The blues will kick your pansy ass

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:04 pm

Blues music rules! I've been watching the PBS Martin Scorsese documentaries this week and they pretty much suck arse. But the music rules, and I've been digging through my collection rediscovering some gems I've not listened to in a while.

Frigging hilarious lyric on last night's episode ("Warming by the Devil's Fire") from a 1920s female blues singer whose name wasn't disclosed:
"I've got nipples on my titties
Bigger than the end of my thumb"

Also, I've come to a conclusion about Leadbelly: he was definitely a mammal, rarely spoke, totally wailed on guitar like no one before, wore mainly black, and killed at least one man. (He sang about killing many more, so you never know.) Leadbelly was a ninja before ninjas were cool, or even before anyone knew what they were. And besides, he wrote "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." Anyone who writes that song is worthy of the ninja name.

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:29 pm

Yeah, ole huddy was totally AWESOME alright, he was actually the first true American Ninja, accroding to what you've posted... nice call, ch- uhh, Anarky

I am pretty big on the old blues... I listened to Robert Johnson LONG before the mainstream went back there...
Ever listen to old Lonnie Johnson (especially the duets with eddie lang)? FUCK that guy could play, man, one take off the floor acoustic... fucking MADNESS... and some of his lyrics were pretty nuts, like "racketeers blues", he was lyrically pretty hardcore, quite ninjesque.... some of the heavy stuff from the late 20's and 30's is almost insane as regards how far ahead of it's time it was....
What about Blind Lemon Jefferson??? That guy also kicked ass real hard...
The old blues are what got me into playing guitar, once I heard them interpreted by Hendrix I went back to the source and it blew my MIND...

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:32 am

Yeah, all those dudes were awesome all right. I've got at least something by all the fellows you mentioned (a lot more Robert Johnson than Blind Lemon Jefferson at this point), and love everything I've heard.

Two other great guitar slingers from the old old old school are Mississippi John Hurt and Mississippi Fred McDowell (no relation). They're both just dazzling bluesmen, and I don't mean they wear roller skates and sing disco songs.

One really good thing about this Scorsese series (which is still sucking for the most part) is the new stuff I'm hearing. Skip James, in particular, I'd never heard of, and he's got to be one of the best guitarists from the early Delta days.

What else? I love blues, but I'm not about to claim to be an expert. But I still say Muddy Waters kicks all sorts of ass.

Eternal Padawan · Post by **Eternal Padawan** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:46 pm

Ohhhhh yeeeeeeeah. [8D] I think that's all that needs to be said about this topic...[8D]

I dig the blues.

mabudon · Post by **mabudon** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 10:58 am

Yeah, I'm certainly no expert either... M. John Hurt was/is awesome though to be sure...
I like a lot of the glass-slide players..
Ever hear of Elizabeth Cotton??? Not too deep style wise, but she's wicked at what she does... if you haven't heard her, check it out, lot of real sweet fingerpicking and stuff....
What's wrong, rollo, don't likes da blues??

BTW Hendrix was a brilliant bluesman... if you get a chance to score the album "Blues" (GREAT title, eh??) do so, it has some of the most gut-wrenching riffs I can imagine on it... it's been out of production due to legal shenanigans, but it should be find-able.... the 12-string acoustic version of "hear my train a comin'" was the tune that actually made me require a 12 string... I swear I almost cried the first time I heard it, it sounds like 1920 or something, all the harmonics and the sound of Jimi reefing on the guitar like nobodies business...

kidhuman · Post by **kidhuman** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 12:46 pm

I never really got into blues music. I have heard some and thought it was alright. They have a blues program on THE BEAR....a local radio station over in my neck of the woods. Maybe I will listen to it. Dan Akroyd(SP?) hosts it as Elwood Blues.

Notice that the station isnt THE OTTER? Its because they suck and nothing should ever be named after them.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:20 am

Blues is probably the best non-live Hendrix album released after his death. Okay, scratch the "probably." The new Hendrix CD compilation for the Scorsese series is worth picking up, too. It's pretty cheap, and has two great unreleased tracks.

Not familiar with Elizabeth Cotton, but I'll definitely check her out. I do know Memphis Minnie and Sister Rosetta Thorpe were both awesome guitar-slinging women back in the day. Shannon Curfman (a kid from North Dakota, I think) is pretty wicked, too--sorta the female Jonny Lang.

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:22 am

The best damn lyric in the whole god-damn history of the blues:

"You expect me to fuck like a goddamn mule!!"

(from Janis Joplin's "Move Over")

anarky · Post by **anarky** » Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:36 pm

And now it's time for my weekly lonely post:

Jonny Lang's new album sucks all sorts of cock. The last three are milestones of modern blues. On this one, he sounds like a bad Creed wannabe trying to sound like Lenny Kravitz.

marney_tarah · Post by **marney_tarah** » Tue May 24, 2005 1:35 am

u dudes like the blues get with cum on. whats wrong with modern day stuff it's hot

Post by **vynsane** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:48 am

what's got cum on it?

seriously, "modern day stuff" doesn't nearly stack up compared to classic jazz and blues...

marney_tarah · Post by **marney_tarah** » Tue May 24, 2005 6:39 pm

hey u hav no idea what u r on about!
sorry i worded that phrase wrong it was ment to say get with it come on!
classic jazz r u crazy. what the hell is wrong with Good Charlot, and greenday!

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marney_tarah · Post by **marney_tarah** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:08 pm

fiddy rocks! i love P.I.M.P!
love him u can't forget simple plan and JayZ/ Linkin park!

The Ghost of Lemmys Warts · Thu May 26, 2005 4:21 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by marney_tarah
 i love P.I.M.P!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Personally, I like LIMP more.