A Further Thought on Misfits and Outcasts

[Lightning Rod]

here is a discussion about the National Music of Misfits and Outcasts

called The Blues

It's Son House and Mike Bloomfield talking about the blues. There's music at the front but listen to what Son House has to say about the blues.

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[Doreen Peri]

Great video! Thanks!

Mike Bloomfield was soooo young! Hey well all human beings were young once, right?

The blues has nothing to do with misfits and outcasts. Absolutely nothing. It has to do with being HUMAN.

It is the International Music of Being Human.

That's one thing we all are. Human.

Some of my favorite music is the blues.... it's the music of being human.

[eugeneherman]

as far as outcasts and misfits go, or wherever they go, i prefer to think of myself as an expensive wino, just don't miscast this here outfit!

[Lightning Rod]

doreen,
I don't know how you can say that the blues has nothing to do with outcasts and misfits. The blues came from the roots of slavery and oppression and racism. How can you get more outcast than that?

gene,

Don't go Escher on me like that.

[Doreen Peri]

doreen,
I don't know how you can say that the blues has nothing to do with outcasts and misfits. The blues came from the roots of slavery and oppression and racism. How can you get more outcast than that?

gene,

Don't go Escher on me like that.

Escher? That was a spoonerism. Thank you eugene.
Escher was graphic lithographer. Not a linguist.

The blues came from the roots of being human. We're all slaves to that. Mostly, like country music, they're cryin' in their beer. Play it backwards, what do you get? You get yer job back & your dead dog back. Human experience. I do see your point about slaves being outcasts. But misfits? Hell, they ran the frickin farm, for crissake! And they slept with da boss lady. I don't think they were one bit misfit.

The blues is a human story... happens to us all....

My baby done left me.
I ain't gotta penny to my name.
I'm lyin' here lookin' at the ceilin'
wonderin' whether to go insane.
I gotta nickel-ful bag of regrets
a dime bag o' discontent
and sometimes I can't remember
my own name!

[Lightning Rod]

Escherisms are the visual versions of Spoonerisms

you can look at them in at least two ways

Of course the blues are about the human story

and part of the human story is being an oppressed outcast misfit

we all feel like that at times

sure we try to fit in

but it doesn't always work out, does it?

think outside the page

[e_dog]

All music is by and for misfits outcasts. Unless its chamber music. Then its for fancy pants. And by sell outs.

Or flute playin. That's weird too.

[Lightning Rod]

here is my friend Barry's musical comment on this subject:

Better n Wages