For me personally, 70s is best, 90s is number 2, 80s number 3 and 60s number 4. 00’s and beyond are all kind of a mishmash for me. Same with ‘50s and earlier.

The 80s were heavy style and less substance as getting your music video to look cool was the priority in that decade. I still love plenty of 80s music, but for me 70s and 90s stands the test of time better.

Fantastic song. I immediately think of Fall 1990 when I hear this song and think of the transition period I was going through going. Summer of 1990 was the worst summer of my life, fall 1990 was sort of a period of positive recovery as things were getting better for me in life after how rough the summer had been.

My honest opinion is the 1990-1992 period was a fantastic period for many types of music and Tom’s Diner was certainly one of the great songs of a terrific era for Pop, Rock, R & B, and Rap.