(lighthearted) - ..to think that the decent music era began in 2008 and ended in 2012?

[StirlingWork]

OK - so I'm a bit :
Taio Cruz
Tinie Tempah
Ne-yo
Rihanna
Early Katy Perry
Early Gaga
A bit Jessie J!!!
A bit early Adele!!
Saturdays!!
Early Miley!!!
P!nk had cracking songs in this era!!!!

HEY LETS JUST ALL GO TO A SOCIALLY DISTANCED JLS CONCERT!!

Popular music has been terrible for about 20 years. 90s was the last good decade of music.

Yes! Yeah! (Also, what age are you?)

30s

Surely the 70's

Blonde, the clash, Trex, Bowie,

I'm 47 dudsville

I used to love music from that era. I’d say from 2006 though because Ne-Yo brought out some great songs that year.
I was in my late teens/early 20s and they were all my favourites. I found my old iPod mini recently and it’s crammed full of these

Mid 1990s to early 00s for next but the 80swere treat too

funinthesun19 - believe it or not I never even possessed an ipod - in 2006 I was still looking for cassettes to play!!

90s - early 00s was best I think

Forgot to mention

I'm also a bit 'Starry Eyed' for early Ellie Golding
Bit partial to Cascada
N-Dubz / Tinchy Stryder?!!!
Black Eyed Peas brought out some crackers then
Alisha Dixon
Lily Allen
Alexandra Burke
Early Jason Derulo!!!!!

OP, at 47, are you having a laugh?

funinthesun19 - believe it or not I never even possessed an ipod - in 2006 I was still looking for cassettes to play!!

Haha! I’m sure HMV were still selling them at that point.

Charley50 - No? Happiest years with hindsight of my life, thus the music from the Golden Era of 2008-2012 is very memorable to me!!

Also some good ones by our Cheryl!!

funinthesun - I also seem to remember that in January 2010 Iyaz had his ipod stuck on REPLAY!!

Sean Kingston's Fire Burning kept me warm in the summer of 2009

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

Ha, I'm a similar age to you OP. For me 2008 to 2012 era is defined musically by The Wheels on The Bus.

I was wrangling with a houseful of toddlers throughout those years

Take me back to the 90s...

Yep I used to love all of those too. My eldest ds was born in early 2011 so a lot of those artists/songs remind me of that time.

Haha - love it Wild Cherry Blossom!! Wheels on The Bus

90s didn't do anything for me musically!

StirlingWork - fair enough, whatever rocks your boat, but you've lived through the brilliant 80s for pop, soul and hip hop, the birth of house music, and Brit pop.

Was anyone tempted by Jeremih's offer of 'Birthday Sex' in the summer of 2009?

Anyway I know what you mean OP. I'm just stuck in a different era than you are.

The summer of 2009 had some great songs! “When Love Takes Over” by David Guetta ft Kelly Rowland was one of them.
Black Eyed Peas brought out “I Gotta Feeling” that summer too.
And I loved early Jason DeRulo. Same year again!

What? Are you mad? 70s all the way. Why is Slade's Merry Christmas played on a loop every year?

Charley50 - I DO love the 80s, to be fair, some great songs especially up to about '86.
I like some hip hop - remember the brilliant track 'Ghetto Heaven' by Family Stand?
As far as Brit pop's concerned my attitude is 'we are not amused!!'
I'm not familiar enough with the precise definition of house music to know what would be classed as a housemusic track!! Although I've probably heard it - Wasn't Steve Silk Hurley's 'Jack your Body' an early house music track?

funinthesun19 - I remember 'When Love Takes Over' - but tbh I wasn't that sold on it - I'm off to google exactly when in 2009 it came out.