The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.
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 instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
Blues ain't never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain't going nowhere.
The blues is deceptively simple. Verse and chorus. Sometimes not even a chorus. Four bars that repeat, no Auto-Tune, electricity optional. It is the most direct, bare-bones of content. There is no interference between the head and heart.
The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.
The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable.