Week Four Blog Post

The question of “Who owns history” was asked. I believe that history is told and believed by the side who won. There are two sides to every story yet the one often told is the story of the side who won so unfortunately we can never completely understand what has happened. For example, we only understand the viewpoint of the Colonies during the American Revolution with very little input as to what happened on the opposing side, Britain. This poses the thought of what has been hidden from us in history. Even when looking at music we often do not see everything that happens unless the other side releases the information. We do not see all the behind the scenes work behind the music. It is not common knowledge that Blurred Lines was made from Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up”. The winning side of these songs would be Blurred Lines because it was a bigger song.

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