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01 Jun 09 - 03:00 PM (#2645766) Subject: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge The Folk Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Richard Bridge, who, while proceeding in a variable direction in Markbeech, Kent, England, is alleged to have sung a Bob Dylan Song and a Who song; also using the riff from "Route 66" as a sound-check - AT A FOLK ALE - as well as having used rhythms so as to cause the spontaneous outbreak of dancing on "Famous Flower of Serving Men", and "Ramble Away"; and "rocking" (whatever that is) "Gentlemen of High Renown". Further charges include speaking favourably of an Eric Kaz (contemporary American) song, failing properly to attribute "Coalhouse Door" and barracking well known comedy singers. Allegations that he spoke of "Watercress-Oh" (Roger Watson) as a folk song were dismissed. |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:06 PM (#2645772) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Shimrod Lock him up and throw away the key! |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:07 PM (#2645773) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Folknacious Sorry, you can't get arrested. |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:15 PM (#2645775) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam Have you seen this man? Richard Bridge gushed and admitted to gushing on the Blatant Publicity for Pig's Ear thread. You heard it here. Go read it if you don't believe. Maybe this is a clone Bridge. Maybe the real Bridge was abducted by aliens. |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:18 PM (#2645778) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: olddude lol is there a reward for his capture ? LOL |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:18 PM (#2645779) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Will Fly I thought the original Bridge had been dismantled and re-assembled in Arizona as a tourist attraction. |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:21 PM (#2645780) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,synbyn Are z-cars looking for him? or just the lynch mob....? |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:36 PM (#2645787) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Wesley S Richard - All of this could be cleared up if you could just let everyone know - "What is a folk song"? |
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01 Jun 09 - 03:50 PM (#2645796) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam Ha ha ha! Wesley fell into the trap. Oh? This thread is not just another "1954 definition of folk" thread, cleverly disguised is it? RB- say it isn't so. Say you are introducing Outlaw folk. In the way Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and others made Outlaw country. |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:04 PM (#2645811) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: open mike info on the arizona bridge http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/havasu.htm |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:15 PM (#2645826) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Les in Chorlton This could be a re-run of a trick used in a John Le Carre novel in which a spy appears to go public. Lots of others then pop out of the woodwork thinking it's safe. So those above who have come out for Richard should watch out. The Folk Police will be feeling collars and checking song lists. L in C |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:17 PM (#2645829) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Rifleman (inactive) a John Le Carre novel is far more interesting |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:19 PM (#2645832) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Ewww... and there was be about to come out about being an Englishwoman singing The Great Silkie out in public! Of course it's never actually really happened, so I've got nothing to feel anxious about... |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:23 PM (#2645836) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge A spokesperson for the Folk Police said tonight "We also heard he was considering playing songs brought to public attention or written by the Rolling Stones, Bad Company, the Spencer Davis Group, and Jefferson Airplane, in which case we would have pressed for the maximum penalties. The public need to be protected against enjoying themselves. It inevitably leads to hard drugs and the breakdown of society." |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:23 PM (#2645837) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Leadfingers Perhaps I ought to stop doing my English Country Blues Band stuff then !! |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:26 PM (#2645839) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Linda Kelly hanging's too good for him... |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:31 PM (#2645843) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Les in Chorlton Don't fall for it he is an agent provocateur. You will all be rounded up and made to sing Pleasant and Delightful, without ale until you drop L in C |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:43 PM (#2645847) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Leadfingers As long as I can sing the 'Wrong' last lines all the way through - - |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:43 PM (#2645848) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge With gestures |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:44 PM (#2645849) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: olddude Ahmmm I also heard he was doing Elvis impersonations!! don't tell anyone .. or the FBI will be there quick |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:49 PM (#2645853) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge Well, bless my soul, what's wrong with me? |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:49 PM (#2645854) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Splott Man Richard... get yourself a good lawyer... |
