Portable Library of Blues I

[badgermoonhare]

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So, I really can't stand blues. Blues is one of the few broad kinds of music that can really make me roll my eyes and want to get out of whatever room I am in. At the same time, of course, I absolutely *adore* blues. It is Ur-American art. Cradle of the best and the worst, etc

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[auraphage]

You confuse me, David.

The music was fine, it just sounded like old blues. What was unmissable about it? I'm no blues connoisseur, obviously. But I am American, and that counts for a lot.

[badgermoonhare]

I don't rightly know! Unmissable because the guitar sounds fucking sweet, and the vocal melody sounds like lapping water. I think it is unmissable because noone could possibly do *it* better. I don't think that you are required to like it as much as I do, just because you are American.

[auraphage]

Hmm...well it does sound pretty classic, at least. Maybe it's one of those things where because I'm American I get to be all jaded and take stuff like this for granted, like Europeans get to be with cathedrals and chocolate.

[badgermoonhare]

I can definitely buy into that theory! There is a lot of "classic" Danish music that I have a really hard time hearing out of context. The same used to be true for blues, but when it is good (for me) there is this "wild" tone that really encapsulates what I love about folk music.