Nobody here is asking anybody to like anything. That's your choice.

I dislike lots of things. That's my right.

But why does anyone feel the need to actively start a thread slagging something off on the basis of two minutes listening?

I understand that Seth has two big things going against him.

(1) is Lizzie's constant gushing about him. This does nobody any favours. Lizzie if you don't understand that you're damaging all the acts you keep on about, then this may not persuade you. But you are. So if you care please stop.

(2) is the whole folk awards contoversy. This has not helped Seth. Lots of people say it has nothing to do with him personally, but I think this is very naive. Even if one accepts that the error has nothing to do with Seth, as some people claim, the controversy has been damaging. And there's been a huge amount of innuendo that Seth gave a trad attribution in order to win the award, which to me makes no sense, but the charge is out there.

Countess (Diane), you asked why you spend so much time refuting Lizzie. Great Question, you should work out the answer and then stop doing it.

As has been pointed out a lot of the replies (including my own) have been vaguely positive, but the basic premise of the thread has been negative. So what was the point of setting it up in the first place. Andy is congratulated for setting it up to "stir things up", so what does that achieve?

Scrump, Shimrod's definition of "bollocks" appears to be anything he disagrees with. If s/he is going to use the word with such monotonous regularity, it would be worth while learning how to spell it.

As for Aran jumpers, it seems that Seth wears jeans and a tee-shirt. How does this differentiate him from most of the folkies I've ever met?

And all the dyslexia and class stuff is a total red herring.