What is your favourite era of music?

I mean, I think 60–90s are the contenders. Modern music is something like 80% written by two guys. The notion that all modern songs sound alike…proven true through algorithmic analysis and the reason is because two songwriters manufacture a huge proportion of hits, and the ones they don’t are trying to sound like them.

The 60s I think had the most heart in their music. The 70s, especially the non-disco parts had just so many epic bands doing epic work. The 80s got a little silly, but there was an experimenting with sounds that I think produced some really nice music. The 90s I feel like you started to get musicians going back to those 60s roots with a sort of neo-folk and more heart and lyrical significance coming back.

I guess I’d say the 70s.

From the late 17th to the 19th century.

Probably 70’s for me.

I listen to a lot of music from the late eighteenth century. I do enjoy music from the nineteenth century as well. My taste in modern music is wide, but I really enjoy jazz from many different periods.

90s and early 2000s EDM/Trance. Paul Oakenfold, DJ Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Daft Punk.

Personally rap/hip-hop of all era.

And then the 80s and 90s Metal/Rock era. Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica etc.

Although it’s not the standard numerical concept of a decade, my favorite is probably 1967–1977, although I guess it could be said that rounds up to the 70’s. ;-)

1967 is when the Cream and Jimi Hendrix released their first albums.
Their arrival signified the emergence of comparatively advanced musicianship, the most notable of which for me was the guitar work of Clapton and Hendrix.

In 1968, another English-bred guitar great, Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, arrived and Hendrix released his third excellent album, “Electric Ladyland”.
I think it was in that year two other legends, Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck, released their first album together: “Truth”.

In 1969, Led Zeppelin and Santana released their first albums, and Zep also released their second album.

In summation, I’d say the primary reason for the excellence of 60’s music was the massive influx of English artists.

It could be that in turn inspired the emergence of more intelligent, creatively advanced, and aspiring American music in the 70’s.

In the early 1970’s, America’s best rock guitarist, Johnny Winter, released my favorite rock album, “Johnny Winter And Live”.

IMO, it was in the 70’s that Santana released his best music.

It was also in the 70’s that I was introduced to the artistry of Steely Dan; the Eagles; Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; and Fleetwood Mac.

!960’s and early 1970’s.

Probably the 70s. It’s was just a hell of a bridge decade, with hits from all sorts of genres. The only thing it lacked was hip hop, though disco was pretty cool while it lasted.. Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, the best of the post beatle solo albums, ABBA (actually I hate ABBA, but I respect the vibe), the Who, the Guess Who, Zepplin, the Blues Brothers, Queen, Blondie, the Clash, T. Rex, Sex Pistols, Eagles. AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and the Village People.

60’s and 80’s are great.
The 40’s swing is great as well.
My recent iPod music purchases comes from the 1800’s.

I’m a fan of music from the late 70’s and early 80’s. Probably just because it’s what I grew up with. Part exposure, part nostalgia.

1950s and 60s, played Rock and Roll in bands during that time.

It’s a tossup between the 70’s and the 90’s for me. The 70’s were before my time, but the music is undeniably fantastic. I’m not going to repeat all of the good things already been said and simply say I agree 100% with those opinions. The 90’s is what I grew up with and there were some pretty legendary artist from that time between grunge and hip-hop plus some of the jam-band stuff and ska that came out at the end of the decade.

Impossible for me to choose a decade

Depends on the genre but in general from the 50’s-present there is good rock music to be found in one form or another. As far as quality and selection I’m going with the present though. Excluding pop music of course. Its never been worse.

@Blackwater_Park Funny, I think the vast sub-genres of pop music has never been better. I think mid 80’s and late 90’s were the worst years for pop music.

@rockfan That’s because they did not have autotune back then

My favorite era would be bookended by Buffalo Springfield at the beginning and ended by the Eagles and Hotel California.

In that period one covers the most creative parts of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the best part of the Monterey Pops Festival, the strongest part of Motown, all the hippy music coming out of San Francisco, the evolution of metal blues from Clapton and Cream.

Layla anyone?

Though the 2000s had some bangers

Late 2000’s thru now.

I like a few, so it’s hard for me to say only one.

I love R & B and disco from the 70s to the 90s. I also love 70’s pop. Once in a while I love some great Motown.