The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110082 Message #2307259
Posted By: Slag
05-Apr-08 - 06:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: What is a Western Movie?
Subject: RE: BS: What is a Western Movie?
Folk music NOT??? Hey, Westerns have had their ups and downs. At one point H.wood wasn't doing them at all. The "Western" is dead, they all said. Then Mr. "Rowdy Yates" himself (Clint Eastwood) made "The Unforgiven" and---There were Westerns once again!
We will never leave or lose Folk Music as it is a part of us also. If nothing else it is a history of people's struggle against tyranny and oppression and a hundred other injustices. It is also about the land and love of family and country. A voice for unity and many other things.
There are many people who have to be told what is good and what is "IN" and what is bad and what is "OUT" because they simply do not have a clue. Pity them. Those in the know understand and recognize the intrinsic worth of folk music.