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Old 11-09-2011, 09:28 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I wouldn't say so, the only way it could be construed as avant-folk is if somebody has the mindset that anything with a viola in it is folk... Which of course would be absurd. To me it's just avant-garde.
Well, the majority of that album is influenced by contemporary folk, and the guitar work on that song in particular could very much be rooted in the genre... Not to mention the vocals are delivered in a somewhat Dylan-like manner.

I feel that Beck's interpretation/cover of it sort of stripped it down to what it was: a folk song. He just omitted the atonal viola.
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