I got "Holidays" and this in succession, have to say I don't really get this one.
― Mark G, Friday, 28 May 2010 13:13 (thirteen years ago) link
To me it's a bit like "Sweetheart of the Rodeo", it's a trailblazer and highly significant for that, but is that enough? It's better than "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" though.
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 28 May 2010 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i can see why someone might be more into the earlier fairport stuff -- that's when they were more diverse, more of a classic 60s pop band, w/ folk rock leanings, rather than being a capital F folk rock band. I love both eras ... and yeah, Full House is essential, too -- some incredible playing on there.
― tylerw, Friday, 28 May 2010 15:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Ashley Hutchings played on both L&L and No Roses, and I much prefer the latter if I'm in the mood for folk rock -- maybe because it's more firmly folky.
― an outlet to express the dark invocations of (La Lechera), Friday, 28 May 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah? as much as I <3 Shirley Collins, I love Sandy Denny even more ...
― tylerw, Friday, 28 May 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
both great records though
there's something hardwired in me to love shirley the best. i'm not sure what it is. i enjoy sandy's voice immensely, but there's something about shirley that i love above all others.
― an outlet to express the dark invocations of (La Lechera), Friday, 28 May 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
As much as I love Matty Groves, there's something so droney and weirdly beautiful about Reynardine that I might have to play the contrarian and go for that one.
― Using an Aural Exciter in an Orgone Accumulator (Masonic Boom), Friday, 28 May 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, i think Reynardine is pretty magical -- i dunno, it sounds like this airy, simple thing, but that sort of music is actually *very* hard to play. Everyone in the band is locked in tight on that song.
― tylerw, Friday, 28 May 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, I love a good stomping murder ballad as much as the next girl, but Reynardine puts all the hairs on the back of my neck and gives me genuine shivers. I don't know if it's natural drone resonance or if there's a slight phase on the guitars and things but the way that the notes *shiver* is just devastating.
It may be airy, but there is nothing simple about it at all, the chord structure and the way the melody bobs and weaves in and out of it ... it's much more complex than it seems.
― Using an Aural Exciter in an Orgone Accumulator (Masonic Boom), Friday, 28 May 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
"Tam Lin" got me into Fairport Convention ("Black Sabbath in aran sweaters," etc), so that; I'd always loved the Tam Lin legend since reading, what, Diana Wynne Jones' Fire & Hemlock as a kid.
― etc, Saturday, 29 May 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
lolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2BRezwz92M
― buzza, Friday, 14 January 2022 07:35 (two years ago) link