I started HS in 1970, so the '70’s encompassed my entire HS and college years as well as the 2 years post-college when I was not married (I married in 1980). It is a very rare song that comes up on the Sirius 70’s channell that I do not know and can’t associate with a specific memory or person!
60’s for me, definitely. Beatles up to Helter Skelter, early Stones, Beach Boys, Four Seasons. I could easily live without heavy metal, rap, hip hop, grunge but might keep some disco just for exercising to.
If you stop your Beatles timeline at Helter Skelter, you’re stopping around the Beatles’ worst album IMO (the White Album, with lots of phoning-it-in fillers - easy on the heroin, there, John) and you’re missing Hey Jude, Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road, and the Abbey Road medley :-). Signed, a Beatles completist
The 80’s - I am of the MTV generation. Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall was the first album I bought.
My parents had a large record collection, which included a 45 of “Both Sides Now” by Judy Collins. When I actually read the lyrics, I loved the song even more.
Love music from all of those decades, but I guess I’d have to go with the '90s since Achtung Baby, my all time favorite album was released in 91. The '90s also featured Nirvana, Pearl Jam at their best, and some incredible hip hop RIP Tupac.
Pizzagirl -
I know but I’m just not into the later Beatles music. My second chosen decade would have been the 50’s because I’m more of a doo wop girl than a heavy rocker. In fact, if I were given the choice of a ten year span, as opposed to a decade, I’d have chosen 1957 - 1967.
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80s. though I went to college and high school in the seventies, I don’t like most of the dominant music from then at all.
Late 60’s-early 70’s (I can’t just pick one era because disco ruined the 70s for me… sorry CottonTales)!
70’s all the way. From Carly Simon, Carol King, to All of Disco, Supertramp, John Denver, Genesis, Blondie…just love the whole decade.
yes, what conmama said - great singers/bands mentioned (okay, I guess there are a few sort of disco songs I like… who didn’t like the BeeGees in Saturday Night Fever)? 
just asked my DH and 20 yr old kid. 60s’s and 90s are what they said. that’s funny because they barely lived in each decade. Me – i like the music from the mid 70s-mid 80s. my growing up time i guess.
70’s for sure. It was when I was in both undergrad and grad school. Classics like Blood Sweat and Tears, the Beatles, the Eagles, James Taylor, Fleetword Mac, Crosgy Stills Nash and young, Moody Blues, stones.elton John.
Second best…60’s because of groups like Beach Boys, Mamas and Papas.
How could I have forgotten Fleetwood Mac and BWT on my list! James Taylor, Steely Dan, Hall and Oates. One night we were sitting around thinking about all those “awful” songs that we loved and were popular in 1974. We rattled off quite a few and were dying laughing…Billy, Don’t Be a Hero, Having my Baby to name a couple.
I think 70s as well but mainly for groups I associate with late 70s like The Talking Heads, The Clash, The Police, plus much of the best of Bowie, early Prince, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Pink Floyd, etc.
And let’s not forget Earth, Wind and Fire!
At he’s…Queen.
And let’s not forget Santana!!
The best 10 years in my view were 1965-1975. There were so many groups and individuals who got their start and who then blossomed as outstanding musicians. Every Friday a few new albums came out that are considered classics today.
I am a child of the 80s so I’ll stump for my decade of youth… for 2nd place, behind the '60s.
70s, 90s, 00s, 60s, 80s.
Oldies radio fan here. Unfortunately, they recently started playing stuff from the late 80s and early 90s, and I’m lost.
I was in college in the early 80’s, so I have many fond memories of that era, and the early videos, start of MTV, etc.
But I’d have to go with the 70s (when I was in middle/high school.) It seemed there was more variety, and the lyrics were more creative/poetic.