In which period was the music you listen to recorded and/or released?

[evan@cosocial.ca]

In which period was the music you listen to recorded and/or released? Choose all that apply.

#EvanPoll #poll

[jzb@hachyderm.io]

@evan I'm guessing these very chunky eras were chosen because Mastodon doesn't support, like, 10 poll options?

I'd say it breaks down about like this for me:

Pre-1955: 1%
1955-1964: 4%
1965-1974: 10%
1975-1984: 20%
1985-1994: 25%
1995-2004: 20%
2005-2025: 15%

I'm largely out of touch with today's music, but there's a few (I think?) popular bands that I follow (e.g., Khruangbin), some fringe new stuff (e.g., The Olympians, Automatic, Mdou Moctar) and there are still plenty of artists I like still making new music (The Cure, Aimee Mann, Robyn Hitchcock, Colin Hay, etc.).

[bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org]

@evan um, I know you hate “all of the above” answers but I have to go that way.

You can test me if you want: I have at least 3 favorite songs from each of those eras.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@jzb that's a correct guess!

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@bkuhn "all of the above" is fine!

[annaleen@wandering.shop]

@evan Needed "1300-present" option

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@annaleen are you defining "recorded" as "played on a recorder"?

[johnefrancis@cosocial.ca]

@evan @annaleen burned into the memory of the minstrels, periodically transferred to fresh minstrel media due to the limited 15 year life expectancy of the media.

That's how the song "aaaarrrrrgggghhh" stayed at #1 from 1300-1750

[evan@cosocial.ca]

Thanks all. I hope this was interesting. I think we often divide and categorize recorded music by decade, so I wanted to try spreading the categories over the ~100+ years that recorded music has been commercially available. I think it actually broke down pretty naturally on 25 year boundaries; the pre-1949 period is the longest (going back to 1905 or 1910), but also the number of extant recordings is much lower and quality is, umm, challenging.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

I am 1975 to present.

Thanks to everyone who replied or responded.