Andy c: The best way to get away with doing pop or contemporary songs in a folk club seems to be to not tell the audience what it is before you play it. I remember hearing someone in a very 'trad' club do an Arctic Monkeys song that was actually in the charts at the time, but as the performer kept the song's origins quiet the audience happily applauded the song just on its merits.

I've got away with this several times. I've done a couple of Pink Floyd songs, an Arcade Fire song and two Indelicates songs at singarounds recently without pre-announcing their provenence. Invariably they've gone down well.

A few people have recognised Pink Floyd's "Grantchester Meadows" when I've launched into it, but most seem to think it's a trad song or at least a song written by a 60s "folkie".

Funny how "shit like this" (to quote JC's blanket view of all "pop, country or heavy metal") seems to be quite acceptable among even dyed-in-the-wool traddies *until* you tell them the provenence!