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26 Jul 12 - 10:35 PM (#3382049) Subject: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,your grandchildren your beards smell of tobacco and sick and your saggy old arse dirty jeans smell of wee and poo. that old folk music of yours smells like a sack of festering cat diarrhea. Its summer now, get your sounds sorted grandad and learn some Lady Gaga songs. and no, I don't want Sunday dinner at your horrible favourite pensioners pub. I want to see my friends and set fire to old cars under the railway bridge. |
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26 Jul 12 - 11:17 PM (#3382056) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Ole Juul With you all the way! However, you give yourself away when you mention "railway bridge". I'm old enough to remember, but they're pretty rare in this century, and younguns probably have never seen one. Who is Lady Gaga anyway? I don't watch opera. |
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26 Jul 12 - 11:56 PM (#3382061) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,999 Mom, is that you? |
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26 Jul 12 - 11:58 PM (#3382062) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Beer Grandpa love's you just the same. |
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27 Jul 12 - 12:13 AM (#3382068) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Richard Bridge On the other hand some of us have learned to spell. |
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27 Jul 12 - 12:19 AM (#3382070) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,your grandchildren learned to smell more like... something crawled into a medieval midden and decomposed that's how folk music started. |
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27 Jul 12 - 12:27 AM (#3382073) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,999 I think he's onto something. That would explain the Dorian mode. |
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27 Jul 12 - 01:37 AM (#3382084) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Big Al Whittle I refuse to be outragwed by anyone who doesn't use the terms 'piss' and 'shit'. |
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27 Jul 12 - 02:00 AM (#3382088) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Ernest at least the grandkids are still able to smell other things than glue! |
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27 Jul 12 - 02:02 AM (#3382089) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Skivee Ai, I don't think that he's out-ragweding you. You're firming in the lead of the ragweding department I on the other hand know a Lady Gaga song.I pop my collar like a hipster. I also don't think my pants smell as much as they have in the past. Depending. |
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27 Jul 12 - 03:17 AM (#3382097) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Dave Sutherland I object to the stinky bit, however I'm fine with grumpy (aren't all granddads?) |
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27 Jul 12 - 03:55 AM (#3382102) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Dave Hanson Very well said young sir, it keeps you little bastards out of the pub though, you're probably not old enough anyway innit. Dave [ grumpy ] H |
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27 Jul 12 - 04:21 AM (#3382107) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,Blandiver Lady Gaga is an utterly tedious Madonna clone (who was, God knoweth, tedious enough). In my Young Day we had immediate recompence for such trivia (for me it was Magma and Evan Parker) but today, it seems, we must dig just that little bit deeper. Anyway, we can't get near the Folk Midden for the young who have claimed it as their own, for good or ill (though festering cat diarrhoea seems about right, especially in sessions). I blame all these Mudcat threads about attracting the young to folk clubs (which always sounded like the most perverse sort of grooming) but I hear tell that there are folk families in which kids go straight from Johnny Seven to Melodeon without once screaming at their parents that they didn't ask to be born. So - more likely it will be the bearded old folkies setting fire to cars beneath the arches of the railway bridge (erstwhile or otherwise) if only to keep the chill from their bones, forever singing about how good the old one used to be. Sair Fyeld Hinney! |
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27 Jul 12 - 04:37 AM (#3382111) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,John I OK guys, we need to cut this young chap some slack. It's obviously passed his bedtime and he's tired, also his teddy is still in the corner, where he threw it :) |
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27 Jul 12 - 04:45 AM (#3382114) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Noreen '...something crawled into a medieval midden and decomposed...' Not the vocabulary of a youngster. This is one of the usual suspects trying to get a rise out of you... Have fun all! (those with nothing better to do. I'm off to Warwick Folk Festival) :) |
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27 Jul 12 - 05:34 AM (#3382124) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Chris Partington We're not short of a fair few grumpy stinky old women too I'd like to point out, with my feminist hat on. |
