Glad that the jury did not choose the obvious 60s as the most influential decade even though its advocate delivered a very evocative and analytical case. I thought Caitlin Moran's summing up for the 90s was too flippant and did no justice to her opening arguments which I thought were incisive and off-centre.
Even though the soundtrack to my childhood was the 70s, I always thought of it as a bad decade because glam rock music seem to dominate any discourse about that era but obviously that was only a small part of the music scene. Glad to see that Noddy Holder pointed out to the 70s' advocate that he had neglected to mention that reggae had come to the fore in the 70s. Bob Marley was a trailblazer and more should have been said about his contribution to the diversifying music scene in the 70s. Also glad to see that Jazzy B, during the 80s overview, mentioned Lover's Rock because tbh, only those from a West Indian background like me, knew about it and it was not until Janet Kay came along with Silly Games that it actually entered the mainstream (albeit for 5 seconds).
I thougt more should have been said about the role and achievements of the Rolling Stones in both the 60s and 70s. They introduced a wider audience to Rhythm & Blues and built on it to create their own sound - at least they acknowledge the black originators of the music which is more than a lot of artist in the 60s ever did.
I'm also glad that the racism of MTV was not glossed over because it demonstrated how polarised and entrenched attitudes negated the vibrant, eclectic sounds that were coming out of the more urban areas and which culminated in the explosion of anarchic, angry, political rap music.
On the whole, the right decision was made, imo, in choosing the 70s as the most influential decade of music.