The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #103864   Message #2124326
Posted By: GUEST
12-Aug-07 - 04:12 PM
Thread Name: Kate Rusby, 'You belong to me'
Subject: RE: Kate Rusby, 'You belong to me'
What a dreadful song.

Whether she sings a version of 'Seven Drunken Nights', 'High Germany' or 'You belong to Me' - she makes them all sound the same.

Can't stand her poppy pap but then can't stand her interpretations of traddy stuff either.

The accent, whether it is or not, comes across as an affectation. (Rather like Mike Scott's extreme pronunciation of lyrics in later Waterboys stuff.) The fact that it is noticeable and that it makes the (my?) ears ache seems wrong.

'Orrible. Just 'orrible.