"So how do you feel about Townes dick? He sang it after writing it and he had no idea what it was about!"--Spaw

    I don't think about Townes very much, obe way or t'other. IMy lack of comprehension hasn't changed.
   


"Geeziz, Dick, that means you couldn't sing a ton of trad songs, dunninit?"--Big Mick

       No. With a very few exceptions, traditional songs are straightforward and to the point.


"Of course you'd need to have an idea of what any song you sing is about, Dick.

"But, with some songs anyway, that needn't necessarily be the same idea as a listener has, or as whoever you learnt the song from, or as whoever made it up in the first place or those who changed it along the way..." --McGrath of Harlow

      True. But a song that seems to tell a story should, IMO, tell a story; not vaguely suggest one. I"m not attacking TvanZ; I just don't understand what he's doing.