in my opinion as a singer he was at his best when singing contemporary songs such as the jukebox as she turned,
i find Nics comments interesting about being a fake traditional singer[a comment that makes no sense whatever, one only has to have some acting ability to bring these trad songs alive Ewan MacColl was a great example, born in Salford,which proved no impediment to his song interpretation]
its hardly surprising that Nic sings songs" like the jukebox as she turned" better than songs about napoleon if he was questioning the reason for singing songs about napoloeon
to sing a song well
1. you have to like it.
2.you have to believe in it
3, you must have no doubts as to why you are singing it