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01 Jun 09 - 04:54 PM (#2645859) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Neil D And remember anyone who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client. |
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01 Jun 09 - 05:01 PM (#2645864) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Mick Woods I witnessed the accused singing "Who Am I", a Country Joe McDonald (USA) song in the Kentish Horse on the evening of Saturday 30th May 2009 and the following day enthusing about how good a certain "Rock" band, playing in the festival Marquee were! |
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01 Jun 09 - 05:22 PM (#2645881) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Rafflesbear I thought the folk police were only interested in singers going too fast |
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01 Jun 09 - 05:38 PM (#2645889) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Hey, Richard...wanna become the folk version of Bonnie and Clyde? ;0) The Two Most Wanted by the Folk Police But, I've heard tell it's Kate Rusby's mum they're looking for I've also heard she's probably gone into hiding... You sang....a...WHO...song? Richard, I am sooooo impressed! :0) |
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01 Jun 09 - 05:43 PM (#2645891) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail AHA! It's obvious now you know. Bridge > Suspender. This man is really Shane McPorridge aka Sinister Sporran in disguise. The public are advised not to approach; he is armed and dangerous. |
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01 Jun 09 - 05:58 PM (#2645899) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: olddude Did you see his movie A Bridge too far, or his new book the a-bridged version of Folk |
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01 Jun 09 - 06:09 PM (#2645903) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: bseed(charleskratz) I'd comment on this, but it might come out that I recently sang "Dead Flowers" at an old time jam, and I'd be finished if that ever became public knowledge. Charles |
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01 Jun 09 - 06:12 PM (#2645906) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Tootler 'Tis a far better thing .... |
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01 Jun 09 - 06:24 PM (#2645916) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Folknacious Checks diary. It's OK, it's still 1953. It's not all over now. |
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01 Jun 09 - 07:32 PM (#2645965) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: bobad ♪♫ I fought the law and the law won.....♪♫ |
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01 Jun 09 - 08:24 PM (#2645989) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Tug the Cox " wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbours" ? Or " people try to put me down, At the Pig's ear singaround" |
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01 Jun 09 - 08:35 PM (#2645995) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Leadfingers As long as they dont find out that I was singing Spider John Koerner AND Tom Lehrer the other night |
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02 Jun 09 - 02:12 AM (#2646176) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Lock and Key I don't really see how the folk police could even know that those songs he sang in his car were not American folk songs. Some police you have there. |
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02 Jun 09 - 02:43 AM (#2646184) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam A NOT very folk rendering of Muddy Water by Mr. Bridge? This was in March 2009. So the problem has been going on for a few months now. |
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02 Jun 09 - 03:56 AM (#2646216) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST Is that a false beard? There might be a clean-chinned version running around somewhere... |
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02 Jun 09 - 03:56 AM (#2646217) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Will Fly near Brighton beach Last post was me... |
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02 Jun 09 - 04:12 AM (#2646223) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge That's the OTHER country song I do. Joe Babcock wrote it. There is a short version recorded by the Grateful Dead as well as many others eg Elvis the Pelvis... It is not a false beard, and it is not a wig. |
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02 Jun 09 - 04:15 AM (#2646226) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST Did I mention "wig"? Perish the thought. |
