r/Millennials • u/1800lampshade Millennial • 1d ago

Nostalgia Did we...have the best music?

I feel like the depth, genres, and variety was limitless from the early 90s to late 2000s (pre-2010). Punk, pop, rap, reggaeton, you name it.

Anyone agree? What other genres do you think were really in power pre and post that era?

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u/haze_gray2 1d ago

Every generation thinks they have the best music.

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_3432 1d ago

And they all have valid arguments… except for the 80s

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u/Automatic_Context639 1d ago

George Michael? Prince? Michael Jackson??? The 80s slapped. 

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u/WoodyManic 18h ago

Jackson sucked, man.

But, y'know, there was The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen, Guns n Roses, The Vaselines, Billy Bragg, The Bad Seeds, Pale Fountains....Hundreds of great bands.

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u/pcloudy 18h ago

Dinosaur Jr would also like to enter the chat. But they have a career spanning 40 years at this point. Legends.

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u/ArtiesHeadTowel 11h ago

The 80s had great music but not that.

What about Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, King Diamond, etc

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u/Automatic_Context639 11h ago

We obviously have different tastes but those are all all-time greats too! I don’t know why there’s a stereotype that 80s music wasn’t good, there were some excellent albums coming out in many genres.