Um \u00feri\u00f0jungur mannkyns mun hafa fengi\u00f0 sp\u00e6nsku veikina \u00e1 s\u00ednum t\u00edma \u00ed fj\u00f3rum bylgjum og \u00e1 bilinu 17-50 millj\u00f3nir manns f\u00e9llu \u00ed valinn. Faraldurinn h\u00f3fst \u00e1ri\u00f0 1918 og st\u00f3\u00f0 til 1920, \u00feegar fyrsta bl\u00fasbylgjan h\u00f3fst fyrir alv\u00f6ru me\u00f0 Crazy Blues me\u00f0 Mamie Smith. \u00cd lj\u00f3si \u00feess a\u00f0 bl\u00fasinn er \u00ed grunninn al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ut\u00f3nlist og sem sl\u00edkur topikal \u2013 \u00fe.e. hann fjallar um \u00fea\u00f0 sem er \u00ed deiglunni, um \u00f6rl\u00f6g starfsmanna \u00e1 plani og plantekru \u2013 \u00fe\u00e1 vekur athygli a\u00f0 tilt\u00f6lulega f\u00e1 l\u00f6g fjalla um \u00feennan ofsalega flensufaraldur. A\u00f0 v\u00edsu d\u00f3u \u00fe\u00e1 nokku\u00f0 f\u00e6rri \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum en v\u00ed\u00f0a annars sta\u00f0ar \u2013 \u00e1 bilinu 500-850 \u00fe\u00fasund manns (mi\u00f0a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 200 \u00fe\u00fasund af Covid \u00feegar \u00feetta er skrifa\u00f0) e\u00f0a 0,5-0,8% af heildarmannfj\u00f6ldanum \u2013 en margir veiktust og einn af hverjum 200 er heldur ekki ekki-neitt.\u00a0 E\u00f0lilegasta \u00fatsk\u00fdringin held \u00e9g a\u00f0 s\u00e9 s\u00fa a\u00f0 fyrsta \u00e1ratuginn e\u00f0a svo \u2013 \u00e1ratug bl\u00fasdrottninganna svonefndu \u2013 var bl\u00fasinn alls ekki alltaf harmr\u00e6nn. \u00dea\u00f0 var meiri \u00e1hersla \u00e1 hed\u00f3nisma og \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 si\u00f0leysi \u2013 og t\u00f3nlistin var l\u00e6kning vi\u00f0 bl\u00e1ma s\u00e1larinnar, a\u00f0fer\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 reka hina sv\u00f6rtu hunda \u00e1 brott, frekar en einfaldur harms\u00f6ngur. Einsog Ida Cox s\u00f6ng: \u201eWild women don\u2019t worry \/ wild women don\u2019t get no blues\u201c. \u00deegar a\u00f0 hinir \u00feunglyndari g\u00edtaristar m\u00e6ta \u00e1 sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 til a\u00f0 segja s\u00ednar s\u00f6gur er flensan einfaldlega gleymd og grafin undir fargi n\u00fdrra harmleikja \u2013 Mississippi \u00e1in fl\u00e6\u00f0ir yfir bakka s\u00edna, ofbeldi Jim Crow t\u00edmabilsins og Ku Klux Klan er \u00ed algleymingi, kreppan er hafin og brau\u00f0striti\u00f0 \u00fer\u00fagandi. \u00dea\u00f0 voru a\u00f0rar s\u00f6gur sem \u00feurfti a\u00f0 segja.\u00a0 \u00d6nnur \u00fatsk\u00fdring er a\u00f0 bl\u00fasinn er gjarn \u00e1 a\u00f0 fjalla um hi\u00f0 s\u00e9rt\u00e6ka frekar en hi\u00f0 almenna. \u00deannig er n\u00f3g til af bl\u00fasl\u00f6gum um sj\u00fakd\u00f3ma \u2013 Blind Lemon syngur \u00ed Pneumonia Blues a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 kominn me\u00f0 lungnab\u00f3lgu af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 standa \u00fati og b\u00ed\u00f0a eftir \u00e1stinni sinni sem aldrei kemur; Bukka White syngur \u00ed High Fever a\u00f0 hann fari til l\u00e6knisins til a\u00f0 kvarta undan s\u00f3tthita en l\u00e6knirinn segir a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 bara ekki n\u00f3gu duglegur a\u00f0 f\u00e1 s\u00e9r kn\u00fas; Victoria Spivey er vinalaus me\u00f0 berkla \u00ed TB Blues; Memphis Minnie er n\u00e6r dau\u00f0a af l\u00edfi af heilahimnub\u00f3lgu \u00ed Meningitis Blues \u2013 en giska f\u00e1 um faraldra.