Comments on: Craft Recordings Honors The Blues With the Launch of Bluesville Records

By: Ian White

Ian White — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:09:35 +0000

In reply to ORT.

ORT Lee Hooker,

Whilst I don’t share your views on Blues music, I do agree that everyone needs to lighten up.

Sgt. Hulka 🙂

By: ORT

ORT — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:08:47 +0000

In reply to N J Flanigan.

NJ Flanigan, even among the gods your wit is the equal of Homeric writing. I do not think well of “The Blues” and even less so of your flaccid attempt to belittle said thoughts.

Yes, were he alive Homer would doubtless fall upon his quill at being unable to equal let alone surpass your unremitting repartee and hurl himself to Hades in an effort to trump the Stygian depths to which you take your readers. Dark…So very, very, dark.

Lighten up Francis.

CyranORT de Bergerac

By: N J Flanigan

N J Flanigan — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:27:59 +0000

too bad, so sad. sour grapes make bad whine

By: ORT

ORT — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:49:37 +0000

To me, the Blues are like much of Jazz music wherein the musicians just blow random notes ad nauseam. I cannot stand it. As a young girl, my mother use to go “across the tracks” to listen to the Blues in St. Louis and she did her best to interest me in this uniquely American music. I still couldn’t stand it. At least not for more than maybe 30 minutes tops and I was ready to leave and not even God could keep me there.

But hey, I do not like ZZ Top or Cream all that much either. And I ain’t buyin’ it when immensely talented top musicians say they really dig the Blues and start to name dropping names that don’t mean poop to me, e.g., “Elmore James ain’t got nuthin’ on this, baby!” – George Harrison

Oh yeah…Hey George, what about Elmer Fudd?

But hey, I can’t stand both Beatnik “poetry” and cRap “music” either.

I think, not feeeeeeeeeel, that many people like to claim they like the “Blues” because it makes them appear “hip” to all the weird people. WTF indeed?

If forced to listen to the Blues I am overcome with a desire to end my life and pray that if I am brought back to life (again, dammit!) the song will be long over.

Those that voluntarily stay are probably so high already they don’t even know it. And coming back from that death does not mean you’ve come back to life. Ahoy, polloi.

ORT Spackler