Synonyms for the blues
the blues

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1. the blues

   Synonyms:
   melancholy, dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, megrims, vapors, low spirits, blue devils, depression of spirits, the dismals

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1. Keith Richards:

   It was all good stuff. In other words if you're growing up at 4 years old and you can sing Billie Holiday songs, you realize that 'ya, brought up on the blues without even knowing it,'.

2. Orlando Bloom:

   It was funny because when Katy Perry first came out I was like,' Oh, it's me ! It's a mini-me. And then, fortunately, Katy Perry got those Katy Perry blues, which was perfect.

3. Phil Lesh -LRB- bass -RRB-:

   The mainstream seems to be referencing '60s, '70s and '80s rock, rather than '30s, '40s, '50s blues and jazz and that sort of thing, our generation, the '60s 'jammers' let's say, our influences were people like Coltrane, and blues artists like Bobbie Bland, or Wilson Pickett or more of a roots-y thing. I think that young musicians today are more influenced by rock music. It's sort of narrowed down a little bit. That's not to say that it's not extremely expressive and diverse, but I don't sense a lot of roots involvement.

4. George Brainard:

   The idea of the title was that it was more like the title of a song, there's a real sort of musical aspect to this scene, and (my friend and I) liked the idea of the title being something that was more like a blues song and that would have that sort of energy to go along with this gritty, real, ultra-realism kind of feel.

5. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

   Coffee with a friend a day keeps the blues away