mark indigo -> RE: sea shanties (Dec. 28 2010 11:24:01)
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No offense guys, just personal taste. I just can't stand the stuff personally. so why not just say "it's not to my taste" instead of completely dismissing it and ridiculing it on the basis of authenticity ("FakeFolk" "learned from a record" "by middle-class University student girls") most of it's not to my taste either actually, but I have taken an interest in it, have some appreciation of it and respect it because it's my roots. Actually, the stuff i "liked" the least (when i listened to it) was the most "authentic" and traditional.... And much like the social, political, economic etc. conditions have changed in Spain and flamenco has changed and evolved to reflect that, and people argue about keeping it just as it was etc. etc. the same arguments go on in the "folk" world. quote:
I could just never abide this "Traditional British" stuff sung in this really weird accent. It didn't seem to matter which part of the country the singer came from, or which part of the country the song originally came from, it seemed to be sung in the same weird accent with stretched and distorted vowel sounds and maximum nasal whine. you know, really, you sound like someone who criticises flamenco saying the guitar playing is just hitting the guitar while drunk and the singing sounds like someone torturing a cat. On old recordings of different singers from different parts of the UK they usually sing in their local accents - and local accents were stronger years ago. Oh, and that vid you posted, no weird accents, stretched or distorted vowels, not much nasal whine... but yeah, i get it, you don't like it. You don't have to "explain" that you don't like it, i don't like it much either, so just say "i don't like it"!!! Paul, you might find that the "folk" world has some divisions between general "folk" which can include singer songwriters with a folky acoustic style like Nick Drake, and the "traditional" side of things, which sticks to traditional songs and music.
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