In my opinion, the lyrics and music of the songs can reflect the history we learned today. Specially, the Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain" ，that is sung so despondent. And the lyric write his lover live him and he send his lover in the station, all of them making people feel very sad. However, the music of White Stripes' "Death Letter" do not give people so many sad feeling. It brings more enthusiasm, instead of sadness. It makes me want dancing and do not care about the lyric， won't even mention the history.
No, I don't think the blues means to be said. Some blues will bring enthusiasm, we just want to dancing by the song. And they also have a lust for life and for love.
I accept the point of view that blues is a style of song containing array kinds of elements.Like sadness and enthusiasm,different people from different ages can define different style of the same song.But loveness seems like a eternal topic for most music
ReplyDeleteHey Jing,
ReplyDeleteGreat post! One thing that really made sense to me was your emphasis on the blues' lust for life. You're right about that, and I think that some of their appeal lies in the fact that despite troubles or sadness, there is something undeniably vibrant in a lot of blues music, even if it is slow or sad. How do they do that? Perhaps that is the secret to why the blues can be so addictive.
HI Jing,
ReplyDeleteI agree your idea. Different style of songs always reflect differnt background in our life. Therefore, I think blues sometimes are so sad for us. However, some of them could make us feel relax, and not let us feel so helpless.