Most Requested - Songs and Tunes for the Autumn Tour.

[Mindwarper]

Lord Marborrough
Bonny Black Hare
Doctor of physics
Polly
Spanish Main
Adieu adieu
Flowers of the forrest
yee mariners all
battle of the somme
sailors alphabet

[Taliesin]

Lord Marborrough
Bonny Black Hare
Doctor of physics
Polly
Spanish Main
Adieu adieu
Flowers of the forrest
yee mariners all
battle of the somme
sailors alphabet

Crackin choices, yeah I'd probably add one or two to that, but there's not a weak one amongst that list. There are a few trad songs I'd love Fairport to do as well.

[Anna]

Roll on Thursday and the arrival of Broadband, so I can ask Himself if I can get to the Grays gig...

Seems odd Anna, why dioes the latter rely on the former?

  Extra negotiating power when I show him the excellent post about the gig from (sorry can't remember name) the guy who set it up.

[David W]

Songs like Romarys sister, Summer before the War, Ginnie etc, we really can do without, they are fairports version of Margarita time as far as I'm concerned. They've been done to death over the last lord knows how many years & they are not Fairport, let alone they are not Folk, they are just MOR dirges.

Hmmm, a little harsh but also I think a little inaccurate. I can't recall ever hearing Summer Before the War or Ginnie ever being played live, let alone "done to death". Rosemary's Sister is a fine song IMHO, streets ahead of the other two you mentioned, but one that Simon tends to hold for Cropredy.

BUT, all three songs are Fairport, part of the bands output, AND without wishing to reopen a debate which I know has occured here in the past are Fairport really a folk band anyway?

Jackdaw

[Big Dave]

Songs like Romarys sister, Summer before the War, Ginnie etc, we really can do without, they are fairports version of Margarita time as far as I'm concerned. They've been done to death over the last lord knows how many years & they are not Fairport, let alone they are not Folk, they are just MOR dirges.

Hmmm, a little harsh but also I think a little inaccurate. I can't recall ever hearing Summer Before the War or Ginnie ever being played live, let alone "done to death". Rosemary's Sister is a fine song IMHO, streets ahead of the other two you mentioned, but one that Simon tends to hold for Cropredy.

BUT, all three songs are Fairport, part of the bands output, AND without wishing to reopen a debate which I know has occured here in the past are Fairport really a folk band anyway?

Jackdaw

Fairport Convention = a bunch of talented guys who play a wide range of musical styles.  No labels required.

[Chris]

Rosemary's Sister is a fine song IMHO, streets ahead of the other two you mentioned, but one that Simon tends to hold for Cropredy.

Wasn't it added to the Wintour just gone?....

[Andy]

Rosemary's Sister is a fine song IMHO, streets ahead of the other two you mentioned, but one that Simon tends to hold for Cropredy.

Wasn't it added to the Wintour just gone?....

Yes, it was certainly in the set for the Anvil and the Brook.

[David W]

One tour does not equate done to death in my book!

I stand by the fact that it has not been a key song in the FC sets in the way that, say, Hiring Fair has been.

Jackdaw

[Andy]

I didn't agree with that statement! I quite like "Rosemary's Sister",

[Alex Lyons]

I stand by the fact that it has not been a key song in the FC sets in the way that, say, Hiring Fair has been.

Not in the way that the Hiring Fair has, but very few songs have had that sort of longevity in the set. It probably has featured more than you would imagine though - it was a regular inclusion (i.e. every night) for a couple of years in the late 80s, and it was also a staple of the 2003 set, plus as has been mentioned, it's in the repertoire at the moment.

[David W]

Okay, okay,I stand corrected. I would be happy if it was played every night cos I think it is a great song.

Jackdaw

[SteveK]

It's taken me a long time to choose a few, but here we go....

If I had to choose just one song, it would have to be Rosemary's sister - No contest.

