Conan Writes Chicago Blues Songs With School Kids - CONAN on TBS

Chicago is a city famous for its

blues

, unfortunately many young people are not familiar with

blues

as an art form. I wanted to introduce you to this great genre of music, so I sat down with a group of first grade students at Francis Xavier. Ward Elementary School here in Chicago and we learned a lot together, check it out, this is what we're going to do, we're going to play the blues today and you guys are going to help me write some Chicago blues

songs

, does that sound? funny yeah this is what we do to write blues you write about something that makes you unhappy and singing about something that makes you unhappy makes you feel better or it makes you feel a lot worse yeah so what I want you to do is think on something that bothers you in your everyday life summer what makes you in a bad mood when I think about how my sister took my teddy bear when I was probably three years old your sister took your teddy bear when you were three years old well, my sister and me We were playing but then he took it, so he took your teddy bear, how long did he keep it?

Well actually, she kind of dropped it off the bed, but I cashed it in, wait a minute, your story is changing, you left your sister, she stole your teddy bear, that's it. By the way, a great blue song. Your sister didn't really take your teddy bear, she just pushed it off the bed and you caught it. I'm going to be honest with you, summer, this isn't the most terrible story. I have ever listened and I have heard some bad things what is that is what you live do you have something in your life that irritates you sometimes like a brother who bothers you or a type of food that you don't like um Adam mamy edamame wow not even we had Adam mommy when I was a girl that is a food that children don't like that was invented mom and sister love Edam mommy so this is the great tragedy of your life my sister and my mother eat at A Mame and me we don't like it as much as they do, that's a blue song, in fact it was recorded in 1948 by a little known label that definitely went funk.

All the

songs

are about Edam Mame. People at my table make fun of me because I can't eat chocolate, you can't eat chocolate, my mom doesn't bring chocolate with me on days since I have cold lunch on Wednesdays, is there any day you can eat chocolate? Friday, that's dessert day. in

school

, so yeah, one of the best things about the blues, one of the best themes is the man who keeps you down and this is the man who keeps you down and my sisters are weird and your sisters are weird, she always He said absolutely no chocolate at

school

.

I open my lunchbox I feel great no chocolate Monday no chocolate Tuesday no chocolate Wednesday chocolate On hold but I can allow chocolate Friday is the only exception to the rule go johy hey you know what the blues is a bit Yeah, what do you know about the blues? um, wait, no, it doesn't matter what just happened there, what just happened to you, you just work in the middle of the conversation and then you lean back and almost break in half. That happens to you sometimes you're talking to someone and suddenly your lower back just gives out not because you're young seven is young to have bad backs what what bothers you when you go to school um on the playground we go and try to play but we just end up talking about what we want to do and then school is over, leave so you don't even get a chance to play because you spend more oh I think you're okay, your brother is upset, what's your? my brother's name Joshua Joshua, what does he do that bothers you?

One time he threw a ball at my neck, he threw a ball at your neck, yes, it hurt, yes, what did you do? I fell to the ground waiting until it was over, that is. my defensive strategy too, that's what I always do when they attack me. I drop to the ground and wait for him to finish. What else? Many times someone dunks and the ball lands right on my head. I'm noticing that a lot. Some of your fears involve a ball hitting your head or neck. People always throw balls at you. Sometimes it was a fence.

I think if a kid right now in China threw a ball, it would somehow land on your head, right? I don't want to go to China because you don't want to go to China. I'm afraid I'll say a word that means something bad and in English and then they'll hit me. Wow, that's a very original fear. Congratulations. My name. Athel and I are the saddest guy ever because everywhere I go in this cruel world I always get hit on the head with a ball, come on Nael, come on, come on, yeah that's it Nathaniel, you're a cool guy, are you?

Isn't that right, Leo? You have brothers and sisters? Yes, are they nice to you? Yes, sometimes they are not so nice to you? Yes, this police interview will be over shortly. We just have to ask you a few more questions. Sometimes he throws things at me, what does he do? He throws balls and soccer balls at you. There's this guy he was talking to and everyone always throws a ball at him. I think he's in my class. Is it Nathaniel? Nathaniel, wherever I go, I swear, I think if, if, uh, the space shuttle dropped the ball. in space and fell to Earth, it would hit Athel in the head, it would hurt for a second, but then it would get better, like if you were hit by a softball, yeah, I don't understand softball, it's softball, ​​but the ball is not soft at all and if it hits you, this is a Seinfeld routine, this is incredible, it was great, it was observational comedy.

Tomorrow I'll take you to a comedy club. You should spend 10 minutes on this. It is fun. Well, what's up with these softballs? They say they are soft, but when they hit them they really hurt. What's up with that solo? My sister and my mom sister and a mommy justy and a mommy just and a mommy sister and my sister M, please, welcome. newest members of our band The Children of Chicago's Francis Xavier Ward School, come on guys, okay everyone, we'll take a