The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116310 Message #2497424
Posted By: Phil Edwards
19-Nov-08 - 03:37 AM
Thread Name: How traditional should it be?
Subject: RE: How traditional should it be?
If what you're asking is whether we agree with the 'not trad enough' criticism, then:
i) Apart from our strictly trad. stuff, we do a song which consist of original words to a trad. tune.
ii) We do another trad. song that we sing to a tune that normally belongs to another song, and
iii) We sing some trad. lyrics to a tune of our own composition.
ii and iii were good enough for Nic Jones, to name but one, so I wouldn't worry about those for a second. Original lyrics to a trad tune essentially makes a new song, so I guess you might want to drop that one the next time you're trying to impress an ultra-traditionalist. But I find it hard to imagine many FCs objecting - the ones I know certainly don't suffer from excessive traditionalism.