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Post by chris on Jun 28, 2010 19:12:01 GMT -5
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Post by dicklaurey on Jul 8, 2010 21:15:41 GMT -5
Hi Chris-
I'd be willing to bet that most people don't even know what this music is.
You have to like Zydeco, if you are interested in the colorful history, and social life style of the region that it comes from.
When I hear Zydeco, I immediately think of bayou, gators, cajun food, New Orleans, and, the whole idea of the "old south" (not including the racial injustices).
I am no expert on rural music from Louisiana, however, you can't help but get caught up in the lively tempos and regional dialect of the lyrics.
If you like Zydeco, you can close your eyes and immerse yourself into the whole social package: picture an old barn on the edge of some swampland, lit up with paper lanterns, while the neighbors dance to the music of an accordion, fiddle and guitar (until the place burns down).
For a few minutes, it kind of takes you away to a different place and time, until the tune is over.
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 8, 2010 21:45:50 GMT -5
Listening to a few of the songs from Chris' post, I hear a lot of blues melodies.
Wiki: "Zydeco (French: "les haricots" or "le zaricot", English: "green beans" or "snap beans") is a form of American roots or folk music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century from forms of Creole music. The rural black Creoles of southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas still sing in Louisiana Creole French.
Usually fast tempo and dominated by the button or piano accordion and a form of a washboard known as a "rub-board," "scrub-board," or frottoir, zydeco music was originally created at house dances, where families and friends gathered for socializing."
Pronounced ZYE-di-ko.
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Post by chris on Jul 8, 2010 23:04:09 GMT -5
My main choice of music these days (when listening to the e radio) is smooth jazz but I like any good music and this was an addition to the music library.
I bet anyone who listens to Zydeco whether they like it or not can't sit still listening to it. ;D
I think originally my interest came from reading an article about it a few years back. (and possibly the accordion association. My dad played the accordion)
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Post by dgriffin on Jul 9, 2010 7:53:35 GMT -5
What was that cajun style/accordion music that was popular only a few years ago? It became so popular you even heard it on automobile commercials.
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Post by chris on Jul 9, 2010 16:05:36 GMT -5
Have not a clue......now you got me curious  |
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Post by Ralph on Jul 28, 2010 0:58:44 GMT -5
I had the pleasure of living down in Grand Isle, La for a spell back in the 80’s. Sand as white as eggshells, as fine as flour, and once it gets between your toes it will never come out……so you always have to go back. Till now. Down in the bayous the music is French Creole and Cajun, Zydeco for happy times and partying….which of course is all the time. Crawfish so fresh you slap your mama to get another, shrimp big enough to ride, and blackened Red Snapper with Tabasco to keep any man happy. They have their own music down there, made up as they go along sometimes…….Blues so wailing, soulful and sharp, it’s like being cut with a knife. They gonna be writing a lot of dem der blues songs anew now for sure know you.  |
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