[Bluesplayer]

Blues is where music originated from. Blues is a connection to your soul. Everything stemmed from dah blues. So educate yourselves in blues and get listening to Bellyupblues radio. Can't post the url yet - got about 6 more post yet to do. Just google search for Bellyupblues. Failing that when I get allowed to post I will get back to you and post my website url where you can listen to the almighty blues .

[Evan W Smith]

Nay I say, music originated in the soul. You can't tell me a didgeridoo was created because of blues music.

[steveb]

Blues sucks big time. I used to work in a blues-themed pub where nothing else was ever played. (Except KLF when the owner was out ha ha!) They had literally hundreds of records. Every song is the same. Suicidal nostalgia for losers.
The burg where I live has an annual blues festival. For an entire week every year the town center is infested with blues performers all singing the same dirges.
PUISTOBLUES

[Evan W Smith]

Ah, I gotta disagree there. A lot of it is the same, but say, Stevie Ray Vaughn, or Buddy Guy had some amazing stuff goin on. Blues can be good if you know what to play.

[steveb]

It all sounds the same. Stevie RV was the big favorite at the pub. Fuckin' 'ell, talk about the one note samba!

And there are more creative and genuine music genres which express similar emotions without all sounding exactly like repeats - Portuguese and Brazilian fado for example.

[Evan W Smith]

Really? Not a taker on the Vaughn? I could seriously listen to his live stuff days upon days at a time. Would it be safe to say your not a big Hendrix fan then? Checking out some of this fado you're talkin of on last.fm, and I dunno, I'll have to give it some time, it's not soundin so great thus far.

[weldo]

blues is for guitar players really .... so, count me in (up to a point)

john lee, muddy, clapton, elmore, albert king, ... they all sound different ... they just share the same 12 bar structure ..

[proc355]

hmmm not really my kind of thing but blind willie johnson, or blind lemon johnson, or blind willie mctell, then you're talking...

[gomes]

Originally Posted by steveb

It all sounds the same. Stevie RV was the big favorite at the pub. Fuckin' 'ell, talk about the one note samba!

And there are more creative and genuine music genres which express similar emotions without all sounding exactly like repeats - Portuguese and Brazilian fado for example.

there is no Brazilian fado

I have to agree with Bluesplayer - it just speaks to me. I suppose you've heard of Lightnin' Hopkins and Little Walter...these guys sound different IMO

[gomes]

Originally Posted by Evan W Smith

Really? Not a taker on the Vaughn? I could seriously listen to his live stuff days upon days at a time. Would it be safe to say your not a big Hendrix fan then? Checking out some of this fado you're talkin of on last.fm, and I dunno, I'll have to give it some time, it's not soundin so great thus far.

yeah not everybody likes it (I for one am portuguese and I'm not really a fan), but if you want to hear some good songs I'd listen to Amalia Rodrigues for a classical sound and Mariza or Dulce Pontes for somewhat more modern music.

[weldo]

Originally Posted by proc355

hmmm not really my kind of thing but blind willie johnson, or blind lemon johnson, or blind willie mctell, then you're talking...

so ... basically any blind musicians ...??

blind lemon pie originated the blues, the rutles and frank sinatra

[steveb]

Originally Posted by gomes

there is no Brazilian fado

I thought I heard a miserable Brassi once... I trust in your knowledge! Amelia Rodrigues makes the hair on my arms stand on end. I discovered her music in 1976.

In September 1968 I caught a song called "Luciana" on tape. It had just won a song contest in Brazil. It was very much a cross between a ballad and a fado. Unfortunately I never discovered who sung it or who the composer was, although I've been looking for 39 years! It too makes my hair stand on end in ecstasy.

[Evan W Smith]

That hair-standing-on-end feeling really is the best when listening to music, eh?

[steveb]

It's the surest sign that the music is really, primally in sync with your brain's alpha rhythms! You can not intentionally cause your hair to stand on end.