Talk:Origins of the blues

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[edit] Origin of the term?

It could also be a descriptive term. Fir Gorm is Irish for black man, but its literal translation is blues man. Fergananim 15:33, 28 November 2005 (UTC)also the blues used to express the sorrow in the song.

yes maybe. Origin of the Blues sounds as if it doesn't refer to Origins of Blues MUSIC. I think they should change the name to Origins of Blues Music.

Well, the Tuareg (or other Berber groups) are known for their blue robes. I find that interesting. It's not where the name comes from (apparently they call their music 'assouf'). But it's still interesting - mainly that they don't get a mention here.

Re the 'Fir Gorm', a bit of googling has that as a Viking expression (also 'blamenn') for Moorish slaves. Even if it is Gaelic in origin, this article points out that Gaelic speakers called Norwegians Finn-gaill ('white foreigners', which is fair enough) but called Danes Dubb-gaill ('black foreigners') so, well, as suggested it's a reference to something other than colour of skin, eg hair colour, or in the case of 'Moorish slaves' possibly their blue robes (who knows). The Tuareg, or their antecedents, were slave traders by the way. Hakluyt bean 01:13, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

blues sound really upsetting —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.211.76 (talk) 18:13, 14 September 2007 (UTC)