Playing music exclusively from the past might mean that we lose a development in culture in the present. By only playing music from the past, we resist the natural advances and evolution that music takes over time. Music of the present also reflects the current times. Playing music exclusive to the past would not only hold with it the era in which it was composed, but also leave a void for reflection and expression for our current times to take place in music. Current music can start dialogue in society, and sometimes is a common point of our reflection in human and societal growth. We can look at pop music composed in the 60s and compare it with today’s pop music, this draws dissimilarities and directs the forward movement pop music takes. I think the quote from Nietzsche, hits a nail on the head. “If you are to venture to interpret the past, you can only do so out of the fullest exertion of the present.” I think it points out the relation of the present to the past in terms of context. Without seeing where things have ended up, where things have advanced and evolved to, it would be hard to understand the past.