Before you read anything else on this blog post, listen to this. It's a 1932 recording by Louis Armstrong, the "original" version of Britney Spears' "Oops I did it again".
Interesting isn't it?
...now I want you to honestly ask yourself: Does this change your opinion of this song? Did you use to think it was a horrible song, but now it seems more legitimate? Perhaps because it is written and sung by a legitimate song writer/artist?
....because this is a complete hoax/fake. That's right, it's a fake. Knowing that it is fake, does it change your opinion of the song? Is it less "artistic"? If it was true that Louis Armstrong had written the song, I think there would be many more people who would accept it as a good song. Strange isn't it?
Ask yourself: How much of our "value" and judgment of music is actually our preconceived prejudices towards genres, artists, languages, etc? ...and how much is the actual piece of music?
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