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Thread #107646   Message #2233376
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
10-Jan-08 - 05:24 PM
Thread Name: Why should we sing folk music at all?
Subject: RE: BS: Why should we sing folk music at all?
I can certainly think of a few sexist songs - I can also think of several songs which feature strong and resourceful women ('Lovely Joan' or 'The Broomfield Hill' for example). Give me time and I might be able to think of some racist ones (but I'm struggling at the moment).

I don't think that any of the songs in my repertoire fall into those categories - and there are plenty more to learn which avoid those topics.

I suppose that most of my songs are quite old and could be described as 'old-fashioned'. Strangely, they don't feel old to me - not in the way that 70s pop music feels old ...