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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
:laugh: Classic! I wonder if BB slept in his suit? :-D
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
I expect you also can't have dog with a breed that ends in "...oodle"
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I expect you also can't have dog with a breed that ends in "...oodle"
Maybe, if they have 3 legs, are blind in one eye, and have been shot in Memphis.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I expect you also can't have dog with a breed that ends in "...oodle"
Not only that, but if you have a dog it needs to be blind in one eye. /ravi
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
#19 made me laugh out loud. I might add weirdly spelled names like "Saydee" or "La-a" (pronounced La_dash_a, the "-" isn't silent). Hmmm, I own a computer AND a smart phone, but I'm not on Facebook. Does CP count against me? Oh wait, never mind, I'm from Minneapolis, it's only minor depression. :-D
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
Ain't dat the trut'. (He said from Phoenix)
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
I used to play the Blues with my band, along with 60s, 70s,80s, and 90's covers. I liked items 1 through 20 but disagree with 21. I am living (still) proof of that. I found the music behind the blues to be repetitive, and rarely listened to the words unless I was the one singing them. 12 bar blues were particularly boring after a while, as only the key and the words would change. BTW we were semi-pro as we got paid most of the time.
ed
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If you're new to the blues, or you like it but never really understood the whys and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules:
- Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."
- "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
- The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then, find something that rhymes -- sort of: Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
- The blues is not about choice. "You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch...ain't no way out."
- Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs, and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
- Teenagers can't sing the blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the blues. In blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.
- Blues can take place in New York City, but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle are probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and N'awlins are still the best places to have the blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.
- A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.
- You can't have no blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.
- Good places for the Blues: a. highway, b. jailhouse, c. empty bed, d. bottom of a whiskey glass.
- Bad places for the blues: a. Nordstrom's, b. gallery openings, c. Ivy League institutions, d. golf courses.
- No one will believe it's the blues if you wear a suit, less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
- Do you have the right to sing the blues? Yes, if: a. you're older than dirt, b. you're blind, c. you shot a man in Memphis, d. you can't be satisfied. No, if: a. you have all your teeth, b. you were once blind but now can see, c
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I used to play the Blues with my band, along with 60s, 70s,80s, and 90's covers. I liked items 1 through 20 but disagree with 21. I am living (still) proof of that. I found the music behind the blues to be repetitive, and rarely listened to the words unless I was the one singing them. 12 bar blues were particularly boring after a while, as only the key and the words would change. BTW we were semi-pro as we got paid most of the time.
ed
