1970's were best, absolutely.
(Doesn't everyone think the best era of music was the decade when were young, heh?)
But in this case it also happens to be true: more important subgenres flowered in that decade than in any other (metal, glam, punk, funk, reggae, disco, singer-songwriters, fusion, prog, jam bands, southern rock, outlaw country, etc.!) It was waaaaay more "eclectic" than the 1960's, which are probably over-rated (the first few years were more like the 1950's anyway.)
The 1980's is also an underrated decade (though not necessarily for mainstream music.)
Things didn't get kinda shitty til around 1995, but have gotten cooler in the last couple years (best time for music in the last 20+ years is RIGHT NOW.)
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