Head To Head
Log In
Register
Unsung Forum »
"I hate the blues."
Log In to post a reply

77 messages
Topic View: Flat | Threaded
IanB
IanB
6761 posts

Edited Nov 06, 2009, 18:59
Re: Grenade thrown
Nov 06, 2009, 18:56
sakedelic wrote:
every genre of music has its share of mediocrity. Sure, lots of blues is staid and boring, by the books bullshit, but so is most rock music.


So is most of music period.

Music's virtue and its problem is that the entry-level qualifications are hands, ears and something / anything to bang, thrash or blow. And not even that if you are content with the sound of your own voice. So inevitalbly most genres are clogged with crap but you can't blame the Blues for 1000 Stevie Ray knock-offs any more than you can blame Art Pepper for Kenny G. I fail to see the difference between the Stones doing "Little Red Rooster" and The Damned playing "I Feel Alright" or The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues". The roots are the same the rest is in the ear of the beholder.
Topic Outline:

Unsung Forum Index