The Blues ennoble

Posted by genungo on August 30, 2015 at 12:15:04

In Reply to: RE: Blues posted by Kindablue on August 29, 2015 at 11:31:40:

The Blues ennoble. Memories and feelings associated with oppression, bad luck, etc.., don't seem so bad once they are skillfully memorialized as subject matter (musically or otherwise). Blues music is played in order to enrich rather than impoverish. The Blues don't celebrate tragedy, the Blues celebrate the fact that some of us are still alive after the fact. Because beauty shows it's face even in the midst of dark, unpleasant, or evil transactions.

I used to work at an artist-in-residence program and I remember one artistic bimbo from NYC in particular. She decried the fact that so many classical paintings had violent themes - rape, murder, martyrdom, etc... She was determined to turn the artistic legacy of male morbidity inside out. If Poussin or Rubens painted a scene of rape or murder, this happy bimbo would re-do these compositions by removing all "offending" figures, inserting colorful animals playing harmlessly in their place. By doing so she supposed that she was creating and fostering a *happy*, politically correct, world vision. Certain people there would clap with glee at the cuteness of her compositions and at the cleverness with which she undermined one male vision after the other...

Superficial schlock is way more depressing than ennobled tragedy.

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Topic - Blues - Kindablue 06:56:20 08/29/15 (22)

Have a look at this - Frihed89 11:09:20 09/18/15 (0)

The Things I Used To Do*... - musetap 22:42:20 08/30/15 (0)

RE: Blues - mkuller 12:15:20 08/30/15 (0)

Luther Allison, Mississippi John Hurt, - JeffH 08:09:56 08/30/15 (0)

While not strictly "blues" it's hard to go wrong with - kavakidd 01:28:13 08/30/15 (3)

Have you ever heard Roy Eldridge sing the blues? - Mike K 21:34:10 08/30/15 (2)

RE: Have you ever heard Roy Eldridge sing the blues? - Kindablue 06:47:03 09/02/15 (0)

I have - and I agree - when it comes to blues with a big band - kavakidd 23:22:13 08/30/15 (0)

A favourite Delta-blues man of mine is R.L. Burnside - Timbo in Oz 20:25:33 08/29/15 (1)

The MOFI SACD is fine. - Ozzie 22:16:51 08/31/15 (0)

RE: Blues - genungo 14:17:30 08/29/15 (1)

RE: Blues - Kindablue 05:57:32 08/30/15 (0)

Robert Johnson is by far my favourite.... - kuma 13:47:13 08/29/15 (2)

RE: Robert Johnson is by far my favourite.... - mkuller 14:49:44 08/29/15 (1)

no exhibitors at a hifi show will let you play this... - kuma 17:17:42 08/29/15 (0)

What kind of blues? - Amphissa 11:21:24 08/29/15 (1)

RE: What kind of blues? - Kindablue 13:19:36 08/29/15 (0)

RE: Blues - mkuller 10:48:10 08/29/15 (0)

RE: Blues - andy evans 09:01:34 08/29/15 (3)

RE: Blues - Kindablue 11:31:40 08/29/15 (2)

The Blues ennoble - genungo 12:15:04 08/30/15 (0)

Yeah - the Blues should make you "feel better" - andy evans 09:14:12 08/30/15 (0)

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