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Are "the blues" depressing?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:21 pmby jonesthecurl
If not, why not?
Re: Are "the blues" depressing?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:48 pmby Iz Man
Not necessarily...
The blues can be quite vindictive:
"I'm gonna leave you woman.......
Before I commit a crime....."
-Stevie Ray Vaughn
or just plain dirty:
"I'm a back door man"
-Willie Dixon
(Back door references the back door of the house, BTW)
Re: Are "the blues" depressing?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:04 pmby Pedronicus
The Blues (Billie Holiday for example) aren't depressing if you're in the right frame of mind and just fancy something slow to listen to, so you can chill out etc.
If you've just split up with your partner - Blues will make you depressed, but that's not always a bad thing if you want to have a good cry to get it out of your system
It's horses for courses.
Blues for chillin out, House music for dancing, Country music for reaching for the tuning knob on the radio.
Without Blues, We wouldn't of had Soul, Rock n Roll, R&B.... modern music as we know it.
We wouldn't of had the Stones or Hendrix.
Re: Are "the blues" depressing?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:07 pmby Iz Man
Jimmy Hendrix: Voodoo Child
Not really a relaxing, "chillin' out" song; but very much "The Blues".
The Blues is all about emotion. Not necessarily about its lyrics or tempo.
+1 concerning the blues spawning rock-n-roll, soul, and much more.
But Jazz started it all.....
Re: Are "the blues" depressing?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:11 pmby qeee1
Pedronicus wrote:The Blues (Billie Holiday for example) aren't depressing if you're in the right frame of mind and just fancy something slow to listen to, so you can chill out etc.
Her version of Gloomy Sunday is so very depressing.
Re: Are "the blues" depressing?
Posted:
Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:15 pmby idiot savant
them thats got, shall get
them that ain't... will lose
so the bible said;
and it still is news
ma - may - have
papa may have,
but god bless the child that's got his own.