Subject: Re: those blue remembered hills
From: Cecilia Baader (ceciliaann@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 27 2000 - 15:40:41 GMT
Scottie B. wrote:
>
> (Only remotely related.) Isn't there an element of nostalgia
> in that very complicated mixture of poignant feelings
> we experience listening to the Blues?
> '... I hate to see, That evening sun ... Go ... Down ... '
> No?
Well, yes. But isn't such a feeling inherent in the very definition of the
Blues? Music that's all about mourning what one has lost? Or never had in
the first place? Because I think there's a definite part of mourning lost
dreams, too.
My baby loves my cookie dough but she doesn't love me. I don't want you to
be true, I just want to make love to you. God Bless the child that's got
his own. Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself. When your heart's on
fire, you must realize, smoke gets in your eyes?***
I could go on. I'm sure that almost every blues song could apply in some
fashion or another.
But then, so could most rock songs. Or country songs. Or whatever other
label you want to slap onto a song. The beat is just a little different,
methinks.
It's a human condition, this mourning for lost dreams, lost loves. And when
we hear a song that's been written from the soul, don't we recognize that
feeling in ourselves?
So yes. Agreed.
Regards,
Cecilia.
ObSal: Refer to ***.
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