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27 Jul 12 - 05:44 AM (#3382130) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Richard Bridge I think, in all fairness, that one should point out the smell of the young after a weekend in the mud at a typical British "summer" rock festival - or even smellier but less grubby - one of the very rare truly British SUMMER rock festivals. How I remember the corrugated iron fences around the arena area - rotted right through for about a foot off the ground from blokes pissing on them rather than hold their breath while using one of the fetid portaloos (the few left standing). Folk has absolutely NOTHING on rock festivals for mank. Or skank. And we properly understand the grumpy artform. |
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27 Jul 12 - 06:24 AM (#3382143) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Joe Nicholson I do grumpy because it is expected of me but I do shower and change now and the Joe Nicholson |
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27 Jul 12 - 06:30 AM (#3382145) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Don(Wyziwyg)T This young whippersnapper obviously has no sense of smell, otherwise he/she/it? would know that nothing can rival the smell of a high school classroom on a rainy day. A mixture of non existent personal hygiene with overtones of wet labrador. Don T. |
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27 Jul 12 - 06:34 AM (#3382148) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,John I That's an insult to wet Labrador's !!! |
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27 Jul 12 - 06:54 AM (#3382154) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: kendall This is a good example of why we call folk music "Heavy MENTAL".It takes a mature brain to understand it. By the way, I know many adults that would have to look up "midden" in the dictionary. |
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27 Jul 12 - 06:57 AM (#3382157) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: treewind Earlier this morning, I was highly amused to see the title of this thread right next to "Silly ideas about folk singers". (yes, I know there's another thread for playing that game...) |
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27 Jul 12 - 07:10 AM (#3382162) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: G-Force We had a young person turn up at our grumpy old folk club last night. She obviously hadn't a clue what it was all about, still less how to behave, but she sat through two guitar-based songs. Then I got my concertina out and she was out of there. Probably best result for all concerned. |
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27 Jul 12 - 08:14 AM (#3382183) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,Shimrod What is the point of this thread and what is it about? |
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27 Jul 12 - 08:22 AM (#3382187) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,Blandiver Go back to sleep, Shimrod - it's just a bad dream. It'll be alright in the morning... |
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27 Jul 12 - 08:27 AM (#3382189) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,leeneia Guest, use your brain. You can't set fire to the cars under the railway bridge because someone might be living in them. Judging from your usage or spelling, you are British. So you might not care about the homeless, but keep in mind that there might be PETS hidden in those cars. (Should I type, "Y'all are British" because you claim to be more than one person?) However that may be, your failure to think this through makes my blood run cold. |
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27 Jul 12 - 08:41 AM (#3382198) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,Blandiver In certain regions of UK and USA (since when were American more likely to give care about anyone but themselves, homeless or othewise?) cars would be more likely to be set alight if people were living in them. And not just by kids. Sad but true. But even back in the Depression years of the thirties, Hobos and other vagrants faced the violence of an intolerent society which all migrants (individuals & cultures) have faced over the millenia. Mostly though, people are okay. As ever, exceptions prove rules. |
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27 Jul 12 - 09:18 AM (#3382213) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: TheSnail Grandchild clearly hasn't seen my rendition of Lady Gaga's "I want to ride on your Morris stick" |
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27 Jul 12 - 09:47 AM (#3382221) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,999 'and your saggy old arse dirty jeans smell of wee and poo.' A more polite way of saying that would be "and your saggy old arse dirty jeans smell of poo and wee." |
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27 Jul 12 - 11:26 AM (#3382259) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Pete Jennings Surely he's talking about Chongo? In which case every word is true! |
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27 Jul 12 - 11:38 AM (#3382263) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: kendall Last I knew, America has given more foreign aid and other charity to the have nots than any other country. |
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27 Jul 12 - 11:46 AM (#3382269) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Manitas_at_home http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/business_aid_and_development/html/2.stm |
