๐ฟ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ถ  Jan 13, 2023
Blues: The world is fucked
Punk: The world is fucked and I'm pissed
Emo: The world is fucked and I'm sad
Grunge: The world is fucked and I'm medicated
Ska: The world is fucked and I have a trumpet
Show threadDonna Dechen Birdwell
@LadyDragonfly I think the blues is more like "The world is fucked and I'm chill."
Jan 14, 2023 at 1:09amWeb
Show thread๐ฟ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ถ  Jan 14, 2023
@donnadechen the blues literally began as formerly enslaved people singing about racial discrimination and disparity. Wasn't much "chill" about it, afaik.
Show threadbeeJan 14, 2023
@LadyDragonfly @donnadechen Woke up this morning and the world was fucked
Show threadMexicanYentaJan 15, 2023
@donnadechen @zynaesthesie @LadyDragonfly This is the correct answer.
Show threadIan Douglas ScottJan 16, 2023
@zynaesthesie
@LadyDragonfly @donnadechen And I have the blues.
Show threadDonna Dechen BirdwellJan 16, 2023
@ids1024 Sing it, my friend.
Show threadgzuckierJan 24, 2023
@zynaesthesie @LadyDragonfly @donnadechen
I felt so blue and lonesome,
I told the Devil "This sucks"
Show threadBrian Anderson (He/Him)Jan 14, 2023
@LadyDragonfly @donnadechen โ€œthe world is fucked AND my woman/man left me.โ€ Not much chill at allโ€ฆ
Show threadPat PattersonJan 15, 2023
@btanderson @LadyDragonfly @donnadechen Isnโ€™t that country? ๐Ÿ˜œ
Show threadEther&RhumJan 15, 2023

@metadaddy @btanderson @LadyDragonfly @donnadechen

Youโ€™re shy a pickup truck and a โ€œ4th of julyโ€ reference for that.

Show threadOlavJan 15, 2023
@LadyDragonfly @donnadechen jazz and blues came from slave songs passed down, and altered by sharecroppers and early gospel, but where jazz got experimental, blues stuck to the plight of common man...sorta.
But no, blues ain't chill but what that means depends on where the blues come from. Muddy Waters/delta blues in is old school. BB/Chicago blues got some party going on. John Lee Hooker everybody gets and why he had a 50+year run. Shit he did with Santana is lit AF
Show thread๐ฟ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’ถ  Jan 15, 2023
@olavf @donnadechen good job! Looks like your really starting to understand the subject!
Show threadMartin G.Jan 14, 2023
@donnadechen @LadyDragonfly More like "Well, I woke up this mornin', and I saw the world is fucked."
Show threadDonna Dechen BirdwellJan 14, 2023
@MartinG @LadyDragonfly I like that!
Show threadDonna Dechen BirdwellJan 15, 2023
@LadyDragonfly Grateful for all the thoughtful responses on this thread, even (or maybe especially) the snarky ones. Blues has always fascinated me because despite the super-depressing themes of the lyrics, I always feel something uplifting, liberating in the music itself. Blues is one of the most honest genres of music out there, IMHO.