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Thread #94371   Message #1830572
Posted By: GUEST
09-Sep-06 - 07:19 AM
Thread Name: what do you think of morris offspring???
Subject: RE: what do you think of morris offspring???
I love folk music dearly, but this is one of the reasons I've got exasperated with the folk 'scene'. Do you not think it's possible for Morris Offspring and Dog Rose and Hexham and everone else to all be dancing? All these people doing their own thing, taking aspects of the tradition, maybe making them something else, maybe not. There can be hundreds of things around that you don't like; it doesn't mean you therefore have to condemn them. There are lots of folk acts (mostly big names) that I'm really not a fan of, but lots of people get a hell of a lot of enjoyment out it, and good for them. Fundamentally, it's all about people enjoying music and letting it enrich their lives. And if someone's life is enriched by watching Morris Offspring, or Hammersmith, or the Watersons, or Show of Hands, or Britney flipping Spears - then great! Good for them. There is a lot of music out there I don't like; I choose to avoid it, let those who like it enjoy it, and focus on the music that makes my heart sing.