The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110656   Message #2326872
Posted By: GUEST
27-Apr-08 - 11:15 AM
Thread Name: Pop Goes The Folk Singer
Subject: RE: Pop Goes The Folk Singer
I just read it, but what it has to do with anything, I don't know.
I am not confusing your original argument. I think it would go something like this.
Dylan's Bob Dylan's Dream (Lord Franklin) is on the radio, followed by S&G Scarborough Fair and then the Byrds' rendition of Wild Mountain Thyme.
"As I've said, here, in the USA and beyond, we are hearing on the air-waves more-and-more hauntingly melodic folk singing and stuff isnpired by quartet of foreigners in arran-sweaters (even on this, the 4th of July) when, to me, quality traditional twangy American-folk, and blues/jazz tinged pop and showtunes sound at least as good as this English traditional song...and, more importantly, it's OUR OWN.
America is, along with many other lands, Anglicising, and I don't like it - and neither should the British citizens who, themselves, love the world being multicultural. Another sad example is Americans trying to sing without a strong American accent."