Traditional music and folk song in general is to be listened to as by and large it tells a story encompassing many different areas of life and facets

Songs can and do have a place in the historical progression of life and interested ppl can and do go on to find a lifetime interest in history and social happening spurred on by folk songs, traditional and otherwise such as Industrial songs of the last 150 years

Pop songs by and large (with inevitable exceptions) tend to be more relient on accompaniments and pa's with repetitive passages and catchy tunes relegating story telling to a minimum ~ in my view

Ray