Worst decade for Music

[Aquarius1234]

What do you think was the worst decade if you had to choose ...
It's hard I'll go 90s bit mainly early 90s

To everyone saying "the current decade" I'd say stop listening to the mainstream charts and see what else is out there.
There is way more new music out there than there ever has been. Loads of brilliant bands that will never be as famous as those in the 60s and 70s (the market is saturated) but are actually just as talented.
It's never been easier to find and listen to music from all over the world as well as grassroots bands un the UK who need support.
And if you find something you like go and see them live if you can - in a small venue to help support the grassroots industry.
Taylor Swift and K-Pop are not the only options but listeners and fans need to make the effort too!!

As a teenager of the 70s, I'd like to say that there's loads of good music around now - but, when you're not young, you don't know where to look for it. You hear the chart stuff in an Uber, and you think that that's what modern music is like.

I recently looked at the singles chart for November 1973 - the year of some of the best albums ever made - and the Top20 was just dire.

Also, kids don't consume music the way we did. It's not the radio and record shops. So unless you go through the same channels as them you'll never hear the interesting, innovative, moving, well-crafted stuff.

How do I know all this, given that I'm ancient? I like my daughters to choose half of the music that's played in the house and the car. Which means that I hear a lot of modern stuff, and they're big fans of XTC.

As to the worst decade...I'd say the 90s were patchy, at best.

Current music is doing great, there's Fontaines DC, Charli XCX and Taylor.

@PointsSouth tgat sounds very positive - any pointers?

2010s

I don't think there's been a bad decade but I've been accused of only liking artists that flop commercially.

Mainstream pop seems to have gone downhill in the last few years.

In my opinion, 2015 was the last really great year for pop. The fantastic songs just kept on coming.

Anything from 2010 onwards. Wasn't a big fan of the 80s either. Sounded very corny in the 80s.

Garage, hiphop, R&B....

Yup

Mainstream stuff is terrible but the ability to delve into Spotify and find some absolute gems makes me happy.

Right here right now BUT we have the best and richest choice of older music to choose from so I'm not too bothered.

She was only an Ironmongers daughter, but she knew a surprising amount about fish as well

90s

Hands down the early 2000s.

I don't think I could say a decade as there's good and bad music in all decades.

Definitely 80s. Worst fashion too.

It entirely depends on your age.
The best decade is the one when you were 13 to 23
The worst decade is usually the current one unless you are under 23.

The 80’s were great times to be a teenager. So much good indie music Lloyd Cole, Echo and the Bunnymen, Soft Cell, Blancmange I could go on. Plenty of underground secret clubs in old houses. Straight men that liked to wear make up gay men that never got beat up in these clubs. Poppers. Getting in at 16. our clothes could give the vintage stuff now a run for their money, We bought second hand and customised everything. They were brilliant carefree times. Then the 90’s were my uni days and things musically just kept getting better (I was in Manchester)

The 1640s weren't that great.

My era was 2000s indie felt like there was loads more indie bands around 2004
I had just watched TOTP 1992 and hated it lol

2020s hasn't been a classic no !

I don't think there has been a bad decade for music since 1890. 1700s had some pretty good decades though as well.

Sorry @Faircastle but Dvorak's Cello Concerto is THE best!

I agree with you about Elgar though - utter dirge

CraftyNavySeal · Today 10:30

The best decade for music is the decade you were 15 in and music gets worse from age 25 onwards.

You probably have something there, I maintain that I stopped bothering with the charts in 1984, when I was 14 and full on into punk.

I loathed the prepackaged plastic pap of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and by 1989, when Acid House and all the rave stuff emerged, I hated it and still do. 90s for me, re mainstream stuff.

Indie, Metal and Punk were still good, but the radio was dominated by awful shite.