Played like the Blues

Post by **sooZen** » September 21st, 2009, 9:18 am

my heart twists and turns
those words lept off your tongue
so harsh and yet
so smooth, tongue in groove

out of the blue into blues
notes off key, discordant sax
left on the floor, unlove, unlovely
and wonder, o wonder, i wonder
why o why

play another tune baby
blow me away another way
not this, not that, not now
take your tones and stuff it
in my guitar case coffin style

you can play me like a fiddle
harpy i may be, but not today
string me along, snap me to attention
with your bad ass attitude
wrong note, ugly and too long

where o where is my music man?

Post by **judih** » September 21st, 2009, 9:58 am

those wrong note blues
the belt that ties and binds
joined at the neuron
rough and tumble
response comes fast
sandpaper cut
oh hurt

Post by **Doreen Peri** » September 21st, 2009, 11:44 am

you've got some cool word play in here, lady!

nice!

Post by **hester_prynne** » September 22nd, 2009, 1:11 am

There's a harmonica in the distance somewhere ....like a train goin by.
I heard it in this poem.
Dig it Sooz, very much.
H

Post by **sooZen** » September 22nd, 2009, 7:04 am

Thank you friends for your kind replies.

It was the one note blues and as of today, I can't sing it anymore and isn't that nice!

Post by **Arcadia** » September 22nd, 2009, 2:40 pm

beautiful!!

Post by **SadLuckDame** » September 22nd, 2009, 7:06 pm

I'm into the blues.
Thanks sooZen

Post by **sooZen** » September 23rd, 2009, 5:58 am

Gracias Arcadia!

SLD (hope it is okay if I abbreviate?) thank you, I love the blues too.

Post by **Perdida** » September 23rd, 2009, 5:18 pm

i agree with Doreen, some cool wordplay indeed...
felt the blues here Soozen.

Great stuff!

