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

You can't see who's post is deleted. 

Wish I would have caught it before it was.

I think the golden era was from the fifties to about 2000 because once the ipod and digital downloads and streaming became more and more mainstream the quality of the music and the recordings went way downhill, in most instances, unless it was an established band that allowed for large recording budgets of high quality.

Many of what we consider jazz standards were written well before the 60's.  As far as pop/rock goes, I think the peak was '73.  There are certainly plenty of examples of exceptional songs written since then, but I think in general it's mostly downhill since then.  Just my opinion, don't anybody have a cow, man.

@speakmaster 

I think Stock Aiken Waterman caused a big decline in music to be honest... 

The 60's and 70's were the peak of rock/popular music.  It was the time of super groups where you actually had to write and perform the music without the help of synthesizers and computers.  The 50's got it started and it blossomed during that time frame.  Once the actual playing of instruments diminished, the party was over.