Sittin on top of the world
Old Doc Watson classic given a shot of adrenaline.
(Edit: original by Howlin' Wolf of course.)
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Mex3 =mememe, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 22:10,
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There’s something wrong with my phone
It’s making this horrible noise
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Wed 2 Feb 2022, 22:49,
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There's something really insincere about Milennials performing traditional folk music.
Good on them for trying to keep it alive, fuck me I'll take a bit of Milennial Bluegrass over that fucking Mumble Rap wankery the Gen Z's are calling Hip Hop any day of the week.
But the soul just isn't there.
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What do you have against people born between 1981 and 1996?
It must be part of your right wing radicalisation, but it seems like a really arbitrary target for your hatred.
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brb man-child cuck corporate supplicant fuck, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 14:16,
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I think Bruce Molsky does a really excellent job of performing all kinds of old time music in a sincere way (not that he's a millennial, but he's definitely not from Appalachia in the 1930s).
Seems like a lot of great contemporary bluegrass and old time musicians could make a huge improvement to their music by not trying to imitate the tinny sound of prewar microphones with their voice.
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 19:51,
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You're probably on to something there.
That might be exactly what the issue is.
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You're not wrong, that first girl's voice seems way off...
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 0:10,
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I feel I have to leap to the defence of Billy Strings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFEZOjtrwls
The comments about the guy in the background are pretty good
Molly Tuttle does some amazing playing if you check out her vids (her voice is a bit weak compared to her playing, but certainly not bad)
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 2:25,
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A triumph of technique over emotion
They’ve put all their effort into showing off their playing skills, and forgotten the point of the song. Does anyone listening to this performance actually believe he is sitting on top of the world?
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 9:40,
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Bluegrass has always had an element of 'flex' showing off their skills
Nothing new there, go back to the very earliest and you will find super fast playing,
Billy and Molly are preserving a tradition in a way that Americans are very proud of.
If it doesn't ring your bell that's cool and all but I don't doubt their sincerity of love for the music for a second.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvSYtYDlApA&list=PL149CF62EC4A4D8CB
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simbosan nuck nuck nuck, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 10:37,
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It's just one of many versions of a traditional classic written in the 1930's *
As a musician one can admire instrument/musical skills regardlesss of emotion. Emotion does not always have to come into the equation.
But should you prefer that, I gladly refer you to the millions of current so-called singer-songwriters, who prefer an excess of navel gazing over actually knowing how to play an instrument.
*) Written by the Mississippi Sheiks, so I was wrong twice in the post title
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Mex3 =mememe, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 11:24,
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I like Billy Strings. A lot.
I first heard of him on here. Ignore the haters, Bluegrass rules!
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 11:48,
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I like a bit of bluegrass/country done well
like Sturgill
youtu.be/tNV16tz1NK0
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That's great stuff
I thought the original was Sam Chatmon, who is terrific. If you haven't watched the video recordings Alan Lomax did with him, they're so good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEQKZcXfjc
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Thu 3 Feb 2022, 19:41,
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