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Thread #58772   Message #932059
Posted By: The Pooka
12-Apr-03 - 07:37 PM
Thread Name: folk song politics
Subject: RE: folk song politics
Q - still tryin' to loosen up those cobblestones, eh? :) "Are there any folk songs for or by: The guy who runs a service station? A laundromat? A plumbing service?...[etc.]" Naaah; those boring guys don't Protest, they just Whine and Posture. See, true Folk music is always for *my* Folks. If *your* folks take a different view, well, y'know, then they just ain't the real Folks. :) You gotta keep up on which foot is currently shod. Not to mention whose ox Al gored. / Woops! LOOK out! Peasants with Pitchforks, comin' over the hill!!

Clint Keller - "...But a folk song has to be singable primarily." Hey! What you got against early Dylan? :)