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02 Jun 09 - 04:17 AM (#2646227) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Will Fly, near Brighton beach Still near the beach. Don't know if I can stand much more of this sunshine, sand, shimmering sunlight, warm breezes, etc. with the prospect of being mugged by a folk singer on the "Wanted" list. |
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02 Jun 09 - 04:47 AM (#2646237) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England If you ask me this warrant has not come too early! I was there at the 'offending' performance and can confirm that some high grade heckling was going on. My pacemaker had its work cut out I can tell you. I had to go outside at the end of the performance and top up my vitamin D levels in the sun :o) John Barden |
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02 Jun 09 - 05:10 AM (#2646247) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Bryn Pugh Will he be forgiven if he pays the money back and sings "Bridge over Troubled Waters" ? |
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02 Jun 09 - 05:36 AM (#2646257) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Captain Jack Sparrow If Richard sings a Show of Hands song, the Folk Rozzers will detain him, although avasting the fRoots galleon the other day, I heard their singing Galway Farmer, probably from the Bert Loyd transcript. Funny ol' world, innit? |
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02 Jun 09 - 07:40 AM (#2646317) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Jack Blandiver And I always thought Richard was the Folk Police Commissionaire... |
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02 Jun 09 - 07:57 AM (#2646331) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,T D L We think that should read Folk Police Commissar! We witnessed many of these crimes against the 1954 definition, they include willfully tuning a twelve string with due care and attention, smiling during his performance, and ending his open mic spot with "Substitute", though he tried hard to disguise it. |
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02 Jun 09 - 08:38 AM (#2646373) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse A certain folkie fellow from Kent Once to a rock concert he went This chap (Richard Bridge) Played "Ride On" on a didge! But his Martin started many a lament. Is there a Bounty on his head - or does the coconut get stuck under his plate? |
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02 Jun 09 - 08:57 AM (#2646388) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: naughtyforty There is photograpic evidence of Mr Bridge smiling here:- Smiling Mr Bridge |
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02 Jun 09 - 09:00 AM (#2646390) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge And sticking to the slot length, and doing the core of Famous Flower in 4 minutes 30 seconds... There is a rumour that next year I plan to get Patrick Spens down to under 5 minutes... (and do that Jefferson Airplane song, and maybe one by Love as well) |
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02 Jun 09 - 09:11 AM (#2646397) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail naughtyforty There is photograpic evidence of Mr Bridge smiling here:- Smiling Mr Bridge MY GOD! The man has a Pewter Tankard! We should have been warned. |
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02 Jun 09 - 09:48 AM (#2646426) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: melodeonboy He's not smiling. He's just incredibly pissed! |
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02 Jun 09 - 09:55 AM (#2646430) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: melodeonboy By the way, am I right to assume that all previous comments on this thread are based on the 1954 definition of Mr. Bridge? |
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02 Jun 09 - 11:25 AM (#2646523) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge Ah - naughty40, to be fair to me the photographer had me pulling different faces for 5 minutes while he got the shot he wanted. He wanted me simultaneously (a) looking at the camera (b) looking as if I were about to drink my pint (which at that time was in fact orange squash) (c) pursing my lips as if about to pull at my pint and (d) smiling. You try doing all those at once - and looking natural after 5 minutes of it. I look forward with interest, however, to reading the 1954 definition of me since I am September 1948 model (well, that was when I rolled off the production line, so maybe manufacture (or womanufacture) started just in 1947). 1954 was the year we came back from Australia (through Suez, not round the horn). |
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02 Jun 09 - 12:41 PM (#2646599) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail From another thread - Richard Bridge Oh, and in case any other dimshits have not got it the point of my "arrest warrant" thread is to demonstrate that knowing the difference between folk music and other types does not prevent enjoyment of the other types, nor does it inhibit the folk process. I was beginning to wonder. Has anyone ever made such claims? Sounds just as daft as Lizzie's rantings about peasants and professors. |
