|>On the other hand, "Soul Music" as a genre was a just a euphimism for |"black music", and doesn't have anything >to do with "soul" as a spiritual |or metaphysical concept.
Euphemism ???? 'blues' is without hope and that its singers accept their conditions without complaint or expectation of anything better. Soul borrowed an expectation of a better world from gospel, but translate it into a worldly context as opposed to a religious one. Gospel gives soul its optimism because it believes in a better world in heaven, soul starts looking for that better world on earth. Soul Music is the product of ever evolving social conditions and a diversity of musical influences Soul Music is about the problems faced by groups of people, not of individuals Soul Music is about poverty and day to day drudgery Soul Music is the belief that circumstances can improve Soul Music is about realism, it is not blinkered by romantic ideals The 'Moan' is a defining characteristic of Soul Music Soul Music is tolerant Soul Music is..... Euphemism, psssst, dubya! but yes understanding Soul Music can just escape from a brain with 2 neurons without connector. |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:58 AM |To: David Powers |Cc: [email protected]; spw |Subject: RE: (313) Soul Music (was some nonsense spw was going on about) | | | |>On the other hand, "Soul Music" as a genre was a just a euphimism for |"black music", and doesn't have anything >to do with "soul" as a spiritual |or metaphysical concept. | |The hell it doesn't have a spiritual concept! Where the hell do you think |Soul music came from? | |Listen to Ray Charles man, and then tell me that there isn't a spiritual |side to Soul music - one of the biggest influences on Soul music was the |church. All those singers - All Green, Mavis Staple, Aretha Franklin, and |so many more got their start in the church. That's not to say that Soul = |Gospel but there in a huge influence of Gospel on Soul. Soul music is the |merging of the spiritual with the physical - that's why it's so great to |dance to... it satisfies the body, mind and "soul". |(That's why I love the term "High Tech Soul" = Techno or "Techno Soul") | |MEK | | |
