The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #38411   Message #540890
Posted By: Wyrd Sister
03-Sep-01 - 02:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Folk Politics
Subject: RE: BS: Folk Politics
Good points all, guest. 'Miners' was not chosen to offend as far as I'm aware, it was a group session/lunchbreak type of thing, but during that song I realised how songs with a historical political content can become both topical and powerful, and some of the reasons why the strength of 'folk' in its widest sense survived the 20th century.