> > I haven't thought of this specific scenario before, but I've done far too much daydreaming about what would it be like to bring arts and entertainment back in time. Would punk rock even *sound* like music to flappers of the 1920s or, worse, the opera-goers of the 17th century?
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> It doesn't sound much like music to me either.

I refrained from making a similar crack, because it misses the point. Would someone from a hundred years ago even recognize that a punk rock song would have been and/or could have been produced with the intention that it would be listened to as recreational music, much like, whether you like it or not, millions of people worldwide today *do*?

> What era you live in makes less difference than what era you think in.

It makes all the difference in the world. A 21st century resident who connects most strongly with 18th century art, going so far as to disdain more recent arts and entertainment, is nevertheless exposed to it daily, not only on the radio and on TV but in the very manners and demeanor of others. But an 18th century resident simply has no conception of what the arts and entertainment of times beyond his immediate future are going to be like. Jump far enough ahead in the evolution of pop culture, and the train of evolution may be impossible to bridge without sufficient exposure to the intermediate stages.