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Thread #132798   Message #3006539
Posted By: Slag
13-Oct-10 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: No, really -- what IS NOT folk music?
Subject: RE: No, really -- what IS NOT folk music?
Kind of reminds me of the C&W song quite a few years back, "He Ain't Country". I had to agree with the artist (who's name escapes me at the moment) and I went one step further and added his name to his list.

But isn't that the point? Each person has to determine what is and what isn't. In so doing, we define ourselves. We have bull's eyes and and a whole lot of agreement. Standard stuff. Then we have the next ring and the next. My target may have many features in common with yours and not so many with the next guy. What the last ring may be is quite arbitrary but it won't be a matter of much agreement except perhaps the opinion of the artist.

Just don't be like the guy who shot his arrow at the side of the barn and then painted the bull's eye around the arrow!