here is a remark that Nic made about singing songs about napoleon
"What's the point of singing songs about Napoleon Bonaparte?' I never knew him, I didn't know what he was like. I'm from Essex!' So I tried to sing more normally and moved from being a fake traditional singer to a fake rock guitarist."
it is from an article written by colin irwin in the guardian.
my only comment on that is that if you feel like that you should not be singing traditional material.
it is my opinion that he was at his best singing " the juke box as she turned a contemporary song by jeff deichmann" which illustrates to me that the song has to be important to the singer, to be sung well.