Post by **Barry** » September 23rd, 2009, 7:12 pm

My wife is into the Blues to a huge deal.
Me? Not so much.
The Music...Yes.
The troubles...not really.
Had them.
Who hasn't?
Experienced them fully?
No damned doubt.
But hang onto them?
Not hardly.
I do love Bonnie Rait forever, though.
And The Blues Brothers...
and Bo Didley...
and Muddy Waters...
and B.B. King (Lucille! You beautiful Lady, you)...
and Robert Johnson...and the list goes on...
* 4. john lee hooker
* 5. howlin' wolf
* 6. big bill broonzy
* 7. t-bone walker
* 8. sonny boy williamson (rice miller)
* 9. lightnin' hopkins
* 10. bessie smith
* 11. elmore james
* 12. leadbelly
* 13. little walter
* 14. blind lemon jefferson
* 15. charley patton
* 16. jimmy reed
* 17. lonnie johnson
* 18. john lee "sonny boy" williamson
* 19. bobby bland
* 20. sonny terry
* 21. junior wells
* 22. son house
* 23. ma rainey
* 24. big joe turner
* 25. albert king
* 26. buddy guy
* 27. roosevelt sykes
* 28. big joe williams
* 29. skip james
* 30. lowell fulson
* 31. otis rush
* 32. brownie mcghee
* 33. bukka white
* 34. tampa red
* 35. mississippi john hurt
* 36. johnny shines
* 37. big walter horton
* 38. magic sam
* 39. willie dixon
* 40. jimmy rogers
* 41. robert nighthawk
* 42. memphis minnie
* 43. professor longhair
* 44. sleepy john estes
* 45. otis spann
* 46. freddie king
* 47. louis jordan
* 48. champion jack dupree
* 49. charles brown
* 50. memphis slim
* 51. blind boy fuller
* 52. blind willie mctell
* 53. leroy carr
* 54. robert jr. lockwood
* 55. clarence gatemouth brown
* 56. junior parker
* 57. little milton
* 58. arthur "big boy" crudup
* 59. big mama thornton
* 60. tommy johnson
* 61. roy brown
* 62. sunnyland slim
* 63. eddie taylor
* 64. mississippi fred mcdowell
* 65. slim harpo
66. jimmy witherspoon
67. furry lewis
* 68. big maceo
69. reverend blind gary davis
70. victoria spivey
* 71. albert collins
72. lightnin' slim
73. little brother montgomery
* 74. james cotton
75. texas alexander
* 76. wynonie harris
77. eddie boyd
78. guitar slim
79. earl hooker
* 80. j.b. hutto
* 81. blind blake
82. kokomo arnold
83. amos milburn
84. j.b. lenoir
85. peetie wheatstraw
86. fenton robinson
87. eddie vinson
* 88. percy mayfield
89. johnny young
90. buddy moss
91. mance lipscomb
92. scrapper blackwell
93. jimmy mccracklin
94. jimmy rushing
95. homesick james
96. washboard sam
97. smokey hogg
98. josh white
* 99. roy milton
100. pee wee crayton
101. alberta hunter
*102. walter davis
103. snooky pryor
104. blind willie johnson
105. frank stokes
106. billy boy arnold
107. houston stackhouse
108. jimmy dawkins
109. smiley lewis
*110. hound dog taylor
111. henry townsend
112. gus cannon
113. james "yank" rachel
114. bo carter
115. floyd jones
116. tommy mcclennan
117. ida cox
118. little johnny taylor
*119. dinah washington
120. johnny copeland
*121. sippie wallace
122. louis myers
123. robert wilkins
124. willie mabon
*125. koko taylor
126. carey bell
127. barbecue bob
128. jazz gillum
*129. luther allison
130. georgia tom dorsey
131. jesse fuller
132. lonnie brooks
133. louisiana red
134. kansas joe mccoy
135. robert pete williams
136. clara smith
137. casey bill weldon
138. johnny jones
*139. david honeyboy edwards
140. will shade
141. lonesome sundown
142. lazy lester
143. johnny guitar watson
144. juke boy bonner
145. larry davis
146. bumble bee slim (amos easton)
146. floyd dixon
148. mamie smith
149. lil'son jackson
150. sam chatmon
151. frankie lee sims
152. taj mahal
153. eddie kirkland
154. k.c. douglas
155. phillip walker
156. ivory joe hunter
157. ishmon bracey
158. oscar "buddy" woods
159. charlie mccoy
160. johnnie temple
161. walter brown
162. john brim
163. papa charlie jackson
163. george "harmonica" smith
165. lil green
166. curtis jones
167. tarheel slim
168. little willie littlefield
169. jim jackson
170. joe willie wilkins
171. curly weaver
172. magic slim
173. l.c. robinson
174. mercy dee (walton)
175. willie brown
176. doctor ross
177. z.z. hill
178. joe hill louis
179. blind john davis
180. mighty joe young
*181. pinetop perkins
182. walter roland
183. big maybelle
184. james oden
185. cousin joe
186. lucille bogan (bessie jackson)
187. eddie burns
188. john littlejohn
189. roscoe gordon
190. hammie nixon
191. willie love
192. peg leg howell
193. baby face leroy foster
194. son seals
195. black ace
196. lafayette "thing" thomas
197. bull moose jackson
198. joe liggins
199. earl king
200. carl martin
201. snooks eaglin
202. pink anderson
203. silas hogan
204. katie webster
205. eddie clearwater
206. syl johnson
207. bertha "chippie" hill
208. cripple clarence lofton
209. nappy brown
210. sammy price
211. frank frost
212. sara martin
213. j.t. brown
214. walter vinson
215. a.c. reed
216. shakey jake (harris)
217. noah lewis
218. j.d. short (joe stone)
219. peter "doctor" clayton
220. hop wilson
221. hubert sumlin
222. peg leg sam (arthur jackson)
223. henry gray
224. georgia white
225. jack kelly
226. helen humes
227. j.t. funny papa smith
228. willie nix
229. alex moore
230. sonny rhodes
231. sam myers
232. matt murphy
233. jimmy johnson
234. john jackson
235. r.l. burnside
236. luther johnson jr.
237. charlie spand
238. little bill gaither
239. rube lacy
240. lee (leothus) green
241. whispering smith
242. forest city joe (pugh)
243. memphis willie borum
244. laughing charly lincoln
245. trixie smith
246. bobo jenkins
247. detroit junior
248. deford bailey
249. henry thomas
250. arthur big boy spires
251. ramblin' thomas
252. luther "snake" johnson
253. jimmy liggins
254. sam collins
255. charley jordan
256. jesse "babyface" thomas
257. babe stovall
258. paul gayten
259. sticks mcghee
260. jody williams
261. thomas shaw
262. will batts
263. little hat jones
264. willie johnson
265. guitar slim (alex seward)
266. frank edwards
267. lil johnson
268. sylvester weaver
269. frankie half pint jaxon
270. joe callicott
271. bill williams
272. son bonds
273. otis smokey smothers
274. moody jones
275. jay bird coleman
276. willie walker
277. luther huff
278. henry brown
279. buster brown
280. hambone willie newbern
281. bee houston
282. baby tate
283. sonny boy nelson (eugene powell)
284. floyd council
285. pat hare
286. papa lightfoot
287. arnold moore
288. arthur gunter
289. gus jenkins
290. doug quattlebaum
291. dan pickett
292. clifford gibson
293. henry johnson
294. robert petway
295. j.c. burris
296. lonesome jimmie lee robinson
297. john henry barbee
298. blind blue (teddy) darby
299. jimmie gordon
300. daddy stovepipe

