This is quite a thread. It's interesting to me that when Joan Baez and the Indigo Girls sing "Don't Think Twice" I don't mind it so much. I haven't heard or sung "jMichael" in years, so I don't greet it with the same level of horror. My current work schedule (11 hour days in the kitchen) does make it difficult for me to sing with other folks, so I guess I'm not so picky about repeats. I'd sing almost anything with almost anyone in order to be able to harmonize (I sing a Lot in the Kitchen but it isn't the same without harmony.) I'm also really curious about finding ways to work up old familliar tunes. For example, some of us have found that "Swing Low" and "Ezekiel" fit together nicely, as do "I saw Three Ships" and "Bring a Torch"

There is a lot of material I'd hate to throw out with the RUS (was that Rats of Unusual Size??) I'm particularly fond of "Oh Had I a Golden Thread" "Sally Gardens" "Willie O Winesbury" "Chat With Your Mother" "Lads O' The Fair" and "In Your Daughters and Your Sons."

I DO have a hard time with singer/songwriters hitting me over the head with their oh-so-clever images, in=depth navel examination (I didn't know navels were that LARGE) and/or ultra political correctness without humor, poetry, or intelligence. It's always made me very nervous about singing anything I've written.