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00deri\u00f0ja \u00fatsk\u00fdring er einfaldlega a\u00f0 gospelt\u00f3nlistin \u2013 sem var gjarna stillt upp sem andst\u00e6\u00f0u bl\u00fassins \u2013 \u00e1tti sterkara tilkall til fr\u00e1sagna um veikindi og dau\u00f0a. \u00deegar a\u00f0 bl\u00fast\u00f3nlistarf\u00f3lk syngur um almennar flensur og veikindi, feig\u00f0 og dau\u00f0alegu, er \u00fea\u00f0 yfirleitt a\u00f0 syngja gospel \u2013 me\u00f0 s\u00ednu nefi, en samt. \u00dea\u00f0 vill s\u00ed\u00f0an til a\u00f0 \u00feessi togstreita milli bl\u00fass og gospels, drottins og syndarinnar, dau\u00f0a\u00fer\u00e1rinnar og l\u00edfsnautnarinnar marka\u00f0i l\u00edf margra bl\u00fast\u00f3nlistarmanna og \u00feess vegna eigum vi\u00f0 l\u00f6g einsog John the Revelator me\u00f0 Son House (sem predika\u00f0i jafnvel milli laga og fyrirvar\u00f0 sig fyrir a\u00f0 vera annars a\u00f0 spila s\u00edna dj\u00f6fullegu m\u00fas\u00edk): Lagi\u00f0 John the Revelator er al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ugospel sem Blind Willie Johnson var fyrstur til a\u00f0 taka upp. Um Blind Willie m\u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 hann er \u00fdmist kalla\u00f0ur bl\u00fas- e\u00f0a gospelt\u00f3nlistarma\u00f0ur. M\u00e9r vitanlega s\u00f6ng hann aldrei um l\u00edfsins yndissemdir e\u00f0a d\u00e1sama\u00f0i syndina \u2013 \u00f6ll hans l\u00f6g fjalla um d\u00fdr\u00f0 drottins og textarnir eru pr\u00edma gospel. En hann spilar \u00feau \u00ed st\u00edl sem er ekki h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 kenna vi\u00f0 gospel me\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0u m\u00f3ti \u2013 til \u00feess er of miki\u00f0 af bl\u00fasn\u00f3tum, of mikill andskoti \u00ed r\u00f6ddinni. \u00c9g \u00e1 ekki vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 ekki gospelt\u00f3nlistarma\u00f0ur \u2013 bara a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 auglj\u00f3slega ekki ekki\u00a0bl\u00fast\u00f3nlistarma\u00f0ur l\u00edka.\u00a0Og Blind Willie er \u00feess vegna s\u00e1 eini sem \u00e9g hef geta\u00f0 fundi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 \u00feessu t\u00edmabili sem syngur um infl\u00faensufaraldurinn (sem sl\u00edkan).\u00a0 In the year of 19 and 18, God sent a mighty disease. It killed many a-thousand, on land and on the seas. Well, we done told you, our God\u2019s done warned you, Jesus coming soon. We done told you, our God\u2019s done warned you, Jesus coming soon.\u00a0 Great disease was mighty and the people were sick everywhere. It was an epidemic, it floated through the air. Well, we done told you, our God\u2019s done warned you, Jesus coming soon. We done told you, our God\u2019s done warned you, Jesus coming soon.\u00a0 The doctors they got troubled and they didn\u2019t know what to do. They gathered themselves together, they called it the Spanishin flu. Well, we done told you, our God\u2019s done warned you, Jesus coming soon. We done told you, our God\u2019s done warned you, Jesus coming soon. Seinna \u00ed sama lagi koma svo l\u00ednur sem einhverjum g\u00e6tu \u00fe\u00f3tt kunnuglegar \u00ed dag: Well, the nobles said to the people, \u201dYou better close your public schools.\u201d \u201dUntil the events of death has ending, you better close your churches too.\u201d We done told you, our God\u2019s done warned you, Jesus coming soon. Fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 sem eru hrifnari af Cowboy Junkies er l\u00edka til f\u00edn \u00fatg\u00e1fa af \u00feessu lagi me\u00f0 \u00feeim \u2013 af pl\u00f6tu \u00fear sem \u00fdmsir samt\u00edmamenn okkar votta Blind Willie vir\u00f0ingu s\u00edna , \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al Tom Waits, Sinead O\u2019Connor og Lucinda Williams. Blind Willie er raunar t\u00ed\u00f0r\u00e6tt um sp\u00e6nsku veikina \u2013 og syngur l\u00edka um hana \u00ed upp\u00e1halds laginu m\u00ednu me\u00f0 honum, God Don\u2019t Never Change (\u201eGod in the time of sickness \/ god and a doctor too \/ in the time of influenza \/ he truly was a god to you\u201c).