How About Some Folk?

MrGrunge said:
^ I smoked pot with Connor Oberst one time. His uncle lives near a friend of mine and would buy drugs off of him from time to time. One day (about five years ago, I think) I went over to my friend's house to get stoned and play Xbox and there was Connor and his uncle sitting on the couch playing Halo. I didn't recognize him and my friend never said anything about dealing to his uncle, so I just assumed he was some random dude. They weren't there for long - we smoked a couple bowls and played a couple games of Halo and then they left. It wasn't until after they left that my buddy told me who he was.

He's a pretty cool guy, but he fucking sucks at Halo, lol.
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My jelly levels are off the charts.
 
I heard he whispers the lyrics to "Two-Headed Boy" in your ear as he's nearing climax.
 
^ Oh lawd I lol'd

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Actually, I quietly sing the entire album throughout the act of coitus.

Sex with me is awkward, a little alienating, but very very emotional. People end up talking about it for over a decade after-the-fact, but all their friends just roll their eyes and call them hipsters.
 
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I just broke out laughing for a good solid minute after coming back to this thread. Been gone doing some survival training in mount hood.

Laika, I honestly wasn't too fond of Obersts new band, which surprised me. Most of the other bands he's made/ played in I've loved. Desaparecido's was probably my favorite besides bright eyes
 
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Laika, I honestly wasn't too fond of Obersts new band, which surprised me. Most of the other bands he's made/ played in I've loved. Desaparecido's was probably my favorite besides bright eyes
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Interesting. A case of different strokes. Any time I've tried to get into Desaparecidos I've found it far to angst-y for my tastes.
 
I am interested to know how everyone in here defines the genre of folk.

I'm familiar with people like M Ward and Conor Oberst, but most of the bands mentioned here don't really fall into the realm of what I consider to be folk music.

I sweartagod I'm not trolling. When I think of folk music, I imagine the lone hitchhiker carrying nothing but his acoustic guitar and traveling around spreading his gospel....three chords and the truth. Electronic instruments need not apply.

Woody Guthrie is, IMO, the epitome of folk music. He hasn't even gotten a mention in this thread.

Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd

Somebody mentioned the Avett Bros. I'll admit that some of their music is catchy, but just last week I saw them plastered on a GAP poster. Sorry, but being a folky is more than just playing the music.....it's a way of life. The simple fact that these guys are allowing the GAP to advertise with their picture on a poster means that the Avett Bros have graduated from being what people in here consider to be "folkies" to being mainstream pop performers. I think I puked in my mouth a little...
 
Not many "folkies" exist anymore, the only thing really left of people like Guthrie/Seeger/Dylan is the influence they've had on modern musicians. In fact, I think Dylan pretty much cemented the death of the "folkie" movement when he played the 1965 Newport Festival with a fully-amplified band.

"Play it fucking loud," he said - played it fucking loud, he did. And we never looked back.
 
Yes that was a turning point for Dylan and his career, but I'm not sure if the whole movement died as a result of that move.

I like to think that folk music as I have described it is still alive and well....it's just not in the forefront as it was in that era.

I consider myself a folksinger in that I only play acoustic instruments, I write my own songs, I perform solo, and I don't shop at the GAP.

Seriously, though, I'm going to check out some of the music in this thread if only to see what people are calling folk music these days. I wore out the only Bright Eyes CD I ever had.....I just never realized it was what people considered to be folk.
 
There will always be "Folkies" because folk music is just a reflection of cultural tradition rather than a musical genre in and of itself. Traditions change (which seems kinda paradoxical to me, but its true) and the way these traditions are expressed in music will also change.

In fact, I'd argue that all music is folk music.
 
MrGrunge said:
There will always be "Folkies" because folk music is just a reflection of cultural tradition rather than a musical genre in and of itself. Traditions change (which seems kinda paradoxical to me, but its true) and the way these traditions are expressed in music will also change.

In fact, I'd argue that all music is folk music.
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