The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128206   Message #2869485
Posted By: GUEST,JM
22-Mar-10 - 04:19 PM
Thread Name: What is the future of folk music?
Subject: RE: What is the future of folk music?
Jim - the point was that it was the brothers take on it. There was a whole load of backstory to the plot added in by Bubbz's contribution. And I sing exactly the same verses as A.L. Lloyd did - you just didn't notice because you were running away with your hands clamped over your ears before it'd even started.

I take issue with the "assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm" bit, as if people like me do these things just to annoy people like you. As Jon Boden memorably wrote -

"Do you think we just toss out albums in between spraying graffiti on the walls of Cecil Sharp House and urinating on the grave of Sam Larner?"

I do everything with a genuine love of traditional music, and with a great amount of care and research. I am aware of the history and the context I'm singing in, and I am careful to put the song first in whatever I do. If you want to use me as an example of thoughtless plundering of the tradition for personal gain you've picked on the wrong person. I don't want your approval. I just want to get on with what I'm doing without people like you and Dick telling me I'm not allowed to.