{ The Imagined Village: Cold Haily Rainy Night. }

[delga]

So, I know that my flist is split pretty 50-50 on the subject of folk music but this is folk as you've never seen it done (I mean, come on - they have someone playing THE SITAR and the freaking DHOL). I love The Imagined Village, but this has got to be one of their best tracks ever. Even if you don't like folk as a genre, you really need to check this out. It's phenomenal.

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[twincy.livejournal.com]

SITAR. Other instruments that make the guitar seem inferior! SITAR! Also, on a note of no significance: the male singer has a really pleasant face. Though the woman's vocals are too goth/metal to my taste.

(I don't know if you already have this, but: The Beatles - Norwegian Wood. George Harrison does the sitar, too!)

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

the woman's vocals are too goth/metal to my taste
lols, that's Eliza Carthy! I feel like you're missing the point somewhat - but I also think you'd probably be a bigger fan of Kate Rusby. (Her cover of Village Green Society is lilting and delightful.)

(Aie. Well, firstly, yes, that I knew. He did a lot of work with Ravi Shankar, famous sitar player [aka runaway father of Norah Jones]. Secondly: I don't really know how to break this to you so I'm just going to come out with it. I am not a Beatles fan in the least. I really don't care for their music. I like a couple of the songs, I guess, but mostly people's covers of them. So. Sorry?)

[twincy.livejournal.com]

Um, no? Whatever "the point" was (which I'm guessing was the instrumentation), I was commenting on the video, of which I enjoyed a) the non-standard instruments and b) the male vocalist, and didn't enjoy c) the female vocalist (and d) the way everything gets sort of jumbled near the end? aie).

(Well, I wasn't asking you to comment on the Beatles' entire musical catalogue, and I uploaded the song not in a "Yay, Beatles!" context, but rather a "Yay, sitar!" one, so who's missing the point now? I think Norwegian Wood has some stellar instrumentals, and if you're going to dismiss it simply because you don't like the Beatles, I think that's short-sighted of you.)

In short: thank you for being fucking patronising.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to come and talk to you when you're less upset with me. Especially as none of the above was said in any way to imply I think anything less of you in any respect, regardless of what you like or dislike.

edit: Okay, attempt no2 to not be an asshole.
the way everything gets sort of jumbled near the end? aie
Yeah, it looses the beat, doesn't it? (Which, seriously, Imagined Village! You have a dhol drum to stay in time with! What's going on??) As for missing the point, I phrased that badly because I didn't mean in general - I meant, Carthy's voice is a bit of a Northern staple in the English community; she's celebrated for it because it's so deep and dialectal/gutteral, so I thought your comment was ironic considering. Not that you'd have known anything about Carthy, so that was obvs. My Bad.

and if you're going to dismiss it simply because you don't like the Beatles, I think that's short-sighted of you
Girl, come on. You know I listen to everything you rec me. I've heard the song before; thank you for the upload.

So. Friends, y/n?

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Not sure if I would classify this as folk (as I understand it), but I'm rubbish with the classification thing. ...And I don't know how that was relevant at all. *G* Anyway, interesting. I like how the sort of Irish (?) trad gets mixed with this sitar etc sound. Funny enough, though, I didn't think the ending was muddled at all or that they lost beat - quite the contrary, in fact. It's all very filled with noise, and there's a lot going on there, but they do keep it consistent and in control, and I found it quite marvelous.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Sadface. LJ just ATE my comment. Now you have missed out on my Glorious Witticisms! To summarise: it's English Folk Traditional, but I don't really think genre matters all that much because it's really a person's response to the music that's more important.

There's a BBC Folk Fest version that is much tighter towards the end, and really, really hits the beat. There's this wonderful tension between the dhol and the celtic sounds - the first time I heard it, it made me shiver.

I've been listening to the Flogging Molly that you shared with me ages ago - man, that stuff really gets the pulse up! I love it.

(I just texted you. Ignore that - net is obvs. working again.)

[wliberation.livejournal.com]

Hehee, no, the genre is not important, just that when you said folk, I expected something entirely different. ...Which is probably the point of the entire song, anyway.

Damned you be for mentioning Flogging Molly! Now I just had to put on Likes of You, and jump around the appartment like a nutter. Heh.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Nutter jumping is an essential part of my day.

Um. I mean, jumping around like a nutter, not actually, you know, randomly assaulting The Crazies.