blues

"what a shame, nothing seems to be going right, it seems easy to me that everything should be going right" - the rolling stones

blues is absolutely amazing music

the rawest, blackest forms of blues are by far the best. it has to be said, white blues, although awesome, doesn't reach the emotional heights of black blues. The stuff like Leadbelly and Son House are sooo cool, it is the first blues, the slavery blues. it seems like a load of mashed up crap, but watching and listening is amazing, its hard to take your eyes off them as they pour out whatever is inside of them by singing and strumming. that is a gift. a gift. every single song it looks like they are going to die from singing it, maybe because they think every song could be their last.
then stuff like BB king is just easy, beautiful music which is also full of emotion - mostly seen through how much they sweat...peng stuff. every note (in some songs)tell a part of a laboured story. its glorious.
then you have rolling stones, john mayel and cream and kinks and the like, which is more stand up blues, more bass and stuffs. sounds cool, just dont quite feel the pain or happiness.

whichever slave first picked up that old guitar, and started singing and strumming their stuff, is a legend. genius.