The Blues - My objection - does it make sense? (UPDATED - The entire paper)

[CountryWolf07]

Here is what I have written: FEEL FREE TO HELP ME CHANGE IT AROUND to make it any more sense.. remember, I am going against the thesis that white people CAN sing the blues..... (it is just an objection..)

This is the thesis:

Can white people sing the blues? Yes. Why not? It may be a silly question but it is the talent and ability that musicians have that allows them to play the blues, regardless of the race.


This is the objection:

According to George Carlin, “What have white people got to be blue about? The Banana Republic ran out of khakis?” His point, if you’re rich, then about what is there to be blue? But yet, by saying it, white people have not suffered enough as much as blacks have. Blues themselves express the hardships of life that the blacks went through. The music served as an outlet to let out a lost love, sadness, and death. It is considered authentic as emotion is involved. If whites have an outlet for their emotion, it is called country music. Many would say yes, due to that most is about sadness and love. Comparing to the blues and country music, they both are very different styles, such as the ethnicity being the reason. Country is known as “hillbilly” music, white blues. In my opinion, country music is authentic to whites as the blues is authentic to the blacks. Although, the blues are incorporated with different genres such as country and rock, only because whites have participated with the genre, or borrowing the blues to mix into their type of music they are looking to play. Artists such as Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and many others have borrowed the blues to add style and emotion to their music.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Good start and for the most part I am inclined to agree with you. Although just to play the other side, Stevie Ray Vaughn was a white blues artist and a darn good one at that. His music had all of the elements that made blues great and I wouldn't classify him as a country artist at all. But he happens to be an exception rather than a rule.

[CountryWolf07]

Thank you. I just have to come up with a objection of saying why should it be against that whites can play the blues.. so it is a very interesting topic.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Would that mean then...based on your premise...that blacks cannot sing country western music?

[CountryWolf07]

Nope, I am only objecting, because I *have* to. Otherwise, my real feelings - anyone can sing ANYTHING they want.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Nope, I am only objecting, because I *have* to. Otherwise, my real feelings - anyone can sing ANYTHING they want.

No kidding. Although you make a fairly convincing arguement to the contrary.

[RICHARD]

Hey, don't forget thatTed Kennedy is a perfect examples of why White men an't sing in Spanish!

[Karen]

I cannot help you, as I was was raise firmly believing that music had nothing to do with skin color. My grandfather and his brothers had a "barbershop" quartet and loved to sing the old Spirituals, even in the days when people from on them singing "colored folks music." Music belongs to all people, regardless of skin color, height or ethnicity.

I could give you plenty of arguments to the contrary of what you want ... but I guess that wouldn't be helpful!