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  Beethoven’s music really picked up once he visited the future and played an electric piano in the mall.
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  Sometimes I wonder if great songs of the past sound like anything today. If you go back in time and hear, say...  King David play music, we might say "Hey, that's a Van Halen song" >
  
  Hammurabi Blow Chunks was an underground punk hit in 1775 BC in Babylon. >
  
  If you ever get the opportunity,  check out a pow-wow.  American Native dance and music is super interesting, I think.