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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
The best decade of music is unquestionably happening RIGHT NOW. We have never, ever, in human history, had as much easy access to as vast and diverse a catalogue of recorded music as we have right now. From Amazon and iTunes to YouTube, to Rdio and Spotify, specialty stations like jazzradio.com and XM/Sirius, artist websites, forums, etc, you can be exposed to and sample more artists, and more music, from more genres than you probably have lifespan remaining.
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I'm not buying it. This might be the best decade in terms of access to music, but part of the magic of the music experience is discovering new bands and completely new sounds....and doing it in a contemporary setting makes it all the better. As awesome it might be for someone to discover Dylan now, imagine how cool it must've been back then when the songs actually meant something and the sound was new? Context is king.
This decade is also pretty terrible when it comes to sound quality. Most of the time we listen to crappy compressed music on crappy earbuds or computer speakers. And last time I checked, satellite radio still sounded like you were listening to a canned AM station.