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Thread #103713   Message #2121228
Posted By: Betsy
07-Aug-07 - 07:31 PM
Thread Name: Is Eliza Carthy really that good?
Subject: RE: Is Eliza Carthy really that good?
Some of us (sorry to mix musical metaphors) are out of time. I remember my Dad castigating my enjoying the Beatles as a kid - they won't last 5 Minutes he used to say. This young lady will find her own level,no need to say anything to negative ,performing arts is a difficult enough medium. If the future folk clubs are full of young 'uns watching Eliza and her peers and us auld bastards are moaning that clubs are not what they used to be - tough. Her Mam and Dad are nice people and I'm sure she will follow suit.
There is a drift going through some of the negative comments in this thread, that her some of her exposure "is not fair". Being a bit older now, I can tell you as I told my kids through their teenages-life isn't fair, so get used to it.The fact of the matter is some will get a leg up and the rest of us will need to work bloody hard at it.
I just hope she doesn't get hiked to the higher echelons without doing a fair turn around the small clubs , but we could say THAT about lots of up and coming talent.