"I've always found folk music "fun" (and a great deal more) to be involved in - if I wanted to socilaise, I'd go down to The Old Sergeant or The Eagle, where my wanting to socialise didn't nause up anybody elses enjoyment or concentration - the same with Shakespeare, or watching films, which I also find "fun""
as usual an interesting comment, there is an assumption that wanting to socialise is going to mess up someone elses enjoyment, we obviously have different viewpoints on socialisation, for me it was going to the les cousins folk club listening to good folk music even if some of it was american, and maybe quietly chatting up an attractive young woman in between the music no ones enjoyment was spoiled.