"Just something > to think about the next time you're whining and moaning musically > about how hard life is on the planet for a rich white kid. Singing > the blues? LOL!:-)"
Defining blues as "whining and moaning musically" demeans the artists who described the human condition with such artistic precision, that we hear the echoes of their musical genius every time we turn on the radio and hear country music, rock or hip hop. Thinking of blues artists as only expressing their own cultural and racial realities of their time is a limited understanding of their artistic achievement, which has completely transcended their time and place and permeates all modern music. Far from being treated "like dogs" they were the rock stars of their day and earned more in a Saturday night then the farmers who tipped them earned all week in the fields. I played for a wedding today that was 90% black. They gave me a note giving me permission to play blues if I am ever challenged by any ignorant white boy. I'll send you a copy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > This is by far my favorite post of the week and surpasses my meager > > offerings by infinity. > > > > Favorite phrase, MMY as Borat: > > > > "great engineer-lady" > > > > Favorite fantasy/carrot on stick line: > > > > "And the time will > > > definitely come soon, when I will find space for you one by one." > > > > Favorite incongruity instruction with a dash of WTF?: > > > > "Second, I am surrounded by CIA and > > > Communist-Security people to a very high extend. Do not worry too > > > much about it. > > > > Favorite tell that this quote passed through a few too many hands > on > > its way to FFL: > > > > "But we have to keep the movement in a ridiculous > > > outfit, that will make our enemies believe that we are harmless > and > > > stupid as to eradicate ourselves from within." > > > > Favorite bottom line, don't worry your pretty little heads > children: > > > > "So now go ahead and continue your task." > > > > > > Well played Maharishi, well played. You are definitely the master > of > > something. > > > I can appreciate you seeing Maharishi in a humorously negative light > for whatever reason. > > However, you may want to also consider what some may think of a > white boy like yourself, born into the top one percent of the rich > in the entire world, get this...*singing the blues*!? What is that > about? You and that other rich white kid-- bonnie somebody... > > You, who had everything handed to you on a silver platter, no > worries about food, clothing, shelter, and certainly never facing > the discrimination, being treated like a dog, as your blues heroes > were. And what do you do about this exalted birth? > > You sing songs about pain, and whine about lost love and how hard > life is. Get real dude. Some may think you are a much bigger joke > than anything you could manufacture about Maharishi. Just something > to think about the next time you're whining and moaning musically > about how hard life is on the planet for a rich white kid. Singing > the blues? LOL!:-) >
