BTW, saying Blues music is meant to make you feel sad is a stereotype. I've heard plenty of funky blues tunes that we're not meant too make you feel sad. I've also heard plenty of blues tunes that we're quite funny and made me laugh. When I listen to SRV or Buddy Guy I don't feel sad.

Saying Mozarts music makes you feel like flying is quite a generalization, Mozart wrote a lot of music and not all of it makes you feel like flying, not even 50%, hell, not even 10%. When I listen too Mozarts Requim I don't feel like flying, I feel like dying.

Sorry about the lay in, you usually write quite intelligent posts. I just have a thing with generalizations and stereotypes, they can lead too misinterpretations. you should say something like this: Blues music was originated by the slaves as a way of relieving emotional tension. Hopefully we have come a long way since that time and the blues form can be used for more then expressing grief.