\u00a0 Besta infl\u00faensulagi\u00f0 er hins vegar sungi\u00f0 af annars \u00f3\u00feekktri s\u00f6ngkonu sem heitir Essie Jenkins. 1919 Influenza Blues. \u00c9g hef veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 grafast eitthva\u00f0 fyrir um hver h\u00fan var og komist litlu n\u00e6rri (\u00e9g hef meira a\u00f0 segja lagt inn fyrirspurn \u00e1 twitter til Ted Gioia, sem er einhver ofsalegasti bl\u00fasfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur samt\u00edmans). Lagi\u00f0 er a\u00f0 hluta til eftir hana sj\u00e1lfa og teki\u00f0 upp 1962 og gefi\u00f0 \u00fat af Arhoolie \u00fatg\u00e1funni \u00e1ri\u00f0 1965. Essie er sj\u00e1lf sennilega f\u00e6dd 1931 og d\u00f3 \u00fe\u00e1 \u00ed \u00e1r \u2013 25. febr\u00faar, r\u00e9tt \u00ed upphafi k\u00f3r\u00f3nafaraldursins. En \u00feetta eru getg\u00e1tur.\u00a0 Lagi\u00f0 er, einsog m\u00f6rg bl\u00fasl\u00f6g, byggt \u00e1 eldra lagi sem heitir Memphis Flu\u00a0fr\u00e1 1930 og er eftir mann sem kallast Elder David Curry. Lag Currys fjallar hins vegar um seinni flensufaraldur sem gekk yfir \u00e1ri\u00f0 1929 \u2013 og er n\u00e1nast samhlj\u00f3ma laginu Influenza sem Ace Johnson s\u00f6ng fyrir \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0inginn John Lomax 1939. \u00deegar Essie sn\u00fdr upp \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 fjallar \u00fea\u00f0 hins vegar um sp\u00e6nsku veikina 1919.\u00a0 It was nineteen hundred and nineteen;\u00a0
\n Men and women were dying,\u00a0
\n With the stuff that the doctor called the flu.\u00a0
\n People were dying everywhere,\u00a0
\n Death was creepin\u2019 all through the air,\u00a0
\n And the groans of the rich sure was sad. \u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 er eitt og anna\u00f0 \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 gerast \u00ed \u00feessum texta. Eitt af \u00fev\u00ed sem skilur harm flensunnar fr\u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0rum harmi og dau\u00f0a \u00e1 \u00feessari gull\u00f6ld harmsins er a\u00f0 flensan gerir ekki mannamun \u2013 einsog Bjarni Ben benti \u00e1 erum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll \u00ed sama b\u00e1tnum (samt ekki, ekki var\u00f0andi a\u00f0rar aflei\u00f0ingar \u2013 og \u00e9g veit ekki hvernig \u00fea\u00f0 var \u00fearna 1919 en k\u00f3r\u00f3naveiran leggst har\u00f0ar og verr \u00e1 f\u00e1t\u00e6kt f\u00f3lk og ja\u00f0ra\u00f0, af \u00fdmsum \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0um). \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0argle\u00f0in leynir s\u00e9r ekki \u00feegar Essie syngur um kvein hinna r\u00edku \u2013 loksins mega helv\u00edtin \u00fej\u00e1st me\u00f0 okkur hinum.\u00a0 Well it was God\u2019s almighty plan,\u00a0
\n He was judging this old land,\u00a0
\n North and south, east and west,\u00a0
\n It can be seen,\u00a0
\n He killed the rich, killed the poor,\u00a0
\n And he\u2019s gonna kill some more,\u00a0