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27 Jul 12 - 11:54 AM (#3382273) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Artful Codger Surely this is a below-the-line BS thread? |
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27 Jul 12 - 12:39 PM (#3382293) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,CS Hahaha - best response yet Artful, and quite right too! |
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27 Jul 12 - 12:43 PM (#3382295) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,CS Oh, and ditto the comments about Lady Gaga - her music is so bland and outdated even old folkies like it! |
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27 Jul 12 - 12:43 PM (#3382296) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,gillymor More like below the belt. We folkies may be auld and fetid but we are leaving you whippersnappers something. Global warming, massive debt, a jobless economy...(not funny, I know, but I'm proud of my personal hygiene.) |
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27 Jul 12 - 12:58 PM (#3382302) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,leeneia Last week I went to a performance by 8 drum & bugle corps, and one corps did a number by Lady Gaga. Surely this is evidence that Lady Gaga is washed up among the young and hip. ========= I realize I'm not supposed to point this out, but the joke has gone on long enough, I think. The original poster is obviously not a young person, because a young person wouldn't write "I want to see my friends and set fire to old cars.." A young person would write "I wnt 2 C my frends & set fire 2 old cars." It's subtle, but it's a dead giveaway. |
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27 Jul 12 - 01:30 PM (#3382308) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,CS "the joke has gone on long enough, I think. " It may be some stinky old get what started it, but it's still the best thread for ages! Artful's faintly perturbed enquiry "Surely this is a below-the-line BS thread?" was too perfect! So Mudcat. |
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27 Jul 12 - 01:43 PM (#3382313) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: olddude I for one can't stop laughing ... I needed that, thank you ... I am on record , I like lady gaga, but if you want to burn a car under a bridge, please take mine, the damn thing hasn't run right in years and I can use the insurance :-) |
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27 Jul 12 - 01:43 PM (#3382314) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Little Hawk Every genre of music eventually acquires a fan base of grumpy, stinky old men. You just have to wait about 50 or so years. Wait and see, young fella, cos it will happen with your favorite brand of music too! ;-) |
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27 Jul 12 - 01:49 PM (#3382322) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: olddude And what the young person isn't thinking. stinky grumpy old people have great meds in the cabinet that they can steal for their lady gaga concert LOL can't stop laughing priceless |
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27 Jul 12 - 02:03 PM (#3382330) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Ole Juul "Every genre of music eventually acquires a fan base of grumpy, stinky old men." Is "Elvis Impersonator" a genre? If so I expect to see a fan base that goes way beyond "stinky old men" and into the slightly carrion. |
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27 Jul 12 - 02:24 PM (#3382338) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,Sweaty Norman "your beards smell of tobacco and sick and your saggy old arse dirty jeans smell of wee and poo" Why, thank you, kind sir. I was beginning to think that my body odor had acquired a fragrance to it that was becoming somewhat inoffensive. Glad to know that I'm still getting up someone's nose. |
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27 Jul 12 - 02:35 PM (#3382344) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: johncharles the way of all things I am afraid. "his big manly voice, Turning again towards childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." |
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27 Jul 12 - 02:43 PM (#3382349) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Dave Hanson Best and funniest thread for ages, guest your grandchildren should be elevated to the aristocracy, or perhaps hanged. Dave H |
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27 Jul 12 - 03:47 PM (#3382369) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,999 Thank you johncharles. I recall hearing that delivered by Jaques when it was first out in about 1600. Elizabeth was still queen and James I was in Scotland with only three years before he was promoted to James VI and moved to England. As a side note, the jaques was a reference also to the toilet. Brings back fond memories. |
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27 Jul 12 - 07:06 PM (#3382434) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Steve Gardham Hey, hang on a bit! We were once grumpy, stinky young men. |
