Which has been the best decade for music?

[Qyot27]

80s for the fact that I love classic alternative and for Traditional Goth and EBM, 90s for Post-Grunge (when it was still decent, at least) and for the real breakthrough of Industrial Rock/Metal.

[Jwalk0]

00's / Every possible Genre and SubGenre and SubSubGenre imaginable

more like
00's / Crunk, Gangster Rap, Metalcore, Screamo, Mallcore Emo/Punk and no music on MTV

this is the most terrible decade ever, that's the only thing I know for sure

Most definitely the 90's for me, that was the golden era for true r&b, hiphop, and rap. I didnt really get into any other genres of music like rock, gospel, oldies, metal, and j-pop/rock till the 00's so I've been listening to r&b, hiphop, and rap my whole life and I can safely say that those 3 genres these days are mostly garbage. There's hardly any real meaning coming from most of the mainstream artists and they all use the same material which got old 5 years ago. You do have a few artists who carry the same spirit in their songs like artists did back in the day but a huge majority don't and they are the only ones getting any real credit and fame, which causes upcoming artists to do the same thing and bring out more garbage. I still listen to underground music cause it's more or less the same as it was back then and most of the r&b, rap, and hiphop I reguarly listen to nowadays and use in my amvs were from back in the day. And I agree with Ingow, I may not have been around before '87 but I'm pretty sure this is the most terrible decade ever and I can only hope that it'll get better.

[Krisqo]

80's++;

Quoted for truth.

Maybe early 90s, but once Rap and all that other crap started being popular, it's been hell. Even my "soft rock" station which used to be my haven from this crap has turned into something of the Kelly Clarkson station. I hear songs by her 6 times in an 8 hour shift. Hell, I heard Natasha Bendingfield's "Pocket full of Sunshine" twice in 6 hours. It's the same shit over and over and it's not all that great. Like that "Before He Cheats" song. More like how to attempt to get back at a cheating ex but in the process end up in jail and shelling out hundreds to repay the damage done because the nice judge told you to.

[Shambu2]

If I had to choose I'd say 80's and 90's.

[PlasticKatanaProd]

The nineties was the pure golden age of music.
Beck, Slipknot, Stereophonics, Disturbed, Tool, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, U2, R.E.M, Pearl Jam, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Soundgarden, Radiohead, Green Day, Weezer...the list goes on...

[Vivaldi]

I'm going to have to say 90s and 00.

Most people call 00 a decline, I call it progress.

[tyrocks00]

It's hard to say for me, because I seem them all related. The Beatles and the 60s were kind of a continuation of Elvis and 50s, etc.

[NewTubeNemesis909]

Megadeth, Anthrax, AC/DC, Metallica, Raven, Skid Row, Motley Crue, Dokken, Accept, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, The Ramones, Tesla, The Scorpians, ect...
Yeah, that should have been when I was born. Too bad I grew up in the 1990's... at least we had Nirvana and Anthrax was still going strong in the early 90's but, Metal suffered a coma for the most part. Metal fell asleep but, were back now. Metal never dies.

[Warheart]

1990s

Some may say that the 80 brought forth such beautieful genres such as Black, Death or other kinds of metal but they really blossomed in the 90s and in that decade Showgaze and Post were "invented" so I guess it's a good call as well. Actually I wonder what people wrote here altogether but I must admit the question is pretty interesting to start with.

[Koopiskeva]

The land before time.

And no, I'm not talking about the movie.

Or maybe I am.