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Thread #95050 Message #1846877
Posted By: Jeri
30-Sep-06 - 11:35 AM
Thread Name: Ewan MacColl - coward or traitor?
Subject: RE: Ewan MacColl - coward or traitor?
And the American comes in to translate... sad day, innit?
Jim was hoping 'everybody' would discuss Ewan MacColl's singing.
Weelittledrummer said he though he had been.
Jim non-sequituristically clarified what he meant by 'socialism'.
Wee, I thought Jim was talking about posters in general, not you. I thought you'd been talking about the man and singer. The politics are woven through his life, but to focus on one rumor (which some others are doing) is just petty and stupid in light of the contributions MacColl made. And no, I never met him, never saw a gig, and I don't think he's perfect. Finishing a gig in the midst of an angina attack sounds very heroic, but in my view, it's just macho recklessness. Nevertheless, it fits with the larger than life opinion some have of him.