The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119547   Message #2603948
Posted By: DMcG
03-Apr-09 - 11:12 AM
Thread Name: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
Subject: RE: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
I hesitate to intrude when you seem to be enjoying yourselves so much, but there is something in what Shimrod says without assuming he "dwells on the negative". For decades, in every field, especially work and technology, there has been the implicit assumption that new=improved. It is hard to keep detached from that, as every advertisement bellows it constantly. But the truth is, paraphrasing Bob Copper in "Early to Rise", you shouldn't adopt the new without at least considering what you are losing from the old. For lots of things, we are carried along by the change whether we like it or not, but that does not diminish the past.

As it happens, I'm quite happy listening to Bellowhead et al, and can see something of value in it. But I can also - admittedly after applying some patience to the mix - see something of value in this. (Wait for the singing!)