The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #98943   Message #1965736
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
13-Feb-07 - 04:56 AM
Thread Name: Folk Music should be fun
Subject: RE: Folk Music should be fun
Fun? Fun? Like I say when I want to quieten things down to start our club off, "C'mon, your not here to enjoy yourselves, this is Folk music!"

I do agree that 'fun' is a very odd thing to define. I well remember being halfway across Kinder Plateau in a driving hail storm sunk up to my knees in peat and saying to my mate "Let me know when we are having fun". Strange thing is - it was fun! Fun is not necessarily laughing and joking, although the two often do go together. It can be derived from a sense of satisfaction or from an intensely moving experience. Fun should not be just seen as 'funny'.

I must say though that whenever the opening chords of "Suzanne" ring out I head for the bar...

:D