jwar wrote:
Ok, so obviously I'm biased because I was born in 82 and started appreciating music more and more in the 90's. I still loved Ozzy, Run DMC, Ice T...shit like that when I was younger. But the 90's always make me happy to think about, musically. Fuck everything else from that decade. Hah.
To each there own. It's cool. I just enjoyed the music more then.
This reminds me a lot of a long-standing discussion I have going. My best friend during those formative teen years was born in '49 and we talk about this kind of thing a lot. Except he always argues that the peak was the 60's and there'll never be another Beatles/Bob Dylan/Creedance Clearwater Revival. It really does boil down to personal taste and what you were exposed to first, though.
Even though I was born in the late 80's and by all means should be really into this millennial stuff, I'm really not. During my formative years I wasn't exposed to any new music through tv or radio. Word of mouth was how I got my music, and I'd go home, look it up online, and see if I liked it or not. As a result I don't really subscribe to any one time period as the "best" for music. It all changes except you can almost always bet the top 40 will be full of suck. Although, it kinda sucks not being able to share in the collective musical zeitgeist of any generation.
But really everyone should just listen to what they enjoy, and actively look for more good music. It'll always pay off

I do agree that new Tool isn't as good as old Tool generally.