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Finvarra - The Battle of Evermore[^]
Saw this band perform live at Keltfest last year.
Folk bands are often a lot of fun when seen live (in the grass, in the sun, people laughing and dancing), but a big disappointment when listening to recordings (where there's none of that atmosphere)...
This band seems to be one of the few who doesn't sound cheap and tacky on a recording though.
This Led Zep cover is my song of the week (followed closely by their Jethro Tull cover Kelpie[^]) 
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Better than the original!
I really don't like the original... Or ballads in general 
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Hmm. Not exactly genre busting reinterpretation, is it? Both songs already have folk roots. If you're gonna do a cover give me something I can't hear in the original. An exact copy on slightly different instruments ... meh! Underwhelmed.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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9082365 wrote: An exact copy on slightly different instruments
I found the Led Zep cover to be quite different actually!
Kelpie just got a little more modern or something, both songs are nice.
9082365 wrote: Both songs already have folk roots
I guess that's why this folk band chose to play them!
So if I understand correctly you're underwhelmed because a folk band plays folk songs that sound folky... 
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Sander Rossel wrote: So if I understand correctly you're underwhelmed because a folk band plays folk songs that sound folky...
You may very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
Oh, alright! I just think there are bands who do both playing folk songs that sound folky and playing not folk songs so that they sound folky a whole lot better and a good deal more distinctively than this. Not many, unfortunately (and nobody will ever replace Steeleye Span) but enough for me to be underwhelmed with this one. A cover of something completely out of the folk wheelhouse given a complete makeover might win me over but ....
Edit: Just to show what's possible Robert Plant doing Black Dog bluegrass[^]!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
modified 3-Mar-16 12:45pm.
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How about a slightly heavier take on Sound of Silence[^].
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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When I clicked that, I was fully expecting it to be this[^] slightly heavier take on Sound of Silence...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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tis a fine version also.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Have you heard this[^] slightly heavier take on Scarborough Fair?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Can't beat the original though... 
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No argument here.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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9082365 wrote: I just think there are bands who do both playing folk songs that sound folky and playing not folk songs so that they sound folky a whole lot better and a good deal more distinctively than this.
No doubt.
A few years ago I've seen Lebocha at Castlefest (an unknown Belgian band that I can't even find decent recordings of online). They covered the James Bond theme and they did so pretty awesome while still remaining folky (glad I bought their CD back then)!
But I don't like this song for its fine musicianship or its originality. I just like it because it makes me smile (and it's still better than most folk I've heard) 
I can sing along to the lyrics and I can do a little folk dance to it while making breakfast.
When I want some technical prowess I'll put on other music (preferably not folk)
9082365 wrote: nobody will ever replace Steeleye Span
They don't need replacement just yet, they're still active!
Tour Dates 2016 - Steeleye Span[^] 
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Sander Rossel wrote: They don't need replacement just yet
Yes, 'replace' was a bad choice of words. Indeed I'm hoping to see them at Sidmouth as it's just a quick bus ride away.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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9082365 wrote: nobody will ever replace Steeleye Span
What, not even Jed Thomas[^]? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Nice! 
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Trump's little palm sound like it has a grip on outrageous behaviour. [7]
The answer is SCANDAL
Now prove how warped my mind is by fitting it to the clue 
veni bibi saltavi
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S - GIN
C - GIN
A - GIN
N - GIN
D - GIN
A - MORE GIN
L - LEMON.
Am I close?
(Do you want me to do it on the morrow?)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'll ping you one later. :evilGrin:
And your solution missed out the ice and Tonic.
veni bibi saltavi
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Ice and tonic would dilute the Gin: we are already down to 6/7ths Gin, 1/7th Lemon, and I'm pretty sure 4/7ths gin is far, far too low a concentration for drinkability.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sounds like it's got a grip andal ? sounds like handle ? but can't get the other bit
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I was worried Trump's little palm might be too obtuse; it was.
One of the States won by The Duck this week was South Carolina [SC] -> The Palmetto State -> Palmetto is aka Little Palm.
veni bibi saltavi
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Probably totally clear, unless you live outside South Carolina...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Fussy, fussy, fussy!
veni bibi saltavi
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