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*blues 1. sadness; a mood of depression. (*Typically: get ~; have ~.) You'll have to excuse Bill. He's getting the blues thinking about Jane. I get the blues every time I hear that song. 2. a traditional style of popular music characterized by lyrics expressing hardship, lost love, etc. Buddy had been singing the blues ever since the Depression. the baby blues a feeling of sadness that some women experience after they have given birth to a baby According to this article, as many as 60% of women suffer from the baby blues. See cry like a baby, throw the baby out with the bath water, wet the baby's headSee also: baby sing the blues to complain Computer programmers are singing the blues because business is bad and no one is hiring. Etymology: based on the type of music called the blues (a musical form in which songs often are about difficulties or bad luck) See also: sing How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It's great bluesy, old style reggae (I guess some would call it roots, but that's corny and applies to so much crappy stuff as well). But it's the gays, who know a thing or two about a plague, who score the highest marks: Rufus Wainwright pays homage to the death of the firstborn with "Katonah," a bluesy elegy in three-quarter time, while Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields gets his Depeche Mode on for "The Meaning of Lice," a lo-fi synthpop romp of mechanized hand claps, monophonic melodies, and hilarious rhymes. The music ranges from bluegrass to bluesy sing-alongs, and the energetic rhymes combined with parent-child bonding are sure to stimulate cognitive, physical and social development. |
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