Okay. I conceived this idea a couple days ago.
Someone from the future appears and tells you of a band more popular than any band. EVER. Albums sales nearing one BILLION. These guys are universally loved. They are an inspiration to everyone. Not just musicians, but everyone. Their music and lyrics inspire people to do… things. The future person doesn’t clarify. The future person then tells you that YOU are in charge of this band. You are supposed to influence them to become a band, listen to good music, and hopefully influence humanity well. The future person gives you the location of the future frontman, and main songwriter/musician Marky Slicer (I have no idea where that came from). It turns out the boy lives in a cabin, all alone in the woods, doesn’t go to school, but can hunt and gets food. He is completely exiled from humanity and has never had contact with any humans. The future person has given you a database that has every album ever made (ever made to the present), and a music player with unlimited storage. So, the question is: you can only give the boy five albums to start with. He’ll venture off in the database using its super advanced “if you like this, you might like THIS” thingie according to what you first gave him. Note that whatever he hears will immediately make him want to be a musician. It will influence him tremendously. For instance, if you give him Pink Floyd, he’ll make kinda trippy music. If you give him Metallica, he’ll make sophisticated thrash, etc. Note that his music will influence humanity to an absurd degree. If you give him Cannibal Corpse and he makes death metal, humanity will… um… let’s just say that there will be hammer smashed faces. So, all this considered, what five albums would you give him?
I posted this a few days ago, but at a kinda bad time. So, I’ll ask it again. Note that it doesn’t all have to be rock.
*facepalm*
There is no time paradox. FOR THE SAKE OF THIS QUESTION, there is no such thing as a time paradox. For this question only. And if all you’re going to do is say TIME PARADOX!!! then don’t amswer.