What are your favorite blues albums/songs???

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

well, i listen to music that motivates me. blues makes you wanna kill your ex and sleep with black women. again, i'm not a fan of either

that's motivation isn't it?

 

[redneck zombie]

shows what you know about the blues

i watched a 2 hour documentry on the origin of blues... try going to some old blues bars in south missisippi... might not be seen alive again.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Call me crazy, but I don't care much for music's origin or history, I just care if I turn it on and at this day and age it moves me. When/where/how it was made doesn't change my decision to listen to it or not.
Some may consider my music appreciation shallow, I know.

Sometimes I can't help but think about the context, sometimes not...

For example, Hendrix doing "Machine Gun" at the Fillmore New Year's Eve of '69 is just amazing, it's hard to separate the context of Vietnam going on from that, but it's a great musical performance regardless...

 

[prhymemates 10+ year member]

they deserved alot more compensation and recognition than what they got.

well look at our country...we didnt support our own artists like we should have at that time. it was during the civil rights movement and things were really black/white. we would have sent them up shits creek without a paddle...the UK gave them a chance to stay afloat.

 

[redneck zombie]

that's motivation isn't it?

i guess...

no double-kick drum or sick guitar riffs= garbage

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

i guess...

no double-kick drum or sick guitar riffs= garbage

so you like more of a death metalwhy are you in this thread

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

well, i listen to music that motivates me. blues makes you wanna kill your ex and sleep with black women. again, i'm not a fan of either

Some of the best songwriting is about things that are very unpleasant...doesn't mean you have to approve. I love Dylan's "Ballad of Hollis Brown", doesn't mean I condone taking a shotgun to my family before committing *******.

 

[redneck zombie]

Some of the best songwriting is about things that are very unpleasant...doesn't mean you have to approve. I love Dylan's "Ballad of Hollis Brown", doesn't mean I condone taking a shotgun to my family before committing *******.

wanna read some very depressing and morbid lyrics? check out steeley dan

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

Sometimes I can't help but think about the context, sometimes not...
For example, Hendrix doing "Machine Gun" at the Fillmore New Year's Eve of '69 is just amazing, it's hard to separate the context of Vietnam going on from that, but it's a great musical performance regardless...

Very true, there are key points in time with music, that is hard to ignore. Usually my points in time with music are my own experiences where the music fits in. While I can see music being relevant to certain timeframes in the past, I'm sure the people that actually heard the music at the time were moved more than I ever could be by it.

...if that makes sense

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

wanna read some very depressing and morbid lyrics? check out steeley dan

Aja is one of my favorite albums for testing new speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Aja is one of my favorite albums for testing new speakers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

never heard it, but why is that?

 

[redneck zombie]

never heard it, but why is that?

the recording is excellent... the cymbals are killer!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

never heard it, but why is that?

Really well recorded, very dynamic.

 

[redneck zombie]

Really well recorded, very dynamic.

back then it took 'em two years to record. they poured their hearts out into every note....

 

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

The lack of anyone to mention Muddy Waters makes me very saddened.