{"id":423,"date":"2013-06-09T21:07:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T21:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erikdolson.com\/?p=423"},"modified":"2013-06-09T21:10:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T21:10:14","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikdolson.com\/?p=423","title":{"rendered":"Music and Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scot Vine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10151660867766212&amp;set=a.423543141211.222487.29081286211&amp;type=1&amp;theater\">shared<\/a> a Facebook Post: &#8220;Everytime Bohemian Rhapsody starts playing\u2026 I&#8217;m not satisfied by only singing the lyrics\u2026 I have to sing the opera voices. And also the guitar part.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yah, I get that.<\/p>\n<p>Other songs that compel me to turn the volume way, way up and sing or dance alone in my loft: &#8220;Hallelujah&#8221; by Leonard Cohen, sung by Jeff Buckley or just about anybody else, is still at the top. Janis Joplin. Amos Lee. &#8220;One and Only&#8221; by Adele. &#8220;No Other Way&#8221; by Paolo Nutini. There are many, many other on the list that appears to have a thread of Blues running through it.<\/p>\n<p>Odd, the Blues don&#8217;t make me feel blue. Is it a sense &#8220;sharing&#8221; that uplifts? That feels too near the surface. The Blues operate at a deeper level. What drives that wonderful emotional communication that functions below language, memory, or explanation? Like reaching for something stuck inside a pipe or behind the desk or under the bed, I can&#8217;t quite grasp it with my rational mind. I can brush it with my fingertips, but it won&#8217;t be dislodged.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Ray LaMontagne&#8221; station on Pandora is a current favorite on Sunday afternoons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scot Vine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10151660867766212&amp;set=a.423543141211.222487.29081286211&amp;type=1&amp;theater\">shared<\/a> a Facebook Post: &#8220;Everytime Bohemian Rhapsody starts playing\u2026 I&#8217;m not satisfied by only singing the lyrics\u2026 I have to sing the opera voices. And also the guitar part.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yah, I get that.<\/p>\n<p>Other songs that compel me to turn the volume way, way up and sing or dance alone in my loft: &#8220;Hallelujah&#8221; by Leonard Cohen, sung by Jeff Buckley or just about anybody else, is still at the top. Janis Joplin. Amos Lee. &#8220;One and Only&#8221; by Adele. &#8220;No Other Way&#8221; by Paolo Nutini. 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