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02 Jun 09 - 12:48 PM (#2646607) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Jack Blandiver Oh, and in case any other dimshits have not got it the point of my "arrest warrant" thread is to demonstrate that knowing the difference between folk music and other types does not prevent enjoyment of the other types, nor does it inhibit the folk process. Indeed not - pedantry in all things however so benign the eclecticism. It's no less than we've come to expect. |
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02 Jun 09 - 12:57 PM (#2646617) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam Real beard, real hair, real tankard, and a real midfriff much contributed to by real ale. In 1954, Mr. Bridge upon returning to the UK, landed himself in care. Unfortunately the only household able to cope with his Ozzie ways was Gram and Pappy Trad. Their home was a bit over crowded with dancers and musos that society just did not want. Misfits. After a number of years hard graft in the Morris Dance Mill, the still young Mr. Bridge experienced a foray into the dark seamy underworld of rock and roll, much to his foster family's dismay. Fortunately, due to the love of his foster family, the good work of the social care system and a really scary "unbrainwasher" called Bubba, Mr. Bridge came to his good sense and returned to his roots. He flourished for some time in the tradition. Sadly age and dementia seem to be taking their toll, as Mr. Bridge is experiencing backsliding and a regression to youthful bad habits. Let us all form a song circle around Richard, that he may be called back in the folk fold. |
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02 Jun 09 - 02:07 PM (#2646683) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England There - you see. Guilty as charged!! Not EVEN 'Round the Horn' but via Suez. And you should be 'bound for South Australia' rather than leaving. And as for smiling *&$£&***, whatever next? And no finger in ear either. The pewter pot doesn't fool me you know. John Barden |
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02 Jun 09 - 02:13 PM (#2646691) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail Wait a minute. Comes from Australia, claims to be an authority on what is and isn't folk music. Not only is he Insane Jockstrap, he's WalkAboutsVerse as well! |
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02 Jun 09 - 02:26 PM (#2646698) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) I take it you're not a big fan of RB then Snail? |
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02 Jun 09 - 02:34 PM (#2646709) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England I saw him eating Escargot a few weeks back. No wonder TheSnail has a problem - they were relatives! John Barden |
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02 Jun 09 - 02:44 PM (#2646721) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail Sorry. All intended in fun. This thread did start off with a rather silly premise. My only contribution that was intended to be taken mildly seriously was my response to Richard's "dimshits" remark. He seems to be attacking a straw man. |
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02 Jun 09 - 03:17 PM (#2646748) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England It is taken as fun, honest. Please keep contributing. John Barden |
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02 Jun 09 - 03:50 PM (#2646786) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Jack Blandiver Not only is he Insane Jockstrap, he's WalkAboutsVerse as well! The Sycophantic Mollusc slimes past again! Don't you just love Mudcat during a heatwave? |
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02 Jun 09 - 03:54 PM (#2646788) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England Don't go there - stop it now!!!!! John Barden |
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02 Jun 09 - 04:26 PM (#2646820) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Rapparee (CHORUS) Hang down your head, Mister R Bridge Hang down your head and cry Hang down you head, Mister R Bridge For boy, you're goin' to die. 'Way over there in England There he made Folk a wreck Played them a piece by Dylan, The Who, and "Route 66" for a check. (Chorus, if you can't figure it out for yourself) Folking Police done caught him Now he's marking time Tomorrow he'll be drawn and quartered Around a quarter of nine. (Sing the Chorus until you're sick of it) |
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02 Jun 09 - 04:37 PM (#2646830) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Rifleman (inactive) "Not only is he Insane Jockstrap, he's WalkAboutsVerse as well!" take deeps breaths, slowly, in out, in out.....now I need a cup of tea. |
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02 Jun 09 - 04:47 PM (#2646839) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam Another man done gone He sings another song Another man done gone His folking days now done Another man done gone I didn't know his game Folk by another name I didn't know his game It's just a crying shame I just can't play this game Say so long to the chain 1954 defamed Say so long to the chain Now trad is on the wane Say so long to the chain Another song done gone And Bridge has done us wrong Another song done gone From the roots tradition Another man done gone |
