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Thread #104168 Message #2134072
Posted By: Giant Folk Eyeball (inactive)
26-Aug-07 - 06:11 PM
Thread Name: Songbooks: Review: The Folk Handbook
Subject: RE: Review: The Folk Handbook
QUOTE: well with respect, it wouldn't actually BE INTENDED for homo superiors like yourself - you know all the songs
Actually I don't. As I said before, I'm not part of the folk scene - I just like the music - along with a lot of other non-folk music (most of my record collection has bugger all to do with folk).
Not listening to bland, lowest common denominator corporate rock doesn't make me a 'homo superior' of any kind. It's just that with a limited amount of cash to spend on music and so much good stuff out there, why should I waste my money on the musical equivalent of listening to paint dry, all for some kind of misplaced and deeply patronising populism? None of my friends like traditional music. Most of them, however, have bloody good record collections and don't need dumbing down to. And I doubt we'll ever convince those who might only buy at most a handful of any records a year, so why worry?
Meanwhile, people are 'popularising' folk out there. Check out some of the acts that play at festivals like Green Man, Wickerman, Beautiful Days, etc. They aren't corporate rockers, and they aren't part of the folk scene. But they are reaching a demographic that wouldn't be seen dead in a folk club or a Rolling Stones concert.
Cheers
Nigel