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« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2006, 05:54:36 PM » |
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Fairport were a rock band,
are a rock band, surely.  Steve |
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« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2006, 06:10:39 PM » |
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Fairport were a rock band,
are a rock band, surely. Steve Very debatable at times. I think Fairport lean more to the folk end of the spectrum these days, not necessarily a bad thing for some but dissapointing for others. The real dissapointment for me is the lack of another lead instrument to balance the violins. |
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« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2006, 06:14:43 PM » |
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Fairport were a rock band,
are a rock band, surely. Steve Very debatable at times. I think Fairport lean more to the folk end of the spectrum these days, not necessarily a bad thing for some but dissapointing for others. The real dissapointment for me is the lack of another lead instrument to balance the violins. I reckon that just tells you how far "folk" has come over the last 30 odd years. If you played the current Fairport to a folkie in the sixties they'd run from the room screaming. |
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« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2006, 06:19:07 PM » |
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I think Fairport lean more to the folk end of the spectrum these days Middle of the road, surely? |
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« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2006, 07:23:02 PM » |
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I think Fairport lean more to the folk end of the spectrum these days Middle of the road, surely? In terms of Folk Rock, then yes, I'd say middle of the road, but if you are counting Folk and Rock seperately, I'd say they are definetely Folk Sarah |
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« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2006, 07:25:17 PM » |
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I think Fairport lean more to the folk end of the spectrum these days Middle of the road, surely? Middle of the road on the original songs, no bite of rock on the trad ones, leading to middle of the folk I guess. |
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« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2006, 08:14:48 PM » |
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stay in the middle of the road what happens? get run down by a truck |
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« Reply #27 on: March 16, 2006, 08:15:41 PM » |
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Ah! "Knights of the Road" from "Rosie" |
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« Reply #28 on: March 16, 2006, 08:32:36 PM » |
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Or you could take the Neil Young approach
"Heart of Gold put me in the middle of the road. Travelling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride, but I saw more interesting people there."
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« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2006, 08:32:57 AM » |
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If you played the current Fairport to a folkie in the sixties they'd run from the room screaming.
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« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2006, 11:31:24 AM » |
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It's odd, this discussion. I'm currently working through all my Fairport albums on the MP3, so it plays them in alphabetical order of album - Angel Delight, Babbacombe Lee, Fairport Convention, Full House, Jewel in the Crown, Leige & Lief, Nine... You get the drift
It's probably just 'cos I'm a youngster and a fairly recent convert, but I think the more recent stuff is more "rock" -y than the older stuff. I know I'm missing a lot of the 70's output at the minute, so that could be where you're all coming from. Actually, I think the "rock"-y-est stuff that I've got is about in the Maart era.
Middle of the road rock, OK, and the problem is?
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« Reply #31 on: March 19, 2006, 08:17:33 AM » |
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Middle of the road rock, OK, and the problem is?
If you like MOR music, then I guess there's no problem! But in the context of FC's back catalogue, and in the wider context of the folk scene at the moment, the fact that the band's gone MOR is a bit of a disappointment. There's plenty of raw, edgy, exciting music out in the genre... it's just a shame that none of it is being played by FC. |
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« Reply #32 on: March 19, 2006, 11:07:06 AM » |
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Middle of the road rock, OK, and the problem is?
if you dont have a problem with MOR then thats fine, i preferred when they were closer to the edge you tend to get knocked about more in the middle and end up indistiguishable from the tarmac |
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« Reply #33 on: March 19, 2006, 01:01:56 PM » |
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MOR is "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep", not "Sir Patrick Spens" or "Canny Capers" or "Rosemary's Sister" or "Red And Gold".
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« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2006, 01:52:52 PM » |
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« Reply #35 on: March 19, 2006, 02:03:43 PM » |
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"Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes", then, Mike? |
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« Reply #36 on: March 19, 2006, 02:25:05 PM » |
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That's just a classic prototype for thrash-metal.
Admittedly, the lyrics are a little harder to make out in later versions.......
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