so, the thread resurfaces....and I see at least ONE person has read and understood what Art & I are trying to say...

thank you, John Peekstock

BigPinkLad..I usually like & agree with 91.027% of your posts, but in this case you are glossing over the argument and missing the point.

Waly Waly and The Black Velvet Band are different sounds indeed...butthey are not 'totally' different, and they share several other characteristics which set them apart from much modern pop music....(topic, style, history, etc..etc..)

As to your little comments about 'my' definition *grin*....aren't definitions practically useless if everyone applies his own? You can apply any definition of label you care to for your own personal use, but in order to refer to things in a community, there needs to be some agreement and commonality.