ahead or beforehand

I think I would say "How many months in advance do we have to apply?"

Would you ever hear someone say ahead of time or beforehand?

Have you ever heard anyone use ahead of time or beforehand?

Could you tell me how you would phrase the following as I'm not sure with ahead and in advance?

This song was written a few decades ago but is still of our generation. It isn't old in its style. It's up to date. When it was written it was ahead of its t

"ahead of its time" has a more specific meaning than "ahead of time". It means that something was very advanced in its style, concept, design, etc., given the date when it was created. Your example is typical.

"ahead of time" normally means "before the expected/due time", as in "we completed the project ahead of time". I don't think I would use it in your cab example. I'd say "in a

Would you not change anything in this sentence?
This song was written a few decades ago but is still our generation. It isn't old in its style. It's up to date. When it was written it was ahead of its time.

Thanks

AnonymousWould you not change anything in this sentence?This song was written a few decades ago but is still our generation. It isn't old in its style. It's up to date. When it was written it was ahead of its time.Thanks

When you say "this sentence", which sentence do you mean?

The passage overall seems a tad repetitive as it says a similar thing four

I was giving 4 options so that someone could tell me the best way to say it.

So these are your ways of writing it. Which would you have leaned towards?
This song was written a few decades ago but still seems to be our generation.

This song was written a few decades ago but still seems to be up to date.

What do you think of

When this song was written it was a

AnonymousI was giving 4 options so that someone could tell me the best way to say it.So these are your ways of writing it. Which would you have leaned towards?This song was written a few decades ago but still seems to be our generation.This song was written a few decades ago but still seems to be up to date.What do you think ofWhen this song was written it was ahead of it

Does that really matter? Let's say he is 30. What difference would age make, would they not say it the same way?

Yes, it does make a difference: the difference between whether the song actually is of the speaker's generation or whether it isn't of the speaker's generation but merely feels like it.

These are all possible:

"This song was written a few decades ago but still seems to be (of) our generation." (I would tend to include "of". "from" seems less likely to me.)
"This