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Rodney Rawlings Lyr Req: California Dreamin' (Mamas & Papas) (62* d) RE: lyrics-California Dreamin' (Mamas & Papas) 02 May 97


When I first came upon this site, it was not clear to me that it was a folk site. If it had been, I would have moved on, as I do not like that many folk records and do not sympathize with what may be called the "folk world-view." The word "Mudcat" meant nothing to me. I agree that despite borderline cases, there are distinctions that make it possible for a site to be "folk." However:

1. There are borderline cases like this one. 2. If there are thousands of sites that give the lyrics to this song, why not use Mudcat? It is one those thousands, isn't it? 3. Someone may not know what category a song falls into.

My suggestion, which I posted earlier, is to make it clearer at the top of the DISCUSSION page (not the top-level page) that the forum deals with folk music, but also to be not too strict about it. Above all, I think the "purist" viewpoint would be inappropriate here for the above reasons.


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