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27 Jul 12 - 07:50 PM (#3382448) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,999 From Grade 9 biology: Cell theory: all cells come from previously existing cells. From wikipedia: The generally accepted parts of modern cell theory include: All known living things are made up of one or more cells. All living cells arise from pre-existing cells by division. The cell is the fundamental unit of structure and function in all living organisms. The activity of an organism depends on the total activity of independent cells. Energy flow (metabolism and biochemistry) occurs within cells. Cells contain hereditary information (DNA) which is passed from cell to cell during cell division. All cells are basically the same in chemical composition in organisms of similar species. |
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27 Jul 12 - 08:03 PM (#3382456) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Jeri You say I smell of poo and wee And tobacco in my beard-- I only have a small goatee Otherwise, it would be weird! They soon fill up with hungry fleas So we women find a full beard itchy, But can someone out there tell me please-- Why are men deemed "grumpy" while women are called "bitchy"? |
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27 Jul 12 - 09:54 PM (#3382495) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST We folk musicians; when we go, we're taking our audience with us. |
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28 Jul 12 - 02:52 PM (#3382784) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Steve Gardham Coffin dodgers all! I'll just adjust me stoma. But please don't call our music, It ain't got no aroma. |
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28 Jul 12 - 03:33 PM (#3382798) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Don(Wyziwyg)T ""Wait and see, young fella, cos it will happen with your favorite brand of music too! ;-)"" It already has. Half of what the young listen to is the pop music that drove us into the folk clubs re-hashed fifty years on. Don T. |
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28 Jul 12 - 03:51 PM (#3382803) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,leeneia Some things do change, Don. Do you follow the comic strip "Sally Forth"? Young Hilary (about 13 years old) wants to play music at her aunt's wedding reception, but it turns out her garage band's original songs are all about werewolves. That wouldn't have happened 50 years ago. The occasional purple people-eater, yes, but not a steady stream of werewolves. |
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28 Jul 12 - 06:10 PM (#3382857) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Richard Bridge It's merely a different take on the sexual fetishes of the young. |
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28 Jul 12 - 08:11 PM (#3382905) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: TheSnail As nothing compared with the sexual fetishes of grumpy stinky old men. |
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28 Jul 12 - 09:09 PM (#3382932) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: GUEST,olddude Hey grandchildren you just answered the age old question of "where have all the flowers gone" good job |
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29 Jul 12 - 07:03 AM (#3383087) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: MikeofNorthumbria Stinky? A week in a small tent, on a muddy campsite with limited washing facilities, can leave anybody a bit stinky. If you don't think that's a price worth paying for all the fun of the festival, then stay home, bathe regularly, and do whatever turns you on. Grumpy? Look carefully at the world as it is. Then imagine how much better it might be if more thought, more effort, and more goodwill were applied in the right places. If the difference between those two visions doesn't make you a bit grumpy, you are probably in need of counselling. Old? Growing old happens to everyone who keeps on living. It has some negative aspects, but most of us believe it's better than the alternative. If you disagree, the exit door is over there - if not, lighten up and join the party. Music? If the music you like is just noise to me While the music I love sounds like rubbish to you, Then you enjoy yours and leave me to mine, Or as the French put it 'Chacun a son gout'. Wassail! |
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29 Jul 12 - 03:53 PM (#3383332) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Richard Bridge With all respect, the thing about folk music is that it is not a matter of form so if the forms you use can cross-fertilise the folk songs and melodies - go for it. If the age of the participants matters more than the music, sorry dude but you are not a musician. |
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29 Jul 12 - 08:49 PM (#3383456) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Bugsy GUEST,your grandchildren, having read your post and those of my fellow Muddies, I've come to the realisation that I am, in fact, Grumpy and I don't give a flying fuck what you think. Case Closed CHeers Bugsy |
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30 Jul 12 - 12:44 AM (#3383505) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Richard Bridge Where is the "like" button? |
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30 Jul 12 - 03:13 AM (#3383526) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Bugsy It's at the back of my Beer Fridge Richard, but it costs a carton to open the door. CHeers Bugsy |
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30 Jul 12 - 03:31 AM (#3383527) Subject: RE: folk music is for grumpy stinky old men From: Henry Krinkle I have noticed that the older I get the stinkier I get. But I've always been grumpy. (:-( P)= |