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02 Jun 09 - 05:07 PM (#2646856) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England In the year '54 '54, With Winston at the door, And Eden, waiting for, His chance to take the floor. That's the year, oh yes indeed, Some academic saw a need, To up and plant a lasting seed, And give us all a rote, a creed. A definition, that to most, May just as well be writ on toast, So that all may stand and boast, We are the ones that know the most. A thought in progress - John Barden |
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02 Jun 09 - 07:03 PM (#2646949) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge I went to Australia in '51. Also through Suez. Love the songs (apart from the tenet of yours, John - is it supposed to resemble Zager and Evans 2525?). Snail, many many many people (particularly horse definitioners) here seem to think (or at least say) that I somehow disapprove of non-54-folk music or that I think people should only sing '54 songs, or that I say that '54 songs should only be sung in the manners in which they were originally (whatever that means) were sung. Of course I don't and the '54 definition with reasonable specificity allows for the folk process (ie change in the songs) and evolution of the styles of songs. I hope I have laid that ghost, and may the japing continue. |
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02 Jun 09 - 07:48 PM (#2646991) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse He's a man you don't (wanna) meet evry day. |
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02 Jun 09 - 08:46 PM (#2647023) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail Richard Bridge Snail, many many many people (particularly horse definitioners) here seem to think (or at least say) that I somehow disapprove of non-54-folk music or that I think people should only sing '54 songs, or that I say that '54 songs should only be sung in the manners in which they were originally (whatever that means) were sung. Of course I don't and the '54 definition with reasonable specificity allows for the folk process (ie change in the songs) and evolution of the styles of songs. I must say that I have never noticed anything like that and I spend more time on here than is good for me. I would have thought that it is perfectly obvious that you hold the 1954 definition in respect and place great value on the music that it seeks to define (as do I) but that you are also enthusiastic about other styles (as am I, but not necessarily the same styles). |
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02 Jun 09 - 09:14 PM (#2647036) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Rapparee Well, they handed him his orders in Oxford, England, Sayin', "Richard stay way behind the times. This is not 2009, it is Nineteen Fifty-Four You must never sing after that time." Well, the artist he said to his greasy old soundman "Shovel in a little more roll, And when we cross that Dylan singin' You can hear my Martin roll." It's a mighty hard way from "Lord Randall" to Led Zeppelin Like road with a ten-mile grade It was on that grade that the folk police caught him When they saw what a jump he made. Now listen all you Folkers, you must all take a warning From this story a lesson learn Never play nothin' that would raise the FP's suspicions They may take you and you'll never return. |
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03 Jun 09 - 03:26 AM (#2647128) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England You got it Richard - May the farce be with you :o) John |
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03 Jun 09 - 03:54 AM (#2647138) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge Ah, thank you Snail. I feel sure that others have laid the charges that I mentioned against me in various "what is folk" threads. But I'm not going to go over them all to check! |
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03 Jun 09 - 04:25 AM (#2647150) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Jack Blandiver Hmmmm... I still maintain anything sung by an inveterate folkie like Richard Bridge is Folk regardless of musical type (or even personal hype) and certainly nothing I saw in the YouTube video persuaded me otherwise. This is what Folk Music has become; in every Designated Folk Context there'll be someone like Richard, self-consciously doing their bit for eclecticism wholly innocent of the fact that whatever old bollocks they're singing fits the 1954 Definition like a glove. I feel sure an ethnomusicological study of the phenomenon that is Richard Bridge would only serve to confirm this. So maybe it's time to replace the horse definition with The Bridge Definition: if Richard sings it, it is folk. |
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03 Jun 09 - 04:30 AM (#2647152) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: romany man never mind rb, just dont mention the electric mando and stuff, you can always run away, i will sell ya a good orse an vardo, they will never find ya |
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03 Jun 09 - 04:47 AM (#2647160) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: fisheye Perhaps I could arrange a personal interview with this Mr.Bridge, then without drastic cutting it could be shown on You Tube for the world to see the real man (i believe he does fit this gender somewhere). As a Folk Singer he does fit this description perhaps a little biased, as a solicitor his advice (free) in the past has been useful,as a beer drinker he can hold his own. As a friend I am proud to add him. fisheye |