\n If you don\u2019t turn away from the shame. En \u00ed grunninn er au\u00f0vita\u00f0 lei\u00f0inlegt a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 s\u00e9um a\u00f0 drepast svona fyrir t\u00edmann og eina lei\u00f0in til \u00feess a\u00f0 komast hj\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed er a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 sn\u00faum baki vi\u00f0 skammarlegum l\u00edfsh\u00e1ttum okkar. H\u00e9r bergm\u00e1lar l\u00edka or\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0a umhverfisverndarsinna og gr\u00e6nkera fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00ed vor \u2013 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 getum sj\u00e1lfum okkur um kennt a\u00f0 \u00e9ta kj\u00f6t (k\u00f3r\u00f3naveiran kemur \u00far kj\u00f6tvinnslu) og me\u00f0 henni l\u00e9tti \u00feunganum af m\u00f3\u00f0ur j\u00f6r\u00f0 (vi\u00f0 flj\u00fagum minna, keyrum minna o.s.frv.). Allt sl\u00e6mt sem kemur fyrir okkur er \u00ed grunninn aflei\u00f0ing af gj\u00f6r\u00f0um okkar \u2013 vi\u00f0 erum sj\u00e1lf hi\u00f0 vonda \u00ed heiminum.\u00a0 \u00deegar \u00e9g k\u00f3p\u00edpeista\u00f0i textann t\u00f3k \u00e9g eftir a\u00f0 s\u00e1 sem skrifa\u00f0i hann upp haf\u00f0i skrifa\u00f0 \u201eit killed the rich\u201c o.s.frv. frekar en \u201ehe killed the rich\u201c. \u00dea\u00f0 fannst m\u00e9r \u00e1hugaver\u00f0 misheyrn. \u00dev\u00ed hj\u00e1 Essie fer ekkert \u00e1 mili m\u00e1la a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er ekki flensan sem drepur okkur \u2013 \u00fea\u00f0 er Drottinn sem drepur okkur. Flensur don\u2019t kill people, God kill people, einsog segir \u00ed or\u00f0skvi\u00f0unum.\u00a0 Down in Memphis, Tennessee,\u00a0
\n The doctor said it soon would be,\u00a0
\n In a few days influenza would be controlled.
\n Doctor sure man he got had,\u00a0
\n Sent the doctors all home to bed,\u00a0
\n And the nurses all broke out with the same.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 er alveg sama hva\u00f0 l\u00e6knarnir rembast. Lofor\u00f0 um s\u00f3ttvarnir og b\u00f3luefni eru til einskis. Dau\u00f0inn kemur og s\u00e6kir hina feigu. \u00a0 Influenza is the kind of disease,\u00a0
\n Makes you weak down to your knees,\u00a0
\n Carries a fever everybody surely dreads,\u00a0
\n Packs a pain in every bone,\u00a0
\n In a few days, you are gone.\u00a0
\n To that hole in the ground called your grave. Og \u00feannig er \u00fea\u00f0 n\u00fa bara.\u00a0 AUKAEFNI Influenza me\u00f0 Ace Johnson. \u00dea\u00f0 hafa oft komi\u00f0 upp dellur \u00ed bl\u00fasnum \u2013 \u00ed kj\u00f6lfar TB Blues Victory Spivey h\u00e9r a\u00f0 ofan komu \u00f3tal margir berklabl\u00fasar. \u00dea\u00f0 eru n\u00fa nokkur \u00e1r \u00e1 milli \u00feessara lungnab\u00f3lgubl\u00fasa Blind Lemons, Big Bill Broonsy og Lightnin\u2019 Hopkins, en \u00fea\u00f0 hl\u00fdtur samt a\u00f0 mega kalla \u00feetta dellu.\u00a0 Og au\u00f0vita\u00f0 ver\u00f0ur enginn veikur einsog Skip James.\u00a0 Bukka White er ekkert lasinn \u2013 hann \u00fearf bara a\u00f0 f\u00e1 sm\u00e1 \u00e1st.\u00a0 H\u00e9r eru Cowboy Junkies me\u00f0 Blind Willie Johnson lagi\u00f0 sem var h\u00e9r a\u00f0 ofan l\u00edka.\u00a0 Memphis Minnie er b\u00f3kstaflega vi\u00f0 dau\u00f0ans dyr.\u00a0 N\u00fa erum vi\u00f0 kominn til samt\u00edmans. \u00c1g\u00e6tis kassag\u00edtarsbl\u00fas fr\u00e1 Lane Steinberg.\u00a0 \u00deetta er einhvers konar ind\u00ed-bl\u00fas.\u00a0 Jonas Alaska er norskur \u201efolk\u201c t\u00f3nlistarma\u00f0ur. Ma\u00f0ur \u00fearf ekki a\u00f0 horfa mj\u00f6g lengi \u00e1 \u00feetta til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hver hans helsta fyrirmynd er.\u00a0 A\u00f0 lokum er \u00fea\u00f0 au\u00f0vita\u00f0 minn ma\u00f0ur. Ginsberg er veikur og n\u00e6r honum ekki upp \u2013 sennilega er \u00fea\u00f0 sl\u00e6ma karma\u00f0 eftir a\u00f0 hafa ri\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00f6llum s\u00e6tu str\u00e1kunum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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