Do you all agree when Prince said the 60s, 70s and 80s were the golden ages of music?No. But the 50's seem to marked the beginning of rock along with youth/teenager emphasized music. The 60's had the explosive anti-establishment anti-war musical creativity that moved rock into the mainstream. I believe it's more of the personal expressive creativity influenced by culture that produces great music rather than the mechanical "artists played their instruments, wrote their own songs and actually had to perform".
Also, Prince was obviously referring to pop/rock music exclusively vs jazz, classical, opera, etc.
I often think that I'm fortunate to have so many decades of pop/rock music to choose from. When I was younger, pickings were much slimmer.