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Thread #145045 Message #3434076
Posted By: GUEST
10-Nov-12 - 07:16 AM
Thread Name: The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny
Subject: RE: The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny
Nicely done, but it's time to lay it to rest now, or find another way of doing it which doesn't sound so dated. This style of playing was good of its time, but those old folk rock rhythm section cliches and ponderous strumming/ piano really don't sound too good in the 21st century. I completely understand that it was a tribute, a homage, so their brief wasn't to stray too far from the old plot, but they could have done more for Denny's legacy by giving a chance for her songs to be tried in different, less reverential settings. I'd begun to nod off by half way through, and thought that tightening it up for TV by dropping repeats of certain artists would have improved it. Only things I can really remember today were Thea Gilmore's rousing first one, The Quiet Joys trio with Swarb, Sam Carter with Swarb, Maddy's awful dancing and Joan As Policewoman's green frock. PP Arnold & Blair Dunlop seemed to be struggling, and the massed Who Knows Where The Time Goes was turgid. An hour would have been enough. Strangely, the early Fairport with Judy Dyble in the documentary which followed actually sounded less dated to my ears.