 80's are a close tie.

80's without a doubt. 

70s for sure. There hasn't been many bands in the last 20 years that I absolutely love. My tastes for them usually dies out after a few months. Most music from the 70s or older I could listen to all day.

70's

80's

i liked the 90's the best. i just think the rock was great then now it revolutionized.

00'. They didn't have the type of metal I like in the 80's or 90's.
 
Hey! I'm a teenager, only song by the Beatles I like is I am The Walrus.