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Thread #4914 Message #28404
Posted By: Allan C.
15-May-98 - 09:36 AM
Thread Name: The demise of Folk Music, Part II
Subject: RE: The demise of Folk Music, Part II
I am happy, (I think,) to say that there have been some ocassions upon which my audience complained because the songs I had chosen to sing were too obscure for them to sing along with. Now, I must insert here that most of the songs I do are songs which most of you folks would recognize. But it was kinda nice, in an odd way, to find that those people were disappointed. Of course, upon learning this, I tailored my choices to songs I felt they would know - mostly the ones that "made the charts". Then the singing really started. The down side, I suppose, is that hardly ever am I asked to "teach" someone a folksong. They don't seem to mind asking to hear a particular folksong over and over again as if to learn it; but only as long as I do all of the singing. I used to think that maybe it was just me. It is sadly reassuring to find similar experiences here at MC.