Every decade has great music producedHaving said that
There's crap music and amazing music in every decade
This topic is basically just "Which decade were you a teenager in?", or "Which decade did you start listening to popular music in?"
Most people latch onto their early music experience as the best, because nostalgia is a hell of a drug. And because the first types of music you listen to and enjoy tends to shape your tastes, and thus influences your opinions of all future music.
This topic is basically just "Which decade were you a teenager in?", or "Which decade did you start listening to popular music in?"
Nah, the best music was released before my birth.There has actually been statistical analysis done about it; from a broad perspective, people's tastes tend to plateau at 17~, and by the time you're in your mid 30's, you like current music as much as music when you were born. It drops off at both ends, but much more sharply as you age vs music from before your time. There also seems to be a slight bump up around 20-30 years before your time, which is probably a parental influence thing.
There has actually been statistical analysis done about it; from a broad perspective, people's tastes tend to plateau at 17~, and by the time you're in your mid 30's, you like current music as much as music when you were born. It drops off at both ends, but much more sharply as you age vs music from before your time. There also seems to be a slight bump up around 20-30 years before your time, which is probably a parental influence thing.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-022-09626-7
This topic is basically just "Which decade were you a teenager in?", or "Which decade did you start listening to popular music in?"
Most people latch onto their early music experience as the best, because nostalgia is a hell of a drug. And because the first types of music you listen to and enjoy tends to shape your tastes, and thus influences your opinions of all future music.
Glad to see the right choice is winning.There was so much bad music produced in the 80s
This topic is basically just "Which decade were you a teenager in?", or "Which decade did you start listening to popular music in?"I was a teenager in the 2010s but I definitely prefer bands from before then. 2010 might even be the decade I liked the least for music.
For creating music? Highly debatable, but doesn't really matter. For listening to music? Pretty unarguably the current one, since we've got access to virtually all of the best stuff to come out of previous decades.I'm pretty sure everyone else is talking specifically about the music they came out in said decade not said decade + everything before. Also you can't see bands that broke up.
Every decade has great music producedThis is what I'm saying. But I have recently gained a very big appreciation of music from the 70's. Especially from Japan.
There has actually been statistical analysis done about it; from a broad perspective, people's tastes tend to plateau at 17~, and by the time you're in your mid 30's, you like current music as much as music when you were born. It drops off at both ends, but much more sharply as you age vs music from before your time. There also seems to be a slight bump up around 20-30 years before your time, which is probably a parental influence thing.I may be an outlier, but I didn't even listen to music until I was out of high school (2006), and didn't start actively pursuing new music until between 2010 and 2012. I generally disliked most popular music when I was growing up in the 90's and early 00's. Even when I did start listening to music for music's sake, it was mostly adjacent to what I was getting from video games, which would have been Sleeping Dogs/GTA5. So a lot of stuff like Flying Lotus, which I still like.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-022-09626-7
I like all decades 80s to now. If I had to pick a favorite I'd say 90s.
Is it me, or are the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s kind of lacking distinguishing characteristics compared to the previous decades? It feels "modern" and that's it. Maybe 2000s stand out.
This is basically just a how old are you poll.I was born in 70s but voted for the 2010s.
This is basically just a how old are you poll.Are there zoomers or gen alpha that think 2000's had the best music?
This topic is basically just "Which decade were you a teenager in?", or "Which decade did you start listening to popular music in?"
I'm a Gen Z-er but I really click with older music. There's newer stuff I like just as much, but not as much that's easier to findI think a lot of this is survivor bias. The crap sank out of public consciousness while the better music is still popular. The further back the music was released the more prominent the effect is.
I think a lot of this is survivor bias. The crap sank out of public consciousness while the better music is still popular. The further back the music was released the more prominent the effect is.
This is an excellent point but I don't think 2000's had the music to redeem the decade. 2010's was legitimately better.
I'm a Gen Z-er but I really click with older music. There's newer stuff I like just as much, but not as much that's easier to findIt's easier now to find music you like than it ever has been. Streaming algorithms are excellent at curating new artists who are adjacent to what you're already listening to. Just go through and pick out a few songs you think sound good, go through the artists discography to seed the algorithm even further, then spread out to everything else that's relevant.
It's easier now to find music you like than it ever has been. Streaming algorithms are excellent at curating new artists who are adjacent to what you're already listening to. Just go through and pick out a few songs you think sound good, go through the artists discography to seed the algorithm even further, then spread out to everything else that's relevant.Well yeah, I mean I don't go to the grocery store and hear a new song I like. It's easy enough to research new stuff I like, but like I can hear something like She Blinded Me With Science in a Walmart and think that sounds rad. Basically I will hear stuff through osmosis I like, but none of it is new. New stuff I like I tend to find either because an old band puts out a new record, it plays in a concert venue before the bands play, they open for a band I like, or sifting through recommendations via streaming or youtube music videos.
I am constantly finding new music to appreciate. I don't know, maybe it helps to have an open mind, too.
I think a lot of this is survivor bias. The crap sank out of public consciousness while the better music is still popular. The further back the music was released the more prominent the effect is.You are assuming I'm comparing the best stuff of the past to the worst stuff of now and not the best stuff of now. If I compare the top 10 bands of the 70s and the top 10 bands from the now and feel the top 10 bands from the 70s are better, is that survivor bias?
You are assuming I'm comparing the best stuff of the past to the worst stuff of now and not the best stuff of now. If I compare the top 10 bands of the 70s and the top 10 bands from the now and feel the top 10 bands from the 70s are better, is that survivor bias?Depends on which criteria you're using to define "best". Very possibly yes.
This topic is basically just "Which decade were you a teenager in?", or "Which decade did you start listening to popular music in?"Yeah, not really. If you look at GF demographics, there aren't a lot of people here who were born in the 60s/70s, which is what you would need if your theory matched with the results. Most of the people on this site were still in diapers in the 80s, if they were even alive at all.
Depends on which criteria you're using to define "best". Very possibly yes.What criteria would cause survivor bias when discussing the top 10 specifically?