REFLEXIONES : QUO VADIS BLUES ?
QUO VADIS BLUES ?
No es la primera vez que esta pregunta me asalta, ni seguramente será la última .. insisto :
Escuchando el último trabajo de BUDDY GUY, una leyenda ...... reflexiono y me pregunto, esto que hace este hombre es Blues ? . supongo que la inmensa mayoría de ustedes me responderían que sí . Entonces apaga y vámonos.
Sinceramente el disco me parece de un aburrido tan tedioso que la verdad creo que no lo voy a escuchar nunca más.
No me limito al disco de Buddy Guy para intentar analizar lo que representa el “ Blues moderno” , por llamarlo de alguna manera, el Blues que se hace hoy en día y doliéndome en el alma he de decir que cada día me gusta menos....... Una lástima.
Tengo la suerte de que No solo el Blues forma parte de mi habitual escucha, todavía me divierte el Boogie-Woogie, piezas auténticas de Soul o de R&B, de R`N`R ,etc.etc. No voy a enumerar todos los estilos de música que me gustan porque me gustan casi todos menos los “ chunba chumba” que no los aguanto ni en la pista de baile con siete cubatas.
Mi pensamiento es el siguiente. Si a todos los que nos gusta el Blues., nos gusta el Blues clásico, acústico, y electrificado pero Blues desde 1927 hasta 1972 aprox. Que se dejó de hacer Blues auténtico para pasar al Blues moderno, al plasta al rock a la electrificación sin más a los solos absolutamente adormecedores por su torpeza y su falta de feeling..... .
Para mi una solución muy buena es la que se están haciendo los músicos de nuestra ciudad y algunos de nuestro País esto es , copìar, si, si, copiar a los clásicos, hacer versiones de los temas que se grabaron desde 1927 hasta 1970 aprox. Que forman parte del catálogo de la música de Blues, que figuran como los “ clásicos “ porque realmente son los únicos que merecen la pena, son los únicos que ofrecen una innovación no vista hasta aquellos entonces. Y son los únicos que merecen ser imitados , si , si imitados QUE NO ES NADA, pero NADA Fácil señores.
Desde hace mucho tiempo ya,que me da vueltas por la cabeza esta reflexiçon , pero el disco de Buddy Guy es la gota que colmó el vaso de mi paciencia.
RESPETEMOS A LOS CLÁSICOS e intentemos seguir las pautas que nos marcaron , cuando sepamos hacer lo que ellos hicieron...... quizá podemos pensar en innovar ....
EL BLUES es como la música clásica , o las grandes óperas.
Las mejores pìezas ya están escritas. Si, ya están escritas, los grandes creadores están todos muertos o por el camino.respetemos su memoria y rindámoles honores tocanto la música que ellos, si, ellos crearon.
De nada me sirve una letra vulgar en inglés o español , si , eso de mi mujer me dejó, se fué con otro. Ó estoy hasta los cojones de esta puta vida de roedores..... si esto ya nos lo dijeron desde Blind Lemmon Jefferson hasta Muddy Waters pasando por Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker ó Otis Spann por generalizar e ir rápido sin citar a numerosísimos autores, creadores y músicos que en su momento sentadon cátedra. Sigámosla , NO queramos ser originales y crear auténticos bodrios., y no hablo a nivel nacional sino a nivel internacional , que cuesta encontrar algo interesante a todos los niveles y en todos los paises incluídos EEUU que merezca la pena y que pueda ser considerado como BLUES auténtico original y novedoso en pleno siglo XXI, señores, el vino, el jamón, y el pan hace unos cuantos años que están inventados y a dia de hoy se sigue la misma fórmula. Mongui'18
VIVA EL BLUES !!
Nota: Todo mi respeto por Mr. BUDDY GUY, al que se le ha reconocido mundialmente su aportación al Blues, y su trabajo incuestionable para propagar la llamada Musica del Diablo.
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Traducción al inglés Cristina Alonso Fernández. Thanks !
QUO VADIS BLUES ?
It is not the first time this question comes to my mind. Nor will surely be the last.
Listening to the last piece of the legend Buddy Guy, I reflect and ask myself,… is it blues what this man plays? Yes, most of you would probably answer. Then… that´s the end of that.
But I honestly think the record is so boring and tedious that I will never listen to it again.
I am not only thinking of Buddy Guy´s record when analysing, to give it a name, today´s "modern blues" representation. As painful as it may be, I have to say that, with each passing day, I like less and less the blues currently played... It´s a pity, really.
I am lucky, though, that I don´t regularly listen only to blues music. I still enjoy Boogie-Woogie, authentic pieces of Soul or R&B, R`n`R , etc... I am not going to list here all my favourite music styles because I think I like almost everything, except the “boom, boom, boom” which I cannot bare even when drunk on a dance floor.
