Here are the questions I want you to consider as you watch "Feel Like Going Home," Martin Scorsese's PBS show about a search by bluesman Corey Harris of Charlottesville, Va., for the heritage of his music:
- Does Harris communicate a passion for his music? When he meets the old bluesmen in Mississippi and speaks with musicians in West Africa, is he interested in music? In art? In history and heritage? Or maybe in "all of above?"
- How do you respond to the music you hear? Whether it's Harris jamming with the old-timers or the West Africans? What does the music remind you of? How is it similar to, or different from, genres you listen to? In other words, ask yourself the three questions I keep asking you.
- As you watch "Feel Like Going Home," you hear music played by people of different generations and different cultures, even different continents. While it all relates to blues, the music is also quite varied. To what extent do these musicians, young and old from U.S. and from Africa, share a common musical language? Does the music enable them to communicate? If so, how?
5 comments:
Harris shows a true interest in the music of both of these cultures. I prefer hearing him jamming with the oldtimers in the Mississippi Delta as opposed to the African musicians. I think they all share a common lifestyle of a musician and mold their lives around the music. They use music as their form of emotional expression and this creates a somewhat basic form of communication. Cryin' the blues is the blues no matter what language it is in.
The Blues video feature much of the music that I rember as a child growing up. It was strong and comforting. It is full of drum beats and stong emotions. It was when music was really music. The music has changed so much over the year that it is really refreshing to hear real instruments and see them being played.
I enjoyed the video. Much of the music that was played was old, but soft to hear. The song that the guy played towards the end of the movie that was soft and slow was my favorite. It was a calm passionate song. There lifestyles and cultures were all close to the same, all very passionate and communicates with the listeners. It spoke to the people who listened regardless of how the rythme changed. It was interesting.
think Harris was a true musican. He had a paasion for what he did, and you could tell this when he played. I think this video did a great job on showing us, the audience, the true musican he was. I enjoyed lisneting to this type of music much more than the other music we have been listening to. I feel like Harris writes the songs he does for hiself, not for anyone else, and I think that is why I resonded to his music the way I did. His music was very pure, and unique.
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