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Thread #134079 Message #3047316
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
06-Dec-10 - 06:53 AM
Thread Name: Getting started with singing ballads?
Subject: RE: Getting started with singing ballads?
the folk police
Better the folk police than the folk mafia. The folk police are doing a good job, keeping the streets safe for ordinary decent folk to go about their business without being told that the singers on VOTP are degenerate, unmusical, unworthy, raw and out of tune. The only crime with VOTP is that the singers have become secondary to the songs; at least over at Max Hunter you might cross reference - and it won't cost you a penny. Still, we Folk Constables listen to this stuff for pleasure rather than plunder (unlike the Folk Mobsters who are only bothered about lining their precious repertoirs) - we're ordinary coppers who value the vernacular and might encourage others to do likewise.