The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110573 Message #2323365
Posted By: Ruth Archer
23-Apr-08 - 03:49 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Lloyd's 'Do Me Ama'
Subject: RE: Origins: Lloyd's 'Do Me Ama'
Shirley wasn't being spiteful - she was describing the rather shrewish critique of her music that came from either MacColl or Lloyd (I remember a phrase along the lines of "the bucolic cow of the folk world"). One got the impression that they were trying to cut a silly little girl down to size. She regards them as two people who had completely invented themselves and their music (hence "charlatans"), and then were acting as arbiters over people like her, whose music, arguably, had a more organic source. In context, her dismissive expletive seemed entirely appropriate - and judging by the laughter and applause it was greeted with, the audience concurred.