I think Dante totally missed a trick
not having "You like, totally, have to wear braces" as one of his circles of hell.

What's your favourite Folk song.
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:36, archived)

oooof difficult question.
I quite like Mayflower May by Marissa Nadler.
( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:37, archived)

The Blacksmith
By Steeleye Span
(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Thu 14 May 2009, 11:38, archived)

^ This
Also Boys Of Bedlam, King Henry and Parcel of Rouges all by Steeleye.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:44, archived)

Beeswing by Richard Thompson.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:39, archived)

Thompson FTW!
Withered and Died.
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 14 May 2009, 11:58, archived)

I don't really know many, if any, folk songs
I'm sorry. I shouldn't take up your time like this.
( Theoban What of it, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:40, archived)

i'm the same, do you think it would cause offence if we had a sub-thread about something we do know?
mind you i've probably presumed too much with the suggestion anyway, no offence, great
( mongychops, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:49, archived)

Yeah it would offend people too much
We should be more meek
( Theoban What of it, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:52, archived)

My ex wife was a folky.
Consequently I equate all that finger in the ear shite with paranoid middle aged women. She made me go and see the Dubliners :(
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:40, archived)

Is that a euphemism
for her straddling your face, gripping you with her meaty thighs and queefing in your mouth so hard your ears whistled ?
( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:41, archived)

Not usually.
But if it works for you then it's fine by me.
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:43, archived)

*click*

(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Thu 14 May 2009, 11:43, archived)

My ex's Mum was much the same, warbling in the local pub to a lute and a drum
The only thing I know about folk music is therefore drunk Scottish women who make their own skirts and candles.
( Theoban What of it, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

I used to enjoy going to folky clubs
Sometimes they had something interesting with strange instruments. More often than not it was an open mic night with some cunt singing Gaude Te with everyone joining in. Grim.
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:44, archived)

This is very true
As a young bloke going to folk club I pretty much get ignored while everyone else badly croons along with the same songs they have sat and played for the last 30 years.

I just get some mates together at mine with a few beers and we play for a couple of hours. Much more fun.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:49, archived)

There's a woman around here who built her own harp from aluminium
She does a turn at the pub from time to time and that's quite good fun. Mainly it's earnest beards making whooping noises to some dullard on the northumbrian pipes.
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:54, archived)

That sounds ace
An aluminium harp. I just hate the earnest, worthy, folkies who sing songs about fishing and how awful the mines were, really meaning it when they have never been near a boat or a mineshaft.

That and they reject the idea that folk music can be modern. As Leadbelly said when asked if he played folk music 'all music is folk music 'cos it is played by all kinds a folks'
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Thu 14 May 2009, 12:02, archived)

when i first heard of the dubliners
i wasn't sure whether they were going to be irish folk or stoned reggae (on a boat)
( spacefish bong!, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:45, archived)

I think they're mainly a collection of beards
And one has a drum
( Theoban What of it, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:46, archived)

i bet they use dublinux

( spacefish bong!, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:49, archived)

Strewth
4/10
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:46, archived)

it wasn't a joke :(
(well, i added the on-a-boat bit)
( spacefish bong!, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:48, archived)

Yes
It's fairly successful as a non-joke. Well done.
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:49, archived)

i'm a winner

( spacefish bong!, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:50, archived)

You are indeed
Hurrah :)
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:55, archived)

i'm not really one to judge, sorry
no offence, smashing
( mongychops, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:40, archived)

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:41, archived)

he's being nice,
just let him get it out of his system
(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

I don't trust it
It's weird and unfamiliar.
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:44, archived)

I'm too full of pathetic self loathing to think of one
I just loaded up the 360 to check and see if a film had finished downloading, and idiotically pressed play on the film so it now expires in 24 hours. Fuck's sake. I don't have fucking time to be watching fucking films.

FUCK.
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:40, archived)

duhhh

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

FUCK YOU ILLY
Fucking running time is fucking 131 fucking minutes too, so there is no way I'll have time to watch it if I don't watch it right now.
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:43, archived)

tomorrow morning?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:44, archived)

Doubt I'll be up before ten if I'm not hungover, and it would expire halfway through watching it then.
Bugger. And even if I do watch it now I'll be late for the fucking gym. ARGH.

Right, I'm offskies, going to go make the most of the £5 I paid for stupid Casino Royale in HD. Are there any tits in it? I've never seen tits in HD. Ah well, Daniel Craig's package should look impressive no doubt.

AU REVOIR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T AS STUPID AS ME xxx
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:47, archived)

no tits,
as far as I remember.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:48, archived)

*thinks about jiggling tits*

( Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

Get a video camera and film the telly.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:42, archived)

YOU PIRATE!

( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:43, archived)

Yeah, don't act like it doesn't get you all frothed up.

( Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:44, archived)

have you got a vhs you could run it into?
i know you lose HD goodness, but it's better than a poke in the eye
( spacefish bong!, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:47, archived)

i belive that was sonys ad campaingn when the format war raged 'vhs better than a poke in the eye'
only kidding, sony are a massive electronics company and would have employed the correct staff to market the product vhs, no offence to any people at sony, great
( mongychops, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:52, archived)

Over the hills and far away (George Farquhar version)

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:41, archived)

i like the one where the worms go crawling down your snout
be merry my friends!

or something like that. i'd google the title, but i'm relishing the vagueness of my answer
( spacefish bong!, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:43, archived)

I fell in a puddle of you and got love all over me

( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:46, archived)

Too hard to choose one but if pushed...
All of John Martyn's 'Solid Air' album, particularly the title track. It is a masterpiece, he died recently which really upset me.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:47, archived)

Martyn and Solid Air FTW!
As well as Thompson
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 14 May 2009, 11:59, archived)

House Carpenter by Pentangle
or something of Bert Jansch's, maybe Rosemary Lane.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:48, archived)

Ooh, wait, or May You Never, John Martyn
or Carnival, Jackson C Frank.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:49, archived)

Yes!
John Martyn is amazing and rarely gets the mainstream exposure a musician like he deserves.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:51, archived)

is was
deserves deserved
:(
( ArthurTheRat, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:55, archived)

Also Small Hours is the best John Martyn track FACT

( ArthurTheRat, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:55, archived)

It does kind of mark the start of his descent
into constant electro-wankery though. Not that there wasn't some great electro-wankery too. Some People and Sweet Little Mystery off Grace and Danger in particular ("GAH - Collins!!!" aside)
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 14 May 2009, 12:06, archived)

I can't believe you left May You Never to your second post.
*shuns*
*relurks*
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Thu 14 May 2009, 11:53, archived)

I always forget he's a folkie.
Come to that, Only Living Boy in New York. Or half of the Dylan and Cohen covers probably count.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:55, archived)

Oh shucks
well I just don't know.

Edit: I totally had to wear braces. It wasn't that bad. *represses memories*
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:52, archived)

You have some folk winging your way
It is on my random burn.
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:54, archived)

Noice

( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 14 May 2009, 11:57, archived)

Greedy greedy multi-chooser:
May You Never - John Martyn
Three Hours - Nick Drake
Light Flight - Pentangle
Wishing Well - Bert Jansch

Oh so many more too. They're all only demi-folk though (except maybe the Jansch).

Hang on, Danny Thompson played double bass on all these albums. He just makes everything good.
( Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 14 May 2009, 12:03, archived)