I do get your point, I just think its a bad one.

Where do you get this idea that Music Hall is for the white middle classes? a lot of the origins of music hall came from east end pubs in london, where most of the time the format was very similiar to folk clubs, pay a few quid to sit around and sing, dance, tell stories.. before that it was performed in rural communitys as part of the gypsy and travelling fayre, hardly white middle class music. YES, I agree it developed into a leisure persuit, but the performers were still working class.

Anyway.. we're digressing.The point is, all music is art, art is free to interpretation, and interpretation should not be governed by anybody.

Jack Campin said:

"Seems like you care nothing for either what the tunes express or how they came to be. And you expect us to listen to you?"

Again, whats with the 'Us' - who are you speaking for?

You got one thing correct- I dont care about how folk music came to be , HOWEVER I do care what tunes express, and strumming the same shit chords that Cecil Sharp said you should play doesn't express anything to me. When I play along to these tunes, I try to express an aspect of the song/tune with my own individual take on the harmony.

Like I said at the start- LISTEN, JAM, INTEREACT and just PLAY!