A few others in no particular order
 - Summer Before the War
 - My Love is in America
 - The Deserter
 - John Gaudie (Ric and Chris have to go head to head with fiddles at least once in the set!)

A couple that were introduced to me by the excellent "Acoustically Down Under" album, and that deserve to be bought back to the fore:
 - Lalla Rookh
 - There Once Was Love

I thought hard whether to include Matty. My view is yes, it should be in the set, but maybe with a different lead-in to that which has been used recently (on which I feel Ric overdoes the effects). Let Ric save his energy for an epic finale by reinstating the Rutland Reel as the Matty follow on.

SteveK

[Kris]

Western Wind.  One of my absolute favourite live songs.

[tarda (Gill)]

Western Wind.  One of my absolute favourite live songs.

Oh yes! 

Not bad on CD either        

[Kris]

Western Wind.  One of my absolute favourite live songs.

Oh yes! 

Not bad on CD either        

I play it, close my eyes and I'm at Cropredy... Sometimes I get really drunk and stand under a cold shower, just for the full effect 

[Mindwarper]

I would love them to do"one night as I lie in my bed"  ands what do you do with a drunken sailor. 

Lord Marborrough
Bonny Black Hare
Doctor of physics
Polly
Spanish Main
Adieu adieu
Flowers of the forrest
yee mariners all
battle of the somme
sailors alphabet

Crackin choices, yeah I'd probably add one or two to that, but there's not a weak one amongst that list. There are a few trad songs I'd love Fairport to do as well.

[Taliesin]

Songs like Romarys sister, Summer before the War, Ginnie etc, we really can do without, they are fairports version of Margarita time as far as I'm concerned. They've been done to death over the last lord knows how many years & they are not Fairport, let alone they are not Folk, they are just MOR dirges.

Hmmm, a little harsh but also I think a little inaccurate. I can't recall ever hearing Summer Before the War or Ginnie ever being played live, let alone "done to death". Rosemary's Sister is a fine song IMHO, streets ahead of the other two you mentioned, but one that Simon tends to hold for Cropredy.

BUT, all three songs are Fairport, part of the bands output, AND without wishing to reopen a debate which I know has occured here in the past are Fairport really a folk band anyway?

Jackdaw

The times I've had to listen to that song Rosmaries sister at the cropredy festival is unreal, its a horrible song.

[Taliesin]

Songs like Romarys sister, Summer before the War, Ginnie etc, we really can do without, they are fairports version of Margarita time as far as I'm concerned. They've been done to death over the last lord knows how many years & they are not Fairport, let alone they are not Folk, they are just MOR dirges.

Hmmm, a little harsh but also I think a little inaccurate. I can't recall ever hearing Summer Before the War or Ginnie ever being played live, let alone "done to death". Rosemary's Sister is a fine song IMHO, streets ahead of the other two you mentioned, but one that Simon tends to hold for Cropredy.

BUT, all three songs are Fairport, part of the bands output, AND without wishing to reopen a debate which I know has occured here in the past are Fairport really a folk band anyway?

Jackdaw

Fairport Convention = a bunch of talented guys who play a wide range of musical styles.  No labels required.

No labels may be required its true, but I certainly know thay can do better than some of the non folk style lyrics that seem to end up, these MOR lyrics like Rosmaries sister, just is too sickly sweet. Lets have something that rock out or has something that uses their brilliant abilities far better.

[Taliesin]

I would love them to do"one night as I lie in my bed"  ands what do you do with a drunken sailor. 

It would be interesting hearing a heavily distortion laden guitar & fiddle version of Drunken Sailor, in Drop D of course, as all the song is is:

Dm ///// C///// Dm///// F/ C/ Dm/, have tried that one myself with the Tele through the Marshall, on mildly overdiven crunch settings & it can really Rock, as you can then explore the fretbord a little further as the tune developes.

[Chris]

It'll be interesting to see what comes of this discussion as Fairport's first Autumn date is this evening in Holland.

Anyone going?