This is what I think. If we all, blues lovers, prefer the classic, acoustic, electrified blues music of the period from 1927 to 1972 approximately.... if we all believe that authentic blues music went silent with the start of the tediousness, rock, senseless electrification, those drowsy solo performances due to clumsiness and lack of feeling of modern blues....
…a very good solution would be, in my view, copying, already put into practice by musicians of our city and some others of our country. Copying the classics, making new versions of songs recorded approx. between 1927 and 1970, those found under the “classics” category in the catalogue of blues music, those which are the only ones with real value. They were blues musicians who, at the time of their recordings, offered innovation which had never been seen before that day. Thus, those are the blues artists who deserve to be emulated, which is not an easy task.
I have kept this feeling for a very long time, but Buddy Guy´s record has been the straw braking the camel´s back. Enough is enough.
LET´S SHOW RESPECT TO THE CLASSICS, and try to follow their guidelines. If we learn how to do what they did, we can maybe start to think of innovating...
BLUES music is like classical music, or like the great operas. The best pieces have already been written. They already exist, with their magnificent authors already deceased by now or living their last years. Let´s respect their memory and let´s honour them playing their creations. The blues music they created.
I have no use for tasteless lyrics in English or Spanish. My wife left me, she went with another man. I am fed up of this fucking rat life... Those are the kind of lyrics written by many in earlier times, from Blind Lemmon Jefferson to Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon or Otis Spann, rapidly summarizing here without citing those numerous other authors, artists and musicians who, in their own times, were the greatest. Let´s follow their path and stop trying to be original to end up with bad results. And I am not only going national here, but international as well. It is hard to find something interesting at any level and in any country, including the USA. A worthwhile piece, which could be considered an authentic, original, innovative piece of blues music from the 21st Century.
Wine, bread and ham were an invention of long time ago. However, to this date, their recipes remain untouched.
LONG LIVE BLUES MUSIC!
Cristina Alonso Fernández.
Nota: Todo mi respeto por Mr. BUDDY GUY, al que se le ha reconocido mundialmente su aportación al Blues, y su trabajo incuestionable para propagar la llamada Musica del Diablo.
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Traducción al inglés Cristina Alonso Fernández. Thanks !
QUO VADIS BLUES ?
It is not the first time this question comes to my mind. Nor will surely be the last.
Listening to the last piece of the legend Buddy Guy, I reflect and ask myself,… is it blues what this man plays? Yes, most of you would probably answer. Then… that´s the end of that.
But I honestly think the record is so boring and tedious that I will never listen to it again.
I am not only thinking of Buddy Guy´s record when analysing, to give it a name, today´s "modern blues" representation. As painful as it may be, I have to say that, with each passing day, I like less and less the blues currently played... It´s a pity, really.
I am lucky, though, that I don´t regularly listen only to blues music. I still enjoy Boogie-Woogie, authentic pieces of Soul or R&B, R`n`R , etc... I am not going to list here all my favourite music styles because I think I like almost everything, except the “boom, boom, boom” which I cannot bare even when drunk on a dance floor.
This is what I think. If we all, blues lovers, prefer the classic, acoustic, electrified blues music of the period from 1927 to 1972 approximately.... if we all believe that authentic blues music went silent with the start of the tediousness, rock, senseless electrification, those drowsy solo performances due to clumsiness and lack of feeling of modern blues....
…a very good solution would be, in my view, copying, already put into practice by musicians of our city and some others of our country. Copying the classics, making new versions of songs recorded approx. between 1927 and 1970, those found under the “classics” category in the catalogue of blues music, those which are the only ones with real value. They were blues musicians who, at the time of their recordings, offered innovation which had never been seen before that day. Thus, those are the blues artists who deserve to be emulated, which is not an easy task.
I have kept this feeling for a very long time, but Buddy Guy´s record has been the straw braking the camel´s back. Enough is enough.
LET´S SHOW RESPECT TO THE CLASSICS, and try to follow their guidelines. If we learn how to do what they did, we can maybe start to think of innovating...
BLUES music is like classical music, or like the great operas. The best pieces have already been written. They already exist, with their magnificent authors already deceased by now or living their last years. Let´s respect their memory and let´s honour them playing their creations. The blues music they created.
I have no use for tasteless lyrics in English or Spanish. My wife left me, she went with another man. I am fed up of this fucking rat life... Those are the kind of lyrics written by many in earlier times, from Blind Lemmon Jefferson to Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon or Otis Spann, rapidly summarizing here without citing those numerous other authors, artists and musicians who, in their own times, were the greatest. Let´s follow their path and stop trying to be original to end up with bad results. And I am not only going national here, but international as well. It is hard to find something interesting at any level and in any country, including the USA. A worthwhile piece, which could be considered an authentic, original, innovative piece of blues music from the 21st Century.
Wine, bread and ham were an invention of long time ago. However, to this date, their recipes remain untouched.
LONG LIVE BLUES MUSIC!
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