The Album Club: "Other Voices | Other Rooms" by Nanci Griffith

Black Francis · 05-21-2018, 11:40 AM

Whtvr it is, i liked it and yea, it's hard for me to differentiate the 2 at times but the album is also listed as country.

Trollheart · 05-21-2018, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Whtvr it is, i liked it and yea, it's hard for me to differentiate the 2 at times but the album is also listed as country.

She's a country artist first and foremost, but yeah, Hawk is right: those are all folk songs. "From Clare to Here" is, you'll not be surprised to hear, an old Irish traditional folk song.

**Frownland** · 05-21-2018, 11:50 AM

Grammys can be used as a genre authority? What the hell has this place come to?

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-21-2018, 12:04 PM

If it quacks like a country duck, it's a country duck.
Luckily, country is also folk, so we don't need to have this discussion.

Black Francis · 05-21-2018, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

She's a country artist first and foremost, but yeah, Hawk is right: those are all folk songs. "From Clare to Here" is, you'll not be surprised to hear, an old Irish traditional folk song.

Lovely one too but i am surprised to hear that! How bout Speed of Loneliness and This old town, are those folk too?

OccultHawk · 05-21-2018, 12:22 PM

I knew the first time I heard it 25 years ago it was folk music.

The way I understood that was I listened to it and they’re folk songs by folk singers, like Townes Van Zandt.

OccultHawk · 05-21-2018, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Lovely one too but i am surprised to hear that! How bout Speed of Loneliness and This old town, are those folk too?

Yes ffs

Black Francis · 05-21-2018, 12:47 PM

So this album has no country tunes? I'm just trying to learn how to differentiate the 2.

OccultHawk · 05-21-2018, 01:01 PM

Folk appeals to the political and sentimental in you

Country appeals to the drunk and horny in you

**Frownland** · 05-21-2018, 01:07 PM

Folk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8QbOx7nck

Country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpFaI0dKAHc

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Grammys can be used as a genre authority? What the hell has this place come to? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I knew the first time I heard it 25 years ago it was folk music. The way I understood that was I listened to it and they’re folk songs by folk singers, like Townes Van Zandt. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

05-21-2018, 12:47 PM	#28 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	So this album has no country tunes? I'm just trying to learn how to differentiate the 2. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

05-21-2018, 12:04 PM	#24 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	If it quacks like a country duck, it's a country duck. Luckily, country is also folk, so we don't need to have this discussion.

05-21-2018, 01:01 PM	#29 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Folk appeals to the political and sentimental in you Country appeals to the drunk and horny in you __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

05-21-2018, 01:07 PM	#30 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Folk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8QbOx7nck Country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpFaI0dKAHc __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x