tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13908442.post2094879946750005839..comments2023-09-15T05:23:13.228-07:00Comments on Folk Buddies.: Summer Catch-UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13908442.post-29506119142041426422011-11-09T05:30:39.249-08:002011-11-09T05:30:39.249-08:00And the brilliant thing is, twelve months from now...And the brilliant thing is, twelve months from now, I will say "Ah, yes, traditional Morris Double Jigs" and everyone will say "Gosh, Andrew, you really do know an awful lot about this stuff.Andrew Rilstonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934052271846235431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13908442.post-44659981770904124092011-11-08T16:24:17.392-08:002011-11-08T16:24:17.392-08:00Morris steps in the style of ballet? Half the troo...Morris steps in the style of ballet? Half the troop failed to turn up? Oh deary deary me...<br><br>The act may have changed since I last saw it, but what the Demon Barber Roadshow usually has is traditional morris Double Jigs (often "Go and Enlist for a Sailor", I think).Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11292062128781092862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13908442.post-903963903551658162011-11-08T09:23:41.010-08:002011-11-08T09:23:41.010-08:00but it's a nice enough melodyNicked from Al St...<b>but it's a nice enough melody</b><br><br>Nicked from Al Stewart who was far too nice about the whole thing.culfyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01672027642700116849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13908442.post-49501704697466640892011-11-08T03:34:27.584-08:002011-11-08T03:34:27.584-08:00I'd have let it lie, but that 'spoilt midd...I'd have let it lie, but that 'spoilt middle class people' riff was almost the opposite of what I said.Graham MF Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12401026199760777673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13908442.post-42162934696611216832011-11-08T03:28:42.168-08:002011-11-08T03:28:42.168-08:00Ahem. My views of Streets of London are being *sli...Ahem. <br><br>My views of Streets of London are being *slightly* misrepresented here. My problem with the lyric being more that (In the crass, shallow, way it's presented in the song) "Cheer up, there is probably someone worse off than yourself" *does* come across as contemptable.<br><br>"How can you be miserable? You're financially solvent!" actually is a fairly horrific viewpoint, and one the lyric never gets beyond. It compares apples to oranges and then tells apples that it's their own fault and that there are children starving in Africa who'd be grateful for some crippling loneliness.<br><br>And that is why I don't like the Ralph McTell song Streets of London, M'Lud.Graham MF Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12401026199760777673noreply@blogger.com