The old blue's cliché, "I woke up this morning," is just plain wrong. Anyone who really had the blues would begin their song with "Woke up this afternoon and wasn't really aware of what was going on until everyone else was returning home from work."
Or maybe, "Woke up this afternoon..."
ReplyDeleteHear, hear!
ReplyDelete"Went to bed this morning..."
ReplyDeleteNo, Larry. That wasn't depression. That was your misspent youth.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why this is one of my favorite and authentic blues songs: Generic Blues.
ReplyDeleteThey're playing my song :-)
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