Of all countries, the Philippines should be listening intently to the blues. Many of the conditions that faced the U.S. bluesmen and gave birth to the blues, from the early days in the Southern cotton fields to the urban slums of today, bear startling similarities to conditions here in the Philippines. And Out speak as eloquently today as they did 50 years ago. The blues abounds in songs about this theme. One of the major themes of the blues is sexuality.
Lyrics often convey veiled sexual messages through words and phrases with double meanings.
Some blues lyrics are downright raunchy. The blues even addresses the touchy subject of the allure of youth in such blues classics as Messing With The Kid and Good Morning Little School Girl . The blues were born during the era of slavery and tenant farming in the American south. Field laborers sought solace through field hollers and work songs that often relieved the stress of labor and conveyed conspiratoral messages about eventual freedom. Blues history in the U.S. abounds with tales of runaway black kids earning a living on the streets through music.