People like bad anime

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Now, imagine that Beethoven had been born in our time. In an age when very few people enjoy classical music do you think he'd become nearly as famous as he indeed is? Or let's look at it the other way around. Nowadays U2 is (considered) the greatest band in the world. It can be said of them that even if one doesn't like their music they're still amazing musicians. Well, if you took them back to the 18th century they'd be thought of as rubish. I would be foolish to deny Beethoven's technical masterdom, nor am I denying his talent for that matter, but the cultural environment he was born in played an important role. He's the Beethoven because he was born in the right age, a time when people loved his kind of music.

That argument doesn't work. Why is classical music called 'classical'? Because it's from an old time period. He made the music he made because that is all there was. Look at the Beatles. They made good current music same as U2 like you said. If they were born in Beethovens time they would of made classical music. They wouldn't make rock or something that wasn't invented. A good musician is a good musician no matter what style music they make.