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and what should we find in the 20 best? Hmm?

Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967):
The poet Leonard Cohen’s first foray into music making is a dark and beautiful thing. Full of fiery and failed love affairs – think ‘Suzanne’ and ‘So Long, Marianne’ - his own brand of folk music is moody and meditative and deeply romantic.

think ‘Suzanne’

I always do...

Whenever I think "unlistenable mawkish dreck"...

Lord Jim wrote:
Whenever I think "unlistenable mawkish dreck"...

Your response to Meade makes me wonder how Meade will respond to your post. Then I thought to myself, "WWJD"...

(What Would Jarlaxle Do?)

That does it! I'll never be here again. I'm off. This is the end. Change the subject title for me. Never darken the door again. Gawn. Finito! And I mean it this time.

Now you've done it! I don't blame Meade one bit for being pissed off. He wasn't asking for a critique. He was sharing a list of folk albums that he thought people here might like...

Well, I really don't know just who/what produced this list of the best. I do see that 15/20, 75%, are performers I know not at all.

But yes, I would put Odetta on any list of even ten best.

Oh, you guys, be a bit kinder to Meade. Bless his heart... he means well.

All music is subjective but as (world) folk music goes I have no problem with this list although I'm unfamiliar with some of these artists. When I get in a folksy mood I'll download a few.

If you think you can do better with the genre post your own lists so we'll pick them apart, too.

MajGenl.Meade wrote:That does it! I'll never be here again. I'm off. This is the end. Change the subject title for me. Never darken the door again. Gawn. Finito! And I mean it this time.

You forgot to ask to have all your posts deleted...

Actually, I PMd Gob asking to have all your posts deleted.

MajGenl.Meade wrote:Actually, I PMd Gob asking to have all your posts deleted.

Judging by all your posts since you left for good yesterday shows that it's hard to say goodbye. If you swallow your pride I'm sure Gob can be swayed to ignore your "delete all" request.

Besides that, wes will miss you deeply so maybe you'll reconsider your hasty decision and return for his sake. It's the right thing to do.

I just might, Ray. Your plea has touched my heart. For wesw, then.

I guess it depends on your definition of folk music, but did I miss the albums from Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot, Van Morrison? And you can make the case that artists like Neil Young, Steve Earle, James Taylor, etc. fit the genre. We could probably fill 20 pages with albums that most of us would think are better than most on that list (mainly because, like SG, we have never heard of most of the names on the list).

Ready... Aim... Sing...



A one and a two...

Long Run wrote:I guess it depends on your definition of folk music, but did I miss the albums from Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot, Van Morrison?

...or Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Tom Paxton, Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter), Steve Goodman, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Paul Simon (with & without Art Garfunkle), Stan Rogers, Jean Ritchie, Gordon Bok, Rosalie Sorrels, Phil Ochs, Doc Watson, the Byrds, the Carter Family...?

P.S. The list also needs several more Bob Dylan albums; The Times They Are A-Changin' isn't even his best.