Do you all agree when Prince said the 60s, 70s and 80s were the golden ages of music?

I think Prince made the music world and the World a better place. I saw him when he was a kid. Several times after that. The first time was an eye full. He was in women's lingerie, trench coat, and a pair of knee high buccaneer boots with 6" heals. That kid (at the time) TORE IT UP...
16-17 maybe.. The last time at the Oakland Coliseum. He was 49 (I think)


T stage in the center of the coliseum, he covered every square inch of it 10 times as usual.

He should have never died. If doctors would have been taking care of his pain management he would be alive.. You can't jump off 20 foot tall speakers for 30 years and not get messed up. Worse than a pro wrestler for sure..

The world is a smaller place. He was one of a kind. AND if he said it, I believe it.. love that guy.. I liked his 80s band probably the best.. Lot of solo stuff. One man band... One man orchestra..

Of course Prince is right. In terms of rock it was definitely a golden age. Since rock was the predominant music of those decades then for sure. What he was saying about performers having to be "on their game" was even more true of the performers of the 40’s and 50’s. Those guys were often times performing for small venues like night clubs where the music is so live it isn’t even amplified other than for the singer. Sinatra was the Prince of his generation.

In terms of rock, it was such a Golden Age I knew it even at the time. One time in a Rosaur’s in Moscow, ID we were talking about it and there was a discount table piled with records. You know the records that didn’t sell in the record store, didn’t sell anywhere, so they wound up on the table. I said look there is so much good music right now I bet we could buy one of these crap discount records and the music is actually good. Here this one with the stupid snake, is that crappy enough for you? We all agreed it had to be pure crap. So that is how I came to have my copy of Crawler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxyg2cHQdUw

Oh and you know what? Even on my current rig it is clear this was really well recorded.

Tell me that is crap. When music this good winds up on clearance, try and tell me that wasn’t a Golden Age.

Crawler some good chit

I'm not a huge fan of Prince but I respect him as an artist. But I do agree with him---the fact that the music from those decades are still alive and well today. I would also consider this the Golden Age of music technology. All the changes that were made and genres that were produced during this time (synths, computers, Kraftwerk). Then digital technology with compact discs. I sincerely doubt that in 20-40 years, we'll be hearing today's Top 40 on The Classics. 

@tablejockey I doubt it. I mean... The 90s and 00s were terrible decades for music to be honest and it hasn't held up very well.