# Opposite of "The Blues"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264 "2011-12-15T01:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/21 "2011-12-15T16:30:07Z")
[The Whites](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-TVrR8wZc)? > [@panache45](#): > > Chromatically, it would be The Oranges. The Yellows according to [opponent processing theory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opponent_process). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/22 "2011-12-15T17:04:20Z")
Historically, it was always The Whites. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/23 "2011-12-15T23:28:11Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Presumably, the lyrical content is about being happy and content with your faithful mate and well-paid, rewarding job. “. . . I figure whenever you’re down and out, the only way is up and I’ll be up like a rosebud, high on the vine. Don’t thumb you nose, Bud, take a tip from mine. I’m a little bit short of the elbow room, but let me get me some and “Look out World,” here I come.” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/24 "2011-12-16T00:16:53Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Historically, it was always The Whites. That’s what I thought. I figured the complete opposite of the blues would be something like Lawrence Welk. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/25 "2011-12-16T01:48:50Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Presumably, the lyrical content is about being happy and content with your faithful mate and well-paid, rewarding job. That supports my contention that the Blues is about not getting laid, and Jazz is all about getting it. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/26 "2011-12-16T17:53:28Z")
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. ~[Mahalia Jackson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalia_Jackson) ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/27 "2011-12-16T18:34:44Z")
Pop. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/28 "2011-12-16T19:06:02Z")
Tiny Tim. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/29 "2011-12-16T19:36:54Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Tiny Tim. I believe _Tiptoe through the Tulips_ was early Jazz. ---
**Author:** ![grumpy44134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@grumpy44134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grumpy44134)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/30 "2011-12-19T02:56:06Z")
Rock n’ Roll. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/31 "2011-12-19T03:57:06Z")
“No more Blues songs, only hoopty do songs” -Ella Fitzgerald (Jazz) ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/32 "2011-12-19T07:22:01Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > “hard to play” ?? > > (my guitar playing is blues based, so I accuse of it being easy to play with tongue-in-cheek…) Some blues are easy to play. [Some aren’t.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jwrQPzSRe8#t=2m5s) ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Medlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hi\_Medlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Medlo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264/33 "2011-12-19T14:48:45Z")
I would say Bubblegum (from the 70’s) would be the opposite of Blues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposite-of-the-blues/606264.md?page=1)