I'm not particularly fond of having the blues (who is?)
I'm not even particularly fond of listening to the music,
but I do appreciate the Idea, in the Aristotellian sense, to a great degree.

And let's not forget http://www.curtissalgado.com/ who, my wife, given the chance, probably would have left me for long ago.

http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/ has become one of the premier blues festivals in America. Blues artists clamor to be a part of it. My wife and I have attended many times, even though I don't particularly care to listen to Blues music.

I Love Music, and poetry, and dancing, and flowers, and light, and loving, and playing, and...all of that stuff and more.

Peace,
Barry

Post by **sooZen** » September 24th, 2009, 8:43 am

Thank you Perdida!

Barry...I love the blues, sing the blues and live the blues occasionally. You went to a lot of trouble to answer me and some of it was a bit circular and confusing but okay, it is what it is. I am not sure what Aristotle had to do with it or what you meant but I am just a simple gal and you lost me there.

You left off Stevie Ray Vaughn, the king of Texas Blues and the only guitar player that made Eric Clapton pull off the road to listen in wonder, as he was driving down the hi-way the first time he heard Stevie Ray. There are a few others including our own El Paso Guitar Slim, Pat Chase who can make me cry, downright cleansing stuff. Dwight Yokum can sing some great country blues!

The blues are one of my favorite forms of music...I tend to love almost any form of music for it is the Universal Language, but the blues have a special place in my heart for I have lived the blues and singing (or poet-ing) about it makes the pain go away.

As for hanging on to the blues...I don't even save my poetry anyplace. It is just a stream of consciousness and gone, gone once I get it out. The only posterity is sites like this and I have seen many of my poems bite the dust, as when Litkicks folded their tent, but it don't bother me...moving on...there is more down the stream.

Again, thank you all for your kind replies!

Post by **Barry** » September 24th, 2009, 10:45 am

Aristotle believed that forms or ideas, such as truth or good, exist in a realm beyond the material world which is Aristotle's most widely known theory.

from here http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7997/aristot.htm
There is the idea of Tree, which is universal to all trees. And there is the form of each individual tree, which is unique.
Just trying to help.

Peace,
Barry

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