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Thread #140857 Message #3251681
Posted By: Lizzie Cornish 1
06-Nov-11 - 07:05 PM
Thread Name: What is Folk Music? This is...
Subject: RE: What is Folk Music? This is...
Nooooooooo! Don't make me sit through that song again, in fact the mere mention of it has made me shiver from head to foot!
Once, I went to a folk gig and saw people knitting!! They were knitting whilst the artist was singing. I tried to figure out if they were related to those who sat beside the Guillotine and maybe they were knitting in various artists names to a Secret List to be sent to Folk Police Headquarters.
I *also* saw others putting ear plugs in, to their ears, I hasten to add, not to their knitting, and they did this right in front of the band...
How rooooooood is that???
I was told folkies do that kind of thing sometimes, but I was a bit flabbergasted myself, in fact my flabber hadn't been so gasted for a *very* long time!
Now of course, if I'd got to the 15th verse of Famous Flowers of Serving Wenches I'd probably get my Johnny Depp Appreciation Booklet out of my backpack, but...at least I'd do it surreptisiou.....can't spell that..at least I'd do it discreetly, so as not to upset anyone..although the sounds of "Oohs!" and "Ahhhs" may let me down just a fraction, but hey, it *is* Johnny Depp, come ON, folks!