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03 Jun 09 - 05:02 AM (#2647166) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: The Barden of England as a beer drinker he can hold his own He certainly ain't holding mine, the f**k police would have another charge :-) John Barden |
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03 Jun 09 - 05:12 AM (#2647176) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge John, I would never interfere with your beer: a man could lose his hand for less! |
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03 Jun 09 - 12:54 PM (#2647496) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse I think the definition of a "folk song" is that it is sung by a folkie. Richard is a Mudcat member - ergo he is a folkie, and is therefore entitled to sing whatever he likes. Wether WE like it or not is our problem :-) |
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03 Jun 09 - 01:18 PM (#2647514) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge Dead Horse? Errr... Go! Please. |
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04 Jun 09 - 09:42 AM (#2648149) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse I do. Frequently. But I keep taking the tablets...... |
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04 Jun 09 - 09:45 AM (#2648151) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge No doubt what the tablets are for... |
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04 Jun 09 - 10:39 AM (#2648194) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Jack Blandiver I think the definition of a "folk song" is that it is sung by a folkie. Whilst it might not be the definition, it certainly counts for something with regard to a more pragmatic, or even folkloric, understanding of the phenomenon post-1954. As I said above somewhere, if Richard sings it, it must be folk... |
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04 Jun 09 - 08:51 PM (#2648679) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse "...the phenomenon post..." I missed that one. What thread was it in? |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:09 AM (#2648866) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail This is boringly obvious but, the definition of a folkie is...? Bryan Creer |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:15 AM (#2648870) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Jack Blandiver Someone who sings (&/or otherwise enthuses about) folk songs... |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:17 AM (#2648871) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: melodeonboy '"...the phenomenon post..." I missed that one. What thread was it in?' It's a gaily painted piece of wood, approximately 5 feet high. And when you walk past it, you are taken aback by its appearance and you say "Blimey!". An alternative version, often used by those of exceptionally low intelligence, is the "phenomenon plank". |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:23 AM (#2648875) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge It is, of course, a folk-art... |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:26 AM (#2648878) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Will Fly I'm still worried about the beard proliferation. The Kent area is getting very hairy these days. Seeing Richard Bridge on YouTube was one thing, and then bugger me if Dead Horse hasn't grown a chin thatch since before Christmas. Gave me quite a shock last week. The Folk Police had better arm themselves with Gillette Mach 3s. We have licences for such things in Sussex - beards, I mean, not Mach 3s. |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:34 AM (#2648884) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail And the definition of a folk song is...? Bryan Creer |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:44 AM (#2648888) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail Come off it Will. When I saw the video of Richard I thought, for a moment, it was you. |
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05 Jun 09 - 06:51 AM (#2648891) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Will Fly Mine's a licensed beard - and actually quite trim and modest at the moment - without the magnificence of Richard's growth. Anyway it was the Dead Horse beard that startled me the most - a most exotic and luxuriant variation. I can't compete with these two. |
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05 Jun 09 - 07:01 AM (#2648896) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail I don't think I'm acquainted with Mr Horse (or his beard). Does he sing? |
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05 Jun 09 - 07:09 AM (#2648901) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Will Fly He's a lean, mean Cajun man living on jumbo gumbo and wild turkey down in Kent. And he owns a very fine Cajun accordion which I've been wrestling with, until last week, for some months. However, getting back to beards in general, would you say Richard's is a Folk Beard according to the 1954 Definition? |
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05 Jun 09 - 07:49 AM (#2648936) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge The difference is obvious. Will's beard can play the guitar. Mine can't. Don't even sound same. Simples. My beard however is of a type adopted into the community and adapted by it (compare Brian Blessed) and I have been wearing it since 1965 - the height of the revival, so plainly it is a folk beard. |
