The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166789   Message #4015380
Posted By: punkfolkrocker
25-Oct-19 - 02:16 PM
Thread Name: The current state of folk music in UK
Subject: RE: The current state of folk music in UK
It's good to clear the air and sort out misunderstandings...

You misjudge me whilst believing I misjudge you..
So why and how do we misjudge each other so much when we are on the same side..

You accuse me of slights against you that were never in my mind,
Or you find them in posts I wrote where I was never even thinking about you...

I honestly see this as you mostly taking things I say, in good humour,
far too literally, and way out of context...

Neither of us are class traitors, but I only used that phrase
in hope you'd realise that things you said about me first,
could be taken as implying such about me...

Read back..

And in effect you are lining up with others, mainly middle class snobs,
in your apparent disdain for real life working class culture as it is living and breathing in 2019.
Millions of hard working ordinary folks love a night down the social club
with pop covers bands, kareoke, and grab a granny discos...

I seriously am not annoyed, or have any hard feelings.
I agree with you on most fundemental things,
and actually like you a lot..

It's frustrating there are unneccessary misunderstandings...

Btw.. this inverted snobbery thing.. not me...

Education has in some ways improved my life,
in others made it worse by distancing me from family and council estate community.
But I have always supported and admired the working class self education movement...

Whether that be in libraries, working men's clubs, folk clubs, or allotments, or evening classes, etc...
The rich tapestry of workers [and unemployed] history and culture...

Isn't that why are we both here concerned with the curent state of folk music...