'Post 9/11 Blues' is an observational satire about the surreal circus of fear at that time. It's a generational thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people.
On a bigger level, 9/11 was a crystallizing moment for my generation... the bubble popped. We were like, 'Whoa, this is what the real world is like; it's not all fun and games.'
The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins.
I'm a New York kid, so when I saw that plane that hit the first building, I suspected it was terrorism - blue sky day.
I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented.
White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.
What you have to understand is that blues... it's in a line from the oldest forms of African music. If you're playing it like it's an echo of the past, it would be a lot less exciting, but this music lives today.
The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.
The blues is life itself.