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05 Jun 09 - 07:51 AM (#2648937) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge PS, Mr Horse, of course (of course) disproves the Horse definition. After him you can say that you have heard a horse sing. Therefore not all songs are folk songs. |
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05 Jun 09 - 08:07 AM (#2648947) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: TheSnail Beards. Oral transmission. Not sure that I want to think about that. |
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07 Jun 09 - 05:24 AM (#2650417) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam snork! Gotta love the beard envy thing goin on here. Harness your hirsute happiness |
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07 Jun 09 - 06:19 AM (#2650440) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Will Fly Ye gods - a plaited beard! I see from the web page that the US is now the world's beard superpower in these championships. There's certainly some stiff competition... I prefer mine short these days - got a very expensive beard trimmer for Christmas - and I go once over all round the face on setting no. 7, once a fortnight. I could give Richard and Ken a run for their money if I tried, but mine would hold too much soup and biscuit crumbs. Still, keeping it short is better than shaving legs, I suppose. As for waxing - SHUDDER! Beards look good on "wanted" posters, though... |
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07 Jun 09 - 06:21 AM (#2650441) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Girl Friday That really is quite terrifying. I couldn't face watching the video. I suppose, until this year, it was the best thing about Norway. Not that this year's Eurovision winner was good. |
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07 Jun 09 - 08:17 AM (#2650498) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam Yah Will. You know how it is with us Americans. If we can't be better we shore as shit can be bigger (and thicker - read dumber). Not speaking from personal experience (yet). Just hit 51 in April, and waiting to see if the hormones will start confusing the hair growing locations. No chin fur yet, but my eyesight is pretty bad. |
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07 Jun 09 - 04:17 PM (#2650764) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse Never mind the hairy bits - its the phenomenon that intrigues me. I guess melodeonboy, or more to the point, his shirts, must fall into that category, given his definition = "It's a gaily painted piece of wood, approximately 5 feet high. And when you walk past it, you are taken aback by its appearance and you say "Blimey!". So, a gaily painted shirt, of approximately 50 decibels loudness, that makes you go "Blimey" as it passes within vision - just before you go blind yourself as a result. Gefinately not a "folk shirt" as there is no place for the mandatory slogan i.e. DYLAN ROCKS, LES BARKER FOR PRESIDENT, RICHARD IS INNOCENT, etc. Besides, I got this dimple in my chin which is a bugger to shave without taking off the odd bit of skin, so I lets it grow. It has now been trimmed somewhat, but as it continues to grow, will soon be back to its grewsome fulness. |
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07 Jun 09 - 04:19 PM (#2650767) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse And no, I dont sing, I perform shanties, or murder ballads ! I often murder ballads. |
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07 Jun 09 - 04:45 PM (#2650780) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Girl Friday Tam- if you have no hairs on your chinny-chin yet, it won't be long. I remember my mum pulling whiskers from mine- and she's been dead ten years. Mind you- I started early! It's always the eyes that go first. Not surprising when you consider that we use them constantly when awake. |
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08 Jun 09 - 06:07 AM (#2651161) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Mr Red Is this aBridged version? Does he have arch enemies? Would he be annoyed or cross that bridge? (to quoin a phrase) If he was merely suspended would that be a suspension bri........ I already have my coat and walking................... |
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08 Jun 09 - 08:17 AM (#2651216) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Fidjit Errr. Last time I saw Richard he was attached to twelve strings. Or was it that there were twelve strings attached to him? He might be a puppet for someone and therefore someone else is pulling the strings. Chas |
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08 Jun 09 - 09:17 AM (#2651265) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge If I correctly identify the occasion, Fidjit, that was at Miskin, so the 12 strings in question were on a Bjarton BJ-12E, which now lives in Canada. |
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08 Jun 09 - 11:56 AM (#2651372) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Dead Horse Gone to a better place. :-) |
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08 Jun 09 - 12:09 PM (#2651386) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge Apart from winter, bears, caribou on the roads, Franglais, etc... |
