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05 Dec 14 - 04:59 AM (#3682694) Subject: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Thompson In Ireland the beaten-down populace have finally dug their heels in at an attempt to make them pay a semi-private company for the provision of water. It's the last straw after years of 'austerity', as the growing inequality is called. These lads use a fiddle, a couple of guitars, voice and truly horrifying wallpaper and curtains in a catchy anthem protesting the years-long swing to the advantage of the rich and grinding-down of the poor. |
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05 Dec 14 - 05:27 AM (#3682696) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: gnu Well done! |
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05 Dec 14 - 05:58 AM (#3682705) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: GUEST,Fred McCormick Jeez. What do they put in the water over there? |
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05 Dec 14 - 06:10 AM (#3682709) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Thompson I particularly like the rhyme The chloride, the fluoride, the cryptosporidium* FLUSH THEM OUT 'cos it's time to get rid of 'em. * Large areas of the west of Ireland have been under 'boil notices' for years now, with infestations of cryptosporidum, e coli and other water-borne pests due to septic tanks and the sewers of housing estates draining into rivers and lakes that supply publicly piped domestic water systems. |
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05 Dec 14 - 06:15 AM (#3682712) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: GUEST, Ah, c'mon, the curtains aren't so bad. |
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05 Dec 14 - 06:22 AM (#3682715) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Thompson Shudder. I have lived with those curtains and that wallpaper. And those pint glasses brought home from where they're left on the street on people's way home from pubs. And had to wear an anorak indoors. |
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05 Dec 14 - 06:48 AM (#3682719) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: MGM·Lion Tastes differ. I quite like the wallpaper. Good song... BUT [my usual beef] WHY O WHY the cod-American accents?? ("No pryvadisation - Irish warrr-derrr ..." ≈M≈ |
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05 Dec 14 - 07:07 AM (#3682725) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Thompson That's not American accents, that's Irish accents. Country folks. |
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05 Dec 14 - 07:51 AM (#3682734) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker They're good.. definitely an antidote to all the usual prissy anodyne acoustic 'folk' music.. Btw... that style of fiddle playing... what usually wins - the fiddle bow or the ceiling...??? |
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05 Dec 14 - 09:00 PM (#3682944) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Leadfingers People like Robb Johnson have been writing protest songs since the 'seventies among a lot of others |
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06 Dec 14 - 02:59 AM (#3682953) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Jim Carroll Great work but I go along with Mike - why oh why the cod accent I live in the Wild West (Clare) and I reckon we'd need sub-titles Jim Carroll |
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06 Dec 14 - 09:51 AM (#3683025) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Thompson Really? Every word is crystal clear to me! And I don't find the accent cod at all! |
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06 Dec 14 - 10:06 AM (#3683028) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Jim Carroll Hi T, Don't really want t make an issue of it - it's a good song saying things worth saying Good luck Jim Carroll |
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06 Dec 14 - 10:11 AM (#3683030) Subject: RE: IT'S BACK! Protest folk From: Thompson Incidentally, anyone know who the guys are? The fiddle player has a lovely note; I wonder if they're in bands already, or if they're a known band. |