I've got the blues
Over the past 4 to 5 years the Blues genre has surprsingly managed to take over a big chunk of my playlist. Something like this rarely happens, when a genre randomly pops up and manages to take control of my ludicrous playlist; which has always been a beautiful mess of countless genres and languages.
My playlist has seen it all, speaker dismantling bass from Hip-Hop and Rap. The harmonious flutes of Folk Metal. The romance between vocals and lyrics from the genre of Rock. The soul, voice and trance of Pop, and many more.
Guitars, ukuleles, pianos, flutes and saxophones, languages of different kinds; from Bangla, my own language, to Hindi, to English, Spanish, French and German even. Sometimes you don't even really need to know what the vocalist is saying, the voice and the music alone lets you feel what the singer has felt.
As they say...
Music speaks the language of the soul
In the past 2 days or so I've really been feeling the blues, no other genre is getting the job done for some reason. Now, what exactly is that job? Even I don't know.
Why do we even listen to music? Anyone got the answer to that?
Right now I do not have an answer to that, or maybe I'm just too high on this mellow, Slow Blues playlist, for which I can't even think properly.
As some researchers say, music really is like a drug, and there are countless options to choose from too. I do believe that not every type of music is capable of getting everyone high. At the end of the day we all have to experiment our ways through these drugs, hoping that we'll find the kind that suits our taste and high the most.
And at the moment, my drug of choice is the Blues; slow, sad melodies, a few euphonious guitar strums, few aggressive, a constant speed maintained on the high-hat and bass drum. Not too many highs or lows, a smooth plain is always somewhat maintained when it comes to the Slow Blues.
Jazz Blues on the other hand, that's some crazy energetic stuff.
My fever is gone today, I'm feeling a bit better, but I'm still quite tired, not fully charged up yet. So I guess according to my mood the choice of music and genre fits in quite well.
The song I linked above is the one I've been listening to the most. Blues Cousins - The Shadow.
It's a new find, and I guess I'll be listening to it on repeat, until I've finally ruined it for myself. I mostly find myself repeating the song and focusing on the part from 4:50 to 6:00, the guitar solo just steals the show here. No other part of the song comes close.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go ahead ruin this song some more for myself haha.
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." - Maya Angelou
I can feel this song.
I know right? It's just "that type" of a song, one of a kind.
Yaah, you are right
I am going to listen to this track now. I totally get it. Music has probably saved my life a few times. There are some songs that I feel, not hear. I'm glad your fever isn't hanging around. Feel better and go kill the song. I've done that plenty of times, it never gets old.
For me this song fits into that category quite effortlessly. ✨
I think it's already half dead by now. 💀
Oh, blues has and always will be my go-to girl. A lot of people my age look at me weird when I say it's my favourite genre of music. But, of course, those who get it, get it. I'd never heard this song before, but I've sweetly added it to my playlist.
Glad you feel better now.
The blues genre isn't for everyone I'd say. I've always liked the slow blues, but as time passes by, I'm starting to love it. What gets me hooked is the smooth guitar strums, I just keep on repeating those parts again and again. It just feels so good, I can't even explain it, what that feeling is like.