02-17-2015, 10:49 PM
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carpe musicam
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Les Barricades Mystérieuses
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If I did this right this is my first post(?) For some reason I have the feeling I am going to regret this. 
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
we spoke to an aussie once (circa 2003) who claimed jack johnson isn't what he'd call folk. He didn't give us details on what he would call folk but we don't have to look very hard to find people for whom jj is decidedly only folk.
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If you ever hear from that Aussie again tell him he is absolutely right. I don't find Jack Johnson decidedly folk; I find him decidedly intolerable.
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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
similarly, "keep on rockin' in the free world," probably not folk to many people. But when he plays in acoustic on freedom, does it become folk then?
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There was always a Folkish element in his music, especially in his earlier work, take a listen to Old Man by a young Neil.
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Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards
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