Hackneyed Folk Songs

Subject: RE: Hackneyed Folk Songs
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Feb 19 - 05:29 AM

But try & sing ANY other version of the Wild Rover in ANY company & see how far you get before being told 'you've got it wrong'

Subject: RE: Hackneyed Folk Songs
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 02 Mar 19 - 03:16 AM

"But try & sing ANY other version of the Wild Rover in ANY company & see how far you get before being told 'you've got it wrong'"
Depends on where you sing it
I sing it as regularly as I am able
As guest pointed out - "depends very much on where you are."
Maybe it's your audiences that are "hackneyed "
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: Hackneyed Folk Songs
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 02 Mar 19 - 12:54 PM

Lou Killen always said his biggest regret was teaching "Wild Rover" to the Clancy Brothers. They're the ones who added the claps in their performance.

Definitely not traditional. But it's close to impossible today to sing the song without someone adding the claps. The audience expects it.

The song is also wildly overdone. I cringe and try to pretend I'm not hearing it.

"Wild Mountain Thyme" has also been done to death.

It very much depends on where you are as to which songs are sung to the point of tedium and which (overdone in other circles) are still relatively fresh and enjoyable.

Linn