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Thread #143527 Message #3314018
Posted By: GUEST,Allan Conn
27-Feb-12 - 09:35 AM
Thread Name: Origins: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Subject: RE: Origins: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
"It is ironic, considering MacColl's history, that the one song for which he is best known is not political at all"
But Lynn he could write commercially viable songs. Just witness the popularity of Dirty Old Town - and he could write completely non-political and beautiful songs as witnessed by the link below of Sweet Thames Flow Softly. One suspects that had he put his mind to it he could have written many such songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgwtl-s0CNI