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


So I came across this interview today and it dates back to 2011. Prince felt the 60s-80s were the golden ages of music when artists played their instruments, wrote their own songs and actually had to perform (those were his reasons).

I posted it and if you watch from 7:40 you’ll see what I mean.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mcgvcqVHJC0

What do you all think?
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Why "Gangsta Rap", the only true Rap, is not in the Golden Age of Music"

Any time "White Folks" write about "Black Folks", take it with a grain of salt; how many white people can vaguely comprehend what it's like to be a slave; how many "White Folks" can vaguely comprehend what it's like to live in a "hard core ghetto".

In the past, a place where predominately Black People lived was called a "Ghetto", but none of those places even remotely compare to "present day ghettos". In the past, many middle class Black People lived where they felt most comfortable, there were also a number of "upper economic Black People" living there as well".

Not until economic factors that affected everyone; such as the high price of all commodities, gasoline being the most notable, did those so called "ghettos" become real "hard core ghettos". Lower middle class neighborhoods all over the USA, became "hard core ghettos" when lower income Blacks could not maintain their property; they were faced with the hard choice of buying food and gasoline, or painting the house; naturally food and gasoline won out. The neighborhood went down, causing middle income "Blacks" and upper income "Blacks" to flee, leaving that entire geographic area to the poorest Blacks.

So you see the last phase in the "Ghetto" was not "White Flight" as everyone is led to believe (that occurred 40 or 50 years ago) it was "Economic Black Flight", that produced current hard core Ghettos, and "Hard Core Ghettos" produced "Gangster Rap", which is an expression of life in an area where the living conditions are socially and physically unacceptable, not because the inhabitants have Black skins, but because they are the worst aspects of the end product of slavery (history is never in the past) and discrimination; "What you see, is what you get" New York, Chicago, St. Louis and L. A., places that generate "Gangster Rap"; the only true Rap, which is an expression of the reality of life in a "Hard Core Ghetto".





It's not just music, it's also films. I asked myself, "Why do I like "Black and White" movies better than current movies"?

Every time I look at a current movie, the characters are doing something that makes no sense what so ever. This can happen a time or two, and I'll go along with it, but too many times and that movie goes off; it just makes no sense, I can not tolerate this any longer.

Evidently they had better writers and better scripts a long time ago. I hate to admit it, but all my friends are not the brightest (but I love them anyway) They seem to be hooked on the most current action movies, and they bring them over for us to enjoy. In no time, this happens, that happens, and I ask my self "Why did he do that? Why did she do that? That was totally illogical. Before I can finish my first popcorn, I'm nodding off, and at the same time trying to fake enjoying the movie.

Maybe I'm just out of step with time? As far as I'm concerned, these are some very strange times.
60's and 70's for sure with rock music.
There are other great years for many other types of music.
If he is talking for every genre then you have to include the 1950's. A lot of good jazz in the 50's as well as Country music which had its golden era in the 50's.