[Answer] Setting Aside Musical Elitism, Can Jay Chou Be Mentioned in the Same Breath as Beethoven and Mozart?

[Answer] Setting Aside Musical Elitism, Can Jay Chou Be Mentioned in the Same Breath as Beethoven and Mozart?

First of all, although I’ve listened to Jay Chou for twenty years, Beethoven, Mozart, and others are masters whose stature has been tempered over the course of several centuries, while many more composers from their own era have already vanished into obscurity. As for whether Jay Chou can withstand the test of time and still have people singing his songs fifty years from now, judging only from the characteristics of pop music, the likelihood may not be especially high. And if the works are no longer passed down and sung, then the composer’s influence and vitality are gone as well.

This is without considering any other factors—without taking into account the differences between musical genres, their complexity, or making any comparison of professional depth.