He actually made a name as a performer before he started writing his own songs
I think the reason he was successful there was that he was a folk singer, and when he was starting out there were very proscribed ways to sing folk songs. It wasn't so much that he was a fantastic performer, it was that he was different.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 13:47, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

If I 'performed' whilst straining for a massive shit it would be 'different'*...but it'd still be bollocks.
He was popular because his whiny 'protest' shit struck a chord with the early-mid 60s US college crowd who turned their noses up at electric blues or rock'n'roll performers because they weren't 'authentic'. He was seen as a God for similar reasons by the middle class CND badge-wearing proto-vegetarian student wanker crowd over here. Anyone who thinks Joan pissing Baez is anything other than a tedious, proselytising cunt-face should be beaten in the eyes with a claw hammer.

* not from GG Allin but, you know...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 13:49, Reply)

This is merely my opinion, of course.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)

I think you're 98% right
the only thing you're wrong is liking that song
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 14:04, Reply)

That'll do for me.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 14:08, Reply)