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Thread #156136 Message #3678895
Posted By: GUEST,LadyDiamond
21-Nov-14 - 07:36 AM
Thread Name: Can Posh People Sing Folk Songs?
Subject: Can Posh People Sing Folk Songs?
Hello
Just wondered what you thought about posh people singing folk songs.
To provide context, I am posh in the sense I went to a boarding school, speak rather nicely and buy a lot of smoked salmon. I also love folk music - political songs and all - and don't put on a fake accent when I sing The Dowie Dens of Yarrow. Therefore, more often than not, I sound like a posh bird singing a folk song.
Am I a pariah leeching from the ordinary man and woman? Do I just sound really out of place? If Ewan McColl was alive today, would he run off screaming? Or am I a person who enjoys life and music and doesn't sweat the small stuff? Would love to know.
Must dash now - off to the golf club.
LD