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08 Jun 09 - 04:36 PM (#2651598) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Fidjit Errr. Actually at Broadstairs a year later I think, but I'm glad you remember as I do, Miskin. All together now. Aaaah, Miskin! The point was about the other end of the strings ! Chas (wiping away a tear). |
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09 Jun 09 - 06:41 AM (#2652066) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: fisheye I left my beard and long hair in my american truck when i came home. I thought it was not British. Bloody stupid in hind site, to compensate i acquired a bottle of Aramis and the women have been chasing me ever since. does not help with the guitar or banjo playing, so i am reverting back slowly. fisheye |
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09 Jun 09 - 07:55 AM (#2652113) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Girl Friday Are you sure that wasn't Hai Karate Richard? |
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09 Jun 09 - 07:58 AM (#2652114) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: melodeonboy What doesn't help with the playing? Is it Aramis, women or lack of long hair and beard? Or all three?! |
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09 Jun 09 - 08:31 AM (#2652132) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge Lynx supercharges your maraccas... |
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09 Jun 09 - 09:34 AM (#2652166) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Will Fly Stynx. |
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09 Jun 09 - 09:54 PM (#2652820) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Pigstrings Still trying to figure out... a) if a folk song is a song sung by a folkie and b) a folkie is someone who sings folk songs c) where does this leave female folksingers (with/without beard) who aren't Richard Bridge? Or people called Dave? Or male folksingers (with/without beards) who transform themselves into rock musicians when they reach a Dangerous Age (the old skyflynts)? Well, I'm not grassing them up. I refuse to answer all questions from the Folk Police unless they can be answered "mine's a pint" |
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09 Jun 09 - 09:56 PM (#2652822) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,pigstrings PS - don't tell 'em your name Richard! |
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10 Jun 09 - 04:32 AM (#2652967) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge I'm glad you brought up names... Keep a wary eye out. I gather that someone variously calling himself "Richard Bridge" or "Hoff Bridge" is posting messages of support for the BNP at digg and sending abusive messages to members of the "folk against fascism" facebook group. "Hoff" is short for "Hoffmeister". There are only a very few places where I have used or been referred to by both names - and the 'cat is one of them. But "Hoff Bridge" isn't me (as is neither that other Richard Bridge). You may want to keep a wary eye on Daily Mail Reader - I suspect that he or his cronies are the guilty parties. Tells you quite a lot about the BNP, really, doesn't it? |
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10 Jun 09 - 08:17 AM (#2653074) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: fisheye You can always tell a BNP song...........Banjo's Not Playing.... it lacks that complete sound of the twiddle bits in the middle, mandolin's try to perform but they run out of steam. fisheye |
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15 Jun 09 - 07:17 AM (#2656780) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Kev The Clogs Never mind all of that - I have photographic evidence of Mr Bridge drinking Pepsi Max from a bottle whilst at a folk event!!! |
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15 Jun 09 - 07:54 AM (#2656807) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: melodeonboy Appalling! Has the man no shame? |
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15 Jun 09 - 08:40 AM (#2656832) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST Kev. You should publish and Richard be damned. Let's look at the evidence. |
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15 Jun 09 - 08:42 AM (#2656835) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge Surely that must be one of the other "Richard Bridge" or "Hoff Bridge" characters. |
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15 Jun 09 - 09:58 AM (#2656898) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: GUEST,Girl Friday I found a Richard Bridge playing a didgeridoo. There is a club for such people in Maidenhead. |
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15 Jun 09 - 10:03 AM (#2656904) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Richard Bridge But I think he is from somewhere near Torquay. |
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15 Jun 09 - 12:50 PM (#2657010) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: VirginiaTam Hangman hang man slack a rope Slack it, can't you see? That imposter making crime against folk I swear it wasn't me. Note very clever spelling play on "impostor" |
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07 Mar 12 - 05:25 AM (#3318558) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Big Al Whittle i liked the muddy water clip |
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07 Mar 12 - 08:30 AM (#3318623) Subject: RE: Arrest warrant issued for Richard Bridge From: Cool Beans Someone in Britain has heard of Erasmus Hall High School's own Eric Kaz? Wow. |