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Thread #119547   Message #2611057
Posted By: GUEST,glueman
14-Apr-09 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
Subject: RE: 1954 and All That - defining folk music
Were they Pip Radish's questions? My first instinct was to answer them, my second was I hadn't got a clue what he was talking about.

What I'm asking for is a suggestion as to what is the minimum amount of change to be considered folk music according to '54. Is it two person transfer, sixty people, one verse change, 5 lines? The reason I ask is I've repeatedly come across a theoretical acceptance of recent music even from 1954 hard-liners but have yet to see an example which is acceptable to them. It's like a mirage, the nearer you get to it the more illusive it becomes.

I'm tempted to believe folk is like a game, with the tradition being Mornington Crescent.