The Blues

I think it is quite easy for people to say that they have the blues. In our society people are often thrown by the slightest inconveniences. There are different aspects to the blues though. Typically when people say they have the blues it is a fleeting feeling caused when things don't quite go their way. When thinking about the true depth of blues music it is something entirely different. All of the pain, sorrow and anguish built into this one genre of music comprises so much more meaning than if you have the "blues" because you don't feel like getting up for work on Monday morning. It is easy to get annoyed by things that are in fact very trivial. I think it's important to step back and truly think of the real meaning behind the blues.

For instance, I remember being annoyed during spring break because I didn't have the money to go with my friends to Florida. In retrospect there are so many greater problems in this world than not being able to go to Florida for spring break. It was a rather shallow thing to have the blues about but I still was annoyed nonetheless. When one has the blues, the best thing is usually to reflect and then move on. There is such a yearning in blues music that cannot really be expressed in words.